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{{short description|Swiss racing driver (born 1965)}}

{{Former F1 driver|

{{BLP sources|date=July 2025}}

Name = Gregor Foitek |

{{Infobox F1 driver

Nationality = {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Switzerland|Swiss]] |

| image =

Years = {{F1|1989}} - {{F1|1990}} |

| name = Gregor Foitek

Team(s) = [[EuroBrun]], [[Rial (racing team)|Rial]], [[Brabham]], [[Onyx (racing team)|Onyx]], [[Monteverdi]] |

| nationality = {{flagicon|CHE}} Swiss

Races = 22 (7 starts) |

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|3|27|df=y}}

Championships = 0 |

| birth_place = [[Zürich]], Switzerland

Wins = 0 |

| Years = {{F1|1989}}–{{F1|1990}}

Podiums = 0 |

| Team(s) = [[EuroBrun]], [[Rial Racing|Rial]], [[Brabham]], [[Onyx (racing team)|Onyx]]

Points = 0 |

| PolesRaces = 022 |(7 starts)

| Fastest lapsChampionships = 0 |

| Wins = 0

First race = [[1989 Brazilian Grand Prix]] |

| First winPodiums = |0

| Last winPoints = |0

| Poles = 0

Last race = [[1990 Hungarian Grand Prix]] |

| Fastest laps = 0

| First race = [[1989 Brazilian Grand Prix]]

| First win =

| Last win =

| Last race = [[1990 Hungarian Grand Prix]]

}}

'''Gregor Foitek''' (born [[March 27]] [[1965]] in [[Zurich]]) is a former [[racing driver]] from [[Switzerland]]. He participated in 22 [[Formula One]] Grands Prix, debuting on [[March 26]], [[1989]]. He scored no championship points. He later made two [[Champ Car|CART]] starts for [[Foyt Enterprises]] in 1992 but was knocked out of both races by mechanical issues.

'''Gregor Foitek''' ({{IPA|de|ˈɡʁeːɡoːɐ̯ ˈfo.iːtɛk}}; born 27 March 1965) is a Swiss former [[racing driver]]. He won the 1986 [[Swiss Formula 3 Championship]]. Foitek participated in 22 [[Formula One]] Grands Prix, debuting on 26 March 1989. He scored no championship points. He later made two [[Champ Car|CART]] starts for [[Foyt Enterprises]] in 1992 but was knocked out of both races by mechanical issues.

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==Complete Formula One Results==

He helps run Foitek Automobile, a family-run Ferrari and Maserati dealership in [[Altendorf, Schwyz|Altendorf]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://foitekautomobile.ch/de/ueber-uns/|title=Foitek Automobile − Über uns (in German)|publisher=Foitek Automobile|accessdate=15 August 2021}}</ref>

==Formula One career==

===1989: EuroBrun and Rial===

Foitek made his debut at the [[1989 Brazilian Grand Prix]], however with turbos now banned from F1, the number of entries had grown to 39. Thirteen cars had to enter pre-qualifying and with [[EuroBrun]] having performed poorly in {{F1|1988}}, Foitek had to enter the session using the [[EuroBrun ER188B|ER188B]], which was an update of the 1988 car. Foitek only got to the main qualifying session once, at the first race in Brazil, where he then failed to qualify.<ref name="statsf1"/> After 11 rounds Foitek quit the EuroBrun team.

At the [[1989 Spanish Grand Prix|Spanish Grand Prix]], Foitek was called up to replace [[Christian Danner]] at the [[Rial Racing|Rial]] team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr482.html |title=Spanish GP, 1989 |website=grandprix.com |access-date=20 July 2025}}</ref> However, the Rial team were having a bad season and several crew members had left the team. Furthermore, although it was assured of a place in the main qualifying session, the [[Rial ARC2]] was uncompetitive, some five seconds off the next slowest car. In his one race with the team, Foitek's rear wing broke at high speed and he crashed heavily. He immediately quit the team.

===1990: Brabham and Onyx===

Foitek started the 1990 season with [[Brabham]], filling in for the first two races whilst [[David Brabham]] prepared himself to move up to F1.<ref name="grandprix.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-foigre.html |title=Gregor Foitek |website=grandprix.com |access-date=20 July 2025}}</ref> He qualified for both races, making his first F1 start in Phoenix, but didn't finish either race.<ref name="statsf1">{{cite web |url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/gregor-foitek/engagement.aspx |title=Gregor Foitek - Involvement |website=StatsF1 |access-date=20 July 2025}}</ref>

