Andreas "Andi" Zuber (born 9 October 1983 in Judenburg,

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) is a

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driver. An

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by birth, he is based in

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and once raced under a licence issued by the

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Career

Formula König

Despite beginning his karting career in 1998, 2000 saw his debut in the

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championship with Team Böhm Sport. Zuber finished twelfth in the championship with 39 points.

Formula Renault

The following season, Zuber competed in both the

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and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championships for

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. He finished sixth in the German series standings. In the Eurocup, he took 54th place in the championship, with a best finish of seventeenth at the A1-Ring. For

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, the Austrian driver remained in the German championship with Motopark Academy. He finished second behind

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driver Ferdinand Kool in final standings. Also he was a guest driver at the

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round of the Eurocup.

Formula Three

Zuber moved on to new-for-

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with

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. He finished in 24th place in the standings with two points scored for seventh place in the first race at

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. He continued in the F3 Euroseries in 2004 with Team Rosberg, finishing 21st without scoring a point, with a ninth place at

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being his best result.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

Zuber drove for

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in the

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, finishing sixth in the championship with one win at

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and

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apiece.

GP2 Series

He switched to the

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for

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for the new

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team, where he partnered

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. After a slow start to his championship, he took his first race victory in the formula at the penultimate race meeting of the season at the Istanbul Park track, in which he was the only driver to hold off

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, after the eventual champion spun early in the race but climbed back up to second position. This win complemented Bruni's two triumphs earlier in the year and established Zuber in fourteenth position in the championship. Zuber moved to

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for 2007, where he was paired with Timo Glock. He took a perfect result of pole position, win and fastest lap at the

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feature race, but his overall season was inconsistent and he finished ninth in the championship, compared to Glock's championship-winning campaign. The team-mates also collided with one another when accelerating away from the grid at the start of the

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feature race, after starting from the front row. Andreas Zuber 2008 GP2 Silverstone

For

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, Zuber switched to the

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team alongside

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. Four podium finishes saw him repeat his ninth place in the championship of the previous year, but he failed to achieve a race victory for the first time in the category. He was also outperformed by Maldonado, who finished fifth overall with almost double the number of points. He was not helped by failing to score any points in the final seven races of the season, a run which included disqualification from third place at the

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for a technical infringement that both he and the team considered to be particularly unfair. Zuber also drove in the first two rounds of the 2008–09 GP2 Asia Series season for the FMS International team, after which he was replaced by

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. Zuber returned to FMS for the 2009 GP2 Series season, where he was partnered by

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. Despite scoring more podium finishes, the year was unstable off-track: first

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's stake in the team was bought back by the Coloni family, its original founder and owner; then the outfit missed the eighth round of the championship after its cars were impounded as a result of court proceedings initiated by driver

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, who had briefly been employed by FMS. Zuber eventually wound up in thirteenth place overall.

Superleague Formula

Zuber has also represented

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in the Superleague Formula, a championship in which the cars represent different

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teams.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete GP2 Series results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete GP2 Asia Series results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Superleague Formula

* * Al Ain FC overall standing. There is no drivers' championship in the Superleague Formula.

FIA GT competition results

GT1 World Championship results

FIA GT Series results

References

External links

Official site

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