Natascha Zaugg

Natascha Zaugg (born 1 November 1972 in Innsbruck, Austria) is an austrian racing driver who owns the Zeroforce team. She has driven in the Life GP Series, Alternate CART, RoLFS and the RTCC.

Life GP Series (1991 - 1993)

She became Zeroforce's test driver when the team entered the Life GP Series in mid 1991, bringing her own sponsor with her. She made her debut on the 13th round of the calendar, at Silverstone, managing to sneak to 6th until her suspension gave up on the last lap. After this little achievement for her first official race, she would race for two more rounds without notable results. She scored her first point in the 1992 Life GP Belgian round, where she had been battling for fourth before retiring. In her last race in 1992, she managed to get another point, and ended 39th in the standings with 2 points. In 1993, Zeroforce decided to not retain Rockets to Russia's Algernon Bell due to financial problems, Zaugg was promoted to the race seat but it quickly became evident that the car and her weren't fast enough to score points on a regular basis. Despite earning her then career best fifth place in Brazil, the car was soon dropped to the prequalifying lot. Even worse, she was declared Reject of the Race at Mosport after an awkward crash.

Alternative CART (2002 -)

Natascha signed a three races contract with Michael Bright Racing when they decided to run a fourth car for a few rounds. She would later come back with Zeroforce in a Opel rebadged Holden engine powering a Swift chassis. The Grand Prix of Miami was rather successfull for her as she started from pole position and finished fifth. Montreal was another good race, after fighting with Sébastien Bourdais, Zaugg finished third and earned her first podium in the series.