Karl Reindler

Karl William 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. 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 seventh and tenth on debut. A season-best qualifying happened at the final round at the Silverstone Circuit, qualifying sixth and finishing seventh. 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 third 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.

Reindler continued with the Brad Jones Racing team in 2011, and after a season-best qualifying and finish of sixth and seventh 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.

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

After three 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 sixth 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.

Reindler 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 eighth.

In 2016, Reindler 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 was educated at Wesley College in South Perth. He is married to Olympic sailor Elise Rechichi, and they have two children.

Career results The Holden Commodore (VE) of Karl Reindler at the 2010 Clipsal 500 Adelaide.

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 Lady Wigram Trophy 3rd 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 V8 Supercar Championship Series 56th Ford Falcon (FG) Ford Rising Stars Racing Grand Am Series - GT Class 125th Pontiac GXP.R Matt Connolly Motorsports 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series 43rd Ford Falcon (FG) Stone Brothers Racing 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 International V8 Supercars Championship 42nd Nissan Altima Nissan Motorsport 2014 Australian GT Sports Championship 6th Ginetta G50 GT4 Hogs Breath Cafe 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 Macau Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Quali race Main race 2005 Alan Docking Racing Dallara F305 - Mugen-Honda 17th 17th 13th

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 Australia NEDSPR NEDFEA CZESPR CZEFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA RSASPR RSAFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA GBRSPR GBRSPR 13th 25

Complete Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Rank Points 2008 Matt Connolly Motorsports GT Pontiac GXP.R Pontiac 6.0 L V8 DAY MIA MEX VIR LGA LIM WGL MOH DAY BAR MON JER MIL 125th 16

24 Hours of Daytona results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overallposition Classposition 2008 Matt Connolly Motorsports Hal Prewitt Spencer Trenery Vic Rice Diego Alessi Pontiac GXP.R GT 513 47th 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) ADER1 ADER2 EASR3 EASR4 EASR5 HAMR6 HAMR7 HAMR8 BARR9 BARR10 BARR11 SANR12 SANR13 SANR14 HDVR15 HDVR16 HDVR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 WINR21 WINR22 WINR23 PHIQ PHIR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 SURR28 BHRR29 BHRR30 BHRR31 SYMR32 SYMR33 SYMR34 ORAR35 ORAR36 ORAR37 56th 96 2009 Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon (FG) ADER1 ADER2 HAMR3 HAMR4 WINR5 WINR6 SYMR7 SYMR8 HDVR9 HDVR10 TOWR11 TOWR12 SANR13 SANR14 QLDR15 QLDR16 PHIQ PHIR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SURR21 SURR22 PHIR23 PHIR24 BARR25 BARR26 SYDR27 SYDR28 44th 192 2010 Britek Motorsport Holden Commodore (VE) YMCR1 YMCR2 BHRR3 BHRR4 ADER5 ADER6 HAMR7 HAMR8 QLDR9 QLDR10 WINR11 WINR12 HDVR13 HDVR14 TOWR15 TOWR16 PHIQ PHIR17 BATR18 SURR19 SURR20 SYMR21 SYMR22 SANR23 SANR24 SYDR25 SYDR26 27th 823 2011 Britek Motorsport Holden Commodore (VE) YMCR1 YMCR2 ADER3 ADER4 HAMR5 HAMR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 WINR10 WINR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 TOWR14 TOWR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 QLDR18 PHIQ PHIR19 BATR20 SURR21 SURR22 SYMR23 SYMR24 SANR25 SANR26 SYDR27 SYDR28 25th 1144 2012 Kelly Racing Holden Commodore (VE) ADER1 ADER2 SYMR3 SYMR4 HAMR5 HAMR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 PHIR10 PHIR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 TOWR14 TOWR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 SMPR18 SMPR19 SANQ SANR20 BATR21 SURR22 SURR23 YMCR24 YMCR25 YMCR26 WINR27 WINR28 SYDR29 SYDR30 24th 1147 2013 Nissan Motorsport Nissan Altima L33 ADER1 ADER2 SYMR3 SYMR4 SYMR5 PUKR6 PUKR7 PUKR8 PUKR9 BARR10 BARR11 BARR12 COAR13 COAR14 COAR15 COAR16 HIDR17 HIDR18 HIDR19 TOWR20 TOWR21 QLDR22 QLDR23 QLDR24 WINR25 WINR26 WINR27 SANQ SANR28 BATR29 SURR30 SURR31 PHIR32 PHIR33 PHIR34 SYDR35 SYDR36 42nd 384 2015 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore (VF) ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 WINR10 WINR11 WINR12 HIDR13 HIDR14 HIDR15 TOWR16 TOWR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 SMPR21 SMPR22 SMPR23 SANQ SANR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 PUKR28 PUKR29 PUKR30 PHIR31 PHIR32 PHIR33 SYDR34 SYDR35 SYDR36 46th 288 2016 Team 18 Holden Commodore (VF) ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 PHIR6 PHIR7 BARR8 BARR9 WINR10 WINR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 TOWR14 TOWR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 SMPR18 SMPR19 SANQ SANR20 BATR21 SURR22 SURR23 PUKR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SYDR28 SYDR29 45th 309 2017 Team 18 Holden Commodore (VF) ADER1 ADER2 SYMR3 SYMR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 BARR7 BARR8 WINR9 WINR10 HIDR11 HIDR12 TOWR13 TOWR14 QLDR15 QLDR16 SMPR17 SMPR18 SANQ SANR19 BATR20 SURR21 SURR22 PUKR23 PUKR24 NEWR25 NEWR26 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

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overallposition Classposition 2014 Griffith Corporation Daniel Gaunt Mark Griffith Ginetta G50 GT4 C 181 DNF 2019 Ginetta Australia Aaron Love Jimmy Vernon Brad Schumacher Ginetta G55 GT4 C 266 22nd 3rd

Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2017 CXC Global/CGR Performance Andrew Richmond Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X RS A1 113 5th 5th