33 Facts About James Rossiter

James Rossiter was a test driver for BAR, Honda, Super Aguri and Force India in Formula One and was due to drive for the proposed US F1 Team in the 2010 season.

James Rossiter took the first steps in his professional career in 2002 by joining Falcon Motorsport to compete in the Formula Renault UK championship.

James Rossiter finished third overall behind Hamilton and Alex Lloyd and was recognised by a leading journalist as "the only driver to take the fight to Lewis Hamilton".

In 2004, James Rossiter continued his relationship with Fortec Motorsport but graduated to the British Formula 3 championship.

James Rossiter scored three victories and 12 podiums during the season to finish third in the drivers' championship behind Nelson Piquet Jr.

In 2005, James Rossiter graduated to international competition, racing in the Formula 3 Euro Series for Signature-Plus.

James Rossiter finished the season in seventh in the drivers' championship with one win and three podiums before switching to Formula Renault 3.5 for 2006, in which he was 14th.

James Rossiter was retained for 2006 following Honda's acquisition of the team and in 2007, worked primarily with the Super Aguri F1 team, spearheaded by Aguri Suzuki and Mark Preston.

In 2008, James Rossiter was again retained by Honda as the team's primary test and development driver for its Formula One program.

James Rossiter was signed by the US F1 Team to partner Jose Maria Lopez but was not officially confirmed prior to the team's collapse.

James Rossiter was instead poised to join the IndyCar Series, driving for KV Racing Technology after testing for the team at Barber Motorsports Park although the team re-signed Mario Moraes, which left him without a drive.

James Rossiter subsequently joined Sky Sports as a commentator for their IndyCar coverage.

James Rossiter drove the team's 2013 car, the VJM06, at the first pre-season test at Jerez and was set to make his first practice appearance at the British Grand Prix to replace Adrian Sutil, although this was cancelled due to wet weather.

In 2013, James Rossiter joined TOM'S to race full-time in the Super GT championship.

James Rossiter finished third in the standings, nine points behind champions Kohei Hirate and Yuji Tachikawa and ran a part-time campaign in Super Formula, taking a best result of sixth.

James Rossiter ran full-time in both Super GT and Super Formula in 2014 with TOM'S and Kondo Racing.

James Rossiter finished third in Super GT with a pair of wins at Suzuka and Buriam and took a best finish of second at Super Formula's season opener and was sixth in the standings.

James Rossiter continued his dual racing program throughout 2015 and 2016 and scored one win and four podiums with TOM'S in Super GT before racing solely in the series in 2017 after leaving Kondo Racing.

James Rossiter secured his final win in the series at Autopolis and finished fifth in the championship.

In 2018, James Rossiter ran full-time in Super Formula with TOM'S and part-time in Super GT.

James Rossiter switched to Team Impul to race solely in Super GT in 2019 and scored his final podium at Okayama by finishing third.

James Rossiter won alongside team-mate Franck Montagny at Belle Isle and later raced at the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans with Jetalliance Racing, driving a Lotus Evora.

James Rossiter secured a best finish of ninth at Bahrain and started from pole position at Shanghai.

James Rossiter continued to drive for the team part-time in 2013 and 2014.

James Rossiter rejoined the ByKolles operation in 2016 and ran part-time over the next three seasons, making six appearances in LMP1 alongside one LMP2 start for G-Drive Racing in 2017.

On 8 February 2021, James Rossiter was named as the simulator and reserve driver for Peugeot Sport's return to the World Endurance Championship in the Hypercar class.

James Rossiter was later promoted to a full-time race seat following Kevin Magnussen's return to Formula One with Haas in 2022.

James Rossiter finished fourth on the Peugeot 9X8's debut at Monza and finished fifth at Fuji.

On 7 October 2022, James Rossiter confirmed his departure from Peugeot and announced his retirement from professional competition to join Maserati MSG Racing in Formula E as team principal.

In 2017, James Rossiter represented Venturi Racing at Formula E pre-season testing at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain, alongside Edoardo Mortara, Maro Engel and Michael Benyahia.

James Rossiter returned to the cockpit for Formula E's 2019 rookie test and set the second-fastest time behind Nico Muller.

At the 2020 Marrakesh ePrix, James Rossiter replaced full-time driver Jean-Eric Vergne for FP1, when the reigning champion was feeling unwell.

On 7 October 2022, James Rossiter joined Maserati MSG Racing as team principal following the departure of former team boss Jerome d'Ambrosio and confirmed his retirement from professional driving.