Karl Reindler
Karl Reindler | |
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Australian Carrera Cup | |
Championship titles | |
2004 | Australian Formula 3 |
Awards | |
2003 2008 | Australian F3 Rookie of the Year Mike Kable Young Gun Award |
Karl William Reindler (born 18 April 1985) is an Australian racing driver, who has previously competed in the Supercars Championship. He currently shares duties with Bruno Correia as the Medical Car driver for Formula One.
Biography
Formula Three
Off the back of winning Rookie of the Year in the 2003 Australian Formula 3 Championship, Reindler went on to win the 2004 Championship in the final round.[1] At the completion of the 2004 season, Reindler competed in his first international event, the one-off Bahrain F3 SuperPrix, racing for the Swiss Racing Team. He finished 18th in what was regarded at the time as the unofficial World Championship for Formula 3 – select drivers from this event went on to winning championships in Formula 1, WEC, DTM, Super GT and Super Formula to name a few.
Reindler moved to Britain in 2005 to complete a part-season of the
A1 Grand Prix
Reindler went on to represent
Sedan Racing
2008 saw him join Matt Connolly Motorsports Pontiac GTO.R team for the
Reindler joined V8 Supercars full-time in 2010. Reindler drove a Brad Jones Racing customer Holden Commodore under the banner of Britek Motorsport and Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing.[2]
Reindler continued with the
In 2012 Karl joined Kelly Racing to drive the #11 Car as teammate to Greg Murphy for the 2012 season.
After 3 years full-time in V8 Supercars, Reindler took a step back in 2013, competing in a few select rounds of the
2014 saw Reindler on a hiatus from the sport competing in only two events; the Bathurst 12hr which saw a pole position and fastest race lap in class, and the Phillip Island 101 of the Australian GT Championship where he took out a class win and fastest lap.
He made his return to V8 Supercars alongside Tim Blanchard in the #3 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore (VF) at the 2015 Wilson Security Sandown 500, finishing 8th.
In
Personal life
Reindler is married to Olympic sailor Elise Rechichi, and they have two children.[4]
Career results
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006–07 | A1 Team Australia | NED SPR PO |
NED FEA PO |
CZE SPR 15 |
CZE FEA 16 |
CHN SPR 12 |
CHN FEA 3 |
MYS SPR PO |
MYS FEA PO |
IDN SPR PO |
IDN FEA PO |
NZL SPR 14 |
NZL FEA 13 |
AUS SPR 14 |
AUS FEA 14 |
RSA SPR 16 |
RSA FEA Ret |
MEX SPR |
MEX FEA |
CHN SPR |
CHN FEA |
GBR SPR |
GBR SPR |
13th | 25 |
24 Hours of Daytona results
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Overall position |
Class position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | ![]() |
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Pontiac GTO.R | GT | 513 | 45th | 25th |
Supercars Championship results
Supercars results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | Position | Points | ||
2008 | Ford Rising Stars Racing
|
Ford Falcon (BF) | ADE R1 |
ADE R2 |
EAS
R3 |
EAS
R4 |
EAS
R5 |
HAM R6 |
HAM R7 |
HAM R8 |
BAR
R9 |
BAR
R10 |
BAR
R11 |
SAN
R12 |
SAN
R13 |
SAN
R14 |
HDV
R15 |
HDV
R16 |
HDV
R17 |
QLD R18 |
QLD R19 |
QLD R20 |
WIN
R21 |
WIN
R22 |
WIN
R23 |
PHI Q |
PHI R24 |
BAT R25 19 |
SUR
R26 |
SUR
R27 |
SUR
R28 |
BHR
R29 |
BHR
R30 |
BHR
R31 |
SYM
R32 |
SYM
R33 |
SYM
R34 |
ORA
R35 |
ORA
R36 |
ORA
R37 |
56th | 96 | ||
2009 | Britek Motorsport | Ford Falcon (FG) | ADE R1 |
ADE R2 |
HAM R3 |
HAM R4 |
WIN
R5 |
WIN
R6 |
SYM
R7 |
SYM
R8 |
HDV
R9 |
HDV
R10 |
TOW
R11 |
TOW
R12 |
SAN
R13 |
SAN
R14 |
QLD
R15 |
QLD
R16 |
PHI Q 30 |
PHI R17 25 |
BAT R18 11 |
SUR R19 |
SUR R20 |
SUR R21 |
SUR R22 |
PHI R23 |
PHI R24 |
BAR
R25 |
BAR
R26 |
SYD R27 |
SYD R28 |
44th | 192 | |||||||||||
2010 | Britek Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VE) | YMC R1 Ret |
YMC R2 23 |
BHR R3 24 |
BHR R4 Ret |
ADE R5 Ret |
ADE R6 20 |
HAM R7 16 |
HAM R8 18 |
QLD R9 24 |
QLD R10 Ret |
WIN R11 21 |
WIN R12 23 |
HDV R13 Ret |
HDV R14 26 |
TOW R15 21 |
TOW R16 Ret |
PHI Q 28 |
PHI R17 17 |
BAT R18 15 |
