Andre Heimgartner
Andre Heimgartner (born 8 June 1995) is a New Zealand motor-racing driver who currently competes in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship driving the No. 7 Ford Mustang GT for Kelly Racing.
| Andre Heimgartner | |
|---|---|
.JPG) Andre Heimgartner in 2015 | |
| Nationality |  |
| Born | 8 June 1995 (age 25) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Previous series | |
| 2010-12 2011 2009-13 2017-18 | Formula Ford New Zealand Formula Ford Australia V8SuperTourer NZ Touring Cars Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2010–11 2011–12 2017–18 | Formula Ford New Zealand Formula Ford New Zealand NZ Touring Cars Championship |
| Awards | |
| 2012 2015 | Australian Porsche scholarship to Europe Bruce McLaren Trophy |
| Supercars Record | |
| Car number | 7 |
| Current team | Kelly Racing |
| Series championships | 0 |
| Races | 127 |
| Race wins | 0 |
| Podium finishes | 4 |
| Pole positions | 1 |
| 2020 Championship position | 10th (456 pts)* |
Career
Formula racing
At 12 years of age commenced racing in the NZ Formula Vee championship. Heimgartner became the youngest driver in the world to win a Formula Ford Championship at the age of fifteen when he won the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship during the 2010–11 season. He returned to successfully defend his title for the 2011–12 season whilst contesting selected events in the 2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship. 2013 Selected races in Australian Formula 3.
Touring cars
New Zealand
In 2012, Heimgartner entered the inaugural season of the New Zealand-based V8SuperTourer series, driving a Holden VE Commodore run by AV8 Motorsport.[1] He finished the sprint championship in tenth place overall, achieving a best result of fourth place at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park; and seventh place in the endurance championship, with his best finish being fifth place in the Fathers' Day 400 at Taupo Motorsport Park. He was classified eleventh overall at the end of the season.
Moving from AV8 Motorsport to the Melbourne Performance Centre and then Motorsport Networks teams during a four-season period. Heimgartner went on to become the only driver to compete in every race of the championship over the 4-year period. Achieving 15 podium finishes.
Australia
Parallel to his appearances in the V8Supertourer category in 2012, Heimgartner contested the Australia-based Porsche Carrera Cup series at the age of 16. Andre ran as high as 4th for much of the season before a no fault contact by a competitor caused a DNF. 2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, driving an ex-Dick Johnson Racing Ford FG Falcon entered by Finance EZI Racing, which entered Heimgartner alongside Josh Hunter as the team's drivers.[2] In 2014 Andre drove for Matt White in the supercar Dunlop series with 3 podium finishes.
Also in 2013 saw Andre's first drive in a V8 Supercars Holden Commodore VF. Due to his close association with Paul Morris he got to do co-driver laps in Dean Fiore's No. 88 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport entry at Queensland Raceway replacing Matt Halliday in the dedicated co-driver session.[3]
In 2014, Heimgartner was selected to race the Super Black Racing wildcard entry at the 2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 alongside fellow Kiwi Ant Pedersen.[4] Following this performance the team retained him in the teams' full-time category début the following season. 2015 was a formative year for the new Superblack team and was plagued by performance inconsistencies. A best qualifying position of 3rd and numerous top 10 finishes for the 2015 season.[5] Andre's second year in Supercars and severe budget constraints lead to relocation to the minnow LDM team, car performance and reliability issues produced disappointing results.
Endurance racing
In 2013, Heimgartner contested the Bathurst 12 Hour event at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales. Sharing a BMW 335i with co-drivers Anthony Gilbertson and Peter O'Donnell, Heimgartner finished the race first in his class.[6] In NZ Heimgartner as a 14-year-old won the Mini Challenge 3-hour endurance classic. As a 16-year-old driving ab RSR Porsche while leading the field by 15 laps suffered a terminal mechanical issue 10 minutes from the chequered flag. Achieved various successes in endurance competition driving GT3 Porsches for Fastway and Hood. Competed in 2 seasons of V8 Supertourer endurance competition with Paul Morris as co-driver.
By February 2018 Andre had completed 4 consecutive Bathurst 1000 endurance events with a best placing of 9th.
Racing record
Career results
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Supercars Championship results
| Supercars results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | Position | Points | ||
| 2014 | Super Black Racing | Ford FG Falcon | ADE R1 |
ADE R2 |
ADE R3 |
SYM R4 |
SYM R5 |
SYM R6 |
WIN R7 |
WIN R8 |
WIN R9 |
PUK R10 |
PUK R11 |
PUK R12 |
PUK R13 |
BAR R14 |
BAR R15 |
BAR R16 |
HID R17 |
HID R18 |
HID R19 |
TOW R20 |
TOW R21 |
TOW R22 |
QLD R23 |
QLD R24 |
QLD R25 |
SMP R26 |
SMP R27 |
SMP R28 |
SAN R29 |
BAT R30 11 |
SUR R31 |
SUR R32 |
PHI R33 |
PHI R34 |
PHI R35 |
SYD R36 |
SYD R37 |
SYD R38 |
50th | 144 | ||
| 2015 | Super Black Racing | Ford FG Falcon | ADE R1 23 |
ADE R2 20 |
ADE R3 21 |
24th | 1068 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ford FG X Falcon | SYM R4 11 |
SYM R5 25 |
SYM R6 8 |
BAR R7 21 |
BAR R8 16 |
BAR R9 Ret |
WIN R10 20 |
WIN R11 20 |
WIN R12 17 |
HID R13 22 |
HID R14 Ret |
HID R15 19 |
TOW R16 23 |
TOW R17 8 |
QLD R18 14 |
QLD R19 17 |
QLD R20 16 |
SMP R21 7 |
SMP R22 13 |
SMP R23 19 |
SAN QR 25 |
SAN R24 17 |
BAT R25 Ret |
SUR R26 18 |
SUR R27 18 |
PUK R28 19 |
PUK R29 18 |
PUK R30 21 |
PHI R31 |
PHI R32 |
PHI R33 |
SYD R34 |
SYD R35 |
SYD R36 |
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| 2016 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | ADE R1 22 |
ADE R2 20 |
ADE R3 19 |
SYM R4 25 |
SYM R5 Ret |
PHI R6 24 |
PHI R7 21 |
BAR R8 21 |
BAR R9 25 |
WIN R10 23 |
WIN R11 21 |
HID R12 18 |
HID R13 12 |
TOW R14 15 |
TOW R15 Ret |
QLD R16 19 |
QLD R17 15 |
SMP R18 23 |
SMP R19 24 |
SAN QR 16 |
SAN R20 19 |
BAT R21 Ret |
SUR R22 13 |
SUR R23 Ret |
PUK R24 22 |
PUK R25 22 |
PUK R26 22 |
PUK R27 Ret |
SYD R28 20 |
SYD R29 20 |
25th | 1010 | ||||||||||
| 2017 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden VF Commodore | ADE R1 |
ADE R2 |
SYM R3 |
SYM R4 |
PHI R5 |
PHI R6 |
BAR R7 |
BAR R8 |
WIN R9 |
WIN R10 |
HID R11 |
HID R12 |
TOW R13 |
TOW R14 |
QLD R15 |
QLD R16 |
SMP R17 |
SMP R18 |
SAN QR |
SAN R19 |
BAT R20 9 |
SUR R21 3 |
SUR R22 22 |
PUK R23 |
PUK R24 |
NEW R25 |
NEW R26 |
46th | 336 | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | ADE R1 17 |
ADE R2 25 |
MEL R3 18 |
MEL R4 16 |
MEL R5 21 |
MEL R6 14 |
SYM R7 17 |
SYM R8 19 |
PHI R9 15 |
PHI R10 14 |
BAR R11 25 |
BAR R12 8 |
WIN R13 16 |
WIN R14 11 |
HID R15 16 |
HID R16 16 |
TOW R17 12 |
TOW R18 11 |
QLD R19 15 |
QLD R20 14 |
SMP R21 24 |
BEN R22 19 |
BEN R23 Ret |
SAN QR 6 |
SAN R24 14 |
BAT R25 16 |
SUR R26 19 |
SUR R27 C |
PUK R28 18 |
PUK R29 8 |
NEW R30 8 |
NEW R31 6 |
17th | 1775 | ||||||||
| 2019 | Kelly Racing | Nissan Altima L33 | ADE R1 13 |
ADE R2 13 |
MEL R3 15 |
MEL R4 18 |
MEL R5 9 |
MEL R6 14 |
SYM R7 18 |
SYM R8 17 |
PHI R9 3 |
PHI R10 13 |
BAR R11 17 |
BAR R12 23 |
WIN R13 8 |
WIN R14 11 |
HID R15 16 |
HID R16 11 |
TOW R17 12 |
TOW R18 18 |
QLD R19 12 |
QLD R20 7 |
BEN R21 5 |
BEN R22 20 |
PUK R23 8 |
PUK R24 19 |
BAT R25 Ret |
SUR R26 Ret |
SUR R27 21 |
SAN QR 2 |
SAN R28 8 |
NEW R29 21 |
NEW R30 12 |
16th | 1875 | |||||||||
| 2020 | Kelly Racing | Ford Mustang GT | ADE R1 11 |
ADE R2 10 |
MEL R3 C |
MEL R4 C |
MEL R5 C |
MEL R6 C |
SMP1 R7 15 |
SMP1 R8 10 |
SMP1 R9 15 |
SMP2 R10 17 |
SMP2 R11 12 |
SMP2 R12 2 |
HID1 R13 |
HID1 R14 |
HID2 R13 |
HID2 R14 |
TOW R15 |
TOW R16 |
SAN R17 |
SAN R18 |
BAT R19 |
BAR R20 |
BAR R21 |
SYM R22 |
SYM R23 |
SMP3 R24 |
SMP3 R25 |
10th* | 456* | |||||||||||||
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
| Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Super Black Racing | Ford Falcon FG | |
11th | 161 |
| 2015 | Super Black Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | |
DNF | 35 |
| 2016 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden Commodore VF | .svg.png){kind=small} |
DNF | 114 |
| 2017 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore VF | |
9th | 161 |
| 2018 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | |
16th | 161 |
| 2019 | Kelly Racing | Nissan Altima L33 | |
DNF | 157 |
‡Walsh was entered as a co-driver to Slade but withdrew and was replaced with Heimgartner.
References
- "Youngest ever Motorsport Champion to join AV8 Motorsport in new V8 SuperTourer race series". V8 SuperTourers. 3 June 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- "VIDEO: 17-year-old duo set for Dunlop V8 Series". Speedcafe.com. 21 February 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- "YOUNG GUNS SCORE CO-DRIVER LAPS WITH LDM". Speedcafe.com. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- "Super Black Bathurst drivers announced". v8supercars.com.au. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- "Super Black confirms full-time V8 Supercars entry". speedcafe.com. 28 November 2014.
- 2013 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Mount Panorama Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour www.natsoft.com.au Retrieved on 11 February 2013