Firman, Ralph (GB)
b 20/05/1975
1986 - Started karting. Won two titles.
1993 - Formula Vauxhall Junior, Champion, 163 points:-
Mar 27 Silverstone 5th, 16:07.12
May 2 Snetterton 9th, 15:53.37
May 3 Snetterton 1st, 11:33.99
May 16 Donington Park 1st, 19:53.18
May 31 Silverstone 1st, 18:03.35/FL 1:46.40
Jun 12 Brands Hatch 1st, 12:10.55
Jun 26 Pembrey engine
Jul 25 Knockhill Broke ankle, missed both races
Aug 8 Oulton Park 1st, 17:39.81/FL 1:44.91/Pole
Aug 21 Brands Hatch 2nd, 12:16.03/FL 47.55s/Pole
Aug 22 Brands Hatch 1st, 12:06.69/FL 47.53s
Sep 12 Donington Park 1st, 19:25.80/FL 1:55.45/Pole
Sep 19 Silverstone 1st, 15:49.16/Pole
1994 - Donington F3 challenge (Paul Stewart Racing Dallara Mugen Honda F394)
Oct 16 Donington Park 9th, 22:43.41.
Formula Vauxhall Lotus (Paul Stewart Racing), 4th, 149 points:-
Apr 4 Thruxton 2nd, 15:13.11
Apr 17 Brands Hatch 1st, 15:06.24/Pole/FL 44.31s
May 15 Silverstone 1st, 19:57.23/FL 59.18s
May 31 Oulton Park >10th (puncture)/FL 1:38.50
Jun 14 Donington Park engine
Jun 26 Brands Hatch 3rd, 17:30.76
Jul 30 Knockhill 3rd, 17:32.78
Jul 31 Knockhill accident
Aug 14 Oulton Park 1st 19:46.35/Pole/FL 1:37.89
Aug 29 Brands Hatch 1st, 15:15.01/Pole/FL 44.60s
Sep 4 Silverstone accident
Silverstone 1st, 19:35.43/Pole/FL 1:55.82
Sep 18 Donington accident
Formula Opel Euroseries:
Jul 9 Silverstone 2nd, 28:46.56
1995 - UK F3 (Paul Stewart Racing Dallara Mugen Honda F935), 176 points, 2nd:-
Mar 26 Silverstone 1st, 14:59.36/Pole
Silverstone 1st, 14:24.94/Pole
Apr 17 Thruxton retired - accident damage
Thruxton 2nd, 14:09.20
Apr 24 Donington accident
May 29 Silverstone 2nd, 23:58.81/Pole
Jul 15 Silverstone 3rd, 30:17.40
Jul 30 Donington Park retired - accident damage/Pole
Donington Park 1st, 20:17.91/Pole/FL 1:31.05
Aug 19 Oulton Park 9th, 24:08.31/Pole/FL 1:33.68
Aug 27 Brands Hatch 1st, 17:59.12/Pole/FL 42.17s
Aug 28 Brands Hatch 1st, 17:59.12/Pole/FL 42.00s
Sep 10 Snetterton accident
Sep 24 Pembrey 1st, 18:30.28/Pole
Pembrey 7th, 18:59.60
Oct 8 Silverstone DSQ
Silverstone 12th, 17:37.94
Oct 15 Thruxton 7th, 24:06.05
International F3 Challenge:-
Jul 9 Silverstone 1st, 30:32.48/Pole
Zandvoort Marlboro Masters, 10th, 35:16.730.
Macau (Nov 19), retired on lap 6 due to accident.
1996 - UK F3 (Paul Stewart Racing Dallara Mugen Honda F396), champion, 188 pts
Mar 31 Silverstone 4th, 16:07.15/FL 1:18.94
Silverstone 2nd, 20:06.06
Apr 14 Thruxton 3rd, 12:01.87/Pole
May 5 Donington Park DNS - accident/Pole
May 27 Brands Hatch 1st, 17:57.737/Pole/FL 42.366s
Brands Hatch 1st, 17:09.563/Pole/FL 42.130s
Jun 8 Oulton Park 1st, 31:42.17
Jun 23 Donington Park 2nd, 27:40.95
Jul 13 Silverstone 2nd, 27:24.81
Jul 28 Thruxton 2nd, 24:05.72
Aug 11 Snetterton 6th, 7:14.27
Sep 1 Pembrey 13th, 17:56.16
Pembrey 5th, 17:43.48
Sep 29 Zandvoort 5th, 25:06.301
Zandvoort 4th, 24:06.400/FL 1:05.825
Oct 13 Silverstone 4th, 29:43.12
Macau International F3 race: 1st, 1:03:14.79 (crashed in second heat,
but red flag shown and positions were taken at the end of the
previous lap)
1997 - Japanese GT Championship (Porsche 911 GT2)
Mar 30 Suzuka 13th
May 4 Fuji 7th
Japanese Formula Nippon
Apr 27 Suzuka spun
May 18 Mine 4th, 1h21m59.59
Jun 1 Fuji spun
Jul 6 Suzuka 6th, 1h04m40.55
Aug 3 Sugo 2nd, 1h09m50.15
Aug 31 Fuji 13th
Sep 14 Mine electrics
Sep 28 Motegi 5th, 1h10m24.00
Oct 19 Fuji spin
Nov 9 Suzuka 11th
Formula 3 (Paul Stewart Racing Dallara Mugen Honda F397)
Nov 16 Macau crash
1998 - Formula Nippon (Nova Engineering Lola Mugen T97/51), J7th, 13 pts
Apr 19 Suzuka 12th
May 17 Mine ret/stall, accident
(Nova Engineering G-Force Mugen GF02)
May 31 Fuji ret/electrical
Jun 14 Motegi ret/driveshaft
Jul 5 Suzuka ret/under tray
(Nova Engineering Lola Mugen T96/51)
Aug 2 Sugo 2nd, 1h34m35.71
Sep 20 Mine 4th, 1h22m05.72
Oct 18 Fuji 3rd, 1h46m56.30
Nov 28 Suzuka 7th, 1h04m24.520
1999 - Formula Nippon (Nova Engineering G-Force Mugen GF03), 4th, 21 pts
Apr 18 Suzuka ret/spin
May 9 Motegi 3rd, 1h15m38.844
May 23 Mine 2nd, 1h42m13.088/FL 1:33.428
Jun 6 Fuji 9th, 1h04m48.306
Jul 4 Suzuka ret/accident
Aug 1 Sugo 6th, 1h16m11.308
Sep 5 Fuji 10th
Sep 19 Mine 9th, -1 lap
Oct 3 Motegi 8th, 1h14m51.818
Nov 14 Suzuka 1st, 1h07m34.833
2000 - Formula Nippon (Nova Engineering G-Force Mugen Honda GF03B)
Mar 26 Suzuka ret/5 laps/crash
Apr 16 Motegi 11th
May 21 Mine ret/4 laps/suspension
Jun 4 Fuji 6th, 1h07m23.431
Jul 2 Suzuka 7th, 1h22m38.426
Jul 30 Sugo 2nd, 1h15m44.370
Aug 20 Motegi 10th, 1h16m04.800
Sep 3 Fuji 13th, 50m15.483
Sep 17 Mine 5th, 1h21m46.889
Nov 5 Suzuka ret/15 laps/overheating
All Japan GT Championship (SARD Toyota Supra), with M.Kageyama
Apr 2 Motegi 10th, -1 lap
May 28 Sugo 6th, 1h56m38.20
Jun 25 Sepang 19th
Aug 6 Fuji 2nd, 1h41m35.300
Oct 1 Mine 8th
Oct 22 Suzuka 32nd
Suzuka 1000 km (Toyota Supra), Q2 but retired.
