Harald Weinberger

Harald Weinberger (born 1 October 1987 in Graz) is an awfully crap Austrian racing driver who took part in the 2010 Formula One season, with disastrous results. He has been given nicknames like 'URA - Unapologetic Reckless Austrian' due to his refusal to apologise and 'Whine-berger' due to his attitude.

F1
Weinberger was selected to partner Robert Kubica at Renault for the 2010 Formula One season in November 2009, dashing Vitaly Petrov's hopes of being the first Russian in F1. His debut, at the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix, was a horrible one for the Austrian. Weinberger went the wrong way round the Sakhir circuit in qualifying, and smashed into Kubica's car, causing him to fly out of the cockpit. Kubica went crazy at the Austrian.

Weinberger was punished by being sent to the back of the grid, but this didn't stop him, and he jumped the grid on race day, smashing into the polesitter Mark Webber in a bid to start first illegally. He was disqualified from the race for breaking every rule in the book.

After the race, which was won by Fernando Alonso, Weinberger was forced to apologise to Webber for his actions. Weinberger refused to issue an apology to the Australian, and was threatened with a lifetime ban from all FIA-sanctioned motorsport until he said sorry. Weinberger then went into a meltdown, claiming that he was treated unfairly by the stewards and that he would never in a million years play by the rules. This earned him a ban from the rest of the season, and Petrov got his well-deserved seat.

At the next race, in Australia, Mark's home round, Weinberger went to the Albert Park circuit with a bouqet of flowers and a handwritten apology but still wouldn't apologise in person.

He was told by Jean Todt that his Super License was at risk, until he said sorry to the Red Bull driver in front of the TV cameras. He delievered the long-awaited word the next morning, and his ban was lifted.