Andreas Zuber


Andreas "Andi" Zuber is a motor racing driver. An Austrian by birth, he 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, the Austrian driver 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.
He 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

He 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

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2003Team RosbergDallara F303/006Spiess-OpelHOC1
1
17
HOC1
2
9
ADR
1
18
ADR
2
23
PAU
1
20
PAU
2
DNS
NOR
1
Ret
NOR
2
13
LMS
1
7
LMS
2
13
NÜR
1
22
NÜR
2
Ret
A1R
1
9
A1R
2
Ret
ZAN
1
13
ZAN
2
12
HOC2
1
Ret
HOC2
2
21
MAG
1
25
MAG
2
Ret
24th2
2004Team RosbergDallara F303/005Spiess-OpelHOC1
1
19
HOC1
2
Ret
EST
1
21
EST
2
Ret
ADR
1
20
ADR
1
Ret
PAU
1
Ret
PAU
2
Ret
NOR
1
Ret
NOR
1
Ret
MAG
1
20
MAG
2
Ret
NÜR
1
19
NÜR
2
16
ZAN
1
23
ZAN
2
Ret
BRN
1
12
BRN
2
9
HOC2
1
Ret
HOC2
2
10
21st0

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

YearEntrant1234567891011121314151617DCPoints
2005Carlin MotorsportZOL
1
2
ZOL
2
2
MON
1
DNS
VAL
1
Ret
VAL
2

10
LMS
1
7
LMS
2
8
BIL
1

22
BIL
2

16
OSC
1
3
OSC
2

10
DON
1
19
DON
2
Ret
EST
1

1
EST
2
7
MNZ
1
Ret
MNZ
2
5
6th73

Complete GP2 Series results

YearEntrant123456789101112131415161718192021DCPoints
2006Trident RacingVAL
FEA
Ret
VAL
SPR
13
IMO
FEA
Ret
IMO
SPR
8
NÜR
FEA
14
NÜR
SPR
Ret
CAT
FEA
Ret
CAT
SPR
11
MON
FEA
5
SIL
FEA
Ret
SIL
SPR
Ret
MAG
FEA
Ret
MAG
SPR
18
HOC
FEA
Ret
HOC
SPR
14
HUN
FEA
14
HUN
SPR
9
IST
FEA
7
IST
SPR
1
MNZ
FEA
Ret
MNZ
SPR
Ret
14th12
2007iSport InternationalBHR
FEA
3
BHR
SPR
Ret
CAT
FEA
DNS
CAT
SPR
9
MON
FEA
Ret
MAG
FEA
Ret
MAG
SPR
15
SIL
FEA

1
SIL
SPR
6
NÜR
FEA
Ret
NÜR
SPR
21
HUN
FEA
3
HUN
SPR
6
IST
FEA
Ret
IST
SPR

14
MNZ
FEA
Ret
MNZ
SPR
5
SPA
FEA
18
SPA
SPR
12
VAL
FEA
12
VAL
SPR
12
9th30
2008Piquet SportsCAT
FEA
3
CAT
SPR
Ret
IST
FEA

3
IST
SPR
Ret
MON
FEA
11
MON
SPR
17
MAG
FEA
5
MAG
SPR
8
SIL
FEA
7
SIL
SPR
11
HOC
FEA
11
HOC
SPR
2
HUN
FEA
2
HUN
SPR
7
VAL
FEA
Ret
VAL
SPR
Ret
SPA
FEA
DSQ
SPA
SPR
Ret
MNZ
FEA
Ret
MNZ
SPR
10
9th32
2009Fisichella Motor SportCAT
FEA
Ret
CAT
SPR
Ret
MON
FEA
3
MON
SPR
5
IST
FEA
9
IST
SPR
19
SIL
FEA
8
SIL
SPR
2
NÜR
FEA
3
NÜR
SPR
Ret
HUN
FEA
Ret
HUN
SPR
17
13th21
2009PartyPokerRacing.com
Scuderia Coloni
VAL
FEA
16
VAL
SPR
Ret
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
12
MNZ
SPR
Ret
ALG
FEA
8
ALG
SPR
12
13th21

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

YearEntrant123456789101112DCPoints
2008–09Fisichella Motor SportSHI
FEA
Ret
SHI
SPR
Ret
DUB
FEA
Ret
DUB
SPR
C
BHR1
FEA
BHR1
SPR
LSL
FEA
LSL
SPR
SEP
FEA
SEP
SPR
BHR2
FEA
BHR2
SPR
NC0

Superleague Formula

GT1 World Championship results

FIA GT Series results