Jo Gartner

Jo Gartner

Born	(1954-01-24)24 January 1954 Vienna, Austria
Died	1 June 1986(1986-06-01) (aged 32) Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Austrian
Active years	1984
Teams	Osella
Races	8
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1984 San Marino Grand Prix
Last race	1984 Portuguese Grand Prix

Jo Gartner (24 January 1954 in Vienna – 1 June 1986) was a Formula One and sports car endurance driver from Austria. After a successful junior formula career, including wins in Formula Two, he participated in eight Formula One Grands Prix for Osella, debuting on 6 May 1984, scoring no points.

Despite finishing fifth at the 1984 Italian Grand Prix, Gartner was awarded no points because Osella had officially entered only one car for the season, and Gartner was driving a second car. He came fourth in the 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Porsche 962C along with teammates David Hobbs and Guy Edwards, finishing on three wheels. He caused quite a stir after winning the 1986 12 Hours of Sebring, along with teammates Bob Akin and Hans-Joachim Stuck.

Whilst contesting the 1986 24 Hours of Le Mans at 2:10 am on the Sunday, Gartner's car suffered a mechanical failure and turned hard left into the barriers on the Mulsanne Straight at 160 mph (260 km/h). The car somersaulted down the track and caught fire resting on the barriers on the opposite side of the track. Gartner was killed on impact.

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Pos	Pts
1980	Racing Team Albatross	March 782	BMW	THR	HOC 13	NÜR	VAL	PAU									—	0
	Team Jim Bean								SIL 7	ZOL					HOC Ret
	Jo Gartner										MUG 12	ZAN 11	PER	MIS
1981	Jo Gartner Racing	Toleman TG280	BMW	SIL	HOC	THR	NÜR 7	VAL	MUG 9	PAU	PER 6	SPA Ret	DON Ret				19th	1
	Astra Team Merzario Srl	March 812												MIS DNQ	MAN 8
1982	Merzario Team	Merzario 282	BMW	SIL 6	HOC Ret	THR 10	NÜR Ret	MUG Ret	VAL 7	PAU Ret	SPA 15	HOC 7	DON Ret	MAN Ret	PER	MIS	17th	1
1983	Emco Sports	Spirit 201	BMW	SIL Ret	THR Ret	HOC 4	NÜR Ret	VAL Ret	PAU 1	JAR 17	DON Ret	MIS Ret	PER 5	ZOL Ret	MUG 7		6th	14
1984	Emco Sports	Spirit 201B	BMW	SIL Ret	HOC Ret	THR	VAL	MUG	PAU	HOC	MIS	PER	DON	BRH			—	0

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1984	Osella Squadra Corse	Osella FA1F	Alfa Romeo 1260 3.0 V12	BRA	RSA	BEL	SMR Ret	FRA	MON	CAN	DET	DAL								NC	0
			Alfa Romeo 890T 1.5 V8t										GBR Ret	GER Ret	AUT Ret	NED 12	ITA 5‡	EUR 12	POR 16

^‡ Despite finishing 5th in the Italian Grand Prix, Gartner was ineligible to score championship points, as he was driving the second Osella, and the team had only entered one car for the entire championship.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1985	John Fitzpatrick Racing	David Hobbs Guy Edwards	Porsche 956B	C1	366	4th	4th
1986	Porsche Kremer Racing	Sarel van der Merwe Kunimitsu Takahashi	Porsche 962C	C1	169	DNF	DNF