Josef Steinbacher

Josef Steinbacher (born 25 November 1986) is an Austrian racing driver who competes in Formula One for Lotus F1. Steinbacher also raced for Renault, who rebranded as Lotus F1 in 2011. Steinbacher is the 2012 Formula One Drivers World Champion.
== Early Life ==
== Racing Career ==
=== Junior Career ===
=== Formula One ===
==== Renault (2007-2010) ====
==== Lotus F1 (2011-Present) ====
== Racing Record ==
==== Formula One====
 Year
 
 Entrant
 
 Chassis
 
 Engine
 
1
 
 2
 
 3
 
 4
 
 5
 
 6
 
 7
 
 8
 
 9
 
 10
 
 11
 
12
 
 WDC
 
 Points
 
2007
Renault
Renault R27
 Mechachrome-Renault RS27
AUS5th 
 BAHRet 
MON4th 
GBR2nd 
 AUTRet 
GER6th 
HUN9th 
TUR4th 
 ITA16th 
 BELRet 
JPN8th 
 BRARet 
8th
44
2008
Renault
Renault R28
Renault RS27-2008
AUS8th 
BAH1st 
CANRet 
GBR2nd 
AUT2nd 
GER5th 
BEL4th 
ITADNS 
SINC 
JPN2nd 
BRA7th 
 
3rd
72
2009
Renault
Renault R29
Renault RS27
AUS8th 
BAH3rd 
CAN9th 
MON2nd 
 GBR3rd 
AUT13th 
GER7th 
BEL6th 
 ITA5th 
 SIN4th 
JPN9th 
 BRA5th 
4th
62
2010
Renault
Renault R30
Renault RS27-2010
AUS1st 
 BAH3rd 
CAN12th 
MON3rd 
 GBR7th 
AUT5th 
GERRet 
BEL16th 
 ITA6th 
 SIN15th 
JPNRet 
 BRA17th 
8th
50
2011
Lotus F1 Team
Renault R31
Renault RS27-2011
AUS3rd 
 CHI5th 
 CAN10th 
 MONRet 
 GBR11th 
 AUT6th 
 GERRet 
BEL11th 
 ITARet 
 SIN6th 
JPN3rd 
BRA5th 
8th
43
2012
Lotus F1 Team
Lotus E20
Renault RS27-2012
 AUS1st 
 BAH5th 
AUT1st 
GBR1st 
GER1st 
BEL2nd 
ITARet 
SIN2nd 
JPN4th 
USA2nd 
BRA1st 
 
1st
125 
Category:Austrian
Category:Drivers
Category:F1
Category:World Champion