Jürgen Lässig (born February 25, 1943 in
Tuttlingen
Tuttlingen ( Alemannic: ''Duttlinga'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, capital of the district Tuttlingen. Nendingen, ''Möhringen'' and ''Eßlingen'' are three former municipalities that belong to Tuttlingen. Tuttlingen is located in Swabia ea ...
) is a German former racing driver.
Lässig began competing in endurance
sports car racing
Sports car racing is a form of motorsport road racing which utilises sports cars that have two seats and enclosed wheels. They may be purpose-built prototypes or grand tourers based on road-going models. Broadly speaking, sports car racing i ...
, often
World Sportscar Championship
The World Sportscar Championship was the world series run for sports car racing by the FIA from 1953 to 1992.
The championship evolved from a small collection of the most important sportscar, endurance, and road racing events in Europe and ...
races in the early 1980s for
Obermaier Racing and drove in several
24 Hours of Le Mans
The 24 Hours of Le Mans (french: link=no, 24 Heures du Mans) is an endurance-focused sports car race held annually near the town of Le Mans, France. It is the world's oldest active endurance racing event. Unlike fixed-distance races whose w ...
races. He and the
Kremer Racing team were the winners of the 1995
24 Hours of Daytona
The 24 Hours of Daytona, also known as the Rolex 24 At Daytona for sponsorship reasons, is a 24-hour sports car endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is run on the Sports Car Course layou ...
. He retired after the
1997 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 65th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 14 and 15 June 1997.
The race saw the first of a record (as of 2022) 9 wins at Le Mans for popular Danish driver Tom Kristensen.
Pre-race
The Dunlop chicane wa ...
driving for Kremer.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
External links
Profile at Driver Database
1943 births
Living people
People from Tuttlingen
Sportspeople from Freiburg (region)
People from the Free People's State of Württemberg
German racing drivers
24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
24 Hours of Daytona drivers
Racing drivers from Baden-Württemberg
World Sportscar Championship drivers
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Porsche Motorsports drivers