Andreas Zuber

Andreas Zuber
Nationality	Austrian Emirati via dual nationality
Born	(1983-10-09) 9 October 1983 (age 39) 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]

Zuber at Silverstone in 2008.

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

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F.Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2000	Formula König	Böhm Motorsport	8	0	0	0	0	39	12th
2001	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	Motopark Academy	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Formula Renault 2.0 Germany		8	0	0	0	0	81	6th
2002	Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	Motopark Academy	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Formula Renault 2.0 Germany		14	0	0	0	2	120	11th
	Italian Formula Three Championship	Team Ghinzani	1	0	1	0	0	3	12th
2003	Formula 3 Euro Series	Team Rosberg	20	0	0	0	0	2	24th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	0	26th
2004	Formula 3 Euro Series	Team Rosberg	20	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	0	25th
	Spanish Formula Three Championship - Winter Series	?	2	0	0	0	1	0	NC
	Central European Zone Championship - Formula 3	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	1st
2005	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Carlin Motorsport	16	1	1	4	4	73	6th
2006	GP2 Series	Trident Racing	21	1	0	1	1	12	14th
2007	GP2 Series	iSport International	20	1	1	2	3	30	9th
	Formula One	Super Aguri F1 Team	Test Driver
2008	GP2 Series	Piquet Sports	20	0	0	2	4	32	9th
	Superleague Formula	Al Ain Azerti Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	244	12th
2008-09	GP2 Asia Series	Fisichella Motor Sport International	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2009	GP2 Series	Fisichella Motor Sport International	18	0	0	0	3	21	13th
2010	FIA GT1 World Championship	Phoenix Racing / Carsport	4	1	1	1	2	26	23rd
	EuroBOSS Series	Zele Racing	2	2	2	2	2	40	3rd
2011	FIA GT1 World Championship	Exim Bank Team China	4	0	0	0	2	19	20th
	ADAC GT Masters	Primajob Team Heico	16	0	0	0	3	104	6th
2012	FIA GT1 World Championship	Exim Bank Team China	9	0	0	0	0	1	22nd
	Dubai 24 Hour	Team Heico	1	0	0	0	1	0	2nd
2013	FIA GT Series	Sébastien Loeb Racing	12	0	0	0	2	61	8th
	Dubai 24 Hour	MRS GT-Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	12th

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

1. "Formula König 2000". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
2. "Formula Renault 2.0 Germany 2001". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
3. "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2001". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
4. "GRAND PRIX AURORE - 9.LAUF EURO" (PDF). formel3guide.com (in German). 2003-07-13. Retrieved 2010-01-24.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. Bradley, Charles (2007-06-30). "Pantano wins chaotic race". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 2009-08-29.
6. Bradley, Charles (2008-09-07). "Zuber bemused by exclusion". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 2009-08-29.
7. Beer, Matt (2009-01-21). "Gonzalez joins Fisichella for GP2 Asia". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications . Retrieved 2009-08-29.
8. 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