Jarno Trulli

Jarno Trulli
Driver Information
Born	13 July 1974 (1974-07-13) Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy
Nationality	ITA
Formula One World ChampionshipCareer Statistics
Status	Retired
World Titles	0
Races	256 (252 starts)
Poles	4
Win	1
Podiums	11
Fastest Lap	1
Points	247
First Race	1997 Australian Grand Prix
Last Race	2011 Brazilian Grand Prix
Only Win	2004 Monaco Grand Prix

Jarno Trulli (born July 13, 1974 in Pescara, Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy) is a former FIA Formula One World Championship driver, who claimed one win from his 252 starts. Trulli's triumph at the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix came at the height of his career while racing for Renault, with who he would become a fairly consistent point scorer.

Trulli began his career in 1997 with Minardi, although he would leave the team to join Prost before the end of his debut season. The Italian racer would stay with Prost until the end of the 1999 season, claiming a maiden podium finish at the European Grand Prix, ahead of a two-year stint with Jordan to replace the outgoing Damon Hill. His next move came at the start of the 2002 season, with Trulli joining a revamped Renault effort once their deal to purchase Benetton went through.

In three seasons at Renault, Trulli claimed a race win, only to be dropped three races before the end of the 2004 campaign after a series of poor performances. Toyota took the opportunity to sign the now veteran Italian racer, where a series of impressive qualifying performances led to the famed creation of the "Trulli-train" in the mid-field. In five full seasons, Trulli would only manage to add to his podium count seven times, despite qualifying in the top five consistently.

Toyota's withdrawal at the end of the 2009 season left Trulli without a drive, although he was soon given an offer from the newly formed Lotus Racing effort, taking over as their lead driver. His final two seasons in F1 would be spent running at the back of the field, with the Italian celebrating his 250th race start with a nineteenth place finish at the 2011 Indian Grand Prix.

After becoming a test driver for Caterham in 2012, Trulli called time on his racing career, before getting persuaded to enter the FIA Formula E Championship during its inaugural season. Forming his own team, named the Trulli Formula E Team, Trulli rediscovered his old qualifying form. However, his time in FE would be short-lived, with Trulli and his team having to withdraw from the 2015/16 Formula E season, leaving the Italian racer in retirement once again.

Early career

Jarno's parents were great motorsport fans and he was named after Finnish Motorcycle champion Jarno Saarinan. Due to his fathers motorsport enthusiasm Jarno began karting at an early age. Trulli quickly managed to win the Italian Karting Championship and then the European Championship. These strong performances earned him a drive in the German Formula 3 Championship with the KMS Team where he won the championship in his first year of Formula 3.

Formula One Career

1997: Minardi

Trulli's success caught the eye of the Minardi F1 Team where they signed him for a years contract in F1 alongside Japanese driver Ukyo Katayama. Trulli consistently managed to finish his races while at Minardi (however, one time at Imola, his car broke down on the formation lap), bettering the more experienced Katayama. When Prost driver Olivier Panis broke his legs at the Canadian Grand Prix, the newly found team run by former F1 World Champion Alain Prost announced they were looking for a replacement for Panis until he recovered; Trulli immediately signed for the ever improving and more competitive Prost team.

1997–1999: Prost

With Prost in 1997, Trulli managed to finish five times out of seven in the top ten with his first ever points finish at the German Grand Prix. After Panis returned from his injuries, Trulli did not continue to drive for the remainder of the season.

Trulli eventually signed for the team for the following season in 1998. His season was hampered by the unreliability of the Prost AP01, and he secured a points finish at the wet Belgian Grand Prix.

Things started to improve for the team in 1999. Despite finishing in the points only two times, he secured his first podium finish at the European Grand Prix, finishing in second in a chaotic race.

2000–2001: Jordan

After an impressive season at Prost Grand Prix, Trulli signed for Jordan to replace the retiring Damon Hill.

2002–2004: Renault

In 2002 Trulli secured a seat at the Anglo-French Renault team under a long-term contract to personal manager (and Renault manager) Flavio Briatore. He was outclassed by his teammate Jenson Button during the season. In 2003, he could only achieve a single podium finish at the German Grand Prix, in which he finished third.

For the 2004 season, Trulli's performance went very good for the team, scoring a pole-to-win at the Monaco Grand Prix. But on the second half of the season, his performance started to fall off, and he was sacked three races before the season ended.

2004–2009: Toyota

After being sacked by Renault, he managed to get a seat at Toyota for the remaining two races of the season, eventually signing for them for 2005.

At the 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix, Trulli was fined $10,000 for being angry towards Adrian Sutil.

After the Toyota F1 team folded, he signed for the newly-formed Lotus team.

Formula One Statistical Overview

Formula One Record

Year	Entrant	Team	WDC Pts.	WDC Pos.	Report
1996	Mild Seven Benetton Renault	Benetton-Renault	F1 Indoor Trophy only
1997	Minardi Team	Minardi-Hart	3	15th	Report
	Prost Gauloises Blondes	Prost-Mugen-Honda
1998	Gauloises Prost Peugeot	Prost-Peugeot	1	16th	Report
1999	Gauloises Prost Peugeot	Prost-Peugeot	7	11th	Report
2000	Benson & Hedges Jordan	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	6	10th	Report
2001	Benson & Hedges Jordan Honda	Jordan-Honda	12	9th	Report
2002	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault	9	8th	Report
2003	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault	33	8th	Report
2004	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault	46	6th	Report
	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota
2005	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	43	7th	Report
2006	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	15	12th	Report
2007	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	8	13th	Report
2008	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	31	9th	Report
2009	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	32.5	8th	Report
2010	Lotus Racing	Lotus-Cosworth	0	21st	Report
2011	Team Lotus	Lotus-Cosworth	0	21st	Report
2012	Caterham F1 Team	Caterham-Renault	Test Driver

Race Wins

Win Number	Grand Prix
1	2004 Monaco Grand Prix

Career Results

Complete Formula One Results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos
1997																					3	15th
	9th	12th	9th	DNS	Ret	15th	Ret	10th	8th	4th	7th	15th	10th	Ret
1998																					1	16th
	Ret	Ret	11th	Ret	9th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	10th	12th	Ret	6th	13th	Ret	12th
1999																					7	11th
	Ret	Ret	Ret	7th	6th	Ret	7th	9th	7th	Ret	8th	12th	Ret	2nd	DNS	Ret
2000																					6	10th
	Ret	4th	15th	6th	12th	Ret	Ret	6th	6th	Ret	9th	7th	Ret	Ret	Ret	13th	12th
2001																					12	9th
	Ret	8th	5th	5th	4th	DSQ	Ret	11th	Ret	5th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4th	8th
2002																					9	8th
	Ret	Ret	Ret	9th	10th	Ret	4th	6th	8th	Ret	Ret	Ret	8th	Ret	4th	5th	Ret
2003																					33	8th
	5th	5th	8th	13th	Ret	8th	6th	Ret	Ret	Ret	6th	3rd	7th	Ret	4th	5th
2004																					46	6th
	7th	5th	4th	5th	3rd	1st	4th	Ret	4th	4th	Ret	11th	Ret	9th	10th		11th	12th
2005																					43	7th
	9th	2nd	2nd	5th	3rd	10th	8th	Ret	DNS	5th	9th	14th	4th	6th	5th	Ret	13th	Ret	15th
2006																					15	12th
	16th	9th	Ret	Ret	9th	10th	17th	11th	6th	4th	Ret	7th	12th	9th	7th	Ret	6th	Ret
2007																					8	13th
	9th	7th	7th	Ret	15th	Ret	6th	Ret	Ret	13th	10th	16th	11th	11th	13th	13th	8th
2008																					31	9th
	Ret	4th	6th	8th	10th	13th	6th	3rd	7th	9th	7th	5th	16th	13th	Ret	5th	Ret	8th
2009																					32.5	8th
	3rd	4th	Ret	3rd	Ret	13th	4th	7th	17th	8th	13th	Ret	14th	12th	2nd	Ret	7th
2010																					0	21st
	17th	DNS	17th	Ret	17th	15th	Ret	Ret	21st	16th	Ret	15th	19th	Ret	Ret	13th	Ret	19th	21st
2011																					0	21st
	C	13th	Ret	19th	18th	18th	13th	16th	20th	Ret		Ret	14th	14th	Ret	19th	17th	19th	18th	18th

