Manuel Reuter

Manuel Reuter
Manuel Reuter
	Manuel Reuter in 2010
Nationality	German
Born	6 December 1961 (age 63); Mainz, West Germany
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Years active	2000–2005
Former teams	OPC Team Holzer; OPC Team Phoenix
Starts	86
Wins	4
Podiums	11
Poles	5
Fastest laps	3
Best finish	2nd in 2000
Super Tourenwagen Cup
Years active	1997–1999
Former teams	Opel Team SMS; Warsteiner Team Holzer
Starts	56
Wins	5
Podiums	13
Poles	4
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	5th in 1998
International Touring Car Championship
Years active	1995–1996
Former teams	Opel Team Joest
Starts	35
Championships	1 (1996)
Wins	3
Podiums	10
Poles	1
Fastest laps	1
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft
Years active	1985–1991, 1993–1995
Former teams	Opel Team Joest; Opel Team Schübel; MS-Jet Racing; Ford Ringshausen Motorsport
Starts	100
Wins	3
Podiums	9
Poles	5
Fastest laps	3
Best finish	2nd in 1987
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1988–1993, 1996
Teams	Joest Racing; Joest Porsche Racing; Porsche Kremer Racing; Richard Lloyd Racing; Team Sauber Mercedes; Brun Motorsport
Best finish	1st (1989, 1996)
Class wins	2 (1989, 1996)

Manuel Reuter (born 6 December 1961) is a German former racing driver.

He has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice:

in 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans for Sauber-Mercedes^[1]
in 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans for Joest Racing^[2]

He also won the Interserie in 1992 in a Kremer K7 and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/ITC in 1996 for Opel in an Opel Calibra V6.

Reuter continued to race in the Super Tourenwagen Cup for Opel.

When Opel retired from the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters after 2005, he also retired. He acted as a commentator for the DTM on German television channel Das Erste from 2007 to 2013.

Racing record

Complete German Formula Three results

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

Year	Entrant	Engine	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Pts
1985	BS Racing	VW	A	ZOL DNS	NÜR 3	HOC 3	WUN 2	AVU 2	ÖST 9	ERD 2	NOR 6	HOC 4	DIE 2	ZOL DNQ	SAL Ret	SIE 16	NÜR 4	4th	112
1986	Josef Kaufmann Racing	VW	A	ZOL Ret	WUN 2	HOC 3	NOR 6	ERD DNS	ÖST	NÜR	ZOL	NÜR	SAL	NÜR				10th	33

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1988	Camel Brun Motorsport	Walter Lechner Franz Hunkeler	Porsche 962C	C1	91	DNF	DNF
1989	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jochen Mass Stanley Dickens	Sauber C9-Mercedes	C1	389	1st	1st
1990	Richard Lloyd Racing Italya Sport	JJ Lehto James Weaver	Porsche 962C GTi	C1	181	DNF	DNF
1991	Porsche Kremer Racing	Harri Toivonen JJ Lehto	Porsche 962CK6	C2	343	9th	9th
1992	Porsche Kremer Racing	Giovanni Lavaggi John Nielsen	Porsche 962CK6	C3	334	7th	2nd
1993	Joest Porsche Racing	Frank Jelinski "John Winter"	Porsche 962C	C2	282	DNF	DNF
1996	Joest Racing	Davy Jones Alexander Wurz	TWR Porsche WSC-95	LMP1	354	1st	1st
Sources:^[3]^[4]

Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.	Ref
1992	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore (VP)	C	118	27th	3rd	^[5]

