Ferdinand von Habsburg

Ferdinand von Habsburg
File:Ferdinand von Habsburg.png
Driver Details
Nationality	Austrian
P.o.B.	Salzburg, Austria
D.o.B.	21 June 1997
D.o.D.
Début	2019 Hockenheim Opening Race 1
Best Finish	18th (2019)
Previous Teams	R-Motorsport II
DTM Career
Entries	18 (17 Starts)
Wins	0
First Win
Poles	0
F.L.s	0
Points	3
Current Season
Team	Audi Sport Team WRT
Car	Audi RS5 Turbo DTM
Number	Standings	Points
62	–	'

Ferdinand Zvonimir Maria Balthus Keith Michael Otto Antal Bahnam Leonhard von Habsburg-Lothringen (born 21 June 1997 in Salzburg, Austria), is an Austrian racing driver who competes for Audi Sport Team WRT in the 2020 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship. Known alternately as Ferdinand von Habsburg, Habsburg made his DTM debut at the start of the 2019 season, joining Aston Martin and R-Motorsport II for the campaign.

von Habsburg's maiden DTM campaign was a rather anonymous one, with the Austrian racer hampered by the fact that the Aston Martin Vantage DTM was in its first season of competition. As a result, von Habsburg only claimed two points finishes during the campaign, although did enough to secure a seat for the 2020 season.

Away from racing, von Habsburg is the heir apparent to the House of Habsburg, the former ruling dynasty of the Austro-Hungarian empire, and holds the unofficial honorific titles of Imperial and Royal Archduke of Austria.

Background

von Habsburg began his career at the age of fourteen in karting, and would compete until the end of the 2013 season. In 2014 von Habsburg would enter the sub 1.6 class of the Formula Renault NEC, claiming four podiums to secure fourth in the Championship. He duly progressed to the full 2.0 class for 2015, claiming eighteenth, while also running to eleventh in the Toyota Racing Series.

Rapid Runnings: 2016 - 2018

2016 saw von Habsburg compete in a variety of series, including the NEC, TRS, Euroformula Open and the Spanish Formula 3 Championship. He would ultimately finish second in Euroformula Open and third in Spanish F3, while also claiming two wins to secure fourth in the TRS. For 2017 Habsburg would make the FIA Formula 3 European Championship his main programme, securing one win and seventh in the Championship, before almost claiming victory in the Macau Grand Prix at the end of the season.

European F3 remained von Habsburg's main programme in 2018, although he would also debut in the International GT Open and the w:c:motorsport:24 Hours of Daytona, claiming fifth in the latter. Ultimately 2018 would be a quiet campaign for von Habsburg after his Daytona debut, with the Austrian racer only claiming thirteenth in European F3.

DTM History

von Habsburg would get his DTM call-up ahead of the 2019 DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship, signing up to partner Daniel Juncadella for the full campaign at R-Motorsport II. His debut would be a rather poor one however, with a mechanical issue forcing von Habsburg to retire after just two laps of racing, having qualified at the back of the field. He would also qualify at the back of the field for the second race, although a quiet race saw the Austrian racer secure his first race finish in thirteenth.

Rookie Rumbles: 2019

von Habsburg enjoyed a better run in the 2019 Zolder Race 1, with the Austrian racer fighting to his first points finish after a well picked tyre strategy. Yet, in the second race von Habsburg's luck would desert him, with the Austrian retiring while running on the outskirts of the top ten with an engine failure. Two pointless races in Misano would follow, before Habsburg claimed a bruising point at the 2019 Norisring Race 1, having fought with stablemate Jake Dennis throughout.

That would, however, be that for von Habsburg's season, for the Austrian racer would fail to threaten the points at all for the rest of the campaign. Indeed, the closest von Habsburg would come to scoring came at the 2019 Brands Hatch Race 2, with the Austrian racer battling to eleventh from the back of the field. He would also be beset by engine failures at the Lausitzring and 2019 Hockenheim Finale Race 1, the latter being enough to cause him to miss the race entirely.

von Habsburg would end the 2019 season with a run to eleventh in the 2019 Hockenheim Finale Race 2, which left him on three points and eighteenth in the Championship.

WRT Wrangler: 2020

Despite his issues in his rookie campaign, von Habsburg would secure a seat for the 2020 season, joining Audi customer team Team WRT as their lead driver.

Full DTM Record

Ferdinand von Habsburg's full results from his 17 starts in the DTM are outlined in a series of tables below.

DTM Entries

The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for Ferdinand von Habsburg during their DTM career:

Ferdinand von Habsburg's Overall DTM Record
Year	Entrant	No.	Car	Pos.	Pts.	Livery
2019	R-Motorsport II	62	Aston Martin Vantage DTM	18th	3
2020	Audi Sport Team WRT	62	Audi RS5 Turbo DTM

Career Results

Below is a table showing Ferdinand von Habsburg's full DTM record.

Ferdinand von Habsburg's DTM Championship Record
Year	Rounds																		Pos.	Pts.
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
2019																			18th	3
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Ret	13th	9th	Ret	14th	12th	10th	11th	13th	12th	15th	11th	15th	Ret	11th	15th	DNS	11th
2020																			12th	0
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18

Results Key
Symbol	Meaning		Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner		Ret	Retired
2nd	Second		DSQ	Disqualified
3rd	Third		DNS	Did Not Start
7th	Points Scorer		NC	Not Classified
Italics	Fastest Lap		CAN	Race Cancelled
16th	Non-points finish		†	Non-Championship Race
Bold	Pole Position		3	Points for Qualifying

References

Images and Videos:

• byggxx, 'Ferdinand Habsburg 2019.svg', dtm.fandom.com/de, (DTM Wiki, 29/10/2019), https://dtm.fandom.com/de/wiki/Datei:Ferdinand_Habsburg_2019.svg, (Accessed 27/05/2020)

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