Jarno Trulli

Jarno Trulli
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Formula One career
Nationality	Italian
Years	1997–2011

Jarno Trulli (born July 13, 1974 in Pescara, Abruzzo) is a former Formula One racing driver from Italy. He was a regular in Formula One from 1997 to 2011, driving for Minardi, Prost, Jordan, Renault, Toyota and Lotus Racing. He won the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix for Renault, his only Grand Prix victory. After Toyota pulled out of the sport, following the 2009 season, having received no offers from any of the remaining teams, he signed up to race for Lotus Racing in 2010, which was rebranded Team Lotus in 2011. Trulli had re-signed with the rebranded Caterham F1 team for 2012, but was released from his contract prior to the start of the season, to be replaced by Vitaly Petrov.

Career

Early days

His parents were motorsport fans and named their son after Jarno Saarinen, the Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle racing champion who was killed at Monza in 1973. He started racing in karts at an early age.

Formula 3 and early Formula One career

Trulli driving for Prost at the 1999 Canadian Grand Prix

After winning the Karting World Championship in 1991, the Italian and several karting championships in different categories up to 1995, he won the German Formula Three Championship in 1996, and in 1997 made his debut in F1 with Minardi. After 7 races he replaced the injured Olivier Panis at Prost and impressed immediately, finishing fourth in Germany and even leading in Austria, looking set to finish second until his engine blew. He stayed at the Prost team for the next two seasons and eventually scored his first podium in wet conditions at the 1999 European Grand Prix. However, this was a rare highlight in a race few of the main front-runners finished, and the poor performance of the Prost team convinced him that a switch to Jordan would bring improved results.

2000–2001: Jordan

Trulli leads the midfield on the first lap of the 2001 Canadian Grand Prix.

In 2000 he moved to the Irish squad, but the team was no longer the force it had been in the late 1990s. In his two years with Jordan, Trulli failed to score a podium, but did impress with a series of brilliant qualifying displays. During this period suggestions were made that Trulli was more of a qualifying specialist than an out-and-out fast race driver, a charge he frequently denied. Under long-term contract to personal manager (and Renault manager) Flavio Briatore, Trulli secured a contract with the Anglo-French squad for 2002.

2002–2004: Renault

Jarno Trulli driving for Renault at the United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis in 2003

Alongside Jenson Button, he often outqualified his British teammate, but was generally shaded in races. Regardless of Button's improved pace that season, it was Trulli who stayed at Renault for 2003 to partner promoted test-driver Fernando Alonso. The 2003 Renault was a strong car and in Alonso's hands won in Hungary. Trulli struggled to attain similar results, but did achieve a podium in Germany, his first since leaving Prost.

Mindful of how much Alonso had outperformed him in 2003, Trulli improved markedly the next year. For the first half of the season he was the better of the two Renault drivers, racking up regular points and podiums. At Monaco he finally took his first victory after a brilliant display from pole position. Having performed so well, the Italian was eager to stick with the team for 2005, but his relationship with team-boss Briatore soured. A last corner error which allowed Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello onto the podium in France enraged the team, and from that point his days with the French manufacturer were numbered. For the second half of 2004, Trulli failed to gain any points and was consistently off the pace during races. He later accused the team of favouring Alonso, but the reasons why his 2004 season deteriorated have never been properly identified. He was sacked three races before the end of the season and replaced by 1997 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve. Trulli had already agreed to drive for Toyota in 2005, and his early exit from Renault allowed him to take up his new seat for the last two races of the 2004 season, replacing Ricardo Zonta.

2004–2009: Toyota

Trulli driving the Toyota TF105 in 2005

2004–2005

In 2005, early season podiums demonstrated Trulli's speed and at Indianapolis he took Toyota's first F1 pole (albeit with very low fuel). For the vast majority of the year he outpaced highly paid team-mate Ralf Schumacher, but a late season dip in form saw him slip to seventh in the championship, two points behind the German.

