Colin Fleming (racing driver)

Colin Fleming (born April 27, 1984) is an American former racing driver & Formula 1 test driver who competed in the World Series by Renault 3.5, Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, and Formula Renault 2000 Germany with Jenzer Motorsport and Carlin Motorsport after a successful go-karting career, winning 10 North American and National Championships.

Colin Fleming
2005 Le Mans WSR
Born (1984-04-27) April 27, 1984
San Diego, California, U.S.
Retired2007
World Series by Renault 3.5 Series
Years active2005–2006
TeamsJenzer Motorsport, Carlin Motorsport
Starts34
Fastest laps3
Best finish3rd in 2005
Previous series
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003
  • 2001–2002
  • 1994–1999
  • 1998–1999
Championship titles
1994–2002WKA Junior North American Champion (2x). IKF National Champion (7x).

Racing career

A former member from the Red Bull Junior Team, Fleming finished 3rd in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup in 2004 and was rookie of the year in the Formula Renault 2000 Germany also in that year. He raced against fellow American and Californian and future Formula One driver Scott Speed. In 2005, he switched to the Formula Renault 3.5 with Swiss team Jenzer Motorsport, despite three DNS in the first 3 and missing one race of that season he finished 13th with 34 points with a best finish of 3rd in the second race in the Bugatti Circuit in LeMans, France. In 2006, he joined Carlin where he finished 6th in the first race of the season in Zolder. Later that year, he finished 4th in Circuit de Monaco and 8th in both races in Istanbul Park, but left Carlin and the Red Bull Junior team after the latter.[1] Red Bull replaced him with fellow Red Bull Junior Team member and future Formula One Champion Sebastian Vettel.[2]

After leaving Red Bull, he returned to the United States to complete in the Atlantic Championship mid-season.

Personal life

He is currently a Executive Vice President of Marketing with Salesforce.[3]

Complete motorsports results

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

2003 Barber Dodge Pro Series (Rookie of the Year, 5th in championship)

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
2003 STP
25
MTY
4
MIL
10
LAG
7
POR
3
CLE
10
TOR
2
VAN
15
MDO
11
MTL
3
5th 83

2004 German Formula Renault – 2nd in the Championship

os Driver name OSC ASS SAL SAC NÜR LAU OSC Points
1 Scott Speed 18 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 3 Ret 2 8 3 1 293
2 Colin Fleming 11 10 2 3 1 1 4 4 5 3 1 7 2 3 284
3 Michael Ammermüller 2 14 7 6 5 6 13 3 2 4 4 3 5 2 238
4 Pascal Kochem 1 Ret 6 2 3 3 1 15 1 15 8 1 20 18 208
5 Mikhail Aleshin 3 15 12 7 4 5 17 2 10 2 Ret 6 6 13 185

2004 European Formula Renault – 3rd in the Championship

Pos Driver MNZ VAL MAG HOC BRN DON SPA IMO OSC Points
1 Scott Speed 2 12 7 DSQ 7 3 1 1 1 1 4 7 1 2 1 1 1 370
2 Simon Pagenaud 10 4 1 Ret 4 1 3 2 5 2 5 9 7 6 Ret 6 4 246
3 Colin Fleming 24 5 8 8 2 Ret 6 Ret 4 3 3 Ret 2 3 2 3 5 222
4 Reinhard Kofler 21 3 6 1 11 5 Ret 4 3 6 10 5 5 5 3 8 9 202
5 Pascal Kochem 4 14 5 4 8 10 2 3 2 5 Ret Ret 3 1 Ret Ret 7 198

World Series by Renault 3.5

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points
2005 Jenzer Motorsport ZOL
1

DNS
ZOL
2

DNS
MON
1

DNS
VAL
1

9
VAL
2

8
LMS
1

DNS
LMS
2

3
BIL
1

Ret
BIL
2

4
OSC
1

Ret
OSC
2

6
DON
1

11
DON
2

10
EST
1

6
EST
2

Ret
MOZ
1

Ret
MOZ
2

22
13th 34
2006 Carlin Motorsport ZOL
1

6
ZOL
2

DNQ
MON
1

4
IST
1

8
IST
2

8
MIS
1
MIS
2
SPA
1
SPA
2
NUR
1
NUR
2
DON
1
DON
2
LMS
1
LMS
2
CAT
1
CAT
2
18th 19

References

  1. "WS: Red Bull confirms Fleming exit". Crash.net. July 4, 2006. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  2. "Sebastian Vettel pre-season interview". Motorsport.com. January 24, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  3. Walsh, Malachy (May 25, 2018). "Driving Success and Learning: Life on the Fast Path With Indy Race Car Driver JR Hildebrand". Salesforce.com. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
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