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René Rast
Rast at the2023 Berlin ePrix
Nationality	German
Born	(1986-10-26)26 October 1986 (age 39) Minden,West Germany[1]
DTM career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Schubert Motorsport
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	33
Former teams	Phoenix Racing,Team Rosberg,Team Abt
Starts	138
Championships	3 (2017,2019,2020)
Wins	31
Podiums	59
Poles	27
Fastest laps	18
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2014–2016
Teams	Sébastien Loeb Racing Audi Sport Team Joest G-Drive Racing
Best finish	6th (2016)
Class wins	0
Formula E career
Debut season	2016–17
Car number	58
Former teams	Team Aguri,Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler,McLaren
Starts	38
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	3
Poles	0
Fastest laps	3
Best finish	13th in2020–21
Finished last season	13th (78 pts)

René Rast (German pronunciation:[ʁəˈneːˈʁast]; born 26 October 1986) is aGerman professional racing driver and the2017,2019 and2020 DTM champion. He last competed inFormula E. He claimed overall wins at the 2012 and 201424 Hours of Spa, 2014 24 Hours of Nürburgring and two class wins at the 2012 and 2016 24 Hours of Daytona.

After competing in karting andFormula BMW, Rast won the 2005ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup and was runner-up at the 2006 Seat León Supercopa Germany.

In 2007, Rast switched to sports car racing, where he won Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2008 and 2012, andPorsche Supercup and claimed three championships from 2010 to 2012. Rast also competed at theADAC GT Masters from 2010 to 2014, winning the title in his last year.

Rast ran the2011 12 Hours of Sebring with a Paul Miller Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. Rast won the2012 24 Hours of Daytona GT class, driving aMagnus Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup with co-driversAndy Lally,Richard Lietz and team owner John Potter.

Rast won the 2012 and 201424 Hours of Spa with a factory-supportedAudi R8 LMS with teams Phoenix and WRT respectively.

In the 2013FIA GT Series, Rast claimed a win and five podiums with an WRT Audi R8. In the 2014Blancpain Sprint Series, he claimed a win and three podiums. In 2016, he got three podiums with.

Rast debuted at the2014 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 factoryAudi 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 competed in two rounds of the2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters with an Audi RS5, finishing sixth at Hockenheim II race 1.

Rast won the2017 DTM title in his first full year driving an Audi RS5 forTeam Rosberg.^[2] After taking a record-breaking six consecutive race victories the following year, he missed out on a repeat title by only four points.^[3] Rast won the2019 DTM Championship and scored his third series title the following season.^[4]

Rast debuted inFormula E at the2016 Berlin ePrix replacingAntónio Félix da Costa (who had aDTM commitment) atTeam Aguri.^[5]

Rast returned to Formula E for the final six races of the2019-20 season inBerlin, replacing the sackedDaniel Abt atAudi Sport ABT Schaeffler. He managed to score a podium finish in the fifth race where he crossed the line in third place.^[6] Rast drove for Audi as a permanent driver for the2020-21 Formula E Championship, partneringLucas di Grassi.^[7]

Rast did not compete in the2021–22 Formula E World Championship.

Rast made his return to the series in the2022–23 season driving for theMcLaren Formula E Team.^[8] He scored one podium throughout the season, and ended 13th in the standings. Rast announced his departure from McLaren following the season.^[9]

^† As Rast was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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

^† 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.

^† As Rast was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2014	Sébastien Loeb Racing	Jan Charouz Vincent Capillaire	Oreca 03R-Nissan	LMP2	354	8th	4th
2015	Audi Sport Team Joest	Marco Bonanomi Filipe Albuquerque	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	LMP1	387	7th	7th
2016	G-Drive Racing	Roman Rusinov Will Stevens	Oreca 05-Nissan	LMP2	357	6th	2nd
2022	WRT	Robin Frijns Sean Gelael	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	285	DNF	DNF
2023	Tower Motorsports	Ricky Taylor Steven Thomas	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	19	DNF	DNF
				LMP2 Pro-Am
2024	BMW M Team WRT	Robin Frijns Sheldon van der Linde	BMW M Hybrid V8	Hypercar	96	NC	NC
2025	BMW M Team WRT	Robin Frijns Sheldon van der Linde	BMW M Hybrid V8	Hypercar	375	17th	17th
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^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.

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

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

^† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

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

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2025	Team WRT	Valentino Rossi Kevin Magnussen	BMW M4 GT3	Pro	548	11th	10th

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