NEWS
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28 Oct 2016
Le Castellet
As a long time Tesla owner it was great fun to drive one of the first Tesla racing cars. What an opportunity to experience the potential of E-racing saloon cars. Mark Gemmel and his Electric GT team are definitely heading in the right direction and I really do hope that the Le Castellet event was not my last chance to drive a Tesla in racing conditions.
17 Aug 2016
Düsseldorf
In deep sorrow.
27 Mar 2015
Saarbrücken
Test drive together with Heinz-Harald Frentzen: The Saarland Mercedes-Benz subsidiary presents the all-new CLA Shooting Brake.
26 Mar 2015
Cologne
Save the date: On 26 June 2015 Heinz-Harald Frentzen is guest as an expert at Automotive Allstars. The main topic is „Create the future of mobility now“.
More info www.automotive-allstars.com
11 Nov 2014
Frankfurt/Germany
CardProcess anniversary party in Frankfurt’s ‘Klassikstadt’ . In front of 100 invited guests event star HH Frentzen talks with CardProcess GmbH CEO Carlos Gómez-Sáez and presenter Andrea Thilo about ‘Achieving aims in extreme conditions’.
04 Sep 2014
Monza/Italy
Safety first: At the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza HHF meets with FIA safety car driver Bernd Mayländer. Together they present this important safety tool in this video for CNN.
19 Aug 2014
Donington/United Kingdom
Before the inaugural race of the FIA Formula E Championship HH Frentzen tests the innovative, all-electric
racing car at Donington Park for CNN.
10 Jun 2014
Mönchengladbach/Germany
There’s no harm in a joke. HHF never minds answering a call from WDR TV cult figure Welby – particularly when he’s invited to make a Ferrari smoke. Expect to see how he does it on the World Wide Web starting in January.
Motorsport season 2014
Total abstinence is not an option. Because he still enjoys racing HHF competes in the ADAC GT Championship for HTP Motorsport in a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. The young Luca Stolz is his team-mate.
HHF Office
Be it for panel discussions or a fast lap on the old Nürburgring, open-day events or witty commercials, partnering with media or giving testimonials, test driving or being on hand as a ‘star to touch’ – Heinz-Harald Frentzen’s office looks forward to your enquiry.
Pioneering new technologies
House or power source? In spring 2015 HHF will finally be able to move into his new home. The native of Mönchengladbach has included a comprehensive concept for renewables in planning the house.
Energy production using solar power – while this form of generating electricity may not sound as innovative anymore as it used to, the concept becomes particularly attractive when it’s not only used to heat the house but generates
sufficient energy to supply the owner’s private fleet. HHF and his wife exclusively drive electric vehicles.
Monsieur 100,000 Volts – HHF has been fascinated for years by the idea of cars being powered by electricity. If motorsport is to have a future it has to pioneer alternative energy concepts.
When CNN asked him to test a racing car of the newly formed FIA Formula E Championship in summer 2014 HHF immediately accepted. The American TV channel had addressed its request to exactly the right person. There is no renowned professional racer anywhere in the world with a greater wealth of experience in battery electric and hybrid electric cars than the runner-up in the 1997 F1 World Championship.
In 2008 HHF converted a production sports car for the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring into a hybrid electric racing car. Thanks to state-of-the-art battery technology – put together by HHF himself – the racing car completed an entire Nordschleife lap strictly powered by electricity – from a historic perspective, the first electric lap in the Green Hell.
The issue that prevented HHF from achieving top positions in the 24-hour race was a problem with the conventional gearbox, whereas the hybrid powertrain impeccably covered the whole distance.
Name Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Birthday 18 May 1967
Born under the sign of Taurus
Place of birth Mönchengladbach (D)
Residence Neuss (D)
Height 1.78 m
Weight 72 kg
Marital status Married to Tanja,
3 daughters: Lea, Sarah and Fenja
In motorsport since 1980
First win in karting 1981
First F1 drive 1993 in the Tyrrell-Honda as test driver for Mugen engines and Bridgestone tyres
First Grand Prix 1994 Interlagos (BR), Sauber-Mercedes C13
First Grand Prix victory 1997 Imola (I), Williams-Renault FW19
Grand Prix victories 3
Pole positions 2
34 years in motorsport
Heinz-Harald Frentzen is a member of the highly elite club of just seven German race drivers to have ever won a Grand Prix. With 157 Formula One starts, three victories and a runner-up’s spot in the World Championship under his belt, the native of Mönchengladbach numbered among the world’s best and acclaimed professional race drivers in over ten years of Formula One racing.
From 1994 to 2003 HH Frentzen drove for Teams Sauber, Williams, Jordan, Prost, Arrows and Sauber again. He scored his initial championship points in his second Formula One race and continually delivered impressive performances through to his last season when he took another podium place.
But the passionate racer was not only successful in motorsport’s top category. HHF also impressed in his runs in the iconic Le Mans endurance race, as well as in his three years of racing in the DTM, which is regarded as the world’s most important touring car racing series.
HH Frentzen started his path towards becoming one of the big names in German and international motorsport in conventional style. Karting, Opel Lotus Challenge, Formula 3 and Formula 3000 were the most coveted stations back in those days. His career received crucial momentum when, together with Michael Schumacher and the Austrian Karl Wendlinger, he became a member of the Mercedes Juniors that have since won legendary acclaim – an idea of the visionary Mercedes Sport boss Jochen Neerpasch which now represents a much-celebrated stage in German motorsport history.
HHF’s time in Japan, where he competed in the then highly competitive Formula Nippon for the top-flight Nova team, was equally instructive and character-building. In a concurrent commitment Frentzen, in a Tyrrell, tested tyres for the Japanese tyre manufacturer Bridgestone for the company’s planned Formula One involvement. When Sauber and Mercedes called the native of Mönchengladbach to enter Formula One in late 1993 HHF numbered among the best-trained and most seasoned campaigners in the international motorsport scene.
