Mike Rockenfeller
Rockenfeller in 2023
Nationality	German
Born	(1983-10-31)31 October 1983 (age 42) Neuwied,West Germany
DTM career
Debut season	2007
Current team	Abt Sportsline
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	9
Former teams	Audi Sport Team Phoenix
Starts	209
Championships	1 (2013)
Wins	6
Podiums	36
Poles	7
Fastest laps	10
Finished last season	8th
Previous series
2008 2006 2005 2002-2004 2001	Le Mans Series Rolex Sports Car Series FIA GT German Carrera Cup Formula König
Championship titles
2013 2008 2005 2004	DTM Le Mans Series FIA GT Championship GT2 German Carrera Cup
24 Hours of Le Mans career Years 2004–2005,2007–2012,2018– Teams Orbit Racing,Alex Job Racing,Audi Sport Team Joest Best finish 1st(2010) Class wins 2(2005,2010)

Mike Rockenfeller (born 31 October 1983), nicknamed"Rocky", is a German professional racing driver and was anAudi factory driver competing in theDTM and the FIA World Endurance Championship. He won his first DTM title in2013, driving forAudi SportTeam Phoenix. He also won the2010 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Rockenfeller began racing karts in 1995 at the age of eleven, winning the Bambini North state championship. He competed in various local and national karting series in the 1990s. In 2002, he won theJörg van Ommen Kart Cup Super Series.^{[citation needed]}

In 2001, Rockenfeller moved to cars, and finished fourth in theFormula König championship, winning one race. In 2002, he joined thePorsche Junior team and raced in the German Carrera Cup, finishing tenth, and in a partialPorsche Supercup season. In 2003, he finished second in the German Carrera Cup championship, and made hisAmerican Le Mans Series debut atPetit Le Mans, finishing tenth in GT2 class. In 2004, Rockenfeller won the German Carrera Cup and also won two races in Porsche Supercup. That year, he also raced in the12 Hours of Sebring, the1000km of Nürburgring, andPetit Le Mans.^{[citation needed]}

2005 became Rockenfeller's breakthrough year. He became a full Porsche factory driver and won the GT2 class driver championship title in theFIA GT Championship driving withMarc Lieb for GruppeM Racing. He collected six class wins, including theSpa 24 Hours. Rockenfeller also won the GT2 class at the24 Hours of Le Mans, driving with Lieb and Leo Hindrey forAlex Job Racing. 2006 saw him race again in the ALMS andGrand-Am series for Alex Job. He won in the ALMS at Houston and finished second in LMP2 class atPetit Le Mans, driving aPorsche RS Spyder forPenske Racing. He also took two Grand-Am wins.^{[citation needed]}

For 2007, Rockenfeller became anAudi factory driver and raced anA4 DTM forAudi Sport Team Rosberg in theDeutsche Tourenwagen Masters. He also participated in the24 Hours of Le Mans driving anAudi R10. In addition to DTM and having already moderate experience withLe Mans Prototype cars, in 2008 he drove forAudi Sport Team Joest in theLe Mans Series, alongsideAlexandre Prémat. Despite not winning any races, Rockenfeller and Prémat won the title at the2008 1000 km of Silverstone, after an accident on lap 46 for thePeugeot 908 HDi FAP ofNicolas Minassian andMarc Gené. He also participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, occupying the third Audi entry with Prémat andLucas Luhr. After qualifying fifth, their entry finished in fourth place overall, seven laps down on winning team-matesRinaldo Capello,Tom Kristensen andAllan McNish.^{[citation needed]}

For 2009, Rockenfeller continues in the DTM with Team Rosberg.^[1]

Rockenfeller started the 2010 racing season winning the Rolex 24 at Daytona overall in the Action Express Racing PorscheRiley with co-driversJoão Barbosa,Terry Borcheller, andRyan Dalziel.^{[citation needed]}

In the2011 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rockenfeller was involved in a horrific accident while passing a slower GTE vehicle at 5:49 into the race. Shortly after nightfall, he was involved in a violent crash at the kinks on the straight between Mulsanne Corner and Indianapolis after near contact with the number 71 car of Robert Kauffman. Rockenfeller then climbed from his car and jumped to safety over theArmco barrier. He sustained a small flesh wound on his right arm and was admitted into a hospital overnight for observation.^{[citation needed]}

Rockenfeller took part in the 2014 Rolex24 Hours of Daytona race^[2] in the Spirit of Daytona CorvetteDaytona Prototype withRichard Westbrook andMichael Valiante.

