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Career

PASTOR MALDONADO​

A SUCCESSFUL CAREER

  • 1985

    Place and date of birth: Maracay, Venezuela, March 9.

  • 1993

    Sporting debut. Venezuela: Karting. Pre-Junior Category.

    Karting. Pre-Junior Category: Regional Champion (Aragua).

  • 1994

    Karting. Pre-Junior Category: Regional Champion / National Runner-up.

  • 1995

    Karting. Pre-Junior Category: National Champion.

  • 1996

    Karting. Pre-Junior Category: National Runner-up/Regional Champion.

  • 1997

    Karting. Pre-Junior Category: National Champion / Regional Champion.

  • 1998

    Karting. ICA Junior Category, Regional Champion / National Runner-up.

    Karting. Canada Cup. runner-up.

  • 1999

    Karting. ICA Junior category. National Champion / Regional Runner-up.

    Karting European Championship. Thirteenth Place.

  • 2000

    Formula A: Eleventh. World ranking.

  • 2001

    Formula A: Tenth. European ranking.

  • 2002

    Formula A - Debut Italian Formula Renault 2000 (Winter Series) Champion.

  • 2003

    Renault Winter Series: Champion.

    Formula Renault V6: Test. Spain (November 20).

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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).

  • 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.

  • 2008

    GP2: Piquet Sports Team. Fifth place in the Championship. Second place in Monaco. Victory at Spa Franchorchamps (III Euroseries 3000 race).

  • 2009

    GP2: ART Grand Prix Team. Victories: 2 (Monaco/Silverstone). Sixth place in the Championship. Victory at Portimao, Portugal (I Race Euroseries 3000).

  • 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).

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 2013

    Formula 1. Williams Team. He managed to score points at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

  • 2014

    Formula 1. Lotus Team. Reach 2 points in the United States Grand Prix.

  • 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).

  • 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.

  • 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.