Michael Funke (born 26 September 1969 in

Meerbusch Meerbusch () is a town in Rhein-Kreis Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has been an incorporated town since 1970. Meerbusch is the municipality with the most income millionaires in North Rhine-Westphalia. Geography Meerbusch is a town i ...

) is a German

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driver.

Career

Funke finished third in the German Touring Car Challenge in 1999 and 2000, and was runner-up in 2001.Career statistics at Driver Database
/ref> The championship became the DMSB Produktionswagen Meisterschaft in 2004, and Funke finished third for

Hotfiel Sport Hotfiel Sport was an auto racing team based in Kirchlengern, Germany. In 2005 they ran two Ford Focus cars in the inaugural 2005 FIA World Touring Car Championship under the Ford Hotfiel Sport banner. The cars were built by Ford Team RS and compe ...

. Hotfiel moved to the new

World Touring Car Championship The FIA World Touring Car Championship was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It has had several different incarnations, including a s ...

in 2005, and Funke was test and reserve driver. He replaced

Thomas Jäger Thomas Jäger (born 27 October 1976) is a German professional racing driver. Career Born in Chemnitz, Jäger competed in the Renault Spider Trophy in 1997.http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/407/career/ Career statistics at Driver Database He bega ...

for the final five rounds of the season, scoring a best finish of tenth position. Funke has since competed in

ADAC GT Masters The ADAC GT Masters is a grand tourer-based auto racing series founded by the international Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) and supported by the German ADAC automotive club. Similar to an earlier ADAC GT Cup series in the 1990s, the new GT ...

Racing record

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Funke, Michael Living people 1969 births People from Rhein-Kreis Neuss Sportspeople from Düsseldorf (region) Racing drivers from North Rhine-Westphalia German racing drivers World Touring Car Championship drivers ADAC GT Masters drivers European Touring Car Championship drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers