Sam Bird

For the English snooker player, see Sam Baird. For the American baseball player and golfer, see Sammy Byrd. For the English football player, see Sam Bird (footballer).

Sam Bird
Bird at the 2023 Berlin ePrix.
Nationality	British
Born	(1987-01-09) 9 January 1987 (age 37) Roehampton, Greater London, England
Formula E career
Debut season	2014–15
Current team	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	8
Former teams	Envision Virgin Racing, Jaguar TCS Racing
Starts	119
Championships	0
Wins	12
Podiums	27
Poles	6
Fastest laps	9
Best finish	3rd in 2017–18
Finished last season	8th (95 pts)
World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2014
Current team	AF Corse
Car number	71
Former teams	G-Drive Racing
Starts	37
Wins	8
Poles	13
Fastest laps	4
Best finish	1st in 2015

Bird (pictured at the 2018 Paris ePrix) had spent six seasons in the Virgin team before moving to Jaguar for the 2020–21 season.

DS/Envision Virgin Racing (2014–2020)

2014–15 season

In the 2014–15 Formula E season, Bird began driving for Richard Branson's Virgin Racing alongside Jaime Alguersuari. He claimed third place in the first race, the Beijing ePrix, before dominating the second race of the season in Putrajaya to claim victory from second on the grid. At the following race in Punta del Este, he did not manage to qualify and so started from 18th place and soon retired from the race after a crash in the early stages. Bird bounced back by scoring points in Buenos Aires and Miami. However, the 2015 Long Beach ePrix was another race to forget for Bird: after starting 11th, he suffered a suspension failure on lap 11 and retired from the race. Bird managed to avoid the massive first-lap collision at the 2015 Monaco ePrix and went from his qualifying position of 12th to finish fourth. The final round of the season was the 2015 London ePrix where Bird started from fourth and went on to cross the line second at his home ePrix. Race winner Stéphane Sarrazin received a 49-second penalty and so Bird was handed the win making him the first-ever Formula E driver to win their home race. He finished the season with 103 points and secured 5th place in the championship.

2015–16 season

At the first race of the season in Beijing, Bird only managed to finish 7th. In the next race in Putrajaya, Bird took 2nd place after Renault had a mechanical failure and the two Dragon cars of Loic Duval and Jerome d'Ambrosio had suspension failure while running 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the next race at Punta del Este, Bird finished 2nd just behind Sebastien Buemi; in Buenos Aires, Bird won after fending off Buemi who started 18th and last. Further 6th places finishes were achieved in Mexico, Long Beach and Paris, before an 11th place finish in Berlin after contact in the race. At the first race of the double-season finale in London, Bird finished 7th. In next the next race, he was forced to retire due to a throttle failure. Bird eventually finished the season in 4th place with 88 points, after being overtaken by Nicolas Prost in the championship after he won the double-header in London.

2016–17 season

Bird started his season with a 13th place finish in Hong Kong after leading the race and losing more than a minute during the pit-stop sequence. He bounced back from that result by finishing second in the following round at Marrakesh, after which Bird stated that "being on the podium [was] like a victory". Following a collision with Jérôme d'Ambrosio on the final lap in Buenos Aires, the Brit returned to the podium with a solid drive in the Mexico City ePrix. At Monaco, Bird damaged his car's suspension after hitting the barriers in the early stages of the race - he was still able to set the fastest lap in his second car. Following three races in which he only managed to collect a total of 13 points, Bird became the first ever driver to win two back-to-back races in New York City. He would score two further top-five finishes at the races in Montreal and finished fourth in the drivers' standings, five positions ahead of teammate José María López.

2017–18 season

Bird driving the DS Virgin DSV-03 at the 2018 New York City ePrix.

At the season opener in Hong Kong, Bird started from 2nd on the grid after having nearly spun his car at the hairpin on his flying lap. During the race, he passed Jean-Éric Vergne for the lead but crashed in the pitlane when coming in for his stop and hit a mechanic. Subsequently, he was given a drive-through penalty but ultimately still came out in the race lead and went on to win and take the lead in the driver's championship for the first time in his Formula E career. Bird was given a 10-place grid penalty for the incident and started the second race from thirteenth. He would finish in 5th, following the post-race disqualification of Daniel Abt, and retain his lead of the championship. Bird would go on to finish in 3rd place in the championship with 143 points, just 1 point off 2nd place finisher Lucas di Grassi.

2018–19 season

Bird at the 2019 Marrakesh ePrix

Bird's first podium finish of the season came in the 2019 Marrakesh ePrix, finishing in 3rd after taking pole position. In 2019, he became the first Formula E driver to win a race in every Formula E season, after winning the 2019 Santiago ePrix. Ultimately, Bird finished the season in 9th place, amassing a total of 85 points over the season.

2019–20 season

Bird won the opening race of the season, the 2019 Diriyah ePrix, for Envision Virgin Racing. Unfortunately, his race ended in the second round after a collision with Mitch Evans. In Santiago, Bird stormed from 16th to 10th, achieving the fastest lap of the race. In the 2020 Mexico City ePrix, he crashed out of 2nd place in the dying stages of the race. In Marrakesh, he finished 10th again after starting 14th. The rest of the season was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, during which Bird announced that he was leaving Virgin to join Jaguar Racing. The season 6 finale was held at Tempelhof Airport Street Circuit, between the 5th and 13th of August. Bird finished the first race in 3rd and the second race in 6th. He finished the next three races in 13th, 11th, and 20th after being caught in a pile-up on the first lap. In his last race for Virgin, Bird finished 5th after starting 14th and taking the fastest lap. He finished the season ranked 10th in the standings with 63 points.

Jaguar Racing (2020–2023)

2020–21 season

During the Summer of 2020, Bird announced that he would be driving for the Jaguar Racing team in the 2020–21 Formula E season. ^[4] In the second race of the campaign Bird continued his streak of being the only driver to win a race in every season of Formula E, winning the second round of the Diriyah ePrix. A second place at the following race in Rome meant he took over from Nyck de Vries as championship leader ahead of former teammate Robin Frijns. After 6 DNFs (did not finish) and 1 DSQ (disqualification) during the season, he still managed to finish with 87 points in an impressive 6th place in the championship.

2021-22 season

Throughout the season, Bird struggled with consistency and after five races had only achieved points in Diriyah and Rome. Other points finishes came in Berlin, Jakarta, Marrakesh, and New York. However, he never managed to achieve a finish higher than 4th. Bird had to miss both rounds of the Seoul ePrix after sustaining a broken hand during the London ePrix. His place was taken by Jaguar reserve driver Norman Nato. This was the first time in his Formula E career that Bird had failed to score either a win or a podium. He finished the season 13th with 51 points.

2022-23 season

Bird at the 2023 Berlin ePrix

The 2023 season brought about a new set of regulations and the debut of the Gen 3 car with Bird confident he turn around his fortune after a difficult 2022 season. He did, however, have a rude awakening as software problems hampered his preparations in practice for the Mexico City ePrix and he only qualified 21st. His race was not much better as it ended prematurely on lap 6 with a driveshaft failure. Stronger performances eventually occurred with podiums in Diriyah, São Paulo, Berlin and Rome. He consistently faltered as the season moved on and once again failed to secure a win for the second season. He finished 8th in the standings with 95 points. Bird left Jaguar after spending three seasons with the team at the end of the season. ^[5]

McLaren (2024–)

2023–24 season

In August 2023, McLaren announced the signing of Bird as René Rast's replacement and will partner Jake Hughes for the season. ^[6] He got McLaren's maiden Formula E victory at the São Paulo ePrix. ^[7]

Endurance racing

World Endurance Championship

Bird racing in the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone.

In 2014, Bird made two guest appearances for the Ferrari AF Corse team. The first was at his home race in Britain for the 6 hours of Silverstone where he came 3rd in the GTE Amateur class. His second appearance was at the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans. Bird took pole position in the GTE Am class, 2nd overall of all GT cars. He ran in the first stint of the race, holding the GTE Am lead until he collided with a pair of front-running LMP1 cars (the number 3 Audi and a Toyota) in wet conditions on the Mulsanne Straight.

Personal life

He was educated at Charterhouse School until GCSE level, after which he attended Millfield School in Somerset. Bird is a keen football fan and an avid supporter of Manchester United F.C. ^[8]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2004	Formula BMW UK	Carlin Motorsport	20	0	0	0	0	22	14th
2005	Formula BMW UK	Fortec Motorsport	20	6	9	3	12	218	2nd
	Formula BMW World Final		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2006	Formula Renault UK	Fortec Motorsport	20	4	7	5	7	373	4th
2007	British Formula 3 International Series	Carlin Motorsport	22	2	0	1	10	180	4th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	27th
2008	Formula 3 Euro Series	Manor Motorsport	20	0	0	0	2	23	11th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
2009	Formula 3 Euro Series	Mücke Motorsport	18	0	1	2	4	40	8th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
	British Formula 3 International Series	Fortec Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Macau Grand Prix	ART Grand Prix	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
2009–10	GP2 Asia Series	ART Grand Prix	8	0	0	1	1	12	7th
2010	GP2 Series	ART Grand Prix	20	1	1	4	5	48	5th
2011	GP2 Asia Series	iSport International	4	0	0	0	0	2	12th
	GP2 Series		18	0	1	1	3	45	6th
2012	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	ISR Racing	17	2	1	0	7	177	3rd
	Formula One	Mercedes AMG Petronas	Test driver
2013	GP2 Series	Russian Time	22	5	2	3	6	181	2nd
2014	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	AF Corse	2	0	2	1	1	17	16th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	1	0	0	N/A	DNF
	United SportsCar Championship - PC	Starworks Motorsport	4	0	0	0	1	29	40th
2014–15	Formula E	Virgin Racing	11	2	0	2	3	103	5th
2015	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	G-Drive Racing	8	4	4	1	7	178	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	1	0	0	N/A	3rd
2015–16	Formula E	DS Virgin Racing	10	1	3	0	2	88	4th
2016	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	9	2	2	1	5	134	2nd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2016–17	Formula E	DS Virgin Racing	12	2	1	2	4	122	4th
2017	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	8	2	4	1	4	139	5th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Scuderia Corsa	1	0	0	0	0	15	74th
2017–18	Formula E	DS Virgin Racing	12	2	0	1	6	143	3rd
2018	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Scuderia Corsa	1	0	0	0	0	26	51st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2018–19	Formula E	Envision Virgin Racing	13	1	1	0	2	85	9th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	8	0	0	1	1	54.5	12th
2019	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2019–20	Formula E	Envision Virgin Racing	11	1	0	1	2	63	10th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	0	47th
2020	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2020–21	Formula E	Jaguar Racing	15	2	1	0	3	87	6th
2021	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	AF Corse	1	0	1	1	0	3	25th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2021–22	Formula E	Jaguar TCS Racing	14	0	0	1	0	51	13th
2022	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	Riley Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2022–23	Formula E	Jaguar TCS Racing	14	0	0	2	4	95	8th
2023–24	Formula E	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	7	1	0	0	1	38*	8th*

^† As Bird was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2008	Manor Motorsport	Dallara F308/036	Mercedes	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 6	MUG 1 14	MUG 2 8	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 11	NOR 1 14	NOR 2 8	ZAN 1 4	ZAN 2 6	NÜR 1 22	NÜR 2 19	BRH 1 Ret	BRH 2 19	CAT 1 2	CAT 2 18	BUG 1 2	BUG 2 11	HOC 1 16	HOC 2 Ret	11th	23
2009	Mücke Motorsport	Dallara F308/042	Mercedes	HOC 1 3	HOC 2 6	LAU 1 5	LAU 2 3	NOR 1 8	NOR 2 Ret	ZAN 1 8	ZAN 2 2	OSC 1 12	OSC 2 20	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 8	BRH 1 6	BRH 2 3	CAT 1 Ret	CAT 2 Ret	DIJ 1 6	DIJ 2 5	HOC 1	HOC 2	8th	40

Complete GP2 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2010	ART Grand Prix	CAT FEA 9	CAT SPR 4	MON FEA 18	MON SPR 10	IST FEA 3	IST SPR 10	VAL FEA 3	VAL SPR 10	SIL FEA 4	SIL SPR DNS	HOC FEA 14	HOC SPR 5	HUN FEA 13	HUN SPR Ret	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR 12	MNZ FEA 1	MNZ SPR 3	YMC FEA 3	YMC SPR Ret			5th	48
2011	iSport International	IST FEA 2	IST SPR 3	CAT FEA 3	CAT SPR 5	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 13	VAL FEA 5	VAL SPR 12	SIL FEA 5	SIL SPR 6	NÜR FEA 8	NÜR SPR 7	HUN FEA 17	HUN SPR 5	SPA FEA 12	SPA SPR 5	MNZ FEA 4	MNZ SPR 4					6th	45
2013	Russian Time	SEP FEA 7	SEP SPR Ret	BHR FEA 6	BHR SPR 1	CAT FEA 21†	CAT SPR 12	MON FEA 1	MON SPR 24	SIL FEA 1	SIL SPR 5	NÜR FEA 13	NÜR SPR 8	HUN FEA 10	HUN SPR 8	SPA FEA 1	SPA SPR 14	MNZ FEA 2	MNZ SPR 4	MRN FEA 8	MRN SPR 1	YMC FEA 10	YMC SPR 4	2nd	181

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Points
2009–10	ART Grand Prix	YMC1 FEA 18	YMC1 SPR 18	YMC2 FEA Ret	YMC2 SPR Ret	BHR1 FEA 13	BHR1 SPR 4	BHR2 FEA 6	BHR2 SPR 2	7th	12
2011	iSport International	YMC FEA 7	YMC SPR Ret	IMO FEA Ret	IMO SPR Ret					12th	2

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Points
2012	ISR	ALC 1 9	ALC 2 2	MON 1 1	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 5	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 4	MSC 1 3	MSC 2 Ret	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 1	HUN 1 10	HUN 2 4	LEC 1 10	LEC 2 3	CAT 1 2	CAT 2 8	3rd	177

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2014	AF Corse	LMGTE Am	Ferrari 458 Italia GT2	Ferrari 4.5 L V8	SIL 3	SPA	LMS Ret	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	SÃO		16th	17
2015	G-Drive Racing	LMP2	Ligier JS P2	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 1	SPA 9	LMS 2	NÜR 2	COA 1	FUJ 1	SHA 2	BHR 1		1st	178
2016	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SIL 1	SPA 1	LMS Ret	NÜR 2	MEX 4	COA 3	FUJ 4	SHA 5	BHR 3	2nd	134
2017	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SIL 5	SPA 1	LMS 4	NÜR	MEX 2	COA 3	FUJ 5	SHA 6	BHR 1	5th	139
2018–19	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SPA 3	LMS 6	SIL 16	FUJ 10	SHA 6	SEB 6	SPA 6	LMS Ret		12th	54.5
2019–20	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SIL	FUJ	SHA	BHR	COA	SPA	LMS NC	BHR		47th	0
2021	AF Corse	LMGTE Pro	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	SPA	ALG	MNZ	LMS 10	BHR	BHR				25th	3

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2014	AF Corse	Stephen Wyatt Michele Rugolo	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	GTE Am	22	DNF	DNF
2015	G-Drive Racing	Roman Rusinov Julien Canal	Ligier JS P2-Nissan	LMP2	358	10th	3rd
2016	AF Corse	Andrea Bertolini Davide Rigon	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Pro	143	DNF	DNF
2017	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GTE	GTE Pro	339	21st	5th
2018	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	338	24th	9th
2019	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	140	DNF	DNF
2020	AF Corse	Davide Rigon Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	340	NC	NC
2021	AF Corse	Daniel Serra Miguel Molina	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	331	37th	5th
2022	Riley Motorsports	Felipe Fraga Shane van Gisbergen	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Pro	347	32nd	5th

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2014	Starworks Motorsport	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	DAY 5	SEB 3	LGA 9	KAN	WGL 5	IMS	ELK	VIR	COA	PET			40th	29
2017	Scuderia Corsa	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DAY 16	SEB	LBH	COA	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET	74th	15
2018	Scuderia Corsa	GTD	Ferrari 488 GT3	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DAY 5	SEB	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET		51st	26

Complete Formula E results

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

Year	Team	Chassis	Powertrain	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2014–15	Virgin Racing	Spark SRT01-e	SRT01-e	BEI 3	PUT 1	PDE Ret	BUE 7	MIA 8	LBH Ret	MCO 4	BER 8	MSC Ret	LDN 6	LDN 1						5th	103
2015–16	DS Virgin Racing	Spark SRT01-e	Virgin Racing Engineering DSV-01	BEI 7	PUT 2	PDE Ret	BUE 1	MEX 6	LBH 6	PAR 6	BER 11	LDN 7	LDN Ret							4th	88
2016–17	DS Virgin Racing	Spark SRT01-e	DS Virgin DSV-02	HKG 13	MRK 2	BUE Ret	MEX 3	MCO Ret	PAR 16	BER 7	BER 7	NYC 1	NYC 1	MTL 5	MTL 4					4th	122
2017–18	DS Virgin Racing	Spark SRT01-e	DS Virgin DSV-03	HKG 1	HKG 5	MRK 3	SCL 5	MEX 17	PDE 3	RME 1	PAR 3	BER 7	ZUR 2	NYC 9	NYC 10					3rd	143
2018–19	Envision Virgin Racing	Spark SRT05e	Audi e-tron FE05	ADR 11	MRK 3	SCL 1	MEX 9	HKG 6	SYX Ret	RME 11	PAR 11	MCO 16†	BER 9	BRN 4	NYC 8	NYC 4				9th	85
2019–20	Envision Virgin Racing	Spark SRT05e	Audi e-tron FE06	DIR 1	DIR Ret	SCL 10	MEX Ret	MRK 10	BER 3	BER 6	BER 13	BER 11	BER 20	BER 5						10th	63
2020–21	Jaguar Racing	Spark SRT05e	Jaguar I-Type 5	DIR Ret	DIR 1	RME 2	RME Ret	VLC DSQ	VLC 14	MCO 7	PUE Ret	PUE 12	NYC 9	NYC 1	LDN Ret	LDN Ret	BER Ret	BER 7		6th	87
2021–22	Jaguar TCS Racing	Spark SRT05e	Jaguar I-Type 5	DRH 4	DRH 15	MEX 15	RME 5	RME Ret	MCO Ret	BER 7	BER 11	JAK 10	MRK 9	NYC 7	NYC 5	LDN Ret	LDN 8	SEO	SEO	13th	51
2022–23	Jaguar TCS Racing	Formula E Gen3	Jaguar I-Type 6	MEX Ret	DRH 3	DRH 4	HYD Ret	CAP DNS	SAP 3	BER 2	BER 19	MCO 16	JAK 21	JAK DNS	POR 17	RME Ret	RME 3	LDN 4	LDN 7	8th	95
2023–24	NEOM McLaren Formula E Team	Formula E Gen3	Nissan e-4ORCE 04	MEX 14	DRH 4	DRH Ret	SAP 1	TOK NC	MIS Ret	MIS 10	MCO	BER	BER	SIC	SIC	POR	POR	LDN	LDN	8th*	38*

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

1. Rowe, Callum (28 August 2013). "IN DEPTH Q&A – SAM BIRD". callumrowesgp2blog.wordpress.com. Retrieved 30 August 2013. SB: My middle name is Jamie
2. "BP Ultimate sponsors Sam Bird in Formula 3". BP Official Website. 15 March 2007. Archived from the original on 1 September 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2007.
3. Straw, Edd (16 November 2010). "Ricciardo tops day one of rookie test". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 17 November 2010.
4. Laurens, Pel (14 July 2020). "Envision Virgin Racing and Sam Bird will part ways at end of Season". letstalkmotorsport.com. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
5. Smith, Sam (31 July 2023). "Bird's Jaguar Formula E downfall rests mostly on him". The Race. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
6. Mackley, Stefan (22 August 2023). "McLaren signs Bird to partner Hughes in Formula E". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
7. Wyrich, Sandrine (16 March 2024). "Formula E Sao Paulo E-Prix - Sam Bird produces stunning last-lap overtake to win race in Brazil". Eurosport . Retrieved 17 March 2024.
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External links

• Official website
• Sam Bird career summary at DriverDB.com
• Sam Bird's ESPNF1 column

Sporting positions
Preceded by Sergey Zlobin	FIA Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers 2015 With: Julien Canal & Roman Rusinov	Succeeded by Gustavo Menezes Nicolas Lapierre Stephane Richelmi
Awards
Preceded by Andrew Kirkaldy	Autosport British Club Driver of the Year 2006	Succeeded by Duncan Tappy
Preceded by Esteban Gutiérrez	Pirelli Trophy for Tyre Management Winner 2013	Succeeded by Incumbent