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| Marcel Fässler | |||||||||||
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Fässler in 2013 | |||||||||||
| Nationality | |||||||||||
| Born | (1976-05-27)27 May 1976 (age 49) Einsiedeln, Switzerland | ||||||||||
| FIA World Endurance Championship | |||||||||||
| Racing licence | |||||||||||
| Years active | 2012–2016 | ||||||||||
| Former teams | Audi Sport Team Joest | ||||||||||
| Starts | 41 | ||||||||||
| Championships | 1 (2012) | ||||||||||
| Wins | 10 | ||||||||||
| Podiums | 24 | ||||||||||
| Poles | 7 | ||||||||||
| DTM | |||||||||||
| Years active | 2000–2005 | ||||||||||
| Former teams | HWA Team Phoenix Racing Team Holzer | ||||||||||
| Starts | 87 | ||||||||||
| Wins | 5 | ||||||||||
| Podiums | 19 | ||||||||||
| Poles | 6 | ||||||||||
| Fastest laps | 4 | ||||||||||
| Best finish | 3rd in2003 | ||||||||||
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Marcel Fässler (born 27 May 1976) is a Swiss formerracing driver. From 2010 to 2016 he competed in theFIA World Endurance Championship as part ofAudi Sport Team Joest with co-driversAndré Lotterer andBenoît Tréluyer, winning the24 Hours of Le Mans three times (2011, 2012, and 2014) and capturing the World Endurance Drivers' Championship in 2012.
Born inEinsiedeln, Fässler began competing in theDeutsche Tourenwagen Masters forMercedes-Benz when it resumed in 2000. He finished 4th with no wins in 2000, 4th with one win in 2001 and in 2002 and 3rd with one win in 2003, all four seasons with aMercedes-Benz CLK. He moved toOpel and anOpel Vectra GTS V8 for 2004 and 2005, where he finished 9th and 12th with no wins after which the brand retired from the DTM.
Fässler also drove the Formula One Mercedes-Benzsafety car for one event inCanada, while regular driverBernd Mayländer was off due to an injury. He was on track for three laps after a crash involvingWilliams'Juan Pablo Montoya andFerrari'sRubens Barrichello. He also worked as a successor inMonaco.[1]
Fässler switched to sports cars in 2006, finishing second at theSpa 24 Hours in a PhoenixAston Martin DBR9 and collecting two overall podiums at theLe Mans Series for Swiss Spirit. In 2007, he returned to open-wheel racing forA1 Team Switzerland in the 6th round of theA1 Grand Prix series held inTaupō,New Zealand, and in the 9th round at theAutódromo Hermanos Rodríguez,Mexico. He also won theSpa 24 Hours on aChevrolet Corvette C6.R for Phoenix Carsport.
For 2008, Fässler joined the team for the fullFIA GT Championship season. Sharing a GT1 class Corvette withJean-Denis Delétraz, he won two races, finished 7th in the standings and helped the team finish 2nd at the teams championship. The same year he finished 2nd at theAmerican Le Mans SeriesRoad America race on a worksAudi R10 TDI forAudi Sport North America. LMP1 team Sebah hired Fässler for the2009 Le Mans Series season,[2] having a 2nd-place finish as best result. In addition, he andJoël Camathias were crownedInternational GT Open overall and Super GT class champions in a Trottet-fieldedFerrari F430. He also retired at the 24 Hours of Le Mans driving a works GT1 class Corvette and finished 4th in the GT2 class of thepetit Le Mans, also for Corvette Racing.
Audi works teamJoest hired Fässler to drive theAudi R15 TDI plus at three 2010 races: Spa (12th), Le Mans (2nd) and Petit Le Mans (6th). He also retired at the 24 Hours of Spa running a PhoenixAudi R8 LMS. In 2016 Marcel re-joinedCorvette Racing for the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona and won the GTLM Class in the No. 4 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R with regular season driversOliver Gavin andTommy Milner by the smallest ever margin of victory 0.034 seconds.[3]
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
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| 2000 | HWA Team | AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM | HOC 1 2 | HOC 2 2 | OSC 1 9 | OSC 2 3 | NOR 1 13 | NOR 2 7 | SAC 1 10 | SAC 2 4 | NÜR 1 3 | NÜR 2 3 | LAU 1 C | LAU 2 C | OSC 1 NC | OSC 2 12 | NÜR 1 4 | NÜR 2 2 | HOC 1 5 | HOC 2 Ret | 4th | 116 | ||
| 2001 | HWA Team | AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM | HOC QR 7 | HOC CR 2 | NÜR QR 8 | NÜR CR 5 | OSC QR 1 | OSC CR 1 | SAC QR 6 | SAC CR 9 | NOR QR 4 | NOR CR Ret | LAU QR 2 | LAU CR 8 | NÜR QR 7 | NÜR CR Ret | A1R QR 7 | A1R CR 6 | ZAN QR 6 | ZAN CR 5 | HOC QR Ret | HOC CR 5 | 4th | 76 |
| 2002 | HWA Team | AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM | HOC QR 6 | HOC CR Ret | ZOL QR 10 | ZOL CR 9 | DON QR 4 | DON CR 6 | SAC QR 9 | SAC CR 4 | NOR QR Ret | NOR CR DNS | LAU QR 6 | LAU CR 3 | NÜR QR 4 | NÜR CR 4 | A1R QR 10 | A1R CR 1 | ZAN QR 1 | ZAN CR 3 | HOC QR Ret | HOC CR 5 | 4th | 30 |
| 2003 | HWA Team | AMG-Mercedes CLK 2003 | HOC 2 | ADR 4 | NÜR 2 | LAU 10 | NOR 2 | DON 4 | NÜR 5 | A1R 1 | ZAN 6 | HOC 3 | 3rd | 57 | ||||||||||
| 2004 | OPCTeam Phoenix | Opel Vectra GTS V8 2004 | HOC Ret | EST 20† | ADR Ret | LAU 7 | NOR Ret | SHA1 14† | NÜR 4 | OSC 8 | ZAN 10 | BRN 4 | HOC Ret | 9th | 13 | |||||||||
| 2005 | OPC Team Holzer | Opel Vectra GTS V8 2005 | HOC 9 | LAU 13 | SPA 5 | BRN 15 | OSC 8 | NOR Ret | NÜR 13 | ZAN 5 | LAU Ret | IST 10 | HOC 6 | 12th | 12 | |||||||||
1 - Shanghai was a non-championship round.
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Car No. | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. | Ref |
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| 2007 | BMW M3 E46 GTR | 32 | GTC | 562 | 4th | 2nd | [7] |
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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| 2008 | Audi Sport North America | LMP1 | Audi R10 TDI | Audi 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | SEB | STP | LNB | UTA | LIM | MID | AME ovr:2 cls:2 | MOS | DET ovr:DSQ cls:DSQ | PET | MON | 19th | 21 | [8] |
| 2009 | Corvette Racing | GT1 | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8 (E85ethanol) | SEB ovr:7 cls:2 | STP | LNB | UTA | LIM | MID | AME | MOS | 6th | 26 | [9] | |||
| GT2 | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Chevrolet 6.0L V8 | PET ovr:11 cls:4 | MON | 31st | 20 | ||||||||||||
| 2010 | Audi Sport Team Joest | LMP1 | Audi R15 TDI plus | Audi 5.5L Turbo V10 (Diesel) | SEB | LNB | MON | UTA | LIM | MID | AME | MOS | PET ovr:6 cls:5 | NC | - | [10] | ||
| 2011 | Audi Sport Team Joest | LMP1 | Audi R18 TDI | Audi 3.7L Turbo V6 (Diesel) | SEB | LNB | LIM | MOS | MID | AME | BAL | MON | PET ovr:Ret cls:Ret | NC | - | [11] | ||
| 2013 | Audi Sport Team Joest | P1 | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | Audi 3.7L Turbo V6 (Diesel) | SEB ovr:1 cls:1 | LNB | MON | LIM | MOS | AME | BAL | COTA | VIR | PET | NC | - | [12] | |
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
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| 2012 | Audi Sport Team Joest | LMP1 | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | Audi TDI 3.7L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel) | SEB 11 | SPA 2 | LMS 1 | SIL 1 | SÃO 2 | BHR 1 | FUJ 2 | SHA 3 | 1st | 172.5 | |
| 2013 | Audi Sport Team Joest | LMP1 | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | Audi TDI 3.7L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel) | SIL 2 | SPA 1 | LMS 5 | SÃO 1 | COA 3 | FUJ 14 | SHA 1 | BHR 2 | 2nd | 149.25 | |
| 2014 | Audi Sport Team Joest | LMP1 | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel) | SIL Ret | SPA 5 | LMS 1 | COA 1 | FUJ 6 | SHA 4 | BHR 4 | SÃO 5 | 2nd | 127 | |
| 2015 | Audi Sport Team Joest | LMP1 | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel) | SIL 1 | SPA 1 | LMS 3 | NÜR 3 | COA 2 | FUJ 3 | SHA 3 | BHR 2 | 2nd | 161 | |
| 2016 | Audi Sport Team Joest | LMP1 | Audi R18 | Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo Diesel V6 (Hybrid) | SIL EX | SPA 5 | LMS 4 | NÜR 3 | MEX 2 | COA 6 | FUJ Ret | SHA 6 | BHR 2 | 5th | 104 |
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(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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| 2016 | Corvette Racing | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Chevrolet 5.5V8 | DAY 1 | SEB 1 | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | COA | PET 3 | 12th | 103 | [13] |
| 2017 | Corvette Racing | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Chevrolet LT 5.5V8 | DAY 9 | SEB 10 | LBH | COA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET 4 | 16th | 71 | [14] |
| 2018 | Corvette Racing | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5V8 | DAY 4 | SEB 6 | LBH | MOH | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET 2 | 12th | 85 | [15] |
| 2019 | Corvette Racing | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Chevrolet LT 5.5V8 | DAY 8 | SEB 8 | LBH | MDO | WGL | MOS 8 | LIM 6 | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET 7 | 13th | 118 | [16] |
| 2020 | Corvette Racing | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | DAY 7 | DAY | SEB | ELK | VIR | ATL | MDO | CLT | PET 4 | LGA | SEB 6 | 10th | 77 | [17] |
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| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points | |
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| 2017 | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS | Pro | MIS QR 9 | MIS CR Ret | BRH QR 18 | BRH CR 5 | ZOL QR 13 | ZOL CR 4 | HUN QR 1 | HUN CR 1 | NÜR QR 3 | NÜR CR 10 | 5th | 62 | |
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| Preceded by Andrea Montermini Michele Maceratesi | International GT Open Champion 2009 With:Joël Camathias | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2011–2012 With:André Lotterer &Benoît Tréluyer | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Inaugural | FIA World Endurance Champion 2012 With:André Lotterer &Benoît Tréluyer | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2014 With:André Lotterer &Benoît Tréluyer | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | F1 Safety Car Driver 2001 Canadian Grand Prix | Succeeded by |