JR Hildebrand

JR Hildebrand (2011)

John R. Hildebrand Jr. (Born January 3, 1988 in Sausalito , California ) is an American racing car driver . His nickname is Captain America . In 2009 he won the Indy Lights championship . Hildebrand drove in the IndyCar Series from 2010 to 2019 .

Career

Hildebrand began his motorsport career in karting at the age of 14 . In 2004 he made his first experience in Formula racing in the Formula Russell and immediately won the championship. In 2005 Hildebrand competed in the Pacific F2000 and was runner-up in this series. He also took part in the autumn championship of Formula Palmer Audi and took third place in this series. In 2006 Hildebrand moved to the US F2000 National Championship . He dominated the season and won the championship with twelve wins in 14 races.

Hildebrand (below) next to his teammate Andrew Prendeville at the Firestone Freedom 100 2008

In 2007 Hildebrand started for Newman Wachs Racing in the Atlantic Championship , in which he had already completed a race in 2006. With a second place as the best result, he finished seventh overall at the end of the season. He also made his debut in the Indy Pro Series . In 2008 his main focus was on the series, now renamed Indy Lights. Starting for RLR Andersen Racing , he finished fifth overall with a win. He also took part in a race in the Atlantic Championship. After Hildebrand started on a racing weekend of the A1GP season 2008/2009 , he contested his second full season in the Indy Lights in 2009. Together with Sebastian Saavedra he started for Andretti Green - AFS Racing . With four wins and a further six podium finishes, Hildebrand won the championship ahead of James Davison and his teammate Saavedra. At the end of the year, he completed Formula 1 test drives for Force India at the beginning of December .

In 2010 Hildebrand did not find a cockpit in formula racing despite his championship title and he competed in two races in the American Le Mans Series . He achieved two podium placements in the LMPC class. After Mike Conway , IndyCar regular driver at Dreyer & Reinbold Racing , was injured in an accident, Hildebrand represented Conway for two races in the 2010 season . At the end of the season he finished 35th overall.

Hildebrand in his damaged vehicle after losing the 2011 Indianapolis 500 victory on the final corner

In 2011 , Hildebrand was signed by Panther Racing and completed the entire season in the IndyCar Series. At the Indianapolis 500 he had taken the lead shortly before the end due to an extremely conservative driving style, after the other drivers had to refuel. In the last corner, however, he lost control of his car and hit the wall. He was overtaken by Dan Wheldon while sliding 275 meters from the finish line and finished in second place. At the last race of the season at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway , Hildebrand was involved in a mass accident in which 15 of 34 vehicles were eliminated and Wheldon was killed in an accident. Hildebrand suffered a bruise on the breastbone. At the end of the season he finished 14th in the drivers' championship. In the rookie classification he had to admit defeat to James Hinchcliffe with 296 to 302 points . After the season, Hildebrand underwent knee surgery that treated a cruciate ligament tear . He sustained the injury while doing non-racing activities shortly after the Indianapolis 500 and spent the remainder of the season with an injured knee.

In 2012 Hildebrand's Team Panther Racing competed with Chevrolet engines. With two fifth places as the best results, he was eleventh overall. Hildebrand was also initially under contract with Panther in 2013 . At the race in Long Beach he was fifth. After he was eliminated in the fourth lap with an accident at the Indianapolis 500 , he was fired from his racing team. For the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma he returned to the IndyCar Series for Bryan Herta Autosport . The engagement included two races. Hildebrand reached 25th place overall in the drivers' championship. In 2014 Hildebrand did not find a permanent cockpit. He only competed in the Indianapolis 500 . He started for Ed Carpenter Racing and finished tenth. He did not complete any other races. In 2015 Hildebrand was again without a full-time cockpit. He competed in two races for CFH Racing . Hildebrand only drove two races in the IndyCar Series 2016 . With Ed Carpenter Racing he finished sixth at the Indianapolis 500 . The following season he drove for Ed Carpenter all season. However, he could not start the race in Alabama because he broke a bone in his left hand in an accident in Long Beach and had to undergo surgery. In the following race he took third place. In Newton he reached the podium again with a second place. He finished the season in 15th place. In 2018 he had no cockpit for the full season and only competed in the Indy 500 for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing. He finished the race in eleventh place. In 2019 he finished the race in 20th place.

