Jo Gartner

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Jo Gartner

Nationality Austrian
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1984
Teams	Osella
Races	8
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	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 (January 24, 1954 – June 1, 1986) was a Formula One and sports car endurance driver from Austria. After a successful junior formula career, including wins in Formula 2. He participated in eight F1 Grands Prix for Osella, debuting on May 6, 1984, scoring no points. Despite finishing 5th at the 1984 Italian Grand Prix, he was awarded no points because Osella had officially entered only one car for the season, and Gartner was driving a second car. He came 4th 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 160mph. 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.

[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	WDC	Points
1984	Osella Squadra Corse	Osella FA1F	Alfa Romeo V12	BRA	RSA	BEL	SMR Ret	FRA	MON	CAN	USE	USA								-	0*
			Alfa Romeo V8 t/c										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.