Georg Severich

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Georg Severich
Nation: GermanyGermany Germany
DTM
First race: Nürburgring 1990
Last race: Hockenheim II 1994
Teams (manufacturers)
1990 Tauber (BMW) • 1993 Racing Dynamics (all BMW) • 1994 WS-DHL (all BMW)
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR
33 (20) - - -
Podiums: -
Overall wins: -
Points: -
Template: Infobox DTM driver / maintenance / old parameters

Georg Severich (born February 9, 1959 in Aachen ) is a former German automobile racing driver .

Career

Georg Severich started his motorsport career in 1981, initially as an amateur in slalom and mountain racing , before entering touring car racing in 1984 .

In 1989 he became a professional racing driver. From 1989 to 1992 as well as 1996, 1997 and 2001 he started in the 24-hour race of Spa-Francorchamps . He achieved his best result in 1990 with class victory in A-Class 2 in a BMW M3 Evo .

Georg Severich's BMW M3 Sport Evo from the 1993 DTM season

In 1990 he drove his first race in the German Touring Car Championship (DTM) in a BMW M3 Evo. In the 1993 season he competed for Team Racing Dynamics with a BMW M3 Sport Evolution and a year later he drove a BMW M3 E36 . He achieved his best DTM result in 1993 at the second round of the Eifel race at the Nürburgring , where he finished 12th.

Severich drove in the Belgian Belcar racing series from 1998 to 2006. In 2000, he and his driver colleague Luc Pensis took eighth place overall in a BMW 320i STW and won the championship title in the TB classification. The following year both were able to repeat the success and secure the TB title.

In 1999 he founded his own motorsport team, GS Motorsport. That year he started the last season of the German Super Touring Car Championship with a BMW 320i and finished in 21st place.

In 2001 he drove two races in the FIA GT Championship for the Belgian team GLPK Racing in a Chrysler Viper GTS-R in the GT class.

Severich ended his active driving career at the end of the 2006 season. In 2007 he had one last race in the ADAC GT Masters at the Hockenheimring. Together with Arvid Steinberg , he drove a Dodge Viper Competition Coupe in the first run to 14th place.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Aachener-Nachrichten - Website: Georg Severich: 20 years of success in motorsport. From: www.aachener-nachrichten.de , July 29, 2004, accessed April 10, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c Racingsportscars - Internet site: Complete Archive of Georg Severich. From: www.racingsportscars.com , accessed April 10, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c DriverDB - website: Georg Severich. From: www.driverdb.com , accessed April 10, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Racingsportscars - website: Complete Archive of Georg Severich (page 2). From: www.racingsportscars.com , accessed April 10, 2019 .
  5. ^ Grenzecho - website: Georg Severich says hello. From: www.grenzecho.net , accessed April 10, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Severich, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen