Jarno Trulli

Jarno Trulli (born 13 July 1974 in Pescara, Italy) is an Italian racing driver best known for his appearances in Formula One. Throughout his racing career, Trulli was renowned for his skill in qualifying, regularly achieving far better grid positions than rivals with superior cars to his own. He was also known for his defensive driving style which allowed him to successfully hold off quicker drivers, sometimes for an entire race.

Trulli, pictured whilst driving for Jordan

Formula One

1998: Prost

1998 saw Trulli line up on the grid with the Prost team partnering Olivier Panis. The AP01 was a fairly unremarkable vehicle - however Trulli did manage to get one strong result, with a fourth place in the French Grand Prix - the only point score all year.

2001: Jordan

Having spent a year as a reserve driver at Ferrari, Trulli returned to the grid with the Jordan team alongside former McLaren driver James James Davies. In the early stages of the season, it appeared Trulli had the better of his British teammate - taking a few decent points scores but he began to slip behind Davies after the mid-point of the season. After ten straight races without a point, Trulli was dropped from the race seat in favour of Ricardo Zonta.

2009: Force India

After spending 2005 and 2006 as reserve driver for the Williams team, Trulli would eventually make his second comeback to F1 with the Force India team in 2009 alongside Adrian Sutil. The VJM02 was initially unremarkable, Trulli only managing a pair of 8ths as he scraped into the points at Turkey and Germany. However, at the Belgian Grand Prix, Trulli scored a sensational and popular pole position for the team, converting that into a solid 4th place finish on race day. However, despite this success, Trulli was ousted by the team in favour of Bruno Spengler before his home race at the Italian Grand Prix, at the behest of the team's engine suppliers Mercedes.

2012: Williams

Trulli's third return to the F1 grid came to 2012, for the Williams team - initially as a replacement for Esteban Guerrieri after the Argentine was banned from the Korean Grand Prix, and the Italian would take his maiden victory at his first race in almost three years. After the next race, Trulli replaced Guerrieri full-time, and would eventually go on to finish 6th in the championship with 224 points, taking 4 victories as well as a pole position at his home race.

2013: Brabham

After his breakout 2012 season, Trulli was signed by the Brabham team for 2013, alongside multiple world champion Michael Schumacher. In an almost direct repeat of 2001, Trulli would have the edge on his German teammate for the first half of the season, taking 5 pole positions and a win at the Austrian Grand Prix. In the second half of the season, Brabham would slip down the order, but Trulli would struggle to even score points by the end of the season. He was left in 10th in the championship, with 150 points, and after the team decided not to retain him for 2014, the Italian opted to retire from Formula One.

2021: FAST/Ferrari

Trulli came aboard Fernando Alonso Speed Team in 2021 as a Driver Coach, helping the team train its young drivers Esteban Ocon and Charles Leclerc. In the run-up to the Singapore Grand Prix, Ferrari announced that Trulli would join them for the final race on loan from FAST, replacing Dave Cassidy after the American's contract was terminated. The move was met with vocal criticism of Ferrari management and the FIA for awarding Trulli a superlicense, as well as widespread confusion. By entering the Singapore Grand Prix, Trulli became the third driver to enter Grands Prix in four different decades after Leonhard von Gottorp and James James Davies.

Racing Career Results

Formula One World Championship

Season	Team	Car	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15		16		17		18		19		20		Pts	Pos
1998	Template:FRA Gauloises Prost Peugeot	Prost-Peugeot	AUS 9		BRA 9		ARG Ret		SMR 8		ESP Ret		MON Ret		CAN 12		FRA 4		GBR 15		AUT 11		GER 11		HUN 7		BEL Ret		ITA 12		IDN C		JPN Ret		POR 8								3	13th
1999 to 2000 did not compete
2001	B&H Jordan	Jordan-Honda	AUS 4		MAL 5		BRA Ret		SMR Ret		ESP Ret		AUT 5		MON 8		CAN Ret		EUR 8		FRA 7		GBR 8		GER Ret		HUN 10		BEL Ret		ITA 8		USA Ret		JPN								7	12th
2002 to 2009 did not compete
2009	Force India	Force India-Mercedes	BHR 15		AUS 17		MAL 18†		USA Ret		JPN 10		ESP 15		TUR 8		EUR 16		MON Ret		GBR Ret		IRE 9		GER 8		BEL 4		ITA		HUN		SIN		CHN		BRA		URU		ABU		8	16th
2010 to 2011 did not compete
2012	Template:GBR Canon WilliamsF1	Williams-Honda	BHR		MAL		JPN		KOR		TUR		EUR		MON		GBR		CAN		USA		GER		ESP		ITA		ABU		IND		URU		BRA		SIN						224	6th
									1	4			5	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	3	19	10	1	Ret	12	11	1	Ret	3	23	2	6	3	5	Ret	3	DSQ
2013	Template:GBR EA Sports Brabham	Brabham-Hyundai	BHR		MAL		JPN		TUR		AUT		IRE		MON		ESP		USA		CAN		GBR		ITA		POR		GER		KOR		IND		ABU		SIN						150	10th
			8	Ret	5	Ret	2	5	Ret	8	1	18	4	7	21	14	12	7	12	4	9	5	Ret	5	7	7	9	Ret	16	15	Ret	Ret	21	14	9	17	Ret	Ret
2014 to 2020 did not compete
2021	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	AUS		ARG		IND		BHR		CYP		NED		GER		"PHI"		USA		FRA		GBR		HUN		IDF		ITA		BEL		NZL		SIN 18		ABU Ret		CHN Ret				0	28th