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Michael Ammermüller

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Michael Ammermüller
Ammermüller in 2010
NationalityGermany German
Born (1986-02-14) 14 February 1986 (age 38)
Pocking, West Germany
Porsche Supercup career
Debut season2012
Current teamSSR Huber Racing
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Car number4
Former teamsBWT Lechner Racing
Starts84
Wins11
Poles12
Fastest laps14
Best finish1st in 2017, 2018, 2019
Previous series
2008
2007-09
2007
2006-07
2004
2004		International Formula Master
A1 Grand Prix
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
GP2 Series
German Formula Renault
Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup
Championship titles
2020
2017-2019		ADAC GT Masters
Porsche Supercup
Ammermüller driving for Carlin Motorsport in the Donington Park round of the 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season.
Ammermüller competing for A1 Team Germany at the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa.
Ammermüller as the Red Bull Racing Formula One team's third driver at the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix.
Ammermüller competing in the German Carrera Cup.
Ammermüller at the Red Bull Ring in 2018

Michael Ammermüller (born 14 February 1986) is a racing driver from Germany. After competing in various junior formulae, he became a test and reserve driver for the Red Bull Racing Formula One team in the 2007 season. Following this, he represented Germany in the final two seasons of the A1 Grand Prix series in 2007–08 and 2008–09, before competing for two seasons in ADAC GT Masters. In 2012, he began competing in the Porsche Supercup series for Walter Lechner Racing. He won three consecutive seasons, having won in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Career

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In 2004, he drove the number three car in German Formula Renault and competed in Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup. In 2006, he competed in the GP2 Series for Arden International.

As a member of the Red Bull Junior Team, after Christian Klien was dropped by the Red Bull Racing Formula One team for the final three races of the 2006 season, the team's third driver, Robert Doornbos, was promoted to the second race seat. This left a vacancy in the team, and Ammermüller was promoted to third driver for the last three races of the season. He tested the car for the first time on 14 September, driving the distance necessary for an FIA Super Licence.[1]

After acting as Third Driver for the last three Grands Prix of 2006, Ammermüller was signed by Red Bull as a full-time tester for 2007.[2]

Ammermüller's 2007 GP2 Series season was disrupted by injury, and he was rested in favour of Sébastien Buemi. However, Sebastian Vettel's move to the Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 team left his Formula Renault 3.5 Series seat vacant, which Ammermüller took.[3] In 2008, he raced in the International Formula Master series.

A1 Grand Prix

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In 2007–08, Ammermüller drove in A1 Grand Prix for Germany. In the 2007–08 season's third race at Sepang, he collided with three cars at turn two in three separate incidents, the first of which took 3rd position from Canada's Robert Wickens in the sprint race. It was deemed avoidable contact, so Ammermüller was demoted to 16th, with Wickens reclaiming 3rd. In the feature race, he collided again with Britain's Oliver Jarvis. He was given a drive-through penalty. Despite this, he made contact at turn two once again with Czech Republic's Erik Janis, and as a result, was disqualified from the race. On the back of these incidents, he was given the nickname "Hammermüller".

Despite the disqualification, Ammermüller scored his maiden victory three weeks later at Zhuhai.

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2004 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Jenzer Motorsport 17 0 0 0 0 64 11th
Formula Renault 2.0 Germany 14 0 1 2 5 238 3rd
Formula Renault 2.0 Italy 2 0 1 0 2 0 NC
2005 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Jenzer Motorsport 16 6 6 4 10 149 2nd
Formula Renault 2.0 Italy 15 3 2 3 11 266 2nd
2006 GP2 Series Arden International Ltd 21 1 0 0 3 25 11th
Formula One Red Bull Racing Third driver
2007 GP2 Series ART Grand Prix 6 0 0 1 0 1 26th
Formula Renault 3.5 Series Carlin Motorsport 5 0 1 0 0 12 22nd
Formula One Red Bull Racing Test driver
2007 - 08 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Germany 14 1 1 0 2 83 8th
2008 International Formula Master Iris Project 14 1 0 0 6 74 3rd
Trident Racing 2 0 0 0 0
2008 - 09 A1 Grand Prix A1 Team Germany 4 0 0 0 0 2 21st
2010 ADAC GT Masters Team Rosberg 14 0 0 0 1 28 12th
FIA GT3 European Championship 8 0 0 0 0 6 29th
2011 ADAC GT Masters a-workx Akrapovic 16 1 0 0 2 64 16th
2012 Porsche Supercup Lechner Racing 10 0 0 1 2 103 6th
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 9 0 0 0 1 82 11th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Mamerow Racing 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
2013 Porsche Supercup Lechner Racing 9 0 0 1 4 115 3rd
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Phoenix Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th
2014 Porsche Supercup Walter Lechner Racing 10 1 0 3 3 114 3rd
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany QPOD Walter Lechner Racing 18 6 5 1 10 231 2nd
2015 Porsche Supercup Lechner Racing Middle East 11 1 3 3 5 124 3rd
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany The Heart of Racing by Lechner 17 0 0 0 6 182 4th
2016 Porsche Supercup Lechner MSG Racing Team 10 0 0 0 3 129 4th
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany KÜS TEAM75 Bernhard 2 2 1 1 2 40 11th
2017 Porsche Supercup Lechner MSG Racing Team 11 4 2 3 10 193 1st
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany raceunion Huber Racing 14 1 3 2 6 177 3rd
ADAC GT Masters KÜS TEAM75 Bernhard 14 1 1 1 2 91 8th
2018 Porsche Supercup BWT Lechner Racing 10 1 4 3 7 153 1st
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 14 2 2 2 10 242 2nd
2019 Porsche Supercup BWT Lechner Racing 10 4 3 1 7 150 1st
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 16 6 7 4 13 260 2nd
2020 ADAC GT Masters SSR Performance 14 3 2 1 4 181 1st
2021 ADAC GT Masters SSR Performance 14 4 0 0 6 195 2nd
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2022 Porsche Supercup SSR Huber Racing 5 0 0 0 0 19 16th
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 8 0 0 1 1 66 13th

† As Ammermüller was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress.

