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| Jan
19, 1980 |
- born
in England - Frome, Somerset
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| 1989 |
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| 1990 |
- British
Kart cadet championship
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| 1991 |
- British
Kart open championship
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| 1997 |
- wins
European Super A Kart championship
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| 1998 |
- wins
British Formula Ford championship
- 2nd in
European Formula Ford championship
- wins
Formula Ford Festival
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| 1999 |
- British
Formula 3 - 3rd overall
- 3 wins
- 2nd in
Macau GP
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| 2000 |
- F1
debut as Williams number 2 driver replacing Alex Zanardi;
Britains youngewst F1 driver at age 20
- 8th overall
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| 2001 |
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| 2002 |
- remains
with the team which became Renault F1 team
- finish
7th overall
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| 2003 |
- joins
BAR Honda F1 team
- finish
9th overall
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| 2004 |
- 2nd year
with BAR Honda F1 team
- first
ever podium finish
(3rd) ; Malaysian GP
- first
ever pole;
San Marino GP
- wanted
to join Williams in 2005 but legally stopped by BAR (D Richards)
by taking the matter to FIA Contract Recognition Board
- finish
3rd overall
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| 2005 |
- 3rd year
with BAR Honda F1 team
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| 2006 |
- 4th year
with Honda F1 team (BAR was bought by Honda and became a fully
factory owned team)
- maiden
F1 win (Hundarian GP, Aug 6); his firstv win after 113 GPs
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