Karl Reindler

Karl Reindler
Karl Reindler
	Karl Reindler in Abu Dhabi, 2011
Nationality	Australian
Born	18 April 1985 (age 38); Perth, Western Australia
Supercars career
Debut season	2008
Former teams	Ford Rising Stars Racing ; Britek Motorsport ; Stone Brothers Racing ; Brad Jones Racing ; Kelly Racing ; Nissan Motorsport ; Team 18
Starts	103
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	24th in 2012
Finished last season	45th
Previous series
2003–04; 2005–06; 2006–07; 2007; 2008; 2013	Australian Formula 3 ; British Formula Three ; A1 Grand Prix ; Formula V6 Asia ; Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series ; Australian Carrera Cup
Championship titles
2004	Australian Formula 3
Awards
2003; ; 2008	Australian F3 Rookie of the Year ; Mike Kable Young Gun Award

Last updated May 27, 2023

Karl Reindler (born 18 April 1985) is an Australian racing driver, who has previously competed in the Supercars Championship. He currently shares duties with Bruno Correia as the Medical Car driver for Formula One.

Biography

Formula Three

Off the back of winning Rookie of the Year in the 2003 Australian Formula 3 Championship, Reindler went on to win the 2004 Championship in the final round.^[1] At the completion of the 2004 season, Reindler competed in his first international event, the one-off Bahrain F3 SuperPrix, racing for the Swiss Racing Team. He finished 18th in what was regarded at the time as the unofficial World Championship for Formula 3 – select drivers from this event went on to winning championships in Formula 1, WEC, DTM, Super GT and Super Formula to name a few.

Reindler moved to Britain in 2005 to complete a part-season of the British Formula 3 Championship with Alan Docking Racing, commencing at round 7 at Monza, Italy, finishing 7th and 10th on debut. A season-best qualifying happened at the final round at the Silverstone Circuit, qualifying 6th and finishing 7th. At the conclusion of the 2005 season, Reindler qualified for and competed in the World-famous Macau Grand Prix, finishing 13th in a competitive field which included Sebastian Vettel, Robert Kubica, Romain Grosjean and eventual winner Lucas di Grassi. In 2006 he continued with the Alan Docking Racing squad in British F3, again, only completing part of the season and ultimately finishing 14th outright after a season littered with mechanical related retirements.

A1 Grand Prix

Reindler went on to represent Australia as the rookie driver in the penultimate race of the 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season at Laguna Seca, then progressed to lead driver at the second round of the 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season in the Czech Republic. At the third round of the season, at the demanding Beijing street circuit in China, Reindler fought hard to finish on the podium in the feature race. He continued with Team Australia until the Durban event in South Africa before the team changed their driver line-up. He joined the ranks of the Asian Formula Renault V6 series in 2007, but only ran two rounds, finishing on the podium in Autopolis, Japan.

Sedan Racing

2008 saw him join Matt Connolly Motorsports Pontiac GTO.R team for the Daytona 24 Hour. Reindler qualified the car 3rd in GT, but had a raft of mechanical drama's during the race and finished 25th in class. This was in addition to a full season in Fujitsu series in 2008, partnering Dean Canto at Howard Racing. 8th outright in the Series earned him the V8 Supercar Mike Kable Rookie of the Year Award. Reindler also participated in that year's Bathurst 1000 replacing Grant Denyer at Ford Rising Stars Racing following his monster truck accident. 2009 saw just a handful of races which included the twin driver Australian Mini Challenge race in Perth where he shared with his younger brother Chris, not to mention partnering with Jason Bright for the V8 Supercar endurance events, which included an 11th-place finish at the Bathurst 1000.

Reindler joined V8 Supercars full-time in 2010. Reindler drove a Brad Jones Racing customer Holden Commodore under the banner of Britek Motorsport and Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing.^[2]

Reindler continued with the Brad Jones Racing team in 2011, and after a season-best qualifying and finish of 6th and 7th on the Saturday at the Barbagallo Raceway round in 2011, he was involved in a major start-line accident with Steve Owen on the Sunday. Reindler's clutch failed on the grid, causing the car to stall and was hit from behind at an estimated 150 km/h by Owen, the resulting impact rupturing the fuel cell, producing a major fireball. The fuel entered the car and starting burning it from the inside out. Reindler walked away suffering burns to his face and hands, was hospitalised and released that evening.^[3]

In 2012 Karl joined Kelly Racing to drive the #11 Car as teammate to Greg Murphy for the 2012 season.

After 3 years full-time in V8 Supercars, Reindler took a step back in 2013, competing in a few select rounds of the Australian Carrera Cup Championship and teamed up with Rick Kelly in the factory Jack Daniel's Nissan Altima V8 Supercar for the V8 Supercar PIRTEK Enduro Cup. Despite being hindered by straight-line speed issues, the duo went on to lead the Gold Coast race and ultimately finish in 6th place.

2014 saw Reindler on a hiatus from the sport competing in only two events; the Bathurst 12hr which saw a pole position and fastest race lap in class, and the Phillip Island 101 of the Australian GT Championship where he took out a class win and fastest lap.