Once David Brabham moved up to take his F1 seat, Foitek moved across to [[Onyx Grand Prix|Onyx]]<ref name="grandprix.com"/> (now part-run by his father Karl)<ref name="f1rejects"/> to replace [[Stefan Johansson]], who had left the team having been unhappy at the way the team was run. Foitek qualified for his first four races with Onyx<ref name="statsf1"/> and was classified 7th at Monaco<ref name="statsf1"/> (although he was running 6th late on but retired after a collision with [[Eric Bernard]] when being overtaken).<ref name="f1rejects"/> The lack of resources began to tell for Onyx as the season wore on, with Foitek only qualifying once in the following four races<ref name="statsf1"/> - as did his teammate, [[JJ Lehto]], at Hockenheim where they shared the back row of the grid - before Onyx folded after the Hungarian Grand Prix.<ref name="f1rejects">{{cite web |url=http://www.f1rejects.com/teams/onyx/profile.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070119012847/http://www.f1rejects.com/teams/onyx/profile.html |archivedate=19 January 2007 |title=Onyx (Monteverdi) - Full Profile |website=F1 Rejects |access-date=20 July 2025}}</ref>

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==Racing record==

===Complete International Formula 3000 results===

([[:Template:Motorsport driver results legend|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap.)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Pts

|-

| [[1986 International Formula 3000 season|1986]]

! nowrap| Horag Racing

! nowrap| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola T86/50]]

! [[Cosworth]]

| [[Silverstone Circuit|SIL]]

| [[ACI Vallelunga Circuit|VAL]]

| [[Pau Grand Prix|PAU]]

| [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps|SPA]]

| [[Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari|IMO]]

| [[Mugello Circuit|MUG]]

| [[Autodromo di Pergusa|PER]]

| [[Österreichring|ÖST]]

| [[Birmingham Superprix|BIR]]

| [[Bugatti Circuit|BUG]]

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Circuito Permanente Del Jarama|JAR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}

! NC

! 0

|-

|rowspan=2| [[1987 International Formula 3000 season|1987]]

! nowrap| Genoa Racing

! nowrap| [[March Engineering|March 87B]]

!rowspan=2| [[Cosworth]]

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Silverstone Circuit|SIL]]<br />{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[ACI Vallelunga Circuit|VAL]]<br />{{small|15}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps|SPA]]<br />{{small|10}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Pau Grand Prix|PAU]]<br />{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[Donington Park|DON]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[Autodromo di Pergusa|PER]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[Brands Hatch|BRH]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Birmingham Superprix|BIR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}

|colspan=3|

!rowspan=2| NC

!rowspan=2| 0

|-

! nowrap| GA Motorsport

! nowrap| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola T87/50]]

|colspan=8|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari|IMO]]<br />{{small|12}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Bugatti Circuit|BUG]]<br>{{small|8}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[Circuito Permanente Del Jarama|JAR]]<br /><small>14†</small>

|-

| [[1988 International Formula 3000 season|1988]]

! nowrap| GA Motorsport

! nowrap| [[Lola Racing Cars|Lola T88/50]]

! [[Cosworth]]

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Circuito Permanente de Jerez|JER]]<br />{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FBFFBF;"| '''[[ACI Vallelunga Circuit|VAL]]'''<br />{{small|1}}

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[Pau Grand Prix|PAU]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Silverstone Circuit|SIL]]<br />{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|MNZ]]<br />{{small|4}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Autodromo di Pergusa|PER]]<br />{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Brands Hatch|BRH]]<br />{{small|Ret}}

| [[Birmingham Superprix|BIR]]

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Bugatti Circuit|BUG]]<br>{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Zolder|ZOL]]<br />{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[Dijon-Prenois|DIJ]]<br />{{small|Ret}}

! 7th

! 15

|}

===Complete Formula One World Championship results===

([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]])

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:9585%"

! Year

! TeamEntrant

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

Line 40 ⟶ 146:

! 15

! 16

! Team

! WDC

! Points

|-

|rowspan=3| [[1989 Formula One season|1989]]

!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[EuroBrun|EuroBrun Racing]]

! nowrap| [[EuroBrun]] [[EuroBrun ER188|ER188B]]

|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"| [[1989 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br /><small>DNQ</small>

!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] [[V8 engine|V8]]

|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"| [[1989 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br /><small>DNPQ</small>

|bgcolorstyle="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1989 MonacoBrazilian Grand Prix|MONBRA]]<br /><{{small>DNPQ</small>|DNQ}}

|bgcolorstyle="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1989 MexicanSan Marino Grand Prix|MEXSMR]]<br /><{{small>|DNPQ</small>}}

|bgcolorstyle="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1989 United StatesMonaco Grand Prix|USAMON]]<br /><{{small>|DNPQ</small>}}

|bgcolorstyle="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1989 CanadianMexican Grand Prix|CANMEX]]<br /><{{small>|DNPQ</small>}}

|bgcolorstyle="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1989 FrenchUnited States Grand Prix|FRAUSA]]<br /><{{small>|DNPQ</small>}}

|bgcolorstyle="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1989 BritishCanadian Grand Prix|GBRCAN]]<br /><{{small>|DNPQ</small>}}

|bgcolorstyle="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1989 GermanFrench Grand Prix|GERFRA]]<br /><{{small>|DNPQ</small>}}

|bgcolorstyle="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1989 HungarianBritish Grand Prix|HUNGBR]]<br /><{{small>|DNPQ</small>}}

|colspan=2|

|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"| [[1989 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br /><small>DNPQ</small>

