Jarno Trulli

Jarno Trulli began karting at age seven, eventually becoming a works driver and winning every major karting title. Despite his success, he struggled to secure the financial backing to advance to the higher racing series. In 1995, his fortunes changed when he received a call from the German F3 KMS team, offering him a free drive. Trulli seized the opportunity, winning two of the six races he competed in and earning the title Rookie of the Year. His impressive results in just half a season of Formula car racing attracted the attention of three Formula One teams. Trulli chose Benetton, which offered him a full season in the German F3 Championship with KMS. He went on to win the championship and became the Benetton Junior team champion.

Nationality	Italian
Born	Jarno Trulli 13 July 1974 Pescara, Italy

In 1997, Trulli planned to race in the Japanese F3000 series, but an unexpected call from Minardi gave him the chance to race in Formula One for half a season. This stint provided the introduction he needed to the sport, and the following year, he joined Prost, staying with the team until 1999. During his first season with Prost, he led the 1997 Austrian Grand Prix before an engine failure cost him the win. In 1999, he achieved his first F1 podium by finishing second at the Nürburgring.

Trulli spent the 2000 and 2001 seasons with the Jordan team, finishing 10th and 9th in the World Drivers’ Championship (WDC), respectively. In 2002, he joined the newly formed Renault F1 Team, formerly Benetton. Despite a challenging year characterised by car unreliability and bad luck, he finished the season in 8th place in the WDC with 9 points. In 2003, Trulli had his best F1 season yet, remaining in 8th place in the WDC but with 33 points. The year’s highlight was his third-place podium finish at the 2003 European Grand Prix in Hockenheim. He continued with Renault in 2004, securing a third-place podium finish in Spain and achieving his first race win at Monaco on May 23, 2004.

Following a series of races without points in the summer of 2004, Trulli was dropped by Renault in September and immediately joined Toyota Racing for the remainder of 2004, continuing through 2005 and 2006. Despite the mid-season switch, he finished 6th in the WDC with 46 points. Trulli made history for Toyota by qualifying second in Australia, achieving the team’s first front-row start, and repeating the feat at the Malaysian Grand Prix, where he also secured the team’s first podium finish with a second-place result at Sepang behind Renault’s Fernando Alonso.

Trulli continued to improve, securing two more podiums, a second place in Bahrain and a third place in Spain, and achieving Toyota’s first pole position at the infamous 2005 USA Grand Prix. Despite a mixed second half of the season, he finished 7th in the WDC with 43 points, contributing to Toyota’s fourth place in the 2005 Constructors’ Championship, a significant improvement from 8th place the previous year.

Toyota’s withdrawal at the end of the 2009 season left Jarno Trulli without a drive, but he soon received an offer from the newly formed Lotus Racing team, where he became the lead driver. His final two seasons in Formula One were challenging, as he spent most of his time at the back of the field. Trulli celebrated his 250th race start with a nineteenth-place finish at the 2011 Indian Grand Prix.

In 2012, Trulli moved to a role as a test driver for Caterham, but later that year, he decided to retire from racing. However, he was persuaded to return to competitive racing during the inaugural season of the FIA Formula E Championship. He formed his own team, the Trulli Formula E Team, and quickly rediscovered his old qualifying speed. Despite this, his stint in Formula E was short-lived, as he and his team had to withdraw from the 2015/16 season. This marked the end of Trulli’s racing career, leading him to retire once again.

Jarno Trulli Formula One World Championship career

F1 Career	1997–2011
Teams	Minardi, Prost, Jordan, Renault, Toyota, Lotus Racing
Entries	256 (252 starts)
Championships	0 (best finish: 6th, 2004)
Wins	1
Podiums	11
Career points	246.5
Pole positions	4
Fastest laps	1
First entry	1997 Australian Grand Prix
First win	2004 Monaco Grand Prix
Last win	2004 Monaco Grand Prix
Last entry	2011 Brazilian Grand Prix

Jarno Trulli Teammates

19 drivers	Involvement	First Year	Last Year
Ukyo Katayama	7	1997
Shinji Nakano	7	1997
Olivier Panis	34	1998	2005
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	28	2000	2001
Ricardo Zonta	21	2001	2005
Jean Alesi	5	2001
Jenson Button	17	2002
Fernando Alonso	31	2003	2004
Allan McNish	15	2003
Franck Montagny	1	2003
Ryan Briscoe	2	2004
Ralf Schumacher	54	2005	2007
Timo Glock	33	2008	2009
Kamui Kobayashi	3	2009
Heikki Kovalainen	37	2010	2011
Fairuz Fauzy	5	2010
Karun Chandhok	9	2011
Davide Valsecchi	1	2011
Luiz Razia	2	2011

Jarno Trulli Teammates

Win Number	Grand Prix
1	2004 Monaco Grand Prix

Complete Formula One Results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	WDC	Points
1997	Minardi Team	Minardi Team M197	Hart 830 AV7 3.0 V8	AUS 9	BRA 12	ARG 9	SMR DNS	MON Ret	ESP 15	CAN Ret													15th	3
	Prost Gauloises Blondes	Prost JS45	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HB 3.0 V10								FRA 10	GBR 8	GER 4	HUN 7	BEL 15	ITA 10	AUT Ret	LUX	JPN	EUR
1998	Gauloises Prost Peugeot	Prost AP01	Peugeot A16 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	BRA Ret	ARG 11	SMR Ret	ESP 9	MON Ret	CAN Ret	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	AUT 10	GER 12	HUN Ret	BEL 6	ITA 13	LUX Ret	JPN 12 †				16th	1
1999	Gauloises Prost Peugeot	Prost AP02	Peugeot A18 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	BRA Ret	SMR Ret	MON 7	ESP 6	CAN Ret	FRA 7	GBR 9	AUT 7	GER Ret	HUN 8	BEL 12	ITA Ret	EUR 2	MAL DNS	JPN Ret				11th	7
2000	Benson & Hedges Jordan	Jordan EJ10	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HE 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	BRA 4	SMR 15 †	GBR 6	ESP 12	EUR Ret	MON Ret	CAN 6	FRA 6	AUT Ret										10th	6
		Jordan EJ10B	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HE 3.0 V10											GER 9	HUN 7	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	USA Ret	JPN 13	MAL 12
2001	Benson & Hedges Jordan Honda	Jordan EJ11	Honda RA001E 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	MAL 8	BRA 5	SMR 5	ESP 4	AUT DSQ	MON Ret	CAN 11 †	EUR Ret	FRA 5	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL Ret	ITA Ret	USA 4	JPN 8			9th	12
2002	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault R202	Renault RS22 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	BRA Ret	SMR 9	ESP 10 †	AUT Ret	MON 4	CAN 6	EUR 8	GBR Ret	FRA Ret	GER Ret	HUN 8	BEL Ret	ITA 4	USA 5	JPN Ret			8th	9
2003	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault R23	Renault RS23 3.0 V10	AUS 5	MAL 5	BRA 8	SMR 13	ESP Ret	AUT 8	MON 6	CAN Ret	EUR Ret	FRA Ret										8th	33
		Renault R23B	Renault RS23 3.0 V10											GBR 6	GER 3	HUN 7	ITA Ret	USA 4	JPN 5
2004	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault R24	Renault RS24 3.0 V10	AUS 7	MAL 5	BHR 4	SMR 5	ESP 3	MON 1	EUR 4	CAN Ret	USA 4	FRA 4	GBR Ret	GER 11	HUN Ret	BEL 9	ITA 10	CHN				6th	46
2004	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF104B	Toyota RVX-04 3.0 V10																	JPN 11	BRA 12		6th	46
2005	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF105	Toyota RVX-05 3.0 V10	AUS 9	MAL 2	BHR 2	SMR 5	ESP 3	MON 10	EUR 8	CAN Ret	USA DNS	FRA 5	GBR 9	GER 14 †	HUN 4	TUR 6	ITA 5	BEL Ret	BRA 13 †			7th	43
		Toyota TF105B	Toyota RVX-05 3.0 V10																		JPN Ret	CHN 15
2006	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF106	Toyota RVX-06 2.4 V8	BHR 16	MAL 9	AUS Ret	SMR Ret	EUR 9	ESP 10														12th	15
		Toyota TF106B	Toyota RVX-06 2.4 V8							MON 17 †	GBR 11	CAN 6	USA 4	FRA Ret	GER 7	HUN 12 †	TUR 9	ITA 7	CHN Ret	JPN 6	BRA Ret
2007	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF107	Toyota RVX-07 2.4 V8	AUS 9	MAL 7	BHR 7	ESP Ret	MON 15	CAN Ret	USA 6	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	EUR 13	HUN 10	TUR 16	ITA 11	BEL 11	JPN 13	CHN 13	BRA 8			13th	8
2008	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF108	Toyota RVX-08 2.4 V8	AUS Ret	MAL 4	BHR 6	ESP 8	TUR 10	MON 13	CAN 6	FRA 3	GBR 7	GER 9	HUN 7	EUR 5	BEL 16	ITA 13	SIN Ret	JPN 5	CHN Ret	BRA 8		9th	31
2009	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF109	Toyota RVX-09 2.4 V8	AUS 3	MAL 4 ‡	CHN Ret	BHR 3	ESP Ret	MON 13	TUR 4	GBR 7	GER 17	HUN 8	EUR 13	BEL Ret	ITA 14	SIN 12	JPN 2	BRA Ret	ABU 7			8th	32.5
2010	Lotus Racing	Lotus T127	Cosworth CA2010 2.4 V8	BHR 17 †	AUS DNS	MAL 17	CHN Ret	ESP 17	MON 15 †	TUR Ret	CAN Ret	EUR 21	GBR 16	GER Ret	HUN 15	BEL 19	ITA Ret	SIN Ret	JPN 13	KOR Ret	BRA 19	ABU 21 †	21st	0
2011	Team Lotus	Lotus T128	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	AUS 13	MAL Ret	CHN 19	TUR 18	ESP 18	MON 13	CAN 16	EUR 20	GBR Ret	GER	HUN Ret	BEL 14	ITA 14	SIN Ret	JPN 19	KOR 17	IND 19	ABU 18	BRA 18	21st	0

Sources: Wikipedia.com, f1.fandom.com and historicracing.com