Fredy Barth
| Fredy Barth | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Born |
5 December 1979 Lucerne (Switzerland) |
| World Touring Car Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2010 |
| Current team | Wiechers-Sport |
| Car no. | 77 |
| Former teams | SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED |
| Starts | 63 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Best finish | 13th in 2010 |
| Previous series | |
|
2012 2008–09 2007, 09 2007 2004–09 2005 2003 2002 2001 |
Blancpain Endurance Series SEAT León Eurocup VLN SEAT León Supercopa Spain SEAT León Supercopa Germany Ford Fiesta Cup Germany Formula Volkswagen Germany Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup Formula Renault Campus |
Frédéric Nicolas "Fredy" Barth (born 5 December 1979 in Lucerne) is an auto racing driver from Switzerland. He currently drives in the World Touring Car Championship.
Barth started out in karting before stepping up to French Formula Renault Campus in 2001, where he finished fifth. In 2002 he moved to the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup, although he scored no points in nine starts. In 2003 he competed in Formula Volkswagen Germany, where he finished tenth.
In 2004 Barth moved to touring cars, when he raced in the German SEAT Leon Supercopa, finishing fifth in the standings. He finished third in the standings in 2006, behind champion Florian Gruber and René Rast. He raced in the Spanish SEAT Leon Supercopa in 2007, finishing fifth in the standings. He moved to the new SEAT León Eurocup in 2008, finishing 17th in the championship. In 2009 he improved to finish third in the standings behind champion Norbert Michelisz and Massimiliano Pedalà.
Barth made his World Touring Car Championship debut for Sunred Engineering at the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil. At the start of race one of the Race of Morocco he moved up from eighth to third but was demoted to fourth by Tiago Monteiro, a position which he finished in. He started on the reversed grid pole position in Portugal but a slow start dropped him down to eighth at the end of the first lap. Barth finished the season thirteenth in the overall standings and third in the Rookie Challenge having led early on.
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