André Rudersdorf (born 9 September 1995 in

Hadamar Hadamar is a small town in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany. Hadamar is known for its Clinic for Forensic Psychiatry/Centre for Social Psychiatry, lying at the edge of town, in whose outlying buildings is also found the Hadamar Mem ...

) is a German

racing driver Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

. In 2013 he started in the

FIA European Formula Three Championship The FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a European Formula Three(F3) auto racing competition, organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). After one season of the FIA Formula 3 International Trophy, the FIA revived t ...

series.

Career

Rudersdorf began his racing career in

karting Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are also held on f ...

in 2003. He remained in karting until 2010. In

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he began his

formula racing Formula racing (known as open-wheel racing in North America) is any of several forms of open-wheeled single-seater motorsport. The origin of the term lies in the nomenclature that was adopted by the FIA for all of its post-World War II single- ...

career. He competed in the

ADAC Formel Masters ADAC Formel Masters was an ADAC sanctioned open wheel racing series based in Germany, held annually from 2008 to 2014. It was replacement of the local Formula BMW championship. The first season was in 2008 and is the main feeder series to the ATS ...

and concluded the season in 19th position in the championship. In

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Rudersdorf got a cockpit at

ma-con ma-con is a German motor racing team. It was founded in 2001 by Marian Hamprecht. The team started racing in the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup and Formula Renault 2000 Germany in 2002. Currently the team competes in the FIA Formula 3 European ...

in the

German Formula Three Championship The German Formula Three Championship was the national Formula Three championship of Germany, and the former West Germany, from 1950 to 2002, then as Formel 3 until 2014. In 2003, the series had merged with the French Formula Three Championship to ...

. He competed in an older-spec car and therefore he was eligible for the trophy standing. In this class he won 14 of 21 races and reached the trophy championship. Furthermore, he started in the Austrian Formula Three Championship. He won 7 of 14 races and won the championship with 212 to 185 points in front of

Sandro Zeller Sandro Zeller (born 16 November 1991 in Uster) is a Switzerland, Swiss race car driver. He is son of the twelve-time Swiss Formula Three Championship, Swiss Formula Three champion Jo Zeller who founded team Jo Zeller Racing. Career Karting Zelle ...

. In

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Rudersdorf stayed at ma-con and switched to the

Career summary

*2003–2010: Karting

Auto racing career summary

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FIA Formula 3 European Championship The FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a European Formula Three(F3) auto racing competition, organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). After one season of the FIA Formula 3 International Trophy, the FIA revived t ...

, align=left,

, 30 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 0 , 3 , 24th , -

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rudersdorf, Andre 1995 births Living people German racing drivers ADAC Formel Masters drivers German Formula Three Championship drivers FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers Austrian Formula Three Championship drivers Ma-con Motorsport drivers