Philippe Adams (; born 19 November 1969) is a Belgian racing driver.
Career
Early career Adams was born in Mouscron, Wallonia, Belgium. He first began in motorsport at the age of twelve, racing karts, before beginning in car racing in 1984. In 1992, Adams competed in the British Formula 3 Championship, finishing second overall in the season. Adams went on to the British Formula Two Series for 1993, winning the championship.
Formula One (1994) Adams and his backers agreed with Team Lotus to find $500,000 to earn a pay-drive with them for two rounds of the 1994 Formula One season. Part of the funding for this came from an insurance policy taken out against his Belgian Procar race at Spa alongside the F1 race, which he won. He retired from the Belgian round, but managed to finish 16th in the Portuguese round. In between these two races, regular driver Alessandro Zanardi qualified a strong 13th for his home race. Adams was also intended to race at Jerez, but the team gave the drive back to Zanardi.
After Formula One Adams never returned to Formula One opting to return to the national scene, primarily in production car and sportscar racing.
Racing record
Complete Japanese Formula 3000 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 DC Points 1991 CSK Racing SUZ AUT FUJ MIN SUZ SUG FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ FUJ NC 0
Complete British Formula Two Championship 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 DC Points 1993 Madgwick International OUL SIL BHI DONOULBHISNEBGP 1st 45 Argo Racing Cars THR DON
Complete Formula One results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points Team Lotus Lotus 109 Mugen-Honda V10 BRA PAC SMR MON ESP CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR EUR JPN AUS NC 0
Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts 1994 Belgian VW Audi Club Audi 80 Quattro Competition AVU WUN ZOL6 ZAN ÖST SAL SPA NÜR 16th 6
References
External links Profile on F1 Rejects