Champion of the 2009 GP2 Series who also won the Formula 3 Euro Series and A1 Grand Prix.
He was 10 years old when he began kart racing, in 1997.
He began his Formula One career in 2009, racing with AT&T Williams.
He was born and raised in Emmerich am Rhein, Germany.
Early in his career he was managed by Willi Weber, who helped groom Michael Schumacher into a racing champion.
