Manuel Reuter
Manuel Reuter (born 6 December 1961 in Mainz) is a German former race car driver.
Manuel Reuter | |
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Manuel Reuter in 2010 | |
Nationality | German |
Born | Mainz, West Germany | 6 December 1961
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | |
Years active | 2000–2005 |
Former teams | OPC Team Holzer OPC Team Phoenix |
Starts | 86 |
Wins | 4 |
Podiums | 11 |
Poles | 5 |
Fastest laps | 3 |
Best finish | 2nd in 2000 |
Super Tourenwagen Cup | |
Years active | 1997–1999 |
Former teams | Opel Team SMS Warsteiner Team Holzer |
Starts | 56 |
Wins | 5 |
Podiums | 13 |
Poles | 4 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
Best finish | 5th in 1998 |
International Touring Car Championship | |
Years active | 1995–1996 |
Former teams | Opel Team Joest |
Starts | 35 |
Championships | 1 (1996) |
Wins | 3 |
Podiums | 10 |
Poles | 1 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft | |
Years active | 1985–1991, 1993–1995 |
Former teams | Opel Team Joest Opel Team Schübel MS-Jet Racing Ford Ringshausen Motorsport |
Starts | 100 |
Wins | 3 |
Podiums | 9 |
Poles | 5 |
Fastest laps | 3 |
Best finish | 2nd in 1987 |
24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
Years | 1988–1993, 1996 |
Teams | Joest Racing Joest Porsche Racing Porsche Kremer Racing Richard Lloyd Racing Team Sauber Mercedes Brun Motorsport |
Best finish | 1st (1989, 1996) |
Class wins | 2 (1989, 1996) |
He has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice:
- in 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans for Sauber-Mercedes[1]
- in 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans for Joest Racing[2]
He also won the Interserie in 1992 in a Kremer K7 and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/ITC in 1996 for Opel in an Opel Calibra V6.
Reuter continued to race in the Super Tourenwagen Cup for Opel.
When Opel retired from the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters after 2005, he also retired. He acted as a commentator for the DTM on German television channel Das Erste from 2007 to 2013.
Racing record
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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1988 | Camel Brun Motorsport | Walter Lechner Franz Hunkeler |
Porsche 962C | C1 | 91 | DNF | DNF |
1989 | Team Sauber Mercedes | Jochen Mass Stanley Dickens |
Sauber C9-Mercedes | C1 | 389 | 1st | 1st |
1990 | Richard Lloyd Racing Italya Sport |
JJ Lehto James Weaver |
Porsche 962C GTi | C1 | 181 | DNF | DNF |
1991 | Porsche Kremer Racing | Harri Toivonen JJ Lehto |
Porsche 962CK6 | C2 | 343 | 9th | 9th |
1992 | Porsche Kremer Racing | Giovanni Lavaggi John Nielsen |
Porsche 962CK6 | C3 | 334 | 7th | 2nd |
1993 | Joest Porsche Racing | Frank Jelinski "John Winter" |
Porsche 962C | C2 | 282 | DNF | DNF |
1996 | Joest Racing | Davy Jones Alexander Wurz |
TWR Porsche WSC-95 | LMP1 | 354 | 1st | 1st |
Bathurst 1000 results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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1992 | Mobil 1 Racing | Peter Brock | Holden VP Commodore | C | 118 | 27th | 3rd |
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/Masters results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
- † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
Complete International Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | Pos. | Pts |
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1995 | Opel Team Joest | Opel Calibra V6 4x4 | MUG 1 9 |
MUG 2 Ret |
HEL 1 4 |
HEL 2 7 |
DON 1 10 |
DON 2 6 |
EST 1 16 |
EST 2 9 |
MAG 1 4 |
MAG 2 2 |
6th | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
1996 | Opel Team Joest | Opel Calibra V6 4x4 | HOC 1 1 |
HOC 2 3 |
NÜR 1 3 |
NÜR 2 1 |
EST 1 4 |
EST 2 3 |
HEL 1 2 |
HEL 2 2 |
NOR 1 6 |
NOR 2 5 |
DIE 1 10 |
DIE 2 6 |
SIL 1 6 |
SIL 2 6 |
NÜR 1 4 |
NÜR 2 16 |
MAG 1 Ret |
MAG 2 DNS |
MUG 1 18 |
MUG 2 7 |
HOC 1 2 |
HOC 2 1 |
INT 1 4 |
INT 2 4 |
SUZ 1 13 |
SUZ 2 14 |
1st | 218 |
Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos. | Pts |
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1997 | Opel Team SMS | Opel Vectra | HOC 1 15 |
HOC 2 12 |
ZOL 1 12 |
ZOL 2 8 |
NÜR 1 16 |
NÜR 2 DNS |
SAC 1 14 |
SAC 2 Ret |
NOR 1 Ret |
NOR 2 DNS |
WUN 1 9 |
WUN 2 6 |
ZWE 1 9 |
ZWE 2 10 |
SAL 1 11 |
SAL 2 9 |
REG 1 Ret |
REG 2 DNS |
NÜR 1 15 |
NÜR 2 Ret |
17th | 189 |
1998 | Opel Team SMS | Opel Vectra | HOC 1 2 |
HOC 2 1 |
NÜR 1 5 |
NÜR 2 11 |
SAC 1 16 |
SAC 2 6 |
NOR 1 Ret |
NOR 2 10 |
REG 1 20 |
REG 2 6 |
WUN 1 2 |
WUN 2 1 |
ZWE 1 5 |
ZWE 2 20 |
SAL 1 3 |
SAL 2 15 |
OSC 1 8 |
OSC 2 Ret |
NÜR 1 1 |
NÜR 2 3 |
5th | 423 |
1999 | Warsteiner Team Holzer | Opel Vectra | SAC 1 4 |
SAC 2 5 |
ZWE 1 3 |
ZWE 2 7 |
OSC 1 5 |
OSC 2 4 |
NOR 1 2 |
NOR 2 1 |
MIS 1 12 |
MIS 2 11 |
NÜR 1 1 |
NÜR 2 Ret |
SAL 1 3 |
SAL 2 5 |
OSC 1 4 |
OSC 2 15 |
HOC 1 3 |
HOC 2 4 |
NÜR 1 4 |
NÜR 2 DNS |
6th | 442 |
External links
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Jan Lammers Johnny Dumfries Andy Wallace |
Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1989 with: Jochen Mass Stanley Dickens |
Succeeded by John Nielsen Price Cobb Martin Brundle |
Preceded by Yannick Dalmas J.J. Lehto Masanori Sekiya |
Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1996 with: Davy Jones Alexander Wurz |
Succeeded by Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson Tom Kristensen |
Preceded by Bernd Schneider |
International Touring Car Champion 1996 |
Succeeded by None |