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Alexander Wurz | Birthdate: | February 15th 1974 | | | | Country: | Austria  | | | | Gender: | M |
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| History: | | 1986 - | BMX World Champion and runner-up to European Champion | | 1988 - | Austrian BMX Champion | | 1989 - | Runner-up Austrian Champion Kart series | | 1990 - | 3rd place, Austrian Championship2nd place, Austrian Cart Trophy4th place, Middle East Kart Championship Kuwait | | 1991 - | 1st place, Austrian Juniors Evaluation, Formula Ford2nd place, Austrian Championship, Formula Ford2nd place, International Formula Ford Cup | | 1992 - | 4th place, New Zealand Championship 1st place, German Championship1st place, Austrian Championship1st place, International Formula Ford Cup1st place, German FF Championship4th place, Austrian Championship (half season), Formula Opel9th place, Nation Cup, Formula Opel1st place, Group B (in Porsche 911), 7th place in overall evaluationNürburgring 24-hour RaceDesignation as Austrian Driver of the Year | | 1993 - | 1st place, Austrian Championship, Formula 3 | | 1994 - | 2nd place, German Championship, Formula 31st place, Topic F3 Cup, Formula 31st place, Sebring Cup, Formula 3 | | 1995 - | 6th place, German Championship, Formula 36th place, Monte Carlo, Formula 3 | | 1996 - | 16th place, Opel factory drivers (not all races), Rookie of the year, ITC-series1st place with Joest-Porsche team, Youngest winner until nowLe Mans 24-hour raceTest runs with Sauber at A1 RingTest runs with Benetton at A1 Ring | | 1997 - | Mercedes factory driver, 1st place in Donington, FIA GT ChampionshipTest driver for Benetton team, first F1 Race in Canada/Montreal, started in French GP (Only 60 laps completed), 3rd place British GP-Silverstone, 14th in the worldchampionship (with 3 races). | | 1998 - | First season for the Benetton team, 8th place in final standings | | 1999 - | Second season for the Benetton team, 13th place in final standings | | 2000 - | Benetton, two points | | 2001 - | Test driver for McLaren-Mercedes Formula One team |
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Like his fellow McLaren tester Pedro De La Rosa, Wurz has also had an on-off career, spanning from the 1997 season to the present day.
His career began at Benetton in 1997, when he replaced the injured Gerhard Berger. He was moderately successful, consistantly scoring points. When Berger chose to retire at the end of the season Wurz was given a full time drive alongside Giancarlo Fisichella.
The Italian outpaced the Austrian in the whole time they spent together at Benetton. In 1998, 1999 and 2000 Wurz failed to get on the podium, although he scored points on a regular basis in '98 and '00. However Fisichella was able to continuously score podiums in 1998, leading to Wurz quickly becoming the teams number two. Both drivers struggled in 1999 as the car lacked speed. 2000 was Wurz's last season for Benetton as the team were bought out by Renault.
Wurz chose to follow Olivier Panis the year before and became a test driver for McLaren. But unlike Panis Wurz spent longer trying to find a race seat. He was recently subject to much speculation that he could join Jaguar, but the deal fell through. He has remained a loyal test driver and made his first appearance for McLaren in San Marino this year, where he inherited a podium due to the BARs disqualification.
Statistics
| Statistic | # | Percentage | First | Last | | Number of Grand Prix | 69 | 100% |  1997 |  2007 | | Number of starts | 69 | 100.00% | 1997 | 2007 | | Number of finishes | 48 | 69.57% |  1997 | 2007 | | Number of finishes on podium | 3 | 4.35% | 1997 | 2007 | | Number of finishes in points | 14 | 20.29% | 1997 |  2007 | | Number of retirements | 21 | 30.43% | 1997 |  2007 | | Number of fastest laps | 1 | 1.45% |  1998 | 1998 |
| Seasons: | 7 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007) | | | | Points: | 45 (Average per start: 0.65) | | | Points per season
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| 4 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2005 | 2007 | | | | | Team: | Mild Seven Benetton Renault (1997), Mild Seven Benetton (1998), Mild Seven Benetton (1999), Mild Seven Benetton Playlife (2000), West McLaren Mercedes (2005), WilliamsF1 Team (2006), ATT Williams (2007) | | | | Chassis: | Benetton B197 (1997), Benetton B198 (1998), Benetton B199 (1999), Benetton B200 (2000), McLaren MP4/20 (2005), Williams FW28 (2006), Williams FW29 (2007) | | | | Engine: | Renault 3.0 V10 (1997), Playlife 3.0 V10 (1998), Playlife 3.0 V10 (1999), Playlife 3.0 V10 (FB02) (2000), Mercedes-Benz (2005), Cosworth FW28 (2006), Toyota RVX-07 (2007) |
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last modification: Tuesday 09 of August, 2005 [15:40:11 UTC] by Sennaesque
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