André Lotterer
Nation: | Germany | ||||||||
Formula 1 world championship | |||||||||
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First start: | Belgian Grand Prix 2014 | ||||||||
Last start: | Belgian Grand Prix 2014 | ||||||||
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2014 Caterham | |||||||||
statistics | |||||||||
World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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André Lotterer (born November 19, 1981 in Duisburg ) is a German automobile racing driver . He drove in the Super Formula (formerly Formula Nippon) from 2003 to 2016 and became champion there in 2011. From 2003 to 2011 he was also active in the Super GT and won the championship there in 2006 and 2009. From 2012 to 2016 he also competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), in which he became world champion in 2012. In 2011, 2012 and 2014 he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans . In 2014 he also took part in a race in the Formula 1 World Championship .
Career
Lotterer drove national kart races in Belgium , the Netherlands and Germany from 1989 to 1994 . During this period he won the Belgian 60cc mini-kart class twice and the Dutch 60cc mini-kart class once. In 1995 and 1996 Lotterer drove in the 100cc class of mini karting. In 1997 he switched to Formula A karts. In 1995 and 1996 he was runner-up in the German junior kart championship and in 1997 runner-up in the German kart championship .
In 1998 Lotterer started in the German Formula BMW Junior and became champion with 14 victories. The following season he won the German Formula BMW with 15 victories. He also started in the Eurocup Formula Renault in 1999 and finished fifth with one win.
In 2000 Lotterer switched to the German Formula 3 championship and finished fourth overall with three wins. He also took part in Formula 1 test drives for Jaguar Racing for the first time . 2001 Lotterer was signed by Jaguar and joined the Jaguar Junior Team as a teammate of James Courtney in the British Formula 3 Championship . Lotterer won a race and finished the season behind his teammate who finished fourth in seventh overall. At the Formula 3 Masters in Zandvoort , he achieved second position. After completing further Formula 1 test drives for Jaguar in 2001, he took over the position of test driver at Jaguar together with Courtney in the 2002 season . Lotterer did not have a permanent race commitment this year and he took part in a total of two races. On the one hand for Dale Coyne Racing in the American CART series, on the other hand in the FIA GT championship .
After Lotterer was no longer employed by Jaguar in 2003, he decided to move to Japan for Formula Nippon . At Nakajima Racing he became a teammate of Takashi Kogure . With two second places as the best results, he finished his first season in fifth place overall. He also started for Nakajima Racing in the Japanese GT Championship and finished 26th overall. In 2004 Lotterer won his first race in both racing series. In Formula Nippon, he was runner- up with two wins behind Richard Lyons . The two pilots were tied at the end of the season, but Lyons had better placements than Lotterer. He finished eighth with one win in the Japanese GT Championship. In 2005 Lotterer again won two Formula Nippon races. Since it was his only point placements, he finished fourth overall at the end of the season. Within the team, however, as in previous years, he prevailed against his teammate Kogure. In the Japanese GT Championship, renamed Super GT , he finished 17th.
In 2006, Lotterer switched to TOM’S in both racing series . In Formula Nippon he won two races and left his team-mate Takeshi Tsuchiya well behind with 30 to 2 points. Lotterer came third in the championship. In the Super GT, the season was more successful for him and he won the championship title together with his team partner Juichi Wakisaka . In 2007 he got a new team mate in the Formula Nippon with Seiji Ara . Lotterer won the race at Fuji , finishing fifth at the end of the season, while Ara was eleventh. In the Super GT he finished sixth with a win. In 2008 Lotterer had no victory in Formula Nippon. Ara managed to win a race this season, but in the overall standings Lotterer left his team-mate well behind with three second places. While Lotterer took third place with 49 points, Ara was 14th in the drivers' standings with nine points. Lotterer also had no win in the Super GT and was third.
In A1GP 2008/2009 season started Lotterer first time in A1GP and took the German team participating in a race weekend. He managed to score the only points for his team this season with a ninth place. In Formula Nippon he received in 2009 with Kazuya Oshima a new teammates. Lotterer maintained his status as the team's number one, finishing the season with a win in third place, while Ōshima finished ninth. He won a race in the Super GT and was champion of this championship for the second time together with Wakisaka. Lotterer also took part in the Le Mans 24-hour race for Team Kolles in an Audi R10 TDI for the first time and, together with Charles Zwolsman, finished seventh in the overall standings. The two contested the race as a team of two after their teammate Narain Karthikeyan had dislocated her shoulder while jumping over the pit wall shortly before the start.
In 2010 Lotterer contested his eighth season in Formula Nippon. With a win he finished second in the championship behind João Paulo de Oliveira . He also won two non-championship races in Formula Nippon, which were held after the end of the season. Within the team he prevailed against Ōshima with 43 to 24 points. In the Super GT he was runner-up with a win together with Wakisaka. Lotterer also entered the Le Mans 24-hour race again. For Audi Sport Team Joest , he formed a driver trio with Marcel Fässler and Benoît Tréluyer . In an Audi R15 TDI , the three drivers took second place in this race. In addition, Lotterer took part in one race each of the American Le Mans Series and the Le Mans Series for Joest . In 2011 , Lotterer stayed with TOM'S in Formula Nippon. Because of his additional involvement in endurance racing, he was represented in a race by Takuto Iguchi . With five wins from seven races, he decided the championship with 56 to 42 points ahead of his teammate Kazuki Nakajima , who had competed in every race. In addition, Lotterer started together with Nakajima in the Super GT. The two racing drivers finished the season in eighth place. In endurance racing, Lotterer took part in two races of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC). He won with Fassler and Treluyer in the Audi R18 TDI , the 24-hour race at Le Mans .
In 2012 Lotterer became a regular driver for Audi Sport Team Joest in the newly founded FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). He formed a team with Fässler and Tréluyer. The trio defended the overall victory of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and also won the races at Silverstone and as-Sachir . With seven podium finishes from eight races, the three became the first WEC driver world champions this year. Lotterer also remained active in Japan in 2012 , but reduced his involvement to Formula Nippon, where he stayed with TOM'S. Lotterer won two races and finished the championship in fourth place. He lost to Nakajima within the team, who took the overall victory. Lotterer also completed a race in the Blancpain Endurance Series . In 2013 Lotterer stayed with Audi Sport Team Joest in the WEC. He, Fässler and Tréluyer achieved three more victories. This time the trio won the races in Spa-Francorchamps , São Paulo and Shanghai and made six podiums in eight races. In the world championship, however, the three lost to their teammates Loïc Duval , Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish and became runner-up world champions. In Japan Lotterer completed its eleventh season in the highest formula class, which was called Super Formula from this year on . He took part in four out of seven races and was first and second twice. In the championship he was level on points with the master Naoki Yamamoto at the end of the season and was second overall. He beat Nakajima within the team, who competed in every race. As in the previous year, Lotterer also started a race in the Blancpain Endurance Series.
In 2014 Lotterer contested his third season in the WEC for Audi Sport Team Joest. Together with Fässler and Tréluyer, he won the Le Mans 24-hour race for the third time in his career . In addition, the three won the race in Austin . As in the previous year, the three finished second in the World Championship. Lotterer was third in the Super Formula in 2014 with two wins. In addition, Lotterer again went to a race in the Blancpain Endurance Series in Spa-Francorchamps and completed two guest starts in the French GT Championship in Spa-Francorchamps, where he was once first. Lotterer also made his racing debut in Formula 1 in 2014. At Caterham , he received a cockpit for the Belgian Grand Prix . He retired in the early stages due to a technical defect. Lotterer competed in four different series in Spa-Francorchamps in 2014. Caterham's liquidator offered Lotterer to also drive for Caterham at the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ; Lotterer refused, however, because the prospect of success was allegedly too low.
In 2015 , Lotterer competed again with Fässler and Tréluyer for Audi Sport Team Joest in the FIA World Endurance Championship. The trio won the first two races at Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps . When 24-hour race at Le Mans , they were third. The three drivers stood on the podium at every race. At the end of the season they were defeated by Timo Bernhard , Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber with 161 to 166 points and came second overall. In 2015 Lotterer also completed another season in Super Formula for TOM'S. With three wins he was the driver with the most wins, but he was defeated in the championship Hiroaki Ishiura and his team-mate Nakajima and was third overall. Lotterer also took part in a race in the Blancpain Endurance Series.
