- Jamie Green
Infobox racing driver
name = Jamie Green
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nationality = flagicon|UK British
date of birth = Birth date and age|1982|06|14
place of birth =Leicester (United Kingdom )
current series =Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
first year = 2005
current team = H.W.A GmbH (Mercedes)
car number = 5
former teams = Persson Motorsport
starts = 37
wins = 4
poles = 6
fastest laps = 3
best finish = 4th
year = 2007
prev series = British Formula Renault
British F3 ChampionshipFormula Three Euroseries
prev series years = 2002
2003
2004
titles =Formula Three Euroseries
title years = 2004
awards = McLaren Autosport Award
award years = 2002Jamie Green (born
June 14 ,1982 inLeicester ,England ) is a British professional racing driver. He is currently employed byMercedes-AMG in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) touring car championship.Early career
At the age of 10, Green entered the Junior British Open Stock Car championship and won the title in his first season. He then progressed to karting, finishing runner-up in the Junior TKM series in 1996.
In 1997, he moved up to the Junior ICA Winter Series, in which he won the title, and finished runner-up in the "McLaren Mercedes Champions of the Future" series. He won the Formula A Winter Series in 2000, then finished runner-up in British Formula A in 2001. He dovetailed the British campaign with the European Formula A championship during 2000 and 2001, in which he achieved two race wins. [ [http://www.jamiegreenracing.co.uk/about.php Biography] "jamiegreenracing.co.uk", retrieved on
May 21 2007 .]Formula Renault
Green's first season in single seater formula cars was spent in the British Formula Renault Winter Series in 2001, in which he achieved a best race finish of 2nd place. The 2002 season was spent in the British Formula Renault championship with Fortec Racing, finishing the year as championship runner-up with two race wins. He also made a one-off appearance in the Formula Renault Eurocup with Fortec's European operation. [ [http://www.speedsportmag.com/en/formula_renault_2000_eurocup/entrylist.php?sid=79 2002 Eurocup Entry List] "speedsportmag.com", retrieved on
May 21 2007 .] His Formula Renault career culminated with a win in the Asian Formula Renault Challenge at Macau in November 2002.Formula 3
In 2003, Green progressed to the British Formula 3 championship with Carlin Motorsport. He again finished in the runner-up position in his first season and won four races. During that year, he made his debut in the F3 Euroseries, competing in three rounds (six races) for Team Kolles and one round (two races) for
ASM Formule 3 . [ [http://www.speedsportmag.com/en/formula_3_euroseries/results.php?sid=117 2003 F3 Euroseries Results] "speedsportmag.com", retrieved onMay 21 2007 .]2004 saw Green enter his first full season in the Euroseries with ASM, having gained backing from
Mercedes-Benz . He achieved seven race wins, six poles, and 139 points on route to the championship title. [ [http://www.speedsportmag.com/en/formula_3_euroseries/results.php?sid=117 2004 F3 Euroseries Results] "speedsportmag.com", retrieved onMay 21 2007 .]The DTM
For the 2005 season, Mercedes placed Green in the DTM. He drove one of its customer cars - a 2004 C-class - run by Persson Motorsport, with which he achieved a 6th-place finish on his debut, secured two pole positions and finished 6th overall in the championship standings, with a total of 29 points.
2006 saw him promoted - along with his team-mate from Persson, Bruno Spengler - to the factory
Mercedes-AMG line-up, run by H.W.A. GmbH, alongside multiple champion Bernd Schneider and formerFormula One driverMika Häkkinen . He achieved four pole positions and a best finish of 2nd place on two occasions, but no wins. He was classified 5th overall, with a total of 31 points. In 2007, he continued to be part of the factory line-up and reached the top step of the podium for the first time with two race wins in the last two rounds of the season.Complete DTM results
Key: Results in bold indicate pole position
* - season in progress.Other achievements
In 2002, Green won the McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year award, beating five other nominated finalists in a series of on-track trials in touring cars and formula single-seaters.
Championship titles
*2004 Formula 3 Euroseries
*2000 Formula A British Super Libre Winter Series
*1997 Junior ICA British Winter Series
*1992 Junior British Open Stock Car ChampionshipNotes and References
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