Christian Vietoris
| Christian Vietoris | |
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 Vietoris in 2007 |
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| Nationality |  German |
| Born | April 1, 1989 Gerolstein (Germany) |
| 2012 GP2 Series | |
| Debut season | 2010 |
| Current team | Racing Engineering |
| Car no. | 8 |
| Starts | 31 |
| Wins | 3 |
| Poles | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 7th in 2011 |
| Previous series | |
| 2011 2009–10 2008–09 2007 2006–07 2005–06 |
DTM GP2 Asia Series Formula Three Euroseries German Formula Three A1 Grand Prix Formula BMW ADAC |
| Championship titles | |
| 2006–07 2006 |
A1 Grand Prix (w/Hülkenberg) Formula BMW ADAC |
Christian Vietoris (born April 1, 1989 in Gerolstein, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German racing driver.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Karting
Vietoris started his career through karting, the most common entry point and all racing drivers, in 1994. Nine years after starting his karting career, the young German was the national Junior Kart champion and a year later came second Western German Karting Championship.
[edit] Formula BMW
In 2005, Vietoris moved up to Formula BMW ADAC with Eifelland Racing. Vietoris finished his first FBMW campaign sixteenth in the Drivers' Championship with fifteen points, sharing his position with fellow German Dominik Wasem.
In 2006, Vietoris moved to Josef Kaufmann Racing, where he won the Drivers' Championship with 277 points and taking nine race wins, his nearest rival being Finland's Mika Mäki. As well as his German FBMW title, Vietoris won the Formula BMW World Final, ahead of other FBMW champions such as Robert Wickens, the 2006 US FBMW champion, and the British Formula BMW champion, Niall Breen, winning himself a test for the BMW Sauber F1 team.
Following his impressive performances in Formula BMW, Vietoris was picked by A1 Team Germany to replace Nico Hülkenberg for the Mexican round of the 2006–07 season.
[edit] Formula Three
In 2007, Vietoris competed in the ATS Formel 3 Cup for Josef Kaufmann Racing, finishing in fifth.
Vietoris moved on to the Formula Three Euroseries in 2008 for Mücke Motorsport. He had a solid season, ending up eighth in the championship with one win coming at the Norisring. He also set a pair of fastest laps – at Mugello and Brands Hatch – and was on pole at the Nürburgring.
He continued in the F3 Euroseries in 2009 with Mücke Motorsport, finishing as runner-up to the dominant Jules Bianchi. Vietoris won four races over the course of the season, adding a further four podiums and a fastest lap at Brands once again, as he helped keep Mücke in contention for the teams title until he left for GP2 Asia.
[edit] GP2 Series
Vietoris missed the final round of the F3 Euroseries season to join up with the DAMS team for a GP2 Asia Series test at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. He raced in the 2009–10 season for the team. He moved to Racing Engineering for the 2010 main series, winning one race on route to ninth place in the drivers' championship. He missed the final round of the season due to appendicitis; his seat was taken by Ho-Pin Tung.
Vietoris remains with Racing Engineering for the 2011 GP2 Series season, alongside Dani Clos. After crashing heavily during the first round of the season at Istanbul, he complained of recurring headaches and was replaced by Álvaro Parente until he recovered and returned to the cockpit in Valencia.[1] At Spa-Francorchamps, he took his first series pole position and converted it into victory, also setting his first fastest lap in the process. He also won the sprint race finale at Monza, rising to seventh in the drivers' championship.
[edit] DTM
Vietoris is dovetailing his 2011 GP2 campaign with a season driving a Persson Motorsport Mercedes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.
