| Andre Heimgartner | |
|---|---|
 Andre Heimgartner in 2025 | |
| Nationality |  New Zealander |
| Born | Andre Emil Heimgartner 8 June 1995 (1995-06-08) (age 31) |
| Categorisation |  FIA Silver (until 2023) FIA Gold (2024–) |
| Previous series | |
| 2010-12 2011 2009-13 2017-18 | Formula Ford New Zealand Formula Ford Australia V8SuperTourer NZ Touring Cars Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 2010–11 2011–12 2017–18 | Formula Ford New Zealand Formula Ford New Zealand NZ Touring Cars Championship |
| Awards | |
| 2012 2015 | Australian Porsche scholarship to Europe Bruce McLaren Trophy |
| Supercars Championship career | |
| Current team | Brad Jones Racing |
| Championships | 0 |
| Races | 315 |
| Wins | 3 |
| Podiums | 19 |
| Pole positions | 4 |
| 2023 position | 7th (2016 pts) |
Andre Emil Heimgartner (born 8 June 1995) is a New Zealand motor-racing driver who currently competes in the Repco Supercars Championship driving the No. 8 Toyota GR Supra for Brad Jones Racing.[1]
Career
Formula racing
At 12 years of age, Heimgartner raced in the NZ Formula Vee championship. He became the youngest driver in the world to win a Formula Ford Championship at the age of fifteen when he won the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship during the 2010–11 season. He returned to successfully defend his title for the 2011–12 season whilst contesting selected events in the 2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship. In 2013, he ran in select races in Australian Formula 3.
Touring cars
New Zealand
In 2012, Heimgartner entered the inaugural season of the New Zealand-based V8SuperTourer series, driving a Holden VE Commodore run by AV8 Motorsport.[2] He finished the sprint championship in tenth place overall, achieving a best result of fourth place at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park; and seventh place in the endurance championship, with his best finish being fifth place in the Fathers' Day 400 at Taupo Motorsport Park. He was classified eleventh overall at the end of the season.
Heimgartner then moved from AV8 Motorsport to the Melbourne Performance Centre and then Motorsport Networks teams during a four-season period. He went on to become the only driver to compete in every race of the championship over the four-year period. He achieved 15 podium finishes during that period.
Australia
Parallel to his appearances in the V8Supertourer category in 2012, Heimgartner contested the Australia-based Porsche Carrera Cup series at the age of 16. Andre ran as high as fourth for much of the season before a no fault contact by a competitor caused a DNF. 2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, driving an ex-Dick Johnson Racing Ford FG Falcon entered by Finance EZI Racing, which entered Heimgartner alongside Josh Hunter as the team's drivers.[3] In 2014, he drove for Matt White in the supercar Dunlop series with three podium finishes.
2013 also saw Heimgartner's first drive in a V8 Supercars Holden Commodore VF. Due to his close association with Paul Morris he got to do co-driver laps in Dean Fiore's No. 88 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport entry at Queensland Raceway replacing Matt Halliday in the dedicated co-driver session.[4]
In 2014, Heimgartner was selected to race the Super Black Racing wildcard entry at the 2014 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 alongside fellow Kiwi Ant Pedersen.[5] Following this performance the team retained him in the teams' full-time category début the following season. 2015 was a formative year for the new Superblack team and was plagued by performance inconsistencies. A best qualifying position of third and numerous top-ten finishes for the 2015 season.[6] Heimgartner's second year in Supercars and severe budget constraints lead to relocation to the minnow LDM team, car performance and reliability issues produced disappointing results.
Endurance racing
In 2013, Heimgartner contested the Bathurst 12 Hour event at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales. Sharing a BMW 335i with co-drivers Anthony Gilbertson and Peter O'Donnell, Heimgartner finished the race first in his class.[7] In New Zealand, Heimgartner, as a 14-year-old, won the Mini Challenge 3-hour endurance classic. As a 16-year-old driving ab RSR Porsche while leading the field by 15 laps, he suffered a terminal mechanical issue ten minutes from the chequered flag. Achieved various successes in endurance competition driving GT3 Porsches for Fastway and Hood. He competed in two seasons of V8 Supertourer endurance competition with Paul Morris as co-driver.
