# Karl Reindler

Karl William Reindler (born 18 April 1985) is an Australian racing driver, who has previously competed in the Supercars Championship. He currently shares duties with Bruno Correia as the Medical Car driver for Formula One.

## Biography
### Formula Three

Off the back of winning Rookie of the Year in the 2003 Australian Formula 3 Championship, Reindler went on to win the 2004 Championship in the final round. At the completion of the 2004 season, Reindler competed in his first international event, the one-off Bahrain F3 SuperPrix, racing for the Swiss Racing Team. He finished 18th in what was regarded at the time as the unofficial World Championship for Formula 3 – select drivers from this event went on to winning championships in Formula 1, WEC, DTM, Super GT and Super Formula to name a few.
Reindler moved to Britain in 2005 to complete a part-season of the British Formula 3 Championship with Alan Docking Racing, commencing at round 7 at Monza, Italy, finishing 7th and 10th on debut. A season-best qualifying happened at the final round at the Silverstone Circuit, qualifying 6th and finishing 7th. At the conclusion of the 2005 season, Reindler qualified for and competed in the World-famous Macau Grand Prix, finishing 13th in a competitive field which included Sebastian Vettel, Robert Kubica, Romain Grosjean and eventual winner Lucas di Grassi. In 2006 he continued with the Alan Docking Racing squad in British F3, again, only completing part of the season and ultimately finishing 14th outright after a season littered with mechanical related retirements.

### A1 Grand Prix

Reindler went on to represent Australia as the rookie driver in the penultimate race of the 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season at Laguna Seca, then progressed to lead driver at the second round of the 2006–07 A1 Grand Prix season in the Czech Republic. At the third round of the season, at the demanding Beijing street circuit in China, Reindler fought hard to finish on the podium in the feature race. He continued with Team Australia until the Durban event in South Africa before the team changed their driver line-up. He joined the ranks of the Asian Formula Renault V6 series in 2007, but only ran two rounds, finishing on the podium in Autopolis, Japan.

### Sedan Racing

2008 saw him join Matt Connolly Motorsports Pontiac GTO.R team for the Daytona 24 Hour. Reindler qualified the car 3rd in GT, but had a raft of mechanical drama's during the race and finished 25th in class. This was in addition to a full season in Fujitsu series in 2008, partnering Dean Canto at Howard Racing. 8th outright in the Series earned him the V8 Supercar Mike Kable Rookie of the Year Award. Reindler also participated in that year's Bathurst 1000 replacing Grant Denyer at Ford Rising Stars Racing following his monster truck accident. 2009 saw just a handful of races which included the twin driver Australian Mini Challenge race in Perth where he shared with his younger brother Chris, not to mention partnering with Jason Bright for the V8 Supercar endurance events, which included an 11th-place finish at the Bathurst 1000.
Reindler joined V8 Supercars full-time in 2010. Reindler drove a Brad Jones Racing customer Holden Commodore under the banner of Britek Motorsport and Fair Dinkum Sheds Racing.
Reindler continued with the Brad Jones Racing team in 2011, and after a season-best qualifying and finish of 6th and 7th on the Saturday at the Barbagallo Raceway round in 2011, he was involved in a major start-line accident with Steve Owen on the Sunday. Reindler's clutch failed on the grid, causing the car to stall and was hit from behind at an estimated 150 km/h by Owen, the resulting impact rupturing the fuel cell, producing a major fireball. The fuel entered the car and starting burning it from the inside out. Reindler walked away suffering burns to his face and hands, was hospitalised and released that evening.
In 2012 Karl joined Kelly Racing to drive the #11 Car as teammate to Greg Murphy for the 2012 season.
After 3 years full-time in V8 Supercars, Reindler took a step back in 2013, competing in a few select rounds of the Australian Carrera Cup Championship and teamed up with Rick Kelly in the factory Jack Daniel's Nissan Altima V8 Supercar for the V8 Supercar PIRTEK Enduro Cup. Despite being hindered by straight-line speed issues, the duo went on to lead the Gold Coast race and ultimately finish in 6th place.
2014 saw Reindler on a hiatus from the sport competing in only two events; the Bathurst 12hr which saw a pole position and fastest race lap in class, and the Phillip Island 101 of the Australian GT Championship where he took out a class win and fastest lap.
He made his return to V8 Supercars alongside Tim Blanchard in the #3 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore (VF) at the 2015 Wilson Security Sandown 500, finishing 8th.
In 2016 he joined Team 18 initially for the endurance championship but also filling in for Lee Holdsworth at Sydney Motorsport Park. He continued with the team in 2017.