Jarno Trulli in Helsinki in 2006

2006

In 2006, Trulli suffered a very poor start to the season. On the first lap of the 2006 Australian Grand Prix, he was taken out by David Coulthard. He seemed to be outpaced by team-mate Ralf Schumacher more often than not, but his reputation was restored when he raced to 6th from 4th on the grid at the Canadian Grand Prix. Following this was a 4th place in the United States Grand Prix. From then on, he would only score 3 more times, with a couple of 7th place finishes in the German Grand Prix and the Italian Grand Prix and also a 6th place in the Japanese Grand Prix. There was even bad luck here, as his car became troublesome to drive mid-race, and Ralf Schumacher was delayed in the process. Trulli was racing very well in the season finale at Interlagos, but bad luck robbed him again, as his car suffered suspension failure in only the first 10 laps, a fate which befell his team-mate at the same time. He finished 12th overall.

2007

Trulli driving for Toyota at the 2007 Bahrain Grand Prix

Trulli scored his first points of 2007 in Malaysia, finishing in 7th place after qualifying 8th. A couple more points followed in Bahrain, but he stalled on the grid at the start of the Spanish Grand Prix and dropped out during the early laps due to mechanical failure. Monaco brought no better fortune for Trulli, as he finished down in 15th place, just ahead of team-mate Schumacher, after qualifying his season-worst 14th. Points were collected by Trulli at the Indianapolis for 6th place. After a series of non-scoring runs, Trulli said that the result was 'incredible'. He also qualified well for the French Grand Prix but crashed with the Renault of Heikki Kovalainen on the opening lap, and duly retired because of the damage. Trulli accepted the blame for the incident. The second half of the season was disappointing with Trulli's only point coming in the final race of the season at Brazil.

Post season there had been reports that Trulli's contract was not safe, and that he may have be replaced in the Toyota team for 2008 by Heikki Kovalainen. These proved unfounded as Kovalainen signed for McLaren.

2008

Trulli driving for Toyota at the 2008 French Grand Prix, where he scored the team's first podium finish for more than two years

In 2008, Trulli was hoping Toyota would make a big step forward. Timo Glock was confirmed as his team-mate for the season. Trulli started the season quite well, with several points scoring finishes, the height of which was a fourth place finish in Malaysia. Trulli's qualifying performances were also very good throughout the first few rounds of the Championship. His form then slumped a little, with disappointing performances in Turkey and Monaco, as he finished in non-points scoring positions.

However, he bounced back from this with a 6th place finish in Montreal. He then topped that in France by finishing on the podium in 3rd place, holding off the challenge of Heikki Kovalainen and Robert Kubica in the closing laps.

He qualified on the front row alongside pole-sitter Felipe Massa for the season-ending Brazilian GP, which was to decide the 2008 world championship between Massa and Lewis Hamilton. During the race, Trulli had several close shaves in the changeable weather conditions, and eventually finished 8th. His team-mate Glock played a pivotal part in the title outcome as he was passed by Hamilton on the last corner of the race, which gave the Englishman the championship by one point from Massa, who won easily.

2009

Trulli on the grid at the 2009 British Grand Prix

Trulli was confident going into 2009. In the first race of the 2009 season, the Toyotas of Trulli and Glock started the race from the pitlane as their qualifying times were disallowed due to Toyota's flexible rear wing breaching regulations. Although Trulli started from the pit lane, he finished in an impressive 3rd place before being penalised 25 seconds, dropping him to 12th position for passing Lewis Hamilton under the safety car. A few days after this decision, Hamilton was disqualified from the race results for 'misleading' the race stewards by insisting that Jarno Trulli had passed him under the Safety Car although Hamilton in fact let him pass on purpose due to an order given by the team from the pitlane. Jarno Trulli therefore regained his third place finish. At the Bahrain Grand Prix, Trulli qualified on pole position but due to an unconventional tyre strategy, he finished third. However he did record the fastest lap, the only time he has achieved this in his career. He holds the record of having started the most Grands Prix before recording a fastest lap.

He crashed out of the Spanish Grand Prix after being forced off the track at the second corner and being collected by Adrian Sutil, and then had a poor performance in Monaco as the Toyotas qualified on the back row of the grid. Improvements saw him score points in three of the next four races, before the following four rounds saw him struggle again as he failed to finish in the Top 10. At the Singapore Grand Prix he placed 12th while team-mate Glock was second. Trulli then fought back at the Japanese Grand Prix (which would prove to be Toyota's last home race) by qualifying and finishing second. He then qualified fourth in torrential conditions in Brazil, but like in Spain collided with Adrian Sutil on the opening lap of the race, an incident which enraged Trulli as he blamed Sutil for the crash. His obvious display of anger towards Sutil (who also retired) afterwards earned him a $10,000 fine. Trulli finished seventh at the season finale in Abu Dhabi scoring his final points in Toyota F1's last race.

2010–2011: Lotus

2010

Trulli driving for Lotus Racing at the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix

On 14 December 2009, Trulli was confirmed as one of the newly-formed Lotus team's drivers, joining former McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen. He only finished one of the opening four races, a weaker reliability record than Kovalainen, leading him to note that "everything happens on my car and my car only – so to this day, my expectations have not been met"

At the launch of the Lotus T127, Trulli admitted in an interview with Autosport that US F1 and Sauber had been in contact with him.

In late 2009, Trulli was asked to test a NASCAR stock car in North America for Toyota. The car was set up by Michael Waltrip Racing.

2011

Trulli in the 2011 Italian Grand Prix

Trulli continued to drive for Lotus in 2011, with Lotus Racing being renamed Team Lotus. He again partnered Heikki Kovalainen.

Trulli's season started with thirteenth in Australia, before a retirement with a clutch problem in Malaysia. Trulli finished each of the next six races, equalling his best season finish of thirteenth in Monaco. In Britain, he retired with an oil leak. For the German Grand Prix, Trulli was replaced by reserve driver Karun Chandhok. When he returned in Hungary, he retired due to a water leak. He finished 14th at both the Belgian Grand Prix and the Italian Grand Prix, where it was announced that Trulli would be retained for the 2012 season. After retiring in Singapore with a gearbox failure, Trulli finished 19th in Japan, 17th in Korea and 19th again, in India.

2012: Caterham

Trulli in pre-season testing for Caterham at Jerez – he was replaced by Vitaly Petrov after this test

Team Lotus was renamed to Caterham F1 ahead of the 2012 season. Trulli drove in one pre-season test, but on 17 February 2012 it was announced that Trulli was replaced by Vitaly Petrov. This left Formula One without an Italian driver at the start of the 2012 season, for the first time since 1969.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1993	Italian Formula Three	MC Motorsport	6	0	0	0	?	0	NC
1994	British Formula Three	RC Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
1995	German Formula Three	KMS	12	2	1	1	3	95	4th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
1996	German Formula Three	Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula	15	6	7	1	10	206	1st
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
	Grand Prix de Monaco F3		1	0	1	0	0	N/A	18th
	Masters of Formula Three		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	18th
1997	Formula One	Minardi Team	7	0	0	0	0	0	15th
		Prost Gauloises Blondes	7	0	0	0	0	3
1998	Formula One	Gauloises Prost Peugeot	16	0	0	0	0	1	15th
1999	Formula One	Gauloises Prost Peugeot	16	0	0	0	1	7	11th
2000	Formula One	Benson & Hedges Jordan	17	0	0	0	0	6	10th
2001	Formula One	Benson & Hedges Jordan Honda	17	0	0	0	0	12	9th
2002	Formula One	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	17	0	0	0	0	9	8th
2003	Formula One	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	16	0	0	0	1	33	8th
2004	Formula One	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	15	1	2	0	2	46	6th
		Panasonic Toyota Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0
2005	Formula One	Panasonic Toyota Racing	19	0	1	0	3	43	7th
2006	Formula One	Panasonic Toyota Racing	18	0	0	0	0	15	12th
2007	Formula One	Panasonic Toyota Racing	17	0	0	0	0	8	13th
2008	Formula One	Panasonic Toyota Racing	18	0	0	0	1	31	9th
2009	Formula One	Panasonic Toyota Racing	17	0	1	1	3	32.5	8th
2010	Formula One	Lotus Racing	19	0	0	0	0	0	21st
2011	Formula One	Team Lotus	18	0	0	0	0	0	21st
2012	Formula One	Caterham F1	Pre Season Test driver