statistics

Career stations

2002–2003: karting
2004: Formula Russell (champion)
2005: Pacific F2000 (2nd place)
2005: Formula Palmer Audi , autumn series (3rd place)
2006: US F2000 National Championship (Champion)
2006: Atlantic Championship (42nd place)
2007: Atlantic Championship (7th place)
2007: Indy Pro Series (37th place)
2008: Indy Lights (5th place)

2008: Atlantic Championship (26th place)
2009 : A1GP
2009: Indy Lights (Master)
2009 : Formula 1 (test driver)
2010 : IndyCar Series (35th place)
2010: ALMS , LMPC (17th place)
2011 : IndyCar Series (14th place)
2012 : IndyCar Series (11th place)
2013 : IndyCar Series (25th place)

2014 : IndyCar Series (26th place)
2015 : IndyCar Series (31st place)
2016 : IndyCar Series (23rd place)
2017 : IndyCar Series (15th place)
2018 : IndyCar Series (33rd place)
2019 : IndyCar Series (33rd place)

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	Points	rank
2010	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	SAO	STP	ALA	LBH	KAN	INDY	TXS	IOW	WGL	GOAL	EDM	MDO	SNM	CHI	KTY	MOT	HMS			26th	35.
2010	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing												16	24							26th	35.
2011	Panther Racing	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	TXS		Mil	IOW	GOAL	EDM	MDO	NHA	SNM	BAL	MOT	KTY	LSV		296	14th
2011	Panther Racing	11	13	17th	10	2 ¹²	23	18th	21st	4th	8th	11	25th	21st	23	19th	7th	20th	C.		296	14th
2012	Panther Racing	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	DET	TXS	Mil	IOW	GOAL	EDM	MDO	SNM	BAL	HAIRDRYER					294	11.
2012	Panther Racing	19th	15th	5	7th	14 ¹⁸	14th	5	22nd	22nd	7th	21st	9	8th	12	11					294	11.
2013	Panther Racing	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	DET		TXS	Mil	IOW	POC	GOAL		MDO	SNM	BAL	HOU		HAIRDRYER	112	25th
	Panther Racing	19th	17th	5	15 °	33 ¹⁰
	Bryan Herta Autosport															16				11
2014	Ed Carpenter Racing	STP	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	HOU		POC	IOW	GOAL		MDO	Mil	SNM	HAIRDRYER		66	26th
2014	Ed Carpenter Racing					10 ^9.9															66	26th
2015	CFH Racing	STP	NOL	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	GOAL	HAIRDRYER	Mil	IOW	MDO	POC	SNM				57	31.
2015	CFH Racing					21st	8th														57	31.
2016	Ed Carpenter Racing	STP	PHO	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	TXS	WGL	SNM				84	23.
2016	Ed Carpenter Racing					22nd	6 ° ¹⁵														84	23.
2017	Ed Carpenter Racing	STP	LBH	ALA	PHO	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	WGL	SNM			347	15th
2017	Ed Carpenter Racing	13	11	INJ	3	14th	16 ° ⁶	17th	18th	12	16	2	13	17th	19 °	18th	15th	14th			347	15th
2018	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	STP	PHO	LBH	ALA	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	IOW	GOAL	MDO	POC	STL	POR	SNM			38	33.
2018	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing						11 ²⁷														38	33.
2019	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	STP	COA	ALA	LBH	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	GOAL	IOW	MDO	POC	STL	POR	LAG			20th	33.
2019	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing						20 ²¹														20th	33.

