Balázs Szobi

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Balázs Szobi (born April 28, 1973 in Budapest , Hungary ; † July 5, 2010 there ) was a Hungarian motor sportsman and racing driver .

Career

At a young age he took part in rally championships with a Lada , but also tried out other sports in the air, on land and at sea. He drove jet skis from 1997 to 2002 , took part in the Dakar Rally from 2006 and has been driving truck races in the FIA European Truck Racing Championship since 2008 .

There he was considered particularly talented and in 2010 was always among the top ten. After only 3 races he had already achieved 28 points and was with Jochen Hahn , his former team colleague of the Hahn OXXO Racing team, in 3rd place in the team standings with 195 points.

His career came to a tragic end on July 5, 2010, when he, together with his Team OXXO press manager and a sponsor, had a fatal accident in a plane crash . The three were on board the small aircraft of type Cessna , the freshly refueled from the airfield Farkashegy (LHFH) ascended and was then crashed, after it burned partially.

successes

  • 1994 to 2002: 3rd to 5th place at jet ski championships
  • 2005: 2nd place in the Hungarian BF Goodrich Cup
  • 2005: 4th place at the Baja Spain
  • 2005 to 2006: Fair play prize of the Lisbon-Dakar rally
  • 2005 to 2006: 24th place in the Lisbon-Dakar rally
  • 2006: 3rd place and fair play prize at the Hungarian jet ski championships
  • 2006: 3rd place in the Pharaohs rally in Egypt
  • 2007: 2nd place in the skill driving in the Hungarian Suzuki Swift Cup
  • 2007: 2nd place in the freestyle category of the jet ski championship
  • 2008: 19th in the Central Europe Rally
  • 2008: 15th in the FIA European Truck Racing Championship , Rookie of the Year (Newcomer of the Year)
  • 2009: 10th in the FIA ​​European Truck Racing Championship
  • 2010: 12th in the FIA ​​European Truck Racing Championship, although he could only drive 3 out of 9 races

Web links

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  1. ^ Mourning Balázs Szobi. truckracing.de, accessed on October 21, 2013 .
  2. ^ Death of the driver Balazs Szobi. truckrace.org, accessed October 21, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Three dead in a plane crash in Budapest. (No longer available online.) In: Balaton Zeitung (Hungary's German-language monthly newspaper). Archived from the original on October 24, 2013 ; Retrieved October 21, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.balaton-zeitung.info
personal data
SURNAME Szobi, Balázs
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian truck racer
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH 5th July 2010
Place of death Budapest