Einar Ármannsson

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

Complete Formula One results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15		16		17		18		19		WDC	Points
2016	Petrobras Mansell Engineering	Mansell Red 5A	Ferrari Type 059	BAH		IND		BRA		MEX		PAC		CYP		HUN		GER		GBR		RUS		AUT		ITA		EUR		ESP		USA		ABU		SIN		JPN		CHI		24th	7
				13	19	Ret	16	18	17	19	18	15	20	7	10	Ret	19	12	Ret	19	17	21	21	20	Ret	18	17	Ret	20		Ret	23	13	17	18	18	16	17	14	22	20
2017	Scuderia Ferrari Gauloises	Ferrari F17	Ferrari Type 059	USA		JPN		IND		BAH		CYP		HUN		GER		GBR		AUS		PAC		MEX		AUT		ITA		EUR		ESP		ABU		RUS		BRA		CHN		10th	136
				18†	6	8	Ret	22†	5	7	4																			1	3	3	6	9	7	C	C	Ret	3	7	7
2018	Team Calinetic Shionogi	Calinetic F1-CAL3	Holden LSF1-18	USA		JPN		BAH		TUR		CYP		MED		GER		FIN		RUS		SIN		AUS		GBR		FRA		NED		HUN		ABU		CHN		MEX		BRA		28th*	3*
																		8	13	22	13