Jamie Green

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Jamie Green

Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom British
Date of Birth June 14, 1982 (1982-06-14) (age 25)
Place of Birth Leicester (United Kingdom)
2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Debut season 2005
Current team H.W.A GmbH (Mercedes)
Car No. 5
Former teams Persson Motorsport
Starts 31
Wins 2
Poles 6
Fastest laps 3
Best finish 4th in 2007
Previous series
2002
2003
2004		 British Formula Renault
British F3 Championship
Formula Three Euroseries
Championship titles
2004 Formula Three Euroseries
Awards
2002 McLaren Autosport Award

Jamie Green (born June 14, 1982) is a professional racing driver from the city of Leicester in the United Kingdom. He is currently employed by Mercedes-AMG in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) touring car championship.

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[edit] Early career

At the age of 10, Green entered the Junior British Open Stock Car championship and won the title in his first season. He then progressed to karting, finishing runner-up in the Junior TKM series in 1996.

In 1997, he moved up to the Junior ICA Winter Series, in which he won the title, and finished runner-up in the McLaren Mercedes Champions of the Future series. He won the Formula A Winter Series in 2000, then finished runner-up in British Formula A in 2001. He dovetailed the British campaign with the European Formula A championship during 2000 and 2001, in which he achieved two race wins.[1]

[edit] Formula Renault

Green's first season in single seater formula cars was spent in the British Formula Renault Winter Series in 2001, in which he achieved a best race finish of 2nd place. The 2002 season was spent in the British Formula Renault championship with Fortec Racing, finishing the year as championship runner-up with two race wins. He also made a one-off appearance in the Formula Renault Eurocup with Fortec's European operation.[2] His Formula Renault career culminated with a win in the Asian Formula Renault Challenge at Macau in November 2002.

[edit] Formula 3

In 2003, Green progressed to the British Formula 3 championship with Carlin Motorsport. He again finished in the runner-up position in his first season and won four races. During that year, he made his debut in the F3 Euroseries, competing in three rounds (six races) for Team Kolles and one round (two races) for ASM Formule 3.[3]

2004 saw Green enter his first full season in the Euroseries with ASM, having gained backing from Mercedes-Benz. He achieved seven race wins, six poles, and 139 points on route to the championship title.[4]

[edit] The DTM

Jamie Green in a 2006 Mercedes C-Klasse DTM
Jamie Green in a 2006 Mercedes C-Klasse DTM

For the 2005 season, Mercedes placed Green in the DTM. He drove one of its customer cars - a 2004 C-class - run by Persson Motorsport, with which he achieved a 6th-place finish on his debut, secured two pole positions and finished 6th overall in the championship standings, with a total of 29 points.

2006 saw him promoted - along with his team-mate from Persson, Bruno Spengler - to the factory Mercedes-AMG line-up, run by H.W.A. GmbH, alongside multiple champion Bernd Schneider and former Formula One driver Mika Häkkinen. He achieved four pole positions and a best finish of 2nd place on two occasions, but no wins. He was classified 5th overall, with a total of 31 points. In 2007, he continues to be part of the factory line-up.

[edit] Complete DTM results

Key: Results in bold indicate pole position

 Year  Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  Pos.   Points 
2005 Persson  Mercedes C-Klasse '05   6th   Ret   19th   5th   3rd   Ret   8th   7th   Ret   4th   2nd  6th 29
2006  H.W.A. GmbH   Mercedes C-Klasse '06   Ret   4th   3rd   2nd   Ret   9th   8th   Ret   6th   2nd  5th 31
2007  H.W.A. GmbH   Mercedes C-Klasse '07   6th   11th   6th   6th   6th   Ret   11th   5th   1st   1st  4th 34.5

[edit] Other achievements

In 2002, Green won the McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year award, beating five other nominated finalists in a series of on-track trials in touring cars and formula single-seaters.

[edit] Championship titles

  • 2004 Formula 3 Euroseries
  • 2000 Formula A British Super Libre Winter Series
  • 1997 Junior ICA British Winter Series
  • 1992 Junior British Open Stock Car Championship

[edit] Notes and References

  1. ^ Biography jamiegreenracing.co.uk, retrieved on May 21, 2007.
  2. ^ 2002 Eurocup Entry List speedsportmag.com, retrieved on May 21, 2007.
  3. ^ 2003 F3 Euroseries Results speedsportmag.com, retrieved on May 21, 2007.
  4. ^ 2004 F3 Euroseries Results speedsportmag.com, retrieved on May 21, 2007.
Awards
Preceded by
Steven Kane		 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award
2002		 Succeeded by
Alex Lloyd
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F3 Euroseries champions

Ryan Briscoe (2003) • Jamie Green (2004) • Lewis Hamilton (2005) • Paul di Resta (2006) • Romain Grosjean (2007)