Английская Википедия:Alexander Wurz

Walk of Fame – Le Mans, Handprints and signatures from the winners of the 1996 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Alexander Georg Wurz (Шаблон:IPA-de; born 15 February 1974) is an Austrian former professional racing driver, driver training expert and businessman. He competed in Formula One from Шаблон:F1 until Шаблон:F1, and is also a two-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours.

He is currently under contract to race for the Toyota factory racing team in the WEC (World Endurance Championship). In Formula One, he is a commentator for TV and media, as well as being Williams F1 Team's driver coach,Шаблон:Citation needed chairman of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association,^[1] and occasionally a driver steward.

Career

Cycling

Born in Waidhofen an der Thaya, Wurz competed in cycling events in his youth, and won the BMX World Championship in 1986 at the age of 12. In 2000, Wurz started a mountain bike team with his countryman Markus Rainer. The team, Rainer-Wurz.com, is sponsored by sponsors McLaren, Siemens, and Cannondale, and has won the World Cup several times.Шаблон:Citation needed In the early 2000s, niche bicycle brand Katarga presented a limited edition high-end mountain bike called the Alexander Wurz EVO SL, whose frame prominently featured Wurz's autograph.^[2]

Auto racing

Early career

Like most Formula One drivers, Wurz's motorsport career began with karting. In 1991, Wurz drove in Formula Ford. In 1993, he switched to the German Formula Three Championship. During his time in Formula 3, Wurz crashed out of the lead at a race at AVUS in 1995 after a collision with the safety car.^[3] From 1996, Wurz drove an Opel Calibra for the Joest Racing touring car team in the DTM. Also in 1996, Wurz, together with Davy Jones and Manuel Reuter, won the Le Mans 24 Hours and in so doing became the youngest ever winner of the 24-hour race, a record he still holds.^[4]

Formula One

Benetton (1997–2000)

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Wurz at the 1997 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

Wurz's Formula One debut was on 15 June 1997 at Montreal for Benetton filling in for fellow Austrian Gerhard Berger, who could not race due to illness.^[5] Wurz achieved a podium position in his third race (1997 British Grand Prix) before returning to being a test driver upon Berger's return to the cockpit at the German Grand Prix, which Berger won.

Wurz was given a full-time race seat for the 1998 season with Benetton and spent three more seasons at the team, partnered each year by Giancarlo Fisichella. In 1998, he outscored Fisichella by one point to finish joint 7th in the driver's championship together with Heinz-Harald Frentzen. At the 1998 Monaco Grand Prix, he was running second ahead of Michael Schumacher for a brief period, but his hopes of a podium finish were ruined when Schumacher collided with him when tried to pass at Loews hairpin. The collision broke his suspension, causing him to spin off and crash at the Nouvelle Chicane exiting the tunnel.

The 1999 season was a disappointment for both drivers with the uncompetitive B199 (although Fisichella scored a podium in Canada). In the 2000 season, Wurz scored points only at the Italian Grand Prix, while Fisichella scored podium finishes three times. For 2001, Benetton's last season before its transformation into Renault, he was replaced with Jenson Button.

Testing (2001–2006)

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Wurz testing for Williams at Silverstone in Шаблон:F1.

In Шаблон:F1, Wurz was a test driver for McLaren. In Шаблон:F1 he was almost promoted as race driver for McLaren to replace Mika Häkkinen but he remained as test driver after Kimi Räikkönen took over.

In April 2005, with Juan Pablo Montoya injured, Wurz drove for McLaren in the 2005 San Marino Grand Prix, finishing fourth in the race, but taking third place after both BAR-Honda drivers were disqualified. This gave him the record for the longest interval between podium finishes at eight years.

Since signing to McLaren as test driver, Wurz had been eager to return to racing. At various times, rumours linked him to a return to a full race seat. In Шаблон:F1 he was strongly linked to a race seat at Jaguar, where the under-fire Antônio Pizzonia was struggling. However, McLaren were struggling with their abortive new car and blocked the move to retain Wurz as a development driver.Шаблон:Citation needed Jaguar then decided to give Pizzonia more time to prove himself, before drafting in Justin Wilson.

Williams (2007)

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Wurz at the 2007 Malaysian Grand Prix.

