Tom Kristensen (born 7 July 1967) is a Danish former racing driver. He holds the record for the most wins at the24 Hours of Le Mans with nine, six of which were consecutive (from2000 to2005). In1997, he won the race with theJoest Racing team, driving aTom Walkinshaw Racing-designedPorsche WSC-95, after being a late inclusion in the team followingDavy Jones' accident that eventually ruled him out of the race. All of his subsequent wins came driving anAudi prototype, except in2003, when he drove aBentleyprototype. In both1999 and2007 Kristensen's team crashed out of comfortable leads in the closing hours of the race. He is considered by many to be the greatest driver ever to have raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[1]
Elsewhere, Kristensen holds the record for most wins at the12 Hours of Sebring with a total of six.[2] In August 2014, Kristensen was appointed Knight of theOrder of the Dannebrog by theQueen of Denmark.[3] In January 2018, he was inducted into the Danish Sports Hall of Fame.[4]
Kristensen was born inHobro. His career began in 1984, whereafter he won severalkarting titles, including the 1985 Nordic Formula A series where he beatMika Häkkinen.[5] After entering his first open-wheel races inFormula Ford during 1987, Kristensen made hisGerman Formula Three debut atBrno in1989, entering three events. Aside from that however, Kristensen did not race until 1991, completing training to become abank clerk. In 1991, he was given the chance to race inGerman F3 on a full-time basis byBertram Schäfer and won the opening race atZolder from pole. From there, seven further podiums, including two more wins at theNürburgring andHockenheimring, allowed Kristensen to win the championship in controlling fashion.[6]
Subsequently, Kristensen relocated his racing career to Japan, where he drove concurrently inJapanese Formula 3 and theJapanese Touring Car Championship; he would score his maiden win in the latter atSuzuka and finished second in the teams' standings. He also made hisJapanese Formula 3000 debut during1992. The following year, Kristensen drove in Japanese F3 and the JTCC again, taking a dominant title in the former driving for theTOM'S outfit.
In1994, driving forToyota Team Cerumo, Kristensen won atSugo, twice at Suzuka, and twice atAida to place second in the JTCC once again.[7][8][9][10][11] He lost out on the title toMasanori Sekiya by a single point.[12] Additionally, Kristensen finished ninth in his first full-time season ofJapanese Formula 3000, driving for Navi Connection Racing. For his final year in Japan, 1995, Kristensen contested both championships with team Cerumo: he won thrice in theJTCC and finished fifth in the championship, whilst claiming his maiden victory inJapanese F3000 at theMine Circuit to finish the season third.[13][14][15]
Kristensen returned to Europe in 1996, entering theInternational F3000 Championship withShannon Racing.[16] However, following just two rounds which included a pole at thePau Grand Prix, which ended in a mid-race accident, Kristensen left the team.[17] He contested five of the remaining eight rounds with Edenbridge Racing, finishing second atSilverstone and scoring third atSpa-Francorchamps after another pole position; this left him seventh in the standings.[18][19] For the1997 season, Kristensen switched to Auto Sport Racing.[20] At the opening round in Silverstone, Kristensen finished second but inherited the win after a disqualification forRicardo Zonta.[21] He finished second at the next event in Pau but retired from an attrition-filled race inHelsinki.[22] Following a podium at the Nürburgring, Kristensen only scored one more point throughout the season and dropped to sixth in the standings.[23]
Following his debut Le Mans success, Kristensen entered the1998 Super Tourenwagen Cup as part ofJAS Team Honda Sport. He was outscored by teammateGabriele Tarquini and only scored a sole podium, third atWunstorf, on his way to 11th overall.[24] He also became a test driver forTyrrell in theirfinal Formula One season that year, testing atMagny-Cours in view of a potential race seat — he was around half a second slower than regular driverRicardo Rosset, albeit whilst using an older engine.[25] In 1999, Kristensen returned to theSuper Tourenwagen Cup and improved his results, winning two races at the Nürburgring and one at Hockenheim to finish third in the standings, narrowly ahead of teammate Tarquini.
