Jarno Trulli

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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 Flag of France svg.png 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 Flag of Ireland svg.png 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 Flag of India svg.png 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 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png 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 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png 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 Flag of Italy svg.png 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