| Andreas Zuber | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Austrian Emirativia dual nationality |
| Born | 9 October 1983 Judenburg (Austria) |
| Previous series | |
| 2008–09 2008 2006–09 2005 2003–04 2001–02 2001–02 2000 | GP2 Asia Series Superleague Formula GP2 Series Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula 3 Euro Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 FR 2.0 Germany Formula König |
Andreas "Andi" Zuber (born 9 October 1983 in Judenburg, Austria) is a motor racing driver. An Austrian by birth, he is based in Dubai and once raced under a licence issued by the United Arab Emirates.
Career
Formula König
Despite beginning his karting career in 1998, 2000 saw his debut in the Formula König championship with Team Böhm Sport. Zuber finished twelfth in the championship with 39 points.[1]
Formula Renault
The following season, Zuber competed in both the Formula Renault 2.0 Germany and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championships for Motopark Academy. He finished sixth in the German series standings.[2] In the Eurocup, he took 54th place in the championship, with a best finish of seventeenth at the A1-Ring.[3]
For 2002, the Austrian driver remained in the German championship with Motopark Academy. He finished second behind Dutch driver Ferdinand Kool in final standings. Also he was a guest driver at the Oschersleben round of the Eurocup.
Formula Three
Zuber moved on to new-for-2003 Formula 3 Euro Series with Team Rosberg. He finished in 24th place in the standings with two points scored for seventh place in the first race at Le Mans.[4]
He continued in the F3 Euroseries in 2004 with Team Rosberg, finishing 21st without scoring a point, with a ninth place at Brno being his best result.
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Zuber drove for Carlin Motorsport in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2005, finishing sixth in the championship with one win at Estoril and pole position at Valencia apiece.
GP2 Series
He switched to the GP2 Series for 2006 for the new Trident Racing team, where he partnered Gianmaria Bruni. After a slow start to his championship, he took his first race victory in the formula at the penultimate race meeting of the season at the Istanbul Park track, in which he was the only driver to hold off Lewis Hamilton, after the eventual champion spun early in the race but climbed back up to second position. This win complemented Bruni's two triumphs earlier in the year and established Zuber in fourteenth position in the championship.
Zuber moved to iSport International for 2007, where he was paired with Timo Glock. He took a perfect result of pole position, win and fastest lap at the Silverstone feature race, but his overall season was inconsistent and he finished ninth in the championship, compared to Glock's championship-winning campaign. The team-mates also collided with one another when accelerating away from the grid at the start of the Magny-Cours feature race, after starting from the front row.[5]
For 2008, Zuber switched to the Piquet Sports team alongside Pastor Maldonado. Four podium finishes saw him repeat his ninth place in the championship of the previous year, but he failed to achieve a race victory for the first time in the category. He was also outperformed by Maldonado, who finished fifth overall with almost double the number of points. He was not helped by failing to score any points in the final seven races of the season, a run which included disqualification from third place at the Spa-Francorchamps for a technical infringement that both he and the team considered to be particularly unfair.[6] Zuber also drove in the first two rounds of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season for the FMS International team, after which he was replaced by Rodolfo González.[7]
Zuber returned to FMS for the 2009 GP2 Series season, where he was partnered by Luiz Razia. Despite scoring more podium finishes, the year was unstable off-track: first Giancarlo Fisichella's stake in the team was bought back by the Coloni family, its original founder and owner; then the outfit missed the eighth round of the championship after its cars were impounded as a result of court proceedings initiated by driver Andy Soucek, who had briefly been employed by FMS.[8] Zuber eventually wound up in thirteenth place overall.
Superleague Formula
Zuber has also represented Al Ain in the Superleague Formula, a championship in which the cars represent different football teams.
Racing record
Career summary
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
(key)
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Team Rosberg | Dallara F303/006 | Spiess-Opel | HOC1 1 17 |
HOC1 2 9 |
ADR 1 18 |
ADR 2 23 |
PAU 1 20 |
PAU 2 DNS |
NOR 1 Ret |
NOR 2 13 |
LMS 1 7 |
LMS 2 13 |
NÜR 1 22 |
NÜR 2 Ret |
A1R 1 9 |
A1R 2 Ret |
ZAN 1 13 |
ZAN 2 12 |
HOC2 1 Ret |
HOC2 2 21 |
MAG 1 25 |
MAG 2 Ret |
24th | 2 |
| 2004 | Team Rosberg | Dallara F303/005 | Spiess-Opel | HOC1 1 19 |
HOC1 2 Ret |
EST 1 21 |
EST 2 Ret |
ADR 1 20 |
ADR 1 Ret |
PAU 1 Ret |
PAU 2 Ret |
NOR 1 Ret |
NOR 1 Ret |
MAG 1 20 |
MAG 2 Ret |
NÜR 1 19 |
NÜR 2 16 |
ZAN 1 23 |
ZAN 2 Ret |
BRN 1 12 |
BRN 2 9 |
HOC2 1 Ret |
HOC2 2 10 |
21st | 0 |
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Carlin Motorsport | ZOL 1 2 |
ZOL 2 2 |
MON 1 DNS |
VAL 1 Ret |
VAL 2 10 |
LMS 1 7 |
LMS 2 8 |
BIL 1 22 |
BIL 2 16 |
OSC 1 3 |
OSC 2 10 |
DON 1 19 |
DON 2 Ret |
EST 1 1 |
EST 2 7 |
MNZ 1 Ret |
MNZ 2 5 |
6th | 73 |
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 | 21 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Trident Racing | VAL FEA Ret |
VAL SPR 13 |
IMO FEA Ret |
IMO SPR 8 |
NÜR FEA 14 |
NÜR SPR Ret |
CAT FEA Ret |
CAT SPR 11 |
MON FEA 5 |
SIL FEA Ret |
SIL SPR Ret |
MAG FEA Ret |
MAG SPR 18 |
HOC FEA Ret |
HOC SPR 14 |
HUN FEA 14 |
HUN SPR 9 |
IST FEA 7 |
IST SPR 1 |
MNZ FEA Ret |
MNZ SPR NC |
14th | 12 |
| 2007 | iSport International | BHR FEA 3 |
BHR SPR Ret |
CAT FEA DNS |
CAT SPR 9 |
MON FEA Ret |
MAG FEA Ret |
MAG SPR 15 |
SIL FEA 1 |
SIL SPR 6 |
NÜR FEA Ret |
NÜR SPR 21 |
HUN FEA 3 |
HUN SPR 6 |
IST FEA Ret |
IST SPR 14 |
MNZ FEA Ret |
MNZ SPR 5 |
SPA FEA 18 |
SPA SPR 12 |
VAL FEA 12 |
VAL SPR 12 |
9th | 30 |
| 2008 | Piquet Sports | CAT FEA 3 |
CAT SPR Ret |
IST FEA 3 |
IST SPR Ret |
MON FEA 11 |
MON SPR 17 |
MAG FEA 5 |
MAG SPR 8 |
SIL FEA 7 |
SIL SPR 11 |
HOC FEA 11† |
HOC SPR 2 |
HUN FEA 2 |
HUN SPR 7 |
VAL FEA Ret |
VAL SPR Ret |
SPA FEA DSQ |
SPA SPR Ret |
MNZ FEA Ret |
MNZ SPR 10 |
9th | 32 | |
| 2009 | FMSI | CAT FEA Ret |
CAT SPR Ret |
MON FEA 3 |
MON SPR 5 |
IST FEA 9 |
IST SPR 19 |
SIL FEA 8 |
SIL SPR 2 |
NÜR FEA 3 |
NÜR SPR Ret |
HUN FEA Ret |
HUN SPR 17 |
13th | 21 | |||||||||
| PartyPokerRacing.com SC | VAL FEA 16 |
VAL SPR Ret |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA 12 |
MNZ SPR Ret |
ALG FEA 8 |
ALG SPR 12 |
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 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008–09 | Fisichella Motor Sport | SHI FEA Ret |
SHI SPR Ret |
DUB FEA Ret |
DUB SPR C |
BHR1 FEA |
BHR1 SPR |
LSL FEA |
LSL SPR |
SEP FEA |
SEP SPR |
BHR2 FEA |
BHR2 SPR |
NC | 0 |
Superleague Formula
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Al Ain Azerti Motorsport |
DON 6 |
DON 15 |
NÜR 11 |
NÜR 11 |
ZOL | ZOL | EST | EST | VAL | VAL | JER | JER | 12th* | 244* |
- * Al Ain FC overall standing. There is no drivers' championship in the Superleague Formula.
FIA GT competition results
GT1 World Championship results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Phoenix Racing/Carsport | Corvette C6.R | ABU QR 1 |
ABU CR 2 |
SIL QR 11 |
SIL CR Ret |
BRN QR |
BRN CR |
PRI QR |
PRI CR |
SPA QR |
SPA CR |
NÜR QR |
NÜR CR |
ALG QR |
ALG CR |
NAV QR |
NAV CR |
INT QR |
INT CR |
SAN QR |
SAN CR |
23rd | 26 |
| 2011 | Exim Bank Team China | Corvette C6.R | ABU QR |
ABU CR |
ZOL QR |
ZOL CR |
ALG QR |
ALG CR |
SAC QR |
SAC CR |
SIL QR 3 |
SIL CR 3 |
NAV QR |
NAV CR |
PRI QR Ret |
PRI CR Ret |
ORD QR |
ORD CR |
BEI QR |
BEI CR |
SAN QR |
SAN CR |
20th | 19 |
| 2012 | Valmon Racing Team Russia | Aston Martin DBRS9 | NOG QR 13 |
NOG CR 13 |
ZOL QR Ret |
ZOL CR 15 |
NAV QR 15 |
NAV QR 13 |
27th | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Exim Bank Team China | Porsche 911 GT3-R | SVK QR DNS |
SVK CR DNS |
ALG QR 9 |
ALG CR 10 |
|||||||||||||||||||
| Sunred | Ford GT GT3 | SVK QR DNS |
SVK CR Ret |
MOS QR |
MOS CR |
NUR QR |
NUR CR |
DON QR |
DON CR |
FIA GT Series results
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Sébastien Loeb Racing | McLaren MP4-12C GT3 | Pro | NOG QR 10 |
NOG CR 11 |
ZOL QR 4 |
ZOL CR 4 |
ZAN QR 6 |
ZAN QR 15 |
SVK QR 4 |
SVK CR 7 |
NAV QR 5 |
NAV CR 2 |
BAK QR Ret |
BAK CR Ret |
8th | 61 |
References
- ↑ "Formula König 2000". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 Germany 2001". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ↑ "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2001". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ↑ "GRAND PRIX AURORE - 9.LAUF EURO" (PDF). formel3guide.com (in German). 2003-07-13. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ↑ Bradley, Charles (2007-06-30). "Pantano wins chaotic race". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
- ↑ Bradley, Charles (2008-09-07). "Zuber bemused by exclusion". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
- ↑ Beer, Matt (2009-01-21). "Gonzalez joins Fisichella for GP2 Asia". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
- ↑ Glendenning, Mark (2009-08-28). "Legal row forces Coloni to miss Spa". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
External links
- Official site (in English and German)
- Andreas Zuber career summary at DriverDB.com