Gregor Foitek
| Born |
27 March 1965 Zurich, Switzerland |
|---|---|
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |
 Swiss |
| Active years | 1989 – 1990 |
| Teams | EuroBrun, Rial, Brabham, Onyx |
| Races | 22 (7 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First race | 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix |
| Last race | 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix |
Gregor Foitek (born 27 March 1965 in Zurich) is a former racing driver from Switzerland. He won the 1986 Swiss Formula 3 Championship. Moving up to Formula 3000 he was widely blamed for causing a race-stopping crash at Brands Hatch in 1988, the restart of which led to a second major crash on the first lap in which Johnny Herbert sustained major leg injuries. Foitek participated in 22 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 26 March 1989. He scored no championship points. He later made two CART starts for Foyt Enterprises in 1992 but was knocked out of both races by mechanical issues.
Today, he helps to run Foitek Automobile, a family-run Ferrari and Maserati dealership.
Formula One career
1989: EuroBrun and Rial
Foitek made his debut at the 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix, however with turbos now banned from F1, the number of entries had grown to a staggering 39. Thirteen cars had to enter pre-qualifying and with EuroBrun having performed poorly in 1988, Foitek had to enter the session, but he was pegged back by the geriatric ER188B, which was an update of the 1988 car. Foitek only got to the main qualifying session once, at the first race in Brazil and then unexpectedly he failed to qualify. After 11 rounds Foitek quit the EuroBrun team.
At the Spanish Grand Prix, Foitek was called up to replace Christian Danner at the Rial team however Rial was a team on its deathbed thanks to the unusual management of Günther Schmid meaning several crew members had left the team. Furthermore, although it was assured of a place in the main qualifying session, the Rial ARC2 was hopelessly uncompetitive, some five seconds off the next slowest car. In his one race with the team, Foitek's rear wing broke at high speed and he crashed heavily. He immediately quit the team and his rookie season which didn't even yield a race start let alone a finish, was over.
Racing record
Complete International Formula 3000 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 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Horag Racing | Lola T86/50 | Cosworth | SIL |
VAL |
PAU |
SPA |
IMO |
MUG |
PER |
ZEL |
BIR |
BUG |
JAR Ret |
NC | 0 |
| 1987 | Genoa Racing | March 87B | Cosworth | SIL Ret |
VAL 15 |
SPA 10 |
PAU Ret |
DON DNQ |
PER DNQ |
BRH DNQ |
BIR Ret |
NC | 0 | |||
| GA Motorsport | Lola T87/50 | IMO 12 |
BUG 8 |
JAR 14† | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | GA Motorsport | Lola T88/50 | Cosworth | JER Ret |
VAL 1 |
PAU DNQ |
SIL 4 |
MNZ 4 |
PER Ret |
BRH Ret |
BIR |
BUG Ret |
ZOL Ret |
DIJ Ret |
7th | 15 |
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | EuroBrun Racing | EuroBrun ER188B | Judd V8 | BRA DNQ |
SMR DNPQ |
MON DNPQ |
MEX DNPQ |
USA DNPQ |
CAN DNPQ |
FRA DNPQ |
GBR DNPQ |
BEL DNPQ |
ITA |
POR |
NC | 0 | |||||
| EuroBrun ER189 | GER DNPQ |
HUN DNPQ |
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| Rial Racing | Rial ARC-02 |
Cosworth V8 | ESP DNQ |
JPN |
AUS | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Motor Racing Developments | Brabham BT58 | Judd V8 | USA Ret |
BRA Ret |
NC | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Moneytron Onyx | Onyx ORE-1B |
Cosworth V8 | SMR Ret |
MON 7 |
CAN Ret |
MEX 15 |
FRA DNQ |
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| Monteverdi Onyx Formula One | GBR DNQ |
GER Ret |
HUN DNQ |
BEL |
ITA |
POR |
ESP |
JPN |
AUS |
Complete CART results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | A. J. Foyt Enterprises |  SRF Ret |
 PNX |
LBH Ret |
INDY Wth |
DET |
POR |
MIL |
NHM |
 TOR |
MIS |
CLE |
ROA |
VAN |
MDO |
NAZ |
LS |
47th | 0 |
References
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| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Jakob Bordoli |
Swiss Formula Three Champion 1986 |
Succeeded by Jacques Isler |
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