Andreas Wirth

Andreas Wirth (born November 19, 1984 in Heidelberg) is a German racing driver. Wirth won the Formula BMW USA championship in 2004 after coming stateside and advanced to Champ Car Atlantics in 2005. He has raced in that series for two years, winning three races and finishing 6th and 3rd in the championship. He was named to drive Dale Coyne Racing's #19 Sonny's BBQ entry for the Champ Car round at Surfer's Paradise, finishing 9th.

Career Highlights

2007

• In 2007 Wirth was honoured to accept the Champ Car World Series invitation and challenge to break the standing lap record at TT Circuit Assen in The Netherlands as part of a promotion for Champ Car’s European debut late in August of that year. Despite the fact that Wirth hadn’t raced with the series all year, and the fact that he’d never set wheels on the Assen track, he proudly bettered the track record set by Jos Verstappen in the smaller, lighter A1GP car by more than four seconds (1:28.276).
• Early in 2007 Andreas tested the new DP01 Champ Car with Dale Coyne Racing and was invited to explore a number of options with teams throughout a variety of racing series. Despite being sidelined in 2007 due to unreasonable budget demands Wirth continued building behind the scenes for a strong racing future.

2006

• In 2006 Andreas was extended the privilege to debut in the Champ Car World Series at Surfer’s Paradise Australia with Dale Coyne Racing where he proudly finished in ninth place on one of the most difficult tracks on the schedule. He then went on to compete in the Champ Car season finale at Mexico City finishing 15th in an event that presented many challenges for the young up and comer.
• Led the season opener from wire-to-wire in his sophomore season in the Champ Car Atlantic Series to capture his second career win. Wirth’s third career victory represented the first time in fourteen years that a driver captured back-to-back wins in the opening two rounds of Atlantic competition.
• Enjoyed a total of six trips to the podium in 2006 (two first place finishes and four third place finishes), and a total of eight top ten finishes in the 12 events on the calendar with Forsythe Championship Racing.

2005

• During his rookie year in the Toyota Atlantic Series, Andreas was second in the point standings going into the penultimate race, and was a serious contender for the Championship. However, due to an unfortunate accident he was forced to miss the final two events of the 2005 season. Despite missing the last two events, Andreas finished the season in a respectable 6th place.
• Earned five 3rd place finishes, one 2nd place and one victory in his 2005 rookie season with the Toyota Atlantic Series.

2004

• Won the inaugural Formula BMW North American Championship in 2004.
• Recorded podium finishes in 11 of 14 Formula BMW North American events in 2004 (never finishing lower than 5th place), including wins at Road America, Laguna Seca, and both events at Lime Rock.

2003

• Produced six top-five finishes in the 2003 German Formula BMW series, including a 2nd place finish in Italy.

2002

• Finished in the top 10 in all eight races in 2002 Formula BMW series, including a 2nd place finish at the Austrian Grand Prix and a 3rd place finish at Zandvoort in the Netherlands.

2001

• Finished second in the 2001 German Formula Ford Championship in his rookie year.
• Earned two 10th-place finishes in Formula Ford including the event at Spa and the World Final at Brands Hatch in 2001.

1998-2000

• Raced in several junior and senior German Karting series, earning several championships along the way.

Complete Champ Car results

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External links

* [http://www.andreaswirth.com Andreas Wirth - Official Site]