Michael Ammermüller

Michael Ammermüller
Nationality German
Born February 14, 1986 (1986-02-14) (age 26)
Pocking (Germany)
2012 FIA GT3 European Championship
Debut season 2010
Current team Team Rosberg
Previous series
2004
2006-2007
2007-08
2008
German Formula Renault
GP2 Series
A1 Grand Prix
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
International Formula Master

Michael Ammermüller is a race car driver born in Pocking, Germany on February 14, 1986.

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Career

In 2004 he drove the number three car in German Formula Renault, as well as competing in Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup. In 2006, he competed in the GP2 Series for Arden International.

As a member of the Red Bull Junior Team, after Christian Klien was dropped by the Red Bull Racing Formula One team for the final three races of the 2006 season, the team's third driver, Robert Doornbos, was promoted to the second race seat. This left a vacancy in the team, and Ammermüller was promoted to the position of third driver for the last three races of the season. He tested the car for the first time on September 14, clocking up the miles necessary for an FIA Super Licence.[1]

After acting as Third Driver for the last three Grands Prix of 2006, Ammermüller was signed by Red Bull as a full-time tester for 2007.[2]

Ammermüller's 2007 GP2 Series season was disrupted by injury, and he was rested in favour of Sébastien Buemi. However, Sebastian Vettel's move to the Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 team left his Formula Renault 3.5 Series seat vacant, which Ammermüller took.[3] As of 2008, he races in the International Formula Master series.

A1 Grand Prix

Ammermüller has driven in A1 Grand Prix for Germany. In the 2007-08 season's third race at Sepang, he punted three cars off at turn two in three separate incidents. The first was to take third from Canada in the sprint race. In the feature race, he did it to Britain and got a drive through penalty. After this, he did the same to the Czech Republic, earning him the nickname "Hammermüller".

He then was disqualified but 3 weeks later he scored his maiden victory at Zhuhai.

Racing record

Season Series Team Name Races Poles Wins Points Final Placing
2004 Eurocup Formula Renault Jenzer Motorsport 0 0 64 11th
2004 German Formula Renault Jenzer Motorsport 1 0 238 3rd
2004 Italian Formula Renault Jenzer Motorsport 2 2 0
2005 Eurocup Formula Renault Jenzer Motorsport 6 6 149 2nd
2005 Italian Formula Renault Jenzer Motorsport 1 3 266 2nd
2006 GP2 Series Arden International 21 0 1 25 11th
2006 Formula One Red Bull Racing Test driver
2007 GP2 Series ART Grand Prix 6 0 0 1 26th
2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Carlin Motorsport 1 0 12 22nd
2007 Formula One Red Bull Racing Test driver
2007-08 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Germany 14 1 1 41 8th
2008 International Formula Master Iris Project 16 0 1 74 3rd
2008-09 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Germany 4 0 0 2 21st

Complete Formula One participations

(key)

Yr Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 WDC Points
2006 Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB2 Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 BHR
MAL
AUS
SMR
EUR
ESP
MON
GBR
CAN
USA
FRA
GER
HUN
TUR
ITA
CHN
TD
JPN
TD
BRA
TD
- -

Complete GP2 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 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2006 Arden International VAL
FEA

7
VAL
SPR

1
SMR
FEA

2
SMR
SPR

Ret
EUR
FEA

10
EUR
SPR

6
ESP
FEA

3
ESP
SPR

8
MON
FEA

7
GBR
FEA

Ret
GBR
SPR

Ret
FRA
FEA

12
FRA
SPR

8
GER
FEA

9
GER
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

Ret
HUN
SPR

11
TUR
FEA

13
TUR
SPR

Ret
ITA
FEA

12
ITA
SPR

Ret
11th 25
2007 ART Grand Prix BHR
FEA

10
BHR
SPR

7
ESP
FEA

ESP
SPR

MON
FEA

FRA
FEA

Ret
FRA
SPR

19
GBR
FEA

10
GBR
SPR

12
EUR
FEA
EUR
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
TUR
FEA
TUR
SPR
ITA
FEA
ITA
SPR
BEL
FEA
BEL
SPR
VAL
FEA
VAL
SPR
26th 1

Complete A1 Grand Prix 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 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2007–08 A1 Team Germany NED
SPR

NED
FEA

CZE
SPR

CZE
FEA

MYS
SPR

16
MYS
FEA

EX
CHN
SPR

1
CHN
FEA

4
NZL
SPR

NZL
FEA

AUS
SPR

4
AUS
FEA

7
RSA
SPR

EX
RSA
FEA

Ret
MEX
SPR

Ret
MEX
FEA

20
CHN
SPR

6
CHN
FEA

10
GBR
SPR

20
GBR
SPR

Ret
8th 83
2008–09 NED
SPR

NED
FEA

CHN
SPR

CHN
FEA

MYS
SPR

MYS
FEA

NZL
SPR

NZL
FEA

RSA
SPR

14
RSA
FEA

11
POR
SPR

POR
FEA

GBR
SPR

11
GBR
SPR

Ret
21st 2

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