Founded | 1975 |
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Founder(s) | Walter Lechner |
Base | Faistenau, Austria |
Team principal(s) | Robert Lechner Walter Lechner Jr. |
Current series | Porsche Supercup Porsche GT3 Middle East Championship Porsche Carrera Cup France International GT Open |
Former series | World Sportscar Championship Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 GT4 European Series German Formula Three Championship Italian F4 Championship ADAC Formula 4 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany |
Teams' Championships | Porsche Supercup 2005 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2014 2018 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup France 2020 |
Drivers' Championships | Porsche Supercup 2005: Alessandro Zampedri 2010: René Rast 2011: René Rast 2012: René Rast 2014: Earl Bamber 2015: Philipp Eng 2016: Sven Müller 2017: Michael Ammermüller 2018: Michael Ammermüller 2019: Michael Ammermüller 2018: Thomas Preining 2019: Julien Andlauer Porsche Carrera Cup France 2020: Jaxon Evans |
Lechner Racing, formerly known as Walter Lechner Racing is an auto racing team based in Austria. It is also known as the Lechner Racing School. Lechner Racing has established the Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East and organizes the series as a subcontractor of Porsche AG.
Walter Lechner Racing competed in the Interserie in the 1990s and developed their own car in conjunction with Reynard Motorsport, the Lechner Spyder SC91. Since then, the team has actively competed in the Porsche Supercup series since 2003. [1] They won their first Teams' Championship title in 2005 and two more followed in 2007 and 2008. In 2005, the team won both trophies as Alessandro Zampedri collected the Drivers' Championship with a win at the Circuit de Catalunya. Drivers such as Richard Westbrook, Damien Faulkner, Danny Watts and Patrick Huisman have also driven for the team over the years and were successful, winning many races. In 2009 the team failed to win a race, although Štefan Rosina came in third place in the overall drivers' standings. Furthermore, in 2011 Lechner Racing achieved a great success by claiming Double Pole and Double Podium during the Porsche Carrera World Cup with more than 100 cars participating. Since 2009, Lechner Racing is to appointed contractor of the Porsche AG to organize the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East which is running in Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2015 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Florian Janits | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37th | N/A |
Kevin Kratz | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50th | |||
Marcel Lenerz | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th | |||
Max Hofer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51st | |||
2016 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Yannik Brandt | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32nd | 5th |
Thomas Preining | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 180.5 | 4th | |||
Michael Waldeherr | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 16th† | |||
Marylin Niederhauser | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45th | |||
2017 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Richard Wagner | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th | 8th |
Mick Wishofer | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23rd | |||
Artem Petrov | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 15th† |
† Shared results with other Team
Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
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2016 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Yannik Brandt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42nd | NC |
Thomas Preining | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37th |
Current series | |
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Porsche Supercup | 2003–present |
Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East | 2009–present |
Porsche Carrera Cup France | 2020–present |
Former series | |
German Formula Three Championship | 1978–1979, 1981–1986, 1988–1989 |
World Sportscar Championship | 1987–1989 |
Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup | 2000–2001 |
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | 2004, 2009, 2012, 2014–2016, 2018–2019 |
International GT Open | 2013–2018, 2020–2021 |
GT4 European Series | 2014, 2018 |
ADAC Formula 4 | 2015–2017 |
Italian Formula 4 Championship | 2016 |
Intercontinental GT Challenge | 2020 |
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