Adam Carroll
Nationality	Irish
Date of Birth	October 26, 1982 (1982-10-26) (age 25)
Place of Birth	Portadown (Northern Ireland)
2008 GP2 Series
Debut season	2005
Current team	FMS International
Car No.	9
Former teams	Super Nova Racing Racing Engineering
Starts	58
Wins	5
Poles	2
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	5th in 2005
Previous series
2002-2004	British Formula Three

Adam Carroll (born October 26, 1982, Portadown, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish race car driver. He is currently signed to race for A1 Team Ireland in the A1 Grand Prix series. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 337 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (720 × 1280 pixel, file size: 90 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... , Portadown (from the Irish: Port an Dúnáin meaning port of the fortress) is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. ... Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... For the article about the Asian version of the GP2 series, see GP2 Asia Series The GP2 Series, GP2 for short, is a form of motor racing introduced in 2005 following the discontinuation of the long-term Formula One feeder sport, Formula 3000. ... The 2005 GP2 Series season started in Imola, San Marino on April 23, 2005. ... Fisichella Motor Sport, also known as FMS International, is a racing team from Italy. ... Super Nova Racing is a British racing team that has competed in Formula 3000/GP2 and the A1 Grand Prix series. ... The 2005 GP2 Series season started in Imola, San Marino on April 23, 2005. ... ‹The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... , Portadown (from the Irish: Port an Dúnáin meaning port of the fortress) is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. ... Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... For other uses, see Driving (disambiguation). ... The A1 Team Ireland is the Irish team of A1 Grand Prix, an international racing series. ... A1GP (formerly A1 Grand Prix) is an open-wheel auto racing series. ...

Career history

Early career

Carroll started out in 1993 competing in karting events, which he would continue to do so until 1999. After a year without doing anything notable he returned, winning the 2000 British Formula Ford Winter Series. He moved on to the actual British Formula Ford competition in 2001, before successfully making the move to British Formula Three B-Class in 2002 with the Sweeney team. Despite driving year-old cars, Carroll was always an outright front runner and he dominated the class winning the title with a record points tally. A kart racer takes a turn on an indoor track Kart racing (as the word is so spelled by enthusiasts) or karting is a variant of open-wheeler motor sport with simple, small four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... ‹The template below has been proposed for deletion. ...

International racing

In 2003 Carroll moved up to Championship Class British Formula Three, but due to lack of finance, he had little stability and finished the year having driven with three different teams, before competing in part of the Formula Three Euroseries season, where despite being new to both team, series, track and tyres, he finished in the points in his first race. He also partnered and outperformed future Formula One driver Nico Rosberg in an end of season event in South Korea. He continued in Formula Three throughout 2004, finishing as runner up to Nelson Angelo Piquet before joining the 2005 GP2 Series, replacing Hayanari Shimoda at the Super Nova Racing team just before the start of the season. ‹The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... The Formula Three Euroseries is a European-based single seater feeder formula for F3 chassis that was launched (in its current form) in 2003. ... F1 redirects here. ... Nico Rosberg (born June 27, 1985 in Wiesbaden, Germany) is a German racing driver for the Williams team. ... Nelson Angelo Piquet (born July 25, 1985, Heidelberg, Germany), also known as Nelson Piquet Junior or Nelsinho Piquet, is a Brazilian race car driver. ... The 2005 GP2 Series season started in Imola, San Marino on April 23, 2005. ... Hayanari Shimoda, a GP2 Series driver popular in Japan Hayanari Shimoda is a race car driver born in Tokyo, Japan on the 16th of July 1981. ... Super Nova Racing is a British racing team that has competed in Formula 3000/GP2 and the A1 Grand Prix series. ...

Although Carroll's pre-season preparation for GP2 left him at a disadvantage to all the other drivers due to the lateness of his race deal and consequent lack of testing with his new team, he was immediately competitive, briefly challenging for the championship before slipping back as the season progressed due to reliability setbacks and on-track incidents.

