The ex-F1 driver who followed Nikita Mazepin into DJing

Nikita Mazepin isn’t the only former F1 driver to move into DJing… ex-Toro Rosso driver Jamie Alguersuari gave up racing for a new career.
The ex-F1 driver who followed Nikita Mazepin into DJing

Ending your career in motorsport at just 25 years of age is highly unusual,🦂 but that’s what Jamie Alguersuari did.

Alguersuari spent just o🧔ver two seasons i🐻n F1 with Toro Rosso before eventually moving to Formula E.

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After fallin🍌g out of ♑love with motorsport in 2015, the Spaniard became a DJ.

At just 17, Alguersuari made hi💛s F1 debut with Toro Rosso at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Highly rated in Red Bull’s driver academy, he was drafted in as a mid-season replac🙈ement for the under-performing Sebastien Bourdais.

Naturally, given his lack of experience, h൩e took some time to get up to speedꦏ.

Alguersua꧒ri would score his first poi♑nts at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix.

2011 is where he 🍸found his feet,🧔 with a series of big points hauls moving up ahead of Buemi in the championship.

The ex-F1 driver who followed Nikita Mazepin into DJing

Unfortun෴ately his F1 career came to an abrupt end as Red Bull opted for Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-E💞ric Vergne.

He would moౠve to Formula E for a season before retiring from motorsport.

“I decided tജo stop because it’s time for change,” Alguersuari said at a ﷽news conference in Madrid when announcing his retirement. 

“Something inside me says it’s the moment to take a different path because I 💫think I have fallen out of love with this girlfriend who has been with me all these years.”

Since then, Alguersuari hasn’t looked back, despite participa𝄹ting in a number of Spanis෴h karting events.

He told the Daily Star: “When I stopped F1 things started coming much easier. I s🔯pent more time in the studio, listened to different tutorials and studied music methods. It was ඣnot easy to make music while I was racing, I had to dedicate my time to my first capabilities and my main job."

Reflecting✨ further on hi⛎s decision to retire, he added: “At a certain point I wasn’t having fun anymore. I wasn’t really into racing anymore. I was in Formula E and the season didn’t go well. It was the first season of the championship, my car had many problems and I wasn’t really enjoying driving at all.

"I thought if I have to choose between music and racing, I’d rather go in🎀to my music now rather than continuing to do something without love and passion and wait until I’m 45 when it’ll be too late for music. 

The ex-F1 driver who followed Nikita Mazepin into DJing

"At some point six or seven years ago I thought I’m really going to give it a go because I love this and enjoy making music,🌞 the whole process is amazing. It’s like going into a third dimension, it’s very difficult to describe because art is very different to racing. 

"Creating something out♋ of nothing and making it work, signing it to a record label and seeing other people that you don’t know enjoy it and seeing the project🅠 working is cool and amazing. I am enjoying the whole process, it’s really nice to see a different chapter in your life."

With racing firmly 🌄not in his mind, the 32-year-old has his sights set on British fest🌸ival Glastonbury.

"I would love to play at Glasౠtonbury, it’s one of those festivals that every artist looks. I want to go to many places in the world like Australia and Japan and experience new cultures and meet new people,” he concluded.

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