André Lotterer
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| File:Andre Lotterer 2012 WEC Fuji.jpg
Lotterer in 2012.
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| Nationality |  German |
| Born | 19 November 1981 Duisburg, West Germany |
| Championship titles | |
| 2012 2011 2006, 2009 1999 1998 |
FIA World Endurance Championship – LMP1 Formula Nippon Super GT – GT500 Formula BMW ADAC Formula BMW Junior |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Participating years | 2009– |
| Teams | Kolles, Audi Sport |
| Best finish | 1st (2011, 2012, 2014) |
| Class wins | 3 (2011, 2012, 2014) |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Active years | 2014 |
| Teams | Caterham |
| Entries | ( starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| First entry | 2014 Belgian Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2014 Belgian Grand Prix |
André Lotterer (born 19 November 1981) is a Belgian-German professional racing driver competing with a Belgian licence, while representing Germany.[1] He is best known for his success in endurance racing with the works Audi team, including three victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the drivers' title of the FIA World Endurance Championship. He has also competed in the Japanese Super Formula series for over a decade, winning the title in 2011.
Lotterer was a test driver for the Jaguar Formula One team in 2002, but this did not lead to a race seat. Twelve years later, he joined Caterham, replacing Kamui Kobayashi at the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix.
Racing career
Early life
Lotterer was born in Duisburg to a German father, Henri Lotterer, and a Belgian mother.[2] He was raised with his Belgian mother in Nivelles and still resides in his hometown to this day.[3] He competes with a Belgian racing licence, yet opts to represent Germany.[1][2]
Single-seaters
Lotterer succeeded in both German and British Formula 3 championships en route to being named Jaguar Racing's Formula One test driver in 2002. He was passed up for a race seat in 2003 with Eddie Irvine retiring and Pedro de la Rosa leaving, as the team chose Mark Webber and Antônio Pizzonia instead.
Lotterer contested a one-off Champ Car event at the end of 2002 for Dale Coyne, scoring a point at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Circuit. Since then he moved to Japan doing very well in both Super Formula (formerly Formula Nippon) and the Japanese Super GT Championship for Lexus, winning the latter in 2006 and 2009.
Sportscars
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lotterer also made his debut in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans, as a race week fill-in driver for the Kolles privateer Audi team. Lotterer and co-driver Charles Zwolsman, also a Le Mans rookie, drove the entire race themselves after third driver Narain Karthikeyan dislocated his shoulder in a non-racing related injury. Driving an Audi R10, the car that won the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Le Mans races, Lotterer and Zwolsman finished 7th overall and in the LMP1 class.
His impressive performance that year earned him a drive with the works Audi Sport team in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving the new Audi R15 TDI plus. Along with Marcel Fässler and Benoît Tréluyer, he finished 2nd overall and in the LMP1 class, despite the rival Peugeot 908s dominating for the first part of the race.
He remained with Audi Sport to compete in the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans, co-driving the newly designed Audi R18 with Marcel Fässler and Benoît Tréluyer. After the Audi works team lost two out of three cars due to accidents, Lotterer and his co-drivers held off three works Peugeot 908s to claim both 1st place in the LMP1 class and the overall victory, beating the 2nd place Peugeot by a mere 13 seconds. This win gave Audi 10 overall victories at Le Mans and Lotterer his first overall win at Le Mans.
For 2012, Lotterer competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving for Audi Sport Team Joest in a new Audi R18 e-tron quattro.
Formula One
Caterham (2014)
He replaced Caterham F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi for a one-off race at the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix.[4] He qualified 21st place, in front of team mate Marcus Ericsson, but his race lasted just one lap before a mechanical failure put an abrupt end to his F1 debut.[5] He was invited to race again at the Italian Grand Prix, but declined as the team planned to run Roberto Merhi in the car for the first practice session, contrary to his desire to take part in all the available running due to his lack of experience.[6]
Racing record
Career summary
Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results
(Races in bold indicate pole position)
Complete JGTC/Super GT results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
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| 2003 | Nakajima Racing | Honda NSX | GT500 | TAI | FUJ | SUG | FUJ 13 |
FUJ 9 |
MOT Ret |
AUT 2 |
SUZ 12 |
16th | 19 | |
