Dennis Hauger is a Norwegian racing driver currently competing in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship with MP Motorsport.
38 Facts About Dennis Hauger
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Dennis Hauger is a member of the Red Bull Junior Team and the 2021 FIA Formula 3 champion.
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Dennis Hauger won the 2019 Italian F4 Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing.
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Dennis Hauger's parents bought him a quad bike when he was two, and he started driving cross bikes at the age of four.
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Dennis Hauger began his karting career at the age of five, winning his first race at the age of eight.
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That year Hauger claimed the ROK International title in the Mini category and followed it up the following year by claiming Mini category titles in the Vega Winter Trophy, the Italian CSAI Karting Championship and the WSK Champions Cup and Super Masters championships.
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In 2017, Dennis Hauger became the youngest ever champion to claim the DKM junior title and repeated this feat the following year to become the youngest DKM champion, until Harry Thompson claimed the title in 2018.
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Over in the Italian championship, Dennis Hauger scored twelve victories, including a weekend grand slam in the season finale at Monza, and sealed the title with a round to spare, being over 130 points ahead of fellow F1 junior drivers Gianluca Petecof of Ferrari and Paul Aron of Mercedes.
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Dennis Hauger's performances helped Van Amersfoort Racing to win the team championship.
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The race weekend saw Dennis Hauger take a sixth-place finish in the first race and a fifth-place finish in the second race.
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In October 2019, Dennis Hauger partook in the second and third days of post-season testing in Valencia with Hitech Grand Prix.
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Dennis Hauger led much of the race but dropped back when the track began to dry, finishing third to claim his maiden FIA Formula 3 podium finish.
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Dennis Hauger scored his first pole position in the category at the first weekend in Barcelona, beating former British F4 rival Jack Doohan.
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Dennis Hauger fought for the lead of Race 2 with Matteo Nannini, however the two collided, breaking Dennis Hauger's front wing and dropping him to the back.
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Dennis Hauger led the entirety of Race 3 to claim his first FIA Formula 3 race victory, and ended the first round leading the championship by two points over teammate Caldwell.
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Dennis Hauger took consecutive second-place finishes at the Circuit Paul Ricard before taking pole position at the Red Bull Ring and finishing all three races on the podium, including a victory in Race 1 after starting 12th.
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Dennis Hauger lost a chance at a podium finish three laps from the end of race two at Zandvoort due to a collision with Ido Cohen, but he was able to bounce back in the final race, extending his gap with his fourth win of the year.
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Dennis Hauger had a shaky start in the first round in Bahrain, finishing just out of the points in 9th place in the Sprint Race.
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In Jeddah's Sprint Race, Dennis Hauger started on reverse grid pole before a Safety Car communication confusion saw him served a 10-second stop-and-go penalty.
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Dennis Hauger bounced back for a strong showing in Monaco.
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Dennis Hauger started second on reverse grid for the Sprint Race and led from start to finish to score his maiden F2 victory.
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Dennis Hauger's race was slightly compromised by a Safety Car and he finished in 7th.
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Dennis Hauger secured his best qualifying yet in Baku with third position.
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Dennis Hauger crashed out of the Sprint Race when he suffered a huge lock up and ran nose first into the wall, but he redeemed himself by winning his first Feature Race the next day.
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Dennis Hauger retired in the Feature Race after a collision with Roy Nissany.
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Dennis Hauger began the Feature Race on slick tyres which saw him pass multiple drivers who were on wets as the track dried; he eventually finished fourth after a string of drivers received penalties.
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Dennis Hauger finished 12th and 16th in the Sprint and Feature races respectively.
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Dennis Hauger finished 19th in the Feature Race after massive tyre degradation which saw him pit twice.
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Dennis Hauger had a successful weekend at Zandvoort, where he qualified seventh and finished third and fourth in the Sprint and Feature Races respectively.
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Dennis Hauger had a poor qualifying in Monza, but had the pace to make up 10 places to finish ninth, as well as earn a fastest lap in the Sprint Race.
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Dennis Hauger had to serve a drive-through penalty in the early part of the race for his team's failure to fit his wheels at the three minute signal before the start.
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Dennis Hauger finished fourth in the Sprint and Feature Races respectively, and ended the 2022 season in 10th place overall.
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Dennis Hauger moved to MP Motorsport for the 2023 Formula 2 Championship, still having Daruvala as his teammate.
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An engine issue in the feature race saw Dennis Hauger lapped by the field, before ultimately retiring on lap 16.
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Dennis Hauger stormed into the lead of the sprint race until a late safety car restart, where on cold tyres, he crashed out at turn 1 with a handful of laps remaining.
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In September 2017, Dennis Hauger was named as one of four new signings to the Red Bull Junior Team.
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Dennis Hauger was announced as one of four reserve drivers for the Red Bull Racing Formula One team in 2023.
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Dennis Hauger has carried a lucky amulet, which he received from his grandmother, around his neck since he started competing in international karting competitions.