23 Facts About Fabio Leimer

Fabio Leimer was born on 17 April 1989 and is a former professional racing driver from Switzerland.

Fabio Leimer is best known for winning the 2013 GP2 Series.

Fabio Leimer finished runner-up in the same category the following season before finishing second in the Swiss Championship ICA in 2006.

In 2006, Fabio Leimer graduated to single-seater racing, competing in the Formula BMW ADAC series in Germany.

Fabio Leimer started the year with Team Rosberg, but finished the season with a different team, Matson Motorsport.

Fabio Leimer competed in the end-of-season Formula BMW World Final, held in Valencia, where he finished in nineteenth place.

In 2008, Fabio Leimer progressed to the International Formula Master series, racing with Jenzer Motorsport.

Fabio Leimer helped Jenzer Motorsport finish third in the teams' standings.

In October 2008, Fabio Leimer took part in a three-day Indy Lights prize test with Sam Schmidt Motorsports.

Fabio Leimer continued in the series for 2009, partnering Pal Varhaug, the reigning Italian Formula Renault 2.0 champion.

Fabio Leimer then sealed the title with his sixth win of the season, at the seventh round in Oschersleben.

Fabio Leimer continued with the team into the 2010 GP2 Series, and was partnered by Chilton.

At the first round of the season in Barcelona, Fabio Leimer finished eighth in the feature race, a result which gave him pole position for the reverse grid sprint event which he won from the Rapax Team entry of Luiz Razia.

For 2011, Fabio Leimer moved to the Rapax team alongside Julian Leal.

Fabio Leimer finished fifth overall in the Asia series, and then proceeded to take his second category win in the main series.

Fabio Leimer won the feature race of the non-championship event held at the Yas Marina Circuit.

Fabio Leimer switched to the Racing Engineering team for 2012, where he partnered Nathanael Berthon.

Fabio Leimer took the GP2 driver's championship title in 2013, with seven podium finishes and three wins.

In 2014, Fabio Leimer joined the Swiss team Rebellion Racing for the FIA World Endurance Championship after testing for the team at the pre-season "Prologue".

Fabio Leimer planned to race at the Japanese Super Formula in 2015, driving a Team Mugen's Honda-powered car.

Fabio Leimer participated in only one FP1 session, at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

On 23 June 2015 Virgin Racing announced Fabio Leimer to be their driver to replace Jaime Alguersuari for the final two rounds, 10 and 11, at London after Alguersuari was suspended from racing due to minor health issues.

Fabio Leimer finished the season without scoring a point and finished 32nd out of 35 in the championship.