Alexander Wurz

Alexander Wurz is a former Formula One driver who competed for Benetton, McLaren and Williams between 1997 and 2007 in three separate stints in the sport. He also tested for Honda is 2008 and Brawn in 2009.

Wurz' best season result in F1 came in his first full season in 1998, when he finished 8th in the Drivers' World Championship with Benetton. It was during this season, at the Monaco Grand Prix where a suspension failure caused a huge accident in which Wurz hit the Nouvelle Chicane barrier head-on at high speed after emerging from the tunnel with no front wheels. Wurz was not seriously hurt in the incident and was able to compete at the following race.

He crashed a McLaren when testing the car at Paul Ricard.

While not racing in F1, Wurz had competed in six runnings of the Le Mans 24 Hours, securing Class victories in 1996 and 2009.

Formula One Career[]

Formula One Statistical Overview[]

Formula One Record[]

Year	Entrant	Team	WDC Pts.	WDC Pos.	Report
1997	Mild Seven Benetton Renault	Benetton-Renault	Test Driver		Report
1997	Mild Seven Benetton Renault	Benetton-Renault	4	14th	Report
1998	Mild Seven Benetton Renault	Benetton-Renault	17	8th	Report
1999	Mild Seven Benetton Renault	Benetton-Renault	3	13th	Report
2000	Mild Seven Benetton Renault	Benetton-Renault	2	15th	Report
2001	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	Test Driver
2002	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	Test Driver
2003	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	Test Driver
2004	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	Test Driver
2005	West McLaren Mercedes Team McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	Test Driver		Report
2005	West McLaren Mercedes Team McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	6	17th	Report
2006	Williams F1 Team	Williams-Cosworth	Test Driver
2007	AT&T Williams	Williams-Toyota	13	11th	Report
2008	Honda Racing F1 Team	Honda	Test Driver
2009	Brawn GP F1 Team	Brawn-Mercedes	Test Driver

Career Statistics[]

Entries	69
Starts	69
Pole Positions	0
Sprint Poles	0
Front Row Starts	0
Race Wins	0
Sprint Wins	0
Podiums	3
Sprint Podiums	0
Fastest Laps	1
Sprint Fastest Laps	0
Points	45
Laps Raced	3471
Distance Raced	16,816 km (10,449 mi)

Career Results[]

Complete Formula One Results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Pts	Pos
1997																				4	14th
1997							Ret	Ret	3rd											4	14th
1998																				17	8th
1998	7th	4th	4th	Ret	4th	Ret	4th	5th	4th	9th	11th	16th^†	Ret	Ret	7th	9th				17	8th
1999																				3	13th
1999	Ret	7th	Ret	6th	10th	Ret	Ret	10th	5th	7th	7th	14th	Ret	Ret	8th	10th				3	13th
2000																				2	15th
2000	7th	Ret	9th	9th	10th	12th^†	Ret	9th	Ret	10th	Ret	11th	13th	5th	10th	Ret	7th			2	15th
2005																				6	17th
2005			TD	3rd		TD	TD					TD	TD			TD	TD			6	17th
2006																				—	—
2006	TD	TD	TD	TD	TD	TD	TD	TD	TD	TD	TD	TD	TD	TD	TD	TD	TD	TD		—	—
2007																				13	11th
2007	Ret	9th	11th	Ret	7th	3rd	10th	14th	13th	4th	14th	11th	13th	Ret	Ret	12th				13	11th

Key
Symbol	Meaning	Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner	Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish	DSQ	Disqualified
3rd	Podium finish	DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish	DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish	TD	Test driver
Italics	Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap	DNS	Did not start
18th^†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)	NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4th^P	Qualified for pole position	[+] More Symbols

^† Did not finish, but still classified as he had completed 90% of the race distance.

Notes[]

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V T E	Grand Prix Drivers' Association
Chairman Moss • Bonnier • Stewart • Scheckter • Pironi • Senna • M. Schumacher • Coulthard • R. Schumacher • De la Rosa • Heidfeld • Barrichello • Wurz
Directors M. Schumacher • Berger • Brundle • D. Hill • Coulthard • Wurz • Trulli • Webber • R. Schumacher • Alonso • De la Rosa • Heidfeld • Massa • Vettel • Barrichello • Button • Grosjean
Affected races 1969 Belgian Grand Prix • 1970 German Grand Prix • 1982 South African Grand Prix • 1994 San Marino Grand Prix
Related Professional Racing Drivers Assocation

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Teams and Drivers

1997 Teams and Drivers
Teams	Arrows • Williams • Ferrari • Benetton • McLaren • Jordan • Prost • Sauber • Tyrrell • Minardi • Stewart • Lola
Engines	Ferrari • Ford • Hart • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Petronas • Peugeot • Renault • Yamaha
Drivers	1 Hill • 2 Diniz • 3 Villeneuve • 4 Frentzen • 5 M. Schumacher • 6 Irvine • 7 Alesi • 8 Berger • 8 Wurz • 9 Häkkinen • 10 Coulthard • 11 R. Schumacher • 12 Fisichella • 14 Panis • 14 Trulli • 15 Nakano • 16 Herbert • 17 Larini • 17 Morbidelli • 17 Fontana • 18 Verstappen • 19 Salo • 20 Katayama • 21 Trulli • 21 Marques • 22 Barrichello • 23 Magnussen • 24 Sospiri • 25 Rosset
Other Drivers	Badoer • Brundle • Montermini • Montoya • Takagi • Tuero

