Benjamin Leuenberger

Benjamin Leuenberger's Speedy Racing Team-Lola-B08 / 80 before the Le Mans 24-hour race in 2009

Benjamin Leuenberger (born June 11, 1982 in Solothurn ) is a Swiss automobile racing driver .

Career

Benjamin Leuenberger began his motorsport career in 1999 with overall victory in the Formula BMW Junior formula . After three years in Formula Renault , the Swiss decided in 2002 to switch to the sports car scene . He contested a full season in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany , with two trips to the V8 Star Series . In the Carrera Cup he was fourteenth in the championship at the end of the year. In 2003 he made his debut at the Le Mans 24-hour race with a works Panoz LMP-1 . In his first four starts on the Sarthe, twelfth overall place in 2009 was the best result.

For the Speedy Racing Team he drove in the Le Mans Series from the 2008 season . In 2009 he won the LMP2 class at the 1000 km race at Silverstone for his team together with Xavier Pompidou and Jonny Kane .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2003	JML Team Panoz	Panoz LMP-1	David Saelens	Scott Maxwell	failure	accident
2004	Taurus Sports Racing	Lola B2K / 10	Christian Vann	Didier André	Rank 20
2008	Speedy Racing Team	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	Andrea Chiesa	Irady Alexander	failure	Engine failure
2009	Speedy Racing Team	Lola B08 / 80	Xavier Pompidou	Jonny Kane	Rank 12

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2003	JML	Panoz LMP01	Scott Maxwell	John Graham	Rank 9
2011	Panoz Racing	Panoz Abruzzi	Ian James		failure	mechanics

Web links

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