Colin Fleming (born April 27, 1984) is an American former racing driver & Formula 1 test driver who competed in the World Series by Renault 3.5, Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, and Formula Renault 2000 Germany with Jenzer Motorsport and Carlin Motorsport after a successful go-karting career, winning 10 North American and National Championships.
Racing career A former member from the Red Bull Junior Team, Fleming finished third in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup in 2004 and was rookie of the year in the Formula Renault 2000 Germany also in that year. He raced against fellow American and Californian and future Formula One driver Scott Speed. In 2005, he switched to the Formula Renault 3.5 with Swiss team Jenzer Motorsport, despite three DNS in the first three and missing one race of that season, he finished 13th with 34 points with a best finish of third in the second race in the Bugatti Circuit in LeMans, France. In 2006, he joined Carlin where he finished sixth in the first race of the season in Zolder. Later that year, he finished fourth in Circuit de Monaco and eighth in both races in Istanbul Park, but left Carlin and the Red Bull Junior team after the latter. Red Bull replaced him with fellow Red Bull Junior Team member and future Formula One Champion Sebastian Vettel.
After leaving Red Bull, Fleming returned to the United States to complete in the Atlantic Championship mid-season.
Personal life Fleming is currently the Chief Marketing Officer, Business at OpenAI as per LinkedIn Profile for Colin Fleming
Complete motorsports results
American Open-Wheel racing results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)
2003 Barber Dodge Pro Series (Rookie of the Year, 5th in championship) Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points 2003 STP MTY MIL LAG POR CLE TOR VAN MDO MTL 5th 83
2004 German Formula Renault – 2nd in the Championship osDriver nameOSCASSSALSACNÜRLAUOSCPoints1Scott Speed1813122213Ret28312932Colin Fleming11102311445317232843Michael Ammermüller21476561332443522384Pascal Kochem1Ret62331151158120182085Mikhail Aleshin31512745172102Ret6613185
2004 European Formula Renault – 3rd in the Championship PosDriverMNZVALMAGHOCBRNDONSPAIMOOSCPoints1Scott Speed2127DSQ73111147121113702Simon Pagenaud1041Ret4132525976Ret642463Colin Fleming245882Ret6Ret433Ret232352224Reinhard Kofler21361115Ret436105553892025Pascal Kochem414548102325RetRet31RetRet7198
World Series by Renault 3.5 (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 DC Points 2005 Jenzer Motorsport ZOL1 ZOL2 MON1 VAL1 VAL2 LMS1 LMS2 BIL1 BIL2 OSC1 OSC2 DON1 DON2 EST1 EST2 MOZ1 MOZ2 13th 34 2006 Carlin Motorsport ZOL1 ZOL2 MON1 IST1 IST2 MIS1 MIS2 SPA1 SPA2 NUR1 NUR2 DON1 DON2 LMS1 LMS2 CAT1 CAT2 18th 19
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