## Personal life

Reindler was educated at Wesley College in South Perth. He is married to Olympic sailor Elise Rechichi, and they have two children.

## Career results

| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
| 2003 | Australian Formula 3 Championship | 6th | Dallara F301 Spiess Opel | Team BRM |
| 2004 | Australian Formula 3 Championship | 1st | Dallara F301 Spiess Opel | Team BRM |
| 2004 | Lady Wigram Trophy | 3rd | Dallara F301 Spiess Opel | Team BRM |
| 2005 | British Formula Three Championship | 16th | Dallara F305 Mugen-Honda | Alan Docking Racing |
| 2006 | British Formula Three Championship | 14th | Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda | Alan Docking Racing |
| 2006–07 | A1 Grand Prix | 13th | Lola A1GP Zytek | A1 Team Australia |
| 2007 | Formula Renault V6 Asia | 15th | Tatuus – Renault V6 | Team E-Rain |
| 2008 | Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series | 8th | Ford Falcon (BA) | Howard Racing |
| 2008 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 56th | Ford Falcon (FG) | Ford Rising Stars Racing |
| 2008 | Grand Am Series - GT Class | 125th | Pontiac GXP.R | Matt Connolly Motorsports |
| 2009 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 43rd | Ford Falcon (FG) | Stone Brothers Racing |
| 2009 | Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series | 20th | Ford Falcon (BF) | |
| 2010 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 27th | Holden Commodore (VE) | Britek Motorsport |
| 2011 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 25th | Holden Commodore (VE) | Britek Motorsport |
| 2012 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 24th | Holden Commodore (VE) | Kelly Racing |
| 2013 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | 22nd | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 997 | Team BRM |
| 2013 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 42nd | Nissan Altima | Nissan Motorsport |
| 2014 | Australian GT Sports Championship | 6th | Ginetta G50 GT4 | Hogs Breath Cafe |
| 2015 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 46th | Holden Commodore (VF) | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport |
| 2016 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 45th | Holden Commodore (VF) | Team 18 |
| 2017 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 50th | Holden Commodore (VF) | Team 18 |

### Complete Macau Grand Prix results

| Year | Team | Car | Qualifying | Quali race | Main race |
| 2005 | Alan Docking Racing | Dallara F305 - Mugen-Honda | 17th | 17th | 13th |

### Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
| 2006–07 | A1 Team Australia | NED SPR PO | NED FEA PO | CZE SPR 15 | CZE FEA 16 | CHN SPR 12 | CHN FEA 3 | MYS SPR PO | MYS FEA PO | IDN SPR PO | IDN FEA PO | NZL SPR 14 | NZL FEA 13 | AUS SPR 14 | AUS FEA 14 | RSA SPR 16 | RSA FEA Ret | MEX SPR | MEX FEA | CHN SPR | CHN FEA | GBR SPR | GBR SPR | 13th | 25 |

### Complete Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Rank | Points |
| 2008 | Matt Connolly Motorsports | GT | Pontiac GXP.R | Pontiac 6.0 L V8 | DAY 27 | MIA | MEX | VIR | LGA | LIM | WGL | MDO | DAY | BAR | MON | JER | MIL 19 | 125th | 16 |

### 24 Hours of Daytona results

| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Overall position | Class position |
| 2008 | Matt Connolly Motorsports | Hal Prewitt Spencer Trenery Vic Rice Diego Alessi | Pontiac GXP.R | GT | 513 | 47th | 25th |

