Key facts
- Born
- ( 1986-04-16 ) 16 April 1986 (age 40) , Uphall , West Lothian, Scotland
- Spouse
- Laura Jordan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2014 )
- Relatives
- Dougie McCracken (step-father) Jon McCracken (half-brother) Dario Franchitti (cousin) Marino Franchitti (cousin)
- Debut season
- 2019–20
- Current team
- Peugeot TotalEnergies
- Categorisation
- FIA Platinum
- Former teams
- United
- Best season finish in the championship s
- 2nd in 2019–20 ( LMP2 )
- Nationality
- British
- Active years
- 2011 – 2013 , 2017
- Teams
- Force India , Williams
- Entries
- 59 (59 starts)
- First entry
- 2011 Australian Grand Prix
- Last entry
- 2017 Hungarian Grand Prix
- Years active
- 2007 – 2010 , 2014 – 2019
- Participating years span years
- 2018 – 2021 , 2023 – 2024
- Best finish
- 5th ( 2020 )
- Class wins
- 1 ( 2020 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Paul
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Uphall
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Official website
- www.pauldiresta.com
- Image
- 2014 DTM HockenheimringII Paul di Resta by 2eight 8SC5384 (cropped2).jpg
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- Commons category
- Paul di Resta
- date of birth
- 1986-04-16
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- Paul di Resta
- social media followers
- 421059
- points for
- 121
- number of wins
- 0
- pole positions
- 0
- podium finishes
- 0
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 67
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Encyclopedic overview
Paul di Resta (born 16 April 1986) is a British racing driver and broadcaster from Scotland, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Peugeot. Di Resta competed in Formula One between 2011 and 2017.
Born in Uphall and raised in Bathgate, di Resta drove in Formula One for Force India from 2011 to 2013, and became a reserve driver for the Williams F1 team in 2016, driving a single race for them as a substitute driver in 2017. A former Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) and Formula 3 Euro Series champion, di Resta did not secure a Formula One seat for 2014, instead rejoining Mercedes to race again in DTM. He later became a reserve F1 driver for McLaren for the 2022 season, and a former commentator for Sky Sports' coverage of F1.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paul di Resta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.