Huub Rothengatter

Huub Rothengatter

File:Huub Rothengatter 1977.jpg
Born	(1954-10-08) 8 October 1954 Bussum, Netherlands
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Dutch
Active years	1984 – 1986
Teams	Spirit, Osella, Zakspeed
Entries	30 (25 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1984 Canadian Grand Prix
Last entry	1986 Australian Grand Prix

Hubertus (Huub) Rothengatter (born 8 October 1954) is a former racing driver from the Netherlands. He participated in 30 Formula One (F1) Grands Prix, debuting on 17 June 1984. He scored no championship points. He drove for Spirit, Osella and Zakspeed, and his drives all either started or became available midseason. He tried to get Dutch sponsors in various ways, such as by putting a one-page advertisement in "De Telegraaf" newspaper. Reputedly, when Niki Lauda was asked about him, he referred to him as "rattengott" – literally "God of the rats".

Rothengatter, unlike a lot of fringe drivers who waited for phone calls from F1 teams that never came, was highly successful in attracting personal sponsorship which allowed him to 'buy' his place in the low budget teams, bringing in much needed money to them and allowing him to drive F1 when he otherwise would most likely have missed out.

Rothengatter later entered into Formula One management, as a manager for Dutch driver Jos Verstappen.

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Pts
1979	Docking Spitzley Racing	Chevron B48	BMW	SIL 8	HOC Ret	THR 6	NÜR 5	VAL Ret	MUG Ret	PAU DNQ	HOC Ret	ZAN 12	PER 8	MIS Ret	DON 13	18th	3
1980	Docking Spitzley Ltd	Toleman TG280	Hart	THR 6	HOC 5	NÜR 6	VAL 7	PAU Ret	SIL 5	ZOL 1	MUG Ret	ZAN 7	PER 4	MIS 4	HOC 12	7th	21
1981	Lista Racing Team	March 802	BMW	SIL	HOC	THR	NÜR	VAL	MUG	PAU	PER 2	SPA 13	DON 8	MIS 11	MAN Ret	12th	6

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1984	Spirit Racing	Spirit 101	Hart Straight-4	BRA	RSA	BEL	SMR	FRA	MON	CAN NC		DAL Ret	GBR NC	GER 9	AUT NC	NED Ret	ITA 8	EUR	POR	NC	0
			Cosworth V8								DET DNQ
1985	Osella Squadra Corse	Osella FA1G	Alfa Romeo V8	BRA	POR	SMR	MON	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER Ret	AUT 9	NED NC	ITA Ret	BEL NC	EUR DNQ	RSA Ret	AUS 7	NC	0
1986	Zakspeed Racing	Zakspeed 861	Zakspeed Straight-4	BRA	ESP	SMR Ret	MON DNQ	BEL Ret	CAN 12	DET DNS	FRA Ret	GBR Ret	GER Ret	HUN Ret	AUT 8	ITA Ret	POR Ret	MEX DNS	AUS Ret	NC	0

Sources

• F1 Rejects biography