### Supercars Championship results

Supercars results :
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | Position | Points |
| 2008 | Ford Rising Stars Racing | Ford Falcon (BF) | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | EAS R3 | EAS R4 | EAS R5 | HAM R6 | HAM R7 | HAM R8 | BAR R9 | BAR R10 | BAR R11 | SAN R12 | SAN R13 | SAN R14 | HDV R15 | HDV R16 | HDV R17 | QLD R18 | QLD R19 | QLD R20 | WIN R21 | WIN R22 | WIN R23 | PHI Q | PHI R24 | BAT R25 19 | SUR R26 | SUR R27 | SUR R28 | BHR R29 | BHR R30 | BHR R31 | SYM R32 | SYM R33 | SYM R34 | ORA R35 | ORA R36 | ORA R37 | 56th | 96 |
| 2009 | Britek Motorsport | Ford Falcon (FG) | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | HAM R3 | HAM R4 | WIN R5 | WIN R6 | SYM R7 | SYM R8 | HDV R9 | HDV R10 | TOW R11 | TOW R12 | SAN R13 | SAN R14 | QLD R15 | QLD R16 | PHI Q 30 | PHI R17 25 | BAT R18 11 | SUR R19 | SUR R20 | SUR R21 | SUR R22 | PHI R23 | PHI R24 | BAR R25 | BAR R26 | SYD R27 | SYD R28 | | | | | | | | | | 44th | 192 |
| 2010 | Britek Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VE) | YMC R1 Ret | YMC R2 23 | BHR R3 24 | BHR R4 Ret | ADE R5 Ret | ADE R6 20 | HAM R7 16 | HAM R8 18 | QLD R9 24 | QLD R10 Ret | WIN R11 21 | WIN R12 23 | HDV R13 Ret | HDV R14 26 | TOW R15 21 | TOW R16 Ret | PHI Q 28 | PHI R17 17 | BAT R18 15 | SUR R19 9 | SUR R20 Ret | SYM R21 Ret | SYM R22 14 | SAN R23 24 | SAN R24 22 | SYD R25 Ret | SYD R26 Ret | | | | | | | | | | | | 27th | 823 |
| 2011 | Britek Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VE) | YMC R1 Ret | YMC R2 11 | ADE R3 19 | ADE R4 17 | HAM R5 17 | HAM R6 13 | BAR R7 7 | BAR R8 Ret | BAR R9 DNS | WIN R10 20 | WIN R11 23 | HID R12 Ret | HID R13 25 | TOW R14 22 | TOW R15 24 | QLD R16 9 | QLD R17 16 | QLD R18 16 | PHI Q 28 | PHI R19 28 | BAT R20 14 | SUR R21 Ret | SUR R22 22 | SYM R23 24 | SYM R24 20 | SAN R25 20 | SAN R26 17 | SYD R27 19 | SYD R28 18 | | | | | | | | | | 25th | 1144 |
| 2012 | Kelly Racing | Holden Commodore (VE) | ADE R1 20 | ADE R2 20 | SYM R3 23 | SYM R4 24 | HAM R5 Ret | HAM R6 20 | BAR R7 23 | BAR R8 23 | BAR R9 17 | PHI R10 16 | PHI R11 23 | HID R12 17 | HID R13 Ret | TOW R14 25 | TOW R15 22 | QLD R16 14 | QLD R17 21 | SMP R18 22 | SMP R19 25 | SAN Q 25 | SAN R20 20 | BAT R21 19 | SUR R22 Ret | SUR R23 DNS | YMC R24 21 | YMC R25 21 | YMC R26 Ret | WIN R27 21 | WIN R28 15 | SYD R29 7 | SYD R30 14 | | | | | | | | 24th | 1147 |
| 2013 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | SYM R3 | SYM R4 | SYM R5 | PUK R6 | PUK R7 | PUK R8 | PUK R9 | BAR R10 | BAR R11 | BAR R12 | COA R13 | COA R14 | COA R15 | COA R16 | HID R17 | HID R18 | HID R19 | TOW R20 PO | TOW R21 PO | QLD R22 | QLD R23 | QLD R24 | WIN R25 | WIN R26 | WIN R27 | SAN Q 21 | SAN R28 16 | BAT R29 19 | SUR R30 11 | SUR R31 6 | PHI R32 | PHI R33 | PHI R34 | SYD R35 | SYD R36 | | 42nd | 384 |
| 2015 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VF) | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | ADE R3 | SYM R4 | SYM R5 | SYM R6 | BAR R7 | BAR R8 | BAR R9 | WIN R10 | WIN R11 | WIN R12 | HID R13 | HID R14 | HID R15 | TOW R16 | TOW R17 | QLD R18 PO | QLD R19 PO | QLD R20 PO | SMP R21 PO | SMP R22 PO | SMP R23 PO | SAN Q 10 | SAN R24 8 | BAT R25 Ret | SUR R26 12 | SUR R27 22 | PUK R28 | PUK R29 | PUK R30 | PHI R31 | PHI R32 | PHI R33 | SYD R34 | SYD R35 | SYD R36 | | 46th | 288 |
| 2016 | Team 18 | Holden Commodore (VF) | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | ADE R3 | SYM R4 | SYM R5 | PHI R6 | PHI R7 | BAR R8 | BAR R9 | WIN R10 PO | WIN R11 PO | HID R12 | HID R13 | TOW R14 | TOW R15 | QLD R16 PO | QLD R17 PO | SMP R18 22 | SMP R19 23 | SAN Q 14 | SAN R20 12 | BAT R21 Ret | SUR R22 Ret | SUR R23 7 | PUK R24 | PUK R25 | PUK R26 | PUK R27 | SYD R28 | SYD R29 | | | | | | | | | 45th | 309 |
| 2017 | Team 18 | Holden Commodore (VF) | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | SYM R3 | SYM R4 | PHI R5 | PHI R6 | BAR R7 | BAR R8 | WIN R9 PO | WIN R10 PO | HID R11 | HID R12 | TOW R13 | TOW R14 | QLD R15 PO | QLD R16 PO | SMP R17 | SMP R18 | SAN Q 11 | SAN R19 8 | BAT R20 Ret | SUR R21 Ret | SUR R22 8 | PUK R23 | PUK R24 | NEW R25 | NEW R26 | | | | | | | | | | | | 51st | 270 |