Despite continually having trouble raising a budget for his racing, he has still managed to outperform drivers who have had funding readily available to them, including 2005 team-mate, and ex F1 driver, Giorgio Pantano. His undoubted talent caught the eye of Formula One and in 2005 he was signed as a test driver for Formula One team BAR-Honda. For the 2006 GP2 season he surprised many in choosing to join the Racing Engineering team when his previous team had a better chance of picking up the title. It soon became clear that due to Carroll's continued lack of sponsorship, the Racing Engineering deal saved him from having to drop out of top line motorsport all together. He has since removed himself from the Honda driver program sensing a lack of opportunity as Button and Barrichello would be hard to replace. Giorgio Pantano (born February 4, 1979 in Padua, Italy) is an Italian racing driver who drove for the Jordan Formula One team for much of the 2004 season before being replaced by Timo Glock, and who will race in the 2005 GP2 Series for the SuperNova team. ... F1 redirects here. ... British American Racing is a Formula One constructor that competed in the sport from 1999 to 2005. ... Jenson Alexander Lyons Button, often called Jense, (born 19 January 1980) is an English Formula One racing driver. ... Rubens Gonçalves Barrichello (born May 23, 1972) is a Brazilian Formula One race driver of Italian descent. ...

Adam Carroll, seen here on the warm up lap of the first GP2 race at Silverstone, England on June 10, 2006.

The only real high point of the 2006 season was a pole position, third place and second place combo at his home track, Silverstone. It was clear throughout the season, however, that Carroll's team was not as strong as the majority of the other teams in the series. This was highlighted many times due to car failures that cost him many points throughout the year. As well as this, the car was distinctly slower and he also had trouble with other drivers hitting him from behind. This coupled with a driver error while leading race two in Hungary cost Carroll a lot of points that, should he have gained them, he would have been in contention for at least third in the championship. As it was though, Carroll's 33 points was enough to give him eighth place (equal points with seventh-placed Gianmaria Bruni with Bruni ahead having scored more wins). Carroll scored all of his team's points, outscoring his old team Super Nova Racing. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Silverstone Circuit is a racing circuit at Silverstone, England. ... Gianmaria Bruni (b. ... Super Nova Racing is a British racing team that has competed in Formula 3000/GP2 and the A1 Grand Prix series. ...

2007 - DTM, GP2 & A1GP

For the start of the 2007 season, Carroll was driving a two year old Audi A4 in the German DTM series for the Futurecom TME team.^[1] On 26 June it was announced that he would replace Antônio Pizzonia in the FMS GP2 team for the event supporting the French Grand Prix.^[2] Carroll won at the Silverstone round of the GP2 series and scored 4 other points to take a total of 13 in one weekend, only his second back in GP2, in a car that had only scored one point beforehand. It was announced on July 13 that he has left the DTM due to sponsorship problems, and will concentrate on GP2 for the rest of 2007.^[3] Carroll also went on to claim victory in the first race at the Hungaroring, despite starting sixth and changing all four tires during his mandatory pit stop.^[4] The season didn't end so well for Carroll, as he scored only 2 points in the last three races despite being i contention for much more. However, he did finish in seventh place, ahead of many drivers who, unlike Carroll, had completed the entire season.^[5] During this time, Adam had tested the A1GP car for Ireland, impressing everyone at Silverstone and so for the second event onwards, Adam signed up to race in A1GP. His first weekend demonstrated yet again what a talent he was as he got Ireland's biggest points haul in the history of A1GP by netting a podium in his first race and despite starting 18th on the grid due to being blocked in qualifying, 6th in the feature race. Later in the season, he won the Mexico City feature race, Ireland's first win in A1GP. The Audi A4 is a compact executive car produced by the German automaker Audi since 1994. ... The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM, German Touring Car Masters) is a touring car racing series based in Germany, but also with rounds elsewhere in Europe. ... Antônio Reginaldo Pizzonia Júnior (born in Manaus, Brazil) is one of two test drivers for the Williams Formula One team. ... Fisichella Motor Sport, also known as FMS International, is a racing team from Italy. ... The 2007 GP2 Series season began in 2007 on April 14 at Sakhir in Bahrain. ... is the 194th day of the year (195th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Hungaroring is a Formula 1 racing circuit near Budapest, Hungary where the Hungarian Grand Prix is held. ...

GP2 Series Record

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References

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