2001 - F.Nippon (Nakajima Planning Reynard-Mugen 99L): 4th, 29 pts
Mar 25 Suzuka 5th, 1h16m41.176
Apr 22 Motegi ret/12th/fuel pump
May 20 Mine 2nd, 1h19m43.597
Jun 3 Fuji 6th, 1h07m21.472
Jul 1 Suzuka East ret/loose wheel nut
Jul 29 Sugo ret/engine
Sep 2 Fuji 7th, 1h07m23.052
Sep 23 Mine 9th, -7 laps
Oct 21 Motegi 1st, 1h14m10.308
Nov 18 Suzuka 1st, 1h04m06.917
2002 - F.Nippon (PIAA Nakajima Reynard-Mugen Honda 01L): Champion, 62 pts
Mar 24 Suzuka 1st, 1h03m11.587
Apr 7 Fuji 2nd, 1h08m16.360
May 19 Mine ret/35 laps/transmission
Jul 7 Suzuka East 1st, 1h11m28.336
Jul 21 Motegi 9th, 1h16m11.942
Aug 4 Sugo 1st, 1h24m26.082
Sep 1 Fuji 2nd, 1h07m15.970
Sep 22 Mine 2nd, 1h20m50.543
Oct 9 Motegi 1st, 1h13m18.262
Nov 3 Suzuka 3rd, 1h04m22.133
Japanese GTs (Nakajima Planning Honda NSX): 2nd, 74 pts, with T.Matsuda
Apr 14 TI Aida 1st, 2h04m24.933
May 4 Fuji 11th, -2 laps
May 26 Sugo ret/33 laps/engine
Jun 23 Sepang 1st, 1h52m58.555
Jul 28 Fuji 12th, 1h52m39.800
Sep 15 Motegi 17th, -4 laps
Oct 27 Mine 6th, 1h50m55.892
Nov 17 Suzuka 1st, 1h46m44.403
2003 - F1 (Jordan-Ford EJ13): 19th, 1 pt
Date Q R Venue Time/Reason
9/3 17 - Australia ret/6 laps/accident
23/3 20 10 Malaysia -1 lap
6/4 16 - Brazil ret/17 laps/suspension
20/4 19 - San Marino ret/51 laps/engine
4/5 15 8 Spain -1 lap
18/5 16 11 Austria -1 lap
1/6 16 12 Monaco -2 laps
15/6 19 - Canada ret/20 laps/engine
29/6 14 11 Europe -2 laps
6/7 18 15 France -3 laps
20/7 17 13 Britain -1 lap
3/8 18 - Germany ret/0 laps/accident
24/8 Hungary practice crash
28/9 18 - America ret/48 laps/spin
12/10 15 14 Japan -2 laps
2004 – World Series by Nissan (Gabord Reyco)
Mar 28 Jarama 14th, -1 lap
Mar 28 Jarama ret/8 laps/handling
2005 - Japanese Super GT Championship (Arta Honda NSX): 2nd, 61 pts, with D.Ito
Mar 27 Okayama 4th, 2h03m00.432
May 4 Fuji 12th, -1 lap
Jun 26 Sepang 2nd, 1h52m44.159
Jul 24 Sugo 6th, 78 laps
Sep 4 Motegi 16th, -4 laps
Oct 16 Autopolis 1st, 1h56m36.074
Nov 6 Suzuka 12th, 1h42m46.794
A1GP (Team Ireland):
Oct 9 Lausitzring 9th, 30m37.010
Oct 9 Lausitzring 6th, 58m53.781
Oct 23 Estoril 19th, -1 lap
Oct 23 Estoril 3rd, 1h01m21.387
Nov 20 Sepang 7th, 29m35.423
Nov 20 Sepang 9th, 1h00m42.240
Dec 11 Dubai 4th, 27m06.574
Dec 11 Dubai ret/7 laps/gearbox electrics
2006 – A1GP (Team Ireland)
Jan 29 Durban 4th, 31m12.890
Jan 29 Durban ret/14 laps/spin
Feb 12 Sentul 6th, 24m17.094
Feb 12 Sentul ret/21 laps/gearbox
Feb 26 Fundidora Park ret/0 laps/accident
Feb 26 Fundidora Park ret/16 laps
Mar 12 Laguna Seca 5th, 31m31.812
Mar 12 Laguna Seca 6th, 1h01m13.779
Japanese Super GT (Arta Honda NSX): 7th, 68 pts, with D.Ito
Mar 19 Suzuka 3rd, 1h43m47.154
Apr 9 Okayama 7th, 2h02m23.392
