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Neel Jani





KARTING

Jani's career started in Karting in 1998 , where he stayed for two years before moving up to Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup in 2001 .


KARTING TO FORMULA RENAULT

In the same year he also raced some races in Italian Formula Renault . He would stay in both for 2002 , again only racing part of the Italian Formula Renault season. In 2003 he moved to Formula Renault V6 Eurocup , driving for the Jenzer team.


GP2

He stayed in V6 Eurocup for 2004 , driving for the DAMS team this time, whilst also one race for DAMS' FIA GT Championship team. In 2005 he will race in GP2 Series , with Racing Engineering alongside Borja Garcia , who he has generally outperformed, and he is also expected to test for Formula One team Red Bull later in the year.


FORMULA ONE

He was linked to an F1 seat with the Sauber team in 2004. However, he moved back to GP2 the following year. In December 2005 he was confirmed as Scuderia Toro Rosso 's third driver, alongside race drivers Scott Speed and Vitantonio Liuzzi


A1GP

Also in 2005 he competed in the new A1GP Series, driving for Team Switzerland . He won his first race at the circuit in Dubai in December.

GP2 SERIES RECORD