Force india driver Adrian Sutil

Name: Adrian Sutil
Nationality: German
Team: Force India Podium Finish: 0
Date of Birth: January 11, 1983
Place of Birth: Starnberg, Germany
A talented pianist, Adrian Sutil started karting at 14 before moving up to Swiss Formula Ford 1800 in 2002. He won all ten rounds of the season from pole and added five wins in the Formula Masters Austria championship.
In January 2006, Sutil enter Formula One as one of the three test drivers for the new Minardi F1 Racing team, along with Markus Winkelhock and Giorgio Mondini.
Sutil appeared for the Minardi 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.
At Fuji Speedway, Japan, Sutil narrowly missed an opportunity to score Spyker's first ever point, briefly holding 8th position on the penultimate lap of the high-attrition race after Nick Heidfeld retired his BMW, but was almost immediately passed by fellow back-marker Vitantonio Liuzzi in the Toro Rosso and finished 9th, still a career-best.
After the race it was found that Liuzzi had overtaken Sutil under yellow flags, and the 25-second penalty for the Italian promoted Sutil to the final points position. Toro Rosso appealed the decision, but the penalty was upheld.
He has been praised by many for his performances in the 2007 Formula One Championship. Despite driving the most uncompetitive car of the year, the German rookie has impressed by not only dominating all of his teammates in both qualifying and race conditions, but also by challenging other drivers with superior equipment.
Sutil is contracted to race with Force India (formerly Spyker) for 2008, after briefly entertaining the possibility of a McLaren drive.