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Carriera

Gli esordi
D'Ambrosio ha iniziato la sua carriera nei kart, vincendo la Junior Monaco Kart Cup nel 2000. Passato sulle vetture a ruote scoperte nel 2003, ha fatto sua la Formula Renault belga 1.6 cc, guidando per il team dell'ex pilota di Formula 1 Thierry Boutsen; nello stesso anno partecipa anche al campionato di Formula König in Germania, dove termina quarto in classifica finale. Nel 2004 passa alla categoria da 2000 cc, correndo prima nel campionato francese poi in quello italiano l'anno successivo; in entrambe le stagioni è stato impegnato anche nell'Eurocup. Nel 2005, D'Ambrosio ha partecipato anche a una gara della Formula 3000 italiana; l'impegno è divenuto più ampio l'anno seguente, in cui è giunto quinto in campionato, con un secondo posto nella gara 1 corsa a Vallelunga. Nel 2006 ha corso nella categoria più importante della Formula Renault, la 3.5; nello stesso anno ha preso parte a una gara del Campionato FIA GT, con una Gillet Vertigo nella classe GT2. Nel 2007 partecipa all'International Formula Master, campionato che vince col Cram Competition; si impone in 5 gare e coglie in totale 100 punti, frutto anche di tre secondi posti e altrettanti terzi.

GP2

Nel 2008 il belga partecipa alla GP2 e alla GP2 Asia col team francese DAMS e ha come compagno di scuderia Kamui Kobayashi. Undicesimo nella stagione 2008, ottiene lo stesso risultato anche nella serie principale, cogliendo due secondi posti nelle gare sprint di Valencia e Spa-Francorchamps. Nella stagione 2008-2009, D'Ambrosio giunge secondo in classifica, proprio dietro al compagno di squadra Kobayashi; sempre con la DAMS affronta il campionato GP2, dove termina nono (miglior risultato il secondo posto nella sprint di Monaco). Partecipa anche alla stagione 2010, quale parte della collaborazione fra la DAMS e la Renault; il 16 maggio 2010 si aggiudica il suo primo gran premio nella classe GP2 sul Circuito di Monte Carlo davanti all'olandese van der Garde e al francese Bianchi diventando così il primo belga a vincere una gara in categoria.

Formula 1

Nel gennaio 2010 viene annunciato il suo ingaggio quale collaudatore per la Renault perché le finanze di Vitalij Petrov fanno sfumare la sua candidatura al ruolo di titolare così come quella di Ho-Pin Tung; il 19 marzo 2010 testa la Renault R29, la vettura del campionato 2009, sul Circuito di Silverstone. Dal Gran Premio di Singapore passa alla Virgin come pilota di riserva, partecipando alla prima sessione di prove libere in sostituzione di Lucas Di Grassi; ne prende il posto anche nei seguenti gran premi, tranne l'ultimo ad Abu Dhabi, in quanto impegnato in GP2. Nel campionato 2011 il belga è stato pilota titolare della scuderia inglese, avendo sostituito proprio Di Grassi. Nella stagione 2012 viene nominato terzo pilota della Lotus; nel Gran Premio d'Italia sostituisce il compagno Romain Grosjean, squalificato nel precedente Gran Premio del Belgio per aver causato un incidente alla partenza; nel fine settimana ha conquistato il suo miglior piazzamento in qualifica, 16º, e in gara è riuscito a concludere al 13º posto. Viene poi confermato nello stesso ruolo anche nella stagione 2013.

Dopo la Formula 1
Terminata l'esperienza in Formula 1, nel 2014 passa al campionato Blancpain Endurance Series con il team M-Sport Bentley.

Formula E

2014-2015
Dalla stagione 2014-2015 partecipa al neonato campionato di Formula E con il team Dragon Racing, ottenendo una vittoria e due secondi posti nelle ultime quattro gare della stagione e giungendo al quarto posto in classifica generale.

2015-2016
Nella seconda stagione viene confermato dal team, e riesce a giungere a podio già alla terza gara, vincendo poi in Messico e concludendo la stagione al quinto posto con 83 punti.

2016-2017
La terza stagione, invece, non va nel migliore dei modi con il belga che riesce a conquistare soltanto 13 punti nell'intera stagione.

2017-2018
Per la sua quarta stagione nella categoria viene nuovamente confermato dal team Dragon Racing. Conquista un podio e 27 punti totali, concludendo al quattordicesimo posto in classifica.

2018-2019
Nella stagione 2018-2019 passa al team Mahindra Racing. Nella gara inaugurale a Dir'iyya termina in terza posizione. A Marrakech passa buona parte in 3ª posizione, fino a quando il patatrac dei due BMW gli consegna la vittoria. A Santiago arriva 10º, mentre a Città del Messico termina 5º salendo 4º per una penalità inflitta a Wehrlein. A Hong Kong si ritira per un incidente con Felipe Nasr e il compagno di squadra Wehrlein. Arriva poi 6ºa Sanya e 8º a Roma, mentre a Parigi va a sbattere e abbandona (viene classificato al 17º posto). Arriva 13º a Monaco, salendo poi 11º per due penalità, arriva 17º a Berlino, 13º a Berna, 9º e 11º a New York. Conclude la stagione all'11º posto con 67 punti.

2019-2020
Per la stagione 2019-20 viene confermato dalla Mahindra Racing al fianco di Pascal Wehrlein.

Dopo la Formula E
Il 31 ottobre 2020 annuncia il ritiro dalle corse, affiancando Susie Wolff nel ruolo di vice team principal della ROKiT Venturi Racing in Formula E. A fine 2021 avviene un cambio all'interno del team, Susie Wolff diventa CEO del team e al suo posto come Team Principal viene scelto d'Ambrosio.

Vita privata
Nel 2020 si è sposato con Eleonora D'Asburgo-Lorena (1994), figlia di Carlo d'Asburgo-Lorena.

Risultati

Riassunto della carriera

Risultati in GP2
N.B. Le gare in grassetto indicano una pole position mentre quelle in corsivo indicano il giro più veloce in gara.
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Risultati in GP2 Asia
N.B. Le gare in grassetto indicano una pole position mentre quelle in corsivo indicano il giro più veloce in gara.
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Risultati in Formula 1

Risultati in Formula E

 G: Pilota col giro più veloce nel gruppo di qualifica.
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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Italo-belgi
Piloti di Formula 1 belgi
Piloti di GP2
Piloti di Formula E
Piloti di Formula E belgi


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His projects has been presented at National Gallery Singapore (2022 - 2023); ASEAN Culture House, Busan (2022); Tabula Rasa Gallery, London (2022); Yeo Workshop, Singapore (2022, 2019); National University Singapore Museum (NUS Museum) , Singapore (2017-2018); Vargas Museum, Philippines (2022); Nanyang Technological University – Art, Design and Media Gallery, Singapore (2021); International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York (2019); World Trade Centre, New York (2019); Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, Singapore (2019); ArtScience Museum (2019); Objectifs Centre of Photography, Singapore (2017); Singapore Biennial 2016 (2016).
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Summer is NOT over! It just seems that way with all the campers and boats on the road – heading home! We have a bit more time before summer is officially over. I stayed close to home today. It was nice not to fight the traffic. I took mom to breakfast at the Newel Post. I had a slice of apple pie for lunch – yes – that was all. I did my laundry. Late afternoon – I picked up my mom, and we had ice cream at Richardson's in Boscawen. In true yankee fashion – dessert was first. After – I picked us both up a 6 inch sub at Subway.
It was a nice relaxing day really! I heard that 93 was a parking lot – the traffic was so bad.
It was a great long weekend. The weather was beautiful. We really could use quite a bit of rain. It is bone dry here.


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Con Coughlin lunches with the right MoD briefer this time
Back in 2015 this blog was something of a lone voice in advocating kicking Turkey out of NATO for its support for ISIS and Sunni terrorism in return for stolen Iraqi oil - oil that made Erdogan's son very rich indeed. It was also a time at which Turkey had practically isolated herself - I wrote
Erdogan is now skating on very thin ice; the EU is reeling from his policy of actively pushing migrants into Greece, with Turkey's old ally France in particular grief at this betrayal, he's lost Russia's support and now the US has turned against him. The generals must surely now be taking quiet soundings from these international players as to the likelihood of sanctions and international opprobrium if they act to remove Erdogan. If they get an answer that a coup will mean a deal of disapproving noise but nothing concrete followed by a swift move to co-operation if Turkey both halts the migrant flow, takes the pressure from the Kurds and closes the border to ISIS then Erdogan's days are numbered.
Well, the coup was tried - and failed. Tens of thousands of civil servants have been dismissed, hundreds of the most senior military officers imprisoned, and at least a score of them judicially murdered in custody ('fell out of a window' 'had a heart attack' etc). Erdogan appreciated his isolation and moved to make an ally of Russia, with $20bn of arms purchases. It is pertinent that at least some of that money comes from the EU, the billion-Euro bribes for not sending migrants across the Greek border. Again, I wrote back in 2015
Make no mistake; Turkey and the KSA are our real enemies, and the real threats to peace. We need to pour money and troops into Greece to secure Europe's Eastern flank against Turkey, and give full support to Russia, Syria and the Kurds in blocking Turkey from the South. Only then will peace start to return to Iraq and Syria, and the tsunami of migrants into Europe actively facilitated by Turkey start to stem. Oh yes. We need to kick Turkey out of NATO.
Maybe we should have kicked Turkey out of NATO in 2015 - but the US then needed Incirlik for its anti-ISIS operations. Well, now Erdogan has forced the move again; his purchase of Russia's S400 system has forced the US to exclude him from the F35 programme. And our old friend Con Coughlin has, for once, been lunched at the expense of the right MoD briefer; he writes in the Telegraph
When Turkey joined Nato back in 1952, the idea was that it would help to protect Nato's eastern flank from Moscow's aggression. Now that is clearly no longer the case, and European leaders should join their American counterparts in facing up to the fact that Turkey under Mr Erdogan is a lost cause. The days when Turkey had a genuine interest in cementing its ties with the West by joining the European Union are long gone. Instead, we have a country that openly associates with those who wish to do us harm.
Consequently, now that Mr Erdogan has demonstrated that he feels more at home in Moscow than he does in Brussels, we should acknowledge where Turkey's true interests lie, and terminate its Nato membership.
There is one matter that Con has missed - perhaps his briefer avoided it. It's the US loan of B61 nukes to both the EU and Turkey - in 2017 I wrote
As I've posted below, I think the timing is important. EU free-riders will not now increase their NATO spending by a cent. The EU is calculating what's needed to make a Common EU army and national expenditure will be so directed; the spending may be badged as 'NATO' in the short term, but this will be mendacious. They've almost certainly also got an outline idea of how to fudge the divorce.
Which brings me to an interesting footnote - shared Nukes. The US, to help little countries without the bomb to feel included, has distributed 180 B61 air-launched nukes to Turkey, Germany (?), Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands. These 'dial-a-yield' devices can be set on loading to yield from 0.3 to 170 kilotons (Hiroshima was 15) and they can be launched from a variety of national NATO aircraft - but need US consent to 'unlock' them. Will Mr Trump now ask for them back?
Well, I ask the question again - with vdL now in post with an almost fanatical commitment to German EU militarism, and Erdogan off the NATO chums list, will Trump now arrange to have the US's 180 B61s shipped back home? They are dangerous toys to leave in the hands of not-really-allies.
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r_writes esq. said...
Well Raedwald, I never had you down as someone who suffers from dangerous delusions like that Farage bloke?
Cheerful Edward said...
Yes, mostly fair comment, I think, Raedwald, and I would add that since the purpose of NATO was to counter Soviet power, like Peter Hitchens does, I think that there is a good case for its abolition.
Perhaps Ursula Von Der Leyen does too?
Whatever, there never was any chance that Turkey would join the European Union, and everyone with any sense knew that before the referendum and the use of that prospect as a scare tactic by the Leave campaigns.
Edward I agree - the entire EU is not worth the bones of a single Briish soldier. However, EU nations that *don't* see Putin as a cuddly benign uncle who only wants to deploy his intermediate nukes pointing at Europe for fun, as a joke, and who wish to contribute 2% of GDP to NATO (Poland, the Baltic states) under largely US command can continue to enjoy British protection.
The rest can learn Cyrillic.
Just a detail here - who are this "we", who should pour men and materiale into Greece?
Hadn't "we" better ask the Greeks first? You know, sovereignty and all that?
DiscoveredJoys said...
vdL is not well placed to advance EU militarism, unless the new EU army practices with broom handles and aeroplanes that can't fly.