Complete Formula One 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	WDC	Points
1997	Minardi Team	Minardi Team M197	Hart 830 AV7 3.0 V8	AUS 9	BRA 12	ARG 9	SMR DNS	MON Ret	ESP 15	CAN Ret													15th	3
	Prost Gauloises Blondes	Prost JS45	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HB 3.0 V10								FRA 10	GBR 8	GER 4	HUN 7	BEL 15	ITA 10	AUT Ret	LUX	JPN	EUR
1998	Gauloises Prost Peugeot	Prost AP01	Peugeot A16 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	BRA Ret	ARG 11	SMR Ret	ESP 9	MON Ret	CAN Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	AUT 10	GER 12	HUN Ret	BEL 6	ITA 13	LUX Ret	JPN 12†				16th	1
1999	Gauloises Prost Peugeot	Prost AP02	Peugeot A18 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	BRA Ret	SMR Ret	MON 7	ESP 6	CAN Ret	FRA 7	GBR 9	AUT 7	GER Ret	HUN 8	BEL 12	ITA Ret	EUR 2	MAL DNS	JPN Ret				11th	7
2000	Benson & Hedges Jordan	Jordan EJ10	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HE 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	BRA 4	SMR 15†	GBR 6	ESP 12	EUR Ret	MON Ret	CAN 6	FRA 6	AUT Ret										10th	6
		Jordan EJ10B												GER 9	HUN 7	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	USA Ret	JPN 13	MAL 12
2001	Benson & Hedges Jordan Honda	Jordan EJ11	Honda RA001E 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	MAL 8	BRA 5	SMR 5	ESP 4	AUT DSQ	MON Ret	CAN 11†	EUR Ret	FRA 5	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	USA 4	JPN 8			9th	12
2002	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault R202	Renault RS22 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	BRA Ret	SMR 9	ESP 10†	AUT Ret	MON 4	CAN 6	EUR 8	GBR Ret	FRA Ret	GER Ret	HUN 8	BEL Ret	ITA 4	USA 5	JPN Ret			8th	9
2003	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault R23	Renault RS23 3.0 V10	AUS 5	MAL 5	BRA 8	SMR 13	ESP Ret	AUT 8	MON 6	CAN Ret	EUR Ret	FRA Ret										8th	33
		Renault R23B												GBR 6	GER 3	HUN 7	ITA Ret	USA 4	JPN 5
2004	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault R24	Renault RS24 3.0 V10	AUS 7	MAL 5	BHR 4	SMR 5	ESP 3	MON 1	EUR 4	CAN Ret	USA 4	FRA 4	GBR Ret	GER 11	HUN Ret	BEL 9	ITA 10	CHN				6th	46
	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF104B	Toyota RVX-05 3.0 V10																	JPN 11	BRA 12
2005	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF105	Toyota RVX-05 3.0 V10	AUS 9	MAL 2	BHR 2	SMR 5	ESP 3	MON 10	EUR 8	CAN Ret	USA DNS	FRA 5	GBR 9	GER 14†	HUN 4	TUR 6	ITA 5	BEL Ret	BRA 13†			7th	43
		Toyota TF105B																			JPN Ret	CHN 15
2006	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF106	Toyota RVX-06 2.4 V8	BHR 16	MAL 9	AUS Ret	SMR Ret	EUR 9	ESP 10														12th	15
		Toyota TF106B								MON 17†	GBR 11	CAN 6	USA 4	FRA Ret	GER 7	HUN 12†	TUR 9	ITA 7	CHN Ret	JPN 6	BRA Ret
2007	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF107	Toyota RVX-07 2.4 V8	AUS 9	MAL 7	BHR 7	ESP Ret	MON 15	CAN Ret	USA 6	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	EUR 13	HUN 10	TUR 16	ITA 11	BEL 11	JPN 13	CHN 13	BRA 8			13th	8
2008	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF108	Toyota RVX-08 2.4 V8	AUS Ret	MAL 4	BHR 6	ESP 8	TUR 10	MON 13	CAN 6	FRA 3	GBR 7	GER 9	HUN 7	EUR 5	BEL 16	ITA 13	SIN Ret	JPN 5	CHN Ret	BRA 8		9th	31
2009	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF109	Toyota RVX-09 2.4 V8	AUS 3	MAL 4‡	CHN Ret	BHR 3	ESP Ret	MON 13	TUR 4	GBR 7	GER 17	HUN 8	EUR 13	BEL Ret	ITA 14	SIN 12	JPN 2	BRA Ret	ABU 7			8th	32.5
2010	Lotus Racing	Lotus T127	Cosworth CA2010 2.4 V8	BHR 17†	AUS DNS	MAL 17	CHN Ret	ESP 17	MON 15†	TUR Ret	CAN Ret	EUR 21	GBR 16	GER Ret	HUN 15	BEL 19	ITA Ret	SIN Ret	JPN 13	KOR Ret	BRA 19	ABU 21†	21st	0
2011	Team Lotus	Lotus T128	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	AUS 13	MAL Ret	CHN 19	TUR 18	ESP 18	MON 13	CAN 16	EUR 20	GBR Ret	GER	HUN Ret	BEL 14	ITA 14	SIN Ret	JPN 19	KOR 17	IND 19	ABU 18	BRA 18	21st	0

