(1954-10-08) 8 October 1954 (age 69) Bussum, Netherlands
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality
Dutch
Active years
1984–1986
Teams
Spirit, Osella, Zakspeed
Entries
30 (25 starts)
Championships
0
Wins
0
Podiums
0
Career points
0
Pole positions
0
Fastest laps
0
First entry
1984 Canadian Grand Prix
Last entry
1986 Australian Grand Prix
Hubertus (Huub) Rothengatter (born 8 October 1954) is a former racing driver from the Netherlands. He participated in 30 Formula One (F1) Grands Prix, debuting on 17 June 1984. He scored no championship points. He drove for Spirit, Osella and Zakspeed, and his drives all either started or became available midseason. He tried to get Dutch sponsors in various ways, such as by putting a one-page advertisement in De Telegraaf newspaper. Reputedly, when Niki Lauda was asked about him, he referred to him as "rattengott" – literally "God of the rats".[citation needed]
Rothengatter, unlike many fringe drivers who waited for phone calls from F1 teams that never came, attracted personal sponsorship which allowed him to 'buy' his place in the low-budget teams, bringing in much needed money to them and allowing him to drive F1 when he otherwise would most likely have missed out.[citation needed]
Rothengatter later entered into sports management, as a manager for Dutch F1 driver Jos Verstappen.[citation needed]
He is co-founder of EVBox.[1]
^"De dans om de laadpaalmarkt begint pas voor EVBox". NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-04-20.
Hubertus (Huub) Rothengatter (born 8 October 1954) is a former racing driver from the Netherlands. He participated in 30 Formula One (F1) Grands Prix,...
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1993 but the team went bankrupt before the season started. In 1984, HuubRothengatter made his debut for what was to become a career of 30 races over 3...
Amsterdam, Netherlands. Founded in 2010 by Bram van der Leur and HuubRothengatter, it currently has 13 offices around the world, including Amsterdam...
alternated as replacement drivers for the final three races of the season. HuubRothengatter replaced Piercarlo Ghinzani at Osella midway through the season, when...
officially entered one car. For the 1985 season, Ghinzani was paired with HuubRothengatter but none of the two were able to score any points. In 1986, in order...
last race of the season, after he quit the ATS team. Dutch driver HuubRothengatter made his debut with Spirit, driving eight races in the middle of the...
having a bucket of cold water thrown over him during a pit stop; and HuubRothengatter, who dashed straight to a spectator area after he retired from the...
throughout practice and qualifying. The slowest qualifier for the race, HuubRothengatter in the Osella-Alfa Romeo, was 10.473 seconds slower than Senna with...
from RAM (still owed money by the Frenchman) saw Baldi stay until HuubRothengatter took over. When the Dutchman's money ran out Baldi found enough funds...
well as the last race for Patrick Tambay, Dumfries, Allen Berg and HuubRothengatter, and for Team Haas, whom both Jones and Tambay drove for. Bold text...
Zakspeed 861 Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4 t G 14 Jonathan Palmer All 29 HuubRothengatter 3–16 Team Haas (USA) Ltd Lola-Hart THL1 Hart 415T 1.5 L4 t G 15 Alan...
1986 and 1987 seasons. In 1986 its drivers were Jonathan Palmer and HuubRothengatter. The team did not employ a test driver as they could not afford one...
top ten. Piquet's teammate Teo Fabi could only manage 23rd, while HuubRothengatter came 27th and last in the Spirit-Ford and thus failed to qualify....
Martini's best position was 8th in the 1985 Australian Grand Prix, behind HuubRothengatter in an Osella. Nonetheless, the team expanded to two cars for the 1986...
Ligier JS25 of Jacques Laffite were also classified as finishers. HuubRothengatter's Osella FA1G fell one lap short of being classified. Although the...
failed to qualify for the Monaco. Baldi was replaced by Dutchman HuubRothengatter for the Canadian Grand Prix, who was fourteen laps down and was not...
Spirit Racing Spirit 101 P Mauro Baldi Ret 8 Ret 8 Ret DNQ 8 15 NC 0 HuubRothengatter NC Ret NC 9 NC Ret 8 1985 Skoal Bandit Formula 1 Team RAM 03 Hart...
composer and educator 1954 – Michael Dudikoff, American actor 1954 – HuubRothengatter, Dutch race car driver and manager 1955 – Bill Elliott, American race...
machines also sold to privateers Siegfried Stohr (BMW engine) and HuubRothengatter (also Hart). AGS continued to run their 1977 car, with Alain Couderc...
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