Adam Carroll

Adam Carroll (26 October 1982 in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland) is a British former racing driver, who competed in the FIA GP2 Series between 2005 and 2008 before returning to the Series in 2011. A former British F3 champion before his time in GP2, Carroll would become regarded as a safe pair of hands in GP2, claiming multiple victories for three teams during his time in the Series.

Carroll was signed by Super Nova Racing ahead of the inaugural GP2 Series season in 2005, with the Ulsterman partnering Giorgio Pantano for the season. The British racer duly claimed victory in the second race of the campaign in Imola, before claiming two further victories en-route to fifth in the championship.

For 2006 Carroll joined Racing Engineering, hoping to maintain his position as a title contender. Unfortunately for Carroll his title hopes would fade fairly early on into the campaign, with the Ulsterman slipping to eighth in the standings.

After failing to secure a seat in GP2 for 2007, Carroll opted to race in the DTM, only to be called upon by FMS International midway through the season. The Ulsterman went on to claim two victories and seventh in the championship, before again leaving the Series to focus on other projects at the end of the season.

Yet, Carroll's services would again be called upon during the 2008 season, with FMS International again drafting Carroll in midway through the campaign. This time, however, Carroll would only get a four race run in the Series before being replaced by Marko Asmer, before leaving the Series seemingly for good.

After three seasons spent bouncing between various single-seater series, Carroll made a surprise return to GP2 during the 2011 season, when Super Nova Racing called him in to replace Luca Filippi. The Ulsterman went on to complete the final eight races of the campaign with Super Nova, although his time out of GP2, combined with having to get used to an entirely new car, meant that Carroll would only claim a handful of points.

After 2011 Carroll would spend his time racing in GTs, before a brief return to single-seaters in 2016/17 when he signed up to the Jaguar factory team in Formula E. After one season in FE Carroll would return to racing GTs, entering the Ferrari Challenge Europe before his racing career seemingly came to an end at the end of 2019.

Background
After starting in karting at the age of ten, Carroll would get his first drive in a racing car in 1999, taking part in the Winter Series of the Formula Palmer Audi Championship. An impressive performance saw the Northern Irishman given a scholarship to compete in Formula Ford in 2000. In 2002 Carroll was pushed into British Formula 3, where he consistently put his year old car among the front runners to win his class outright.

International Inspiration: 2003 - 2005
2003 saw Carroll compete in the Formula Three Euroseries as well as the British F3 Championship, with Carroll once again out-performing his car. After budget problems forced him to miss out on the Euroseries in 2004, Carroll bounced back with a drive in the GP2 Series, and was called upon by BAR in F1 to become their reserve driver.

GP2 Series History
Carroll was signed by Super Nova Racing ahead of the inaugural 2005 FIA GP2 Series, partnering Giorgio Pantano for the campaign.

Post GP2 Series Career
At the start of the 2007 season Carroll would opt to take a seat in the DTM, although he would only complete half of the season before his GP2 return. The Ulsterman would also sign up to join the A1 Grand Prix series in 2007, and would represent Team Ireland for two full campaigns, winning the 2008/09 season. 2010 saw the Ulsterman move over to the United States to entertain hopes of breaking into IndyCar, before entering Auto GP and Formula Renault 3.5 in 2011.

FE and GT: 2012 - 2019
2012 saw Carroll effectively call time on his single seater career for a second time, swapping to various GT championships including the GT1 World Championship and the Blancpain Endurance Series. After also taking a seat in the European Le Mans Series and World Endurance Championship, in subsequent seasons, Carroll secured a return to single seaters in 2016, when he was picked to lead Jaguar Racing's maiden campaign in Formula E. Yet, the Ulsterman would be outclassed by his younger teammate Mitch Evans during the season, and was subsequently dropped from the squad at the end of the campaign.

After sitting out for two seasons, Carroll secured a seat in the Ferrari Challenge Europe, winning the World Final at the end of the season.

Full GP2 Series Record
Shown below are a series of tables outlining 's career in the GP2 Series in statistical form.

GP2 Series Entries
The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for during their GP2 career:

Career Results
Below is a table showing 's full GP2 Series record.


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