90 Facts About Robert Shwartzman

Robert Shwartzman is a former member of the Ferrari Driver Academy, and is the 2018 Toyota Racing Series and 2019 FIA Formula 3 champion.

Robert Shwartzman served as a reserve driver for Ferrari in Formula One between 2021 and 2024.

Robert Shwartzman was born on 16 September 1999 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Robert Shwartzman began karting in 2004 at the age of four.

In 2014, Robert Shwartzman graduated to single-seaters, partaking in six races of the Italian F4 Championship with Cram Motorsport.

Robert Shwartzman finished in the points four times out of the six, to rank sixteenth overall with 26 points.

Robert Shwartzman claimed his first single-seater podium at just the first race at Vallelunga.

Robert Shwartzman had a run of six consecutive podiums but did not record a win.

Robert Shwartzman was unable to finish the season, but finished fourth in the standings.

In 2016, Robert Shwartzman moved to Formula Renault 2.0 with reigning series champions Josef Kaufmann Racing after testing with the team at Motorland Aragon.

Robert Shwartzman claimed two victories in the Northern European Cup and finished sixth in the standings.

For 2017, Robert Shwartzman stayed in Formula Renault 2.0, but decided to switch to the R-ace GP team.

Robert Shwartzman lost thirteen points to his teammate Will Palmer and finished in the third place in the driver standings, but was able to win six races, having podium finish at all rounds excepting Red Bull Ring, and at Circuit Paul Ricard.

Robert Shwartzman made his Toyota Racing Series debut during the 2018 off-season, competing for M2 Competition.

Robert Shwartzman finished all fifteen races in the top-five and was the only driver in the season to do so.

Robert Shwartzman won the Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy and the series title, ahead of the M2 teammates Richard Verschoor and Marcus Armstrong, who have raced in the series in 2017.

In November 2016, Robert Shwartzman was listed among the drivers partaking in the post-season test at Yas Marina with Koiranen GP.

In September 2017, Robert Shwartzman tested the European Formula 3 machinery with Prema Powerteam.

Robert Shwartzman took his first European Formula 3 win in the third Spielberg race.

Robert Shwartzman took third place at qualifying in Circuit Paul Ricard and finished second in the first race, losing only to his team-mate Jehan Daruvala.

Robert Shwartzman went up to fifth in the first race, and in the next race he battled with Marcus Armstrong, but at the final lap made contact.

Armstrong retired and Robert Shwartzman crossed the finish line in first, but was given a five-second time penalty for causing a collision, dropping him down to third behind race winner HWA Racelab driver Jake Hughes, who took victory here last year, and Jehan Daruvala.

Robert Shwartzman took the pole position ahead of his home race at Sochi, but he couldn't save his race lead and finished second behind Armstrong.

Robert Shwartzman joined Prema Racing for the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship, partnering Mick Schumacher.

On 18 April 2020, Robert Shwartzman's father died of COVID-19 aged 52.

On his rookie season of F2, Robert Shwartzman expected his season as "toughest season of my life" mainly due to his father's death.

Robert Shwartzman made a good start, moving up to fifth and later taking advantage for a mechanical issue for Guanyu Zhou and a mistake from Schumacher.

Robert Shwartzman finished in fourth, two places higher than where he started due to retirements from Giuliano Alesi and former Formula 3 teammate Marcus Armstrong.

Robert Shwartzman took his first Formula 2 victory at the feature race of the second Red Bull Ring round, having started eighth.

Robert Shwartzman took the lead from Zhou with nine laps to go.

Robert Shwartzman left the first turn of the first lap five places ahead in sixth.

Robert Shwartzman had a tire strategy different from the front-runners and had better tyre management.

Robert Shwartzman was in a different world after his pit stop, overtaking Luca Ghiotto and Callum Ilott at the end of lap 29, and taking the lead from Schumacher just a lap later.

Robert Shwartzman struggled for pace in both the feature and sprint races, finishing 14th and 13th respectively.

Robert Shwartzman ended the feature race in eighth, passing Dan Ticktum for the reverse-grid position with five laps to go.

Robert Shwartzman led the race for the majority of the sprint race, until with thiree laps to go, Schumacher tried to pass him, but smashed into his front-right tyre, damaging Robert Shwartzman's front wing.

Robert Shwartzman was swarmed by the field, and in the end finished 13th.

Robert Shwartzman survived a dramatic late safety car restart to finish in second place, only losing out to a timely pitstop from Nobuharu Matsushita.

Robert Shwartzman topped free practice for the first time and qualified fourth at Spa-Francorchamps.

Robert Shwartzman fell to seventh on the opening lap but made it up to finish fifth.

Robert Shwartzman grabbed his opportnity after Ticktum and Roy Nissany collided.

Robert Shwartzman improved to ninth after starting 16th at Monza, but was just less than a second away from Louis Deletraz from taking reverse pole.

Robert Shwartzman managed to progress to sixth place in the sprint race, before being promoted a place after Ticktum was disqualified.

Robert Shwartzman would retire with a car issue at the halfway mark of the feature race.

Robert Shwartzman stormed back to ninth in the sprint race despite a mistake on lap 18 but was not enough to nab points.

Robert Shwartzman only finished 10th in a red-flagged sprint race, capping off another point-less weekend.

Robert Shwartzman pushed his way up into fifth place, but fell to eighth after drivers on fresher and softer tyres overtook him.

Robert Shwartzman converted it to a dominant win, leading every lap.

Robert Shwartzman improved ahead to second on the first lap, passing both Carlin drivers.

Robert Shwartzman eventually was passed by Tsunoda, and later in the race by Guanyu Zhou and Felipe Drugovich.

Robert Shwartzman finished in fifth, but when Nikita Mazepin was penalised, he was moved to fourth position.

Robert Shwartzman continued with Prema for the 2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship, this time partnering the reigning FIA Formula 3 champion, Oscar Piastri.

Robert Shwartzman endured a shaky start on the first round at Bahrain, qualifying 12th.

Robert Shwartzman improved to fourth on the opening race in Bahrain.

Robert Shwartzman retired in the second race, after making contact with Dan Ticktum.

Robert Shwartzman brushed the barrier on the first lap during the first sprint race, damaging his front wing and later retired.

From last, Robert Shwartzman rose to tenth courtesy of retirements to finish tenth.

Robert Shwartzman was on course to take second in the feature race before a slow pit stop caused him to lose positions to Piastri and Felipe Drugovich, ending the race in fourth.

Robert Shwartzman then scored his first win of the season, winning by five seconds.

Robert Shwartzman finished fifth in the second sprint race, and ended the weekend in third place, taking advantage of multiple incidents and penalties for other drivers.

Robert Shwartzman won , having a brilliant start to pass Christian Lundgaard, Juri Vips and Roy Nissany before the first corner.

Robert Shwartzman described his win as "redemption" following his win being taken away the previous year due to a collision.

Robert Shwartzman bounced back to secure fifth in the feature race.

However, Robert Shwartzman was awarded a 5-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage at the start of the race.

Robert Shwartzman was demoted to sixth, and promoted Lundgaard who started 19th to finish on the podium.

Robert Shwartzman managed to claim third in the second sprint, after overtaking Liam Lawson, Vips, and David Beckmann.

Robert Shwartzman rounded off his weekend with a sixth place finish in the feature race.

Robert Shwartzman got his home podium in mixed conditions by finishing third, after a battle with Jake Hughes and an incident for Lawson.

Robert Shwartzman finished fifth in sprint 1, following a battle with Lundgaard.

Robert Shwartzman finished second in the second sprint, making up two places at the start.

Robert Shwartzman then overtook Ticktum and Ralph Boschung whilst benefitting from a retirement by Marcus Armstrong.

Robert Shwartzman ended the feature race in fifth place, after being passed by Theo Pourchaire and Drugovich in the dying stages of the race.

Robert Shwartzman finished the 2021 season as vice-champion with 2 wins, 3 fastest laps and 8 podiums in total.

Robert Shwartzman achieved a total of 192 points that year, albeit 60.5 points off champion Piastri.

Robert Shwartzman was due to appear in the first practice session of the 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, driving for Haas.

Robert Shwartzman took part in the 2021 post-season young driver test with Haas and Ferrari.

Robert Shwartzman currently competes under the Israeli flag after the FIA banned drivers from competing under the Russian flag following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Robert Shwartzman participated in two Free Practice 1 sessions for Ferrari in the 2022 season, one ahead of the United States Grand Prix, the other ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

At his first free practice outing, Robert Shwartzman finished the session 16th, highest of the rookies but well down on his teammate who set the fastest time.

In 2023, Robert Shwartzman was released from the Ferrari Driver Academy, but was promoted to serve as the Ferrari reserve for 2023.

Robert Shwartzman took part in his first free practice session of 2023 at the Dutch Grand Prix for Ferrari.

Robert Shwartzman took part in his second free practice session at Abu Dhabi, finishing eighth overall.

Robert Shwartzman drove the SF-23 during the post-season tests with Ferrari, completing 123 laps.

Robert Shwartzman continued as one of the reserve drivers for Ferrari in 2024.

Robert Shwartzman partook in his first free practice of the year at the Dutch Grand Prix for Kick Sauber, placing 16th in the session.

Later that year, Robert Shwartzman participated during the first free practice session at the Mexico City Grand Prix with Kick Sauber, and finished 19th.

Robert Shwartzman returned to competition in 2023, pairing up with Nicklas Nielsen and Alessio Rovera at AF Corse in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, thus making his debut in sportscar racing.

At the start of January 2023, Robert Shwartzman took part in an IndyCar test with Chip Ganassi Racing.

On 5 November 2024, it was announced that Robert Shwartzman will compete full-time in the series for Prema Racing in 2025, alongside former Formula 2 rival Callum Ilott.

DS Penske again selected Robert Shwartzman to partake in the 2024 Berlin rookie test with them, where he ended fastest overall.