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ZAKSPEED

TEAM: ZAKSPEED
NATIONALITY: D
INCEPTION: 1985-1989
COMMENT: Zakspeed is a motor racing team from Germany, founded in 1968 by Erich Zakowski and nowadays run by his son Peter Zakowski.

YEAR NAME NAT. POINTS/RESULTS
West Zakspeed-Ford (NIL)
1985 Jonathan Palmer GB NIL
1985 Christian Danner D NIL (Osella)
West Zakspeed-Ford (NIL)
1986 Jonathan Palmer GB NIL (Data General Tyrrell-Ford)
1986 Huub Rothengatter NL NIL (He always drove for small and under-funded teams, his drives all either started or became available midseason. He tried to get Dutch sponsors, amongst others by putting in a page-high advertisement in “De Telegraaf”-newspaper. Reputedly, when Niki Lauda was asked about him, he referred to him as “rattengott” literally “God of the rats”. Rothengatter later entered into F1 management, as a manager for Dutch driver Jos Verstappen.)
West Zakspeed-Ford (10th 2 pts.)
1987 Christian Danner D NIL (Rial)
1987 Martin Brundle GB 10th (2 pts.) (Canon Williams-Judd)
Zakspeed-Yamaha (NIL)
1988 Bernd Schneider D NIL
1988 Piercarlo Ghinzani I NIL (Osella)
Zakspeed-Yamaha (NIL)
1989 Aguri Suzuki JAP NIL (Lola-Lamborghini)
1989 Bernd Schneider D NIL (Footwork Arrows-Cosworth)