Uwe Alzen

Uwe Alzen

Nation:	Germany
DTM
First race:	Zolder 1993
Last race:	Hockenheimring II 2002
Teams (manufacturers)
1993–1995 Persson Motorsport ( Mercedes-Benz ) • 1996 Zakspeed • 2000 Holzer ( Opel ) • 2001–2002 HWA ( Mercedes-Benz )
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 127 (76) 6th 3 -
Podiums:	24
Overall wins:	-
Points:	422

Uwe Alzen (born August 18, 1967 in Kirchen ) is a German automobile racing driver . Jürgen Alzen is his older brother who heads the Jürgen Alzen Motorsport team .

Career

The motorsport roots of the Alzen brothers on the Nürburgring Nordschleife are mainly in the VLN series , to which he remains loyal as long as the dates permit. Uwe is popular, but also feared, because of his often spectacular driving style and his poor diplomatic manner of expression, which rarely adheres to the language rules prescribed by the works teams.

Uwe Alzen drove in the German Touring Car Championship and International Touring Car Championship between 1993 and 1995 for the Mercedes-Benz team Persson Motorsport and in 1996 for Zakspeed - Opel . Then, from 1997 to 1999, he also drove for Opel in the Super Touring Car Cup and was runner-up in 1999 after the controversial season finale in which Christian Abt and especially Roland Asch were involved. The German Touring Car Masters was introduced in 2000 . After an internal collision with Manuel Reuter in the season finale, he had to leave Opel. Alzen ended his other DTM career at HWA due to differences shortly before the start of the 2003 season. He was replaced by Christijan Albers , who then became runner-up.

Uwe Alzen at the Porsche Carrera Cup 2006 in Germany

In 1993 he won the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race in a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR together with Christian Fittipaldi and Jean-Pierre Jarier . At the 1998 Le Mans 24 Hours in a Porsche 911 GT1 , his car was only beaten by his team-mates. In June 2000 he won the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring together with Bernd Mayländer , Michael Bartels and Altfrid Heger in a Porsche 996 GT3 R from the “Porsche Center Koblenz” .

As a professional, Alzen is mainly active in the Porsche Cup series ( Carrera Cup Germany and Supercup ). He won the Porsche Supercup in 1994, the Germany variant in 1992, and again in 2007. In recent years he has often only narrowly missed this title against younger players, finishing second in both series in 2006, with four race wins each. In addition, he was u. a. 2004 on the road with Michael Bartels in the FIA GT championship on Saleen .

statistics

Sporting successes

1991

• 1st place in the Porsche Carrera Cup
• 1st place in the Junior Trophy Veedol Long Distance Cup Nürburgring

1992

• 1st place in the Porsche Carrera Cup

1993

• 2nd place Porsche Supercup (Porsche Center Koblenz)
• 1st place in the private driver classification DTM in a Mercedes (HJS / Komet / Team Persson) (best privateer)
• 1st place 24h Spa-Francorchamps in a Porsche together with Christian Fittipaldi and Jean-Pierre Jarier
• a victory in the Veedol endurance cup on a Porsche
• 2 starts / 2 wins in the ADAC Porsche GT Cup (Roock Racing)

1994

• 1st place in the Porsche Carrera Cup
• 1st place in the private driver classification DTM in a Mercedes (MAC / Team Persson)

1995

• 1st place in the DTM and ITC semi-works driver classification in a Mercedes (Kümmerling / Team Persson)
• 1st place in the ADAC Porsche GT Cup
• 2 starts / 2 victories in the Veedol endurance cup (Porsche)

1996

• 8th place Opel works driver in the ITC in an Opel Calibra V6 (Opel Team Zakspeed) (3 times second, 2 times third, 1 time pole position)

1997

• 5th place Opel works driver in the STW-Cup in an Opel Vectra (Opel Team Holzer) (1 time second, 7 times third)

1998

• 3rd place Opel works driver in the STW Cup in an Opel Vectra (Opel Team Holzer)
• 1st place in class / 2nd place overall 24 hours Daytona in a Porsche
• 2nd place 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Porsche GT1 - works competition

1999

• 2nd place German super touring car (STW) as Opel works driver in an Opel Vectra (Opel Team Holzer)
• 1st place in the GT3 class / 24 h LeMans in a Porsche GT3 - works race

2000

• 6th place Opel works driver in the DTM in an Opel V8 Coupé (Opel Team Holzer) 3 victories
• 1st place at the Int. ADAC 24-hour race Nürburgring in a Porsche (Phoenix Team, Porsche Center Koblenz) with Michael Bartels , Bernd Mayländer and Altfrid Heger
• 2nd place in the Veedol endurance cup Nürburgring

2001

• 2nd place DTM in a Mercedes-Benz CLK-DTM (Warsteiner AMG Mercedes), 2 wins

2002

• 5th place DTM in a Mercedes-Benz CLK-DTM (Warsteiner AMG Mercedes), 2 wins, 1 pole position

2003

• a victory at the BFGoodrich endurance championship Nürburgring

2004

• 2nd place in the GTS class 1000 km Nürburgring
• a victory BFGoodrich endurance championship Nürburgring, new lap record

2005

• 3 wins in the BFGoodrich endurance championship Nürburgring, 5 times pole position, new lap record
• 6 races in the Porsche Supercup, 3 podium places

2006

• 2nd place in the Porsche Supercup, 4 wins
• 2nd place in the Porsche Carrera Cup, 4 wins
• 2nd place 24-hour race Nürburgring

2007

• 3rd place in the Porsche Supercup, 2 wins
• 1st place in the Porsche Carrera Cup

2009

• 4th place in the Nürburgring 24-hour race with his own team. Uwe Alzen Automotive.

2010

• 1st place in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring with the BMW Motorsport team in a BMW M3 GT2

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1998	Porsche AG	Porsche 911 GT1	Jörg Müller	Bob Wollek	Rank 2
1999	Manthey Racing	Porsche 996 GT3-R	Patrick Huisman	Luca Riccitelli	Rank 13 and class win
2010	BMW Motorsport	BMW M3 GT2	Jörg Müller	Augusto Farfus	Rank 19

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2008	VICI Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Craig Stanton	Nathan Swartzbaugh	Rank 18
2012	BMW Team RLL	BMW E92 M3	Bill Auberlen	Jörg Müller	Rank 21

Web links

Commons : Uwe Alzen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of Uwe Alzen
• Homepage of Jürgen Alzen Motorsport