Andreas Wirth

Andreas Wirth (born 19 November 1984 in Heidelberg) is a German racing driver. In 2004 Wirth won the Formula BMW USA championship after coming state-side, and then advanced to the Champ Car Atlantics in 2005 where he raced for two years, winning three races and finishing 6th and 3rd in the championship.

Andreas Wirth
Andreas Wirth in 2011
NationalityGermany German
Born (1984-11-19) November 19, 1984
Heidelberg, Germany
Previous series
1998–2000
2001
2002–2003
2004
2005–06, 08
2006
2009–2015
2016		Karting
German Formula Ford
Formula BMW ADAC
Formula BMW USA
Atlantic Championship
Champ Car
ADAC GT Masters
European Le Mans Series
Championship titles
2004Formula BMW USA

Following up a full 2006 season in Atlantics, Wirth was named to compete in his first Champ Car race in Dale Coyne Racing's entry at Surfer's Paradise, where he finished in 9th place. He then went on to race with Coyne in Mexico City. In 2008 he ran in the Petit Le Mans with PTG Panoz.

For seven seasons Wirth competed in the ADAC GT Masters series where he tallied a total of 9 victories. In 2016 Wirth moved into Prototype racing in the European Le Mans Series with SMP Racing in their LMP2-class BR01 with co-drivers Stefano Coletti and Julián Leal.

Career

Wirth began his career in karting in 1998, racing in several junior and senior German Karting series and earning several championships through 2000. In 2001, he placed second in the German Formula Ford Championship, and finished 11th at the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch.[1] He then moved to the Formula BMW ADAC series, finishing 9th in the championship in 2002 and 10th in 2003.

American open-wheel racing

In 2004, Wirth moved to the United States, winning the inaugural Formula BMW USA championship with 4 wins and 11 podiums. He competed in the Atlantic Championship in the 2005 and 2006 seasons, winning 3 times (Denver 2005, Long Beach and Houston 2006) and finishing 3rd in the championship in 2006. Late in 2006, Wirth ran two Champ Car races for Dale Coyne Racing, finishing 9th at Surfers' Paradise and 15th at Mexico City. After sitting out 2007, Wirth competed in 3 Atlantic races in 2008 and also drove for Panoz Team PTG at the 2008 Petit Le Mans.

ADAC GT

Wirth returned to Europe in 2009, racing for Alpina in the ADAC GT Masters, winning once with co-driver Jens Klingmann. In 2010, he finished 6th in the championship for s-Berg Racing, winning two races with Martin Matzke. Wirth joined Heico Motorsport in 2011, finishing 9th in the championship and winning one race with co-driver Christiaan Frankenhout.

For the next four seasons, Wirth raced in Callaway Competition's GT3 Chevrolet Corvette. His best season was 2014, where he won four races in a partial season alongside the defending champion Daniel Keilwitz, and placed 6th in the championship.

2016

In 2016, Wirth finished 3rd in the European Le Mans Series LMP2 championship with Stefano Coletti, driving the SMP Racing BR01 prototype.

Racing record

American Racing results

(key)

Atlantic Championship
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2005 Brooks Associates Racing LBH
Ret		 MTY
8		 POR1
3		 POR2
2		 CLE1
3		 CLE2
3		 TOR
3		 EDM
3		 SJO
5		 DEN
1		 ROA
DNS		 MTL 6th 234
2006 Forsythe Racing LBH
1		 HOU
1		 MTY
6		 POR
3		 CLE1
3		 CLE2
18		 TOR
Ret		 EDM
3		 SJO
18		 DEN
5		 MTL
12		 ROA
3		 3rd 227
2008 Brooks Associates Racing LBH
9		 LS
8		 MTT
7		 EDM1 EDM2 ROA1 ROA2 TRR NJ UTA ATL 22nd 45

Champ Car
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref
2006 Dale Coyne Racing LBH HOU MTY MIL POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL ROA SRF
9		 MXC
15		 20th 19 [2]

ADAC GT Masters
Year Team Car Co-Driver Points Position
2009 Alpina Alpina B6 GT3 Germany Jens Klingmann 23 14th
2010 s-Berg Racing Alpina B6 GT3 Czech Republic Martin Matzke 44 6th
2011 Heico Motorsport Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Netherlands Christiaan Frankenhout 90 9th
2012 Callaway Competition Corvette Z06.R GT3 Germany Heinz-Harald Frentzen 42 19th
2013 Callaway Competition Corvette Z06.R GT3 Germany Christian Hohenadel 19 24th
2014 Callaway Competition Corvette Z06.R GT3 Germany Daniel Keilwitz 118 6th
2015 Callaway Competition Corvette Z06.R GT3 Germany Daniel Keilwitz 104 7th

    Complete European Le Mans Series results

    Co-Drivers: Stefano Coletti, Julian Leal, Vitaly Petrov

    Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
    2016 SMP Racing LMP2 BR Engineering BR01 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
    2    		 IMO
    4    		 RBR
    4    		 LEC
    2    		 SPA
    6    		 EST
    3    		 3rd 83

    WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

    (key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

    Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
    2016 Panoz DeltaWing Racing P DeltaWing DWC13 Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L I4 Turbo DAY
    12    		 SEB
    		 LBH
    		 LGA
    		 DET
    		 WGL
    		 MOS
    		 ELK
    		 COA
    		 PET
    		 36th 20

    References
    1. "Formula Ford Festival 2001 standings". DriverDB. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
    2. "Andreas Wirth – 2006 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
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