Unless that is part of her world view... the world is a beautiful place with neighbours who will join in song to skip brightly through the mountain meadows.
DJ, you are absolutely right that a civil servant, the chair of the European Union's Commission, is in no position to decide as to any co-ordinated military arrangements on the part of its member states. That remains, properly, the business of the supreme power in the Union, the Council of the national heads of governments.
However, after whatever intention is conveyed to her, she can address the Parliament, and thereafter speak for the Commission, as to whatever way forward has been brokered.
It is for this reason amongst others, that military powers within the Union, such as the UK and France, have hitherto always made arrangements outside of the Lisbon Treaty, as they are perfectly free to do.
I always mistrust governments that make auto-assumptions that Russia is 'aggressive/bad' when I've yet to see any positive evidence to support it. What they do internally is their own affair but I've never seen them invade another country since communism fell - even before it fell - unlike the USA that seem to get a 'pass' to invade with impunity.
There are only two major unexploited continents left - Africa and Russia (not counting the polar regions) and resources will be the next reason - if it isn't already THE reason - for potential conflict with Russia.
As a genuine military threat the 'Russia-is-bad' meme is laughable and the constant use of them as an excuse for expansionist is far more worrisome.
"You won't vote me I'm part of the union, you won't vote me I'm part of the union.........."
Yes, Dave, generally that's the case, but it depends what you mean by "invade".
Russia has deployed troops in a number of places, notably Syria. Usually, I support their apparent aims in so doing too. And then there's Crimea, but her actions there also seem eminently understandable.
The blatant double standards by some sources here in their criticisms of Russia and of Putin are plain embarrassing, I find.
I suspect that most sane folk see Putin's Russia in one of the many shades of grey. Yes, I think he was right to support Syria against western bullying, but wrong to then allow / assist Erdogan to mount a land-grab and assault on the Kurds. He may have had historic justification for occupying Crimea, but there is none for shooting down a passenger airliner. Yes, he is right to suppress Islamist violence in Chechnya and elsewhere on the -stan periphery but wrong in imprisoning / murdering journalists in Russia.
And of course none of you will excuse Putin's exporting his murderous repression to Salisbury.
Putin's Russia is ruled by a thieving mafia of oligarchs who are allowed to flout justice, equity and democracy with impunity so longs as they keep him in power. Putin himself is at heart a crude thug. He will provoke the west as far as he is able - nuclear bombers flying into our airspace, intermediate range nukes targeted on London, Birmingham and Manchester, breaking nuclear treaties, developing subs to cut undersea internet cables, employing an army of cyber terrorists to disrupt developed world infrastructure.
No. Neither black nor white. But no cuddly ally. Yes, there will be matters on which our national courses are parallel - but Russia and China remain our most cogest and tangible threats.
Yes, I think that's a good summary of probably a majority of British people's views, Raedwald.
Those purporting to speak on our behalf annoy us and embarrass us, when they use out-of-date, Cold War caricatures to misrepresent that view.
War coming - https://youtu.be/ZdDiLFWbsJc
RAC said...
So the traitors in the Con party have tried to tie Boris's hands even before he's in the job. If the Con hierarchy had any guts they would throw the bastard traitors out now. We need GE ASAP. Strangely enough a voter registration form fell through my letter box this morning. Can't wait for it.
I'm surprised to find myself more in agreement with CE than Raed over the Russia issue. None of the so-called 'threats' (airspace, missiles etc) are any different than practised by Western countries against Russia (although never advertised here of course) and the idea that Russia had anything to do with shooting down a passenger aircraft in the face of evidence contrary and 'hidden' is simply breathtaking. Similarly the evidence of Salisbury leaves far too many open questions - Steele dossier being just one.
I suppose 'we' don't have nukes aimed at Moscow, StPetersberg etc? Let's not get into 'who did it first' shall we?
As I said, what Russia does internally is for them to sort and no different from the 'mafia' of Globalists, Euro-shills and establishment corruption we live under - all carefully hidden behind a veneer of acceptability despite the end result being the same - as Dr David Kelly.
No, the use of Russia to excuse the way the West works is deplorable and not much of the public is on-side over condemnation of Putin who, at the very least, works FOR his country rather than against it as 600+ members of our supposedly-democratic Parliament continually demonstrate.
Look a the way the Epstein affair and US Deep State or even the UK establishment massaging of 'events' is slowly revealing...... it will eventually lead back to one common denominator we're not allowed to mention.
Putin seems to me to be walking a fine line, between keeping some very rich, and nasty people on side in Russia, and maintaining some semblance of Russia being at least an orderly country.
I can only speculate as to how much direct control he or his government exercise over some of these individuals or groups, and the extent to which some of the actions attributed to Putin's Russia are in fact their work.
Transparency of government and agencies is a hallmark of a civilised country. There doesn't seem to be much about Russia to showcase on that point.
