Adrian Sutil

No one would have imagined that a pianist with a promising musical career would end up behind the wheel of the fastest racing cars in the world. Adrian's parents were musicians by profession and so, for a young Adrian, that became the natural career option.

It was just a chance discovery of Karting that diverted the 14 year old's attention away from music and into a new world of fast cars. "The most important thing in my life was the Piano," said Adrian, "My family is very musical but now the sound of engines is music in my ears".

Sutil almost towered over his opponents in various regional Karting series. He then moved up to the national level and took third place in the German Karting Championship at the age of 17. He graduated to the European Championships in the next year but these races were harder for him but despite many failures, he never let his head droop. He left karting in 2002 and decided to climb into a single-seater in the Swiss Formula Ford series. Once there, he came out all guns blazing. He won each and every one of the 12 events in that season, becoming the champion miles ahead of the competition.

He also won 5 races in the Austrian Formula Masters Tournament in the same year, stamping his authority in each. It was time to head back home to Germany, for Adrian, and the Formula BMW series beckoned. He didn't manage any victories but did manage 3 podium finishes and that was enough to assure him of a place in the Formula3 Euro - series for 2004.

He was racing under the trained eye of Colin Kolles and this was just the beginning of a long relationship that has seen many ups and downs, but still exists to this date.
Towards the end of the season, Sutil decided to shift to the more competitive ASM team to join forces with a young Lewis Hamilton, and compete in the last two races of the season. His performances were strong enough to ensure that he partnered Hamilton again, in the coming season in 2005.
In 2006, Sutil finished behind his team mate Hamilton, who won the championships in 2006. He won two races and ended up on the podium a massive 11 times. Kolles ensured that in 2006, Sutil had a testing contract with the Midland team for the season. Sutil had the chance of competing in Formula1, in 2006 itself, but he decided against it. He moved to the Japanese Formula3 Series to gain more experience in the field before turning his attention to Formula1. The move paid off as he ended up winning the Japanese Formula 3 title.

So it was time for Formula1 in 2007 and Sutil made his debut, under Kolles, with Spyker. Although he didn't finish amongst the points all that much, he did impress everyone in a highly uncompetitive car. He finished 8th in Japan, which earned him his first Formula1 point.

In 2008, Spyker has been bought over by the Force India Formula1 team and has become an extremely important part of their debut season. Along with the experienced Giancarlo Fisichella, Sutil will try and ensure that the team's debut season has some happy memories to remember it by.