René Rast
René Rast is a German professional racing driver and the 2017 and 2019 DTM champion. He claimed overall wins at the 2012 and 2014 24 Hours of Spa, 2014 24 Hours of Nurburgring and a class win at the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona.
Career
After competing in karting and Formula BMW, Rast won the 2005 ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup and was runner-up at the 2006 Seat León Supercopa Germany.In 2007, he switched to sports car racing, where he won Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2008 and 2012, and Porsche Supercup and claimed three championships from 2010 to 2012. Rast also competed at the ADAC GT Masters from 2010 to 2012, winning the title in his last year.
He ran the 2011 12 Hours of Sebring with a Paul Miller Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. Rast won the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona GT class, driving a Magnus Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup with co-drivers Andy Lally, Richard Lietz and team owner John Potter.
Rast won the 2012 and 2014 24 Hours of Spa with a factory-supported Audi R8 LMS with teams Phoenix and WRT respectively.
In the 2013 FIA GT Series, he claimed a win and five podiums with an WRT Audi R8. In the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series, he claimed a win and three podiums. In 2016, he got three podiums with.
Rast debuted at the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans with a Sébastien Loeb Racing Oreca-Nissan, finishing fourth in the LMP2 class. In 2015, he competed at two rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship with a factory Audi R18 e-tron quattro, finishing fourth overall at the 6 Hours of Spa and seventh at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2016, he raced full-time for G-Drive with an Oreca-Nissan LMP2, claiming a win at Bahrain and a second place at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and two third-place finishes at Silverstone and Austin.
Rast debuted at the Formula E at the 2016 Berlin ePrix replacing António Félix da Costa at Team Aguri. Later he competed in two rounds of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters with an Audi RS5, finishing sixth at Hockenheim II race 1.
He won the 2017 DTM title in his first full year driving an Audi RS5 for Team Rosberg. After taking a record-breaking six consecutive race victories the following year, he missed out on a repeat title by only four points. Rast won the 2019 DTM Championship.
Rast is set to make his Formula E return at the 2020 Berlin ePrix triple double header.
Racing record
Career summary
† As Rast was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.Complete Porsche Supercup results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | DC | Points |
| 2007 | Veltins MRS Racing | BHR | BHR | CAT | MON | MAG | SIL | NÜR 13 | HUN | IST | SPA | MNZ | NC‡ | 0‡ | ||
| 2008 | Veltins MRS Racing | BHR Ret | BHR 3 | CAT 5 | IST Ret | MON 7 | MAG Ret | SIL | HOC 5 | HUN 8 | VAL 6 | SPA 7 | MNZ 8 | 6th | 95 | |
| 2009 | Veltins MRS Racing | BHR Ret | BHR 2 | CAT DSQ | MON 2 | IST 2 | SIL 1 | NÜR 1 | HUN 1 | VAL 1 | SPA 17† | MNZ 1 | YMC 1 | YMC 2 | 2nd | 207 |
| 2010 | Al Faisal Lechner Racing | BHR 1 | BHR 1 | CAT Ret | MON 1 | VAL 1 | SIL 2 | HOC Ret | HUN 3 | SPA 3 | MNZ 4 | 1st | 152 | |||
| 2011 | Veltins Lechner Racing | IST 5 | CAT 7 | MON 1 | NÜR 1 | SIL 1 | NÜR 1 | HUN Ret | SPA 2 | MNZ 2 | YMC 2 | YMC 1 | 1st | 181 | ||
| 2012 | Lechner Racing | BHR 1 | BHR 3 | MON Ret | VAL 1 | SIL 1 | HOC 1 | HUN DNS | HUN DNS | SPA 2 | MNZ 1 | 1st | 142 |
† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ As Rast was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete FIA GT Series results
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
† As Rast was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results
Complete Formula E results
| Year | Team | Chassis | Powertrain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Points |
| 2015–16 | Team Aguri | Spark SRT01-e | SRT01-e | BEI | PUT | PDE | BUE | MEX | LBH | PAR | BER NC | LON | LON | 23rd | 0 |
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
| 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 |
| 2016 | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | SPL 1 | SPL 2 | LAU 1 | LAU 2 | NOR 1 | NOR 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 19 | MSC 1 | MSC 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | 23rd | 8 | ||||
| 2016 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 1 6 | HOC 2 17 | 23rd | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 1 6 | HOC 2 Ret | LAU 1 3 | LAU 2 7 | HUN 1 6 | HUN 2 1 | NOR 1 12 | NOR 2 Ret | MSC 1 1 | MSC 2 4 | ZAN 1 9 | ZAN 2 Ret | NÜR 1 5 | NÜR 2 12 | SPL 1 13 | SPL 2 1 | HOC 1 6 | HOC 2 2 | 1st | 179 | ||
| 2018 | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 1 9 | HOC 2 7 | LAU 1 Ret | LAU 2 DNS | HUN 1 4 | HUN 2 10 | NOR 1 16 | NOR 2 14 | ZAN 1 17 | ZAN 2 1 | BRH 1 4 | BRH 2 3 | MIS 1 Ret | MIS 2 3 | NÜR 1 1 | NÜR 2 1 | SPL 1 1 | SPL 2 1 | HOC 1 1 | HOC 2 1 | 2nd | 251 |
| 2019 | Audi Sport Team Rosberg | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM | HOC 1 16† | HOC 2 1 | ZOL 1 Ret | ZOL 2 1 | MIS 1 2 | MIS 2 3 | NOR 1 1 | NOR 2 7 | ASS 1 3 | ASS 2 5 | BRH 1 2 | BRH 2 1 | LAU 1 Ret | LAU 2 1 | NÜR 1 1 | NÜR 2 3 | HOC 1 1 | HOC 2 3 | 1st | 322 |
† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete World Touring Car Cup results
| 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 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points |
| 2018 | Audi Sport Team WRT | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR | MAR 1 | MAR 2 | MAR 3 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | HUN 3 | GER 1 6 | GER 2 Ret | GER 3 DNS | NED 1 | NED 2 | NED 3 | POR 1 | POR 2 | POR 3 | SVK 1 | SVK 2 | SVK 3 | CHN 1 | CHN 2 | CHN 3 | WUH 1 | WUH 2 | WUH 3 | JPN 1 | JPN 2 | JPN 3 | MAC 1 | MAC 2 | MAC 3 | 28th | 10 |