SUR R19 9 |
SUR R20 Ret |
SYM R21 Ret |
SYM R22 14 |
SAN R23 24 |
SAN R24 22 |
SYD R25 Ret |
SYD R26 Ret |
27th | 823 | |||||||||||||
2011 | Britek Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VE) | YMC R1 Ret |
YMC R2 11 |
ADE R3 19 |
ADE R4 17 |
HAM R5 17 |
HAM R6 13 |
BAR R7 7 |
BAR R8 Ret |
BAR R9 DNS |
WIN R10 20 |
WIN R11 23 |
HID R12 Ret |
HID R13 25 |
TOW R14 22 |
TOW R15 24 |
QLD R16 9 |
QLD R17 16 |
QLD R18 16 |
PHI Q 28 |
PHI R19 28 |
BAT R20 14 |
SUR R21 Ret |
SUR R22 22 |
SYM R23 24 |
SYM R24 20 |
SAN R25 20 |
SAN R26 17 |
SYD R27 19 |
SYD R28 18 |
25th | 1144 | |||||||||||
2012 | Kelly Racing | Holden Commodore (VE) | ADE R1 20 |
ADE R2 20 |
SYM R3 23 |
SYM R4 24 |
HAM R5 Ret |
HAM R6 20 |
BAR R7 23 |
BAR R8 23 |
BAR R9 17 |
PHI R10 16 |
PHI R11 23 |
HID R12 17 |
HID R13 Ret |
TOW R14 25 |
TOW R15 22 |
QLD R16 14 |
QLD R17 21 |
SMP R18 22 |
SMP R19 25 |
SAN Q 25 |
SAN R20 20 |
BAT R21 19 |
SUR R22 Ret |
SUR R23 DNS |
YMC R24 21 |
YMC R25 21 |
YMC R26 Ret |
WIN R27 21 |
WIN R28 15 |
SYD R29 7 |
SYD R30 14 |
24th | 1147 | |||||||||
2013 | Nissan Motorsport
|
Nissan Altima L33 | ADE
R1 |
ADE
R2 |
SYM
R3 |
SYM
R4 |
SYM
R5 |
PUK R6 |
PUK R7 |
PUK R8 |
PUK R9 |
BAR
R10 |
BAR
R11 |
BAR
R12 |
COA R13 |
COA R14 |
COA R15 |
COA R16 |
HID
R17 |
HID
R18 |
HID
R19 |
TOW R20 PO |
TOW R21 PO |
QLD
R22 |
QLD
R23 |
QLD
R24 |
WIN
R25 |
WIN
R26 |
WIN
R27 |
SAN Q 21 |
SAN R28 16 |
BAT R29 19 |
SUR R30 11 |
SUR R31 6 |
PHI
R32 |
PHI
R33 |
PHI
R34 |
SYD
R35 |
SYD
R36 |
42nd | 384 | |||
2015 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VF) | ADE
R1 |
ADE
R2 |
ADE
R3 |
SYM R4 |
SYM R5 |
SYM R6 |
BAR R7 |
BAR R8 |
BAR R9 |
WIN R10 |
WIN R11 |
WIN R12 |
HID R13 |
HID R14 |
HID R15 |
TOW R16 |
TOW R17 |
QLD R18 PO |
QLD R19 PO |
QLD R20 PO |
SMP R21 PO |
SMP R22 PO |
SMP R23 PO |
SAN Q 10 |
SAN R24 8 |
BAT R25 Ret |
SUR R26 12 |
SUR R27 22 |
PUK R28 |
PUK R29 |
PUK R30 |
PHI R31 |
PHI R32 |
PHI R33 |
SYD R34 |
SYD R35 |
SYD R36 |
46th | 288 | |||
2016 | Team 18 | Holden Commodore (VF) | ADE
R1 |
ADE
R2 |
ADE
R3 |
SYM R4 |
SYM R5 |
PHI
R6 |
PHI
R7 |
BAR R8 |
BAR R9 |
WIN R10 PO |
WIN R11 PO |
HID R12 |
HID R13 |
TOW R14 |
TOW R15 |
QLD R16 PO |
QLD R17 PO |
SMP R18 22 |
SMP R19 23 |
SAN Q 14 |
SAN R20 12 |
BAT R21 Ret |
SUR R22 Ret |
SUR R23 7 |
PUK R24 |
PUK R25 |
PUK R26 |
PUK R27 |
SYD
R28 |
SYD
R29 |
45th | 309 | ||||||||||
2017 | Team 18 | Holden Commodore (VF) | ADE R1 |
ADE R2 |
SYM
R3 |
SYM
R4 |
PHI
R5 |
PHI
R6 |
BAR R7 |
BAR R8 |
WIN R9 PO |
WIN R10 PO |
HID
R11 |
HID
R12 |
TOW R13 |
TOW R14 |
QLD R15 PO |
QLD R16 PO |
SMP
R17 |
SMP
R18 |
SAN Q 11 |
SAN R19 8 |
BAT R20 Ret |
SUR R21 Ret |
SUR R22 8 |
PUK
R23 |
PUK
R24 |
NEW
R25 |
NEW
R26 |
51st | 270 |
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Ford Rising Stars Racing
|
Ford Falcon (BF) | ![]() |
19th | 156 |
2009 | Britek Motorsport | Ford Falcon (FG) | ![]() |
11th | 161 |
2010 | Britek Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VE) | ![]() |
15th | 161 |
2011 | Britek Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VE) | ![]() |
14th | 161 |
2012 | Kelly Racing | Holden Commodore (VE) | ![]() |
19th | 161 |
2013 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | ![]() |
19th | 161 |
2015
|
Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VF) | ![]() |
DNF | 78 |
2016
|
Team 18 | Holden Commodore (VF) | ![]() |
DNF | 2 |
2017 | Team 18 | Holden Commodore (VF) | ![]() |
DNF | 76 |
References
- ^ "2004 Formula 3 Australia Championship". formula3.cc. 27 September 2004. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2006.
- ^ Gunther, Briar (3 February 2010). "Three cars, Reindler confirmed for BJR". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
- ^ "Reindler: I could feel my face burning - Speedcafe". Archived from the original on 4 May 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2011. Retrieved from Speedcafe 3/5/2011
- ^ Reynolds, Emma (5 December 2017). "This is what resilience looks like". NewsComAu. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Karl Reindler career summary at DriverDB.com
- Karl Reindler profile on US Racing Reference