31 Facts About Jaime Alguersuari

Jaime Victor Alguersuari Escudero, known as Jaume Alguersuari, and Squire is a Spanish DJ and retired racing driver best known for competing in Formula One between 2009 and 2011, and for being the 2008 British Formula 3 champion.

At the age of 25, Jaime Alguersuari officially retired from motorsport to concentrate on his DJ career.

Jaime Alguersuari moved up to the British Formula Three Championship for 2008, driving for the Carlin Motorsport alongside teammates Brendon Hartley, Oliver Turvey and Sam Abay.

Jaime Alguersuari thus became the youngest title winner in championship history, aged 18 years and 203 days.

Jaime Alguersuari deputised for the injured Mark Webber in the 2008 Race of Champions event at the Wembley Stadium in December 2008.

Jaime Alguersuari competed in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2009, continuing with the Carlin team and with Turvey as his teammate.

Jaime Alguersuari eventually ended up sixth, dropping from third in the final race.

Jaime Alguersuari took over the role of reserve driver for the Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One teams from fellow Red Bull Junior driver Brendon Hartley in the second half of the 2009 Formula One season.

Less than two weeks later, race driver Sebastien Bourdais left the Toro Rosso team after the 2009 German Grand Prix and Jaime Alguersuari was immediately expected to be his successor, despite the lack of an official confirmation.

Four days later, Toro Rosso announced that Jaime Alguersuari would drive for the team at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Jaime Alguersuari became the youngest ever Formula One driver at the age of 19 years and 125 days, breaking the record previously held by Mike Thackwell.

Jaime Alguersuari became only the seventh teenager to start a Grand Prix.

In Malaysia one week later, Jaime Alguersuari scored his first ever Formula One points with a ninth-placed finish.

Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost praised Jaime Alguersuari's performance, saying the Spaniard "drove a fantastic race".

Jaime Alguersuari then scored another point after finishing tenth at his home Grand Prix.

Toro Rosso confirmed that Jaime Alguersuari was to be retained alongside Sebastien Buemi for the 2011 season.

Jaime Alguersuari finished tenth at the British Grand Prix, giving him a run of three consecutive point scoring finishes.

Jaime Alguersuari finished in seventh place at the Italian Grand Prix, improving upon his previous best of two eighth places earlier in the season.

Jaime Alguersuari crashed out on the penultimate lap in Singapore, but was classified in 21st place.

In Korea, Jaime Alguersuari finished seventh after passing Nico Rosberg on the final lap, and added another eighth-place finish in India.

Jaime Alguersuari commented by 2013 that he would not be trying to return to Formula One.

In March 2014, Jaime Alguersuari announced that he would compete with Virgin Racing, joining Sam Bird for the season.

Jaime Alguersuari got a best finish of fourth at the 2015 Buenos Aires ePrix but only scored points on four occasions throughout the season.

Jaime Alguersuari had a single retirement at the 2015 Monaco ePrix where he was caught up in the first lap collision.

Jaime Alguersuari had to miss the final two rounds of the season due to minor health issues which caused him to faint at the end of the 2015 Moscow ePrix and was replaced by Fabio Leimer.

Jaime Alguersuari finished the season with 30 points and placed 13th in the championship.

On 1 October 2015, Jaime Alguersuari officially retired from all forms of motorsport, explaining that he had "fallen out of love with this girlfriend".

Jaime Alguersuari competed in the Desafio Internacional das Estrelas in 2010,2011 and 2013.

In 2022, Jaime Alguersuari took part of the Margutti trophy, finishing 16th after climbing 14 positions and setting the fastest lap.

Jaime Alguersuari returned to participate in the Spanish karting championship.

Jaime Alguersuari headlined the 2010 Barcelona Music Conference and has played sets at clubs including Amnesia in Ibiza.