André Lotterer

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.

André Lotterer (born 19 November 1981) is a German professional racing driver.

The season finished with 4 consecutive races without points, ending the season 8th with 86 points, while his team-mate Jean-Éric Vergne won the championship for a second year.

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.

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.

He also tested Jaguar F1 cars from 2000 to 2003.

Lotterer succeeded in both German and British Formula 3 Championships en route to being named Jaguar Racing's Formula One test driver in 2002.

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.

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

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.

After that, he moved to Japan, winning both the Super GT Championship in 2006 and 2009 as well as the Formula Nippon (currently known as Super Formula) Championship in 2011.

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.

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 Jr.., also a Le Mans rookie, drove the entire race themselves after third driver Narain Karthikeyan dislocated his shoulder in a non-racing related injury.

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.

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.

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.

From 2012 to 2016, Lotterer competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship, driving for Audi Sport Team Joest with the Audi R18.

Twelve years later, he joined Caterham, replacing Kamui Kobayashi at the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix.

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.

He replaced Caterham F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi for a one-off race at the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix.

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.

He last competed in Formula E from 2017–18 to 2022–23 and is reserve driver to his former team TAG Heuer Porsche.

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.

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.

Lotterer returned to the series in 2023, joining Porsche's Hypercar effort alongside Kévin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor in the #6 entry.

Lotterer joined Formula E with Techeetah in 2017, partnering Jean-Éric Vergne.

He finished the 2017–18 season 8th with 64 points.

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.

After last competing in the series in 2019, Lotterer stated that he felt like "a stranger" after almost four years away.

Lotterer nearly won the 2019 Hong Kong ePrix after leading most laps in the race.

In 2019 Rome ePrix he claimed his first pole position in Formula E. He finished the race second after Jaguar's Mitch Evans.