Philippe Adams

Philippe Adams (born 19 November 1969 in Mouscron, Belgium) is a racing driver.[1]

Philippe Adams
Born (1969-11-19) 19 November 1969
Mouscron, Belgium
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Belgian
Active years1994
TeamsLotus
Entries2
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1994 Belgian Grand Prix
Last entry1994 Portuguese Grand Prix

Career

Early career

Adams first began in motorsport at the age of twelve, racing karts, before beginning in car racing in 1984.[2] In 1992, Adams competed in the British Formula 3 Championship, finishing second overall in the season.[1] Adams went on to the British Formula Two Series for 1993, winning the championship.[1]

Formula One (1994)
Philippe Adams retired from his Formula One race debut on lap 15.

Adams and his backers agreed with Team Lotus to find $500,000 to earn a pay-drive with them for two rounds of the 1994 Formula One season.[1] Part of the funding for this came from an insurance policy taken out against his Belgian Procar race at Spa alongside the F1 race, which he won. He retired from the Belgian round, but managed to finish 16th in the Portuguese round.[1] In between these two races, regular driver Alessandro Zanardi qualified a strong 13th for his home race. Adams was also intended to race at Jerez, but the team gave the drive back to Zanardi.[3]

After Formula One

Adams never returned to Formula One opting to return to the national scene,[1] primarily in production car and sportscar racing.

Racing record

Complete Japanese Formula 3000 results

(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 DC Points
1991 CSK Racing SUZ AUT FUJ MIN SUZ SUG FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ
DNQ		 FUJ NC 0

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1994 Team Lotus Lotus 109 Mugen-Honda V10 BRA PAC SMR MON ESP CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL
Ret		 ITA POR
16		 EUR JPN AUS NC 0

References
  1. "DRIVERS: PHILIPPE ADAMS". GrandPrix.com. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
  2. "Philippe Adams - Biography". F1 Rejects. 4 April 2001. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
  3. Diepraam, Mattjis. "Bus stop tourist". 8W - Who?. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Yvan Muller		 British Formula 2 champion
1994		 Succeeded by
José Luis Di Palma


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