Marc Hennerici

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Marc Hennerici (born 10 May 1982 in Mayen) is a German auto racing driver. He is best known for being the first winner of the World Touring Car Championship's Independents Trophy, in 2005.

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Racing career

Hennerici competed in Formula BMW from 1999 and 2001. In 2003 he won the Alfa Romeo 147 Cup in Germany. In 2004 he competed in the DMSB Produktionswagen Meisterschaft driving a BMW 320i for Wiechers-Sport, finishing fourth. He and Wiechers-Sport moved to the new World Touring Car Championship in 2005. Despite not scoring any points in the main championship when rival independent Tom Coronel scored 11, he still was able to win the Independents Trophy. In 2006 he finished fifth in the VLN series. He often competes in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. He currently competes in ADAC GT Masters. [1]

Racing record

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2005 Wiechers-Sport BMW 320i ITA
1

13
ITA
2

10
FRA
1

13
FRA
2

17
GBR
1

17
GBR
2

9
SMR
1

Ret
SMR
2

DNS
MEX
1

17
MEX
2

14
BEL
1

18
BEL
2

19
GER
1

16
GER
2

21
TUR
1

13
TUR
2

11
ESP
1

Ret
ESP
2

20
MAC
1

14
MAC
2

Ret
NC0

Complete GT1 World Championship results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920PosPoints
2010 Phoenix Racing / Carsport Corvette ABU
QR

1
ABU
CR

2
SIL
QR

11
SIL
CR

Ret
BRN
QR

17
BRN
CR

8
PRI
QR

6
PRI
CR

5
SPA
QR

EX
SPA
CR

13
NÜR
QR

2
NÜR
CR

3
ALG
QR

3
ALG
CR

3
NAV
QR

11
NAV
CR

8
INT
QR

6
INT
CR

3
SAN
QR

18
SAN
CR

12
5th99
2011 Marc VDS Racing Team Ford ABU
QR

11
ABU
CR

DNS
ZOL
QR

Ret
ZOL
CR

10
ALG
QR

Ret
ALG
CR

10
SAC
QR

Ret
SAC
CR

8
SIL
QR

11
SIL
CR

6
NAV
QR

12
NAV
CR

10
PRI
QR

Ret
PRI
CR

12
ORD
QR

10
ORD
CR

10
BEI
QR

Ret
BEI
CR

Ret
SAN
QR
SAN
CR
24th16

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Tom Coronel (ETCC)
World Touring Car Championship
Independents' Trophy winner

2005
Succeeded by