Wurz signed a deal with WilliamsF1 to become the team's official test and reserve driver at the beginning of 2006. He drove the third car at all Friday sessions in Шаблон:F1. It was announced on 3 August 2006 that Wurz would replace Mark Webber as a race driver at Williams for the Шаблон:F1 season. This was Wurz's first full-time race drive since 2000, and his teammate was Nico Rosberg. At the Monaco GP on 27 May 2007, Wurz scored his first points for Williams, finishing in 7th place after qualifying 11th. He came third for the third time in his F1 career at the Canadian Grand Prix on 10 June 2007, having started 19th on the grid in an action packed race. He nearly repeated this at the European Grand Prix, but was unable to overtake Mark Webber at the final chicane. That race turned out to be Wurz's last points finish. On 8 October 2007 he announced his immediate retirement from Formula One, meaning that the 2007 Chinese Grand Prix was his final race.^[6] He cited doubts over his own commitment as the main reason for his departure.^[7] He was replaced by Williams test driver Kazuki Nakajima for the final race of the 2007 season in Brazil.^[8]

Honda and Brawn GP (2008–2009)

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Wurz demonstrating a Honda RA108 at the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Wurz was the Honda F1 test driver for the 2008 Formula One season,^[9] a role he kept when the team became Brawn GP in Шаблон:F1.^[10]

Williams (2012)

For the 2012 Formula One season, Wurz rejoined the Williams F1 Team, this time to guide the team's inexperienced drivers Bruno Senna and Pastor Maldonado.^[11]

Sportscars

Wurz signed with Peugeot to be part of their driving squad for the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans and he also participated 1000km of Spa in the Le Mans Series.

In 2009, together with Marc Gené and David Brabham, he took outright victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours, driving a works Peugeot.^[12] The 13-year gap between Wurz's victories is the largest in the event's history.^[4] Together with his victory in 2010 of the 12hrs race of Sebring with Marc Gené and Anthony Davidson and his victory of the 1000 miles race of Road Atlanta with Stéphane Sarrazin and Franck Montagny in 2011 it made him win the 3 big Sportscar Classic Races in a Peugeot 908.^[13]^[14] Wurz continued to race for Peugeot Sport Total through 2010 and 2011, though no further Le Mans wins were forthcoming. In November 2011, Toyota Motorsports confirmed Wurz as one of their factory drivers for the companies planned return to the 24 Heures du Mans in 2012.^[15] Wurz will drive their new LMP1 Hybrid Prototype alongside Nicolas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima.^[16]

Rallycross

In May 2018 Wurz announced that he would follow in the footsteps of his father by making his competitive rallycross debut at the FIA World Rallycross Championship's World RX of Norway at Lånkebanen the following month, driving a Ford Fiesta Supercar for MJP Racing Team Austria.^[17]

Road safety

Wurz is involved in many projects regarding road safety and driver education and training. In 2006, he and his father founded the company Test and Training International, a leader in the field of road safety and driver training. He also works closely with the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile), since 2011 as an operating partner of the FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy.

Medical car driver

In the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Wurz drove the medical car after regular driver Jacques Tropenat fell ill.^[18]

Team management

Team Superfund

Wurz lodged an entry for his own team into Formula One (announced on 31 May 2009) but the application was unsuccessful. Team Superfund was one of several new applicants hoping to compete in the sport from the 2010 season onwards. It was believed that Wurz would prefer to align the team with an existing constructor based in the UK, perhaps renting space, facilities and staff from its factory, while Superfund takes time to build up its own headquarters, possibly based on existing resources in Austria.^[19] The team would have been funded by Christian Baha, the owner of the Superfund Group, and the cars would be powered by Cosworth engines.

Personal life

Wurz is the second son of former rallycross driver Franz Wurz, who won the European Rallycross Championship in 1974, 1976 and 1982.

