Christian Vietoris

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Christian Johannes Vietoris (Template:IPAc-en Script error: No such module "Respell"., Script error: No such module "IPA".; born 1 April 1989) is a German former racing driver. He competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, most recently for HWA Team.^[1] Vietoris has also been a part of the revitalized Mercedes-Benz Junior Team, together with Robert Wickens and Roberto Merhi. Vietoris made his debut in the DTM in 2011, driving for Persson Motorsport, before being promoted to HWA for the 2012 DTM season.

Career

Karting

Template:BLP unsourced section Vietoris started his career through karting, the most common entry point for all racing drivers, in 1994. Nine years after starting his karting career, the young German was the national Junior Kart champion and a year later came second Western German Karting Championship.

Formula BMW

Template:BLP unsourced section In 2005, Vietoris moved up to Formula BMW ADAC with Eifelland Racing. Vietoris finished his first FBMW campaign sixteenth in the Drivers' Championship with fifteen points, sharing his position with fellow German Dominik Wasem. In 2006, Vietoris moved to Josef Kaufmann Racing, where he won the Drivers' Championship with 277 points and taking nine race wins, his nearest rival being Finland's Mika Mäki. As well as his German FBMW title, Vietoris won the Formula BMW World Final, ahead of other FBMW champions such as Robert Wickens, the 2006 US FBMW champion, and the British Formula BMW champion, Niall Breen, winning himself a test for the BMW Sauber F1 team.

Following his impressive performances in Formula BMW, Vietoris was picked by A1 Team Germany to replace Nico Hülkenberg for the Mexican round of the 2006–07 season.

Formula Three

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Vietoris competing at the opening round of the 2008 Formula Three Euroseries season at Hockenheim.

In 2007, Vietoris competed in the ATS Formel 3 Cup for Josef Kaufmann Racing, finishing in fifth. He moved on to the Formula Three Euroseries in 2008 for Mücke Motorsport. He had a solid season, ending up eighth in the championship with one win coming at the Norisring. He set a pair of fastest laps – at Mugello and Brands Hatch – and was on pole at the Nürburgring.

He continued in the F3 Euroseries in 2009 with Mücke Motorsport, finishing as runner-up to the dominant Jules Bianchi. Vietoris won four races over the course of the season, adding a further four podiums and a fastest lap at Brands once again, as he helped keep Mücke in contention for the teams title until he left for GP2 Asia.

GP2 Series

Vietoris missed the final round of the F3 Euroseries season to join up with the DAMS team for a GP2 Asia Series test at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. He raced in the 2009–10 season for the team. He moved to Racing Engineering for the 2010 main series, winning one race en route to ninth place in the drivers' championship. He missed the final round of the season due to appendicitis; his seat was taken by Ho-Pin Tung.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Vietoris remains with Racing Engineering for the 2011 GP2 Series season, alongside Dani Clos. After crashing heavily during the first round of the season at Istanbul, he complained of recurring headaches and was replaced by Álvaro Parente until he recovered and returned to the cockpit in Valencia.^[2] At Spa-Francorchamps, he took his first series pole position and converted it into victory, also setting his first fastest lap in the process. He also won the sprint race finale at Monza, rising to seventh in the drivers' championship.

DTM

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Vietoris driving for the HWA Team at Hungaroring during the 2014 DTM season

Vietoris made his debut in the DTM, dovetailing his 2011 GP2 campaign with a season driving a Persson Motorsport Mercedes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. His best result as a rookie was a 5th place at Oschersleben. Another highlight was reaching the semi-final at the non-points Showevent at the Olympic Stadium in München.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

On 3 April 2012 Mercedes announced the revival of the Mercedes-Benz Junior Team that has guided several notable drivers in their racing careers like Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Karl Wendlinger and Michael Schumacher. With that announcement came the news that Vietoris, together with the reigning Formula 3 Euroseries champion Roberto Merhi and the reigning Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion Robert Wickens, would become a part of the new Junior Team and that the three of them would drive for the Junior Team in the 2012 DTM season.

7-time F1 World Champion Michael Schumacher was to be involved with the three drivers by serving as a mentor. Driving under the Junior Team-moniker meant for Vietoris that he would switch teams for his sophomore season in the DTM, trading in his place at Persson Motorsport for the elite team of Mercedes in the DTM, HWA Team, replacing Bruno Spengler, who left Mercedes for BMW.^[3]