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/Masters results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Pos.	Pts
1985		Ford Sierra XR4 TI	ZOL	WUN	AVU	MFA Ret	ERD	ERD	DIE	DIE	ZOL Ret	SIE 26	NÜR 3														22nd	16
1986	Ford Ringshausen	Ford Sierra XR4 TI	ZOL Ret	HOC 12	NÜR Ret	AVU Ret	MFA 7	WUN 4	NÜR	ZOL 4	NÜR 1																9th	69
1987	Ford Ringshausen Motorsport	Ford Sierra XR4 TI	HOC Ret	ZOL 7	NÜR 1	AVU 2	MFA 1	NOR 17	NÜR 6	WUN 4																	2nd	124
1987	Ford Ringshausen Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth									DIE 3	SAL 12															2nd	124
1988	Ford Ringshausen Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	NÜR 1 14	NÜR 2 Ret	BRN 1 Ret	BRN 2 19	AVU 1 Ret	AVU 2 15	MFA 1 13	MFA 2 Ret	NÜR 1 14	NÜR 2 10	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 9	WUN 1 6	WUN 2 5	SAL 1 C	SAL 2 C	HUN 1	HUN 2	HOC 1 25	HOC 2 DNS	20th	66
1989	MS-Jet Racing	Mercedes 190E 2.3-16	ZOL 1 8	ZOL 2 5	HOC 1 24	HOC 2 13	NÜR 1 7	NÜR 2 4	MFA 1 12	MFA 2 6																	6th	214
1989	MS-Jet Racing	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo									AVU 1 4	AVU 2 3	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 7	NOR 1 9	NOR 2 9	HOC 1 13	HOC 2 Ret	DIE 1 8	DIE 2 5	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 Ret	HOC 1 6	HOC 2 5			6th	214
1991	Opel Team Schübel	Opel Omega 3000 Evo 500	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	AVU 1	AVU 2	WUN 1	WUN 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	DIE 1	DIE 2	NÜR 1 20	NÜR 2 17	ALE 1	ALE 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	BRN 1	BRN 2	DON 1	DON 2	NC	0
1993	Joest Racing	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	WUN 1	WUN 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	DON 1	DON 2	DIE 1	DIE 2	ALE 1	ALE 2	AVU 1	AVU 2	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 DNS			NC	0
1994	Opel Team Joest	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	ZOL 1 Ret	ZOL 2 7	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 4	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 Ret	MUG 1 Ret	MUG 2 Ret	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 5	NOR 1 5	NOR 2 Ret	DON 1 Ret	DON 2 1	DIE 1 Ret	DIE 2 Ret	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 4	AVU 1 Ret	AVU 2 Ret	ALE 1 6	ALE 2 3	HOC 1 4	HOC 2 8	8th	89
1995	Opel Team Joest	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	HOC 1 22	HOC 2 Ret	AVU 1 Ret	AVU 2 13	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 Ret	DIE 1 16	DIE 2 7	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 7	ALE 1 5	ALE 2 Ret	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 4											12th	39
2000	Opel-Team Phoenix	Opel Astra V8 Coupé	HOC 1 3	HOC 2 13	OSC 1 1	OSC 2 1	NOR 1 3	NOR 2 2	SAC 1 13†	SAC 2 11	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 5	LAU 1 C	LAU 2 C	OSC 1 3	OSC 2 2	NÜR 1 1	NÜR 2 1	HOC 1 16	HOC 2 Ret							2nd	162
2001	Opel-Team Phoenix	Opel Astra V8 Coupé	HOC QR 12	HOC CR 12	NÜR QR Ret	NÜR CR DNS	OSC QR 13	OSC CR 15	SAC QR 8	SAC CR 14	NOR QR 15	NOR CR 8	LAU QR 13	LAU CR 7	NÜR QR 12	NÜR CR 5	A1R QR 13	A1R CR 4	ZAN QR 9	ZAN CR 13	HOC QR 11	HOC CR 4					9th	35
2002	Opel-Team Phoenix	Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2002	HOC QR 18	HOC CR 17†	ZOL QR 11	ZOL CR 15	DON QR 3	DON CR 14†	SAC QR 18	SAC CR Ret	NOR QR 8	NOR CR 7	LAU QR 11	LAU CR 5	NÜR QR 8	NÜR CR 6	A1R QR 8	A1R CR 7	ZAN QR 5	ZAN CR 4	HOC QR 6	HOC CR Ret					10th	7
2003	OPC Team Holzer	Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2003	HOC 9	ADR Ret	NÜR 9	LAU 12	NOR 13	DON Ret	NÜR 15†	A1R 10	ZAN 4	HOC 19†															10th	5
2004	OPC Team Holzer	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2004	HOC 10	EST 16	ADR 13	LAU 8	NOR 8	SHA	NÜR 12	OSC 3	ZAN 8	BRN 12	HOC Ret														12th	9
2005	OPC Team Phoenix	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2005	HOC Ret	LAU 16	SPA 16†	BRN Ret	OSC 15	NOR 9	NÜR 20	ZAN Ret	LAU 5	IST 14	HOC 12														17th	4
Sources:^[4]^[6]

