Colin Fleming (racing driver)

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Colin Fleming
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2005 Le Mans WSR
Born (1984-04-27) April 27, 1984 (age 41)
San Diego, California, U.S.
Retired2007
World Series by Renault 3.5 Series
Years active2005–2006
Teams Jenzer Motorsport, Carlin Motorsport
Starts34
Fastest laps3
Best finish3rd in 2005
Previous series
Championship titles
1994–2002 WKA Junior North American Champion (2x). IKF National Champion (7x).

Colin Fleming (born April 27, 1984) is an American former racing driver & Formula 1 test driver who competed in the World Series by Renault 3.5, Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, and Formula Renault 2000 Germany with Jenzer Motorsport and Carlin Motorsport after a successful go-karting career, winning 10 North American and National Championships.

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Racing career

A former member from the Red Bull Junior Team, Fleming finished 3rd in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup in 2004 and was rookie of the year in the Formula Renault 2000 Germany also in that year. He raced against fellow American and Californian and future Formula One driver Scott Speed. In 2005, he switched to the Formula Renault 3.5 with Swiss team Jenzer Motorsport, despite three DNS in the first 3 and missing one race of that season he finished 13th with 34 points with a best finish of 3rd in the second race in the Bugatti Circuit in LeMans, France. In 2006, he joined Carlin where he finished 6th in the first race of the season in Zolder. Later that year, he finished 4th in Circuit de Monaco and 8th in both races in Istanbul Park, but left Carlin and the Red Bull Junior team after the latter. [1] Red Bull replaced him with fellow Red Bull Junior Team member and future Formula One Champion Sebastian Vettel. [2]

After leaving Red Bull, he returned to the United States to complete in the Atlantic Championship mid-season.

Personal life

He is currently the Chief Marketing Officer at ServiceNow.

Complete motorsports results

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

2003 Barber Dodge Pro Series (Rookie of the Year, 5th in championship)

Year12345678910RankPoints
2003 STP
25
MTY
4
MIL
10
LAG
7
POR
3
CLE
10
TOR
2
VAN
15
MDO
11
MTL
3
5th83

2004 German Formula Renault – 2nd in the Championship

osDriver name OSC ASS SAL SAC NÜR LAU OSC Points
1 Scott Speed 1813122213Ret2831293
2Colin Fleming1110231144531723284
3 Michael Ammermüller 2147656133244352238
4Pascal Kochem1Ret6233115115812018208
5 Mikhail Aleshin 31512745172102Ret6613185

2004 European Formula Renault – 3rd in the Championship

PosDriver MNZ VAL MAG HOC BRN DON SPA IMO OSC Points
1 Scott Speed 2127DSQ7311114712111370
2 Simon Pagenaud 1041Ret4132525976Ret64246
3Colin Fleming245882Ret6Ret433Ret23235222
4Reinhard Kofler21361115Ret43610555389202
5Pascal Kochem414548102325RetRet31RetRet7198

World Series by Renault 3.5

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617DCPoints
2005 Jenzer Motorsport ZOL
1

DNS
ZOL
2

DNS
MON
1

DNS
VAL
1

9
VAL
2

8
LMS
1

DNS
LMS
2

3
BIL
1

Ret
BIL
2

4
OSC
1

Ret
OSC
2

6
DON
1

11
DON
2

10
EST
1

6
EST
2

Ret
MOZ
1

Ret
MOZ
2

22
13th34
2006 Carlin Motorsport ZOL
1

6
ZOL
2

DNQ
MON
1

4
IST
1

8
IST
2

8
MIS
1
MIS
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
NUR
1
NUR
2
DON
1
DON
2
LMS
1
LMS
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
18th19

References

  1. "WS: Red Bull confirms Fleming exit". Crash.net. July 4, 2006. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  2. "Sebastian Vettel pre-season interview". Motorsport.com . January 24, 2007. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2018.