Gregor Foitek

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Gregor Foitek
Born (1965-03-27) 27 March 1965 (age 58)
Zurich, Switzerland
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Swiss
Active years 1989–1990
Teams EuroBrun, Rial, Brabham, Onyx
Entries22 (7 starts)
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First entry 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix
Last entry 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix

Gregor Foitek (born 27 March 1965) is a Swiss former racing driver. He won the 1986 Swiss Formula 3 Championship. Moving up to Formula 3000 he was widely blamed for causing a race-stopping crash at Brands Hatch in 1988, the restart of which led to a second major crash on the first lap in which Johnny Herbert sustained major leg injuries. Foitek participated in 22 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 26 March 1989. He scored no championship points. He later made two CART starts for Foyt Enterprises in 1992 but was knocked out of both races by mechanical issues.

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Today he helps run Foitek Automobile, a family-run Ferrari and Maserati dealership in Altendorf. [1]

Formula One career

1989: EuroBrun and Rial

Foitek made his debut at the 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix, however with turbos now banned from F1, the number of entries had grown to 39. Thirteen cars had to enter pre-qualifying and with EuroBrun having performed poorly in 1988, Foitek had to enter the session using the ER188B, which was an update of the 1988 car. Foitek only got to the main qualifying session once, at the first race in Brazil, where he then failed to qualify. After 11 rounds Foitek quit the EuroBrun team.

At the Spanish Grand Prix, Foitek was called up to replace Christian Danner at the Rial team. However, the Rial team were having a bad season and several crew members had left the team. Furthermore, although it was assured of a place in the main qualifying session, the Rial ARC2 was uncompetitive, some five seconds off the next slowest car. In his one race with the team, Foitek's rear wing broke at high speed and he crashed heavily. He immediately quit the team.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011Pos.Pts
1986 Horag Racing Lola T86/50 Cosworth SIL VAL PAU SPA IMO MUG PER ÖST BIR BUG JAR
Ret		NC0
1987 Genoa Racing March 87B Cosworth SIL
Ret		 VAL
15		 SPA
10		 PAU
Ret		 DON
DNQ		 PER
DNQ		 BRH
DNQ		 BIR
Ret		NC0
GA Motorsport Lola T87/50 IMO
12		 BUG
8		 JAR
14†
1988 GA Motorsport Lola T88/50 Cosworth JER
Ret		 VAL
1		 PAU
DNQ		 SIL
4		 MNZ
4		 PER
Ret		 BRH
Ret		 BIR BUG
Ret		 ZOL
Ret		 DIJ
Ret		7th15

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

YearEntrantChassisEngine12345678910111213141516WDCPoints
1989 EuroBrun Racing EuroBrun ER188B Judd V8 BRA
DNQ		 SMR
DNPQ		 MON
DNPQ		 MEX
DNPQ		 USA
DNPQ		 CAN
DNPQ		 FRA
DNPQ		 GBR
DNPQ		 BEL
DNPQ		 ITA POR NC0
EuroBrun ER189 GER
DNPQ		 HUN
DNPQ
Rial Racing Rial
ARC2 		Cosworth V8 ESP
DNQ		 JPN AUS
1990 Motor Racing Developments Brabham BT58 Judd V8 USA
Ret		 BRA
Ret		NC0
Moneytron Onyx Onyx
ORE-1B 		Cosworth V8 SMR
Ret		 MON
7†		 CAN
Ret		 MEX
15		 FRA
DNQ
Monteverdi Onyx Formula One GBR
DNQ		 GER
Ret		 HUN
DNQ		 BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS

† Driver did not finish the race, but was still classified as they completed 90% of the race distance.

Complete CART results

YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPointsRef
1992 A. J. Foyt Enterprises SRF
21		PNXLBH
18		 INDY DETPORMILNHMTORMISCLEROAVANMDONAZLS47th0 [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Foitek Automobile − Über uns (in German)". Foitek Automobile. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Gergor Foitek – 1992 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
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