Andrea Peterhansel

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Andrea Peterhansel (born Andrea Mayer on January 2, 1968 in Kaufbeuren ) is a German rally raid racing driver , journalist , instructor and typesetter.

Career

Peterhansel trained as a typesetter . After a motorcycle trip and journalistic work for a motorcycle magazine, she became a works driver for BMW in 1997 and later for KTM . For these two brands she also took part in the motorcycle classification of the Dakar Rally from 1998 to 2002 . She then became a works driver at Mitsubishi and took part in the Dakar Rally car classification in 2003 and 2004, and was fifth in the 2004 car classification.

Private

Andrea Peterhansel is married to Stéphane Peterhansel . She lives in Switzerland, Germany and France.

statistics

successes

  • 1999: Dakar Rally (32nd place in motorcycle classification), BMW
  • 2001: Dakar Rally (30th place in motorcycle classification), BMW
  • 2002: Dakar Rally (23rd place in motorcycle classification), KTM
  • 2003: Dakar Rally (21st place in the car classification), with François Borsotto , Mitsubishi Ralliart
  • 2004: Dakar Rally (5th place in the car classification), with Andreas Schulz , Mitsubishi Motors team

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Blog entry on the official homepage about the name change. November 8, 2018, accessed on January 14, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Peterhansel, Andrea
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mayer, Andrea (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rally driver
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd January 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaufbeuren