Tobias Hegewald

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Tobias Hegewald
Nationality Flag of Germany.svg German
Born (1989-08-03) 3 August 1989 (age 35)
Neuwied (Germany)
FIA Formula Two Championship
Years active 2009, 2011
Car number18
Starts32
Wins2
Poles3
Fastest laps3
Best finish6th in 2009, 2011
Previous series
2010
2009
2009
2008
200708
200708
200506
2005–06
GP3 Series
FIA Formula Two
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
FPA Autumn Trophy
Formula Renault Eurocup
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Formula BMW ADAC
Formula BMW USA

Tobias Hegewald (born 3 August 1989 in Neuwied) is a German racing driver.

Contents

Career

Karting

Hegewald spent three seasons racing in professional karting, including a 5th place in the 2002 Junior Monaco Kart Cup at ICA Junior level, racing against the likes of Formula Three Euroseries racers Alexander Sims, Jean Karl Vernay, Stefano Coletti and Jules Bianchi and also Sébastien Buemi. [1]

Formula BMW

For 2005, Hegewald moved to open-wheel racing by taking part in both the Formula BMW ADAC series, and the Formula BMW USA series. He finished 20th in the German championship with six points, and finished 15th in the American series, with 22 points and 2 poles, including one at the 2005 Canadian Grand Prix-support race in Montréal. [2]

2006 saw very little improvement for the German, as he finished 13th in the ADAC series, amassing 29 points from 18 races. He again interloped into four rounds of the American series and scored 23 points en route to 14th in that particular championship.

Formula Renault

Hegewald signed for the Oschersleben-based Motorsport Arena team for a dual 2007 campaign in both the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup and in the Formula Renault Eurocup. Compared to a lacklustre Eurocup campaign, Hegewald battled Frank Kechele for the NEC title, and lost out by 79 points – yet Hegewald's three wins and ten podiums were plenty good enough for him to earn second place in the championship.

With the team renamed to Motopark Academy for 2008, Hegewald continued in the two championships, hoping for some title success. His results in the pan-European championship improved and he ended up a creditable fifth in the championship with two podiums, however he was outperformed on numerous occasions by team-mate Valtteri Bottas, who eventually went on to claim the Eurocup after a hard-fought title battle with Daniel Ricciardo, the highly consistent Andrea Caldarelli and Roberto Merhi. In the NEC, Hegewald won only one race out of 14, as he dropped down to third in the championship. Again, Bottas dominated the title race, and Hegewald was also beaten by António Félix da Costa, as Motopark locked out the top four positions in the championship – Johan Jokinen also finished fourth.

Hegewald competed in the second event of the 2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season, replacing Mihai Marinescu at the Interwetten team. The event took place before the start of the 2009 FIA Formula Two Championship season, to which he also committed. [3]

FIA Formula Two Championship

Having competed over the offseason in Formula Palmer Audi, Hegewald signed up to drive in the relaunched FIA Formula Two Championship in 2009. [4] He drove car number 8 in the series, and finished sixth in the championship, including a dominating weekend at Spa, when he took both poles, both fastest laps and both wins. He returned to the championship in 2011 after his GP3 Series campaign.

GP3 Series

Hegewald moved to the new GP3 Series for its inaugural season in 2010. He joined Nigel Melker and Renger van der Zande at RSC Mücke Motorsport. [5]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsaPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsFinal Placing
2005 Formula BMW ADAC ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. 200000620th
Formula BMW USA Atlantic Racing Team402012215th
Formula BMW World Final ASL Team Mücke Motorsport 10000N/A24th
2006 Formula BMW ADAC ADAC Mittelrhein e.V. 1800002913th
Formula BMW USA Mosquito Motorsports400002314th
Formula BMW World Final AIM Autosport10000N/A33
2007 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Motorsport Arena 1400012513th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 14351042972nd
2008 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Motopark Academy 140002715th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Motorsport Arena 14111102603rd
Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy MotorSport Vision 60000637th
2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Interwetten.com 20000033rd
FIA Formula Two Championship MotorSport Vision 162323466th
2010 GP3 Series RSC Mücke Motorsport 160000622nd
Formula 3 Euro Series Motopark Academy 20000116th
2011 FIA Formula Two Championship MotorSport Vision 1600111216th

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year12345678910111213141516PosPoints
2009 VAL
1

Ret
VAL
2

9
BRN
1

15
BRN
2

7
SPA
1

1
SPA
2

1
BRH
1

15
BRH
2

6
DON
1

3
DON
2

6
OSC
1

Ret
OSC
2

6
IMO
1

Ret
IMO
2

4
CAT
1

9
CAT
2

5
6th46
2011 SIL
1

6
SIL
2

4
MAG
1

2
MAG
2

8
SPA
1

4
SPA
2

Ret
NÜR
1

12
NÜR
2

4
BRH
1

3
BRH
2

5
RBR
1

15
RBR
2

6
MON
1

6
MON
2

9
CAT
1

4
CAT
2

11
6th121

Complete GP3 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2010 RSC Mücke Motorsport CAT
FEA

17
CAT
SPR

13
IST
FEA

16
IST
SPR

15
VAL
FEA

9
VAL
SPR

29
SIL
FEA

4
SIL
SPR

6
HOC
FEA

Ret
HOC
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

15
HUN
SPR

Ret
SPA
FEA

11
SPA
SPR

8
MNZ
FEA

10
MNZ
SPR

11
22nd6

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References

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  2. "Formula BMW USA – Round 5 – Montreal – Race". BMW Motorsport. 11 June 2005. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
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  4. "Tobias Hegewald announced as next F2 driver". FIA Formula Two Championship. 15 December 2008. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
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