Records

Vietoris is the youngest driver ever to win an A1 Grand Prix race. He took the chequered flag during the 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, New Zealand at Taupo Motorsport Park at just 18 years, nine months and 19 days old, beating the previous record for youngest A1GP winner by exactly five months. That record was held by the team's former driver, Nico Hülkenberg, who won on his debut at Zandvoort in 2006.^[4]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2005	Formula BMW ADAC	Eifelland Racing	19	0	0	0	0	17	16th
2006	Formula BMW ADAC	Josef Kaufmann Racing	18	9	9	3	16	277	1st
2007	German Formula 3 Championship	Josef Kaufmann Racing	12	1	2	1	7	62	6th
2008	Formula 3 Euro Series	Mücke Motorsport	19	1	1	2	4	36	6th
2009	Formula 3 Euro Series	Mücke Motorsport	18	4	0	1	8	75	2nd
2009–10	GP2 Asia Series	DAMS	8	1	0	0	1	9	10th
2010	GP2 Series	Racing Engineering	17	1	0	0	3	29	9th
2011	GP2 Series	Racing Engineering	14	2	1	1	3	35	7th
2011	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Persson Motorsport	10	0	0	0	0	4	14th
2012	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	HWA Team	10	0	0	0	0	25	12th
2013	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	HWA Team	10	0	1	2	4	71	4th
2014	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	HWA Team	10	1	0	0	2	69	4th
2015	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	HWA AG	18	0	1	0	1	56	16th
2015	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Team Zakspeed	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2016	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Mercedes-Benz DTM Team Mücke	18	0	1	0	2	60	14th
2016	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	AMG-Team HTP Motorsport	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2018	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Strakka Racing	2	0	0	0	0	6	41st
2018	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Mercedes-AMG Team Strakka Racing	1	0	0	0	0	4	23rd

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (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	20	DC	Points
2008	Mücke Motorsport	Dallara F308/050	Mercedes	HOC 1 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 2 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MUG 1 28†Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MUG 2 19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PAU 1 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	PAU 2 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR 1 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR 2 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN 1 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN 2 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 1 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 2 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRH 1 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRH 2 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAT 1 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAT 2 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BUG 1 28†Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BUG 2 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 1 EXScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 2 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	6th	36
2009	Mücke Motorsport	Dallara F308/050	Mercedes	HOC 1 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 2 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU 1 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU 2 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR 1 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR 2 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN 1 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN 2 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC 1 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC 2 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 1 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 2 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRH 1 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRH 2 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAT 1 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAT 2 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DIJ 1 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	DIJ 2 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 1	HOC 2	2nd	75

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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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	Germany	NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	IDN SPR	IDN FEA	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MEX FEA 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR	1st	128
2007–08	Germany	NED SPR 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NED FEA 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CZE SPR 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CZE FEA 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	ZHU SPR	ZHU FEA	NZL SPR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NZL FEA 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	SHA SPR	SHA FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR			8th	83

Complete GP2 Series results

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Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2010	Racing Engineering	CAT FEA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAT SPR 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MON FEA 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MON SPR DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	IST FEA 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	IST SPR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VAL FEA 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VAL SPR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SIL FEA 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SIL SPR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC FEA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC SPR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HUN FEA 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HUN SPR 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA FEA 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA SPR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MNZ FEA 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MNZ SPR 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	YMC FEA	YMC SPR	9th	29
2011	Racing Engineering	IST FEA 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	IST SPR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	VAL FEA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VAL SPR 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SIL FEA 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SIL SPR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR FEA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR SPR 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HUN FEA 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HUN SPR 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA FEA 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPA SPR 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MNZ FEA 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MNZ SPR 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".			7th	35

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

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Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Points
2009–10	DAMS	YMC1 FEA 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	YMC1 SPR 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	YMC2 FEA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	YMC2 SPR 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BHR1 FEA 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BHR1 SPR 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BHR2 FEA RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BHR2 SPR 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	10th	9

Complete DTM results

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Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2011	Persson Motorsport	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008	HOC 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPL 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRH 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VAL 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".									14th	4
2012	HWA Team	DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé	HOC 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRH 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPL RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	VAL 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".									12th	25
2013	HWA Team	DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé	HOC 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	BRH 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPL 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MSC 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".									4th	77
2014	HWA Team	DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé	HOC 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC 1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HUN 20†Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR 21†Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MSC 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPL 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".									4th	69
2015	HWA AG	DTM AMG Mercedes C-Coupé	HOC 1 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 2 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU 1 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU 2 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR 1 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR 2 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN 1 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN 2 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPL 1 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPL 2 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MSC 1 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MSC 2 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC 1 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	OSC 2 21Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 1 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 2 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 1 12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 2 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	16th	56
2016	Mercedes-Benz DTM Team Mücke	Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM	HOC 1 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 2 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPL 1 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	SPL 2 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU 1 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	LAU 2 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR 1 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NOR 2 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN 1 3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	ZAN 2 20†Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MSC 1 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	MSC 2 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 1 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	NÜR 2 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HUN 1 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HUN 2 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 1 22Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	HOC 2 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	14th	60

^† Driver retired, but was classified as they completed 75% of the winner's race distance.

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Career

Karting

Formula BMW

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GP2 Series

DTM

Records

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

Complete GP2 Series results

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

Complete DTM results

References

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Career

Karting

Formula BMW

Formula Three

GP2 Series

DTM

Records

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

Complete GP2 Series results

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

Complete DTM results

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