André Lotterer

André Lotterer

Nation:	Germany
Formula 1 world championship
First start:	Belgian Grand Prix 2014
Last start:	Belgian Grand Prix 2014
Constructors
2014 Caterham
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 1 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

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.

Lotterer in the Super GT 2010

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.

Lotterer in Formula Nippon 2010

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 .

The Audi R18 e-tron quattro, the winning car of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2012

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

1989–1997: karting 1998: German Formula BMW Junior (Champion) 1999: German Formula BMW (champions) 1999: Eurocup Formula Renault (5th place) 2000: German Formula 3 (4th place) 2001: British Formula 3 (7th place) 2002 : CART (22nd place) 2002: FIA-GT , NGT (19th place) 2002 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2003 : Formula Nippon (5th place) 2003: Japanese GT Championship (26th place) 2003 : Formula 1 (test driver) 2004 : Formula Nippon (2nd place) 2004: Japanese GT Championship (8th place) 2005 : Formula Nippon (4th place) 2005: Super GT (17th place)

2006 : Formula Nippon (3rd place) 2006: Super GT (champion) 2007 : Formula Nippon (5th place) 2007: Super GT (6th place) 2008 : Formula Nippon (3rd place) 2008: Super GT (3rd place) 2009 : A1GP 2009 : Formula Nippon (3rd place) 2009: Super GT (champion) 2010 : Formula Nippon (2nd place) 2010: Super GT (2nd place) 2010 : Le Mans Series , LMP1 (23rd place) 2010: ALMS , LMP1 2011 : Formula Nippon (champion) 2011: Super GT (8th place) 2011 : ILMC , LMP1

2012 : WEC (champion) 2012 : Formula Nippon (4th place) 2012 : Blancpain Endurance Series , GT3 Pro (21st place) 2013 : WEC (2nd place) 2013 : Super Formula (2nd place) 2013 : Blancpain Endurance Series, GT3 Pro (18th place) 2014 : WEC (2nd place) 2014 : Super Formula (3rd place) 2014 : Blancpain Endurance Series, Pro (18th place) 2014 : Formula 1 2015 : WEC (2nd place) 2015 : Super Formula (3rd place) 2015 : Blancpain Endurance Series, Pro (19th place) 2016 : WEC (5th place) 2016 : Super Formula (2nd place) 2018 : FIA Formula E Championship (8th place)

Individual results in the Nippon / Super Formula formula

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	Points	rank
2003	PIAA Nakajima Racing	Mugen	SU1	FU1	MI1	MO1	SU2	SUG	FU2	MI2	MO2	SU3		22nd	5.
			2	4th	7th	6th	DNF	2	3	9	5	DNF
2004	PIAA Nakajima Racing	Mugen	SU1	SG1	MO1	SU2	SG2	MIN	SEP	MO2	SU3			33	2.
			2	4th	1	8th	DNF	DNF	1	3	7th
2005	PIAA Nakajima Racing	Mugen	MO1	SU1	SUG	FU1	SU2	MIN	FU2	MO2	SU3			20th	4th
			11	DNF	9	DNF	DNF	10	1	DNF	1
2006	DHG TOM'S Racing	Toyota	FU1	SU1	MO1	SU2	AUT	FU2	SUG	MO2	SU3			30th	3.
			8th	5	1	5	8th	2	DNF	DNF	1
2007	DHG TOM'S Racing	Toyota	FU1	SU1	MO1	OKA	SU2	FU2	SUG	MO2	SU3			37	5.
			DNF	5	2	DNF	13	1	7th	4th	2
2008	Petronas Team TOM'S	Toyota	FU1	SU1	MO1	OKA	SU2		MO2		FU2		SUG	49	3.
			DNF	3	2	2	2	4th	11	7th	5	4th	12
2009	Petronas Team TOM'S	Toyota	FU1	SU1	MO1	FU2	SU2	MO2	AUT	SUG				39	3.
			10	3	5	8th	7th	1	2	2
2010	Petronas Team TOM'S	Toyota	SU1	MO1	FU1	MO2	SUG	AUT	SU2		FU2			43	2.
			3	3	2	DNF	3	1	3	2	1	1
2011	Petronas Team TOM'S	Toyota	SU1	AUT	FU1	MO1	SU2	SUG	MO2		FU2			56	1.
			1		1	2	C.	1	1	1	5
2012	Petronas Team TOM'S	Toyota	SU1	MO1	AUT	FU1	MO2	SUG	SU2		FU2			35.5	4th
			5	1	DNF	1	2	10	5	8th	DSQ
2013	Petronas Team TOM'S	Toyota	SU1	AUT	FU1	MOT	INJ	SUG	SU2		FU2			37	2.
				1	1	2	C.	2			7th
2014	Petronas Team TOM'S	Toyota	SU1	FUJ			MOT	AUT	SUG	SU2				34.5	3.
			5	4th	1	6th		1	DNF	3	2
2015	Petronas Team TOM'S	Toyota	SU1	OKA	FUJ	MOT	AUT	SUG	SU2					40	3.
			1	8th	5	4th	11	1	1	DNF
2016	Vantelin Team TOM'S	Toyota	SU1	OK1	FUJ	MOT	OK2		SUG	SU2				30th	2.
			7th	8th	4th	2	12	4th	5	2	2

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} No points were awarded for the Fuji Sprint Cup.

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.
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
2014
												DNF

Legend
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
	()	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
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
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
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
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

Commons : André Lotterer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• André Lotterer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Career statistics from André Lotterer (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ “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 . 
2. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: "Official: Le Mans winner Lotterer drives for Caterham in Spa". Motorsport-Total.com, August 20, 2014, accessed August 20, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Dominik Sharaf: “Follow behind? No thanks. Lotterer cancels Caterham. ” Www.motorsport-total.com, November 16, 2014, accessed November 17, 2014 . 
4. ^ Roman Wittemeier: WEC 2015: 35 cars go on a world tour. Motorsport-Total.com, February 5, 2015, accessed February 5, 2015 . 
5. ↑ 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 . 
6. ↑ Bsimracing Race Hour 24 , Bsimracing. June 14, 2020. 
7. ↑ 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 .