Otto Altenbach

Otto Altenbach (born May 31, 1948 ) is a former German racing driver .

Career

Altenbach was active as a sports car driver between 1984 and 2001 . He contested races for the sports car world championship and in the interseries . With his regular co-driver Jürgen Oppermann , he celebrated twelve overall victories at the VLN endurance championship Nürburgring on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring . He competed four times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans , where seventh overall place in 1993 was his best place in the overall standings.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1990	Obermaier Racing	Porsche 962C	Pierre Yver	Jürgen Lässig	Rank 9
1991	Team Salamin Primagaz	Porsche 962C	Pierre Yver	Jürgen Lässig	failure	Suspension damage
1992	Obermaier Racing GmbH	Porsche 926C	Pierre Yver	Jürgen Lässig	Rank 10
1993	Obermaier Racing GmbH	Porsche 962C	Lori's cauldron	Jürgen Oppermann	Rank 7

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9
1990	Obermaier Racing	Porsche 962	SUZ	MON	SIL	SPA	DIJ	ONLY	DON	MOT	MEX
			DNF	DNF	18th	11	17th	16	13	14th	9
1991	Team Salamin	Porsche 962	SUZ	MON	SIL	LEM	ONLY	LIKE	MEX	AUT
						DNF	4th	10
1992	Obermaier Racing	Porsche 962	MON	SIL	LEM	DON	SUZ	LIKE
					10

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

• Otto Altenbach at the Driver Database
• Otto Altenbach at Racing Sports Cars