Ralph Firman is married to Aldis Kristin Arnadottir, an Icelandic UK-educated lawyer.
14 Facts About Ralph Firman
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Ralph Firman won the prestigious Macau Grand Prix in 1996 under controversial circumstances.
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Just as Jarno Trulli was on the way to victory, Ralph Firman crashed at the hairpin corner, blocked the track and caused a red flag.
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The race officials counted the results to the previous lap when Ralph Firman was ahead of Trulli, thus giving him the win.
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Ralph Firman then moved to Japan, culminating in the 2002 Formula Nippon championship, before returning to Europe.
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Ralph Firman secured a seat in Formula One for the 2003 season at the Jordan team, alongside Giancarlo Fisichella.
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Ralph Firman participated in 14 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting at the 2003 Australian Grand Prix.
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Ralph Firman scored one championship point, in the 2003 Spanish Grand Prix.
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Ralph Firman was injured in a huge crash during practice for the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix which forced him to sit out that and the next race, in which he was replaced by Zsolt Baumgartner.
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In November 2003, Ralph Firman drove a Jordan-Ford EJ13 at Macau's Guia Circuit as part of the Macau Grand Prix's 50th anniversary celebrations, the first time that a contemporary F1 machine had been seen in action around the tight and tricky Guia circuit.
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Ralph Firman clocked an impressive 1:59.4 seconds lap, 13 seconds quicker than F3 poleman Fabio Carbone managed on the same day.
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Ralph Firman has competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and was an official test driver for the A1 Grand Prix series in August 2004.
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Ralph Firman had previously been seen to be in competition for the Great Britain seat.
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Ralph Firman retired from racing in 2013, and now runs a British engineering company.