Ralph Firman

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Ralph Firman

Formula One Career
Nationality	Irish
Active years	2003
Team(s)	Jordan
Grands Prix	15
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First Grand Prix	2003 Australian Grand Prix
First win	-
Last win	-
Last Grand Prix	2003 Japanese Grand Prix

Ralph David Firman Jr. (born May 20, 1975 in Norwich, Norfolk) is a racing driver from the United Kingdom, who races under Irish citizenship (his mother Angela is Irish) and an Irish-issued racing licence. His father, Ralph Firman Sr., founded the Van Diemen racecar constructor.

Educated at Gresham's School between 1988 and 1993, Firman went straight into motor racing on leaving school and won the 1996 British Formula Three Championship, at his second attempt. He also won the prestigious Macau Grand Prix during this year. He then moved to Japan, culminating in the 2002 Formula Nippon championship, before returning to Europe. He participated in 14 Formula One grands prix, debuting on March 9, 2003. He scored 1 championship point, in the 2003 Spanish Grand Prix. He was injured in a huge crash during practice for the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix which forced him to sit out this and the next race, in which he was replaced by Zsolt Baumgartner.

Firman has also competed in the Le Mans 24 Hours, and was an official test driver for the A1 Grand Prix series in August 2004.

Ralph's sister Natasha is also a racing driver.

In August 2005, it was announced that he would be the driver for A1 Team Ireland. He had previously been seen to be in competition for the Great Britain seat.