| Heinz-Harald Frentzen | ||
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| File:Heinz Harald Frentzen.png | ||
| Driver Details | ||
| Nationality |  German
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| P.o.B. |  Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
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| D.o.B. | 18 May 1967 | |
| Début | 2004 Hockenheim Opening Race
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| Best | 7th (2006) | |
| Previous Teams | Team Holzer; Audi Sport Team Abt
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| DTM Career | ||
| Total Entries | 31 (31 Starts) | |
| No. | 9; 10; 6 | |
| Wins | Points | Poles |
| 0 | 44 | 1 |
| Fastest Laps | 0 | |
| Podiums | 4 | |
Heinz-Harald Frentzen (born 18 May 1967 in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany) is a German former racing driver, who competed in the DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship between 2004 and 2006.[1] A runner-up in the FIA Formula One World Championship in 1997 before his time in the DTM, Frentzen would obtain a quartet of podiums in the DTM across 32 appearances.[1]
Frentzen began his DTM career at Opel, joining the factory Team Holzer squad to partner Manuel Reuter for 2004 as Opel fought to reignite their DTM standing.[2] Yet, it proved to be a difficult debut season for the former F1 race winner, with Frentzen only claiming a single points finish at the penultimate round of the season.[3]
Regardless, Opel and Team Holzer would retain Frentzen for the 2005 campaign, again partnering Reuter in what was to be Opel's final season.[4] After an early struggle Frentzen would find form mid-season, claiming two podium finishes and frequently appearing in Super Pole as he finished eighth in the Championship.[5]
With Opel leaving the Series Frentzen was forced to find a new seat for the 2006 campaign, and was duly signed by Audi to join their ABT Sportsline effort.[1] Partnering Audi factory driver Tom Kristensen, Frentzen would claim a further two podium finishes, although would still only claim seventh in the Championship hunt.[6]
At the end of 2006 Frentzen retired from full-time professional racing, only taking part in one-off races and events, including the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans.[7] In 2014 the German racer would fully retire after a partial campaign in the ADAC GT Masters.[7]
Background[]
Following in the footsteps of his father, Frentzen would begin racing in karting in 1979, and would cause a stir by winning the German Junior Championship in 1981.[7] In 1985 Frentzen moved up to the German Formula Ford 2000 Championship, racing for three seasons and finishing runner-up in 1987.[7] German Formula Opel Lotus was his next series, and duly claimed a maiden Championship title in 1988 with teammate Marco Werner in third.[7]
Germany's Next Bet: 1989 - 1993[]
In 1989 Frentzen joined the German Formula 3 Championship, competing against future F1 rivals Michael Schumacher and Karl Wendlinger.[7] Furthermore, Frentzen was nominated alongside Schumacher by the ONS (German National Motorsports committee) as the next German racer to get into Formula One, although both he and his main rival would be beaten to the F3 title by Wendlinger.[7] The International F3000 Championship would be Frentzen's 1990 occupation, finishing sixteenth, while also joining the factory Mercedes squad in the World Sportscar Championship and claiming one podium.[7]
1991 saw Frentzen remain in International F3000, improving to fourteenth as junior rival Schumacher secured a drive in F1.[7] In 1992 Frentzen would opt to move over to Japan to compete in their national F3000 series, completing three rounds, before a full campaign of Japanese F3000 in 1993 and finishing ninth.[7]
F1 Feature: 1994 - 2003[]
In 1994 Frentzen finally secured a drive in F1 as, with partial backing from engine suppliers Mercedes, the German racer was united with Wendlinger at Sauber F1.[7] After a quiet rookie season, Frentzen claimed his and Sauber's maiden podium at the Italian Grand Prix in 1995 as they switched to Ford engines, finishing ninth overall.[7] A difficult 1996 season saw Frentzen battle against an unreliable car, with the only highlight of note being a pair of fourth place finishes.[7]
