Johannes Theobald

Johannes Marius Theobald (born 22 February 1987 in Stuttgart) is a German former racing driver.

Career

Formula König After spending his early years karting in his native Germany, Theobald made his Formula Racing debut in the entry–level Formula König series in 2003, finishing the year in 12th position. The following season, he scored nine podium places to be classified as runner–up behind Ronny Wechselberger, who won all 14 races in the championship.

Formula Three In 2005, Theobald graduated to the German Formula Three Championship, racing in the same SMS Seyffarth Junior Team as his brother Julian. After failing to start either race at the fourth round at the Lausitzring, he switched from a Renault to a Mercedes–powered Dallara F304 for the remaining races. He scored three points to finish the season in 17th place.

Theobald remained in the series for 2006, but due to budget constraints he competed in the secondary Trophy Class for older specification Dallara chassis. Despite again missing a round of the championship at the Lausitzring, he accumulated three class wins and a further eleven podium places to finish as runner–up behind Latvian Harald Schlegelmilch. In the overall standings, he finished tied on points with Natacha Gachnang and was classified in 14th place on countback.

In 2007, Theobald originally started the season without a drive, but joined Christian Vietoris at Josef Kaufmann Racing for a one-off round at the Nürburgring, finishing the two races in ninth and 11th places respectively.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series In October 2007, Theobald replaced Alessandro Ciompi at Eurointernational for the penultimate round of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series season in Estoril, lining up alongside his brother Julian in the team. He finished the two races in 25th and 19th places respectively.

Formula Two In July 2010, Theobald and his brother both took part in the FIA Formula Two Championship pre-event test at Brands Hatch. Whilst Julian took part in the Brands Hatch meeting, Johannes was unable to compete due to him undergoing his final university exams back in Germany. However, in September 2010, he did make his debut in the series, racing in the penultimate round of the season at Oschersleben.

At the start of 2011, Theobald signed up with his brother to compete in a full season of the series.

Racing record

Career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2003 Formula König ? 14 0 0 0 0 118 12th 2004 Formula König Böhm Motorsport 14 0 0 ? 9 191 2nd 2005 German Formula Three Championship SMS Seyffarth Junior Team 14 0 0 0 0 3 17th 2006 German Formula Three Championship - Trophy SMS Seyffarth Motorsport 18 3 3 1 14 126 2nd German Formula Three Championship 18 0 0 0 0 11 14th 2007 German Formula Three Championship Josef Kaufmann Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC Formula Renault 3.5 Series Eurointernational 2 0 0 0 0 0 37th 2010 FIA Formula Two Championship MotorSport Vision 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2011 FIA Formula Two Championship MotorSport Vision 10 0 0 0 0 1 21st

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 17 18 Pos Points 2010 SIL1 SIL2 MAR1 MAR2 MON1 MON2 ZOL1 ZOL2 ALG1 ALG2 BRH1 BRH2 BRN1 BRN2 OSC1 OSC2 VAL1 VAL2 25th 0 2011 SIL1 SIL2 MAG1 MAG2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BRH1 BRH2 RBR1 RBR2 MON1 MON2 CAT1 CAT2 21st 1