At the Hungarian Grand Prix he finished 11th and 4 laps behind the leader in very wet and changeable conditions. At the French Grand Prix he finished 10th, matching David Coulthard's pace throughout, after suffering from back pains and breathing problems, consequences from a Friday practice accident.Īfter crashing during the first qualifying session for the German Grand Prix, Speed finished 12th in the race. His teammate Liuzzi finished 8th and scored the team's first World Championship point. Speed was caught up in the resulting melee. Montoya then clouted Honda's Jenson Button whose front right tyre got caught by BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld who was launched into a triple barrel roll. In turn 2, McLaren's Juan Pablo Montoya nudged his teammate Kimi Räikkönen into a spin. Speed bounced back and ran rather well at the Canadian Grand Prix finishing 10th.Īt the United States Grand Prix he qualified a career-best 13th only to be taken out in a first-lap collision. He retired from the British Grand Prix on the opening lap with accident damage after colliding with Ralf Schumacher. He retired from the Spanish Grand Prix with an engine failure and in his first Monaco Grand Prix he finished 13th. A week later and after a decent run at the European Grand Prix he finished 11th. He finished the San Marino Grand Prix in 15th place. He was also fined $5000 for using inappropriate language towards David Coulthard during a post-race stewards hearing. Later on, however, he had 25 seconds added to his race time for overtaking under yellow flags, dropping him to 9th place and out of the points. After the Australian Grand Prix it looked as if he had scored his and Toro Rosso's first point. A week later at the Malaysian Grand Prix he retired after 41 laps due to a clutch failure. In his debut race at the Bahrain Grand Prix, he finished 13th. įollowing its purchase of Minardi, Red Bull Racing announced the creation of Scuderia Toro Rosso with Speed and Vitantonio Liuzzi as its drivers in 2006. He was also the test driver at the United States Grand Prix. In 2005 at the Canadian Grand Prix, Speed took part as a test driver for Red Bull Racing becoming the first American driver to participate in a Formula One event since Michael Andretti's 1993 stint. Speed as Red Bull's third driver at the 2005 United States Grand Prix He ended the season third place in the drivers' championship standings behind Nico Rosberg and Heikki Kovalainen.Īt the end of 2005, Speed drove the first three races of the new A1 Grand Prix series for A1 Team USA, achieving a best result of fourth in the Portugal feature race.įormula One Red Bull (2005) Speed was later promoted to the first driver for the team, as he collected five podiums and 12 top 5 finishes in 24 races. His performances resulted in a drive in the inaugural season of GP2 Series for 2005, as number two at iSport International, to Can Artam. Īfter returning in 2004, Speed won two championship titles, with him first winning the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup and later the Formula Renault 2000 Germany, despite his worsening colitis. During that year he fell ill with ulcerative colitis, a form of inflammatory bowel disease, and was forced to return to the United States for treatment. In 2003, Speed drove for Alan Docking Racing in the British Formula Three Championship after winning the Red Bull Driver Search programme. He drove in both the Formula Dodge National Championship and Star Mazda in 2002, finishing third and eighth respectively. He moved up to the Formula series in 2001, competing in US Formula Russell and becoming champion. He also won the 2002 Rock Island GP in 125cc Shifter Karts. Speed's career started at the age of 10 in karting, his stint there lasting from 1993 until 2001, winning the SKUSA Super Pro Title for JM Racing driving a Tony Kart Swedetech Honda in 2000 2 IKF Grand Nationals driving a 6-year-old kart, and 3 IKF regional titles. He won the 2018 Americas Rallycross Championship with Andretti before racing in 2019 with Subaru Rally Team USA. Subsequently, he moved into Global Rallycross with Andretti Autosport, winning the title in 2015, 20. Speed later turned his career towards stock car racing, specifically NASCAR where he drove for Team Red Bull, Whitney Motorsports and Leavine Family Racing in the Sprint Cup Series. He contested 28 races before he was replaced midway through the 2007 season by Sebastian Vettel. In 2006, Speed became the first American driver to race in Formula One since Michael Andretti in 1993, when he made his début at the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix for Scuderia Toro Rosso. Scott Andrew Speed (born January 24, 1983) is an American race car driver who has competed in numerous disciplines, including open-wheel, stock car, and rallycross racing.
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