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Karl Wendlinger
Wendlinger in 1999
Nationality
Austrian
Born
(1968-12-20) 20 December 1968 (age 55) Kufstein, Austria
FIA GT Championship DTM V8Star Series American Le Mans Series FIA GT Championship Italian Superturismo Super Tourenwagen Cup Formula One International Formula 3000 World Sportscars DTM German F3 Austrian F3
Championship titles
1999 1989 1988
FIA GT Championship German F3 Austrian F3
Formula One World Championship career
Active years
1991–1995
Teams
Leyton House, March, Sauber
Entries
42 (41 starts)
Championships
0
Wins
0
Podiums
0
Career points
14
Pole positions
0
Fastest laps
0
First entry
1991 Japanese Grand Prix
Last entry
1995 Australian Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years
1991–1992, 1996–2001, 2008
Teams
Team Sauber Mercedes, Peugeot Talbot Sport, Porsche AG, Roock Racing, Viper Team Oreca
Best finish
3rd (1996)
Class wins
2 (1999 and 2000)
Karl Wendlinger (German pronunciation:[kaɐ̯lˈvɛnd.lɪŋ.ɐ]; born 20 December 1968) is an Austrian professional racing and former Formula One driver.
KarlWendlinger (German pronunciation: [kaɐ̯l ˈvɛnd.lɪŋ.ɐ]; born 20 December 1968) is an Austrian professional racing and former Formula One driver. Born...
Jaguar and Porsche. Among others, drivers such as Michael Schumacher, KarlWendlinger, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Jochen Mass, Jean-Louis Schlesser and Mauro...
Gugelmin and Ivan Capelli as their drivers, as they had in 1990, but KarlWendlinger replaced Capelli for the final two races of the season. For 1992, when...
ignited the career of Michael Schumacher and Sauber's own protégé, KarlWendlinger. Sauber now began to look seriously at launching an F1 team. In the...
Wendlinger is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Heinz Wendlinger, West German bobsledder KarlWendlinger (born 1968), Austrian...
that KarlWendlinger was catching him in the Sauber, aiming to give Sauber their first podium finish. However, Häkkinen was able to resist Wendlinger's challenge...
stepped in, having previously raced for the team in 1991. Sauber driver KarlWendlinger crashed during the first practice session of the Monaco Grand Prix...
F1 car since 1955. Drivers for the team throughout the season were KarlWendlinger, Andrea de Cesaris, JJ Lehto and Heinz-Harald Frentzen. Only Frentzen...
Belmondo, and Jan Lammers made a surprise comeback when he replaced KarlWendlinger for the final two races of the season. Lammers set a record by returning...
eight points through Andrea de Cesaris and March another three through KarlWendlinger. Ilmor were gaining a reasonable reputation in F1,[citation needed]...
races remaining, Capelli stepped down to make way for KarlWendlinger. At the time, Wendlinger was competing in the World Sportscar Championship for Sauber-Mercedes;...
including Gerhard Berger, Martin Donnelly, Érik Comas, Rubens Barrichello, KarlWendlinger, and Mika Häkkinen. Watkins had two sons, Sid and Alistair and two...
taken by Austrian driver KarlWendlinger, while the number 30 seat was taken by Germany's Heinz-Harald Frentzen. However, Wendlinger underperformed and was...
program. The engines were re-branded in 1994 to reflect the partnership. KarlWendlinger was re-united with his former WSC team in preparation for its Grand...
1990, along with his Formula Three rivals Heinz-Harald Frentzen and KarlWendlinger, Schumacher joined the Mercedes-Benz junior racing programme in the...
moved from BMS Scuderia Italia, and Austria's KarlWendlinger, who had impressed with March in 1992. Wendlinger was also part of Sauber-Mercedes sportscar...
Bahrain International Circuit at the start of the final race of 2005: KarlWendlinger and Andrea Bertolini each on 71 points and Timo Scheider and Michael...
Bernard at Larrousse. At the struggling Leyton House Racing team, KarlWendlinger made his debut, bringing a sum of money with him, during the Japanese...
36. He was manager for Austrian racing drivers Gerhard Berger and KarlWendlinger for some years before setting up and running RSM Marko in 1989, a race...
replaced Nigel Mansell with test driver Mark Blundell. At the same time, KarlWendlinger's seat at Sauber was given to Williams test driver and reigning International...
for Mark Blundell, Bertrand Gachot, Roberto Moreno, Taki Inoue and KarlWendlinger. In a race of attrition, all the front-running cars retired except...
winning a race in 2004 with Lorenzo Case, while also teaming with KarlWendlinger in the FIA GT Championship. Wolff was runner up in the Austrian Rally...
the first free practice session on Thursday morning, Austrian driver KarlWendlinger had a major accident at the Nouvelle Chicane. Travelling at almost...
Heinz-Harald Frentzen. Sauber's other seat had been filled in 1995 by both KarlWendlinger, who left F1 still struggling to recover fully from injuries sustained...