Norbert Siedler

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Norbert Siedler (2005)

Norbert Siedler (born 29 December 1982 in Wildschönau) is an Austrian racing driver.

Siedler began his career in motorsport in karts. In 1992 he began at the age of ten years in the German Kartszene and in 1997, won the junior class. In 1999 he was an Austrian kart driver. 2000, he moved into Formula Ford and won in Germany and Austria as well as the championship. 2001 he drove in the German Formula Three Championship. For the team Palfinger he finished 4th twice, including once at Hockenheim supporting the German Grand Prix. In 2002, he was sixth in the championship and finished the season with a victory in the last race at Hockenheim. This was followed by three years in the Italian Euro Formula 3000 Championship. 2005 he won the championship after two victories in eight races overall standings.

In 2003, he traveled to Vallelunga for a Formula One test with Minardi. In 2007 he drove for Kruse Motorsport in the LMP2 class in the Le Mans Endurance Series finishing fifth place at Monza. He made his debut in the Le Mans 24 Hours, again in a Kruse Motorsport Pescarolo-Judd, ending with an engine failure after 98 laps.

Towards the end of the 2007 season Siedler joined ADM Motorsport in the new racing series International Formula Master. Siedler began his career in the series with victory at Porto and Anderstorp.

Since 2008 Norbert Siedler has run in the Porsche Supercup.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2007	Kruse Motorsport	Tony Burgess Jean de Pourtales	Pescarolo 01-Judd	LMP2	98	DNF	DNF

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	DC	Points
2008	Veltins MRS Racing	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 17	BHR Ret	ESP DNS	TUR Ret	MON 16	FRA 10	GBR 8	GER 26	HUN 24	ESP 10	BEL 4	ITA 11		17th	39
2009	Veltins MRS Racing	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR Ret	BHR 7	ESP 7	MON 8	TUR 5	GBR 15	GER 5	HUN 7	ESP 9	BEL 2	ITA 3	UAE 4	UAE 11	5th	132
2010	Veltins MRS Racing	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 23	BHR 5	ESP 1	MON 12	ESP 2	GBR 4	GER 6	HUN Ret	BEL 16	ITA 3				3rd	98
2011	Veltins Lechner Racing	Porsche 997 GT3	TUR 3	ESP 8	MON 7	GER 2	GBR 3	GER 4	HUN 4	BEL 7	ITA 4	UAE 4	UAE 7			2nd	145
2012	Veltins Lechner Racing	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 3	BHR 1	MON 4	ESP 11	GBR 2	GER Ret	HUN 5	HUN 6	BEL 6	ITA 8				4th	121

External links

• Official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by none	3000 Pro Series champion 2005 with: Max Busnelli	Succeeded by Jan Charouz