Andre Heimgartner
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Andre Heimgartner in 2015
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| Nationality |
 New Zealander |
| Born |
8 June 1995 (age 21) Auckland, New Zealand |
| International V8 Supercars Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport |
| Car no. | 3 |
| Former teams | Super Black Racing |
| Starts | 60 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 24th (1068 points) in 2015 |
| Previous series | |
| 2010-12 2011 2009-10 2012-13 |
Formula Ford New Zealand Formula Ford Australia V8SuperTourer |
| Championship titles | |
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2010-11 2011-12 |
Formula Ford New Zealand |
| Awards | |
| Bruce McLaren Trophy 2015 | Australian Porsche scholarship to Europe |
Andre Heimgartner (born 8 June, 1995) is a New Zealand racing driver who last drove in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport.
At 12 years of age commenced racing in the NZ Formula Vee championship. Heimgartner became the youngest driver in the world to win a Formula Ford Championship at the age of fifteen when he won the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship during the 2010—11 season. He returned to successfully defend his title for the 2011—12 season whilst contesting selected events in the 2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship. 2013 Selected races in Australian Formula 3.
In 2012, Heimgartner entered the inaugural season of the New Zealand-based V8SuperTourer series, driving a Holden VE Commodore run by AV8 Motorsport. He finished the sprint championship in tenth place overall, achieving a best result of fourth place at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park; and seventh place in the endurance championship, with his best finish being fifth place in the Fathers' Day 400 at Taupo Motorsport Park. He was classified eleventh overall at the end of the season.
Moving from AV8 Motorsport to the Melbourne Performance Centre and then Motorsport Networks teams during a four-season period. Heimgartner went on to become the only driver to compete in every race of the championship over the 4-year period. Achieving 15 podium finishes.
Parallel to his appearances in the V8Supertourer category in 2012, Heimgartner contested the Australia-based Porsche Carrera Cup series at the age of 16. Andre ran as high as 4th for much of the season before a no fault contact by a competitor caused a DNF. 2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, driving an ex-Dick Johnson Racing Ford FG Falcon entered by Finance EZI Racing, which entered Heimgartner alongside Josh Hunter as the teams drivers. In 2014 Andre drove for Matt White in the supercar Dunlop series with 3 podium finishes.
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