[edit] Racing record
[edit] Career summary
| Season | Series | Team Name | Races | Poles | Wins | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Formula BMW ADAC | Eifelland Racing | 19 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 16th |
| 2006 | Formula BMW ADAC | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 18 | 9 | 9 | 277 | 1st |
| 2007 | German Formula Three | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 12 | 2 | 1 | 62 | 6th |
| 2008 | Formula Three Euroseries | Mücke Motorsport | 20 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 6th |
| 2009 | Formula Three Euroseries | Mücke Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 4 | 75 | 2nd |
| 2009–10 | GP2 Asia Series | DAMS | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10th |
| 2010 | GP2 Series | Racing Engineering | 18 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 9th |
| 2011 | GP2 Series | Racing Engineering | 14 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 7th |
| Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Persson Motorsport | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15th |
[edit] Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006–07 | Germany | NED SPR |
NED FEA |
CZE SPR |
CZE FEA |
CHN SPR |
CHN FEA |
MYS SPR |
MYS FEA |
IDN SPR |
IDN FEA |
NZL SPR |
NZL FEA |
AUS SPR |
AUS FEA |
RSA SPR |
RSA FEA |
MEX SPR Ret |
MEX FEA 9 |
CHN SPR |
CHN FEA |
GBR SPR |
GBR SPR |
1st | 128 |
| 2007–08 | NED SPR 6 |
NED FEA 9 |
CZE SPR 7 |
CZE FEA 8 |
MYS SPR |
MYS FEA |
ZHU SPR |
ZHU FEA |
NZL SPR 2 |
NZL FEA 1 |
AUS SPR |
AUS FEA |
RSA SPR |
RSA FEA |
MEX SPR |
MEX FEA |
SHA SPR |
SHA FEA |
GBR SPR |
GBR SPR |
8th | 83 |
[edit] Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Racing Engineering | ESP FEA Ret |
ESP SPR 18 |
MON FEA 14 |
MON SPR DNS |
TUR FEA 7 |
TUR SPR Ret |
VAL FEA 12 |
VAL SPR Ret |
GBR FEA 6 |
GBR SPR 10 |
GER FEA Ret |
GER SPR 10 |
HUN FEA 2 |
HUN SPR 2 |
BEL FEA 11 |
BEL SPR Ret |
ITA FEA 4 |
ITA SPR 1 |
ABU FEA |
ABU SPR |
9th | 29 |
| 2011 | Racing Engineering | TUR FEA 11 |
TUR SPR Ret |
ESP FEA |
ESP SPR |
MON FEA |
MON SPR |
VAL FEA Ret |
VAL SPR 13 |
GBR FEA 2 |
GBR SPR Ret |
GER FEA Ret |
GER SPR 4 |
HUN FEA 8 |
HUN SPR 10 |
BEL FEA 1 |
BEL SPR 13 |
ITA FEA 6 |
ITA SPR 1 |
7th | 35 |
[edit] Complete GP2 Asia Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | DAMS | ABU1 FEA 6 |
ABU1 SPR 1 |
ABU2 FEA Ret |
ABU2 SPR 14 |
BHR1 FEA 14 |
BHR1 SPR 9 |
BHR2 FEA Ret |
BHR2 SPR 14 |
10th | 9 |
[edit] Complete DTM results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Persson Motorsport | AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008 | HOC1 13 |
ZAN 15 |
SPL 15 |
LAU 9 |
NOR 11 |
NÜR 13 |
BRH 13 |
OSC 5 |
VAL 12 |
HOC2 Ret |
14th | 4 |
[edit] Records
Vietoris is the youngest driver ever to win an A1 Grand Prix race. He took the chequered flag during the 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand at Taupo Motorsport Park at just 18 years, nine months and 19 days old, beating the previous record for youngest A1GP winner by exactly five months. That record was held by the team's former driver, Nico Hülkenberg, who won on his debut at Zandvoort in 2006.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ O'Leary, Jamie (2011-05-19). "Vietoris to miss Barcelona". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91503. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
- ^ "Record Breakers". A1GP.com News. 2008-01-21. http://www.a1gp.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?newsId=40120. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
[edit] External links
- Official website (German)
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Nico Hülkenberg |
Formula BMW ADAC Drivers' Champion 2006 |
Succeeded by Jens Klingmann |
| Preceded by Marco Holzer |
Formula BMW World Final Winner 2006 |
Succeeded by Philipp Eng |
| Preceded by Nicolas Lapierre Alexandre Prémat (Team France) |
A1 Grand Prix Champion with Nico Hülkenberg (Team Germany) 2006–07 |
Succeeded by Neel Jani (Team Switzerland) |
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