In 2021, it was announced that Rockenfeller would depart from DTM following the season, whilst also parting ways withAudi at the end of the year. He would go on to finish eighth in the points with podiums atLausitzring,Circuit Zolder, theNürburgring, and theHockenheimring driving forAbt Sportsline.^[3]

In 2023, Rockenfeller joinedJDC–Miller MotorSports for the team'sGTP program, driving alongsideTijmen van der Helm.^[4]

In 2022, Rockenfeller made two starts in theNASCAR Cup Series forSpire Motorsports in the No. 77Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE, finishing 30th atWatkins Glen, and 29th atCharlotte Roval.^[5] In the following year, it was announced that Rockenfeller would join seven-time Cup Series championJimmie Johnson and 2009Formula One World ChampionJenson Button to drive theNext Gen Camaro prepared byHendrick Motorsports for theGarage 56 entry at the2023 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[6] Rockenfeller returned to Cup Series competition that year, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet forLegacy Motor Club to a 24th-place finish atIndianapolis and nineteenth atWatkins Glen.^[7] It was later announced he would race at theCharlotte Roval.^[8] He finished the race in 29th.

• FIA GT Championship GT2 Champion:2005
• 24 Hours Nürburgring overall winner: 2006
• Le Mans Series LMP1 champion: 2008
• 24 Hours of Le Mans GT2 winner:2005
• Spa 24 Hours GT2 winner:2005
• 24 Hours of Daytona overall winner:2010
• 24 Hours of Le Mans overall winner:2010
• Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Champion:2013

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

‡ – Not eligible for points.

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2004	Orbit Racing BAM!	Marc Lieb Leo Hindery	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	GT	223	DNF	DNF
2005	Alex Job Racing BAM! Motorsport	Marc Lieb Leo Hindery	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	GT2	332	10th	1st
2007	Audi Sport Team Joest	Lucas Luhr Alexandre Prémat	Audi R10 TDI	LMP1	23	DNF	DNF
2008	Audi Sport Team Joest	Lucas Luhr Alexandre Prémat	Audi R10 TDI	LMP1	374	4th	4th
2009	Audi Sport North America	Marco Werner Lucas Luhr	Audi R15 TDI	LMP1	104	DNF	DNF
2010	Audi Sport North America	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Audi R15 TDI plus	LMP1	397	1st	1st
2011	Audi Sport Team Joest	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Audi R18 TDI	LMP1	116	DNF	DNF
2012	Audi Sport North America	Oliver Jarvis Marco Bonanomi	Audi R18 ultra	LMP1	375	3rd	3rd
2018	Corvette Racing – GM	Jan Magnussen Antonio García	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	GTE Pro	342	18th	4th
2019	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Antonio García	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	GTE Pro	337	28th	8th
2023	Hendrick Motorsports	Jenson Button Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet Camaro ZL1	Innovative	285	39th	–
Sources:[9][10]

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2004	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Lonnie Pechnik Seth Neiman Peter Cunningham	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	GT	523	3rd	2nd
2005	Brumos Racing	J.C. France Hurley Haywood Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Fabcar FDSC/03-Porsche	DP	432	44th DNF	21st DNF
2006	Alex Job Racing/Emory Motorsports	Patrick Long Lucas Luhr	Crawford DP03-Porsche	DP	731	3rd	3rd
2008	SAMAX	Allan McNish Lucas Luhr Henri Zogaib	Riley Mk. XI-Pontiac	DP	233	55th DNF	20th DNF
2010	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa Terry Borcheller Ryan Dalziel	Riley Mk. XI-Porsche	DP	755	1st	1st
2012	Flying Lizard Motorsports withWright Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long Seth Neiman	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	706	26th	15th
2013	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Burt Frisselle	CoyoteCorvette DP	DP	708	4th	4th
2014	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook	CoyoteCorvette DP	P	693	4th	4th
2015	VisitFlorida.com Racing	Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook	CoyoteCorvette DP	P	734	3rd	3rd
2016	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	GTLM	722	8th	2nd
2017	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	GTLM	652	8th	4th
2018	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	GTLM	781	13th	3rd
2019	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	GTLM	563	16th	6th
2021	Ally Cadillac Racing	Jimmie Johnson Kamui Kobayashi Simon Pagenaud	Cadillac DPi-V.R	DPi	807	2nd	2nd
2022	Ally Cadillac Racing	Jimmie Johnson Kamui Kobayashi José María López	Cadillac DPI-V.R	DPi	739	11th	5th
2024	Ford Multimatic Motorsports	Christopher Mies Harry Tincknell	Ford Mustang GT3	GTD Pro	726	31th	6th
2025	Ford Multimatic Motorsports	Austin Cindric Sebastian Priaulx	Ford Mustang GT3	GTD Pro	723	18th	3rd
Source:[9][11]

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^† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

(key)(Races inbold indicate pole position)

^* Season still in progress.

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

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