Mike Rockenfeller

Mike Rockenfeller

Nation:	Germany
DTM
First race:	2007
Teams (manufacturers)
2007–2009 Rosberg • 2010 Phoenix • 2011, 2016 Abt • 2012–2019 Phoenix (all Audi )
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 173 6th 7th 6th
Podiums:	30th
Overall wins:	1 ( 2013 )
Points:	922
As of October 6, 2019

Mike Rockenfeller (born October 31, 1983 in Neuwied ) is a German automobile racing driver . In 2005 he won the GT2 class of the FIA GT Championship and in 2008 the LMP1 class of the Le Mans Series . In 2010 he decided together on an Audi R15 TDI Plus, with its two Team / co-drivers Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas , the 24-hour race at Le Mans itself. He has been a works driver for Audi in the DTM since 2007 . From 2012 he started for Phoenix Racing . In 2013 he won the DTM drivers' championship.

Career

Rockenfeller first sat in a kart at the age of ten and later decided to get involved in motorsport . In 1995 he started karting , which he practiced until 2000. In 2000 he won the overall ranking of the “Jörg van Ommen Kart Series”, which earned him a cockpit in Formula König for the following season. In this series he managed a victory and he finished the season in fourth place in the championship.

At the end of 2001, Rockenfeller took part in a training course for young Porsche drivers and then received a works contract. He started for the UPS-Porsche-Junior-Team in the German Porsche Carrera Cup and finished his first season in tenth place overall. He also took part in four races of the Porsche Supercup . In 2003 Rockenfeller won a race in the German Porsche Carrera Cup. In the championship he had to admit defeat only Frank Stippler with 136 to 126 points . He also competed again in the Porsche Supercup and celebrated his first victory in this racing series. In 2004 Rockenfeller completed his third season in the German Porsche Carrera Cup. He was on the podium in every race, won five out of nine races and won the championship title ahead of Wolf Henzler . In the Porsche Supercup, in which he competed in six races, he finished five races on the podium and scored two victories. Rockenfeller also made his debut in a Porsche 996 GT3 RS in 2004 at the Le Mans 24-hour race .

In 2005 Rockenfeller moved to the FIA GT Championship . With his team-mate Marc Lieb , he won the GT2 classification in six of eleven races, including the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps . At the 24 Hours of Le Mans , he and Lieb and Leo Hindery were class winners of the GT2. He also started in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), which he finished in tenth place in the GT standings, and a race in the Grand-Am Sports Car Series . In 2006 Rockenfeller finished eighth in the GT2 and LMP2 ratings of the ALMS. He was more successful in the Grand-Am Sports Car Series, in which he won two races and was fifth in the DP standings. He also competed in a race in the FIA ​​GT Championship and won the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring .

Rockenfeller in a 2008 LMP1 Audi at the 2008 Silverstone 1000 km race

In 2007 Rockenfeller switched to Audi and competed in the DTM for Team Rosberg . He received a previous year's model of the Audi A4 DTM . In his second race in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben , he achieved his first DTM podium with a third place. With two more points, he finished the season with eleven points in twelfth place overall. His team mate Lucas Luhr only managed to score one point during the season. Rockenfeller also competed for Audi in an ALMS race and the Le Mans 24-hour race . In both racing series, he competed in an LMP1 vehicle. He also took part in a Grand-Am Sports Car Series race in a Porsche. In 2008 Rockenfeller got a new team-mate in the DTM : Markus Winkelhock . Both pilots scored six points. Since Rockenfeller achieved the best result of the two with a fifth place, he finished the season ahead of Winkelhock in eleventh place overall. Rockenfeller was more successful in the Le Mans Series . Together with Alexandre Prémat he won the championship title in the LMP1 category. At the 24-hour race of Le Mans , he achieved fourth place overall with Luhr and Prémat, which was his best result to date. In addition, Rockenfeller again took part in one race each of the ALMS and the Grand-Am Sports Car Series.

Mike Rockenfeller at the DTM season opener 2009 in Hockenheim

In 2009 Rockenfeller lost to his team-mate for the first time in the DTM. While Winkelhock was tenth, Rockenfeller finished the season in fourteenth overall. He also took part in an ALMS race and the Le Mans 24-hour race that year . In 2010 Rockenfeller switched to Team Phoenix within the DTM , which also fielded Audi “annual cars”. At his new racing team he met Prémat, with whom he had already contested races in Le Mans prototypes. After Rockenfeller had already scored points in four races, his best result of the season followed with a third place in the second race at the Hockenheimring . He finished the season in seventh place in the championship as the best driver of an Audi year-old car. He also left two Audi drivers behind with the current model. In 2010 Rockenfeller was also successful in sports car races . After winning the Daytona 24-hour race in January , he took overall victory at the Le Mans 24-hour race in June . Together with Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas , he drives an Audi R15 TDI Plus in the French endurance race . In 2010 Rockenfeller also took part in one race each in the Le Mans Series and the FIA GT3 European Championship .

In 2011, Rockenfeller received a current Audi model in the DTM

In 2011 Rockenfeller again took part in sports car and touring car races in parallel. In the DTM he switched to Abt Sportsline before this season and received a current racing car for the first time. At the second race in Zandvoort , Rockenfeller won his first DTM race. At the fourth race at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz he was represented by Tom Kristensen , as he had to take a break from a sports car race a week before to be on the safe side after an accident. At the end of the season he finished sixth overall. In sports car racing, Rockenfeller takes part in the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) for Audi . When 24-hour race at Le Mans , which was one of this season in ILMC, Rockenfeller had on Saturday night in the dark a serious accident. While lapping he was hit by the Ferrari 458 Italia GTC controlled by Robert Kauffman and hit the barrier at a speed of 307 km / h. Rockenfeller was able to leave his Audi R18 on his own and was then taken to a hospital. Rockenfeller's Audi brand colleague Allan McNish had previously had a serious accident. As a result, he canceled a DTM race and participation in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring. In 2011 , Rockenfeller competed in a race in the Blancpain Endurance Series .

In 2012 , Rockenfeller returned to Phoenix in the DTM, who also fielded the new Audi DTM vehicle with the Audi A5 DTM . Rockenfeller's best result was a second place in Zandvoort. In this, he lost the lead in the race to his brand colleague Edoardo Mortara . As fourth overall, Rockenfeller was the best Audi driver and also the best placed driver without a win. Rockenfeller also took part in a race in the Rolex Sports Car Series and started the 24-hour race at Le Mans . There he finished third together with Marco Bonanomi and Oliver Jarvis .

In 2013 , Rockenfeller stayed with Phoenix in the DTM. In the second race at Brands Hatch , Rockenfeller won from pole position. He finished second on the EuroSpeedway Lausitz. In Wolokolamsk he achieved his second win of the season starting from pole position. At the penultimate race of the season in Zandvoort, a second place was enough for Rockenfeller to win the drivers' championship early. He also went to a race in the Rolex Sports Car Series in the DP class.

In 2014 Rockenfeller competed again for Phoenix in the DTM. With three second places as the best results, he was third overall. In 2014 , he also competed in three races in the newly founded United SportsCar Championship (USCC).

In 2015 Rockenfeller stayed with Phoenix in the DTM. He chose 99 as his starting number. He scored a victory in Volokolamsk and reached tenth place overall. He also took part again in races of the USCC and he started in the Blancpain Endurance Series.

In 2016 Rockenfeller completed another DTM season for Phoenix. He returned to Abt for the last race weekend and represented Mattias Ekström there . He finished the season in 19th place in the drivers' championship.

In 2017 , Rockenfeller had a serious accident in the second race at the Norisring when Gary Paffett spun and crashed into Rockenfeller's driver's door. Rockenfeller and Paffett were able to leave their vehicles on their own, but Rockenfeller had broken his left foot. He nevertheless took part in the next race in Moscow without using his left foot in the race. Despite the limitation, he finished the race in second place. Rockenfeller won his first win of the season in Zandvoort. He crossed the finish line in second place, but was credited with the victory after the actual winner, Marko Wittmann, was subsequently disqualified. He finished the season with six finishes in the top three including a win in 4th place overall.

In 2018 Rockenfeller competed again for Audi Sport Team Phoenix and finished 11th overall with two second places in Hockenheim and Spielberg.

In 2019 Rockenfeller stayed with Phoenix again, but drove with a new paint job from the exhaust system manufacturer Akrapovič after having been using " Schaeffler " paint for seven years . Already in the first race of the season he reached a 2nd place. Rockenfeller achieved third place at the Norisring . He scored his first win of the season on the next race weekend in Assen . He won the race after starting in 3rd place and, unlike his fellow brand colleague René Rast, spared his tires . Rast had to make a second pit stop while Rockenfeller ended the race with one stop. At the season finale in Hockenheim , Rockenfeller clinched his seventh pole of his career in qualifying on Sunday. Due to a penalty, however, he started the race in 6th place. He finished the race in second place. With seven places in the top three including one win, he finished the season in fourth place overall.

Personal

Rockenfeller has lived in Altnau on Lake Constance since 2007 . He graduated from school with a secondary school leaving certificate . In his parents 'car workshop and on his grandparents' farm, he came into contact with various vehicles at a young age. He completed an apprenticeship as a car mechanic in the company and continued to work in the company at the beginning of his motorsport career. Rockenfeller is married and has two sons.

statistics

Career stations

1995-2000: karting 2001: Formula König (4th place) 2002: German Porsche Carrera Cup (10th place) 2002: Porsche Supercup 2003: German Porsche Carrera Cup (2nd place) 2003: Porsche Supercup 2004: German Porsche Carrera Cup (champion) 2004: Porsche Supercup 2005 : FIA GT Championship , GT2 (champions) 2005: ALMS , GT (10th place) 2005: Rolex Sports Car Series , GT (55th place) 2005: Le Mans Series , GT2 (13th place) 2006: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (5th place) 2006: ALMS, GT2 (8th place) 2006: ALMS, LMP2 (8th place)

2006 : FIA GT Championship, GT2 (39th place) 2007 : DTM (12th place) 2007: ALMS, LMP1 (15th place) 2007: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (59th place) 2008 : DTM (11th place) 2008 : Le Mans Series, LMP1 (champions) 2008: ALMS, LMP1 (12th place) 2008: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (62nd place) 2009 : DTM (14th place) 2009: ALMS, LMP1 (15th place) 2010 : DTM (7th place) 2010: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (38th place) 2010 : Le Mans Series, LMP1 (21st place) 2010 : FIA GT3 EM (14th place) 2011 : DTM (6th place)

2011: Intercontinental Le Mans Cup , LMP1 2011 : Blancpain Endurance Series , GT3 Pro (28th place) 2012 : DTM (4th place) 2012: Rolex Sports Car Series, GT (68th place) 2013 : DTM (champions) 2013: Rolex Sports Car Series, DP (34th place) 2014 : DTM (3rd place) 2014 : USCC , Prototype (28th place) 2015 : DTM (10th place) 2015 : USCC, Prototype (14th place) 2015 : Blancpain Endurance Series, Pro (19th place) 2016 : DTM (19th place) 2017 : DTM (4th place) 2018 : DTM (11th place) 2019 : DTM

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2004	Orbit Racing	Porsche 996 GT3 RS	Marc Lieb	Leo Hindery	failure	transmission
2005	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 996 GT3 RS	Marc Lieb	Leo Hindery	Rank 10 and class win
2007	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R10 TDI	Lucas Luhr	Alexandre Prémat	failure	accident
2008	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R10 TDI	Lucas Luhr	Alexandre Prémat	Rank 4
2009	Audi Sport North America	Audi R15 TDI	Lucas Luhr	Marco Werner	failure	accident
2010	Audi Sport North America	Audi R15 TDI Plus	Timo Bernhard	Romain Dumas	Overall victory
2011	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R18	Timo Bernhard	Romain Dumas	failure	accident
2012	Audi Sport North America	Audi R18 ultra	Oliver Jarvis	Marco Bonanomi	Rank 3
2018	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Antonio García	Jan Magnussen	Rank 18
2019	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Antonio García	Jan Magnussen	Rank 28

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2004	BAM! British American Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Peter Baron	Leo Hindery	Rank 13
2005	BAM!	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Martin Jensen	Tony Burgess	failure	Engine failure
2006	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Klaus Graf	Graham Rahal	Rank 14
2008	Audi Sport North America	Audi R10 TDI	Marco Werner	Lucas Luhr	Rank 6
2009	Audi Sport North America	Audi R15	Marco Werner	Lucas Luhr	Rank 3
2011	Audi Sport Team Joest	Audi R15 TDI	Timo Bernhard	Romain Dumas	Rank 5
2014	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Chevrolet Corvette DP	Michael Valiante	Richard Westbrook	Rank 29
2015	VisitFlorida.com Racing	Chevrolet Corvette DP	Michael Valiante	Richard Westbrook	Rank 3
2016	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Jan Magnussen	Antonio García	Rank 38
2017	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Jan Magnussen	Antonio García	Rank 7 and class win
2018	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Jan Magnussen	Antonio García	Rank 35
2019	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Jan Magnussen	Antonio García	Rank 12

Individual results in the DTM

season	team	Manufacturer	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	Points	rank
2007	Team Rosberg	Audi	HO1	OSC	LAU	BRH	NOR	MUG	ZAN	ONLY	BAR	HO2											11	12.
			12	3	13	DNF	13	6th	10	17th	7th	DNF
2008	Team Rosberg	Audi	HO1	OSC	MUG	LAU	NOR	ZAN	ONLY	BRH	BAR	LEM	HO2										6th	11.
			10	7th	14th	9	13	10	15th	13	5	9	9
2009	Team Rosberg	Audi	HO1	LAU	NOR	ZAN	OSC	ONLY	BRH	BAR	DIJ	HO2											4th	14th
			DNF	7th	9	DNF	13	10	7th	12	13	9
2010	Team Phoenix	Audi	HO1	VAL	LAU	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	BRH	OSC	HO2	ADR	SHA										22nd	7th
			5	6th	4th	12	9	13	9	5	3	16	12
2011	Abt Sportsline	Audi	HO1	ZAN	SPI	LAU	NOR	ONLY	BRH	OSC	VAL	HO2											31	6th
			11	1	5	INJ	14th	3	6th	6th	9	4th
2012	Phoenix Racing	Audi	HO1	LAU	BRH	SPI	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	OSC	VAL	HO2											85	4th
			5	13	3	7th	6th	5	2	6th	5	DNF
2013	Phoenix Racing	Audi	HO1	BRH	SPI	LAU	NOR	MOS	ONLY	OSC	ZAN	HO2											142	1.
			8th	1	4th	2	5	1	4th	2	2	16
2014	Phoenix Racing	Audi	HO1	OSC	HUN	NOR	MOS	SPI	ONLY	LAU	ZAN	HO2											72	3.
			4th	2	10	8th	DNF	13	2	10	15th	2
2015	Phoenix Racing	Audi	HO1		LAU		NOR		ZAN		SPI		MOS		OSC		ONLY		HO2				83	10.
			5	6th	9	10	14th	DNF	8th	11	8th	4th	10	1	DNF	19th	11	7th	5	16
2016	Phoenix Racing	Audi	HO1		SPI		LAU		NOR		ZAN		MOS		ONLY		HUN		HO2				31	19th
			DNF	10	12	8th	19th	17th	18th	DSQ	14th	15th	16	15th	14th	22nd	4th	8th
	Team Abt Sportsline																		5	11
2017	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	HO1		LAU		HUN		NOR		MOS		ZAN		ONLY		SPI		HO2				167	4th
			3	7th	5	5	4th	10	13	DNF	2	12	4th	1	14th	17th	7th	2	2	3
2018	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	HO1		LAU		HUN		NOR		ZAN		BRH		MIS		ONLY		SPI		HO2		87	11.
			14th	2	11	8th	11	4th	15th	16	15th	16	10	6th	10	9	6th	13	2 3	8th	6th	11
2019	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi	HO1		ZOL		MIS		NOR		ASS		BRH		LAU		ONLY		HO2				182	4th
			2 2	DNF	5	4th	6th	10	DNF	3	9	1 3	7th	6th	3	3	DNF	7 3	3 3	2 1

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Honors

• ADAC Motorsportman of the Year 2013

Web links

Commons : Mike Rockenfeller  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Career Stats by Mike Rockenfeller (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} "Profile" ( Memento from May 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (mike-rockenfeller.de; accessed on June 12, 2011)
2. ↑ “DTM countdown: Alexandre Prémat and Mike Rockenfeller 'reunited'” (audi-mediaservices.com on February 25, 2010)
3. ^ "Three new additions for Audi in the DTM" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 22, 2011)
4. ↑ ^{a b} "Comeback: Kristensen represents Rockenfeller" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 16, 2011)
5. ↑ "Second Horror Crash: concern for Rockfeller" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 11, 2011)
6. ↑ "Le Mans Update 12:00 AM: Collective sigh of relief" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 12, 2011)
7. ^ "Serious accidents shock Le Mans" (spiegel.de on June 11, 2011)
8. ↑ "Audi driver squad for the DTM 2012 is up" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 24, 2012)
9. ↑ "DTM - Audi confirms seven drivers for 2013". Number 8 is hoping. Motorsport-Magazin.com, December 19, 2012, accessed January 25, 2013 . 
10. ↑ Audi: Growth in motorsport. (No longer available online.) Audi-motorsport.info, December 17, 2014, archived from the original on December 18, 2014 ; accessed on January 29, 2015 . 
11. ↑ Michael Ruez: DTM, overall status. In: Motorsport-Total.com. Retrieved December 25, 2017 . 
12. ↑ DTM overall ranking 2018 - DTM 2018. Accessed on July 21, 2019 . 
13. ↑ Akrapovič anniversary look for “Rocky”. Retrieved July 21, 2019 . 
14. ↑ Results Hockenheim start. May 3, 2019, accessed July 21, 2019 . 
15. ↑ Tobias Grüner: DTM Norisring 2019: Rast and Spengler win. July 8, 2019, accessed July 21, 2019 . 
16. ↑ DTM race Assen 2: Rockenfeller wins tire battle. Retrieved July 21, 2019 . 
17. ↑ DTM qualifying Hockenheim 2: Rockenfeller loses pole due to penalty. Retrieved October 6, 2019 . 
18. ↑ DTM 2019 in Hockenheim - 2nd race. Retrieved October 6, 2019 . 
19. ↑ DTM overall standings 2019 - drivers standings. Retrieved October 6, 2019 . 
20. ↑ "From the tractor to the A4" (autobild.de on March 27, 2007)
21. ^ "Mike Rockenfeller" ( Memento from January 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (auto-motor-und-sport.de; accessed on June 12, 2011)
22. ↑ "Mike Rockenfeller drives 'Morgen Meister!'" (Morgen-meister.de; accessed on June 12, 2011)
23. ^ Motorsport total . Retrieved July 26, 2017.