Paul Di Resta is a prominent British racing driver, competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for United Autosports. Currently, He is a reserve F1 driver for McLaren for the 2022 season and a commentator for Sky Sports’ coverage of F1.
Resta drove in Formula One for Force India from 2011 until 2013, and became a reserve driver for the Williams F1 team in 2016, driving a single race for them as a substitute driver in 2017. A retired Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) and Formula 3 Euro Series champion, He did not secure a Formula One seat for 2014, instead rejoining Mercedes to race again in DTM.
He started his career in karting, racing in various competitive series of karts from 1994 to 2002. In 2001, Resta won the British JICA Championship. Paul switched to the Formula Three Euroseries with Manor Motorsport in 2005, completing tenth in the standing.
Paul Di Resta Age
Paul Resta was born in Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland, on April 16, 1986. He is 37 years old and celebrates his birthday on April 16, every year.
Paul Di Resta Height
Resta is a man of above-average stature and stands at a height of 6 ft 1 inch (Approx. 1.85 m).
Paul Di Resta Education
Di Resta studied at Bathgate Academy and supports Celtic Football Club.
Paul Di Resta Family
Paul is of Italian descent and was born in Uphall, Scotland, and grew up in Bathgate, West Lothian to Louis di Resta. He now lives in Monaco and is a cousin of racing drivers called Dario and Marino Franchitti.
His stepfather was a Scottish footballer called Dougie McCracken. His younger brother called Stefan, has raced at an amateur level plus his half-brother, Jon, is a goalkeeper for the Norwich City u23s.
Paul Di Resta Wife
He is married to his pretty wife called Laura Jordan. The couple became engaged in December 2013 and married on 28 August 2014. Paul and Laura have two amazing children a handsome son Leonardo and a daughter.
Paul Di Resta Salary
Paul’s annual salary is $81,896 per year.
Paul Di Resta Net Worth
Resta has an approximate net worth of $1 million – $5 million.
Paul Di Resta Career
Since 2016, He has been a regular contributor to the Sky Sports F1 channel. Resta is a common presence as a co-commentator, analyst, and one of the insiders in “Sky Race Control” during practices, qualifying sessions, and races, with Jenson Button, Karun Chandhok, Anthony Davidson, Damon Hill, Nico Rosberg, and Johnny Herbert.
Paul tested for the McLaren Formula One team and became in the frame for a drive with the Force India team for the 2009 season because of the teams’ shared engine supplier, Mercedes-Benz. However, Force India chose to retain Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil, with Vitantonio Liuzzi as the reserve driver.
In 2018, Paul raced in the Asian Le Mans Series for United Autosports, scoring one win and 4 podiums with Philip Hanson and eventually winning the 2018-19 Asian Le Mans Series championship. After their Asian Le Mans Series win, Resta and United Autosport competed in the 2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship going on to win the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans with Hanson and Filipe Albuquerque in the LMP2 Class and gaining 5th overall. On February 8, 2021, Peugeot Sport disclosed Paul will drive their LMH Hypercar entry in the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship.
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