Wurz resides in Monaco, is married to Julia Horden and has three sons: Charlie (also a racing driver), Felix and Oscar.^[20]^[21] He used to race with different coloured boots on each foot,Шаблон:Citation needed but since his return to racing in 2007, he wears matching pairs. On 10 November 2015 Wurz announced via his Twitter that after 20 years he would retire from racing.^[22]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1992	German Formula Ford 1600	Walter Lechner Racing School	9	5	5	3	9	170^[23]	1st
1993	Austria Formula 3 Cup	RSM Marko	?	?	?	?	?	?	1st
	German Formula 3 Championship		16	0	0	0	0	27	13th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	17th
1994	German Formula 3 Championship	G+M Escom Motorsport	19	3	1	3	12	219	2nd
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	15th
	Grand Prix de Monaco F3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	26th
1995	German Formula 3 Championship	G+M Escom Motorsport	15	0	0	0	3	74	6th
	British Formula 3 Championship		1	0	0	0	0	4	21st
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
	Grand Prix de Monaco F3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
1996	International Touring Car Championship	Opel Team Joest	20	0	0	1	0	43	16th
1996	24 Hours of Le Mans	Joest Racing	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
1997	Formula One	Mild Seven Benetton Renault	3	0	0	0	1	4	14th
1997	FIA GT Championship	AMG Mercedes	10	1	5	4	3	25	10th
1998	Formula One	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	16	0	0	1	0	17	8th
1999	Formula One	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	16	0	0	0	0	3	13th
2000	Formula One	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	17	0	0	0	0	2	15th
2001	Formula One	West McLaren Mercedes	Test driver
2002	Formula One	West McLaren Mercedes	Test driver
2003	Formula One	West McLaren Mercedes	Test driver
2004	Formula One	West McLaren Mercedes	Test driver
2005	Formula One	West McLaren Mercedes Team McLaren Mercedes	1	0	0	0	1	6	17th
2006	Formula One	Williams F1 Team	Test driver
2007	Formula One	AT&T Williams	16	0	0	0	1	13	11th
2008	Formula One	Honda Racing F1 Team	Test driver
2008	24 Hours of Le Mans	Team Peugeot Total	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2009	Formula One	Brawn GP F1 Team	Test driver
2009	24 Hours of Le Mans	Team Peugeot Total	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
2010	Le Mans Series	Team Peugeot Total	1	0	0	0	0	11	31st
2010	24 Hours of Le Mans	Team Peugeot Total	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2011	American Le Mans Series	Peugeot Sport Total	2	1	0	0	1	N/A	NC
	Le Mans Series		1	1	0	0	1	N/A	NC
	Intercontinental Le Mans Cup		4	2	0	0	2	N/A	N/A
	24 Hours of Le Mans		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2012	FIA World Endurance Championship	Toyota Racing	6	3	3	0	4	96	3rd
2012	24 Hours of Le Mans	Toyota Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2013	FIA World Endurance Championship	Toyota Racing	6	1	3	0	2	69.5	4th
2013	24 Hours of Le Mans	Toyota Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2014	FIA World Endurance Championship	Toyota Racing	8	1	2	0	5	116	5th
2014	24 Hours of Le Mans	Toyota Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2015	FIA World Endurance Championship	Toyota Racing	8	0	0	0	1	79	6th
2015	24 Hours of Le Mans	Toyota Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
2016	IMSA SportsCar Championship	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	1	0	0	0	0	27	27th
2018	World Rallycross Championship	MJP Racing Team Austria	2	0	0	0	0	0	29th
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Complete International Touring Car Championship results

