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Updated on January 09, 2026
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Jo Gartner Biography
Jo Gartner is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on January 24, 1954 in Vienna, Austria. In the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, Gartner qualified 24th but placed fifth, beating his fellow Austrian Gerhard Berger into sixth after both Cheever and Ghinzani had run out of fuel. In the end, Gartner was denied the two points usually awarded for the finisher who finished fifth because Osella only raced in one car at the start of this season. Berger in sixth place was also not awarded a single point for being a driver for ATS.
As of 1981 Gartner was driving a Toleman model of the same year for a handful of races, and earned an award for sixth place at the race of Enna-Pergusa. The season ended with two races with the Merzario team and finished in eighth place in Mantorp Park. In the same direction as Merzario for the 1982 season, Gartner picked up his only win for the season by finishing in sixth place at the start of the season at Silverstone However, the car did not perform well in a competitive field.
Gartner had finished fourth in the 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Porsche 962C along with teammates David Hobbs and Guy Edwards. In 1985, after his season in Formula One, he joined the Fitzpatrick Porsche Group C endurance racing team, driving a Porsche 956, and also campaigned a Porsche 962 for Bob Akin in the IMSA GT Championship. He won the 1986 12 Hours of Sebring, along with teammates Akin and Hans-Joachim Stuck, finishing on three wheels, and also won an international race at Thruxton with Tiff Needell. Gartner was aiming to join the factory Rothman’s Porsche team for 1987.
In 1984, Gartner had secured the part-time second seat with the struggling Italian Osella team, as teammate to Piercarlo Ghinzani, driving a year-old, non-turbo FA1E. He qualified on his debut at the 1984 San Marino Grand Prix, but his race ended with an engine failure. At his next race, Gartner was given the new turbocharged Osella FA1F as the team decided to run a second car at all the remaining races. At the 1984 British Grand Prix, Gartner was allowed to start in 27th position because the Tyrrell Racing team was participating under appeal. However, his race ended when he was unable to avoid a first-lap accident involving Philippe Alliot and Eddie Cheever. After mechanical failures in the next two races, he finished 12th at the Dutch Grand Prix, five laps down on the winner Alain Prost.
He was promoted into Formula Three in the European Formula Three Championship in 1979 in the Martini with the help of Renault before he moved over to Formula Two in 1980 with the two-year-old March. In His Formula Two debut, Gartner’s car was damaged by the debris of the crash that killed his compatriot Markus Hottinger. He was later asked to replace Hottinger for the BMW M1 Procar Championship series which saw him race with Formula One drivers, driving for the fellow Austrian Helmut Marko.
| Name | Jo Gartner |
| First Name | Jo |
| Last Name | Gartner |
| Occupation | Race Car Driver |
| Birthday | January 24 |
| Birth Year | 1954 |
| Place of Birth | Vienna |
| Home Town | |
| Birth Country | Austria |
| Birth Sign | Capricorn |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Known |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
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Whilst contesting the 1986 24 Hours of Le Mans for Kremer Racing with teammates Sarel van der Merwe and Kunimitsu Takahashi, Gartner’s Porsche 962 suffered a mechanical failure at 2:10 am on the Sunday morning, and turned hard left into the barriers on the Mulsanne Straight at 160 mph (260 km/h). The car somersaulted down the track, hit a telephone pole, crashed into trees and then caught fire after it came to a rest on top of the barriers on the opposite side of the track. The accident took out 100 meters of guardrail and debris was strewn over 200 meters. Gartner was killed on impact, due to a broken neck. Although the cause of the accident was never determined, two marshals saw Gartner brake on the straight before the car veered off into the barriers. Gartner was the last fatality at the Le Mans 24 Hours under race conditions until Allan Simonsen was killed in the 2013 race.
Jo Gartner Net Worth
Jo Gartner is one of the richest Race Car Driver from Austria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jo Gartner's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Josef Gartner (24 January 1954 the 1st of June in 1996) was an Formula One and sports car endurance driver from Austria. After a very successful lower-level formula career, which included an appearance in the Formula Two Pau Grand Prix and a stint in the 8 Formula One Grands Prix for Osella in the 1984 season and scored zero points. He was injured in an accident during the race of 1986, 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Gartner was born in Vienna. After his birth in 1972, Gartner started work for his Kaimann Formula Super Vee team as a technical representative. After purchasing, modifying, and selling an Formula Vee chassis of his own, Gartner began his motor racing career by participating in a few hillclimbing competitions in the year 1976. In 1977, at the age of 23 Gartner began competing more rigorously, taking part in the Volkswagen-backed European Formula Super Vee championship. The following year, he was 3rd in the overall championship.
For 1983, Gartner decided to return to running his own car, an ex-works Spirit 201. After a fourth place at Hockenheim, he won the Pau Grand Prix when the first driver across the line, Alain Ferté, was disqualified because his car was underweight. This win enabled Gartner to gain the necessary sponsorship for a move to Formula One.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Race Car Driver |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
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| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
Classified 12th at the European Grand Prix although he retired with fuel injection problems, Gartner closed the season with a 16th place classification in Portugal, having run out of fuel. For 1985, he was in contention for a seat at Arrows, but lost out to Berger. He also held talks with Toleman and Osella, but both seats went to drivers with more finance in place.
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Jo Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Austria. Jo Gartner celebrates birthday on January 24 of every year.
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