André Lotterer

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André Lotterer
File:Andre Lotterer 2012 WEC Fuji.jpg
Lotterer in 2012.
Nationality Germany German
Born (1981-11-19) 19 November 1981 (age 42)
Duisburg, West Germany
Championship titles
2012
2011
2006, 2009
1999
1998		 FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP1
Formula Nippon
Super GT – GT500
Formula BMW ADAC
Formula BMW Junior
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years 2009–
Teams Kolles, Audi Sport
Best finish 1st (2011, 2012, 2014)
Class wins 3 (2011, 2012, 2014)
Formula One World Championship career
Active years 2014
Teams Caterham
Entries 1 (1 starts)
Championships 0
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Career points 0
Pole positions 0
Fastest laps 0
First entry 2014 Belgian Grand Prix
Last entry 2014 Belgian Grand Prix

André Lotterer (born 19 November 1981) is a Belgian-German professional racing driver competing with a Belgian licence, while representing Germany.[1] He is best known for his success in endurance racing with the works Audi team, including three victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the drivers' title of the FIA World Endurance Championship. He has also competed in the Japanese Super Formula series for over a decade, winning the title in 2011.

Lotterer was a test driver for the Jaguar Formula One team in 2002, but this did not lead to a race seat. Twelve years later, he joined Caterham, replacing Kamui Kobayashi at the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix.

Racing career

Early life

Lotterer was born in Duisburg to a German father, Henri Lotterer, and a Belgian mother.[2] He was raised with his Belgian mother in Nivelles and still resides in his hometown to this day.[3] He competes with a Belgian racing licence, yet opts to represent Germany.[1][2]

Single-seaters

Lotterer succeeded in both German and British Formula 3 championships en route to being named Jaguar Racing's Formula One test driver in 2002. He was passed up for a race seat in 2003 with Eddie Irvine retiring and Pedro de la Rosa leaving, as the team chose Mark Webber and Antônio Pizzonia instead.

Lotterer driving the Lexus SC430 for LEXUS TEAM PETRONAS TOM'S at the 2010 Super GT Fuji 400km race

Lotterer contested a one-off Champ Car event at the end of 2002 for Dale Coyne, scoring a point at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Circuit. Since then he moved to Japan doing very well in both Super Formula (formerly Formula Nippon) and the Japanese Super GT Championship for Lexus, winning the latter in 2006 and 2009.

Sportscars

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lotterer also made his debut in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans, as a race week fill-in driver for the Kolles privateer Audi team. Lotterer and co-driver Charles Zwolsman, also a Le Mans rookie, drove the entire race themselves after third driver Narain Karthikeyan dislocated his shoulder in a non-racing related injury. Driving an Audi R10, the car that won the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Le Mans races, Lotterer and Zwolsman finished 7th overall and in the LMP1 class.

His impressive performance that year earned him a drive with the works Audi Sport team in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving the new Audi R15 TDI plus. Along with Marcel Fässler and Benoît Tréluyer, he finished 2nd overall and in the LMP1 class, despite the rival Peugeot 908s dominating for the first part of the race.

File:Audi R18 e-tron quattro André Lotterer at Goodwood 2014 002.jpg
Lotterer at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2014

He remained with Audi Sport to compete in the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans, co-driving the newly designed Audi R18 with Marcel Fässler and Benoît Tréluyer. After the Audi works team lost two out of three cars due to accidents, Lotterer and his co-drivers held off three works Peugeot 908s to claim both 1st place in the LMP1 class and the overall victory, beating the 2nd place Peugeot by a mere 13 seconds. This win gave Audi 10 overall victories at Le Mans and Lotterer his first overall win at Le Mans.

For 2012, Lotterer competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving for Audi Sport Team Joest in a new Audi R18 e-tron quattro.

