Zsolt Baumgartner

Template:Short description Template:Hungarian name Template:Use dmy dates Template:BLP sources Template:Infobox F1 driver Zsolt Baumgartner (born 1 January 1981) is a Hungarian former racing driver who raced for the Jordan and Minardi teams in Formula One. He remains the only Hungarian driver to have competed and to have scored a point in Formula One.

Career

Baumgartner made his Formula One race debut at the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix, substituting for the injured Ralph 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 was signed by 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Baumgartner raced throughout the Template:F1 Formula One season, and after two near-misses (ninth in Monaco and 10th in Canada) he managed to take Minardi's first point in over two years by finishing eighth (classified second last and the last car to take the chequered flag) in the United States Grand Prix held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Champ Car World Series

In March 2007 he was confirmed as the test and reserve driver for Minardi Team USA, former boss Paul Stoddart's recently acquired Champ Car World Series team. Baumgartner only participated in a handful of tests for the team and made no race starts. Prior to the 2008 season, Champ Car unified with the rival IndyCar Series and Stoddart and the Minardi name left the sport.

Superleague Formula

In 2008 Baumgartner became the test driver for team Tottenham Hotspur F.C. in Superleague Formula.

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Poles	Wins	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
1998	Championnat de France Formule Renault	La Filière	21	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series		4	?	0	?	?	44	6th
1999	Eurocup Formula Renault	Cram Competition	9	?	0	?	?	108	3rd
	Formula Renault Germany		4	4	3	?	4	N/A	NC
2000	German Formula Three Championship	GM Motorsport	18	0	0	0	1	41	13th
	Macau Grand Prix	GM Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	14th
	Korea Super Prix	GM Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
2001	German Formula Three Championship	MOL-Trella Motorsport	18	0	0	0	0	25	17th
	International Formula 3000 Championship	F3000 Prost Junior Team	7	0	0	0	0	0	29th
	Masters of Formula 3	MOL-Trella Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	28th
2002	International Formula 3000 Championship	Coca-Cola Nordic Racing	12	0	0	0	0	1	15th
2003	International Formula 3000 Championship	Coloni Motorsport	8	0	0	0	0	6	14th
	Formula One	Benson & Hedges Jordan Ford	2	0	0	0	0	0	24th
2004	Formula One	Minardi Cosworth	18	0	0	0	0	1	20th
2007	Champ Car World Series	Minardi Team USA	Test Driver
2008	Superleague Formula	Tottenham Hotspur F.C.	Test Driver

Complete German Formula Three Championship results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2000	GM Motorsport	Dallara F399	Opel	ZOL 1 Template:Small	ZOL 2 Template:Small	HOC1 1 Template:Small	HOC1 2 Template:Small	OSC1 1 Template:Small	OSC1 2 Template:Small	NOR 1 Template:Small	NOR 2 Template:Small	SAC 1	SAC 2	NÜR1 1 Template:Small	NÜR1 2 Template:Small	LAU 1 Template:Small	LAU 2 Template:Small	OSC2 1 Template:Small	OSC2 2 Template:Small	NÜR2 1 Template:Small	NÜR2 2 Template:Small	HOC2 1 Template:Small	HOC2 2 Template:Small	13th	41
2001	MOL — Trella Motorsport	Dallara F300	Opel	HOC1 1 Template:Small	HOC1 2 Template:Small	NÜR1 1 Template:Small	NÜR1 2 Template:Small	OSC 1 Template:Small	OSC 2 Template:Small	SAC 1 Template:Small	SAC 2 Template:Small	NOR 1 Template:Small	NOR 2 Template:Small	HOC2 1 Template:Small	HOC2 2 Template:Small	LAU 1 Template:Small	LAU 2 Template:Small	NÜR2 1 Template:Small	NÜR2 2 Template:Small	A1R 1 Template:Small	A1R 2 Template:Small	HOC3 1	HOC3 2	17th	25

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2001	F3000 Prost Junior Team	INT	IMO	CAT	A1R	MON	NUR Template:Small	MAG Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	SPA Template:Small	MNZ Template:Small	29th	0
2002	Coca-Cola Nordic Racing	INT Template:Small	IMO Template:Small	CAT Template:Small	A1R Template:Small	MON Template:Small	NUR Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	MAG Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	SPA Template:Small	MNZ Template:Small	15th	1
2003	Coloni Motorsport	IMO Template:Small	CAT Template:Small	A1R Template:Small	MON Template:Small	NUR Template:Small	MAG Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	MNZ			14th	6
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Complete Formula One results

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Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	WDC	Pts
Template:F1	Benson & Hedges Jordan Ford	Jordan EJ13	Ford V10	AUS	MAL	BRA	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	USA	JPN			24th	0
Template:F1	Wilux Minardi Cosworth	Minardi PS04B	Cosworth V10	AUS Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	BHR Template:Small	SMR Template:Small	ESP Template:Small	MON Template:Small	EUR Template:Small	CAN Template:Small	USA Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small							20th	1
	Minardi Cosworth															HUN Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	CHN Template:Small	JPN Template:Small	BRA Template:Small
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External links

• Official website
• Zsolt Baumgartner Blue Flags Profile