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

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	Шаблон:Tooltip	Pts
1996	Opel Team Joest	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	HOC 1 Шаблон:Small	HOC 2 Шаблон:Small	NÜR 1 Шаблон:Small	NÜR 2 Шаблон:Small	EST 1 Шаблон:Small	EST 2 Шаблон:Small	HEL 1 Шаблон:Small	HEL 2 Шаблон:Small	NOR 1 Шаблон:Small	NOR 2 Шаблон:Small	DIE 1 Шаблон:Small	DIE 2 Шаблон:Small	SIL 1 Шаблон:Small	SIL 2 Шаблон:Small	NÜR 1 Шаблон:Small	NÜR 2 Шаблон:Small	MAG 1 Шаблон:Small	MAG 2 Шаблон:Small	MUG 1 Шаблон:Small	MUG 2 Шаблон:Small	HOC 1 Шаблон:Small	HOC 2 Шаблон:Small	INT 1	INT 2	SUZ 1	SUZ 2	16th	43
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Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	WDC	Points
Шаблон:F1	Mild Seven Benetton Renault	Benetton B197	Renault RS9 3.0 V10	AUS	BRA	ARG	SMR	MON	ESP	CAN Шаблон:Small	FRA Шаблон:Small	GBR Шаблон:Small	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	AUT	LUX	JPN	EUR			14th	4
Шаблон:F1	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	Benetton B198	Playlife GC37-01 3.0 V10	AUS Шаблон:Small	BRA Шаблон:Small	ARG Шаблон:Small	SMR Шаблон:Small	ESP Шаблон:Small	MON Шаблон:Small	CAN Шаблон:Small	FRA Шаблон:Small	GBR Шаблон:Small	AUT Шаблон:Small	GER Шаблон:Small	HUN Шаблон:Small^†	BEL Шаблон:Small	ITA Шаблон:Small	LUX Шаблон:Small	JPN Шаблон:Small				8th	17
Шаблон:F1	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	Benetton B199	Playlife FB01 3.0 V10	AUS Шаблон:Small	BRA Шаблон:Small	SMR Шаблон:Small	MON Шаблон:Small	ESP Шаблон:Small	CAN Шаблон:Small	FRA Шаблон:Small	GBR Шаблон:Small	AUT Шаблон:Small	GER Шаблон:Small	HUN Шаблон:Small	BEL Шаблон:Small	ITA Шаблон:Small	EUR Шаблон:Small	MAL Шаблон:Small	JPN Шаблон:Small				13th	3
Шаблон:F1	Mild Seven Benetton Playlife	Benetton B200	Playlife FB02 3.0 V10	AUS Шаблон:Small	BRA Шаблон:Small	SMR Шаблон:Small	GBR Шаблон:Small	ESP Шаблон:Small	EUR Шаблон:Small^†	MON Шаблон:Small	CAN Шаблон:Small	FRA Шаблон:Small	AUT Шаблон:Small	GER Шаблон:Small	HUN Шаблон:Small	BEL Шаблон:Small	ITA Шаблон:Small	USA Шаблон:Small	JPN Шаблон:Small	MAL Шаблон:Small			15th	2
Шаблон:F1	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-20	Mercedes FO 110R 3.0 V10	AUS	MAL	BHR Шаблон:Small	SMR Шаблон:Small	ESP	MON Шаблон:Small	EUR Шаблон:Small	CAN	USA	FRA	GBR	GER Шаблон:Small								17th	6
Шаблон:F1	Team McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-20	Mercedes FO 110R 3.0 V10													HUN Шаблон:Small	TUR	ITA	BEL Шаблон:Small	BRA Шаблон:Small	JPN	CHN	17th	6
Шаблон:F1	Williams F1 Team	Williams FW28	Cosworth CA2006 2.4 V8	BHR Шаблон:Small	MAL Шаблон:Small	AUS Шаблон:Small	SMR Шаблон:Small	EUR Шаблон:Small	ESP Шаблон:Small	MON Шаблон:Small	GBR Шаблон:Small	CAN Шаблон:Small	USA Шаблон:Small	FRA Шаблон:Small	GER Шаблон:Small	HUN Шаблон:Small	TUR Шаблон:Small	ITA Шаблон:Small	CHN Шаблон:Small	JPN Шаблон:Small	BRA Шаблон:Small		–	–
Шаблон:F1	AT&T Williams	Williams FW29	Toyota RVX-07 2.4 V8	AUS Шаблон:Small	MAL Шаблон:Small	BHR Шаблон:Small	ESP Шаблон:Small	MON Шаблон:Small	CAN Шаблон:Small	USA Шаблон:Small	FRA Шаблон:Small	GBR Шаблон:Small	EUR Шаблон:Small	HUN Шаблон:Small	TUR Шаблон:Small	ITA Шаблон:Small	BEL Шаблон:Small	JPN Шаблон:Small	CHN Шаблон:Small	BRA			11th	13
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Sports car racing

