Benjamin Leuchter (born 22 November 1987) is a German racing driver currently competing in the

World Touring Car Cup The FIA World Touring Car Cup (abbreviated to WTCR, referring to the use of TCR regulations) was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It ...

. Having previously competed in the

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and

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amongst others.

Racing career

Leuchter began his career in 2002 in

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, he continued in karting until 2003. In 2004 he switched to the

series, he finished the season nineteenth in the championship standings that year. The following year he only took part in the first eight races of the season, but still finished fifteenth in the

standings in 2005. For 2006 he switched to the

, driving the last round of the championship that year. For 2008 he took part in the

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, finishing fourth in the SP1/2 class. In 2009 he switched to the ADAC Procar Series, finishing tenth in the Division II standings. For 2015 he raced in the VLN series, racing in the BMW M235i Racing Cup, he finished the season sixth in the standings that year. Continuing in the series for 2016, again racing in the BMW M235i Racing Cup class, this time finishing tenth in the standings. The same year he also raced in the inaugural 2016 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship season, taking a couple of podiums and fastest laps on his way to finishing fifth in the championship standings. For 2017 he returned to the VLN series, this time racing in the TCR class. Taking several victories, pole positions and podiums, on his way to winning the class. In November 2017 it was announced that he would race in the

TCR International Series The TCR International Series was an international Touring car racing, touring car championship. The championship was promoted by World Sporting Consulting (WSC), founded by former World Touring Car Championship manager Marcello Lotti. It was ma ...

, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for

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. Whilst competing for the

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class of the

2023 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie The 2023 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie is the 46th season of the German endurance series (formerly VLN) run at the Nürburgring, Nürburgring Nordschleife, and fourth run as the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS). The season began on 17 Mar ...

for Max Kruse Racing alongside Nicholas Otto, Leuchter became involved in an incident during the penultimate race, as he caused a collision with Michele di Martino. After a stewards investigation, Leuchter was found to have crashed into di Martino on purpose and was disqualified from this race, in addition to being excluded from the season finale. His teammate Otto would end up winning the Cup2 class on his own two weeks later.

Racing record

Complete TCR International Series results

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

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

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

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leuchter, Benjamin 1987 births Living people TCR International Series drivers German racing drivers 24H Series drivers Sportspeople from Duisburg Racing drivers from Düsseldorf (region) Formula BMW ADAC drivers World Touring Car Cup drivers Sébastien Loeb Racing drivers Josef Kaufmann Racing drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers Volkswagen Motorsport drivers Engstler Motorsport drivers TCR Europe Touring Car Series drivers ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship drivers