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1989 ItalianBelgian Grand Prix|ITABEL]]<br /><{{small></small>|DNPQ}}

| [[1989 PortugueseItalian Grand Prix|PORITA]]<br /><small></small>

|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"| [[1989 SpanishPortuguese Grand Prix|ESPPOR]]<br /><small>DNQ</small>

|colspan=3|

| [[1989 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br /><small></small>

!rowspan=3| NC

| [[1989 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br /><small></small>

!rowspan=3| 0

! [[Rial (racing team)|Rial]]

| -

| 0

|-

! nowrap| [[EuroBrun ER189]]

| [[1990 Formula One season|1990]]

|colspan=8|

! [[Brabham]]

|bgcolorstyle="background:#EFCFFFFFCFCF;"| [[19901989 United StatesGerman Grand Prix|USAGER]]<br /><{{small>Ret</small>|DNPQ}}

|bgcolorstyle="background:#EFCFFFFFCFCF;"| [[19901989 BrazilianHungarian Grand Prix|BRAHUN]]<br /><{{small>Ret</small>|DNPQ}}

|colspan=6|

|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1990 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br /><small>Ret</small>

|-

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1990 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br /><small>7</small>

! nowrap| [[Rial Racing]]

|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1990 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br /><small>Ret</small>

! nowrap| [[Rial ARC2]]

|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1990 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br /><small>15</small>

! nowrap| [[Cosworth]] [[V8 engine|V8]]

|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"| [[1990 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br /><small>DNQ</small>

|colspan=13|

|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"| [[1990 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br /><small>DNQ</small>

|bgcolorstyle="background:#EFCFFFFFCFCF;"| [[19901989 GermanSpanish Grand Prix|GERESP]]<br /><{{small>Ret</small>|DNQ}}

|bgcolor="#FFCFCF"| [[19901989 HungarianJapanese Grand Prix|HUNJPN]]<br /><small>DNQ</small>

| [[19901989 BelgianAustralian Grand Prix|BELAUS]]<br /><small></small>

|-

| [[1990 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small></small>

|rowspan=3| [[1990 Formula One season|1990]]

| [[1990 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]<br /><small></small>

! nowrap| [[Brabham|Motor Racing Developments]]

| [[1990 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]<br /><small></small>

! nowrap| [[Brabham BT58]]

| [[1990 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]<br /><small></small>

! nowrap| [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] [[V8 engine|V8]]

| [[1990 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]<br /><small></small>

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1990 United States Grand Prix|USA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}

! [[Onyx (racing team)|Onyx]]

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1990 Brazilian Grand Prix|BRA]]<br />{{small|Ret}}

| -

|colspan=14|

| 0

!rowspan=3| NC

!rowspan=3| 0

|-

! nowrap| [[Onyx Grand Prix|Moneytron Onyx]]

!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[Onyx ORE-1]]

!rowspan=2 nowrap| [[Cosworth]] [[V8 engine|V8]]

|colspan=2|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1990 San Marino Grand Prix|SMR]]<br />{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1990 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br />{{small|7†}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1990 Canadian Grand Prix|CAN]]<br />{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| [[1990 Mexican Grand Prix|MEX]]<br />{{small|15}}

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1990 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}

|colspan=9|

|-

! nowrap| [[Onyx Grand Prix|Monteverdi Onyx Formula One]]

|colspan=7|

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1990 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| [[1990 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br />{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| [[1990 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]]<br />{{small|DNQ}}

| [[1990 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]

| [[1990 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]

| [[1990 Portuguese Grand Prix|POR]]

| [[1990 Spanish Grand Prix|ESP]]

| [[1990 Japanese Grand Prix|JPN]]

| [[1990 Australian Grand Prix|AUS]]

|}

† Driver did not finish the race, but was still classified as they completed 90% of the race distance.

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===Complete CART results===

{{Switzerland-sport-bio-stub}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

{{F1-bio-stub}}

! Year

! Team

! No.

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! Rank

! Points

! Ref

|-

| [[1992 PPG Indy Car World Series|1992]]

! nowrap| [[A. J. Foyt Enterprises]]

! 14

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|[[1992 Daikyo IndyCar Grand Prix|SRF]]<br>{{small|21}}

|PNX

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|LBH<br>{{small|18}}

|[[1992 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]

|DET

|POR

|MIL

|NHM

|TOR

|MIS

|CLE

|ROA

|VAN

|MDO

|NAZ

|LS

! 47th

! 0

! <ref>{{cite web|url=https://racing-reference.info/drivdet/foitegr01/1992/R|title=Gergor Foitek – 1992 CART Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 16, 2023}}</ref>

|}

==References==

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{{Reflist}}

==External links==

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110706232039/http://www.foitekautomobile.ch/front_content.php?idcat=43 Foitek Automobile]

*[http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-foigre.html Grandprix.com profile]

*{{Racing-Reference driver|Gregor_Foitek}}

*{{DriverDB driver|gregor-foitek}}

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