Gregor Ramsay

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Gregor Ramsay
Born (1996-06-30) 30 June 1996 (age 28)
Glasgow, Scotland
Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup career
Debut season 2014
Current team Lotus F1 Junior Team
Car number24
Former teams Euronova Racing

Gregor Ramsay (born 30 June 1996) is a British racing driver, born in Glasgow. In 2014 he competed in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 with the Lotus F1 Junior Team.

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Career

Karting

Ramsay started karting in the Cadet class at the relatively late age of 10 during the 2007 season at Larkhall, his local track. He then moved into national competition, joining the ZIP Young Guns team of karting legend Martin Hines and being coached by Terry Fullerton.

He then moved onto the international karting scene with the official Tony Kart Junior Team based out of Italy and competing in the WSK (World Series Karting) events throughout Europe. While competing in Italy he started working with the Ferrari Driver Academy. The FDA was instrumental in his acquiring an International race licence, at the age of just 15.

After two race weekends in Formula Abarth at the end of 2011, Ramsay contested the full Formula Abarth European Series in 2012. He won one race at Vallelunga, [1] took another podium at Imola and finished eighth in the championship with Swiss team Jenzer Motorsport.

Formula Renault

For 2013 he switched to Formula Renault [2] with the Euronova team of Vincenzo Sospiri, [3] who is a former star of international motor racing.

World Series by Renault granted Ramsay two wildcard entries for the Renault 2.0 Eurocup, with Manor MP Motorsport running alongside championship leader and fellow Brit, Oliver Rowland. The first being on 15/16 September 2013 at the Hungarian F1 circuit, and on the 29/30 September 2013 at Paul Ricard, France.

2013 was a learning curve year for Gregor in Renault 2.0 and some performances lead to an official top F1 Team junior programme drive in 2014.

Lotus F1 Junior Team

In 2014, Ramsay was signed to the Lotus F1 Junior Team [4]

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Series results

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

YearTeam1234567891011121314PosPoints
2013 Euronova Racing VLL
1

7
VLL
2

24
IMO1
1

12
IMO1
2

13
SPA
1

Ret
SPA
2

Ret
MNZ
1

Ret
MNZ
2

5
MIS
1

9
MIS
2

13
MUG
1

12
MUG
2

14
IMO2
1

12
IMO2
2

10
19th19

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References

  1. "Ramsay wins at Vallelunga". soulgrafico.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  2. "Gregor Ramsay, Formula Renault 2.0 Driver". soulgrafico.com. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  3. "Ramsay Signs with Euronova Racing". soulgrafico.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  4. "Gregor Ramsay, Lotus F1 Junior Driver". soulgrafico.com. Retrieved 9 May 2014.