He made his return to V8 Supercars alongside Tim Blanchard in the #3 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore (VF) at the 2015 Wilson Security Sandown 500, finishing 8th.

In 2016 he joined Team 18 initially for the endurance championship but also filling in for Lee Holdsworth at Sydney Motorsport Park. He continued with the team in 2017.

Personal life

Reindler is married to Olympic sailor Elise Rechichi, and they have two children.^[4]

Career results

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
2003	Australian Formula 3 Championship	6th	Dallara F301 Spiess Opel	Team BRM
2004	Australian Formula 3 Championship	1st	Dallara F301 Spiess Opel	Team BRM
2005	British Formula Three Championship	16th	Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda	Alan Docking Racing
2006	British Formula Three Championship	14th	Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda	Alan Docking Racing
2006–07	A1 Grand Prix	13th	Lola A1GP Zytek	A1 Team Australia
2007	Formula Renault V6 Asia	15th	Tatuus – Renault V6	Team E-Rain
2008	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	8th	Ford Falcon (BA)	Howard Racing
2008	V8 Supercar Championship Series	56th	Ford Falcon (FG)	Ford Rising Stars Racing
2009	V8 Supercar Championship Series	43rd	Ford Falcon (FG)	Stone Brothers Racing
2009	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	20th	Ford Falcon (BF)
2010	V8 Supercar Championship Series	27th	Holden Commodore (VE)	Britek Motorsport
2011	International V8 Supercars Championship	25th	Holden Commodore (VE)	Britek Motorsport
2012	International V8 Supercars Championship	24th	Holden Commodore (VE)	Kelly Racing
2013	Australian Carrera Cup Championship	22nd	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997	Team BRM
2013	International V8 Supercars Championship	42nd	Nissan Altima	Nissan Motorsport
2015	International V8 Supercars Championship	46th	Holden Commodore (VF)	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport
2016	International V8 Supercars Championship	45th	Holden Commodore (VF)	Team 18
2017	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	50th	Holden Commodore (VF)	Team 18

Complete A1 Grand Prix 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	22	DC	Points
2006–07	A1 Team Australia	NED SPR PO	NED FEA PO	CZE SPR 15	CZE FEA 16	CHN SPR 12	CHN FEA 3	MYS SPR PO	MYS FEA PO	IDN SPR PO	IDN FEA PO	NZL SPR 14	NZL FEA 13	AUS SPR 14	AUS FEA 14	RSA SPR 16	RSA FEA Ret	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR	13th	25

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Overall position	Class position
2008	Matt Connolly Motorsports	Hal Prewitt Spencer Trenery Vic Rice Diego Alessi	Pontiac GTO.R	GT	513	45th	25th

