- Zsolt Baumgartner
Former F1 driver
Name = Zsolt Baumgartner
Caption = Baumgartner racing for theMinardi F1 team at the US Grand Prix at Indianapolis in 2004
Nationality = flagicon|HUN Hungarian
Years = F1|2003 - F1|2004
Team(s) = Jordan,Minardi
Races = 20
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 1
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race =2003 Hungarian Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race =2004 Brazilian Grand Prix Zsolt Baumgartner (born
January 1 ,1981 ,Debrecen ,Hungary ) is a formerFormula One and currentChampCar racing driver employed by theMinardi team. He was the first Hungarian driver in Formula One. As of November 2007 he is the test and reserve driver forMinardi Team USA in the Champ Car World Series, which raced withRobert Doornbos andDan Clarke as its drivers.Career
Baumgartner made his Formula One race debut at the
2003 Hungarian Grand Prix , substituting for the injuredRalph Firman in the Jordan team; he also took part in the Italian Grand Prix that year.Plans were made for Baumgartner to drive for Jordan again in 2004 with sponsorship from oil company Mol Rt. However, he failed to agree terms with Jordan, and he signed with Minardi instead. This caused Mol Rt. to decrease its sponsorship amount, leading Baumgartner and his management to set up a "Zsolt Baumgartner Supporter's Club", a plan similar to that employed by
Justin Wilson in 2003.Baumgartner failed to distinguish himself in the F1|2004 Formula One season; however, after two near-misses (9th in Monaco and 10th in Canada) he managed to take Minardi's first point in over 2 years by finishing 8th (albeit second last) in the US Grand Prix.
Champ Car World Series
In March 2007 he was confirmed as the test and reserve driver for
Minardi Team USA , former bossPaul Stoddart 's recently acquiredChamp Car World Series team.uperleague Formula
In 2008 Baumgartner became the test driver for team
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. inSuperleague Formula .Racing record
Complete Formula 3000 results
() (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in "italics" indicate fastest lap.)
Complete Formula One results
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Other resources
External links
* [http://www.zsolt.baumgartner.hu/ Official website]
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