Michael Ammermüller
Michael Ammermüller 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 is the reigning champion of the series, and has won three consecutive seasons, having won in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
Career
In 2004 he drove the number three car in German Formula Renault, as well as competing 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 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 the position of 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.
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.
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. In 2008, he raced in the International Formula Master series.
A1 Grand Prix
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, and as such, Ammermüller was demoted to 16th, with Wickens reclaiming 3rd. In the feature race, he collided again, this time 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
Career summary
Complete Formula One participations
| 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
| 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 | 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
| 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
| 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 | A1 Team Germany | 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
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 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 |