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Einar Ármannsson

Nationality	Icelandic
Born	5th August 1995 Reykjavik, Iceland
DEC Holder	kevinbotz
Current Series	Formula One
Current Team	Theodore Racing Team
Car Number	91
Former Teams	Mansell, Ferrari, Calinetic

Einar Ármannsson (born August 5, 1995 in Reykjavik, Iceland), is an Icelandic racing driver currently racing in Formula One. He is most famous for his stint with Ferrari.

Early life and career

Born into a family of affluent amateur racers, Ármannsson was first introduced to motor racing through attending his father's Formula Off Road events, and various weekend karting races. Having been exposed to the sport at a very young age, and with a family background capable of supporting his ambitions, ascended both local and international karting ladders rapidly at a relatively young age, winning the Karting World Championship in 2008. The Icelander followed his karting successes with a Formula Ford championship in his rookie season, earning him a race seat in Formula Renault 2.0 with the front-running Koiranen Motorsport team.

Nevertheless, despite demonstrating prodigious pace throughout his debut season, Ármannsson struggled with car setup issues and consistency, consigning him to a lowly fifth place in his debut year. 2011 thus represented a considerable improvement, as Ármannsson came to grips with his machinery and took three consecutive victories at the end of the year; with his confidence restored and two years worth of experience under his belt, Ármannsson dominated the 2012 season, taking ten victories and an additional six podium positions. Ármannsson would subsequently transition to Formula Renault 3.5, where he finished on the podium an impressive eleven times, though he failed to take any victories, and placed third overall. In a reversal of his fortunes in Formula Renault 2.0, Ármannsson would assemble a robust championship challenge in the following season; whilst he eventually fell short to perennial junior series nemesis, João Oliveira, 2014 nevertheless marked a watershed moment in the young Icelander's career, as Ferrari drafted him as a future Formula One prospect.

Ármannsson would spend the majority of 2015 serving as a simulator driver at the Ferrari facilities in Maranello.

Formula One

2016: Mansell

Ármannsson would spend his first Grand Prix season in torrid circumstances, having been deputized to the new Mansell team by Ferrari management in order to gain experience. With an abysmal chassis and a virtually non-existent management team, Ármannsson struggled, ultimately finishing near the bottom on the championship table. In spite of his difficulties, however, Ármannsson ultimately managed to score Mansell's only points finishes of the entire season, a seventh place and a tenth at the Cypriot Grands Prix. His professionalism and stoicism under duress impressed Maranello sufficiently that the task of deputizing for Nathan McKane for the remainder of his contract at Kingfisher was left to the young Icelandic driver.

2017: Ferrari

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