### Complete Bathurst 1000 results

| Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
| 2008 | Ford Rising Stars Racing | Ford Falcon (BF) | Michael Patrizi | 19th | 156 |
| 2009 | Britek Motorsport | Ford Falcon (FG) | Jason Bright | 11th | 161 |
| 2010 | Britek Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VE) | David Wall | 15th | 161 |
| 2011 | Britek Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VE) | David Wall | 14th | 161 |
| 2012 | Kelly Racing | Holden Commodore (VE) | Daniel Gaunt | 19th | 161 |
| 2013 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | Rick Kelly | 19th | 161 |
| 2015 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VF) | Tim Blanchard | DNF | 78 |
| 2016 | Team 18 | Holden Commodore (VF) | Lee Holdsworth | DNF | 2 |
| 2017 | Team 18 | Holden Commodore (VF) | Lee Holdsworth | DNF | 76 |

### Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Overall position | Class position |
| 2014 | Griffith Corporation | Daniel Gaunt Mark Griffith | Ginetta G50 GT4 | C | 181 | DNF | DNF |
| 2019 | Ginetta Australia | Aaron Love Jimmy Vernon Brad Schumacher | Ginetta G55 GT4 | C | 266 | 22nd | 3rd |

### Complete Bathurst 6 Hour results

| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
| 2017 | CXC Global/CGR Performance | Andrew Richmond | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X RS | A1 | 113 | 5th | 5th |