Kristensen's touring car exploits continued in 2000, when Kristensen entered theBritish Touring Car Championship with theHonda factory team.[26][27] His maiden win came atOulton Park in the middle of the campaign, before Kristensen capped off the year by winning both races at the Silverstone season finale, thus placing seventh overall.[28] He was also aMichelin test driver in 2000 as they prepared their F1 tyres using an olderWilliams car as well as a year-oldStewart car on European circuits.[29][30]
Parallel to his touring car career, Kristensen entered multiple endurance events in 1999 and 2000. This included the12 Hours of Sebring, which he won in1999 whilst piloting aBMW V12 LMR alongsideJörg Müller andJJ Lehto, and in2000, where hisAudi R8 shared withEmanuele Pirro andFrank Biela led a 1-2 forAudi.[31][32] The latter trio also raced atPetit Le Mans, finishing second despite damaging the car's diffuser in a collision.[33] In 2001, Kristensen and Audi competed in theAmerican Le Mans Series and finished fourth in the drivers' standings during a dominant season for Audi, which locked out the top four positions in the table.[34] During the campaign, Kristensen claimed two pole positions and won four races alongsideRinaldo Capello, but missed out on the title following a crash at the season finale caused by a delaminated tyre.[35][36]
Kristensen returned to the ALMS in2002, driving the #2 car for Audi Sport North America together with Capello. The pair almost won atMid-Ohio thanks to a fuel-saving strategy, but Kristensen, having driven without pitting for over one-and-a-half hours, ran out of fuel coming towards the finish line and coasted home in second.[37] Their first win of the season came atRoad America, where Kristensen battled for the lead with Pirro during the race's first half and penalties for Capello were later negated by a puncture for the leading Audi of Biela.[38] Another victory followed atTrois-Rivières, as a late pit stop for fresh tyres allowed Capello to take first place from Biela.[39] A heavy crash from Pirro whilst fighting with Kristensen allowed the Dane to coast to a commanding win atMosport, before he clinched the ALMS title with a win at the season-endingPetit Le Mans.[40][41]
A truncated 2003 campaign followed, in which Kristensen claimed a commanding victory in the rain atSpa and triumphed at the1000 km of Le Mans held on the Bugatti Circuit, both alongsideSeiji Ara.[42][43] Kristensen also continued his Le Mans success storythat year, claiming pole and winning forTeam Bentley with Capello andGuy Smith.[44][45]
In 2004, Kristensen joinedAbt Sportsline in theDeutsche Tourenwagen Masters.[46] At the seventh round inOschersleben, Kristensen beat fellow Audi driverMartin Tomczyk to claim his maiden DTM win.[47] He scored another podium in Brno to finish fourth in the standings.[48] Having won the12 Hours of Sebring alongside Lehto andMarco Werner at the start of 2005, Kristensen returned to theDTM.[49][50] A strong opening season, where Kristensen claimed podiums at theLausitzring,Spa, andBrno — which saw him complete an Audi 1-2 behindMattias Ekström — helped the Dane to ascend towards the front of the standings.[51][52][53] Kristensen scored a pair of pole positions atOschersleben and theNorisring thereafter, before finishing second at theNürburgring.[54][55][56] Though he fell out of the title hunt due to a lack of wins, Kristensen, who made his final rostrum appearance at thesecond Lausitzring round, finished third in the championship.[57][58]
