Rio Haryanto

Formula 1 driver

Vital statistics for Rio Haryanto
Nationality	IDN
Birthplace	Surakarta, Indonesia
Born	22 January 1993
Age	30
F1 debut	Australian Grand Prix, 2016
Driver number	88

Rio Haryanto spent a couple of years flirting with Formula One, testing with the Virgin/Marussia/Manor team whilst racing in GP3 and GP2. Ahead of the 2016 season, he was signed to the Manor Racing squad for a full time race drive, becoming the first Indonesian F1 driver in the sport's history. Rio was demoted to reserve driver halfway through the year, however, after sponsorship payments failed to come through.

F1 biography

Haryanto raced his way through regional single seater series, and participated in several Asian events such as Asian Formula Renault and Formula BMW Pacific. In 2009, he took home the BMW Pacific title after dominating the series, and earned himself a race seat in GP3. He joined the Manor Racing team, starting a relationship that would eventually secure him an F1 grid spot.

Rio won races and took podium positions during his first GP3 series, but did suffer from inconsistent results as his career continued. His good performance during 2010 granted him a test with the Manor F1 team, but didn't make a big impression due to mechanical troubles with the car.

He drove on the Auto GP series before moving on to GP2, signing for Carlin. He took pole position at a very wet Spa-Francorchamps and impressed enough during the year to secure a seat for the following season, 2013, with Barwa Addax. During 2014, he raced for Caterham's GP2 squad, whilst 2015 saw him at Campos where he finally took to the top step after securing his first win.

Meanwhile, Formula One was still within Harayanto's grasp. He participated in young driver testing in 2012 and earned a superlicence, but then disappeared into the wings for several seasons. Ahead of 2016, Rio was announced as the second driver for the Manor Racing team, making his debut in the Australian Grand Prix. Unfortunately, just over halfway through the season, Haryanto was demoted to reserve driver and replaced by Esteban Ocon, due to sponsorship payments failing to arrive.

Filed under Formula 1 drivers

Date	Title
04/12/2016	Which drivers crushed the official paddock quiz this year?
25/08/2016	Race information - Belgium 2016
28/07/2016	Race information - Germany 2016
21/07/2016	Race information - Hungary 2016
06/07/2016	Race information - Britain 2016
30/06/2016	Race information - Austria 2016
16/06/2016	Race information - Europe 2016
09/06/2016	Race information - Canada 2016
25/05/2016	Race information - Monaco 2016
11/05/2016	Race information - Spain 2016

Date	Title
04/04/2016	Romain disproves beginners' luck theory

Related news

Date	Title
10/11/2016	Esteban Ocon moves to Force India for multi-year deal
11/08/2016	Esteban Ocon replaces Rio Haryanto at Manor
23/07/2016	Four red flags delay qualifying to two hour spectacular
30/04/2016	Bottas secures front row grid slot beside Rosberg
25/02/2016	First week of testing sees Ferrari fastest and Mercedes unstoppable

Mentions during live coverage

Date	Update
24/07/2016	Only two drivers have yet to stop - Kimi Räikkönen up in fifth place, and Rio Haryanto down in 17th.
24/07/2016	Those who haven't stopped yet include Kimi, up in fifth, Pérez, Palmer and Magnussen also tucked into the top ten. Massa and Kvyat down in 13th and 14th, as well as Rio Haryanto further back.
23/07/2016	This time it's Rio Haryanto who has crashed out. The Manor is sitting in the grass with one wheel hanging off.
10/07/2016	Yellow flags again as Rio Haryanto has run off at turn one, and ended up sideways alongside the gravel.
15/05/2016	Fernando Alonso makes his way round the outside of a Manor. Rio Haryanto currently running in 12th place as he started on the medium compounds and takes a longer first stint.
15/05/2016	No grid penalties today, so all the drivers line up where they qualified. Also, everyone is starting on the soft, yellow striped, tyres, except for Rio Haryanto right at the back of the field on the mediums.
01/05/2016	Looks like Rio Haryanto retired on that first lap as well, although we didn't see what happened to him.
17/04/2016	Rio Haryanto: "It’s a long race, obviously we did some long runs in FP2 and the pace was not too bad. I’m looking forward to the whole race. It’s gonna be interesting how the tyres last. The key here is to manage the tyres and to get the right choice of the compound. I’ve just got to focus on my job and try to get a good start. I’m sure Lewis has a much better pace than us, I’ve just got to do a good job."
20/03/2016	Rio Haryanto has exited his car, the Manor is back in the garage up on jacks - it doesn't look like he's going to rejoin.
20/03/2016	Brand new rookie drivers setting up for their first race today, and battling the nerves no doubt: Jolyon Palmer in at Renault, starting 13th on the grid. Pascal Wehrlein and Rio Haryanto, both at Manor, and shoring up the last row on the grid.

Rankings gains and losses

Date	Reason	Points
26/07/2016	Being very cute in this Grill the Grid video, knowing quite a lot about current F1 stuff but not so much about the history.	+3
18/04/2016	I don't understand what he says in them, but Rio is brilliantly consistent in his post-session video messages to fans.	+2

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