In the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship , Lotterer formed a driver trio for the last time with Fässler and Tréluyer for Audi Sport Team Joest, which withdrew from the championship after the season. Tréluyer was injured in two races, so Lotterer and Fässler drove two races in pairs. They achieved two podium placements. Lotterer also achieved a podium placement with Fässler and Tréluyer. Together with Fässler, Lotterer achieved fifth place in the drivers' world championship. In the 2016 Super Formula season , Lotterer remained without a win for TOM'S with three second places as the best results. In the championship he was still second with 30 to 33 points behind Yūji Kunimoto .
Lotterer switched to Porsche at the side of Neel Jani and Nick Tandy for the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship . The trio did not manage to win there, but steady podium positions, which brought them fourth place in the world championship. In the Super Formula , however, things didn't go particularly well: despite a victory in Okayama , he stayed outside the top 3 of the drivers' championship for the first time since 2012 and finished sixth.
In 2017/18 Lotterer competed for the Techeetah Formula E Team in the FIA Formula E Championship . He signed a contract for a year with the option of at least another year and became a teammate of Jean-Éric Vergne . After being noticed in the first races of the season mainly due to a few spins and accidents, he achieved his first podium finish in his fourth race, the Santiago E-Prix, with second place. He was also able to achieve a podium finish in Rome with third place. Overall, he finished eighth in the drivers' championship at the end of his debut season. He was clearly defeated by his teammate Vergne, who won the championship. Lotterer finished the season as the best newcomer. His contract was extended for the 2018/19 season. After Porsche left, Lotterer had to change teams again for the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship and now competed for Rebellion Racing together with Jani and Bruno Senna .
Lotterer returned to Techeetah in the 2018/19 season . However, the team started as a DS Automobiles works team. With two second places as the best results, he finished the season again in eighth place. With two second places he also took third place in the overall ranking of the voestalpine European Races , in which only podium places in the races on the European continent were considered. After the season he switched back to Porsche, which is new to the FIA Formula E championship. Here Jani becomes teammate again.
In 2020 Lotterer took part in the virtual 24-hour race of Le Mans . One of his teammates there was Neel Jani. The Porsche 911 RSR with the number # 91 that he drove was 40th among the 50 participating teams.
Personal
Lotterer grew up in Belgium. Since 2003 he lives in Japan in Tokyo .
statistics
Career stations
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Individual results in the Nippon / Super Formula formula
Remarks
Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship
These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .
general overview
season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Race laps |
Points | WM-Pos. |
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2014 | Caterham F1 team | Caterham CT05 | Renault 1.6 V6 Turbo | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
total | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Single results
season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th |
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DNF |
Legend | ||
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colour | abbreviation | meaning |
gold | - | victory |
silver | - | 2nd place |
bronze | - | 3rd place |
green | - | Placement in the points |
blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
NC | not classified | |
red | DNQ | did not qualify |
DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
black | DSQ | disqualified |
White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
WD | withdrawn | |
Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
TD | Friday test driver | |
without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
INJ | injured or sick | |
EX | excluded | |
DNA | did not arrive | |
C. | Race canceled | |
no participation in the World Cup | ||
other | P / bold | Pole position |
SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
* | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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() | Streak results | |
underlined | Leader in the overall standings |
Individual results in the FIA Formula E Championship
year | team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | Points | rank |
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2017/18 | Techeetah Formula E Team | HKG | MAR | SAN | MEX | PUN | ROME | PAR | BER | ZUR | NYC | 64 | 8th. | ||||||
DSQ | 13 | DNF | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 6th | 9 | 4th | 7th | 9 | ||||||||
2018/19 | DS Techeetah | TO YOU | MAR | SAN | MEX | HKG | SAY | ROME | PAR | MCO | BER | BRN | NYC | 86 | 8th. | ||||
5 | 6th | 13 | 5 | 14th | 4th | 2 | 2 | 7th | DNF | 14th | 17th | DNF |
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Le Mans results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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2009 | Kolles | Audi R10 TDI | Charles Zwolsman Junior | Narain Karthikeyan | Rank 7 | |
2010 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi R15 TDI | Marcel Fässler | Benoît Tréluyer | Rank 2 | |
2011 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi R18 | Marcel Fässler | Benoît Tréluyer | Overall victory | |
2012 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | Marcel Fässler | Benoît Tréluyer | Overall victory | |
2013 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | Marcel Fässler | Benoît Tréluyer | Rank 5 | |
2014 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | Marcel Fässler | Benoît Tréluyer | Overall victory | |
2015 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro RP5 | Marcel Fässler | Benoît Tréluyer | Rank 3 | |
2016 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi R18 RP6 | Marcel Fässler | Benoît Tréluyer | Rank 4 | |
2017 | Porsche LMP team | Porsche 919 Hybrid | Nick Tandy | Neel Jani | failure | no oil pressure |
2018 | Rebellion Racing | Rebellion R13 | Bruno Senna | Neel Jani | Rank 4 | |
2019 | Rebellion Racing | Rebellion R13 | Bruno Senna | Neel Jani | Rank 4 |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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2012 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi R18 TDI | Benoît Tréluyer | Marcel Fässler | Rank 15 |
Individual results in the FIA World Endurance Championship
season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 |
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2012 | Audi Sport Team Joest | R18 e-tron quattro | SEB | SPA | LEM | SIL | SAO | BAH | FUJ | SHA | |
15th | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
2013 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi R18 | SIL | SPA | LEM | SAO | OUT | FUJ | SHA | BAH | |
2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 26th | 1 | 2 | ||||
2014 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi R18 | SIL | SPA | LEM | OUT | FUJ | SHA | BAH | SAO | |
DNF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6th | 4th | 4th | 5 | ||||
2015 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi R18 | SIL | SPA | LEM | ONLY | OUT | FUJ | SHA | BAH | |
1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||
2016 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Audi R18 | SIL | SPA | LEM | ONLY | MEX | OUT | FUJ | SHA | BAH |
DNF | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 6th | DNF | 6th | 2 | |||
2017 | Porsche | Porsche 919 Hybrid | SIL | SPA | LEM | ONLY | MEX | OUT | FUJ | SHA | BAH |
3 | 4th | DNF | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
2018/19 | Rebellion Racing | Rebellion R13 | SPA | LEM | SIL | FUJ | SHA | SEB | SPA | LEM | |
DNF | 4th | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 4th |
Web links
- André Lotterer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Career statistics from André Lotterer (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ “Le Mans 24: Marcel Fassler, Andre Lotterer and Benoit Treluyer see off Posche and Toyota challenge to drive Audi to 13th Le Mans 24 Hours title”. independent.co.uk, June 15, 2014, accessed August 18, 2014 .
- ↑ Markus Lüttgens: "Official: Le Mans winner Lotterer drives for Caterham in Spa". Motorsport-Total.com, August 20, 2014, accessed August 20, 2014 .
- ↑ Dominik Sharaf: “Follow behind? No thanks. Lotterer cancels Caterham. ” Www.motorsport-total.com, November 16, 2014, accessed November 17, 2014 .
- ^ Roman Wittemeier: WEC 2015: 35 cars go on a world tour. Motorsport-Total.com, February 5, 2015, accessed February 5, 2015 .
- ↑ Tobias Bluhm: Official: Andre Lotterer will drive for Porsche from the 2019/20 Formula E season. e-Formel.de, July 17, 2019, accessed on July 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Bsimracing Race Hour 24 , Bsimracing. June 14, 2020.
- ↑ Ralf Bach, Bianca Garloff, Toni Schmidt: "Formula 1: Lotterer celebrates debut with Caterham". New James Hunt drives at Spa. autobild.de, August 20, 2014, accessed on August 20, 2014 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lotterer, André |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German automobile racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | 19th November 1981 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Duisburg , Germany |