At the start of 2006, Kristensen repeated his victory atSebring together with Capello andAllan McNish in the newAudi R10 TDI, making it the first win for adiesel-powered car in a major sports car race.[59] The momentum from this win carried forward into his thirdDTM season, as two runner-up finishes at Hockenheim and the Lausitzring preceded a victory from pole at Oschersleben, which put Kristensen into the lead of the championship.[60] The following race atBrands Hatch looked to yield another run from pole position to the top step, before the leading Kristensen encountered a suspension failure that threw him out of the race.[61][62] After two fifth places in the next two events, Kristensen won atZandvoort thanks to a strong start and in spite of a fuel can problem at his pit stop, thus cutting down his gap to points leaderBernd Schneider to ten points.[63] However, a non-score at the next race inBarcelona proved to be a setback, and despite two third places in the final two rounds Kristensen dropped to third in the standings, in what turned out to be his most successful DTM season.[64]
2007 proved to be a fruitless year for Kristensen, who started it by finishing fourth at the12 Hours of Sebring due to two early starter motor failures.[65] Kristensen entered the DTM once again in2007, but suffered a heavy accident at the season opener in Hockenheim after a collision withAlexandre Prémat.[66][67] The crash resulted in a long break from training for Kristensen, who missed three rounds of the season as a result.[68] It was reported that a new type of collar worn by Kristensen may have prevented him suffering a broken neck in the crash.[69] Once he returned, the Dane achieved a best finish of fifth at the Norisring and claimed a sole pole position at the final Hockenheim round; this resulted in 14th place in the standings by year's end.[70][71]
Kristensen began 2008 by finishing third atSebring, being beaten by twoPorsche Spyder LMP2 entries.[72] His season in theDTM brought home three podiums and two poles, which helped him to eighth in the standings.[73] A slightly more successful season followed in 2009: Kristensen, along with Capello and McNish, won atSebring in theAudi R15 TDI.[74] In what he announced to be his final campaign in theDTM, Kristensen finished eighth overall again, having inherited a victory at the season opener in Hockenheim after a puncture for leader Ekström.[75] After the season ended, Kristensen revealed it had taken two years until all after-effects of his 2007 accident had disappeared.[76]
With his focus on endurance racing from 2010, Kristensen and Audi entered two rounds of theLe Mans Series that year, finishing third atSpa after losing second place late on toStéphane Sarrazin.[77] In a chaoticLe Mans that included early contact caused by the BMW ofAndy Priaulx, Kristensen, Capello, and McNish finished third in an Audi 1-2-3.[78][79] In 2011, Kristensen drove in all seven races of theIntercontinental Le Mans Cup, which included another third place atSpa, an early retirement atLe Mans due to a dramatic accident by McNish, and further non-finishes atPetit Le Mans andZhuhai.[80][81][82][83]
Going into 2012, Kristensen entered the newly-formedFIA World Endurance Championship with Audi'sR18.[84] He, along with McNish and Capello, won the first race of the series atSebring, a victory that made Kristensen the most winning driver in the history of the event.[85] A technical problem during the first hour of the race atSpa conspired to drop Kristensen's car to second, before he once again showed his class atLe Mans, taking the lead with six hours to go after a mistake byMarcel Fässler in the sister car.[86][87] However, a collision suffered by McNish dropped the #2 entry behind the sister car by the checkered flag.[88][89] Kristensen and his teammates scored podiums in each of the subsequent five races but lost out on the championship to the #1 entry at the final round.[90]
In 2013, Kristensen returned to theWEC, partnering McNish andLoïc Duval.[91] They won the season opener atSilverstone, with Kristensen dedicating the victory to his father, who had died before the12 Hours of Sebring, which Kristensen had finished second.[92] After second atSpa, Kristensen and his teammates clinched victory atLe Mans — Kristensen's ninth and final — in a drive that was overshadowed by the death ofAllan Simonsen on the opening lap of the race, whom Kristensen would dedicate this win to.[93][94] Second inBrazil came before victory number three at theCircuit of the Americas, where Kristensen took the lead from Sarrazin during the second hour.[95][96] With two more podiums, Kristensen, McNish, and Duval clinched the title with a race to spare by finishing third inShanghai.[97]
For the2014 WEC season, Kristensen and Duval would be joined byLucas di Grassi.[98] The year yielded fewer results, with second places atSpa,Le Mans, andAustin being the campaign's highlights.[99][100][101] On 19 November 2014, Kristensen announced at a press conference in Copenhagen that he was retiring from motorsport at the end of the current WEC season.[102] At the season finale inSão Paulo, Kristensen capped off his career with a podium finish.[103]
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Kristensen's career atCircuit de la Sarthe began in the1997 event, when he was called by Porsche customer teamJoest Racing two days before the race as a late substitute for an injuredDavy Jones. Partnering the experienced duo ofMichele Alboreto andStefan Johansson in aPorsche WSC-95 after completing just 20 laps in practice, Kristensen made his mark with a sequence of fastest laps during the night, with an intended triple stint turning into a quadruple stint.[104] He also set the lap record later on.[104] Thanks to a late fire for the leading, factory-enteredPorsche 911 GT1 Kristensen and his teammates won the race, one lap ahead of the second-placed car.[105] Kristensen drove forBMW the two following years, but retired early in1998 before experiencing drama in1999, where the team led going into the final hours but a heavy crash for teammateJJ Lehto caused by a stuck throttle put them out of the event.[106]
Having returned to the Joest team, this time in a factory effort withAudi, Kristensen dominated the2000 event in theAudi R8 alongsideEmanuele Pirro andFrank Biela.[107] In2001, though treacherous rain plagued the event, the trio won in commanding fashion once again, profiting from a newFuel Stratified Injection system that allowed them to save fuel more easily and restart the car faster after each pit stop.[108] Kristensen, Pirro, and Biela dominated in2002 and, with their third successive victory, became the first drivers who shared victory in three consecutive years.[109]
Going into the2003 iteration, Kristensen joined theBentley works effort to pilot itsSpeed 8 along withRinaldo Capello andGuy Smith. The Dane took pole and, with the team having lost the lead during the opening stint, retook the lead by passing Lehto on his first full race lap.[44][110] He and Smith drove out an authoritative lead during the race's halfway point and, together with Capello, finished two laps ahead of the second-placed sister car.[111][112] Kristensen returned to drive the Audi R8 in2004, this time partnering Capello andSeiji Ara atTeam Goh. They took the lead during the early morning thanks to repairs for the leading UK-Audi and, despite a delaminating tyre caused by a lock-up from Capello and a fuel spill that ignited into a short fire in the pit lane, Kristensen and his teammates clung on to victory.[113][114][115][116] In winning, Kristensen equalledJacky Ickx's record of six Le Mans victories.[117] He broke the record in2005, cruising to victory with a two-lap advantage in aChampion Racing-fielded R8 together with Lehto andMarco Werner.[118] This gave Kristensen his seventh victory at Le Mans, as well as a record-breaking sixth successive win.[119]
