Tobias Hegewald

Tobias Hegewald
Tobias Hegewald
Nationality	German
Born	3 August 1989 (age 34); Neuwied (Germany)
FIA Formula Two Championship
Years active	2009, 2011
Car number	18
Starts	32
Wins	2
Poles	3
Fastest laps	3
Best finish	6th in 2009, 2011
Previous series
2010 ; 2009 ; 2009 ; 2008; 2007–08 ; 2007–08 ; 2005–06 ; 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

Last updated March 06, 2024

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

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

Season	Series	Team	Races	Winsa	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Final Placing
2005	Formula BMW ADAC	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.	20	0	0	0	0	6	20th
	Formula BMW USA	Atlantic Racing Team	4	0	2	0	1	22	15th
	Formula BMW World Final	ASL Team Mücke Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	24th
2006	Formula BMW ADAC	ADAC Mittelrhein e.V.	18	0	0	0	0	29	13th
	Formula BMW USA	Mosquito Motorsports	4	0	0	0	0	23	14th
	Formula BMW World Final	AIM Autosport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	33
2007	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Motorsport Arena	14	0	0	0	1	25	13th
2007	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Motorsport Arena	14	3	5	10	4	297	2nd
2008	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Motopark Academy	14	0	0	0	2	71	5th
	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	Motorsport Arena	14	1	1	1	10	260	3rd
	Formula Palmer Audi Autumn Trophy	MotorSport Vision	6	0	0	0	0	63	7th
2009	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Interwetten.com	2	0	0	0	0	0	33rd
2009	FIA Formula Two Championship	MotorSport Vision	16	2	3	2	3	46	6th
2010	GP3 Series	RSC Mücke Motorsport	16	0	0	0	0	6	22nd
2010	Formula 3 Euro Series	Motopark Academy	2	0	0	0	0	1	16th
2011	FIA Formula Two Championship	MotorSport Vision	16	0	0	1	1	121	6th

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

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

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
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	6th	46
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	6th	121

Complete GP3 Series 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	DC	Points
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	22nd	6

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References

↑ "2002 Junior Monaco Kart Cup – INTERCONTINENTAL-A / JUNIOR Final Ranking". CIK-FIA. Archived from the original on 5 December 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
↑ "Formula BMW USA – Round 5 – Montreal – Race". BMW Motorsport. 11 June 2005. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
↑ "Hegewald joins Interwetten for Spa". autosport.com. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
↑ "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.
↑ "Team RSC Mücke Motorsport completes GP3 line-up with Tobias Hegewald". GP3 Series . GP2 Motorsport Limited. 25 March 2010. Archived from the original on 10 April 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2010.

External links

Tobias Hegewald's official website
Tobias Hegewald career summary at DriverDB.com

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[1] "2002 Junior Monaco Kart Cup – INTERCONTINENTAL-A / JUNIOR Final Ranking". CIK-FIA. Archived from the original on 5 December 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2009.

[2] "Formula BMW USA – Round 5 – Montreal – Race". BMW Motorsport. 11 June 2005. Retrieved 5 March 2009.

[3] "Hegewald joins Interwetten for Spa". autosport.com. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2009.

[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.

[5] "Team RSC Mücke Motorsport completes GP3 line-up with Tobias Hegewald". GP3 Series . GP2 Motorsport Limited. 25 March 2010. Archived from the original on 10 April 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2010.

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