Zoël Amberg

Zoël Amberg
Amberg in 2012.
Nationality	Swiss
Born	(1992-09-25) 25 September 1992 (age 32) Stans, Switzerland
Formula Renault 3.5 Series career
Debut season	2012
Current team	AVF
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	20
Former teams	Pons Racing
Starts	51
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	11th in 2014
Previous series
2011 2011 2010 2009–10 2009 2009	European F3 Open Championship GP3 Series Formula Abarth Formula Renault 2.0 MEC Italian Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 WEC
Championship titles
2010	Formula Renault 2.0 MEC

Zoël Amberg (born 25 September 1992 in Stans) is a former professional racing driver from Switzerland.

Amberg began karting in 2004 and raced primarily in his native Switzerland for the majority of his career, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the KF3 and KF2 categories by 2008, when he became a works driver for the Birel Motorsport team.

In 2009, Amberg graduated to single–seaters, racing in both the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 and Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 championships for Jenzer Motorsport. Two race victories at the final round of the season in Imola saw him finish fourth in the Italian series,^[1] whilst in the Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 championship he finished fifth overall after scoring points in all but one of the 12 races.^[2] During the year he also contested a single round of the Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup at Barcelona.

Amberg remained in Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 for a second season in 2010, when the series became known as the Formula Renault 2.0 Middle European Championship. He won the title in dominant fashion, finishing on the podium in all ten races he competed in, winning six of them.^[3]

Also in 2010, Amberg contested a full season in the newly launched Formula Abarth series in Italy. He took a single victory at the opening round of the season in Misano and a further eight points–scoring positions to finish seventh in the championship.^[4]

In October 2010, Amberg made his debut in a GP3 Series car, taking part in the two post–season tests at Estoril and Jerez with Jenzer Motorsport, and in March 2011 it was announced that he had signed to race for ATECH CRS GP in the 2011 season, joining British Formula Renault 2.0 graduates Marlon Stöckinger and Nick Yelloly.^[5] He failed to score a point in the sixteen races he entered, taking a best race result of tenth at the sprint race in Barcelona.^[6]

In October 2011, Amberg joined De Villota Motorsport to contest the final three rounds of the European F3 Open season.^[7] Despite only taking part in six races, he finished eighth in the championship,^[8] taking four podium positions including a win at the final round in Barcelona.^[9]

In October 2010, Amberg made his debut at the wheel of a Formula Renault 3.5 Series car, testing for new team BVM–Target at Motorland Aragón.^[10] After testing extensively for Pons Racing during the latter part of 2011, it was confirmed in December 2011 that Amberg had signed a two–year contract with the team, beginning with the 2012 season.^[11] He will be joined by Formula Three graduate Yann Cunha.^[12]

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2009	Italian Formula Renault 2.0	Jenzer Motorsport	14	2	2	0	2	228	4th
	Swiss Formula Renault 2.0		12	0	0	0	1	150	5th
	Formula Renault 2.0 WEC		2	0	0	0	0	0	21st
2010	Formula Renault 2.0 MEC	Jenzer Motorsport	10	6	2	1	10	243	1st
	Formula Abarth		14	1	0	0	1	58	7th
2011	GP3 Series	ATECH CRS GP	16	0	0	0	0	0	28th
	European F3 Open	De Villota Motorsport	6	1	0	0	4	50	8th
2012	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Pons Racing	17	0	0	0	0	1	26th
2013	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Pons Racing	17	0	0	0	0	8	24th
2014	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	AVF	17	0	0	0	1	66	11th
2015	GP2 Series	Daiko Team Lazarus	6	0	0	0	0	0	29th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Team SARD Morand	2	0	0	0	1	18	17th

(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	DC	Points
2011	ATECH CRS GP	IST FEA 12	IST SPR 14	CAT FEA 16	CAT SPR 10	VAL FEA 11	VAL SPR 18	SIL FEA Ret	SIL SPR 16	NÜR FEA 21	NÜR SPR 20	HUN FEA 15	HUN SPR 16	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR 12	MNZ FEA Ret	MNZ SPR Ret	28th	0

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Points
2012	Pons Racing	ALC 1 10	ALC 2 16	MON 1 14	SPA 1 18	SPA 2 Ret	NÜR 1 16	NÜR 2 18	MSC 1 15	MSC 2 13	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 Ret	HUN 1 13	HUN 2 16	LEC 1 18	LEC 2 Ret	CAT 1 24	CAT 2 22	26th	1
2013	Pons Racing	MNZ 1 12	MNZ 2 20	ALC 1 17	ALC 2 19	MON 1 20	SPA 1 19	SPA 2 16	MSC 1 21	MSC 2 22	RBR 1 11	RBR 2 19†	HUN 1 19	HUN 2 18	LEC 1 12	LEC 2 15	CAT 1 6	CAT 2 12	24th	8
2014	AVF	MNZ 1 8	MNZ 2 13	ALC 1 5	ALC 2 5	MON 1 6	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 Ret	MSC 1 2	MSC 2 8	NÜR 1 9	NÜR 2 5	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 15	LEC 1 11	LEC 2 19	JER 1 12	JER 2 14	11th	66

^† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

(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	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2015	Daiko Team Lazarus	BHR FEA 16	BHR SPR 18	CAT FEA 17	CAT SPR 13	MON FEA 22	MON SPR Ret	RBR FEA DNS	RBR SPR DNS	SIL FEA	SIL SPR	HUN FEA DNS	HUN SPR DNS	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SOC FEA	SOC SPR	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	YMC FEA	YMC SPR	29th	0

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2015	Team SARD Morand	LMP2	Morgan LMP2 Evo	SARD (Judd) 3.6 L V8	SIL	SPA 2	LMS Ret	NÜR	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	17th	18

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2015	Team SARD-Morand	Pierre Ragues Oliver Webb	Morgan LMP2 Evo-SARD	LMP2	162	DNF	DNF

• Official website
• Zoël Amberg career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Nico Müller Swiss Formula Renault 2.0	Formula Renault 2.0 MEC Champion 2010	Succeeded by Javier Tarancón Formula Renault 2.0 Alps