By February 2018, Heimgartner had completed four consecutive Bathurst 1000 endurance events with a best placing of 9th.
Personal life
Heimgartner is currently engaged to Jewelry Designer Jemma Boskovich.[8] He was in a relationship with Renee Gracie between 2014 and 2017. The Kiwi is now living in Perth, Western Australia.
Racing record
Career results
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Super2 Series results
| Super2 Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Position | Points | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Finance EZI Racing | 64 | Ford FG Falcon | ADE R1 15 |
ADE R2 11 |
BAR R3 27 |
BAR R4 18 |
BAR R5 24 |
TOW R6 23 |
TOW R7 17 |
TOW R8 DSQ |
QLD R9 10 |
QLD R10 1 |
QLD R11 22 |
WIN R12 Ret |
WIN R13 21 |
WIN R14 17 |
BAT R15 17 |
BAT R16 12 |
SYD R17 24 |
SYD R18 16 |
20th | 677 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | MW Motorsport | 26 | Ford FG Falcon | ADE R1 6 |
ADE R2 7 |
WIN R3 9 |
WIN R4 10 |
BAR R5 9 |
BAR R6 1 |
TOW R7 3 |
TOW R8 3 |
QLD R9 Ret |
QLD R10 12 |
BAT R11 7 |
SYD R12 5 |
SYD R13 8 |
5th | 1314 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Supercars Championship results
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
| Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Super Black Racing | Ford Falcon FG | Ant Pedersen |
11th | 161 |
| 2015 | Super Black Racing | Ford Falcon FG X | Ant Pedersen |
DNF | 35 |
| 2016 | Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport | Holden Commodore VF |  Aaren Russell |
DNF | 114 |
| 2017 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore VF | Tim Slade Ashley Walsh‡ |
9th | 161 |
| 2018 | Nissan Motorsport | Nissan Altima L33 | Aaren Russell |
16th | 161 |
| 2019 | Kelly Racing | Nissan Altima L33 | Bryce Fullwood |
DNF | 157 |
| 2020 | Kelly Racing | Ford Mustang S550 | Dylan O'Keeffe |
11th | 161 |
| 2021 | Kelly Grove Racing | Ford Mustang S550 | Matthew Campbell |
NC | 159 |
| 2022 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | Dale Wood |
DNF | 4 |
| 2023 | Brad Jones Racing | Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 | Dale Wood |
DNF | 68 |
| 2024 | Brad Jones Racing | Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 | Declan Fraser |
16th | 161 |
| 2025 | Brad Jones Racing | Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 | Declan Fraser |
7th | 161 |
‡Walsh was entered as a co-driver to Slade but withdrew and was replaced with Heimgartner.
References
- Bartholomaeus, Stefan (9 September 2025). "Supercars silly season surprises looming". Speedcafe. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
- "Youngest ever Motorsport Champion to join AV8 Motorsport in new V8 SuperTourer race series". V8 SuperTourers. 3 June 2011. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- "VIDEO: 17-year-old duo set for Dunlop V8 Series". Speedcafe.com. 21 February 2013. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- "YOUNG GUNS SCORE CO-DRIVER LAPS WITH LDM". Speedcafe.com. 26 July 2013. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- "Super Black Bathurst drivers announced". v8supercars.com.au. 2 August 2014. Archived from the original on 4 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- "Super Black confirms full-time V8 Supercars entry". speedcafe.com. 28 November 2014. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- 2013 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour Mount Panorama Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour www.natsoft.com.au Retrieved on 11 February 2013
- "Heimgartner shares excitement over engagement". Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
External links
- Official Webpage
- Andre Heimgartner career summary at DriverDB.com
- Andre Heimgartner driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Andre Heimgartner - Third Turn profile