Ralph David Firman jr. (Born 20 may 1975 in norwich, norfolk, england) is an english-born racing driver who races under irish citizenship (his mother angela is from ireland) and an irish-issued racing licence. Earlier in his career he raced under a british licence. His father, Ralph , sr., Co-founded the van diemen racecar constructor with ross ambrose, father of nascar racer marcos, then more recently founded rfr. He is married to aldís kristín árnadóttir, an icelandic UK-educated lawyer. Ralph's sister, natasha, is also a racing driver.