† — 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)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	Pos.	Pts
1995	Opel Team Joest	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	MUG 1 9	MUG 2 Ret	HEL 1 4	HEL 2 7	DON 1 10	DON 2 6	EST 1 16	EST 2 9	MAG 1 4	MAG 2 2																	6th	50
1996	Opel Team Joest	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	HOC 1 1	HOC 2 3	NÜR 1 3	NÜR 2 1	EST 1 4	EST 2 3	HEL 1 2	HEL 2 2	NOR 1 6	NOR 2 5	DIE 1 10	DIE 2 6	SIL 1 6	SIL 2 6	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 16	MAG 1 Ret	MAG 2 DNS	MUG 1 18	MUG 2 7	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 1	INT 1 4	INT 2 4	SUZ 1 13	SUZ 2 14	1st	218
Source:^[6]

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos.	Pts
1997	Opel Team SMS	Opel Vectra	HOC 1 15	HOC 2 12	ZOL 1 12	ZOL 2 8	NÜR 1 16	NÜR 2 DNS	SAC 1 14	SAC 2 Ret	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 DNS	WUN 1 9	WUN 2 6	ZWE 1 9	ZWE 2 10	SAL 1 11	SAL 2 9	REG 1 Ret	REG 2 DNS	NÜR 1 15	NÜR 2 Ret	17th	189
1998	Opel Team SMS	Opel Vectra	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 1	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 11	SAC 1 16	SAC 2 6	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 10	REG 1 20	REG 2 6	WUN 1 2	WUN 2 1	ZWE 1 5	ZWE 2 20	SAL 1 3	SAL 2 15	OSC 1 8	OSC 2 Ret	NÜR 1 1	NÜR 2 3	5th	423
1999	Warsteiner Team Holzer	Opel Vectra	SAC 1 4	SAC 2 5	ZWE 1 3	ZWE 2 7	OSC 1 5	OSC 2 4	NOR 1 2	NOR 2 1	MIS 1 12	MIS 2 11	NÜR 1 1	NÜR 2 Ret	SAL 1 3	SAL 2 5	OSC 1 4	OSC 2 15	HOC 1 3	HOC 2 4	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 Ret	6th	442
Source:^[6]

References

^ Mercedes Team Wins 24 Hours Of Le Mans
^ Porsche triumphs
^ "Manuel Reuter". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Manuel Reuter Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^ de Jong, Frank. "Tooheys 1000 Bathurst 1992". Touring Car Racing History. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Manuel Reuter race results". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

External links

Official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jan Lammers Johnny Dumfries Andy Wallace	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1989 with: Jochen Mass Stanley Dickens	Succeeded by John Nielsen Price Cobb Martin Brundle
Preceded by Yannick Dalmas J.J. Lehto Masanori Sekiya	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1996 with: Davy Jones Alexander Wurz	Succeeded by Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson Tom Kristensen
Preceded by Bernd Schneider	International Touring Car Champion 1996	Succeeded by None

[1] Mercedes Team Wins 24 Hours Of Le Mans

[2] Porsche triumphs

[LeMansResults-3] "Manuel Reuter". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

[MSportStats-4] "Manuel Reuter Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

[5] Jong, Frank. "Tooheys 1000 Bathurst 1992". Touring Car Racing History. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

[TouringCarsResults-6] "Manuel Reuter race results". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

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Manuel Reuter

Racing record

Complete German Formula Three results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Bathurst 1000 results

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/Masters results

Complete International Touring Car Championship results

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

References

External links

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