Key
Symbol	Meaning		Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner		Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish		DSQ	Disqualified
3rd			DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish		DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish		TD	Test driver
Italics	Fastest Lap		DNS	Did not start
18th†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)		NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4thP	Qualified for pole position		[+] More Symbols

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1997 Teams and Drivers Teams Arrows • Williams • Ferrari • Benetton • McLaren • Jordan • Prost • Sauber • Tyrrell • Minardi • Stewart • Lola Engines Ferrari • Ford • Hart • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Petronas • Peugeot • Renault • Yamaha Drivers 1 Hill • 2 Diniz • 3 Villeneuve • 4 Frentzen • 5 M. Schumacher • 6 Irvine • 7 Alesi • 8 Berger • 8 Wurz • 9 Häkkinen • 10 Coulthard • 11 R. Schumacher • 12 Fisichella • 14 Panis • 14 Trulli • 15 Nakano • 16 Herbert • 17 Larini • 17 Morbidelli • 17 Fontana • 18 Verstappen • 19 Salo • 20 Katayama • 21 Trulli • 21 Marques • 22 Barrichello • 23 Magnussen • 24 Sospiri • 25 Rosset Other Drivers Badoer • Brundle • Montermini • Montoya • Takagi • Tuero
1998 Teams and Drivers Teams Williams • Ferrari • Benetton • McLaren • Jordan • Prost • Sauber • Arrows • Stewart • Tyrrell • Minardi Engines Arrows • Ferrari • Ford • Mecachrome • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Petronas • Peugeot • Playlife Drivers 1 Villeneuve • 2 Frentzen • 3 M. Schumacher • 4 Irvine • 5 Fisichella • 6 Wurz • 7 Coulthard • 8 Häkkinen • 9 Hill • 10 R. Schumacher • 11 Panis • 12 Trulli • 14 Alesi • 15 Herbert • 16 Diniz • 17 Salo • 18 Barrichello • 19 Magnussen • 19 Verstappen • 20 Rosset • 21 Takagi • 22 Nakano • 23 Tuero Other Drivers Badoer • De la Rosa • Heidfeld • Kristensen • Montoya • Zonta
1999 Teams and Drivers Teams McLaren • Ferrari • Williams • Jordan • Benetton • Sauber • Arrows • Stewart • Prost • Minardi • BAR Engines Arrows • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Petronas • Peugeot • Playlife • Supertec Drivers 1 Häkkinen • 2 Coulthard • 3 M. Schumacher/Salo • 4 Irvine • 5 Zanardi • 6 R. Schumacher • 7 Hill • 8 Frentzen • 9 Fisichella • 10 Wurz • 11 Alesi • 12 Diniz • 14 De la Rosa • 15 Takagi • 16 Barrichello • 17 Herbert • 18 Panis • 19 Trulli • 20 Badoer/Sarrazin • 21 Gené • 22 Villeneuve • 23 Zonta/Salo
2000 Teams and Drivers Teams McLaren • Ferrari • Jordan • Jaguar • Williams • Benetton • Prost • Sauber • Arrows • Minardi • BAR Engines BMW • Cosworth • Ferrari • Fondmetal • Honda • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Petronas • Peugeot • Playlife • Supertec Drivers 1 Häkkinen • 2 Coulthard • 3 M. Schumacher • 4 Barrichello • 5 Frentzen • 6 Trulli • 7 Irvine • 7 Burti • 8 Herbert • 9 R. Schumacher • 10 Button • 11 Fisichella • 12 Wurz • 14 Alesi • 15 Heidfeld • 16 Diniz • 17 Salo • 18 De la Rosa • 19 Verstappen • 20 Gené • 21 Mazzacane • 22 Villeneuve • 23 Zonta Other Drivers Badoer • Montoya • Panis • Webber
2001 Teams and Drivers Teams Ferrari • McLaren • Williams • Benetton • BAR • Jordan • Arrows • Sauber • Jaguar • Minardi • Prost Engines Acer • Asiatech • BMW • Cosworth • European • Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Petronas • Renault Drivers 1 M. Schumacher • 2 Barrichello • 3 Häkkinen • 4 Coulthard • 5 R. Schumacher • 6 Montoya • 7 Fisichella • 8 Button • 9 Panis • 10 Villeneuve • 11 Frentzen • 11 Zonta • 11/12 Trulli • 12 Alesi • 14 Verstappen • 15 Bernoldi • 16 Heidfeld • 17 Räikkönen • 18 Irvine • 19 Burti • 19 de la Rosa • 20 Marques • 20 Yoong • 21 Alonso • 22 Alesi • 22 Frentzen • 23 Mazzacane • 23 Burti • 23 Enge
2002 Teams and Drivers Teams Ferrari • McLaren • Williams • Sauber • Jordan • BAR • Renault • Jaguar • Arrows • Minardi • Toyota Engines Ferrari • Mercedes • BMW • Petronas • Honda • Renault • Cosworth • Asiatech • Toyota Drivers 1 M. Schumacher • 2 Barrichello • 3 Coulthard • 4 Räikkönen • 5 R. Schumacher • 6 Montoya • 7 Heidfeld • 8 Massa • 8 Frentzen • 9 Fisichella • 10 Sato • 11 Villeneuve • 12 Panis • 14 Trulli • 15 Button • 16 Irvine • 17 de la Rosa • 20 Frentzen • 21 Bernoldi • 22 Yoong • 22 Davidson • 23 Webber • 24 Salo • 25 McNish
2003 Teams and Drivers Teams Ferrari • Williams • McLaren • Renault • Sauber • Jordan • Jaguar • BAR • Minardi • Toyota Engines BMW • Cosworth • Ferrari • Ford • Honda • Mercedes • Petronas • Renault • Toyota Drivers 1 M. Schumacher • 2 Barrichello • 3 Montoya • 4 R. Schumacher • 4 Gené • 5 Coulthard • 6 Räikkönen • 7 Trulli • 8 Alonso • 9 Heidfeld • 10 Frentzen • 11 Fisichella • 12 Firman • 12 Baumgartner • 14 Webber • 15 Pizzonia • 15 Wilson • 16 Villeneuve • 16 Sato • 17 Button • 18 Wilson • 18 Kiesa • 19 Verstappen • 20 Panis • 21 Da Matta Other Drivers Badoer • Beretta • Bruni • Davidson • De la Rosa • Lotterer • Massa • McNish • Montagny • Paffett • Wurz • Zonta
2004 Teams and Drivers Teams Ferrari • Williams • McLaren • Renault • BAR • Sauber • Jaguar • Toyota • Jordan • Minardi Engines BMW • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Honda • Mercedes • Petronas • Toyota Drivers 1 M. Schumacher • 2 Barrichello • 3 Montoya • 4 R. Schumacher • 4 Gené • 4 Pizzonia • 5 Coulthard • 6 Räikkönen • 7/16 Trulli • 7 Villeneuve • 8 Alonso • 9 Button • 10 Sato • 11 Fisichella • 12 Massa • 14 Webber • 15 Klien • 16 da Matta • 16/17 Zonta • 17 Panis • 18 Heidfeld • 19 Pantano • 19 Glock • 20 Bruni • 21 Baumgartner Other Drivers Albers • Badoer • Bell • Beretta • Bernoldi • Bertolini • Briscoe • Burti • Carroll • Congfu • Davidson • Davison • Del Monte • Dixon • Doornbos • Firman • Green • Hamilton