Complete Formula One participations

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(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 WDC Points
2006 Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB2 Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 BHR MAL AUS SMR EUR ESP MON GBR CAN USA FRA GER HUN TUR ITA CHN
TD 		JPN
TD 		BRA
TD 		– –

Complete GP2 Series results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2006 Arden International Ltd VAL
FEA
7 		VAL
SPR
1 		IMO
FEA
2 		IMO
SPR
Ret 		NÜR
FEA
10 		NÜR
SPR
6 		CAT
FEA
3 		CAT
SPR
8 		MON
FEA
7 		SIL
FEA
Ret 		SIL
SPR
Ret 		MAG
FEA
12 		MAG
SPR
8 		HOC
FEA
9 		HOC
SPR
Ret 		HUN
FEA
Ret 		HUN
SPR
11 		IST
FEA
13 		IST
SPR
Ret 		MNZ
FEA
12 		MNZ
SPR
Ret 		11th 25
2007 ART Grand Prix BHR
FEA
10 		BHR
SPR
7 		CAT
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		MON
FEA 		MAG
FEA
Ret 		MAG
SPR
19 		SIL
FEA
10 		SIL
SPR
12 		NÜR
FEA 		NÜR
SPR 		HUN
FEA 		HUN
SPR 		IST
FEA 		IST
SPR 		MNZ
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		SPA
FEA 		SPA
SPR 		VAL
FEA 		VAL
SPR 		26th 1

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points
2007 Carlin Motorsport MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		MON
1 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		SPA
1
10 		SPA
2
DNS 		DON
1
6 		DON
2
5 		MAG
1
Ret 		MAG
2
15 		EST
1 		EST
2 		CAT
1 		CAT
2 		22nd 12

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2007–08 A1 Team Germany NED
SPR 		NED
FEA 		CZE
SPR 		CZE
FEA 		MYS
SPR
16 		MYS
FEA
EX 		CHN
SPR
1 		CHN
FEA
4 		NZL
SPR 		NZL
FEA 		AUS
SPR
4 		AUS
FEA
7 		RSA
SPR
EX 		RSA
FEA
Ret 		MEX
SPR
Ret 		MEX
FEA
20 		CHN
SPR
6 		CHN
FEA
10 		GBR
SPR
20 		GBR
SPR
Ret 		8th 83
2008–09 NED
SPR 		NED
FEA 		CHN
SPR 		CHN
FEA 		MYS
SPR 		MYS
FEA 		NZL
SPR 		NZL
FEA 		RSA
SPR
14 		RSA
FEA
11 		POR
SPR 		POR
FEA 		GBR
SPR
11 		GBR
SPR
Ret 		21st 2

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos. Points
2012 Veltins Lechner Racing BHR
4 		BHR
15 		MON
6 		VAL
Ret 		SIL
7 		HOC
2 		HUN
2 		HUN
4 		SPA
8 		MNZ
9 		6th 102
2013 Walter Lechner Racing CAT
3 		MON
3 		SIL
2 		GER
5 		HUN
14 		SPA
5 		MNZ
2 		UAE
6 		UAE
8 		3rd 115
2014 Lechner Racing Team CAT
DNS 		MON
3 		RBR
5 		SIL
5 		GER
5 		HUN
5 		SPA
Ret 		MNZ
5 		USA
2 		USA
1 		3rd 114
2015 Lechner Racing Middle East CAT
1 		MON
5 		RBR
9 		SIL
3 		HUN
7 		SPA
Ret 		SPA
6 		MNZ
3 		MNZ
3 		USA
C 		USA
2 		3rd 124
2016 Lechner MSG Racing Team CAT
5 		MON
3 		RBR
9 		SIL
13 		HUN
3 		HOC
6 		SPA
5 		MNZ
2 		USA
4 		USA
5 		4th 129
2017 Lechner MSG Racing Team CAT
1 		CAT
1 		MON
1 		RBR
2 		SIL
2 		HUN
1 		SPA
3 		SPA
2 		MNZ
10 		MEX
2 		MEX
2 		1st 193
2018 BWT Lechner Racing CAT
1 		MON
2 		RBR
7 		SIL
2 		HOC
3 		HUN
6 		SPA
6 		MNZ
2 		MEX
2 		MEX
3 		1st 153
2019 BWT Lechner Racing CAT
3 		MON
1 		RBR
2 		SIL
6 		HOC
Ret 		HUN
1 		SPA
8 		MNZ
2 		MEX
1 		MEX
1 		1st 150
2022 SSR Huber Racing IMO
12 		MON
6 		SIL
16 		RBR
14 		LEC
21 		SPA ZND MNZ 16th 19

References

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  1. ^ "Ammermuller enjoys F1 debut". GPUpdate.net. 14 September 2006. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Doornbos and Ammermueller both named as Red Bull testers". Grandprix.com. 2006-01-26. Retrieved 2006-01-26.
  3. ^ "Ammermuller replaces Vettel at Carlin". autosport.com. 2007-08-15. Retrieved 2007-08-19.
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