Pål Varhaug

Pål Varhaug (born 26 January 1991 in Stavanger) is a Norwegian former racing driver.

Career

Karting Varhaug began his motorsport career in karting in 2005, finishing fifth in the Norwegian Championship ICA Junior category. He also finished fourth in the Viking Trophy ICA Junior class. The following year, he won the Norwegian Championship ICA Junior title.

Formula Renault 2.0 Varhaug moved up to single–seaters in 2007, competing in the Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 championship for Jenzer Motorsport. Over the course of the season, he took seven podium places, including four race wins, to finish as runner-up in the championship. He also took part in selected races in both the Italian Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championships.

Varhaug continued with Jenzer Motorsport in the category for 2008, racing full seasons in both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Italian Formula Renault 2.0 series. He finished fifteenth in the Eurocup standings, with his best race result being a fifth place in the second event at Estoril. In the Italian series, he finished in the points in all fourteen races and took three races wins to comfortably win the title.

At the end of the season, Varhaug took part in Formula Renault 3.5 Series testing at Paul Ricard with the Italian Prema Powerteam, completing over one hundred laps in the process.

International Formula Master For 2009, Varhaug moved up to the International Formula Master series, once again staying with Jenzer Motorsport. He finished in fifth place in the standings, and was the runner–up in the rookie classification behind Alexander Rossi. He achieved five podium places and a pole position at Brno.

GP3 Series Varhaug graduated to the new GP3 Series with Jenzer Motorsport in 2010. After qualifying on the front row of the grid for the opening race of the season in Barcelona, Varhaug became the first–ever GP3 race winner, finishing ahead of both Robert Wickens and Esteban Gutiérrez. He failed to score another point after his win and eventually finished 13th in the standings.

Varhaug originally finished in third place in the feature race at Spa–Francorchamps, but was later demoted to 15th after overtaking the safety car. He also posted the fastest lap in the final race of the season in Monza, but was not rewarded with a championship point because he failed to finish inside the race's top ten positions.

Varhaug returned to the series in 2014, again with Jenzer. He finished seventeenth in the standings overall.

GP2 Series Varhaug graduated to the GP2 Series for 2011, driving alongside Romain Grosjean in the DAMS team. He finished thirteenth in the Asia series, which along his team-mate's overall victory, allowed DAMS to win the teams' championship. Whilst Grosjean also won the main series championship, Varhaug did not score any points and was classified 23rd overall.

Auto GP World Series After losing his GP2 drive at DAMS, Varhaug moved to the Auto GP World Series with the Virtuosi UK team.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2007 Swiss Formula Renault 2.0 Jenzer Motorsport 12 4 3 1 7 232 2nd Italian Formula Renault 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 49th Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2 0 0 0 0 16 39th 2008 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Jenzer Motorsport 14 0 0 0 0 17 14th Italian Formula Renault 2.0 12 3 3 1 6 330 1st 2009 International Formula Master Jenzer Motorsport 16 0 1 0 5 49 5th 2010 GP3 Series Jenzer Motorsport 16 1 0 0 1 10 13th 2011 GP2 Series DAMS 18 0 0 0 0 0 23rd GP2 Asia Series 4 0 0 0 0 1 13th 2012 Auto GP World Series Virtuosi UK 14 3 0 1 8 183 2nd 2013 GP2 Series Hilmer Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 0 31st 2014 GP3 Series Jenzer Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 12 17th Auto GP Virtuosi UK 2 0 0 0 1 24 15th 2015 GP3 Series Jenzer Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 5 19th

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points 2008 Jenzer Motorsport SPA1 SPA2 SIL1 SIL2 HUN1 HUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LMS1 LMS2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 15th 17

Complete GP3 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2010 Jenzer Motorsport CATFEA CATSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 13th 10 2014 Jenzer Motorsport CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 17th 12 2015 Jenzer Motorsport CATFEA CATSPR RBRFEA RBRSPR SILFEA SILSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SOCFEA SOCSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 19th 5

Complete GP2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points 2011 DAMS ISTFEA ISTSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 23rd 0 2013 Hilmer Motorsport SEPFEA SEPSPR BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR MRNFEA MRNSPR YMCFEA YMCSPR 31st 0

Complete GP2 Asia Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 DC Points 2011 DAMS YMCFEA YMCSPR IMOFEA IMOSPR 13th 1

Complete Auto GP World Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points 2012 Virtuosi UK MNZ1 MNZ2 VAL1 VAL2 MAR1 MAR2 HUN1 HUN2 ALG1 ALG2 CUR1 CUR2 SON1 SON2 2nd 183 2014 Virtuosi UK MAR1 MAR2 LEC1 LEC2 HUN1 HUN2 MNZ1 MNZ2 IMO1 IMO2 RBR1 RBR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 EST1 EST2 15th 24