Le Mans 24 Hours results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
Шаблон:24hLM	Шаблон:Flagicon Joest Racing	Шаблон:Flagicon Davy Jones Шаблон:Flagicon Manuel Reuter	TWR Porsche WSC-95	LMP1	354	1st	1st
Шаблон:24hLM	Шаблон:Flagicon Team Peugeot Total	Шаблон:Flagicon Stéphane Sarrazin Шаблон:Flagicon Pedro Lamy	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	368	5th	5th
Шаблон:24hLM	Шаблон:Flagicon Team Peugeot Total	Шаблон:Flagicon David Brabham Шаблон:Flagicon Marc Gené	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	382	1st	1st
Шаблон:24hLM	Шаблон:Flagicon Team Peugeot Total	Шаблон:Flagicon Marc Gené Шаблон:Flagicon Anthony Davidson	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	LMP1	360	DNF	DNF
Шаблон:24hLM	Шаблон:Flagicon Peugeot Sport Total	Шаблон:Flagicon Anthony Davidson Шаблон:Flagicon Marc Gené	Peugeot 908	LMP1	351	4th	4th
Шаблон:24hLM	Шаблон:Flagicon Toyota Racing	Шаблон:Flagicon Nicolas Lapierre Шаблон:Flagicon Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota TS030 Hybrid	LMP1	134	DNF	DNF
Шаблон:24hLM	Шаблон:Flagicon Toyota Racing	Шаблон:Flagicon Nicolas Lapierre Шаблон:Flagicon Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota TS030 Hybrid	LMP1	341	4th	4th
Шаблон:24hLM	Шаблон:Flagicon Toyota Racing	Шаблон:Flagicon Stéphane Sarrazin Шаблон:Flagicon Kazuki Nakajima	Toyota TS040 Hybrid	LMP1-H	219	DNF	DNF
Шаблон:24hLM	Шаблон:Flagicon Toyota Racing	Шаблон:Flagicon Stéphane Sarrazin Шаблон:Flagicon Mike Conway	Toyota TS040 Hybrid	LMP1	387	6th	6th
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Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	Rank	Points
2010	Team Peugeot Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	LEC	SPA Шаблон:Small	ALG	HUN	SIL	31st	11
2011	Peugeot Sport Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908	Peugeot HDI 3.7 L Turbo V8 (Diesel)	LEC	SPA¹ Шаблон:Small	IMO	SIL	EST	NC	N/A
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¹ Driver run for the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, no points awarded for the Le Mans Series.

American Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points	Ref
2010	Team Peugeot Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908 HDi FAP	Peugeot HDi 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	SEB Шаблон:Small	LNB	MON	UTA	LIM	MID	AME	MOS	PET Шаблон:Small	NC	–	^[24]
2011	Peugeot Sport Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908	Peugeot HDI 3.7 L Turbo V8 (Diesel)	SEB¹ Шаблон:Small	LBH	LIM	MOS	MDO	RDA	BAL	MON	PET¹ Шаблон:Small	NC	N/A	^[25]

¹ Driver run for the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, no points awarded for the American Le Mans Series.

Intercontinental Le Mans Cup results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Ref
2011	Peugeot Sport Total	LMP1	Peugeot 908	Peugeot HDI 3.7 L Turbo V8 (Diesel)	SEB Шаблон:Small	SPA Шаблон:Small	LMS Шаблон:Small	IMO	SIL	PET Шаблон:Small	ZHU	^[26]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2012	Toyota Racing	LMP1	Toyota TS030 Hybrid	Toyota 3.4 L V8 (Hybrid)	SEB	SPA	LMS Шаблон:Small	SIL Шаблон:Small	SÃO Шаблон:Small	BHR Шаблон:Small	FUJ Шаблон:Small	SHA Шаблон:Small	3rd	96
2013	Toyota Racing	LMP1	Toyota TS030 Hybrid	Toyota 3.4 L V8 (Hybrid)	SIL Шаблон:Small	SPA Шаблон:Small	LMS Шаблон:Small	SÃO	COA	FUJ Шаблон:Small	SHA Шаблон:Small	BHR Шаблон:Small	4th	69.5
2014	Toyota Racing	LMP1	Toyota TS040 Hybrid	Toyota 3.7 L V8 (Hybrid)	SIL Шаблон:Small	SPA Шаблон:Small	LMS Шаблон:Small	COA Шаблон:Small	FUJ Шаблон:Small	SHA Шаблон:Small	BHR Шаблон:Small	SÃO Шаблон:Small	5th	116
2015	Toyota Racing	LMP1	Toyota TS040 Hybrid	Toyota 3.7 L V8 (Hybrid)	SIL Шаблон:Small	SPA Шаблон:Small	LMS Шаблон:Small	NÜR Шаблон:Small	COA Шаблон:Small	FUJ Шаблон:Small	SHA Шаблон:Small	BHR Шаблон:Small	6th	79
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Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results