Norbert Michelisz

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Norbert Michelisz (2015)

Norbert Michelisz (born August 8, 1984 in Mohács ) is a Hungarian racing driver . In 2009 he was champion in the Seat Leon Eurocup . From 2008 to 2017 he took part in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) and, from 2018, in its successor series, the World Touring Car Cup (WTCR). In the 2019 season he was the overall winner of the World Touring Car Cup.

Career

Michelisz in the 2011 World Touring Car Championship
Michelisz in the 2014 World Touring Car Championship (front)

Michelisz's motorsport career began quite unusual. Lacking the budget for a real racing career, Michelisz competed in Grand Prix Legends races on the Internet and was discovered by the Hungarian racing driver Gábor Wéber . He recommended him to team owner Zoltán Zengõ, who enabled him to take a test on the Hungaroring in 2005 , which Michelisz convinced. In 2006 he got a cockpit in the Hungarian Suzuki Swift Cup , which he won straight away. The following year, Michelisz became champion in the Hungarian Renault Clio Cup . In 2008 he competed in the Seat Leon Cup . While he finished 14th overall in the Eurocup , he was runner-up in the Hungarian Cup. He also made his debut in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) in a Seat Leon TFSI from Sunred Engineering . In 2009 Michelisz competed again in the Seat Leon Eurocup and won the championship that year. He also came third in the Spanish Seat Leon Supercopa and in the European Touring Car Cup . In addition, he again took part in a WTCC race weekend for Sunred Engineering.

Although Michelisz started again in five races of the Spanish Seat Leon Supercopa in 2010 and finished 23rd in the overall standings, his main focus this season was on the WTCC. For his old team Zengõ Motorsport , he started in a Seat Leon 2.0 TDI . Michelisz took part in all races for the first time. After he was third on the podium for the first time in Mimasaka , he won his first race in the WTCC at the season finale in Macau and thus also became the first Hungarian winner of an FIA world championship run. He finished the season as the best newcomer in ninth place overall. In 2011 he entered the WTCC for the second race weekend in a BMW 320 TC for the Zengő-Dension Team. With a second place as the best result, he was again in ninth place in the world championship at the end of the season. In 2012 Michelisz completed another season in the WTCC. Wéber was his teammate in a few races. He achieved a victory on the Hungaroring. He was also on the podium in two other races. In the world championship he improved to sixth place. In 2012 he also competed in two races in the Superstars International Series .

In 2013 , Zengõ Motorsport switched to a Honda Civic WTCC . Michelisz won in Suzuka and achieved a total of seven podium finishes. He finished the season one more time in sixth place overall. In 2014 Michelisz missed a race win at Zengõ Motorsport. All but one time he made it into the top 10. He achieved four podium finishes and improved to fourth place in the drivers' standings. In 2015 Michelisz competed for Zengõ Motorsport in the World Touring Car Championship. He won a race on the Hungaroring. He finished sixth in the drivers' championship.

statistics

Career stations

  • 2006: Hungarian Suzuki Swift Cup (champion)
  • 2007: Hungarian Renault Clio Cup (champion)
  • 2007: Hungarian Seat Leon Cup (22nd place)
  • 2008: Hungarian Seat Leon Cup (2nd place)
  • 2008: Seat Leon Eurocup (14th place)
  • 2008 : WTCC
  • 2009: Seat Leon Eurocup (champion)
  • 2009: Spanish Seat Leon Supercopa (3rd place)
  • 2014 : WTCC (4th place)
  • 2015 : WTCC (6th place)
  • 2016 : WTCC (4th place)
  • 2017 : WTCC (2nd place)
  • 2018 : WTCR (4th place)
  • 2019 : WTCR (overall winner)

Individual results in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC)