2005 Teams and Drivers Teams Ferrari • BAR • Renault • Williams • McLaren • Sauber • Red Bull • Toyota • Jordan • Minardi Engines BMW • Cosworth • Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Petronas • Renault • Toyota Drivers 1 M. Schumacher • 2 Barrichello • 3 Button • 4 Sato • 4 Davidson • 5 Alonso • 6 Fisichella • 7 Webber • 8 Heidfeld • 8 Pizzonia • 9 Räikkönen • 10 Montoya • 10 De la Rosa • 10 Wurz • 11 Villeneuve • 12 Massa • 14 Coulthard • 15 Klien • 15 Liuzzi • 16 Trulli • 17 R. Schumacher • 17 Zonta • 18 Monteiro • 19 Karthikeyan • 20 Friesacher • 20 Doornbos • 21 Albers Other Drivers Badoer • Bernoldi • Gené • Kiesa • Kovalainen • Montagny • Panis • Rosberg • Speed • Yamamoto
2006 Teams and Drivers Teams Renault • McLaren • Ferrari • Toyota • Williams • Honda • Red Bull • BMW Sauber • Midland • Toro Rosso • Super Aguri Engines BMW • Cosworth • Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault • Toyota Drivers 1 Alonso • 2 Fisichella • 3 Räikkönen • 4 Montoya • 4 De la Rosa • 5 M. Schumacher • 6 Massa • 7 R. Schumacher • 8 Trulli • 9 Webber • 10 Rosberg • 11 Barrichello • 12 Button • 14 Coulthard • 15 Klien • 15 Doornbos • 16 Heidfeld • 17 Villeneuve • 17 Kubica • 18 Monteiro • 19 Albers • 20 Liuzzi • 21 Speed • 22 Sato • 23 Ide • 23 Montagny • 23 Yamamoto Other Drivers Badoer • Davidson • Hamilton • Kovalainen • Piquet • Sutil • Vettel • Wurz
2007 Teams and Drivers Teams McLaren • Renault • Ferrari • Honda • BMW Sauber • Toyota • Red Bull • Williams • Toro Rosso • Spyker • Super Aguri Engines BMW • Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault • Toyota Drivers 1 Alonso • 2 Hamilton • 3 Fisichella • 4 Kovalainen • 5 Massa • 6 Räikkönen • 7 Button • 8 Barrichello • 9 Heidfeld • 10 Kubica/Vettel • 11 R. Schumacher • 12 Trulli • 14 Coulthard • 15 Webber • 16 Rosberg • 17 Wurz/Nakajima • 18 Liuzzi • 19 Speed/Vettel • 20 Sutil • 21 Albers/Winkelhock/Yamamoto • 22 Sato • 23 Davidson Other Drivers Albuquerque • Ammermüller • Andretti • Asmer • Badoer • Bird • Bourdais • Buemi • Chandhok • Chandhok
2008 Teams and Drivers Teams Ferrari • BMW Sauber • Renault • Williams • Red Bull • Toyota • Toro Rosso • Honda • Super Aguri • Force India • McLaren Engines Mercedes • Renault • Ferrari • BMW • Toyota • Honda Race Drivers 1 Räikkönen • 2 Massa • 3 Heidfeld • 4 Kubica • 5 Alonso • 6 Piquet, Jr • 7 Rosberg • 8 Nakajima • 9 Coulthard • 10 Webber • 11 Trulli • 12 Glock • 14 Bourdais • 15 Vettel • 16 Button • 17 Barrichello • 18 Sato • 19 Davidson • 20 Sutil • 21 Fisichella • 22 Hamilton • 23 Kovalainen Other Drivers Badoer • Gené • Schumacher • Klien • Asmer • di Grassi • Grosjean • Yamamoto • Hülkenberg • Buemi • Kobayashi • Hartley • Wurz • Conway • Filippi • Liuzzi • Paffett • de la Rosa
