Alexander Wurz
Alexander Wurz was born in Waidhofen an der Thaya, Lower Austria, Austria on February 15th, 1974 and is the Race Car Driver. At the age of 50, Alexander Wurz biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Alexander Wurz (born February 15, 1974) is an Austrian former professional racing driver, race education specialist, and businessman.
He competed in Formula One from 1997 to 2007, and he is also a two-time champion of the Le Mans 24 Hours. He is currently under contract to compete for Toyota's factory racing team in the WEC (World Endurance Championship). He is also a commentator for television and newspapers, as well as being the Williams F1 Team's driver coach, chairman of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association, and occasionally a driver steward.
Personal life
Wurz is the second son of former rallycross racer Franz Wurz, who won the European Rallycross Championship in 1974, 1976, and 1982.
Wurz is married to Julia Horden and has three children: Charlie (also a racing driver), Felix, and Oscar. He used to race with different colored boots on each foot, but he wore matching boots since returning to action in 2007. Wurz announced on Twitter on September ten years that he would not return from racing after 20 years.
Career
Wurz, a native of Waidhofen an der Thaya, participated in cycling events in his youth and defeated the BMX World Championship in 1986 at the age of 12. Wurz began a mountain bike squad in 2000 with his countryman Markus Rainer. Rainer-Wurz.com's team has been sponsored by McLaren, Siemens, and Cannondale, and has won the World Cup several times. Katarga, a niche bicycle company, introduced the Alexander Wurz Evo SL, a limited edition mountain bike with a prominent frame that prominently featured Wurz' autograph.
Wurz's motorsport career began with karting, as did most Formula One drivers. Wurz rode in Formula Ford in 1991. He went to the German Formula Three Championship in 1993. Wurz fell out of the top at a race in AVUS in 1995 after a collision with the safety car. Wurz's Opel Calibra was used by the Joest Racing touring car team in the DTM from 1996 to 1996. Wurz won the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1996, beating Davy Jones and Manuel Reuter as a team's youngest ever champion of the 24-hour event, a record that he still holds.
Benetton was in Montreal on June 15, 1997, for Benetton, who couldn't race due to sickness. Wurz won a podium position in his third race (1997 British Grand Prix) before returning to the cockpit for Berger's return to the German Grand Prix, which Berger won.
Wurz was given a full time race seat for the 1998 season with Benetton and spent three seasons with the team, who were partnered each year by Giancarlo Fisichella. He defeated Fisichella by a single point in 1998, finishing joint seventh in the driver's championship together with Heinz-Harald Frentzen. He was second best behind Michael Schumacher for a brief period in the 1998 Monaco Grand Prix, but his chances of a podium finish were shattered when Schumacher collided with him while trying to pass at Loews hairpin. At the Nouvelle Chicane exiting the tunnel, the guy's suspension was broken, causing him to spin off and crash.
With the uncompetitive B199, it was a disappointment for both drivers (though Fisichella in Canada claimed a podium). Wurz scored points only at the Italian Grand Prix in 2000, while Fisichella earned podium finishes three times. He was fired by Benetton in 2001, Benetton's last season before the company's transformation to Renault, which was turned into Renault.
Wurz was a test driver for McLaren in 2001. He was nearly promoted as the race driver for McLaren in 2002 to replace Mika Häkkinen, but he stayed as the test driver when Kimi Räikkönen took over.
Wurz rode for McLaren in the 2005 San Marino Grand Prix, finishing fourth in the series but third after all BAR-Honda drivers were disqualified, with Juan Pablo Montoya injured. He now holds the record for the longest time between podium finishes at eight years.
Wurz had been eager to return to racing since being signed to McLaren as a test driver. Several rumors linked him to a return to a full-race seat at a later date. He was strongly linked to a Jaguar race seat in 2003, the under-fire Antônio Pizzonia was struggling. However, McLaren was struggling with their new car, and they refused to move to keep Wurz as a development driver. Before drafting in Justin Wilson, Jaguar decided to give Pizzonia more time to prove himself.
Wurz signed a contract with WilliamsF1 to serve as the team's official test and reserve driver at the start of 2006. In 2006, he was driving his third car at all Friday sessions. Wurz will replace Mark Webber as a racer at Williams for the 2007 season, according to an article on August 3rd. This was Wurz's first full-time race since 2000, and his coworker Nico Rosberg was his teammate. Wurz scored his first points for Williams at the Monaco GP on May 27, 2007, finishing 7th in seventh place after qualifying 11th. He came third third in his F1 career at the Canadian Grand Prix on June 10, 2007, finishing 19th on the grid in an action packed contest. He almost repeated this at the European Grand Prix, but he was unable to overtake Mark Webber in the final chicane. Wurz's last points finish came in the run-up to their last points finish in the tournament. On October 8, 2007, he announced his immediate retirement from Formula One, implying that the 2007 Chinese Grand Prix was his last match. As the primary reason for his departure, he cited doubts over his own conduct as the root of his resignation. For the final race of the 2007 season in Brazil, Williams test driver Kazuki Nakajima was swapped.
Wurz was the Honda F1 test driver for the 2008 Formula One season, a job he continued in when the team first started Brawn GP in 2009.
Wurz returned to the Williams F1 team this season, this time to assist the team's inexperienced drivers Bruno Senna and Pastor Maldonado.
Wurz has joined Peugeot to be part of the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, as well as 1000 kilometers of Spa in the Le Mans Series.
He won the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2009, along with Marc Gené and David Brabham, driving a works Peugeot. The 13-year gap between Wurz' victories and the event's history is the biggest in the event's history. In a Peugeot 908, he won the 3 big Sportscar Classic Races in 2010 along with his victory in the 10 hours race of Sebring with Marc Gené and Anthony Davidson in 2010 and his victory of the 1000 miles race of Road Atlanta with Stéphane Sarrazin and Franck Montagny in 2011. Wurz continued to compete for Peugeot Sport Total between 2010 and 2011, but no new Le Mans victories were announced. Wurz was one of Toyota's factory drivers for the company's planned return to the 24 Heures du Mans in November 2011. Nicolas Lapierre and Kazuki Nakajima will both drive Wurz' new LMP1 Hybrid Prototype.
Wurz announced in May 2018 that he would ride in the footsteps of his father in Lnkebanen, Austria, where he would compete rallycross at the World RX of Norway.