Nationality | German |
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24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
Years | 2002–2010 |
Teams | Audi Sport Joest, Audi Sport Goh, Champion Racing, Highcroft Racing |
Best finish | 1st (2005, 2006, 2007) |
Class wins | 3 (2005, 2006, 2007) |
Marco Werner (born April 27, 1966) is a professional racer from Germany. Born in Dortmund, he was the eighth driver to complete the informal triple crown in endurance racing. In his early career, Werner finished runner-up in the Formula Opel Euroseries in 1989 and runner-up in the German F3 series in 1991 behind Tom Kristensen. Having failed to graduate to Formula One, Werner switched to sports car racing and touring car racing. Werner was a regular driver in the STW and Porsche Supercup during the 1990s, but he found more success in the 24 Hours of Daytona, which he won in 1995 in a Kremer-Porsche.
In 2001 he joined Audi Sport Team Joest, becoming a regular driver in the American Le Mans Series. Werner won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2005 with an Audi R8, and in 2006 and 2007 with an Audi R10. In 2008, he co-drove the Audi R10 in the American Le Mans Series with Lucas Luhr to six overall victories and eight class wins, taking the LMP1 drivers title. After his last 24 Hours of Le Mans participation in 2010, Werner became a regular participant in historic racing, winning the 2022 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco Série G race(for 3-litre Formula One cars from 1981 to 1985), in a Lotus 87B. [1]
(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 | Pos. | Pts |
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1993 | Dürkop Eurorent GmbH | Opel Astra GSi 16V Sedan | ZOL 1 Ret | ZOL 2 DNS | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 DNS | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | WUN 1 | WUN 2 | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 DNS | NOR 1 | NOR 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | DIE 1 | DIE 2 | 20th | 1 | ||||||
Linder Rennsport | BMW M3 Sport Evo | ALE 1 Ret | ALE 2 DNS | AVU 1 | AVU 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Kissling Motorsport | Opel Omega 3000 24V Evo | HOC 1 11 | HOC 2 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2007 | Team Phoenix | Audi A4 DTM 2006 | HOC | OSC 15 | LAU | BRH | NOR | MUG | ZAN | NÜR | CAT | HOC | 22nd | 0 | ||||||||||||
(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 |
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1994 | Lauderbach Motorsport | Opel Astra | AVU 14 | WUN Ret | ZOL 10 | ZAN 8 | ÖST 15 | SAL DNS | SPA 14 | NÜR 13 | 19th | 4 | ||||||||||||
1995 | AM-Holzer Motorsport | BMW 318is | ZOL 1 | ZOL 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | ÖST 1 | ÖST 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | SAL 1 | SAL 2 | AVU 1 | AVU 2 | NÜR 1 16 | NÜR 2 11 | 30th | 25 | ||||
1996 | Opel-Häusler Team Holzer | Opel Vectra | ZOL 1 Ret | ZOL 2 DNS | ASS 1 Ret | ASS 2 9 | HOC 1 11 | HOC 2 9 | SAC 1 8 | SAC 2 7 | WUN 1 6 | WUN 2 5 | ZWE 1 Ret | ZWE 2 Ret | SAL 1 Ret | SAL 2 DNS | AVU 1 3 | AVU 2 8 | NÜR 1 9 | NÜR 2 6 | 10th | 234 | ||
1997 | Team Honda Sport | Honda Accord | HOC 1 6 | HOC 2 5 | ZOL 1 30 | ZOL 2 25 | NÜR 1 2 | NÜR 2 3 | SAC 1 Ret | SAC 2 DNS | NOR 1 8 | NOR 2 10 | WUN 1 5 | WUN 2 17 | ZWE 1 Ret | ZWE 2 Ret | SAL 1 10 | SAL 2 16 | REG 1 9 | REG 2 Ret | NÜR 1 14 | NÜR 2 Ret | 19th | 170 |
Source: [3] |
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2002 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Michael Krumm Philipp Peter | Audi R8 | LMP900 | 372 | 3rd | 3rd |
2003 | Audi Sport Japan Team Goh | Seiji Ara Jan Magnussen | Audi R8 | LMP900 | 370 | 4th | 2nd |
2004 | ADT Champion Racing | JJ Lehto Emanuele Pirro | Audi R8 | LMP1 | 368 | 3rd | 3rd |
2005 | ADT Champion Racing | Tom Kristensen JJ Lehto | Audi R8 | LMP1 | 370 | 1st | 1st |
2006 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro | Audi R10 TDI | LMP1 | 380 | 1st | 1st |
2007 | Audi Sport North America | Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro | Audi R10 TDI | LMP1 | 369 | 1st | 1st |
2008 | Audi Sport North America | Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro | Audi R10 TDI | LMP1 | 367 | 6th | 6th |
2009 | Audi Sport North America | Lucas Luhr Mike Rockenfeller | Audi R15 TDI | LMP1 | 104 | DNF | DNF |
2010 | Highcroft Racing | David Brabham Marino Franchitti | HPD ARX-01C | LMP2 | 296 | 25th | 9th |
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. | Ref |
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2003 | Infineon Team Joest | Frank Biela Philipp Peter | Audi R8 | LMP900 | 367 | 1st | 1st | [5] |
2004 | ADT Champion Racing | Emanuele Pirro JJ Lehto | Audi R8 | LMP1 | 345 | 2nd | 2nd | [6] |
2005 | ADT Champion Racing | JJ Lehto Tom Kristensen | Audi R8 | LMP1 | 361 | 1st | 1st | [7] |
2006 | Audi Sport North America | Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro | Audi R10 TDI | LMP1 | 117 | DNF | DNF | [8] |
2007 | Audi Sport North America | Emanuele Pirro Frank Biela | Audi R10 TDI | LMP1 | 364 | 1st | 1st | [9] |
2008 | Audi Sport North America | Lucas Luhr Mike Rockenfeller | Audi R10 TDI | LMP1 | 333 | 6th | 2nd | [10] |
2009 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Lucas Luhr Mike Rockenfeller | Audi R15 TDI | LMP1 | 381 | 3rd | 3rd | [11] |
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