( Legend )

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2010	United States Genoa Racing	Oreca FLM09	United States Tom Sutherland	United Kingdom Andy Wallace	Rank 25

Web links

Commons : JR Hildebrand - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Christian Nimmervoll: "Hildebrand satisfied with the second day of testing". Motorsport-Total.com, December 2, 2009, accessed December 5, 2012 .
↑ "Hildebrand:" Very impressed by this car "" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 1, 2009)
↑ "Hildebrand satisfied with the second day of testing" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 2, 2009)
↑ "Hildebrand drives two IndyCar races" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 9, 2010)
↑ "Hildebrand gets the Panther cockpit" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 14, 2010)
↑ "Hildebrand and his 1.5 million mistake" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 31, 2011)
↑ “Mann and Hildebrand leave hospital” (crash.net on October 17, 2011)
↑ "INDYCAR: JR Hildebrand has successful knee surgery" (motorsport.com on October 27, 2011)
↑ “Panther re-signs Hildebrand through 2013” ( Memento of the original from November 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (indycar.com on November 16, 2011) @1@ 2
↑ Pete Fink, Mario Fritzsche: "Surprise: Briscoe replaces Hildebrand at Panther". Motorsport-Total.com, May 30, 2013, accessed July 10, 2013 .
↑ Philipp Schajer: "IndyCar - Filippi and Hildebrand replace Tagliani". Castling at Bryan Herta Autosports. Motorsport-Magazin.com, August 13, 2013, accessed on August 22, 2013 .
↑ Heiko Stritzke: IndyCar Barber: Zach Veach steps in for JR Hildebrand. Motorsport-Total.com, April 18, 2017, accessed June 5, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Hildebrand, JR
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hildebrand, John R. Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American racing car driver
DATE OF BIRTH	January 3, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sausalito , California, United States

[1] Christian Nimmervoll: "Hildebrand satisfied with the second day of testing". Motorsport-Total.com, December 2, 2009, accessed December 5, 2012 .

[2] "Hildebrand:" Very impressed by this car "" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 1, 2009)

[3] "Hildebrand satisfied with the second day of testing" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 2, 2009)

[4] "Hildebrand drives two IndyCar races" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 9, 2010)

[5] "Hildebrand gets the Panther cockpit" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 14, 2010)

[6] "Hildebrand and his 1.5 million mistake" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 31, 2011)

[7] “Mann and Hildebrand leave hospital” (crash.net on October 17, 2011)

[8] "INDYCAR: JR Hildebrand has successful knee surgery" (motorsport.com on October 27, 2011)

[9] “Panther re-signs Hildebrand through 2013” ( Memento of the original from November 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (indycar.com on November 16, 2011) @1@ 2

[10] Pete Fink, Mario Fritzsche: "Surprise: Briscoe replaces Hildebrand at Panther". Motorsport-Total.com, May 30, 2013, accessed July 10, 2013 .

[11] Philipp Schajer: "IndyCar - Filippi and Hildebrand replace Tagliani". Castling at Bryan Herta Autosports. Motorsport-Magazin.com, August 13, 2013, accessed on August 22, 2013 .

[12] Heiko Stritzke: IndyCar Barber: Zach Veach steps in for JR Hildebrand. Motorsport-Total.com, April 18, 2017, accessed June 5, 2020 .

Penske	Foyt	Mclaren SP	Ganassi	RLLR	Coyne
01 Newgarden 0 3 Castroneves (Indy 500) 12 Power 22 Pagenaud	04 Kimball 14 Kanaan (O) 14 Bourdais (part time) 14 Kellett (part time) TBA Kellett (Indy 500)	05 O'Ward 0 7 Askew 66 Alonso (Indy 500)	08 Ericsson 0 9 Dixon 10 Rosenqvist	15 Rahal 30 Satō 45 Pigot (Indy GP, 500)	18 Ferrucci 51 Davison (Indy 500) 55 Palou
Carpenter	Dreyer & Reinbold	Andretti	Carlin	Meyer Shank	DragonSpeed
20 Daly (R) 20 Carpenter (O) 21 VeeKay 47 Daly (Indy 500)	24 Karam (part-time) TBA Hildebrand (Indy 500)	26 Veach 27 Rossi 28 Hunter-Reay 29 Hinchcliffe (part-time) 88 Herta 98 Andretti	59 Chilton (R, Indy 500) 59 Daly (part time)	60 Harvey	84 Hanley (Indy 500)
R = circular routes, O = ovals