Formula One

Caterham (2014)

He replaced Caterham F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi for a one-off race at the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix.[4] He qualified 21st place, in front of team mate Marcus Ericsson, but his race lasted just one lap before a mechanical failure put an abrupt end to his F1 debut.[5] He was invited to race again at the Italian Grand Prix, but declined as the team planned to run Roberto Merhi in the car for the first practice session, contrary to his desire to take part in all the available running due to his lack of experience.[6]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
1998 Formula BMW Junior 20 14  ?  ?  ? 318 1st
1999 Formula BMW ADAC BMW Rookie Team 18 15 9  ? 15 324 1st
Eurocup Formula Renault RC Motorsport 9 1  ?  ?  ? 86 5th
2000 German Formula Three Championship Opel Team BSR 20 3 1 2 7 151 4th
FIA European Formula Three Cup 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
2001 Formula One Jaguar Racing F1 Team Test driver
British Formula 3 Championship Jaguar Junior Team 25 1 3 1 5 143 7th
Masters of Formula 3 Jaguar Racing 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
2002 Formula One Jaguar Racing F1 Team Test driver
FIA GT Championship – N-GT Freisinger Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 9 19th
CART Dale Coyne Racing 1 0 0 0 0 1 22nd
2003 Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 10 0 1 0 3 22 5th
JGTC – GT500 5 0 0 0 1 19 16th
2004 Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 9 2 1 1 4 33 2nd
JGTC – GT500 7 1 0 0 1 42 8th
2005 Formula Nippon Nakajima Racing 9 2 0 0 2 20 4th
Super GT – GT500 8 0 1 0 1 38 9th
2006 Formula Nippon TOM'S Racing 9 2 0 0 3 30 3rd
Super GT – GT500 Toyota Team TOM'S 9 1 0 0 3 80 1st
2007 Formula Nippon TOM'S Racing 9 1 0 1 3 37 5th
Super GT – GT500 Toyota Team TOM'S 9 1 0 0 1 54 6th
2008 Formula Nippon Petronas Team TOM'S 11 0 0 0 4 49 3rd
Super GT – GT500 Toyota Team TOM'S 9 0 0 0 4 63 3rd
2008–09 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Germany 2 0 0 0 0 2 21st
2009 Le Mans 24 Hours – LMP1 Kolles 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th
Formula Nippon Petronas Team TOM'S 8 1 0 0 4 39 3rd
Super GT – GT500 Lexus Team TOM'S 9 1 0 0 5 88 1st
2010 Le Mans 24 Hours – LMP1 Audi Sport Team Joest 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
Formula Nippon Petronas Team TOM'S 8 1 0 0 7 43 2nd
Super GT – GT500 Lexus Team TOM'S 7 1 0 0 3 62 2nd
2011 Le Mans 24 Hours – LMP1 Audi Sport Team Joest 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
Formula Nippon Petronas Team TOM'S 6 5 2 1 6 56 1st
Super GT – GT500 Lexus Team TOM'S 8 0 0 0 0 39 8th
2012 FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP1 Audi Sport Team Joest 8 3 3 0 7 172.5 1st
Formula Nippon Petronas Team TOM'S 8 2 1 0 3 38 4th
2013 FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP1 Audi Sport Team Joest 8 3 3 0 6 149.25 2nd
Super Formula Petronas Team TOM'S 4 2 0 2 4 37 2nd
2014 Formula One Caterham F1 Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP1-H Audi Sport Team Joest 8 2 0 0 2 127 2nd
Super Formula Petronas Team TOM'S 8 2 3 1 4 34.5 3rd
2015 FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP1 Audi Sport Team Joest 8 2 0 0 8 161 2nd
Super Formula Petronas Team TOM'S 8 3 2 1 3 40 3rd

Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results

(Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points
2003 Nakajima Racing SUZ
2		 FUJ
4		 MIN
7		 MOT
6		 SUZ
Ret		 SUG
2		 FUJ
3		 MIN
9		 MOT
5		 SUZ
Ret		 5th 22
2004 Nakajima Racing SUZ
2		 SUG
4		 MOT
1		 SUZ
8		 SUG
Ret		 MIN
Ret		 SEP
1		 MOT
3		 SUZ
7		 2nd 33
2005 Nakajima Racing MOT
11		 SUZ
Ret		 SUG
9		 FUJ
Ret		 SUZ
Ret		 MIN
10		 FUJ
1		 MOT
Ret		 SUZ
1		 4th 20
2006 TOM'S Racing FUJ
8		 SUZ
5		 MOT
1		 SUZ
5		 AUT
8		 FUJ
2		 SUG
Ret		 MOT
Ret		 SUZ
1		 3rd 30
2007 TOM'S Racing FUJ
Ret		 SUZ
5		 MOT
2		 OKA
Ret		 SUZ
13		 FUJ
1		 SUG
7		 MOT
4		 SUZ
2		 5th 37
2008 Petronas Team TOM'S FUJ
Ret		 SUZ
3		 MOT
2		 OKA
2		 SUZ
2		 SUZ
4		 MOT
11		 MOT
7		 FUJ
5		 FUJ
4		 SUG
12		 3rd 49
2009 Petronas Team TOM'S FUJ
10		 SUZ
3		 MOT
5		 FUJ
8		 SUZ
7		 MOT
1		 AUT
2		 SUG
2		 3rd 39
2010 Petronas Team TOM'S SUZ
3		 MOT
3		 FUJ
2		 MOT
Ret		 SUG
3		 AUT
1		 SUZ
3		 SUZ
2		 2nd 43
2011 Petronas Team TOM'S SUZ
1		 AUT FUJ
1		 MOT
2		 SUZ
C		 SUG
1		 MOT
1		 MOT
1		 1st 56
2012 Petronas Team TOM'S SUZ
5		 MOT
1		 AUT
Ret		 FUJ
1		 MOT
2		 SUG
10		 SUZ
5		 SUZ
8		 4th 38
2013 Petronas Team TOM'S SUZ AUT
1		 FUJ
1		 MOT
2		 SUG
2		 SUZ SUZ 2nd 37
2014 Petronas Team TOM'S SUZ
6		 FUJ
4		 FUJ
1		 FUJ
6		 MOT AUT
1		 SUG
Ret		 SUZ
3		 SUZ
2		 3rd 34.5
2015 Petronas Team TOM'S SUZ
1		 OKA
8		 FUJ
5		 MOT
4		 AUT
11		 SUG
1		 SUZ
1		 SUZ
Ret		 3rd 40

Complete JGTC/Super GT results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points
2003 Nakajima Racing Honda NSX GT500 TAI FUJ SUG FUJ
13		 FUJ
9		 MOT
Ret		 AUT
2		 SUZ
12		 16th 19
2004 Nakajima Racing Honda NSX GT500 TAI
10		 SUG
4		 SEP
9		 TOK
6		 MOT
1		 AUT
12		 SUZ
5		 8th 42
2005 Nakajima Racing Honda NSX GT500 OKA
5		 FUJ
8		 SEP
5		 SUG
13		 MOT
10		 FUJ
2		 AUT
14		 SUZ
10		 9th 38
2006 Toyota Team TOM'S Lexus SC430 GT500 SUZ
1		 OKA
8		 FUJ
3		 SEP
15		 SUG
4		 SUZ
10		 MOT
2		 AUT
7		 FUJ
4		 1st 80
2007 Toyota Team TOM'S Lexus SC430 GT500 SUZ
7		 OKA
5		 FUJ
DNS		 SEP
8		 SUG
5		 SUZ
1		 MOT
6		 AUT
6		 FUJ
6		 6th 54
2008 Toyota Team TOM'S Lexus SC430 GT500 SUZ
3		 OKA
4		 FUJ
2		 SEP
7		 SUG
10		 SUZ
3		 MOT
3		 AUT
8		 FUJ
7		 3rd 63
2009 Lexus Team TOM'S Lexus SC430 GT500 OKA
11		 SUZ
2		 FUJ
2		 SEP
6		 SUG
7		 SUZ
8		 FUJ
3		 AUT
1		 MOT
2		 1st 88
2010 Lexus Team TOM'S Lexus SC430 GT500 SUZ
4		 OKA
3		 FUJ
2		 SEP
8		 SUG
7		 SUZ
10		 FUJ
C		 MOT
1		 2nd 62
2011 Lexus Team TOM'S Lexus SC430 GT500 OKA
4		 FUJ
4		 SEP
6		 SUG
9		 SUZ
6		 FUJ
15		 AUT
4		 MOT
8		 8th 39

