Armin Hahne

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Armin Hahne
Born (1955-09-10) 10 September 1955 (age 69)
Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Nationality Flag of Germany.svg German
Relatives Hubert Hahne (brother)
Jörg van Ommen (nephew)

Armin Hahne (born 10 September 1955 in Moers, West Germany [1] ) is a German racing driver, best known for his exploits in touring car racing. The highpoint of his career was winning both the 1982 and 1983 Spa 24 Hours driving BMW's. Another highlight of his career was driving in the factory supported Tom Walkinshaw Racing run Jaguar Racing team racing the Jaguar XJS coupes. Hahne stayed with the team as they transitioned to Rover Vitesse. In 1991 he drove for one race in the British Touring Car Championship for BMW.

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Later in his career, Armin Hahne raced mostly on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, finishing second overall in 2008 in the Adac 24 hours, driving a Porsche 911 GT3-MR entered by Manthey Racing.

In 2011, he won the second round of the VLN race series, co-driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 entered by the Mamerow / Rowe Racing with Christian Mamerow.

He also is the youngest brother of Formula One driver Hubert Hahne as well as the uncle of fellow racing driver Jörg van Ommen.

Bathurst 1000

Replica of the Hahne/John Goss Jaguar XJ-S that won the 1985 James Hardie 1000 John Goss 1985 Bathurst winning Jaguar XJS (14917976168).jpg
Replica of the Hahne/John Goss Jaguar XJ-S that won the 1985 James Hardie 1000

Hahne's first start in the Australian classic was in 1984 when he partnered Englishman Jeff Allam in a Mobil Rover Racing Rover Vitesse to an easy Group A class win and an excellent 12th outright after starting 36th against much more powerful opposition (the Rover qualified 10 seconds slower than the pole winning Nissan Bluebird Turbo of George Fury and finished just 11 laps down on the winning V8 powered Holden VK Commodore of Peter Brock and Larry Perkins). A brief return to Jaguar in 1985 saw Hahne team with Australian racer John Goss to win the 1985 James Hardie 1000 [2] after starting sixth. On the Bathurst podium, Hahne would call this his greatest win.[ citation needed ]

His next time at Bathurst was in 1987 for the World Touring Car Championship round in an ill-fated Maserati Biturbo with Australian Kevin Bartlett. A troubled race week saw them start 34th and retire after only 29 laps with a broken differential. 1988 saw him in a Mark Petch Motorsport Ford Sierra RS500 with New Zealand racer Robbie Francevic, the car engineered by its previous owner and Hahne's team boss in the 1988 ETCC, former Wolf Racing Formula One team owner Walter Wolf. Their strong charge finished on lap 103 due to overheating after they had been in either second or third place for the previous 70 laps. That was Hahne's last race in the Bathurst 1000.[ citation needed ]

Racing career in Japan

Hahne has ample experience racing Japanese cars, including Honda, in touring car races and endurance races in Europe, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In Japan, he competed in the Inter TEC, the final round of the All Japan Touring Car Championship, in 1994, with Honda, and in 1999, with NISMO, in the All Japan GT Championship, as a substitute for his countryman Michael Krumm.

Career results

Results sourced from Driver Database and History of Touring Car Racing. [3] [4]

SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
1976 Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft 38th Ford Escort Zakspeed
1977Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft15thFord EscortZakspeed
1978Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft9thFord EscortZakspeed
1979European Formula Two ChampionshipNCMaurer BMW
1980Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft49th BMW 320
1982 World Sportscar Championship 55th Mazda RX-7 Karl Heinz Becker
1984 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 31st MG Metro Turbo
1984 Australian Endurance Championship 63rd Rover Vitesse Mobil Rover Racing
1985 European Touring Car Championship 7th Rover Vitesse Tom Walkinshaw Racing
1985 Australian Endurance Championship10th Jaguar XJS JRA Ltd
1986Nissan Mobil 500 Series7thRover VitesseTom Walkinshaw Racing
1986European Touring Car Championship11thRover VitesseTom Walkinshaw Racing
1987Nissan Mobil 500 Series3rdRover VitesseTom Walkinshaw Racing
1987 World Touring Car Championship 20th Maserati Biturbo
Ford Sierra RS500 		Pro Team Italia
Eggenberger Motorsport
1987Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft24th Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Wolf Racing
1988European Touring Car Championship34thFord Sierra RS500Wolf Racing
Eggengerber Motorsport
1988Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft3rdFord Sierra RS500Wolf Racing
1988 Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship NCFord Sierra RS500 Mark Petch Motorsport
Wolf Racing Australasia
1989Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft26thFord Sierra RS500Wolf Racing
1990 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft12th BMW M3 Evolution Zakspeed
1990 Italian Superturismo Championship 21stBMW M3 Evolution Bigazzi M Team
1991 British Touring Car Championship 15thBMW M3 Evolution Team Labbat's Vic Lee Motorsport
1991 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft14thBMW M3 EvolutionZakspeed
1992 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft21stBMW M3 EvolutionLinder
1993 ADAC GT Cup Class 13rd Honda NSX Seikel Motorsport
1993 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft20thBMW M3 Evolution
BMW 318i 		Linder
1994ADAC GT Cup Class 12ndHonda NSX Kremer Racing
1994 All Japan Touring Car Championship - Honda Civic Team Doricome
1995 FIA Touring Car World Cup 8th Honda Accord Honda Team Linder
1995 Deutscher Tourenwagen Cup 11thHonda AccordHonda Team Linder
1996 Super Tourenwagen Cup 6thHonda AccordHonda Team Linder
1998 Super Tourenwagen Cup 6thHonda AccordHonda Team Linder
1998 Super Tourenwagen Challenge38th Ford Escort RS2000 Wolf Ford Racing
1998 FIA GT Championship 14th Porsche 911 GT1 Zakspeed
1999 All Japan GT Championship - Nissan Skyline GT-R Nismo
2009VLN Endurance99th
2010VLN Endurance43rd