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
^† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as they had completed over 90% of the race distance.

Pre-F1 career

• 1996: Champion in German Formula 3 (KMS Dallara-Opel)
• 1995: 4th in German Formula 3 (KMS Dallara-Opel), 1st in Italian Karting class 100 FA, 1st in World karting class 125FC, Senna Memorial World Cup winner
• 1994: Senna Memorial World Cup winner, 1st in North American class 100SA, 1st in European class 100SA
• 1993: 2nd in World karting Champion class 100 SA, 1st in Grand prix of Japan Class 100 FSA
• 1992: 2nd in World karting class 125 FC
• 1991: Champion in Karting World Championship 100 FK
• 1990: 1st in Grand Prix of Hong Kong Class 100 FA
• 1988–1990: Three times Champion in Italian National 100 Class
• 1983–1995: Karting

Helmet

Trulli's original helmet design was white with a blue shape around the visor with a blue circle in the top and a green J with a red T in the sides. A ring around the blue circle was incorporated when he raced at Jordan and Renault, being coloured after the team's main sponsor. In 2004 his helmet changed from white to chromed silver and the shape, the J and the T became chromed with black outline. Later, in his first Toyota years the top became red and was added a white ring around the red circle. Finally in 2008 the helmet turned red with the J and the T of the original colours (and white outline) plus a white line on the chin area. From his Lotus years, the helmet design remained intact, with the change of the shades of colour from chromed to normal shades (the chromed silver becomes white).

Personal life

Trulli is married to Barbara and they have two sons, Enzo (b. 2005), named after Trulli's father, and Marco (b. 2006). He is the co-owner of a vineyard in the Abruzzo region in Italy and produces his own wine. He also has his own range of Karts named 'Trulli Kart'; Trulli himself was a World Champion at Karting level.

External links

• Official Website
• Profile at Toyota F1 official website
• Jarno Trulli Profile and Statistics
• Jarno Trulli Revealed on CNN.com

Preceded by: Norberto Fontana	German Formula Three champion 1996	Succeeded by: Nick Heidfeld
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