Zsolt Baumgartner

Birthdate: January 1st 1981   Country: Hungary   Gender: M

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History: 2003 -  Formula 1: Jordan Ford 2004 -  Formula 1: Minardi Cosworth

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Zsolt Baumgartner is a Formula 1 pay-driver given his chance by Hungarian government backing and a fat wad of cash.

After a poor start to the year in F3000 Baumgartner took his chance when Ralph Firman picked up an injury in Hungary. The local guy was thrown in to replace him at Jordan. He then raced again in Italy. They would be his only F1 races in 2003.

For 2004 he got a full-time drive, at Minardi. He was regularly last on the grid, and regularly last to finish. However he did take a point at Indianapolis, to the jubilation of his team.

However this was not enough for him to be retained and he has sat on the sidelines for 2005.

Statistics

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Statistic	#	Percentage	First	Last
Number of Grand Prix	20	100%	2003	2004
Number of starts	20	100.00%	2003	2004
Number of finishes	12	60.00%	2003	2004
Number of finishes in points	1	5.00%	2004	2004
Number of retirements	8	40.00%	2003	2004

Seasons:	2 (2003, 2004)
Points:	1 (Average per start: 0.05)
	Points per season - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 1 2003 2004
Team:	Jordan Ford (2003), Minardi Cosworth (2004)
Chassis:	Jordan EJ13 (2003), Minardi PS04 (2004)
Engine:	Ford Cosworth CR-4 3.0 V10 (2003), Ford Cosworth (2004)