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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

YearTeamCar123456789101112DCPts
1979 MM Mampe Team Maurer MM1-BMW SIL HOC THU NÜR
DNS		 VAL
DNQ		 MUG PAU
DNQ		 HOC
DNS		 ZAN PER MIS
DNQ		 DON
Ret		NC0

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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

YearTeamCar1234567891011DCPoints
1987 Flag of Italy.svg Pro Team Italia Maserati Biturbo MNZ
ovr:17
cls:9		 JAR DIJ
Ret		 NUR
Ret		 SPA BNO
ovr:24
cls:5		 SIL
ovr:12
cls:4		 BAT
Ret		 CLD
Ret		 WEL 20th79
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Eggenberger Motorsport Ford Sierra RS500 FJI
ovr:17
cls:10

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

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

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415DCPts
1991 BMW Team Labatt's BMW M3 SIL SNE DON THR SIL BRH SIL DON
1 		DON
2 		OUL BRH
1 		BRH
2 		DON THR
3		 SIL 15th12

Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship (1994-) results

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

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718DCPts
1994 Team Doricome Honda Civic Ferio AUT
1 		AUT
2 		SUG
1 		SUG
2 		TOK
1 		TOK
2 		SUZ
1 		SUZ
2 		MIN
1 		MIN
2 		AID
1 		AID
2 		TSU
1 		TSU
2 		SEN
1 		SEN
2 		FUJ
1
21		 FUJ
2
15		NC0

Complete All-Japan GT Championship results

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

YearTeamCarClass1234567DCPts
1999 Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500 SUZ FUJ
11		 SUG MIN FUJ TAI MOT NC0

Complete Spa 24 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
1980 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BMW Belgium Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jean Wansart
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Claude De Wael 		BMW 323i -250039115th3rd
1982 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bastos Joosen Juma Flag of Germany.svg Hans Heyer
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eddy Joosen
Flag of Austria.svg Dieter Quester 		BMW 528i Div. 34501st1st
1983 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bastos Juma Racing Team Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Tassin
Flag of Germany.svg Hans Heyer 		BMW 635 CSi Div. 34881st1st
1984 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rover Gitanes Flag of France.svg Jean-Louis Schlesser
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Soper 		Rover Vitesse Div. 3NADNFDNF
1985 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Walkinshaw Racing Flag of France.svg Jean-Louis Schlesser
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jeff Allam 		Rover Vitesse Div. 333DNFDNF
1986 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Walkinshaw Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jeff Allam
Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme 		Rover Vitesse Div. 34816th5th
1990 Flag of Italy.svg Bastos Bigazzi Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Steve Soper
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jean-Michel Martin 		BMW M3 Evolution DTM/Div. 24624th3rd
1992 Flag of Italy.svg BMW Fina Bastos Team/Bigazzi Flag of France.svg Bernard Béguin
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eddy Joosen 		BMW M3 Evolution DTM5033rd3rd
1993 Flag of Germany.svg Seikel Motorsport Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Gachot
Flag of Japan.svg Kazuo Shimizu 		Honda NSX GT2233DNFDNF

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
1993 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg TWR Jaguar Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Leslie
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Win Percy 		Jaguar XJ220 GT6DNFDNF
1994 Flag of Germany.svg Kremer Honda Racing Flag of France.svg Christophe Bouchut
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Gachot 		Honda NSX LMGT225714th6th
1995 Flag of Japan.svg Honda Motor Co. Ltd. Flag of Italy.svg Ivan Capelli
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bertrand Gachot 		Honda NSX GT1 LMGT17DNFDNF
1997 Flag of Germany.svg Schübel Engineering Flag of France.svg Patrice Goueslard
Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Lamy 		Porsche 911 GT1 LMGT13315th3rd

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
1984 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mobil Rover Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jeff Allam Rover Vitesse Group A15212th1st
1985 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg JRA Ltd Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Goss Jaguar XJS C1631st1st
1987 Flag of Italy.svg Pro Team Italia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kevin Bartlett
Flag of Italy.svg Bruno Giacomelli 		Maserati Biturbo A29DNFDNF
1988 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mark Petch Motorsport /
Wolf Racing Australasia 		Flag of New Zealand.svg Robbie Francevic Ford Sierra RS500 A103DNFDNF

References

  1. ↑ Tuckey, Bill, ed. (1988–89). The Great Race. 8. Hornsby: Chevron Publishing Group: 239. ISSN   1031-6124.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  2. ↑ "James Hardie 1000 Mount Panorama, Bathurst 6th October, 1985". Unique Cars and Parts. Archived from the original on 24 February 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  3. ↑ Armin Hahne - Driver Database
  4. ↑ History of Touring Car Racing
Sporting positions
Preceded by Winner of the Spa 24 Hours
1982 & 1983
(with Hans Heyer, Eddy Joosen and Thierry Tassin)		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Bathurst 1000
1985
(with John Goss)		Succeeded by
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