Ranking the 10 best drivers of an F1 junior series stalwart

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James Newbold

Feb 27, 2022, 1:00 PM

DAMS has been one of the most prolific teams below Formula 1 since its foundation in 1989, launching 32 drivers into grand prix racing. Following the team's sale to ex-F1 racer Charles Pic, formally closing the book on the ownership of the Driot family, Autosport picks out its 10 best drivers during their spell with the team

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A stalwart of junior single-seaters since its foundation in 1989, DAMS has won titles across pretty much every category you could care to mention over the past 30-odd years.

The Formula 3000 International Championship and its Bruno Michel-run successor series GP2 and Formula 2 has been its bread and butter, but it also achieved success in the rivalling Formula Renault 3.5 championship and its short-lived feeder category Formula Renault V6, plus the equally moribund A1GP World Cup of Motorsport for teams representing nations.

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James Newbold Autosport Plus Editor

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James Newbold is Autosport's Plus Editor, responsible for coordinating website feature content.

In a sign of things to come, having completed his Politics and International Relations degree at the University of East Anglia in 2015, he left his graduation ceremony early to catch the last train to Brussels for the following day's Spa 24 Hours.

After a period as a freelancer, he joined the Autosport staff in 2018 and won the Motorsport UK young journalist of the year award. He initially edited Autosport magazine's Performance and Engineering supplements before joining the website team in his current role in 2020.

A keen enthusiast of anything that can be categorised unusual or niche, he enjoys unearthing little-known stories across all branches of motorsport, but has spent most of his career covering sportscars and is a regular part of the Le Mans 24 Hours reporting team.

He lives with his wife and children in Plymouth, England.