Thomas Jäger (born 16 August 1994) is an Austrian

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 ...

, competing in the

ATS Formel 3 Cup 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 ...

for

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Career

Karting

Jäger, born in

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, entered the

KF3 OK-Junior is a kart racing class for top drivers aged 11 to 15 (drivers must reach the age of 12 within the first semester of calendar year). This class used to be called Junior Intercontinental A (JICA or ICA-J) and has changed since January 200 ...

category of the

Italian Open Masters The Karting Italian Championship is a kart racing series based in Italy. Until 2010 it was called Italian Open Masters. Champions Formula A/KF1 Intercontinental A/KF2 Intercontinental A Junior/KF3 OK-Junior is a kart racing class for top driv ...

in 2008, racing for BRM Racing Srl; he scored one point, and finished 31st. He graduated into the

KF2 KF2, is a kart racing class for top drivers aged 14 and up. This class used to be called Intercontinental A (ICA) and has changed since January 2007 when Commission Internationale de Karting, CIK-Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA de ...

category in 2009, now competing in the Bridgestone Cup Europe; he again finished in 31st place. In 2010, he entered multiple KF2-based series, driving for KSB Racing Team; the

Karting World Championship The Karting World Championship is a kart racing competition organised by the CIK-FIA. It is held annually since 1964, and is karting's flagship event. The FIA (International Automobile Federation) created the CIK (International Karting Commissi ...

, where he finished 19th, the European KF2 Championship, where he finished 30th, the

WSK Euro Series The WSK Euro Series is a European open kart racing competition organised by the WSK. Its inaugural season took place in 2010. Today, the series holds championships in four karting categories: KF2, OK, OKJ and 60 Mini. Notable champions have b ...

, where he was classified 40th in the KF2 category, having not scored a point, the Bridgestone Cup Europe, where he was classified fifth in the KF2 category; and the German Kart Championship, where he was classified sixth, with 73 points.

Car racing

In 2011, Jäger started his car racing career. He entered the

Formula Renault 2.0 Alps Formula Renault 2.0 Alps was a category of Formula Renault open-wheel racing, created by the merging of the Formula Renault 2.0 Middle European Championship (formerly known as Formula Renault 2.0 Switzerland) and Formula Renault 2.0 Italia. Ov ...

, driving for Interwetten.com Junior Team, and finished third in the first race at

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, winning the Junior class, before finishing sixth in race two. He then entered the first two rounds of the

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault Eurocup was a Formula Renault motor racing championship. Eurocup raced only on European circuits. It served as a support series to the Formula 3.5 V8, Formula Renault 3.5 Series as part of the World Series by Renault from 2005 to ...

with Interwetten.com Junior Team. In the first round of the Formula Renault Eurocup season, held at

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, he finished 16th in the first race, and retired in the second. The next round, held at

Spa-Francorchamps The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (), frequently referred to as ''Spa'', is a motor-racing circuit located in Stavelot, Belgium. It is the current venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, hosting its first Grand Prix in 1925, and has he ...

, saw him finish 17th and 15th in the two races of the day. He then returned to the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps for the next two rounds of that series, taking two fourth places at

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, and a fifth at Pau. Prior to the

Red Bull Ring The Red Bull Ring is a motorsport race track in Spielberg, Styria, Austria. The race circuit was founded as Österreichring (translation: Austrian Circuit) and hosted the Austrian Grand Prix for 18 consecutive years, from to . It was later sh ...

round, Jäger switched to

EPIC Racing EPIC Racing (Euskadi Phil Imanol Claudio Racing) was a racing team from Spain. The team's headquarters were located in Vitoria ( Alava). It was the second major motorsport team from the Basque Country, (Euskadi). Epsilon Euskadi was the bigg ...

; he finished ninth in race one, and 18th in race two. Jäger then returned to the Formula Renault Eurocup for the

Nürburgring The is a 150,000 person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Formula One, Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long "North loop" track, built in the 1920s, around t ...

round, finishing 24th in race one, and retiring from the second race. At the

Hungaroring The Hungaroring is a motorsport racetrack in Mogyoród, Pest County, Hungary where the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix is held. In 1986, it became the location of the first Formula One Grand Prix behind the Iron Curtain. Bernie Ecclestone wan ...

, both series were running events on the same weekend; he finished sixth and eighth in the Formula Renault Alps races, and 18th and 19th in the Formula Renault Eurocup races. His next race came 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 F ...

series' penultimate round, held at

TT Circuit Assen The TT Circuit Assen is a motorsport race track built in 1955 and located in Assen, Netherlands. Host of the Dutch TT, it is popularly referred to as "The Cathedral" of motorcycling by the fans of the sport. The venue has the distinction of hold ...

and driving for Neuhauser Racing; he took a podium in the first race, before finishing 11th in race two, and 12th in race three. He finished the season by competing in the Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series for

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; his best finish was a third place at Rockingham. Although he failed to score any points in the Formula Renault Eurocup, he was classified seventh in the Formula Renault Alps, with 150 points, sixth in the Formula Renault UK Winter series, with 79 points; and 17th in the ADAC Formel Masters, with 15 points. In 2012, Jäger entered the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps for the second time, driving for One Racing, with Alex Bosak being named as his teammate. He also competed in the

with Neuhauser Racing, winning his first race at

Oschersleben Oschersleben () is a town in the Börde district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The population in 1905 was 13,271, in 2020 about 19,000. History On November 23, 994 Oschersleben was first mentioned in a document by the Emperor Otto III. In 1235 ...

. In 2013, Jäger moved into the

, driving for

. He finished second during race two of the

Lausitzring The Lausitzring (formally known as the Dekra Lausitzring for ownership reasons) is a race track located near Klettwitz (a civil parish of Schipkau, Oberspreewald-Lausitz district) in the state of Brandenburg in northeast Germany, near the bord ...

round, and took his first victory in the series in the second race at the Nürburgring. He finished the season in sixth place, and was classified fifth in the rookie's standings. In an interview with the Polish website Motorsport Grand Prix in 2014, he announced that he would be competing in GT racing, and that he saw this discipline being the future of motorsport.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jager, Thomas 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Vienna Austrian racing drivers Karting World Championship drivers German Formula Three Championship drivers ADAC Formel Masters drivers Formula Renault Eurocup drivers Formula Renault 2.0 Alps drivers International GT Open drivers 24H Series drivers Performance Racing drivers Neuhauser Racing drivers EPIC Racing drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers TCR International Series drivers