Zsolt Baumgartner
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- The native form of this personal name is Baumgartner Zsolt. This article uses the Western name order.
| Zsolt Baumgartner | |
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| Baumgartner racing for the Minardi F1 team at the US Grand Prix at Indianapolis in 2004 | |
Nationality  Hungarian |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Active years | 2003 - 2004 |
| Teams | Jordan, Minardi |
| Races | 20 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podium finishes | 0 |
| Career points | 1 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First race | 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix |
| Last race | 2004 Brazilian Grand Prix |
Zsolt Baumgartner (born January 1, 1981, Debrecen, Hungary) is a former Formula One and current ChampCar racing driver employed by the Minardi team. He was the first Hungarian driver in Formula One. As of November 2007 he is the test and reserve driver for Minardi Team USA in the Champ Car World Series, which raced with Robert Doornbos and Dan Clarke as its drivers.
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[edit] 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 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 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.
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.
[edit] Racing record
[edit] Complete Formula 3000 results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
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| 2001 | Prost Junior | Lola B99/50 | Zytek V8 | A | BRA |
SMR |
ESP |
AUT |
MON |
EUR 19 |
FRA Ret |
GBR 18 |
GER 16 |
HUN Ret |
BEL 13 |
ITA 17 |
NC | 0 |
| 2002 | Nordic | Lola B02/50 | Zytek-Judd KV | A | BRA Ret |
SMR 9 |
ESP Ret |
AUT 11 |
MON Ret |
EUR 12 |
GBR 14 |
FRA 12 |
GER 8 |
HUN 7 |
BEL 8 |
ITA 6 |
15th | 1 |
| 2003 | Coloni | Lola B02/50 | Zytek-Judd KV | A | SMR 10 |
ESP 7 |
AUT 10 |
MON 5 |
EUR 11 |
FRA 9 |
GBR 11 |
GER 9 |
HUN DNS |
ITA |
14th | 6 |
[edit] 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 |
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| 2003 | Jordan Ford | Jordan EJ13 | Ford V10 | AUS |
MAL |
BRA |
SMR |
ESP |
AUT |
MON |
CAN |
EUR |
FRA |
GBR |
GER TD |
HUN Ret |
ITA 11 |
USA |
JPN |
- | 0 | ||
| 2004 | Minardi Cosworth | Minardi PS04B | Cosworth V10 | AUS Ret |
MAL 16 |
BHR Ret |
SMR 15 |
ESP Ret |
MON 9 |
EUR 15 |
CAN 10 |
USA 8 |
FRA Ret |
GBR Ret |
GER 16 |
HUN 15 |
BEL Ret |
ITA 15 |
CHN 16 |
JPN Ret |
BRA 16 |
20th | 1 |
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