Alexander Burgstaller (racing driver)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alexander Burgstaller
Nation: GermanyGermany Germany
DTM
First race: Diepholz 1992
Last race: Diepholz 1992
Teams (manufacturers)
1992 Valier Motorsport (BMW)
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR
2 (1) - - -
Podiums: -
Overall wins: -
Points: -
Template: Infobox DTM driver / maintenance / old parameters

Alexander Burgstaller (born August 26, 1969 in Munich ) is a former German racing driver .

Career

Alexander Burgstaller started his career in karting . He drove there from 1984 to 1990 and became German kart champion in 1990.

In 1991 he switched to touring car racing and started with a BMW M3 in group N + 2500 of the German Touring Car Cup . With five wins in six races, he won the championship there. In the following season, he drove a BMW 325i Coupé E36 in the German Touring Car Trophy (DTT). At the same time, he started the race in Diepholz in the German Touring Car Championship (DTM).

In 1993 and 1994 he competed for the Bigazzi team in the Italian Super Touring Car Championship with a BMW 318i. His best result in this racing series was seventh place in the annual ranking in 1993. In the same year he drove two races in the touring car world cup and in the ADAC GT cup . In the touring car World Cup season, he reached fourth place. From 1994 to 1998 Burgstaller competed in the Super Touring Car Cup (STW), which was founded in 1994 . At first he drove there in BMW touring cars. From 1996 he started for the Opel Team Holzer with an Opel Vectra 16V . His best season position in this racing series was seventh in 1995.

Burgstaller took part in the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps from 1994 to 1996 and in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring in 1995 . In 1994 and 1996 he won the race in Spa with his team-mates from the BMW Fina Bastos Team . He won the endurance race at the Nürburgring in 1995 together with Roberto Ravaglia and Marc Duez in a BMW 320i.

In 1999 and 2000 he started in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany on a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 996 and achieved his best overall result in 1999 with seventh place.

In 2004 he switched to the Mini Challenge Germany and won the championship title. He competed in this racing series until 2007 and in 2007 again achieved third place in the season standings. Then he ended his active motorsport career.

literature

  • Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Racecam - website: Alexander Burgstaller. At: archive.racecam.de , accessed on April 25, 2019 .
  2. ^ Touringcarracing - website: 1991 German Touring Car Cup. On: touringcarracing.de , accessed on April 25, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e DriverDB - website: Alexander Burgstaller. From: www.driverdb.com , accessed April 25, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Racingsportscars - Website: Complete Archive of Alexander Burgstaller. From: www.racingsportscars.com , accessed April 25, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Burgstaller, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German automobile racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH 26th August 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich