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André Lotterer
André Lotterer (born 19 November 1981) is a German racing driver who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Genesis Magma Racing. In formula racing, Lotterer competed in Formula One at the Belgian Grand Prix in 2014, and Formula E from 2017 to 2023. In Japanese motorsport, Lotterer won the Formula Nippon Championship in 2011, and is a two-time champion of Super GT, all with TOM'S. In endurance racing, Lotterer has won two FIA World Endurance Drivers' Championship titles in 2012 and 2024 with Audi and Porsche, respectively, and is a three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Audi.
Lotterer was also a test driver for the Jaguar Formula One team in 2002. Twelve years later, he joined Caterham, replacing Kamui Kobayashi at the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix. Later he competed in Formula E from 2017 to 2023.
Born in Duisburg, Lotterer is the son of a German-Peruvian father, Henri Lotterer, and a Belgian mother. He was raised with his mother in Nivelles, Belgium, from an early age, where he began his racing career by karting at the age of seven, effectively becoming an adopted Belgian.
After his stint with Jaguar in Formula One, Lotterer moved to Japan, winning both the Super GT Championship in 2006 and 2009 as well as the Formula Nippon (currently known as Super Formula) Championship in 2011.[citation needed]
Lotterer also made his debut in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans, as a race week fill-in driver for the Kolles privateer Audi team. Lotterer and co-driver Charles Zwolsman Jr., also a Le Mans rookie, drove the entire race themselves after third driver Narain Karthikeyan dislocated his shoulder in a non-racing related injury. Driving an Audi R10, the car that won the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Le Mans races, Lotterer and Zwolsman finished seventh overall and in the LMP1 class.[citation needed]
His impressive performance that year earned him a drive with the works Audi Sport team in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving the new Audi R15 TDI plus. Along with Marcel Fässler and Benoît Tréluyer, he finished second overall and in the LMP1 class, despite the rival Peugeot 908s dominating for the first part of the race.[citation needed]
He remained with Audi Sport to compete in the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans, co-driving the newly designed Audi R18 with Marcel Fässler and Benoît Tréluyer. After the Audi works team lost two out of three cars due to accidents, Lotterer and his co-drivers held off three Peugeot 908 works cars to claim both first place in the LMP1 class and the overall victory, beating the second place Peugeot by a mere thirteen seconds. This win gave Audi a total of ten overall victories at Le Mans, and Lotterer his first overall win at Le Mans.
From 2012 to 2016, Lotterer competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship, continuing to drive for Audi Sport Team Joest with the R18. During his tenure with Audi in the WEC, Lotterer won the drivers' championship in the series' inaugural season with Benoît Tréluyer and Marcel Fässler. After Audi Sport Team Joest decided not to run in WEC for 2017, Lotterer moved to Porsche as the driver of the No. 1 car with Nick Tandy and 2016 drivers' world champion Neel Jani. Prior to joining Porsche, he received an offer to join Toyota.
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André Lotterer
André Lotterer (born 19 November 1981) is a German racing driver who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Genesis Magma Racing. In formula racing, Lotterer competed in Formula One at the Belgian Grand Prix in 2014, and Formula E from 2017 to 2023. In Japanese motorsport, Lotterer won the Formula Nippon Championship in 2011, and is a two-time champion of Super GT, all with TOM'S. In endurance racing, Lotterer has won two FIA World Endurance Drivers' Championship titles in 2012 and 2024 with Audi and Porsche, respectively, and is a three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Audi.
Lotterer was also a test driver for the Jaguar Formula One team in 2002. Twelve years later, he joined Caterham, replacing Kamui Kobayashi at the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix. Later he competed in Formula E from 2017 to 2023.
Born in Duisburg, Lotterer is the son of a German-Peruvian father, Henri Lotterer, and a Belgian mother. He was raised with his mother in Nivelles, Belgium, from an early age, where he began his racing career by karting at the age of seven, effectively becoming an adopted Belgian.
After his stint with Jaguar in Formula One, Lotterer moved to Japan, winning both the Super GT Championship in 2006 and 2009 as well as the Formula Nippon (currently known as Super Formula) Championship in 2011.[citation needed]
Lotterer also made his debut in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans, as a race week fill-in driver for the Kolles privateer Audi team. Lotterer and co-driver Charles Zwolsman Jr., also a Le Mans rookie, drove the entire race themselves after third driver Narain Karthikeyan dislocated his shoulder in a non-racing related injury. Driving an Audi R10, the car that won the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Le Mans races, Lotterer and Zwolsman finished seventh overall and in the LMP1 class.[citation needed]
His impressive performance that year earned him a drive with the works Audi Sport team in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving the new Audi R15 TDI plus. Along with Marcel Fässler and Benoît Tréluyer, he finished second overall and in the LMP1 class, despite the rival Peugeot 908s dominating for the first part of the race.[citation needed]
He remained with Audi Sport to compete in the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans, co-driving the newly designed Audi R18 with Marcel Fässler and Benoît Tréluyer. After the Audi works team lost two out of three cars due to accidents, Lotterer and his co-drivers held off three Peugeot 908 works cars to claim both first place in the LMP1 class and the overall victory, beating the second place Peugeot by a mere thirteen seconds. This win gave Audi a total of ten overall victories at Le Mans, and Lotterer his first overall win at Le Mans.
From 2012 to 2016, Lotterer competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship, continuing to drive for Audi Sport Team Joest with the R18. During his tenure with Audi in the WEC, Lotterer won the drivers' championship in the series' inaugural season with Benoît Tréluyer and Marcel Fässler. After Audi Sport Team Joest decided not to run in WEC for 2017, Lotterer moved to Porsche as the driver of the No. 1 car with Nick Tandy and 2016 drivers' world champion Neel Jani. Prior to joining Porsche, he received an offer to join Toyota.