Karl Wendlinger
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| Nationality |
 Austrian |
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| Born |
20 December 1968 Kufstein, Austria |
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| FIA GT1 World Championship career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Debut season | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Swiss Racing Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Car no. | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Starts | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Poles | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fastest laps | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best finish | 43rd in 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–09 2002–03 2001 1999 1998–99 1997 1996 1991–95 1990–91 1990–92 1989–90 1988–89 1988 |
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 |
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| Championship titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 1989 1988 |
FIA GT Championship German F3 Austrian F3 |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
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| 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 |
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| Participating 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 (born 20 December 1968) is an Austrian professional racing and former Formula One driver.
Born in Kufstein, Wendlinger started his career in karting and in Formula Ford before entering the German Formula 3 Championship in 1988. After managing tenth place in that inaugural season, Wendlinger won the crown in 1989, which earned him also a drive in the Mercedes-Benz sportscar team for 1990.
Driving the Sauber-Mercedes C11 - alongside Michael Schumacher, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Mauro Baldi and Jean-Louis Schlesser - the quintet managed to achieve fifth place in the 1990 World Sportscar Championship standings.
In 1991, he continued to race with Mercedes sportscars — alongside a Formula 3000 programme with the Helmut Marko team. Towards the end of the year, Mercedes' team boss Jochen Neerpasch placed two of his protégés in Formula One. Schumacher went to the Jordan team before signing for Benetton, whilst Wendlinger made a low key Formula One debut with the Leyton House outfit for the final two Grands Prix of the season.
Wendlinger's Formula One debut came at the 1991 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, bringing some money to the beleaguered Leyton House team in place of long-serving Ivan Capelli. He qualified in 22nd place in a field of 26, but was unable to convert that into anything more, after he retired due to a big collision at turn one, between himself, J.J. Lehto, Andrea de Cesaris and Emanuele Pirro. His second race didn't fare much better as the Adelaide circuit was a wash-out, torrential rain leading to a curtailed event. Wendlinger was classified in 20th place, two laps down on eventual winner Ayrton Senna, after aquaplaning on some of the huge puddles of water present that day.
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