1997 saw Frentzen move across to Williams, with the German racer going on to claim his maiden victory at the 1997 San Marino Grand Prix, before finishing as runner-up to teammate Jacques Villeneuve in the Championship.[7] Frentzen would, however, publicly fall out with Patrick Head towards the end of the season, although that friction was not enough to convince Williams to drop him for 1998.[7] However, Williams' fortunes would nose-dive during the 1998 season as they lost their factory Renault engine supply, with Frentzen falling to seventh in the Championship.[7]
Williams dropped Frentzen at the end of 1998, resulting in the German racer moving to Jordan, with whom he had raced in International F3000, for 1999.[7] Frentzen's form peaked mid-season, with the German racer claiming two shock victories amid a run to third in the Championship in what was Jordan's most competitive season.[7] However, the 2000 season saw Frentzen and Jordan's form desert them, although the German racer was able to add two podium finishes to his tally.[7]
2001 saw Frentzen start the season with Jordan, although a fallout with Eddie Jordan mid-season saw Frentzen leave the team midway through the season and instead join the Prost F1 squad.[7] After failing to score with Prost, Frentzen moved across to Orange Arrows in 2002, although with the Arrows squad going bust towards the end of the season, the German racer would return to Sauber for the penultimate race.[7] Sauber subsequently signed Frentzen for the full 2003 season, with the German racer ending the season with a final podium finish at the penultimate race in the US.[7]
At the end of 2003 Frentzen found himself unable to secure a seat in F1, prompting him to end his career at the top end of single-seaters.[7]
DTM History[]
Frentzen signed up to the Opel DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship programme ahead of the 2004 season, in-spite of his previous ties to Mercedes.[2] The German racer would join compatriot Manuel Reuter at Team Holzer, using the squad's new pair of Opel Vectra GTS V8s.[2]
Formula Fresh: 2004[]
Sophomore Progress: 2005[]
Frentzen was retained by Opel and Team Holzer for the 2005 campaign, and would once again partner Reuter in the squad's updated 2005-spec Vectras.[4]
Abt Attraction: 2006[]
With Opel having withdrawn from the DTM at the end of 2005, Frentzen would make a move to Audi for the 2006 season, who placed the German racer at Audi Sport Team Abt alongside Tom Kristensen.[1]
Post-DTM Career[]
After leaving the DTM, Frentzen would sit out the entire 2007 season, before taking up a one-off appearance in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2008, finishing fourth in class.[7] He would also debut in the Speedcar Series for two rounds, before becoming a regular runner in 2009, finishing fourth, before sitting out the 2010 season.[7] 2011 saw Frentzen gain a regular seat in the ADAC GT Masters, which he would retain in 2012 despite failing to claim regular points.[7]
Another one-year sabbatical followed before Frentzen again returned to the ADAC GT Masters for a final campaign in 2014 ahead of his full racing retirement at the end of the season.[7]
Full DTM Record[]
Heinz-Harald Frentzen's full results from his 31 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 Heinz-Harald Frentzen during their DTM career:
| Heinz-Harald Frentzen's Overall DTM Record | ||||||
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| Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Pos. | Pts. | Livery |
| 2004 | OPC Team Holzer 2[2]
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9 | Opel Vectra GTS V8 2004 | 14th | 3 | 
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| 2005 | GMAC/Stern Team OPC[4]
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10 | Opel Vectra GTS V8 2005 | 8th | 17 | File:FRE 05 Livery.png |
| 2006 | Audi Sport Team Abt[1]
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6 | Audi A4 DTM 2006 | 7th | 24 | File:FRE 06 Livery.png |
Career Results[]
Below is a table showing Heinz-Harald Frentzen's full DTM record:
| Heinz-Harald Frentzen's DTM Championship Record | |||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
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14th | 3 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | NC† | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 11th | 12th | 12th | Ret | Ret | 7th | Ret | 14th | Ret | 6th | 12th | |||
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8th | 17 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
| Ret | 14th | 15th | 3rd | 14th | 6th | 12th | 3rd | 7th | Ret | 18th | |||
