Tobias Hegewald

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

Career

Karting Hegewald spent three seasons racing in professional karting, including a fifth 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.

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 two poles, including one at the 2005 Canadian Grand Prix-support race in Montréal.

2006 saw very little improvement for Hegewald, 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.

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. He drove car No. 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.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 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 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 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 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 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 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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

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 VAL1 VAL2 BRN1 BRN2 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 BRH2 DON1 DON2 OSC1 OSC2 IMO1 IMO2 CAT1 CAT2 6th 46 2011 SIL1 SIL2 MAG1 MAG2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BRH1 BRH2 RBR1 RBR2 MON1 MON2 CAT1 CAT2 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 CATFEA CATSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR VALFEA VALSPR SILFEA SILSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR SPAFEA SPASPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 22nd 6