Hans Binder

Hans Binder (born 12 June 1948) is an Austrian former race driver, who raced in Formula One for the Ensign, Wolf, Surtees and ATS teams. He entered 15 F1 Grand Prix, qualified for 13 of them, but failed to finish in the top six, and so did not score a championship point.

Picture above: Hans Binder in the Ensign N176 entered by Mo Nunn, at the Österreichring, 1976 Austrian Grand Prix (retired).

Binder’s best result came at the 1977 Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort, when on board of his ATS Racing-entered Penske PC4, he finished in eighth position (picture below, with team owner Günther Schmidt).

In 1978, he failed to qualify for his home Grand Prix with ATS, before disappearing from the Formula One scene. He has since been in the family business Binderholz GmbH, dealing in timber products.