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23 24 Points rank
2008 Sunred Engineering BrazilBrazil BRA MexicoMexico MEX SpainSpain ESP FranceFrance FRA Czech RepublicCzech Republic CZE PortugalPortugal POR United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER EuropeEurope EUR ItalyItaly ITA JapanJapan JPN MacauMacau MAC 0 -
DNF 16
2009 Sunred Engineering BrazilBrazil BRA MexicoMexico MEX MoroccoMorocco MAR FranceFrance FRA SpainSpain ESP Czech RepublicCzech Republic CZE PortugalPortugal POR United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER ItalyItaly ITA JapanJapan JPN MacauMacau MAC 0 -
DNF NC
2010 Zengõ-Dension team BrazilBrazil BRA MoroccoMorocco MAR ItalyItaly ITA BelgiumBelgium BEL PortugalPortugal POR United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR Czech RepublicCzech Republic CZE GermanyGermany GER SpainSpain ESP JapanJapan JPN MacauMacau MAC 104 9.
10 9 7th 10 19 * 8th 6th 7th 7th DNF 9 7th DNF 14th 8th 11 11 12 3 7th 5 1
2011 Zengõ-Dension team BrazilBrazil BRA BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA HungaryHungary HUN Czech RepublicCzech Republic CZE PortugalPortugal POR United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR GermanyGermany GER SpainSpain ESP JapanJapan JPN China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CHN MacauMacau MAC 88 9.
7th 8th 4th 7th 2 15th 8th 15th 8th 4th NC 12 15th DNF 7th 6th 15th 9 11 DNF 8th 9
2012 Zengõ Motorsport ItalyItaly ITA SpainSpain ESP MoroccoMorocco MAR SlovakiaSlovakia SLK HungaryHungary HUN AustriaAustria AUT PortugalPortugal POR BrazilBrazil BRA United StatesUnited States United States JapanJapan JPN China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CHN MacauMacau MAC 155 6th
9 8th 7th 4th 9 DNF 6 1 6th 7th 1 9 5 4 3 10 9 5 3 5 2 13 DNF 15 3 24 NC 21 *
2013 Zengõ Motorsport ItalyItaly ITA MoroccoMorocco MAR SlovakiaSlovakia SLK HungaryHungary HUN AustriaAustria AUT RussiaRussia RUS PortugalPortugal POR ArgentinaArgentina ARG United StatesUnited States United States JapanJapan JPN China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CHN MacauMacau MAC 185 6th
8th 22nd DNF 15 * 3 3 21st 2 2 8th 14th 3 3 4 5 DNF 4 DNS 7 3 5 20th 3 1 1 DNF 10 3 4 5 DNF
2014 Zengõ Motorsport MoroccoMorocco MAR FranceFrance FRA HungaryHungary HUN SlovakiaSlovakia SLK AustriaAustria AUT RussiaRussia RUS BelgiumBelgium BEL ArgentinaArgentina ARG China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CHN China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CHN JapanJapan JPN MacauMacau MAC 201 4th
9 DNS 7 4 8th 6th 10 3 4 C. 9 4th 9 7th 7th 7th 2 4 7th 6th 5 5 4 4th 4th 3 2 4 4th
2015 Zengõ Motorsport ArgentinaArgentina ARG MoroccoMorocco MAR HungaryHungary HUN GermanyGermany GER RussiaRussia RUS SlovakiaSlovakia SLK FranceFrance FRA PortugalPortugal PRT JapanJapan JPN China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China CHN ThailandThailand THA QatarQatar QAT 193 6th
6th 7th 8th 11 8th 1 4 4 DNF 7th 3 DNF 8th 6th 2 3 4 4th 2 1 14 * 6th 11 DNF 12 7th 3
Legend
Legend
colour abbreviation meaning
gold - victory
silver - 2nd place
bronze - 3rd place
green - Placement in the points
blue - Classified outside the point ranks
violet DNF Race not finished (did not finish)
NC not classified
red DNQ did not qualify
DNPQ failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black DSQ disqualified
White DNS not at the start (did not start)
WD withdrawn
Light Blue PO only participated in the training (practiced only)
TD Friday test driver
without DNP did not participate in the training (did not practice)
INJ injured or sick
EX excluded
DNA did not arrive
C. Race canceled
  no participation in the World Cup
other P / bold Pole position
SR / italic Fastest race lap
* not at the finish,
but counted due to the distance covered
() Streak results
underlined Leader in the overall standings
  • 1 : first in qualifying, 2 : second in qualifying, ...

Web links

Commons : Norbert Michelisz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Michelisz: From the game console to the World Touring Car Championship" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 16, 2010)
  2. a b Career (michelisz.net; accessed on February 26, 2011)
  3. "Zengö team with two cars for Michelisz and Weber" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 2, 2012)
  4. MOL Group becomes the main sponsor of Norbert Michelisz 2015. ots.at, February 13, 2015, accessed on February 28, 2015 .