Sascha Maassen

Sascha Maassen in front of team mate Timo Bernhard

Sascha Maassen (born September 28, 1969 in Aachen ) is a German racing driver .

Career

He started his racing career in kart racing in 1988 . This year he competed in the international German kart championship. In the two following years he started in the Formula Ford 1600 and in 1990 came second overall in the German and European championships. In the following years he drove in German Formula 3 , in which he finished third in 1992 and 1993 and fourth overall in 1994. Also in 1994 he won the prestigious Macau Grand Prix . From 1995 to 1997 Maassen competed in the German Super Touring Car Cup with a Nissan . In 1996 he drove two races in the British Formula 3000 and was able to win one of them. He has been a Porsche works driver since 1998 and competes in sports car races.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2000	Seka Racing International	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Johnny Mowlem	David Murry	Rank 17
2001	Dick Barbour Racing	Reynard 01Q-LM	Didier de Radiguès	Hideshi Matsuda	failure	Wagon fire
2002	Freising Motorsport	Porsche 996 GT3 RS	Romain Dumas	Jörg Bergmeister	Rank 17
2003	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 996 GT3 RS	Emmanuel Collard	Lucas Luhr	14th place and class win
2004	White Lightning Racing	Porsche 996 GT3 RSR	Patrick Long	Jörg Bergmeister	Rank 10 and class win
2008	Team Essex	Porsche RS Spyder Evo	Casper Elgaard	John Nielsen	Rank 12
2009	Navi Team Goh	Porsche RS Spyder	Keisuke Kunimoto	Seiji Ara	failure	accident

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2000	Dick Barbour Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Bob Wollek		failure	suspension
2001	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Lucas Luhr	Emmanuel Collard	Rank 8 and class win
2002	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Lucas Luhr		Rank 12 and class win
2003	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Lucas Luhr		Rank 10 and class win
2004	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Timo Bernhard		Rank 8 and class win
2005	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Timo Bernhard	Romain Dumas	failure	Engine failure
2006	Penske Motorsports	Porsche RS Spyder	Lucas Luhr	Emmanuel Collard	failure	malfunction
2007	Penske Racing	Porsche RS Spyder	Ryan Briscoe	Emmanuel Collard	Rank 21
2008	Penske Racing	Porsche RS Spyder	Ryan Briscoe	Patrick Long	failure	Motor overheated
2010	Muscle Milk Team Cytosport	Porsche RS Spyder	Greg Pickett	Klaus Graf	4th place and class win
2011	Paul Miller Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Bryce Miller	René Rast	failure	Gearbox damage
2012	Paul Miller Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Bryce Miller	Rob Bell	Rank 23

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