Olaf Manthey

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Olaf Manthey
Nation: GermanyGermany Germany
DTM
First race: Zolder I 1984
Teams (manufacturers)
1984–1985 Austin Rover Germany ( Rover , Alfa Romeo ) • 1986 private • 1987–1990 Isert ( BMW ) • 1992 Manthey • 1993 Persson ( Mercedes-Benz )
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR
117 (78) 2 1 -
Podiums: 14th
Overall wins: -
Points: 563.5
Template: Infobox DTM driver / maintenance / old parameters

Olaf Manthey (born April 21, 1955 in Bonn ) is a former German touring car racing driver who, as team boss of the Manthey Racing team, still uses Porsche brand vehicles , partly in cooperation with the factory. At the company headquarters in Meuspath , directly on the Nürburgring , he also runs a tuning company for Porsche vehicles with Manthey Motors .

Life

Olaf Manthey has been married since 1981. The couple had two children, but one son was killed in an accident in 2007. Manthey's trademark, a mustache with twisted ends, was trimmed after the third overall victory in a row at the Nürburgring 24-hour race in 2008.

Athletic career

Manthey began his racing career in 1974 on a Simca 1200 S in mountain and circuit races . On Ford Escort RS 2000 BMW 635 CSi and Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II he joined VLN - long distance races on the Nürburgring Nordschleife , where he won 28 overall victories.

From 1994 to 1996 he was Head of Technology at Persson Motorsport in the DTM . In 1996 Manthey-Racing GmbH was founded and I started working as a team boss.

Sporting successes

As a driver

  • 1982: 1st place Ford Sports Cup in a Ford Escort RS 2000
  • 1983: 1st place Ford Sports Cup
  • 1984: 2nd DTM in a Rover Vitesse
  • 1985: 2nd place DTM in a Rover Vitesse
  • 1988: High-speed world record on an Audi 200 Turbo
  • 1990: 1st place in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in a Porsche 911 Carrera
  • 1992–1995: 22 overall victories in the VLN in a Mercedes 190 EVO II

As a team boss

  • 1996: 4th place team classification Porsche Supercup
  • 1997: 1st and 2nd place in the drivers' championship and 1st place in the team's championship in the Porsche Supercup
  • 1998: 1st and 2nd place in the drivers' championship and 1st place in the team in the Porsche Supercup
  • 1999: 1st place in the GT class 24 Hours of Le Mans with a Porsche 911 GT3-R
  • 1999: 1st place in the drivers' championship and 1st place in the team in the Porsche Supercup
  • 2000: 1st place in the drivers' championship and 1st place in the team's championship in the Porsche Supercup
  • 2001: 3rd place team classification DTM with Mercedes-Benz
  • 2001: 3rd place team classification Porsche Supercup
  • 2002: 4th place team classification in the Porsche Supercup
  • 2003: 3rd place in the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring
  • 2004: 3rd place in the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring
  • 2005: 9th place in the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring
  • 2006: 1st place in the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring
  • 2007: 1st place in the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring
  • 2008: 1st place in the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring
  • 2009: 1st place in the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring
  • 2011: 1st place in the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring
  • 2018: 1st place in the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nürburgring-Nordschleife: Sad victory for Manthey at the Nürburgring . motorsport-total.com, September 16, 2007, accessed on September 23, 2017.
  2. ↑ Nürburgring-Nordschleife: Porsche celebrates triple victory . motorsport-total.com, May 26, 2008, accessed on September 23, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Manthey, Olaf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German touring car driver
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn