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Biography

SEASON INFORMATION
13/01/2018



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Biography
Neel Jani's career began in karts in 1996, at the age of 12. Naturally he started off in the mini class, progressing, over the next couple of years to Junior and finally Formula A, becoming Swiss Champion in 2000. In 2001, aged 17, he made the switch to single-seaters, contesting the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup, whilst also participating in a number of rounds of the Italian Formula Renault series. For 2002 he remained with the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup, finishing runner-up, and once again took part in a limited number of rounds of the Italian Formula Renault Championship. 2003 saw him move up to the Formula Renault V6 Eurocup, driving for the Jenzer team, with which he finished runner-up, he also took part in a number of F1 tests for Sauber. In 2004 he remained in the Formula Renault V6 Eurocup, but switched to the highly successful DAMS team, with which he also contested a round of the FIA GT Championship. In 2005 he made the move to the new GP2 series, partnering Borja Garcia at Racing Engineering. Some spirited performances, including wins at the Hungaroring and Monza, saw the Swiss driver finish seventh in the inaugural championship. In late 2005, Neel represented his country in another new series, A1 Grand Prix, and following some spirited performance in the early rounds, finally broke the French team's stranglehold on the championship by taking a well-deserved win in Dubai. A 'product' of the Red Bull Junior Team, it shouldn't have come as too much of a shock when Jani was named as test, and reserve, driver for Scuderia Toro Rosso, the former Minardi F1 team purchased by Red Bull in late 2005. The youngster will line up alongside Tonio Liuzzi and American Scott Speed, giving the Faenza based outfit an average age of just 23. The announcement was made just two days before the Swiss driver's twenty-second birthday. Ironically, motor racing is still banned in Switzerland, following the disaster at Le Mans in 1955. Hopefully, the country which gave us Jo Siffert, and gave its name to a Grand Prix in 1982 - albeit at Dijon in France - might reconsider its stance as Neel begins to make his mark on the sport.

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