Paul di Resta

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Paul di Resta is a race car driver born in West Lothian, Scotland on April 16, 1986. He started his career in karting, racing in various competitive series of karts from 1994 until 2001. He stepped up to the British Formula Renault Winter Series in 2002, joining British Formula Renault full-time in 2003. He stayed there in 2004, also driving some races of Eurocup Formula Renault due to his impressive performances.

Di Resta moved up to race for the Manor Motorsport team in the Formula Three Euroseries in 2005, winning the prestigious McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of The Year Award (won by his cousin Dario Franchitti in 1992) that year, and the championship the next, also winning the 2006 BP Ultimate Masters at Circuit Park Zandvoort.

He is tipped to race in Formula One, and if so may join fellow Euroseries graduates Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton.

In 2007, Di Resta raced in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM), where Mercedes contracted him. In the Championship he finished 4th overall behind Audi drivers Mattias Ekstrom who won his 2nd DTM Championship, Martin Tomzcyck who finished 3rd and Mercedes team mate Bruno Spengler who finished 2nd in a 2007 car. It is widely believed that Di Resta's Jawa4u.de Persson Motorsport team maybe given a 2008 Mercedes C Klasse as a reward for his exceptional debut season in the DTM championship.

[edit] Complete Motor racing results

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Yr	Series	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2003	UK FRenault	Eurotek Motorsport	Snet 8	Snet 22	Brds 6	Thrx 13	Silv 13	Rock Ret	Crft 10	Crft 9	Dont 6	Dont 9											7th	233
		Team JVA											Snet 6	Brds 8	Brds 6	Dont 19	Dont 6	Oult 1	Oult 2
2004	UK FRenault	Manor Motorsport	Thrx 3	Thrx Ret	Brds 7	Brds 4	Silv 2	Silv Ret	Oult 9	Oult 5	Thrx 4	Thrx Ret	Crft 2	Crft 6	Knck 1	Knck 3	Brds 1	Brds 1	Snet 4	Snet 5	Dont 5	Dont 1	3rd	415
2005	F3 Euroseries	Manor Motorsport	Hckn Ret	Hckn 17	Pau 14	Pau DNS	Spa DSQ	Spa 5	Mnco 8	Mnco 6	Osch 4	Osch 4	Nors 3	Nors 8	Nürb 23	Nürb Ret	Zndv 14	Zndv 5	Laus Ret	Laus DSQ	Hckn Ret	Hckn DSQ	10th	32
2006	F3 Euroseries	ASM Formule 3	Hckn 3	Hckn Ret	Laus 2	Laus 3	Osch 1	Osch 14	Brds 1	Brds 5	Nors 1	Nors 18	Nürb 2	Nürb 13	Zndv 1	Zndv 14	Cata 10	Cata 6	Lma 1	Lma 6	Hckn Ret	Hckn 6	1st	86
2007	DTM	Persson-Mercedes	Hckn 5	Osch 2	Laus 2	Brds Ret	Nors 15	Muge 3	Zndv 14	Nürb 6	Cata 3	Hckn 8											5th	32

*Current Championship position

[edit] External links

• Paul di Resta website
• Paul di Resta career statistics at Driver Database

Sporting positions
Preceded by Lewis Hamilton	Formula Three Euroseries Drivers' Champion 2006	Succeeded by Romain Grosjean
Preceded by Lewis Hamilton	Formula Three Masters winner 2006	Succeeded by Nicolas Hülkenberg
Awards
Preceded by Alex Lloyd	McLaren Autosport BRDC Award 2004	Succeeded by Oliver Jarvis

v • d • e F3 Euroseries champions Ryan Briscoe (2003) • Jamie Green (2004) • Lewis Hamilton (2005) • Paul di Resta (2006) • Romain Grosjean (2007)