Zsolt Baumgartner

The native form of this personal name is Baumgartner Zsolt. This article uses the Western name order.

Zsolt Baumgartner

Baumgartner racing for the Minardi F1 team at the US Grand Prix at Indianapolis in 2004
Born	(1981-01-01) 1 January 1981 Debrecen, Hungary
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Hungarian
Active years	2003–2004
Teams	Jordan, Minardi
Entries	20
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	1
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	2003 Hungarian Grand Prix
Last entry	2004 Brazilian Grand Prix

Zsolt Baumgartner (born 1 January 1981 in Debrecen) is a Hungarian former racing driver who raced for the Jordan and Minardi teams in Formula One. He was the first Hungarian driver 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 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 raced throughout the 2004 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 (albeit second last) in the US Grand Prix.

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

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key)

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 19	MAG Ret	SIL 18	HOC 16	HUN Ret	SPA 13	MNZ 17	29th	0
2002	Coca-Cola Nordic Racing	INT Ret	IMO 9	CAT Ret	A1R 11	MON Ret	NUR 12	SIL 14	MAG 12	HOC 8	HUN 7	SPA 8	MNZ 6	15th	1
2003	Coloni Motorsport	IMO 10	CAT 7	A1R 10	MON 5	NUR 11	MAG 9	SIL 11	HOC 9	HUN DNS	MNZ			14th	6

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	17	18	WDC	Pts
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			24th	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

External links

• Official website
• Zsolt Baumgartner Blue Flags Profile