Annette Meeuvissen

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Annette Meeuvissen
Nation: GermanyGermany Germany
DTM
First race: Zolder 1988
Last race: Hockenheim II 1991
Teams (manufacturers)
1988  Zakspeed • 1989  Linder Rennsport • 1990 Zakspeed • 1991 Linder Rennsport (all BMW)
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR
59 (32) - - -
Podiums: -
Overall wins: -
Points: 18th
Template: Infobox DTM driver / maintenance / old parameters

Annette Meeuvissen (born April 12, 1962 in Düsseldorf ; † December 5, 2004 in Berg (Starnberger See) ) was a German racing driver .

Career

Annette Meeuvissen began her motorsport career in slalom in 1980. In 1982 she drove a Ford Fiesta XR2 in the newly formed Ford Fiesta Ladies Cup . After a victory at the opening race in Wunstorf, she was tied with Delia Stegemann in first place after the six races of the season. However, since Stegemann had one more victory, she was declared champion.

In the 1985 season she started for the Ford Gerstmann Racing Team in the 1st division of the European Touring Car Championship . Together with Jörg van Ommen , she achieved two placements on a Ford Escort RS 1600i .

A year later she drove in the Porsche 944 Turbo Cup , which was held for the first time. There she could not place in the front ranks.

In 1987 she switched back to touring car racing and competed with Mercedes Stermitz for the BMW Schnitzer Team in the 2nd division of the World Touring Car Championship . In the 24-hour race in Spa-Francorchamps and the 500 km race in Calder, both finished seventh in the BMW M3 . In the European Touring Car Championship, both drivers only drove in the 500 km race in Zeltweg and also achieved seventh place there.

From 1988 to 1991 Meeuvissen competed in the German Touring Car Championship (DTM). In her first year in the DTM she achieved her best result of the season with 31st place and 18 points. Her greatest racing success - eleventh place - she achieved in 1990 in the BMW M3 Sport Evolution of the Zakspeed team at the AVUS race.

In 1992 she drove in the German Touring Car Trophy (DTT). Together with Heiner Weis and Marc Gindorf , she started again in the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race with a BMW M3 Sport Evolution in class A2.5 and finished the race on the 17th place. After the 1992 season, she ended her motorsport career and worked as a driving instructor for BMW.

In Namibia she opened a farm for homeless and injured animals. In 1995 she returned to Germany and worked as a flight attendant from 1996 to 2002. However, she had to discontinue her training as a kindergarten teacher at the beginning of 2004 due to her cancer . On December 5, 2004, Meeuvissen finally died as a result of her serious illness.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Raceladys - website: Annette Meeuvissen. On: raceladys.ch , accessed on May 1, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c DriverDB website: Annette Meeuvissen. From: www.driverdb.com , accessed May 1, 2019 .
  3. ^ Ford website: Ford press release: 25 years of Ford Fiesta. (No longer available online.) July 2001, formerly in the original ; accessed on March 31, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / media.ford.com
  4. ↑ a b c Racingsportscars - Internet site: Complete Archive of Annette Meeuvissen. From: www.racingsportscars.com , accessed May 1, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b c DTM website: Annette Meeuvissen died after a serious illness. From: www.dtm.com , December 7, 2004, accessed May 1, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Meeuvissen, Annette
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German touring car driver
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH December 5, 2004
Place of death Berg (Starnberger See)