Manuel Reuter (born 6 December 1961) is a German former
racing driver
Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. In North America, the term is commonly used to describe all forms of automobile sport including non ...
.
He has won the
24 Hours of Le Mans
The 24 Hours of Le Mans () is an endurance-focused Sports car racing, sports car race held annually near the city of Le Mans, France. It is widely considered to be one of the world's most prestigious races, and is one of the races—along with ...
twice:
*in
1989 24 Hours of Le Mans for
Sauber
Sauber Motorsport AG, currently competing in Formula One as Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber, and also known simply as Kick Sauber or Sauber, is a Swiss motorsport engineering company. It was founded in 1970 (as PP Sauber AG) by Peter Sauber, who pro ...
-Mercedes
*in
1996 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 64th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 15 and 16 June 1996. It was won by a Tom Walkinshaw-Porsche prototype run by Joest Racing with drivers Davy Jones, Manuel Reuter and Le Mans rookie Alexande ...
for
Joest Racing
Joest Racing is a German sports car racing team that was established in 1978 by former Porsche works racer Reinhold Joest. Their headquarters are in Wald-Michelbach, Germany.
Between 1998 and 2016, Joest Racing were strongly linked with ...
Porsche triumphs
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He also won the Interserie
Interserie is the name of a European-based motorsport series started in 1970 that allows for a wide variety of racing cars from various eras and series to compete with less limited rules than in other series.
Created in 1970 by German Gerhard Här ...
in 1992 in a Kremer K7 and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft
The Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM) was a touring car racing series held from 1984 to 1996. Originally based in Germany, it held additional rounds elsewhere in Europe and later worldwide.
The original DTM had resumed racing with produc ...
/ITC in 1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
for Opel
Opel Automobile GmbH (), usually shortened to Opel, is a German automobile manufacturer which has been a subsidiary of Stellantis since 16 January 2021. It was owned by the American automaker General Motors from 1929 until 2017 and the PSA Gr ...
in an Opel Calibra V6.
Reuter continued to race in the Super Tourenwagen Cup
The Super Tourenwagen Cup, or German Supertouring Championship, was a touring car racing series held between 1994 and 1999 in Germany.
The championship was established when BMW and Audi both left the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM) in 199 ...
for Opel.
When Opel retired from the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, commonly abbreviated as the DTM, is a sports car racing series sanctioned by ADAC. The series is based in Germany, with rounds elsewhere in Europe. The series currently races a modified version of Group GT3 gra ...
after 2005, he also retired. He acted as a commentator for the DTM on German television channel Das Erste
Das Erste (; "The First") is the flagship national television channel of the ARD (broadcaster), ARD association of public broadcasting corporations in Germany. ''Das Erste'' is jointly operated by the ARD (broadcaster)#Institutions and member org ...
from 2007 to 2013.
Racing record
Complete German Formula Three results
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Bathurst 1000 results
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)
Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results
( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
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1961 births
24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
24 Hours of Le Mans winning drivers
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters champions
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers
German racing drivers
Living people
Opel people
Sportspeople from Mainz
Racing drivers from Rhineland-Palatinate
Porsche Supercup drivers
World Sportscar Championship drivers
Porsche Motorsports drivers
Team Joest drivers
Phoenix Racing drivers
Josef Kaufmann Racing drivers
German Formula Three Championship drivers
Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers
Sauber Motorsport drivers