Andreas Zuber

Andreas "Andi" Zuber (born 9 October 1983 in Judenburg, Austria) is a former motor racing driver. An Austrian by birth, he is based in Dubai and once raced under a licence issued by the United Arab Emirates.

Career

Formula König Despite beginning his karting career in 1998, 2000 saw his debut in the Formula König championship with Team Böhm Sport. Zuber finished twelfth in the championship with 39 points.

Formula Renault The following season, Zuber competed in both the Formula Renault 2.0 Germany and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championships for Motopark Academy. He finished sixth in the German series standings. In the Eurocup, he took 54th place in the championship, with a best finish of seventeenth at the A1-Ring.

For 2002, Zuber remained in the German championship with Motopark Academy. He finished second behind Dutch driver Ferdinand Kool in final standings. Also he was a guest driver at the Oschersleben round of the Eurocup.

Formula Three Zuber moved on to new-for-2003 Formula 3 Euro Series with Team Rosberg. He finished in 24th place in the standings with two points scored for seventh place in the first race at Le Mans.

Zuber continued in the F3 Euroseries in 2004 with Team Rosberg, finishing 21st without scoring a point, with a ninth place at Brno being his best result.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series Zuber drove for Carlin Motorsport in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2005, finishing sixth in the championship with one win at Estoril and pole position at Valencia apiece.

GP2 Series Zuber switched to the GP2 Series for 2006 for the new Trident Racing team, where he partnered Gianmaria Bruni. After a slow start to his championship, he took his first race victory in the formula at the penultimate race meeting of the season at the Istanbul Park track, in which he was the only driver to hold off Lewis Hamilton, after the eventual champion spun early in the race but climbed back up to second position. This win complemented Bruni's two triumphs earlier in the year and established Zuber in fourteenth position in the championship.

Zuber moved to iSport International for 2007, where he was paired with Timo Glock. He took a perfect result of pole position, win and fastest lap at the Silverstone feature race, but his overall season was inconsistent and he finished ninth in the championship, compared to Glock's championship-winning campaign. The team-mates also collided with one another when accelerating away from the grid at the start of the Magny-Cours feature race, after starting from the front row.

For 2008, Zuber switched to the Piquet Sports team alongside Pastor Maldonado. Four podium finishes saw him repeat his ninth place in the championship of the previous year, but he failed to achieve a race victory for the first time in the category. He was also outperformed by Maldonado, who finished fifth overall with almost double the number of points. He was not helped by failing to score any points in the final seven races of the season, a run which included disqualification from third place at the Spa-Francorchamps for a technical infringement that both he and the team considered to be particularly unfair. Zuber also drove in the first two rounds of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season for the FMS International team, after which he was replaced by Rodolfo González.

Zuber returned to FMS for the 2009 GP2 Series season, where he was partnered by Luiz Razia. Despite scoring more podium finishes, the year was unstable off-track: first Giancarlo Fisichella's stake in the team was bought back by the Coloni family, its original founder and owner; then the outfit missed the eighth round of the championship after its cars were impounded as a result of court proceedings initiated by driver Andy Soucek, who had briefly been employed by FMS. Zuber eventually wound up in thirteenth place overall.

Superleague Formula Zuber has also represented Al Ain in the Superleague Formula, a championship in which the cars represent different football teams.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F.Laps Podiums Points Position 2000 Formula König Böhm Motorsport 8 0 0 0 0 39 12th 2001 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Motopark Academy 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC Formula Renault 2.0 Germany 8 0 0 0 0 81 6th 2002 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup Motopark Academy 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Formula Renault 2.0 Germany 14 0 0 0 2 120 11th Italian Formula Three Championship Team Ghinzani 1 0 1 0 0 3 12th 2003 Formula 3 Euro Series Team Rosberg 20 0 0 0 0 2 24th Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 26th 2004 Formula 3 Euro Series Team Rosberg 20 0 0 0 0 0 NC Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 25th Spanish Formula Three Championship - Winter Series ? 2 0 0 0 1 0 NC Central European Zone Championship - Formula 3 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1st 2005 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Carlin Motorsport 16 1 1 4 4 73 6th 2006 GP2 Series Trident Racing 21 1 0 1 1 12 14th 2007 GP2 Series iSport International 20 1 1 2 3 30 9th Formula One Super Aguri F1 Team Test Driver 2008 GP2 Series Piquet Sports 20 0 0 2 4 32 9th Superleague Formula Al Ain Azerti Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 244 12th 2008-09 GP2 Asia Series Fisichella Motor Sport International 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2009 GP2 Series Fisichella Motor Sport International 18 0 0 0 3 21 13th 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship Phoenix Racing / Carsport 4 1 1 1 2 26 23rd EuroBOSS Series Zele Racing 2 2 2 2 2 40 3rd 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship Exim Bank Team China 4 0 0 0 2 19 20th ADAC GT Masters Primajob Team Heico 16 0 0 0 3 104 6th 2012 FIA GT1 World Championship Exim Bank Team China 9 0 0 0 0 1 22nd Dubai 24 Hour Team Heico 1 0 0 0 1 0 2nd 2013 FIA GT Series Sébastien Loeb Racing 12 0 0 0 2 61 8th Dubai 24 Hour MRS GT-Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 12th

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Germany results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 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 DC Points 2001 Motopark Academy MNZ BRNMAGSIL ZOLHUN A1R NÜRJAREST 54th 0 2002 Motopark AcademyMAGSILJARANDOSCSPAIMODONEST NC 0

Complete Italian Formula Three Championship results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2002 Team Ghinzani Dallara F302 Mugen-HondaVLLMISPERMNZVARIMOBINMUGMAG 13th 3

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results (key)

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 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 17 DC Points 2005 Carlin Motorsport ZOL1 ZOL2 MON1 VAL1 VAL2 LMS1 LMS2 BIL1 BIL2 OSC1 OSC2 DON1 DON2 EST1 EST2 MNZ1 MNZ2 6th 73

Complete GP2 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 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points 2006 Trident Racing VALFEA VALSPR IMOFEA IMOSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA SILFEA SILSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 14th 12 2007 iSport International BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SPAFEA SPASPR VALFEA VALSPR 9th 30 2008 Piquet Sports CATFEA CATSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MONFEA MONSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR VALFEA VALSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 9th 32 2009 FMSI CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MONSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR 13th 21 PartyPokerRacing.com SC VALFEA VALSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR ALGFEA ALGSPR

Complete GP2 Asia Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Superleague Formula Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Pts 2008 Al AinAzerti Motorsport DON1 DON2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZOL1 ZOL2 EST1 EST2 VLL1 VLL2 JER1 JER2 12th* 244* Al Ain FC overall standing. There is no drivers' championship in the Superleague Formula.

FIA GT competition results

GT1 World Championship results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points 2010 Phoenix Racing/Carsport Corvette C6.R ABUQR1 ABUCR2 SILQR11 SILCRRet BRNQR BRNCR PRIQR PRICR SPAQR SPACR NÜRQR NÜRCR ALGQR ALGCR NAVQR NAVCR INTQR INTCR SANQR SANCR 23rd 26 2011 Exim Bank Team China Corvette C6.R ABUQR ABUCR ZOLQR ZOLCR ALGQR ALGCR SACQR SACCR SILQR3 SILCR3 NAVQR NAVCR PRIQRRet PRICRRet ORDQR ORDCR BEIQR BEICR SANQR SANCR 20th 19 2012 Valmon Racing Team Russia Aston Martin DBRS9 NOGQR13 NOGCR13 ZOLQRRet ZOLCR15 NAVQR15 NAVQR13 27th 1 Exim Bank Team China Porsche 911 GT3-R SVKQRDNS SVKCRDNS ALGQR9 ALGCR10 Sunred Ford GT GT3 SVKQRDNS SVKCRRet MOSQR MOSCR NURQR NURCR DONQR DONCR

FIA GT Series results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points 2013 Sébastien Loeb Racing McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Pro NOGQR10 NOGCR11 ZOLQR4 ZOLCR4 ZANQR6 ZANQR15 SVKQR4 SVKCR7 NAVQR5 NAVCR2 BAKQRRet BAKCRRet 8th 61