| 2004 | Nakajima Racing | Honda NSX | GT500 | TAI 10 |
SUG 4 |
SEP 9 |
TOK 6 |
MOT 1 |
AUT 12 |
SUZ 5 |
8th | 42 | ||
| 2005 | Nakajima Racing | Honda NSX | GT500 | OKA 5 |
FUJ 8 |
SEP 5 |
SUG 13 |
MOT 10 |
FUJ 2 |
AUT 14 |
SUZ 10 |
9th | 38 | |
| 2006 | Toyota Team TOM'S | Lexus SC430 | GT500 | SUZ 1 |
OKA 8 |
FUJ 3 |
SEP 15 |
SUG 4 |
SUZ 10 |
MOT 2 |
AUT 7 |
FUJ 4 |
1st | 80 |
| 2007 | Toyota Team TOM'S | Lexus SC430 | GT500 | SUZ 7 |
OKA 5 |
FUJ DNS |
SEP 8 |
SUG 5 |
SUZ 1 |
MOT 6 |
AUT 6 |
FUJ 6 |
6th | 54 |
| 2008 | Toyota Team TOM'S | Lexus SC430 | GT500 | SUZ 3 |
OKA 4 |
FUJ 2 |
SEP 7 |
SUG 10 |
SUZ 3 |
MOT 3 |
AUT 8 |
FUJ 7 |
3rd | 63 |
| 2009 | Lexus Team TOM'S | Lexus SC430 | GT500 | OKA 11 |
SUZ 2 |
FUJ 2 |
SEP 6 |
SUG 7 |
SUZ 8 |
FUJ 3 |
AUT 1 |
MOT 2 |
1st | 88 |
| 2010 | Lexus Team TOM'S | Lexus SC430 | GT500 | SUZ 4 |
OKA 3 |
FUJ 2 |
SEP 8 |
SUG 7 |
SUZ 10 |
FUJ C |
MOT 1 |
2nd | 62 | |
| 2011 | Lexus Team TOM'S | Lexus SC430 | GT500 | OKA 4 |
FUJ 4 |
SEP 6 |
SUG 9 |
SUZ 6 |
FUJ 15 |
AUT 4 |
MOT 8 |
8th | 39 |
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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| 2009 | Kolles |
 Charles Zwolsman, Jr. Narain Karthikeyan |
Audi R10 TDI | LMP1 | 369 | 7th | 7th |
| 2010 | Audi Sport Team Joest |
 Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer |
Audi R15 TDI plus | LMP1 | 396 | 2nd | 2nd |
| 2011 | Audi Sport Team Joest |
Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer |
Audi R18 TDI | LMP1 | 355 | 1st | 1st |
| 2012 | Audi Sport Team Joest |
Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer |
Audi R18 e-tron quattro | LMP1 | 378 | 1st | 1st |
| 2013 | Audi Sport Team Joest |
Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer |
Audi R18 e-tron quattro | LMP1 | 338 | 5th | 5th |
| 2014 | Audi Sport Team Joest |
Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer |
Audi R18 e-tron quattro | LMP1-H | 379 | 1st | 1st |
| 2015 | Audi Sport Team Joest |
Marcel Fässler Benoît Tréluyer |
Audi R18 e-tron quattro | LMP1 | 393 | 3rd | 3rd |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
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| 2012 | Audi Sport Team Joest | LMP1 | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | Audi TDI 3.7L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel) |
SEB 11 |
SPA 2 |
LMS 1 |
SIL 1 |
SÃO 2 |
BHR 1 |
FUJ 2 |
SHA 3 |
1st | 172.5 |
| 2013 | Audi Sport Team Joest | LMP1 | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | Audi TDI 3.7L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel) |
SIL 2 |
SPA 1 |
LMS 5 |
SÃO 1 |
COA 3 |
FUJ 14 |
SHA 1 |
BHR 2 |
2nd | 149.25 |
| 2014 | Audi Sport Team Joest | LMP1 | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel) |
SIL Ret |
SPA 5 |
LMS 1 |
COA 1 |
FUJ 6 |
SHA 4 |
BHR 4 |
SÃO 5 |
2nd | 127 |
| 2015 | Audi Sport Team Joest | LMP1 | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel) |
SIL 1 |
SPA 1 |
LMS 3 |
NÜR 3 |
COA 2 |
FUJ 3 |
SHA 3 |
BHR 2 |
2nd | 161 |
Complete Formula One results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | WDC | Points |
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| 2014 | Caterham F1 Team | Caterham CT05 | Renault Energy F1‑2014 1.6 V6t | AUS | MAL | BHR | CHN | ESP | MON | CAN | AUT | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL Ret |
ITA | SIN | JPN | RUS | USA | BRA | ABU | NC | 0 |
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- André Lotterer official website
- André Lotterer career summary at DriverDB.com
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by | Formula BMW ADAC Champion 1999 |
Succeeded by Hannes Lachinger |
| Preceded by | Super GT (GT500) Champion 2006 With: Juichi Wakisaka |
Succeeded by Daisuke Itō Ralph Firman |
| Preceded by | Super GT (GT500) Champion 2009 With: Juichi Wakisaka |
Succeeded by Takashi Kogure Loïc Duval |
| Preceded by | Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2011–2012 With: Benoît Tréluyer Marcel Fässler |
Succeeded by Allan McNish Tom Kristensen Loïc Duval |
| Preceded by | Formula Nippon Champion 2011 |
Succeeded by Kazuki Nakajima |
| Preceded by
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FIA World Endurance Champion 2012 With: Benoît Tréluyer Marcel Fässler |
Succeeded by Allan McNish Tom Kristensen Loïc Duval |
| Preceded by | Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2014 With: Benoît Tréluyer Marcel Fässler |
Succeeded by Earl Bamber Nico Hülkenberg Nick Tandy |
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- German people of Peruvian descent
- Sportspeople from Duisburg
- Racing drivers from North Rhine-Westphalia
- German racing drivers
- German Formula One drivers
- Karting World Championship drivers
- British Formula Three Championship drivers
- German Formula Three Championship drivers
- Formula Nippon drivers
- Super Formula drivers
- Champ Car drivers
- Super GT drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans winning drivers
- European Le Mans Series drivers
- FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
- Blancpain Endurance Series drivers
- 24 Hours of Spa drivers
- Caterham Formula One drivers
