André Lotterer

André Lotterer

Nationality	German
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2009–
Teams	Kolles, Audi Sport
Best finish	1st (2011, 2012)
Class wins	2 (2011, 2012)

André Lotterer (born 19 November 1981 in Duisburg) is a German auto racing driver.

Racing career

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 driving the Lexus SC430 for LEXUS TEAM PETRONAS TOM'S at the 2010 Super GT Fuji 400km race.

Lotterer contested a one-off Champ Car event at the end of 2002 for Dale Coyne and scored a point. Since then he moved to Japan doing very well in both Formula Nippon and the Japanese Super GT Championship for Lexus, winning the latter in 2006 and 2009. He had also tested Toyota TF108 in 2009.

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 Peugeots 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 will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving for Audi Sport Team Joest in a new Audi R18 e-tron quattro.

Racing record

CART results

(key)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Rank	Points
2002	Dale Coyne Racing	MTY	LBH	MOT	MIL	LS	POR	CHI	TOR	CLE	VAN	MDO	ROA	MTL	DEN	ROC	MIA	SRF	FON	MXC 12	22nd	1

Complete Formula Nippon results

(Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
2003	Nakajima Racing	SUZ 2	FUJ 4	MIN 7	MOT 6	SUZ Ret	SUG 2	FUJ 3	MIN 9	MOT 5	SUZ Ret		5th	22
2004	Nakajima Racing	SUZ 2	SUG 4	MOT 1	SUZ 8	SUG Ret	MIN Ret	SEP 1	MOT 3	SUZ 7			2nd	33
2005	Nakajima Racing	MOT 11	SUZ Ret	SUG 9	FUJ Ret	SUZ Ret	MIN 10	FUJ 1	MOT Ret	SUZ 1			4th	20
2006	TOM'S Racing	FUJ 8	SUZ 5	MOT 1	SUZ 5	AUT 8	FUJ 2	SUG Ret	MOT Ret	SUZ 1			3rd	30
2007	TOM'S Racing	FUJ Ret	SUZ 5	MOT 2	OKA Ret	SUZ 13	FUJ 1	SUG 7	MOT 4	SUZ 2			5th	37
2008	Petronas Team TOM'S	FUJ Ret	SUZ 3	MOT 2	OKA 2	SUZ1 2	SUZ2 4	MOT1 11	MOT2 7	FUJ1 5	FUJ2 4	SUG 12	3rd	49
2009	Petronas Team TOM'S	FUJ 10	SUZ 3	MOT 5	FUJ 8	SUZ 7	MOT 1	AUT 2	SUG 2				3rd	39
2010	Petronas Team TOM'S	SUZ 3	MOT 3	FUJ 2	MOT Ret	SUG 3	AUT 1	SUZ1 3	SUZ2 2				2nd	43
2011	Petronas Team TOM'S	SUZ 1	AUT	FUJ 1	MOT 2	SUZ C	SUG 1	MOT1 1	MOT2 1				1st	56
2012	Petronas Team TOM'S	SUZ 5	MOT 1	AUT Ret	FUJ 1	MOT 2	SUG 10	SUZ1 5	SUZ2 8				4th	38

* Season in progress

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2008–09	Germany	NED SPR	NED FEA	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	POR SPR Ret	POR FEA 9	GBR SPR	GBR FEA	21st	2

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
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

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2012	Audi Sport Team Joest	LMP1	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	Audi TDI 3.7L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel)	SEB 11	SPA 2	LMN 1	SIL 1	SAO 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	LMN	SÃO	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	1st*	44*

*Season in progress

External links

• André Lotterer official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Yuji Tachikawa Toranosuke Takagi	Super GT (GT500) Champion 2006 with: Juichi Wakisaka	Succeeded by Daisuke Itō Ralph Firman
Preceded by Satoshi Motoyama Benoît Tréluyer	Super GT (GT500) Champion 2009 with: Juichi Wakisaka	Succeeded by Takashi Kogure Loïc Duval
Preceded by Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Mike Rockenfeller	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2011–2012 with: Benoît Tréluyer Marcel Fässler	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by João Paulo de Oliveira	Formula Nippon Champion 2011	Succeeded by Kazuki Nakajima
Preceded by None	FIA World Endurance Champion 2012 with: Benoît Tréluyer Marcel Fässler	Succeeded by Incumbent