Andreas Fuchs (racing driver)

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The Lotus Esprit S300 from Klaas Zwart , Thorkild Thyrring and Andreas Fuchs at the 1994 Le Mans 24-hour race

Andreas Fuchs (born June 13, 1968 in Bayreuth ) is a former German racing driver .

Career in motorsport

Andreas Fuchs was active as a GT and sports car driver in the 1990s . He drove in the Porsche Supercup and in 1994 for a full season in the BPR Global GT Series . His best place in the final classification of a race this season was fourth place in the 1000 race in Suzuka . In 1994, he finished second in both the British GT Championship races at Silverstone and Donington .

He contested the Le Mans 24 hour race three times and the Sebring 12 hour race once . He dropped out prematurely on all four missions.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1993 United KingdomUnited Kingdom TWR Jaguar Racing Jaguar XJ220 United StatesUnited States Jay Cochran FranceFrance Paul Belmondo failure Overheated cylinder
1994 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Cars Lotus Esprit S300 DenmarkDenmark Thorkild Thyrring NetherlandsNetherlands Klaas Zwart failure Bearing damage
1995 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Stadler Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Enzo Calderari SwitzerlandSwitzerland Lilian Bryner failure accident

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate placement Failure reason
1989 United StatesUnited States Bernt Motorsport Porsche 911 Carrera 2 BelgiumBelgium Philippe de Craene failure Electrics

Web links

Commons : Andreas Fuchs  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Suzuka 1000 km race in 1994