1998 Teams and Drivers
Teams	Williams • Ferrari • Benetton • McLaren • Jordan • Prost • Sauber • Arrows • Stewart • Tyrrell • Minardi
Engines	Arrows • Ferrari • Ford • Mecachrome • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Petronas • Peugeot • Playlife
Drivers	1 Villeneuve • 2 Frentzen • 3 M. Schumacher • 4 Irvine • 5 Fisichella • 6 Wurz • 7 Coulthard • 8 Häkkinen • 9 Hill • 10 R. Schumacher • 11 Panis • 12 Trulli • 14 Alesi • 15 Herbert • 16 Diniz • 17 Salo • 18 Barrichello • 19 Magnussen • 19 Verstappen • 20 Rosset • 21 Takagi • 22 Nakano • 23 Tuero
Other Drivers	Badoer • De la Rosa • Heidfeld • Kristensen • Montoya • Zonta

1999 Teams and Drivers
Teams	McLaren • Ferrari • Williams • Jordan • Benetton • Sauber • Arrows • Stewart • Prost • Minardi • BAR
Engines	Arrows • Ferrari • Ford Cosworth • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Petronas • Peugeot • Playlife • Supertec
Drivers	1 Häkkinen • 2 Coulthard • 3 M. Schumacher/Salo • 4 Irvine • 5 Zanardi • 6 R. Schumacher • 7 Hill • 8 Frentzen • 9 Fisichella • 10 Wurz • 11 Alesi • 12 Diniz • 14 De la Rosa • 15 Takagi • 16 Barrichello • 17 Herbert • 18 Panis • 19 Trulli • 20 Badoer/Sarrazin • 21 Gené • 22 Villeneuve • 23 Zonta/Salo

2000 Teams and Drivers
Teams	McLaren • Ferrari • Jordan • Jaguar • Williams • Benetton • Prost • Sauber • Arrows • Minardi • BAR
Engines	BMW • Cosworth • Ferrari • Fondmetal • Honda • Mercedes • Mugen-Honda • Petronas • Peugeot • Playlife • Supertec
Drivers	1 Häkkinen • 2 Coulthard • 3 M. Schumacher • 4 Barrichello • 5 Frentzen • 6 Trulli • 7 Irvine • 7 Burti • 8 Herbert • 9 R. Schumacher • 10 Button • 11 Fisichella • 12 Wurz • 14 Alesi • 15 Heidfeld • 16 Diniz • 17 Salo • 18 De la Rosa • 19 Verstappen • 20 Gené • 21 Mazzacane • 22 Villeneuve • 23 Zonta
Other Drivers	Badoer • Montoya • Panis • Webber

2005 Teams and Drivers
Teams	Ferrari • BAR • Renault • Williams • McLaren • Sauber • Red Bull • Toyota • Jordan • Minardi
Engines	BMW • Cosworth • Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Petronas • Renault • Toyota
Drivers	1 M. Schumacher • 2 Barrichello • 3 Button • 4 Sato • 4 Davidson • 5 Alonso • 6 Fisichella • 7 Webber • 8 Heidfeld • 8 Pizzonia • 9 Räikkönen • 10 Montoya • 10 De la Rosa • 10 Wurz • 11 Villeneuve • 12 Massa • 14 Coulthard • 15 Klien • 15 Liuzzi • 16 Trulli • 17 R. Schumacher • 17 Zonta • 18 Monteiro • 19 Karthikeyan • 20 Friesacher • 20 Doornbos • 21 Albers
Other Drivers	Badoer • Bernoldi • Gené • Kiesa • Kovalainen • Montagny • Panis • Rosberg • Speed • Yamamoto

2007 Teams and Drivers
Teams	McLaren • Renault • Ferrari • Honda • BMW Sauber • Toyota • Red Bull • Williams • Toro Rosso • Spyker • Super Aguri
Engines	BMW • Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault • Toyota
Drivers	1 Alonso • 2 Hamilton • 3 Fisichella • 4 Kovalainen • 5 Massa • 6 Räikkönen • 7 Button • 8 Barrichello • 9 Heidfeld • 10 Kubica/Vettel • 11 R. Schumacher • 12 Trulli • 14 Coulthard • 15 Webber • 16 Rosberg • 17 Wurz/Nakajima • 18 Liuzzi • 19 Speed/Vettel • 20 Sutil • 21 Albers/Winkelhock/Yamamoto • 22 Sato • 23 Davidson
Other Drivers	Albuquerque • Ammermüller • Andretti • Asmer • Badoer • Bird • Bourdais • Buemi • Chandhok • Chandhok

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