André Lotterer


André Lotterer is a Belgian-German professional racing driver currently racing for TAG Heuer Porsche in the FIA Formula E Championship. He competes with a Belgian licence, while representing Germany. He is best known for his success in endurance racing with the works Audi team, including three victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the drivers' title of the FIA World Endurance Championship. He has also competed in the Japanese Super Formula series for over a decade, winning the title in 2011.
Lotterer was a test driver for the Jaguar Formula One team in, but this did not lead to a race seat. Twelve years later, he joined Caterham, replacing Kamui Kobayashi at the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix.

Racing career

Early life

Lotterer was born in Duisburg to a German-Peruvian father, Henri Lotterer, and a Belgian mother. He was raised by his Belgian mother in Nivelles. He competes with a Belgian racing licence, yet opts to represent Germany.

Single-seaters

Lotterer succeeded in both German and British Formula 3 Championships en route to being named Jaguar Racing's Formula One test driver in 2002. He was passed up for a race seat in 2003 with Eddie Irvine retiring and Pedro de la Rosa leaving, as the team chose Mark Webber and Antônio Pizzonia instead.
430 for LEXUS TEAM PETRONAS TOM'S at the 2010 Super GT Fuji 400km race
Lotterer contested a one-off Champ Car event at the end of 2002 for Dale Coyne, scoring a point at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Circuit. After that, he moved to Japan, winning both the Super GT Championship in 2006 and 2009 as well as the Formula Nippon Championship in 2011.
Lotterer made his debut in the FIA Formula E Championship at the start of the 2017-18 season, with the DS Techeetah Formula E Team and is currently still driving for this team. However, he will be transferring to Porsche's new team by the next season.

Sportscars

Lotterer also made his debut in the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans, as a race week fill-in driver for the Kolles privateer Audi team. Lotterer and co-driver Charles Zwolsman, also a Le Mans rookie, drove the entire race themselves after third driver Narain Karthikeyan dislocated his shoulder in a non-racing related injury. Driving an Audi R10, the car that won the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Le Mans races, Lotterer and Zwolsman finished 7th overall and in the LMP1 class.
His impressive performance that year earned him a drive with the works Audi Sport team in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving the new Audi R15 TDI plus. Along with Marcel Fässler and Benoît Tréluyer, he finished 2nd overall and in the LMP1 class, despite the rival Peugeot 908s dominating for the first part of the race.
in 2014
He remained with Audi Sport to compete in the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans, co-driving the newly designed Audi R18 with Marcel Fässler and Benoît Tréluyer. After the Audi works team lost two out of three cars due to accidents, Lotterer and his co-drivers held off three works Peugeot 908s to claim both 1st place in the LMP1 class and the overall victory, beating the 2nd place Peugeot by a mere 13 seconds. This win gave Audi 10 overall victories at Le Mans and Lotterer his first overall win at Le Mans.
From 2012 to 2016, Lotterer competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving for Audi Sport Team Joest with the Audi R18.
After Audi Sport Team Joest decided not to run in WEC for 2017, Lotterer moved to Porsche as the driver of the No. 1 car with 2016 World champion Neel Jani and Nick Tandy.

Formula One

Jaguar (2002)

Lotterer was the reserve driver for Jaguar Racing in the 2002 Formula One season.

Caterham (2014)

He replaced Caterham F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi for a one-off race at the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix. He qualified 21st place, in front of teammate Marcus Ericsson, but his race lasted just one lap before a mechanical failure put an abrupt end to his F1 debut. He was invited to race again at the Italian Grand Prix, but declined as the team planned to run Roberto Merhi in the car for the first practice session, contrary to his desire to take part in all the available running due to his lack of experience.

Formula E

Techeetah

Lotterer joined Formula E with Techeetah in 2017, partnering Jean-Éric Vergne. After a disastrous Hong Kong weekend, where he was disqualified in race 1 and finished 13th in race 2 and a forgettable Marrakesh, Lotterer made his first podium in 2018 Santiago ePrix after battling with his teammate Vergne. They helped the team achieve the first 1-2 finish for a team in Formula E, although during the race it looked as though they could have blown it. A charging Lotterer drove into the back of Vergne late in the race and the team were not aware due to a power issue in the paddock. He finished third in 2018 Rome ePrix. He finished the 2017–18 season 8th with 64 points.
Lotterer nearly won the 2019 Hong Kong ePrix after leading most laps in the race. He was hit by Sam Bird in the second last lap which lead to his puncture and caused him to finish the race in 14th. In 2019 Rome ePrix he claimed his first pole position in Formula E. He finished the race second after Jaguar's Mitch Evans.

Porsche Formula E Team

Lotterer joined newcomer team TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team on July 17, 2019, partnering Neel Jani. António Félix da Costa was announced as his replacement at Techeetah. He made his debut with Porsche at Diriyah finishing 2nd in round 1, and finishing 14th in round 2.

Personal life

As of 2004, Lotterer resided in Tokyo, Japan. He has since moved to Monaco and often visits Nivelles, Belgium, the town he was raised in, as well as his hometown Renningen. Lotterer's hobbies outside of racing include cycling, collecting and driving classic cars, photography, driving buggies, and discovering unique foods.

Racing record

Career summary

* Season still in progress.