May 4 Fuji 7th, 3h03m07.112
Jun 25 Sepang 1st, 1h51m41.405
Jul 23 Sugo 8th, -1 lap
Aug 20 Suzuka 6th, -1 lap (& with T.Kaneishi)
Sep 10 Motegi 39th, 45 laps
Oct 15 Autopolis 11th, -1 lap
Nov 5 Fuji 14th, -2 laps
2007 – Japanese Super GT (ARTA Honda NSX): Champion, 94 pts, with D.Ito
Mar 18 Suzuka 12th, -1 lap
Apr 8 Okayama 1st, 2h01m14.759
May 6 Fuji 9th, -1 lap
Jun 24 Sepang 6th, 1h49m45.935
Jul 29 Sugo 1st, 2h01m17.063
Aug 19 Suzuka 1000 km 2nd, 6h04m20.923 (& Y.Ide)
Sep 9 Motegi 12th, -3 laps
Oct 14 Autopolis 1st, 1h55m57.024
Nov 4 Fuji 8th
A1GP (Team Ireland):
Sep 30 Zandvoort 8th, 18m12.839
Sep 30 Zandvoort 6th, 1h10m25.281
2008 – Super GT (ARTA Honda NSX): 8th, 49 pts, with T.Izawa
Mar 16 Suzuka 14th, -5 laps
Apr 13 Okayama 3rd, 2h02m27.525
May 4 Fuji ret/-34 laps
Jun 22 Sepang 11th, 1h49m13.163
Jul 27 Sugo 15th, -19 laps
Aug 24 Suzuka 1000 km 13th, -6 laps
Sep 14 Motegi 2nd, 1h55m20.799
Oct 19 Autopolis 3rd, 1h57m12.510
Nov 9 Fuji 12th, -1 lap
2009 – Super GT (ARTA Honda NSX): 2nd, 81 pts, with T.Izawa
Mar 22 Okayama 3rd, 2h21m01.050
Apr 19 Suzuka 14th, 47 laps
May 4 Fuji 3rd, 2h26m28.785
Jun 21 Sepang 3rd, 1h52m18.216
Jul 26 Sugo 14th, 77 laps
Aug 23 Suzuka 12th, -37 laps/fire
Sep 13 Fuji 1st, 1h49m39.143
Oct 18 Autopolis 4th, 1h58m13.689
Nov 8 Motegi 1st, 1h43m30.913
2010 – Super GT (ARTA Honda HSV 010): 11th, 29 pts, with Y.Ide
Mar 21 Suzuka ret/42 laps/accident
Apr 4 Okayama 6th, 2h03m14.750
May 2 Fuji 11th, -26 laps
Jun 20 Sepang 11th, -1 lap
Jul 25 Sugo 12th, -4 laps
Aug 22 Suzuka 1st, 4h07m10.085 (& T.Kobayashi)
Oct 24 Motegi 7th, 1h37m55.748
JAF Grand Prix Fuji Sprint: 11th
2011 – GT Open (Ferrari 458 GT Italia): with A.Barde.
Le Mans Series (Luxury Racing Ferrari 458 Italia): with A.Beltoise, F.Jakubowski
Jul 3 Imola 6 Hrs ret/189 laps/suspension
Petit Le Mans (Luxury Racing Ferrari 458 Italia): 18th (7th GT), with
F.Jakubowski, D.Hallyday. Zhuhai 6 Hrs (Luxury Racing Ferrari 458 Italia):
ret/110 laps/gearbox, with A.Beltoise, D.Farnbacher.
2012 – Japanese Super GT (ARTA Honda HSV-010 GT): 16th, 12 pts, with T.Kobayashi
Apr 1 Okayama 6th, 2h01m53.941
May 4 Fuji ret/5 laps
Jun 10 Sepang 12th, -7 laps
Jul 29 Sugo ret/33 laps/accident damage
Aug 19 Suzuka 1000 km 7th, -1 lap
Sep 9 Fuji 9th, 1h48m40.390
Sep 30 Autopolis 11th, -1 lap
Oct 28 Motegi 13th, -1 lap
2013 – Japanese Super GT (Autobacs Racing Team Aguri Honda HSV-010): 11th, 31 pts,
with K.Matsuura
Apr 7 Okayama 9th, 2h00m18.438
Apr 28 Fuji 8th, 2h57m39.034
Jun 16 Sepang 8th, 1h50m52.158
Jul 28 Sugo 1st, 1h51m41.342
Aug 18 Suzuka 1000 km 12th, -2 laps
Sep 8 Fuji 8th, 1h54m07.967
Oct 6 Autopolis 15th, -4 laps
Nov 3 Motegi ret/38 laps/accident
Nov 24 Fuji (NC) 22nd, 35:14.309