Julian Theobald

Julian Theobald
Nationality	German
Born	11 November 1984 Giessen (Germany)
Related to	Johannes Theobald (brother)
FIA Formula Two Championship career
Debut season	2010
Current team	MotorSport Vision
Car no.	20
Starts	12
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2007–08 2006 2005 2004 2002–03	Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula Three Euroseries German Formula Three FR2000 Germany Formula König
Championship titles
2006	F3 Euroseries Trophy

Julian Theobald (born 11 November 1984 in Giessen) is a racing driver from Germany.

Career

Formula König

After a long karting career, Theobald stepped up to single-seaters in 2002, racing in the Formula König series in his native Germany. After finishing 23rd in his first season in the category, he improved to eleventh place the following year, finishing one point ahead of his younger brother, Johannes.^[1]

Formula Renault 2.0

2004 saw Theobald move up to the Formula Renault 2000 Germany series. In his eleven races in the championship, he scored 23 points to be classified in 28th position.^[2]

Formula Three

In 2005, Theobald graduated to Formula Three, racing in the German Formula Three Championship for the same SMS Seyffarth Junior Team as his brother Johannes. After starting the year with a Renault–powered Dallara F302, he switched to a Dallara F303–Mercedes after the fifth round at the Nürburgring. He finished the season just outside the championship's top ten in eleventh place, with the highlight being a fastest lap at the penultimate round at the Lausitzring.

For 2006, Theobald continued in Formula Three, this time moving to the Formula Three Euroseries. He was entered into the new Trophy Class for cars used between 2002 and 2004.^[3] Despite only taking part in half of the seasons' twenty races due to budget constraints, Theobald secured the Trophy Class title after the seventh round of the year at Zandvoort, taking six class wins from ten races in the process.^[4]

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

After testing for Pons Racing at the end of 2006, Theobald made his Formula Renault 3.5 Series debut at Donington Park in September 2007, replacing Jaap van Lagen at Eurointernational.^[5] Competing in the final eight races of the season, he failed to score any points, taking a best race result of 18th at both Donington and the season finale in Barcelona. At the penultimate round of the season in Estoril, Theobald was joined in the team by his brother Johannes for a one-off appearance.^[6]

Theobald made a return to the series in 2008, signing for British team Fortec Motorsport a few days before the opening round of the season at Monza.^[7] He completed the first four races of the season for the team at Monza and Spa-Francorchamps before being replaced by Fairuz Fauzy from the Monaco round onwards.^[8]

Formula Two

After missing the entire 2009 racing season, Theobald and his brother both took part in the FIA Formula Two Championship pre-event test held at Brands Hatch in July 2010,^[9] with Julian confirmed to take part in the Brands Hatch round of the 2010 season.^[10]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2002	Formula König	?	12	0	?	0	0	39	23rd
2003	Formula König	?	12	0	0	0	0	119	11th
2004	Formula Renault 2000 Germany	?	11	0	0	0	0	23	28th
2005	German Formula Three Championship	SMS Seyffarth Junior Team	18	0	0	1	0	11	11th
2006	Formula Three Euroseries - Trophy Class	SMS Seyffarth Motorsport	10	6	2	6	9	73	1st
2007	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Eurointernational	8	0	0	0	0	0	36th
2008	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Fortec Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	0	33rd
2010	FIA Formula Two Championship	MotorSport Vision	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2011	FIA Formula Two Championship	MotorSport Vision	14	0	0	0	0	8	19th

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Points
2007	Eurointernational	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	MON 1	HUN 1	HUN 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	DON 1 23	DON 2 18	MAG 1 Ret	MAG 2 23	EST 1 26	EST 2 Ret	CAT 1 25	CAT 2 18	36th	0
2008	Fortec Motorsport	MNZ 1 15	MNZ 2 15	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 21	MON 1	SIL 1	SIL 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	LMS 1	LMS 2	EST 1	EST 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	33rd	0

Complete Formula Two results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2010	28	SIL 1	SIL 2	MAR 1	MAR 2	MON 1	MON 2	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	ALG 1	ALG 2	BRH 1 17	BRH 2 17	BRN 1 13	BRN 2 15	OSC 1 14	OSC 2 Ret	VAL 1	VAL 2	NC	0
2011	20	SIL 1 17	SIL 2 Ret	MAG 1 17	MAG 2 Ret	SPA 1 15	SPA 2 15	NÜR 1 16	NÜR 2 Ret	BRH 1	BRH 2	RBR 1 6	RBR 2 12	MON 1 Ret	MON 2 Ret	CAT 1	CAT 2			19th	8

References

1. "Formula König 2003". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 2010-01-27.
2. "Formula Renault 2.0 Germany 2004". driverdb.com (Driver Database). Retrieved 2010-01-27.
3. "SMS Seyffarth Motorsport a new force on the Formula 3 Euro Series grid". f3euroseries.com (Formula Three Euroseries). 2006-03-29. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
4. "Julian Theobald the first Trophy Champion". f3euroseries.com (Formula Three Euroseries). 2006-09-15. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
5. "Eurointernational enlist Theobald". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
6. "Albuquerque to shine on home soil?". renault-sport.com (Renault Sport). 2007-10-18. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
7. "Van der Garde ready to go". renault-sport.com (Renault Sport). 2008-04-24. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
8. "New addition to Fortec line-up". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2008-05-19. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
9. "Brands Hatch test day gets underway". FIA Formula Two Championship (MotorSport Vision). 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
10. "Will Bratt tops Brands Hatch morning session". FIA Formula Two Championship (MotorSport Vision). 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2010-07-14.

External links

• Official website (German)
• Career details from Driver Database