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Adrian Sutil was born on the 11th of January, 1983 in Starnberg, Germany to professional musicians Monika, a German, and Jorge, an
Uruguayan. Also a talented pianist, Sutil, had his first taste of speed when he started karting at the age of 14 . After that he moved up to Swiss Formula Ford 1800 in 2002. Being a talented guy, he won all ten rounds of the 
season from
pole and added five wins in the
Formula Masters
Austria championship. Sutil speaks fluent German, English and Spanish and a little bit of Italian as well.
In Formula BMW ADAC championship in 2003 he finished in sixth place in the series, but with no wins. The following season he stepped up to the Formula 3 Euroseries with Colin Kolles ‘ team. Although he scored only twice, the connection he made with Kolles would prove useful in the future. He moved to the ASM team at the final round of the year.
Sutil stayed with ASM for 2005 and was joined by British driver Lewis Hamilton. who won more races than Sutil, but the German was runner-up to Hamilton and the Briton’s only serious competitor in the championship and at the prestigious Marlboro Masters of Formula Three at Zandvoort.
Sutil then joined the A1 Team Germany in the inaugural A1 Grand Prix. He raced for them at three events in Portugal, Australia and Dubai, his best result being two twelfth places.
He spent 2006 racing in Japan and won the All-Japan Formula Three Championship. He showed a very strong performance all season. He also finished third in the Macau Formula Three Grand Prix and made a one-off appearance in Japanese Super GT.
That year also saw Sutil enter Formula One. In January, he was confirmed as a one of the three test drivers for the new MF1 Racing team, along with Markus Winkelhock and Giorgio Mondini. This came thanks to his connections with Colin Kolles, who was now running the team.
Sutil appeared for the team as the third driver at the European, French and Japanese Grands Prix. By the time of his third appearance the outfit had been bought by Spyker Cars. At the end of the year he was promoted to second driver for the 2007 season, having been signed on a multi-year contract by the team. In an interview with the Official Formula One website, Sutil’s first 2007 teammate, Christijan Albers, commented that:
“Adrian is a good driver and he will be quick this year, but as a driver you should always be pushing to the limits without thinking what the guy in the car next to you is doing. But Adrian will be a good team-mate and it looks as though he’s going to be a big talent [for the future]“.
To know more about Adrian Sutil, go check out his personal website.