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2009 Germany Kolles Netherlands Charles Zwolsman, Jr.
India Narain Karthikeyan		 Audi R10 TDI LMP1 369 7th 7th
2010 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Switzerland Marcel Fässler
France Benoît Tréluyer		 Audi R15 TDI plus LMP1 396 2nd 2nd
2011 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Switzerland Marcel Fässler
France Benoît Tréluyer		 Audi R18 TDI LMP1 355 1st 1st
2012 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Switzerland Marcel Fässler
France Benoît Tréluyer		 Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1 378 1st 1st
2013 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Switzerland Marcel Fässler
France Benoît Tréluyer		 Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1 338 5th 5th
2014 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Switzerland Marcel Fässler
France Benoît Tréluyer		 Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1-H 379 1st 1st
2015 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Switzerland Marcel Fässler
France Benoît Tréluyer		 Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1 393 3rd 3rd

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2012 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro Audi TDI 3.7L Turbo V6
(Hybrid Diesel)		 SEB
11		 SPA
2		 LMS
1		 SIL
1		 SÃO
2		 BHR
1		 FUJ
2		 SHA
3		 1st 172.5
2013 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro Audi TDI 3.7L Turbo V6
(Hybrid Diesel)		 SIL
2		 SPA
1		 LMS
5		 SÃO
1		 COA
3		 FUJ
14		 SHA
1		 BHR
2		 2nd 149.25
2014 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6
(Hybrid Diesel)		 SIL
Ret		 SPA
5		 LMS
1		 COA
1		 FUJ
6		 SHA
4		 BHR
4		 SÃO
5		 2nd 127
2015 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6
(Hybrid Diesel)		 SIL
1		 SPA
1		 LMS
3		 NÜR
3		 COA
2		 FUJ
3		 SHA
3		 BHR
2		 2nd 161

Complete Formula One results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 WDC Points
2014 Caterham F1 Team Caterham CT05 Renault Energy F1‑2014 1.6 V6t AUS MAL BHR CHN ESP MON CAN AUT GBR GER HUN BEL
Ret		 ITA SIN JPN RUS USA BRA ABU NC 0

References

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External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Formula BMW ADAC
Champion
1999		 Succeeded by
Hannes Lachinger
Preceded by Super GT (GT500) Champion
2006
With: Juichi Wakisaka		 Succeeded by
Daisuke Itō
Ralph Firman
Preceded by Super GT (GT500) Champion
2009
With: Juichi Wakisaka		 Succeeded by
Takashi Kogure
Loïc Duval
Preceded by Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
2011–2012
With: Benoît Tréluyer
Marcel Fässler		 Succeeded by
Allan McNish
Tom Kristensen
Loïc Duval
Preceded by Formula Nippon Champion
2011		 Succeeded by
Kazuki Nakajima
Preceded by
None
 FIA World Endurance Champion
2012
With: Benoît Tréluyer
Marcel Fässler		 Succeeded by
Allan McNish
Tom Kristensen
Loïc Duval
Preceded by Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
2014
With: Benoît Tréluyer
Marcel Fässler		 Succeeded by
Earl Bamber
Nico Hülkenberg
Nick Tandy
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