Supercars Championship results

Supercars results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	Position	Points
2008	Ford Rising Stars Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	ADE R1	ADE R2	EAS R3	EAS R4	EAS R5	HAM R6	HAM R7	HAM R8	BAR R9	BAR R10	BAR R11	SAN R12	SAN R13	SAN R14	HDV R15	HDV R16	HDV R17	QLD R18	QLD R19	QLD R20	WIN R21	WIN R22	WIN R23	PHI Q	PHI R24	BAT R25 19	SUR R26	SUR R27	SUR R28	BHR R29	BHR R30	BHR R31	SYM R32	SYM R33	SYM R34	ORA R35	ORA R36	ORA R37	56th	96
2009	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon (FG)	ADE R1	ADE R2	HAM R3	HAM R4	WIN R5	WIN R6	SYM R7	SYM R8	HDV R9	HDV R10	TOW R11	TOW R12	SAN R13	SAN R14	QLD R15	QLD R16	PHI Q 30	PHI R17 25	BAT R18 11	SUR R19	SUR R20	SUR R21	SUR R22	PHI R23	PHI R24	BAR R25	BAR R26	SYD R27	SYD R28										44th	192
2010	Britek Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VE)	YMC R1 Ret	YMC R2 23	BHR R3 24	BHR R4 Ret	ADE R5 Ret	ADE R6 20	HAM R7 16	HAM R8 18	QLD R9 24	QLD R10 Ret	WIN R11 21	WIN R12 23	HDV R13 Ret	HDV R14 26	TOW R15 21	TOW R16 Ret	PHI Q 28	PHI R17 17	BAT R18 15	SUR R19 9	SUR R20 Ret	SYM R21 Ret	SYM R22 14	SAN R23 24	SAN R24 22	SYD R25 Ret	SYD R26 Ret												27th	823
2011	Britek Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VE)	YMC R1 Ret	YMC R2 11	ADE R3 19	ADE R4 17	HAM R5 17	HAM R6 13	BAR R7 7	BAR R8 Ret	BAR R9 DNS	WIN R10 20	WIN R11 23	HID R12 Ret	HID R13 25	TOW R14 22	TOW R15 24	QLD R16 9	QLD R17 16	QLD R18 16	PHI Q 28	PHI R19 28	BAT R20 14	SUR R21 Ret	SUR R22 22	SYM R23 24	SYM R24 20	SAN R25 20	SAN R26 17	SYD R27 19	SYD R28 18										25th	1144
2012	Kelly Racing	Holden Commodore (VE)	ADE R1 20	ADE R2 20	SYM R3 23	SYM R4 24	HAM R5 Ret	HAM R6 20	BAR R7 23	BAR R8 23	BAR R9 17	PHI R10 16	PHI R11 23	HID R12 17	HID R13 Ret	TOW R14 25	TOW R15 22	QLD R16 14	QLD R17 21	SMP R18 22	SMP R19 25	SAN Q 25	SAN R20 20	BAT R21 19	SUR R22 Ret	SUR R23 DNS	YMC R24 21	YMC R25 21	YMC R26 Ret	WIN R27 21	WIN R28 15	SYD R29 7	SYD R30 14								24th	1147
2013	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	ADE R1	ADE R2	SYM R3	SYM R4	SYM R5	PUK R6	PUK R7	PUK R8	PUK R9	BAR R10	BAR R11	BAR R12	COA R13	COA R14	COA R15	COA R16	HID R17	HID R18	HID R19	TOW R20 PO	TOW R21 PO	QLD R22	QLD R23	QLD R24	WIN R25	WIN R26	WIN R27	SAN Q 21	SAN R28 16	BAT R29 19	SUR R30 11	SUR R31 6	PHI R32	PHI R33	PHI R34	SYD R35	SYD R36		42nd	384
2015	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VF)	ADE R1	ADE R2	ADE R3	SYM R4	SYM R5	SYM R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	WIN R12	HID R13	HID R14	HID R15	TOW R16	TOW R17	QLD R18 PO	QLD R19 PO	QLD R20 PO	SMP R21 PO	SMP R22 PO	SMP R23 PO	SAN Q 10	SAN R24 8	BAT R25 Ret	SUR R26 12	SUR R27 22	PUK R28	PUK R29	PUK R30	PHI R31	PHI R32	PHI R33	SYD R34	SYD R35	SYD R36		46th	288
2016	Team 18	Holden Commodore (VF)	ADE R1	ADE R2	ADE R3	SYM R4	SYM R5	PHI R6	PHI R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	WIN R10 PO	WIN R11 PO	HID R12	HID R13	TOW R14	TOW R15	QLD R16 PO	QLD R17 PO	SMP R18 22	SMP R19 23	SAN Q 14	SAN R20 12	BAT R21 Ret	SUR R22 Ret	SUR R23 7	PUK R24	PUK R25	PUK R26	PUK R27	SYD R28	SYD R29									45th	309
2017	Team 18	Holden Commodore (VF)	ADE R1	ADE R2	SYM R3	SYM R4	PHI R5	PHI R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	WIN R9 PO	WIN R10 PO	HID R11	HID R12	TOW R13	TOW R14	QLD R15 PO	QLD R16 PO	SMP R17	SMP R18	SAN Q 11	SAN R19 8	BAT R20 Ret	SUR R21 Ret	SUR R22 8	PUK R23	PUK R24	NEW R25	NEW R26												51st	270

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2008	Ford Rising Stars Racing	Ford Falcon (BF)	Michael Patrizi	19th	156
2009	Britek Motorsport	Ford Falcon (FG)	Jason Bright	11th	161
2010	Britek Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VE)	David Wall	15th	161
2011	Britek Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VE)	David Wall	14th	161
2012	Kelly Racing	Holden Commodore (VE)	Daniel Gaunt	19th	161
2013	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan Altima L33	Rick Kelly	19th	161
2015	Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport	Holden Commodore (VF)	Tim Blanchard	DNF	78
2016	Team 18	Holden Commodore (VF)	Lee Holdsworth	DNF	2
2017	Team 18	Holden Commodore (VF)	Lee Holdsworth	DNF	76

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References

↑ "2004 Formula 3 Australia Championship". formula3.cc. 27 September 2004. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2006.
↑ Gunther, Briar (3 February 2010). "Three cars, Reindler confirmed for BJR". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
↑ "Reindler: I could feel my face burning - Speedcafe". Archived from the original on 4 May 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2011. Retrieved from Speedcafe 3/5/2011
↑ Reynolds, Emma (5 December 2017). "This is what resilience looks like". NewsComAu. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

External links

Official website
Karl Reindler career summary at DriverDB.com
Karl Reindler profile on US Racing Reference

Sporting positions
Preceded by Michael Caruso	Winner of the Australian Formula 3 Championship 2004	Succeeded by Aaron Caratti
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Dale Wood	Mike Kable Young Gun Award 2008	Succeeded by James Moffat

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[1] "2004 Formula 3 Australia Championship". formula3.cc. 27 September 2004. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2006.

[2] Gunther, Briar (3 February 2010). "Three cars, Reindler confirmed for BJR". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2010.

[3] "Reindler: I could feel my face burning - Speedcafe". Archived from the original on 4 May 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2011. Retrieved from Speedcafe 3/5/2011

[4] Reynolds, Emma (5 December 2017). "This is what resilience looks like". NewsComAu. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

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