For anall too brief interlude, while under the careful supervision of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Asia Minor choose reason and enlightenment, encouraged University learning, a free press and opened its doors to the world, a middle class was nurtured.
Sadly, the new sultan stopped all that and ushered BACK in the Ottomans, in charged, igrorance, barbarity, darkness and terror.
So be it.
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SCN1A variants in vaccine-related febrile seizures: a prospective study
Prolonged febrile seizures (that is, seizures triggered by a fever) are a manifestation of Dravet syndrome. Vaccination is a highly effective public health approach that has led to reduced childhood morbidity and mortality from many infectious diseases, and has an excellent safety profile, but in rare cases can be followed by febrile seizures. Given this link, there have been several retrospective studies that have implicated vaccinations in triggering seizures in children with Dravet syndrome, including one which found that 30% of a cohort of such children had their first seizure within 2 days after vaccination.
The current paper describes a prospective study of this link. In four Australian pediatric hospitals, over the course of three years, there were 69 instances of a child under 30 months of age (with no previous history of seizures ) having a febrile (>100.4 degrees) seizure within 14 days of receiving a vaccine. They were grouped with 75 children with febrile seizures not associated with vaccination, and 90 seizure-free controls. A genetic analysis looking for SCN1A mutations was performed on all – only two possessed a known pathogenic mutation for Dravet syndrome, and both were in the group with febrile seizures following vaccination.
These two cases had seizure onset within 24 hours of receiving their four-month vaccinations, comprised of Infanrix Hexa, Prevenar13, and Rotarix. Both had prolonged generalized tonic-clonic seizures lasting 30 and 15 minutes respectively. Both later developed seizure types that were not vaccine-proximate, and both showed developmental delays, and based on electro-clinical studies were diagnosed with Dravet Syndrome. (It was noted that both children have subsequently received further vaccinations under close medical supervision, with anti-fever drugs in addition to their regular antiepileptic medication, and did not experience associated seizures.)
Although the researchers prolonged this study over three years, the numbers were too small to produce statistical significance. Nevertheless, does it imply we should test all children for Dravet syndrome before their first vaccination? The authors don't suggest this, but do recommend that children exhibiting prolonged febrile seizures after vaccination be tested for SCN1A mutations.
Damiano, JA et al. SCN1A variants in vaccine-related febrile seizures: a prospective study. Ann Neurol. 2019 Nov 22 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: 10.1002/ana.25650
By David C. Fry, PhD|2019-12-17T12:41:21-05:00December 17th, 2019|Categories: DSF Research Review|Tags: Dravet syndrome, GABA receptor, α2 subunit|
About the Author: David C. Fry, PhD
Dr. David Fry is a retired researcher. His 4 year old granddaughter, Penny, has Dravet syndrome. He reviews and summarizes research articles, making the content more accessible to those not involved in the scientific community.
The impact of COVID-19 in Dravet Syndrome: a UK survey
Antisense oligonucleotides increase Scn1a expression and reduce seizures and SUDEP incidence in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome.
Focal epilepsy in SCN1A-mutation carrying patients: is there a role for epilepsy surgery?
Electrophysiological alterations of pyramidal cells and interneurons of the CA1 region of the hippocampus in a novel mouse model of Dravet syndrome
Cardiovascular safety of fenfluramine in the treatment of Dravet syndrome: Analysis of an ongoing long-term open-label safety extension study


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State – Legislative History
Over the course of the last twenty five years The Balloon Council has worked with local and state governments and enhanced consumer and retailer responsibility. This coupled with proper education has enabled our businesses to maintain a positive industry image.
The weighted foil balloon legislation and numerous other state legislative proposals to ban the intentional release of balloons pushed the industry to defend itself against erroneous claims and to develop a proactive position.
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In 1990, discussions begin with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), The Balloon Council and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) regarding warning labels on numerous items including balloons. TBC worked with all parties to create a voluntary standard. In 1994, despite voluntary standard,CPSC moved forward with a mandatory label requirement under the Child Protection Safety Act.
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President Obama signed into law the Helium Stewardship Act of 2013, representing the end of a long series of actions by U.S. Senate and House to reach a solution that avoids a shutdown of the Federal Helium Reserve.
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The President's action followed agreement on the bill from both chambers of Congress on September 26, after several votes by the House and Senate that demonstrated strong bipartisan support to avoid disruption of the helium market.
Congress and the President recognized the critical nature of maintaining a stable supply of helium for a wide range of industries across America including manufacturing of semiconductors, MRI machines, research, fiber optic cable, plasma televisions and balloons.
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