2009 Teams and Drivers Teams McLaren • Ferrari • BMW Sauber • Renault • Toyota • Toro Rosso • Red Bull • Williams • Force India • Brawn Engines Mercedes • Renault • Ferrari • BMW • Toyota Race Drivers 1 Hamilton • 2 Kovalainen • 3 Massa • Badoer • 4 Räikkönen • 5 Kubica • 6 Heidfeld • 7 Alonso • 8 Piquet, Jr • 8 Grosjean • 9 Trulli • 10 Glock • 10 Kobayashi • 11 Bourdais • 11 Alguersuari • 12 Buemi • 14 Webber • 15 Vettel • 16 Rosberg • 17 Nakajima • 20 Sutil • 21/3 Fisichella • 21 Liuzzi • 22 Button • 23 Barrichello Other Drivers Paffett • de la Rosa • Gené • Klien • di Grassi • Hartley • Coulthard • Hülkenberg • Davidson • Wurz
2010 Teams and Drivers Teams McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Ferrari • Williams • Renault • Force India • Toro Rosso • Lotus • HRT • BMW Sauber • Virgin Engines Mercedes • Renault • Ferrari • Cosworth Race Drivers 1 Button • 2 Hamilton • 3 Schumacher • 4 Rosberg • 5 Vettel • 6 Webber • 7 Massa • 8 Alonso • 9 Barrichello • 10 Hülkenberg • 11 Kubica • 12 Petrov • 14 Sutil • 15 Liuzzi • 16 Buemi • 17 Alguersuari • 18 Trulli • 19 Kovalainen • 20 Chandhok • 20/21 Yamamoto • 20 Klien • 21 Senna • 22 De la Rosa • 22 Heidfeld • 23 Kobayashi • 24 Glock • 25 Di Grassi Other Drivers Paffett • Hartley • Ricciardo • Coulthard • Fisichella • Badoer • Gené • Bottas • Tung • D'Ambrosio • Charouz • Di Resta • Fauzy • Soucek • Razia
2011 Teams and Drivers Teams Red Bull • McLaren • Ferrari • Mercedes • Renault • Williams • Force India • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Lotus • HRT • Virgin Engines Renault • Mercedes • Ferrari • Cosworth Race Drivers 1 Vettel • 2 Webber • 3 Hamilton • 4 Button • 5 Alonso • 6 Massa • 7 Schumacher • 8 Rosberg • 9 Heidfeld • 9 Senna • 10 Petrov • 11 Barrichello • 12 Maldonado • 14 Sutil • 15 Di Resta • 16 Kobayashi • 17 Pérez • 17 De la Rosa • 18 Buemi • 19 Alguersuari • 20 Kovalainen • 21 Trulli • 21 Chandhok • 22 Karthikeyan • 22/23 Ricciardo • 23 Liuzzi • 24 Glock • 25 d'Ambrosio Other Drivers Paffett • Fisichella • Bianchi • Gené • Davidson • Grosjean • Fauzy • Tung • Charouz • Bottas • Hülkenberg • Gutiérrez • Vergne • Razia • Valsecchi • Teixeira • Yamamoto • Wickens • Quaife-Hobbs
2012 Teams and Drivers Teams Red Bull • McLaren • Ferrari • Mercedes • Lotus • Force India • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams • Caterham • HRT • Marussia Engines Renault • Ferrari • Mercedes • Cosworth Race Drivers 1 Vettel • 2 Webber • 3 Button • 4 Hamilton • 5 Alonso • 6 Massa • 7 Schumacher • 8 Rosberg • 9 Räikkönen • 10 Grosjean • d'Ambrosio • 11 di Resta • 12 Hülkenberg • 14 Kobayashi • 15 Pérez • 16 Ricciardo • 17 Vergne • 18 Maldonado • 19 Senna • 20 Kovalainen • 21 Petrov • 22 de la Rosa • 23 Karthikeyan • 24 Glock • Pic Other Drivers Buemi • Paffett • Turvey • Gené • Rigon • Fisichella • Bird • Hartley • Korjus • Bianchi • Daly • Guttiérrez • Bottas • Wolff • van der Garde • Rossi • González • Clos • Ma • Liuzzi • Chilton • de Villota