Complete CART/Champ Car results

Complete Formula Nippon/Super Formula results

YearEntrant1234567891011DCPoints
2003Nakajima RacingSUZ
2		FUJ
4		MIN
7		MOT
6		SUZ
Ret		SUG
2		FUJ
3		MIN
9		MOT
5		SUZ
Ret		5th22
2004Nakajima RacingSUZ
2		SUG
4		MOT
1		SUZ
8		SUG
Ret		MIN
Ret		SEP
1		MOT
3		SUZ
7		2nd33
2005Nakajima RacingMOT
11		SUZ
Ret		SUG
9		FUJ
Ret		SUZ
Ret		MIN
10		FUJ
1		MOT
Ret		SUZ
1		4th20
2006TOM'S RacingFUJ
8		SUZ
5		MOT
1		SUZ
5		AUT
8		FUJ
2		SUG
Ret		MOT
Ret		SUZ
1		3rd30
2007TOM'S RacingFUJ
Ret		SUZ
5		MOT
2		OKA
Ret		SUZ
13		FUJ
1		SUG
7		MOT
4		SUZ
2		5th37
2008Petronas Team TOM'SFUJ
Ret		SUZ
3		MOT
2		OKA
2		SUZ
2		SUZ
4		MOT
11		MOT
7		FUJ
5		FUJ
4		SUG
12		3rd49
2009Petronas Team TOM'SFUJ
10		SUZ
3		MOT
5		FUJ
8		SUZ
7		MOT
1		AUT
2		SUG
2		3rd39
2010Petronas Team TOM'SSUZ
3		MOT
3		FUJ
2		MOT
Ret		SUG
3		AUT
1		SUZ
3		SUZ
2		2nd43
2011Petronas Team TOM'SSUZ
1		AUTFUJ
1		MOT
2		SUZ
C		SUG
1		MOT
1		MOT
1		1st56
2012Petronas Team TOM'SSUZ
5		MOT
1		AUT
Ret		FUJ
1		MOT
2		SUG
10		SUZ
5		SUZ
8		4th38
2013Petronas Team TOM'SSUZAUT
1		FUJ
1		MOT
2		SUG
2		SUZSUZ2nd37
2014Petronas Team TOM'SSUZ
6		FUJ
4		FUJ
1		FUJ
6		MOTAUT
1		SUG
Ret		SUZ
3		SUZ
2		3rd34.5
2015Petronas Team TOM'SSUZ
1		OKA
8		FUJ
5		MOT
4		AUT
11		SUG
1		SUZ
1		SUZ
Ret		3rd40
2016VANTELIN Team TOM'SSUZ
7		OKA
8		FUJ
4		MOT
2		OKA
12		OKA
4		SUG
5		SUZ
2		SUZ
2		2nd30
2017Vantelin Team TOM'sSUZ
5		OKA
1		OKA
3		FUJ
3		MOT
7		AUT
Ret		SUG
10		SUZ
C		SUZ
C		6th21

Complete JGTC/Super GT results

YearTeamCarClass123456789DCPoints
2003Nakajima RacingHonda NSXGT500TAIFUJSUGFUJ
13		FUJ
9		MOT
Ret		AUT
2		SUZ
12		16th19
2004Nakajima RacingHonda NSXGT500TAI
10		SUG
4		SEP
9		TOK
6		MOT
1		AUT
12		SUZ
5		8th42
2005Nakajima RacingHonda NSXGT500OKA
5		FUJ
8		SEP
5		SUG
13		MOT
10		FUJ
2		AUT
14		SUZ
10		9th38
2006Toyota Team TOM'SLexus SC430GT500SUZ
1		OKA
8		FUJ
3		SEP
15		SUG
4		SUZ
10		MOT
2		AUT
7		FUJ
4		1st80
2007Toyota Team TOM'SLexus SC430GT500SUZ
7		OKA
5		FUJ
DNS		SEP
8		SUG
5		SUZ
1		MOT
6		AUT
6		FUJ
6		6th54
2008Toyota Team TOM'SLexus SC430GT500SUZ
3		OKA
4		FUJ
2		SEP
7		SUG
10		SUZ
3		MOT
3		AUT
8		FUJ
7		3rd63
2009Lexus Team TOM'SLexus SC430GT500OKA
11		SUZ
2		FUJ
2		SEP
6		SUG
7		SUZ
8		FUJ
3		AUT
1		MOT
2		1st88
2010Lexus Team TOM'SLexus SC430GT500SUZ
4		OKA
3		FUJ
2		SEP
8		SUG
7		SUZ
10		FUJ
C		MOT
1		2nd62
2011Lexus Team TOM'SLexus SC430GT500OKA
4		FUJ
4		SEP
6		SUG
9		SUZ
6		FUJ
15		AUT
4		MOT
8		8th39

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Complete Formula One results

YearEntrantChassisEngine12345678910111213141516171819WDCPoints
Caterham F1 TeamCaterham CT05Renault Energy F12014 1.6 V6 tAUSMALBHRCHNESPMONCANAUTGBRGERHUNBEL
Ret		ITASINJPNRUSUSABRAABUNC0

Complete Formula E results

YearTeamChassisPowertrain12345678910111213PosPoints
2017–18TecheetahSpark SRT01-eRenault Z.E. 17HKG
DSQ		HKG
13		MRK
Ret		SCL
2		MEX
13		PDE
12		RME
3		PAR
6		BER
9		ZUR
4		NYC
7		NYC
9		8th64
2018–19DS TecheetahSpark SRT05eDS E-TENSE FE19ADR
5		MRK
6		SCL
13		MEX
5		HKG
14		SYX
4		RME
2		PAR
2		MCO
7		BER
Ret		BRN
14		NYC
17		NYC
Ret		8th86
2019–20TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E TeamSpark SRT05ePorsche 99X ElectricDIR
2		DIR
14		SCL
DSQ		MEX
Ret		MRK
8		BER
BER
BER
BER
BER
BER
12th*25*

* Season still in progress.