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7th | 24 | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| 3rd | 13th | 4th | 17th | 11th | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 10th | 14th | ||||
| Results Key | ||||
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| 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 | |
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| 2004 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
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| Manufacturers |
| Abt-Audi • AMG-Mercedes • Opel |
| Car/engine |
| Abt-Audi TT-R 2003 • Audi A4 DTM 2004 • Audi 4.0l V8 • AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2003 • AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004 • AMG 4.0l V8 • Opel Astra V8 Coupé DTM 2003 • Vectra GTS V8 2004 • Opel 4.0l V8 |
| Teams |
| AMG-Mercedes • Audi Sport Infineon Team Joest • Audi Sport Team Abt • Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline • OPC Euroteam • OPC Team Holzer • OPC Team Phoenix • Original-Teile AMG-Mercedes • Sonax Dark Dog AMG-Mercedes • Vodafone/Chrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes |
| Drivers |
| 1 Bernd Schneider • 2 Christijan Albers • 3 Marcel Fässler • 4 Laurent Aïello • 5 Mattias Ekström • 6 Martin Tomczyk • 7 Gary Paffett • 8 Jean Alesi • 9 Heinz-Harald Frentzen • 10 Manuel Reuter • 11 Christian Abt • 12 Tom Kristensen • 14 Peter Dumbreck • 15 Timo Scheider • 16 Jeroen Bleekemolen • 17 Markus Winkelhock • 18 Stefan Mücke • 20 Jarek Janiš • 21 Bernd Mayländer • 22 Rinaldo Capello • 23 Peter Terting • 44 Emanuele Pirro • 45 Frank Biela |
| Races |
| Hockenheim Opening • Estoril • Adria • Lausitzring • Norisring • Nürburgring • Oschersleben • Zandvoort • Brno • Hockenheim Finale |
| Non-Championship Races |
| Shanghai 1 • Shanghai 2 |
| Related Content |
| 2003 DTM Season • 2005 DTM Season • Formula 3 Euro Series |
| 2005 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
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| Manufacturers |
| Audi • AMG-Mercedes • Opel |
| Car/engine |
| Audi A4 DTM 2005 • Audi 4.0l V8 • AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005 • AMG 4.0l V8 • Vectra GTS V8 2005 • Opel 4.0l V8 |
| Teams |
| Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline • Audi Sport Team Abt • Audi Sport Team Joest • Audi Sport Team Joest Racing • DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes • GMAC/Stern Team OPC • Mücke Motorsport • Team OPC • Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes • Vodafone/Sport Edition AMG-Mercedes |
| Drivers |
| 1 Mattias Ekström • 2 Martin Tomczyk • 3 Gary Paffett • 4 Jean Alesi • 5 Tom Kristensen • 6 Allan McNish • 7 Bernd Schneider • 8 Mika Häkkinen • 9 Marcel Fässler • 10 Heinz-Harald Frentzen • 11 Laurent Aïello • 12 Manuel Reuter • 14 Christian Abt • 15 Pierre Kaffer • 16 Stefan Mücke • 17 Alexandros Margaritis • 18 Rinaldo Capello • 19 Frank Stippler • 20 Bruno Spengler • 21 Jamie Green |
| Races |
| Hockenheim Opening • Lausitzring I • Spa-Francorchamps • Brno • Oschersleben • Norisring • Nürburgring • Zandvoort • Lausitzring II • Istanbul Park • Hockenheim Finale |
| Related Content |
| 2004 DTM Season • 2006 DTM Season • Formula 3 Euro Series |
| 2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
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| Manufacturers |
| Audi • AMG-Mercedes |
| Car/engine |
| Audi A4 DTM 2006 • Audi 4.0l V8 • AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006 • AMG 4.0l V8 |
| Teams |
| Audi Sport Team Abt • Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline • Audi Sport Team Phoenix • Audi Sport Team Rosberg • DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes • Futurecom TME • Junge Gebrauchte/AutoScout 24 AMG-Mercedes • Stern/Easy Rent AMG-Mercedes • TV-Spielfilm/TrekStor AMG-Mercedes • Vodafone/Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes |
| Drivers |
| 2 Bernd Schneider • 3 Jamie Green • 4 Martin Tomczyk • 5 Mattias Ekström • 6 Heinz-Harald Frentzen • 7 Tom Kristensen • 8 Mika Häkkinen • 9 Bruno Spengler • 10 Jean Alesi • 11 Alexandros Margaritis • 12 Christian Abt • 14 Pierre Kaffer • 15 Frank Stippler • 16 Timo Scheider • 17 Stefan Mücke • 18 Daniel la Rosa • 19 Olivier Tielemans/Jeroen Bleekemolen/Nicolas Kiesa/Thed Björk • 20 Vanina Ickx • 21 Mathias Lauda • 22 Susie Stoddart |
| Races |
| Hockenheim Opening • Lausitzring • Oschersleben • Brands Hatch • Norisring • Nürburgring • Zandvoort • Barcelona • Bugatti Circuit • Hockenheim Finale |
| Related Content |
| 2005 DTM Season • 2007 DTM Season • Formula 3 Euro Series |