Arden International - Drivers Who Graduated To F1

Drivers Who Graduated To F1

The following drivers who have competed for any of Arden International series teams have successfully graduated to F1:

• Vitantonio Liuzzi:

Competed for Arden's F3000 team in 2004. He joined Red Bull Racing in 2005, Scuderia Toro Rosso from 2006 to 2007, Force India from 2008 to 2010 and finally HRT for 2011. Since 2012, he is without an F1 drive even though he is listed as a driver on the HRT website. His best finish in Formula One is a 6th place at both the 2007 Chinese Grand Prix and the 2010 Korean Grand Prix. He currently races in the International Superstars Series.

• Heikki Kovalainen:

Competed for Arden's GP2 team in 2005. He joined Renault as a test driver in 2006, then raced a full season for them in 2007. He then raced for McLaren for 2008 and 2009 where he recorded his first race win in Hungary. He then joined Team Lotus for 2010 and 2011, who changed their name to Caterham F1 for 2012, which he currently still races for.

• Bruno Senna:

Competed for Arden's GP2 team in 2007. He joined HRT for their debut season in 2010. He was left without a drive afterwards before being signed as Lotus Renault GP's third driver in 2011, who then was promoted to race driver from the Belgian Grand-prix onwards. For 2012 he currently races for Williams F1. His best finish is 6th place at the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix.

• Sébastien Buemi:

Competed for Arden's GP2 team in 2008 for both the Asia and Main series. He joined Scuderia Toro Rosso for the 2009 season, and stayed with them up until 2011 before being dropped. He is currently Red Bull Racing's test driver for the 2012 season and will be competing for Toyota Motorsport at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. His best finish in Formula One is 7th place at both the 2009 Australian Grand Prix and the 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix.

• Sergio Pérez:

Competed for Arden's GP2 team in 2009. He joined Sauber in 2011, and is currently still racing for them in 2012, where he scored his first podium at the Malaysian Grand-prix.

• Charles Pic:

Competed for Arden's GP2 Asia team for the 2009-10 season, and the main series for 2010. He Joined Marussia for 2012.

So far, only Kovalainen has won a race in F1, the 2008 Hungarian Grand Prix, and he has also appeared on the podium 3 other times. He is also the highest placing driver in the drivers championship with 7th in both 2007 and 2008 with Renault and McLaren respectively. Pérez is the only other driver to score a podium finish with a 2nd place finish at 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix.