Career
PASTOR MALDONADO
A SUCCESSFUL CAREER
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1985
Place and date of birth: Maracay, Venezuela, March 9.
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1993
Sporting debut. Venezuela: Karting. Pre-Junior Category.
Karting. Pre-Junior Category: Regional Champion (Aragua).
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1994
Karting. Pre-Junior Category: Regional Champion / National Runner-up.
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1995
Karting. Pre-Junior Category: National Champion.
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1996
Karting. Pre-Junior Category: National Runner-up/Regional Champion.
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1997
Karting. Pre-Junior Category: National Champion / Regional Champion.
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1998
Karting. ICA Junior Category, Regional Champion / National Runner-up.
Karting. Canada Cup. runner-up.
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1999
Karting. ICA Junior category. National Champion / Regional Runner-up.
Karting European Championship. Thirteenth Place.
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2000
Formula A: Eleventh. World ranking.
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2001
Formula A: Tenth. European ranking.
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2002
Formula A - Debut Italian Formula Renault 2000 (Winter Series) Champion.
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2003
Renault Winter Series: Champion.
Formula Renault V6: Test. Spain (November 20).
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2004
Formula Renault 2000 Italy. Champion. Points: 362. Victories: 8; Pole Positions: 6; Fastest Laps: 10; Circuit Records: 2.
Formula Renault Eurocup: 8th place. Victories: 2
Formula Renault V-6: Debut. 5th place.
Formula 3000: Test. Brno. Durango Team. October 18th. Featured
Formula 3000: Test. Estoril. Arden Team. November 25. Featured
Formula 3000: Test. Barcelona. BCN Team. November 2nd and 3rd. Featured
Formula 1: Private test. Minardi Team. Best lap (Rookies). Best lap of the Second General (only two tenths of a second behind the leader). 23 laps. Misano. November 25th.
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2005
Selected for the Renault Driver Development RDD created by the Renault Formula 1 team.
World Series by Renault: Debut. Dams Team.
Italian Formula 3000: Victory at Magione.
GP2: Test. Jerez de la Frontera Team Durango. Fifth place.
World Series by Renault: Test. Valencia, Spain. Epsilon Euskadi and Draco Multiracing Team. First and second place and best absolute lap.
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2006
Renault World Series: Draco Multiracing Team. Third place. Leader in: Victories (4 including Monaco GP), Pole Positions (5), Fastest Laps (5) and Podiums (6).
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2007
GP2 debut. Trident team. Winner in his second race of the Monaco Grand Prix. One of the best rookies of the year. First driver in history to achieve 2 consecutive victories in the Principality of Monaco circuit. He finished in 12th place, due to an injury that did not allow him to complete 8 races out of 10 in the championship. Winter tests in Paul Ricard, France. One of the best driver.
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2008
GP2: Piquet Sports Team. Fifth place in the Championship. Second place in Monaco. Victory at Spa Franchorchamps (III Euroseries 3000 race).
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2009
GP2: ART Grand Prix Team. Victories: 2 (Monaco/Silverstone). Sixth place in the Championship. Victory at Portimao, Portugal (I Race Euroseries 3000).
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2010
GP2: Champion. Team: Rapax. Set two records in the category: six consecutive victories in Honor Races (Saturday) and most victories in a season (6).
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2011
He made his grand debut in Formula 1 for the legendary Williams team and scored his first point in the category at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit.
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2012
Formula 1. Williams Team, won the Spanish Grand Prix. Best classification of the year (Pole Position). He managed to post 45 points during the season.
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2013
Formula 1. Williams Team. He managed to score points at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
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2014
Formula 1. Lotus Team. Reach 2 points in the United States Grand Prix.
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2015
Formula 1. Lotus Team. He has 27 points during the championship, in the following countries: Canada (6), Austria (6), Japan (4), Russia (6), United States (4), Brazil (1).
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2018
WEC FIA: 2018-2019 Super Season. Team: Dragon Speed .
First place in the Prologue Season at Circuit Paul Ricard, France.
Spa-Francorchamps; Fifth place.
24 Hours of Le Mans: Fifth place.
Silverstone: Fourth place.
Fuji: Pole Position and fifth place.
Shanghai: Second place.
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2019
24 Hours of Daytona: Victory. LMP2 category. IMSA Championship.
3rd. Place in the WEC Championship.
1000 Miles of Sebring: Third place.
Spa-Francorchamps: Winner.