The2006 race saw Kristensen finishing in third place in the new diesel-poweredAudi R10, with a change of the car's fuel injectors in the first hours and further problems dropping him and teammatesAllan McNish and Capello out of contention early.[120] For the2007 race, Kristensen's participation looked to be in jeopardy following his Hockenheim accident, but he was eventually cleared to race.[121] His Audi crew took the lead during the night and remained there until hour 17, when the car lost its left rear wheel and crashed out, with Capello driving.[122][123] Returning in2008, Kristensen played a huge part in beatingPeugeot by gaining up to seven seconds onJacques Villeneuve during rainy stints in the night, before taking the lead on strategy in the morning.[124] He, Capello, and McNish took the win.[125]
In2009, the trio finished third, losing six laps to the winning Peugeot entry after pitting with three hours to go to fix an engine issue.[126][127] Another third in2010 following a crash from Kristensen caused by a GT car was followed by an early retirement in2011, when teammate McNish suffered a harrowing accident from which he emerged unscathed.[79][81] Another collision from McNish, this time whilst leading in the final few hours, led to a second place finish in2012.[89] Kristensen, for the ninth and final time, returned to the top step of the rostrum in2013, triumphing alongside McNish andLoïc Duval.[93] The final Le Mans appearance for Kristensen camea year later included a run in the lead on Sunday but also its loss due to a turbocharger replacement; he, Duval, andLucas di Grassi finished second behind the #2 Audi.[128][129][130]
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Engine | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Vienna Racing Team | VW | B | HOC | NÜR | AVU | BRN 15 | ZEL 15 | HOC DNS | WUN | HOC | DIE | NÜR | NÜR | HOC | 31st | 8 |
| 1991 | Volkswagen Motorsport | VW | A | ZOL 1 | HOC 2 | NÜR 2 | AVU 16 | MST 2 | WUN 5 | NOR 18 | DIE 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 5 | HOC 1 | 1st | 136 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Navi Connection Racing | Toyota | SUZ Ret | TSU DSQ | FUJ DSQ | SUZ 2 | SEN 3 | TAI DSQ | MIN 3 | SUG 3 | SUZ 3 | SUZ 5 | 5th | 24 |
| 1993 | TOM'S | Toyota | SUZ 1 | TSU 1 | FUJ 1 | SUZ 2 | SEN 4 | TAI 4 | MIN 1 | SUG 1 | SUZ 2 | SUZ | 1st | 57 |
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Object T | Nissan Skyline GT-R | JTC-1 | AID 2 | AUT 2 | SUG 4 | SUZ 1 | MIN 2 | TSU 5 | SEN 5 | FUJ 3 | 3rd | 103 | ||||||||||
| 1993 | Object T | Nissan Skyline GT-R | JTC-1 | MIN 3 | AUT 2 | SUG Ret | SUZ 4 | AID 3 | TSU 3 | TOK 7 | SEN 5 | FUJ 1 | 5th | 95 | |||||||||
| 1994 | Toyota Team Cerumo | Toyota Corona | AUT 1 5 | AUT 2 6 | SUG 1 1 | SUG 2 12 | TOK 1 4 | TOK 2 7 | SUZ 1 1 | SUZ 2 1 | MIN 1 2 | MIN 2 DNS | AID 1 1 | AID 2 1 | TSU 1 NC | TSU 2 5 | SEN 1 2 | SEN 2 5 | FUJ 1 24 | FUJ 2 6 | 2nd | 134 | |
| 1995 | Toyota Team Cerumo | Toyota Corona EXiV | FUJ 1 1 | FUJ 2 1 | SUG 1 5 | SUG 2 Ret | TOK 1 1 | TOK 2 12 | SUZ 1 Ret | SUZ 2 8 | MIN 1 3 | MIN 2 4 | AID 1 Ret | AID 2 DSQ | SEN 1 18 | SEN 2 16 | FUJ 1 Ret | FUJ 2 4 | 5th | 82 |
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| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Navi Connection Racing | SUZ | FUJ | MIN | SUZ | AUT 14 | SUG Ret | FUJ Ret | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | SUZ | NC | 0 |
| 1994 | Navi Connection Racing | SUZ 8 | FUJ 9 | MIN 9 | SUZ 6 | SUG 11 | FUJ 9 | SUZ 6 | FUJ Ret | FUJ 12 | SUZ 4 | 9th | 5 | |
| 1995 | Team Cerumo | SUZ 4 | FUJ C | MIN 1 | SUZ 2 | SUG Ret | FUJ 4 | TOK 3 | FUJ Ret | SUZ 5 | 3rd | 29 | ||
| 1996 | Navi Connection Racing | SUZ | MIN | FUJ | TOK | SUZ | SUG | FUJ | MIN 8 | SUZ | FUJ | NC | 0 | |
Source:[131] | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Blitz Racing | Toyota Supra | GT1 | FUJ | SEN | FUJ | SUG | MIN 11 | NC | 0 | |
| 1996 | FET Racing | Toyota Supra | GT500 | SUZ 10 | FUJ 13 | SEN 6 | FUJ 4 | SUG 14 | MIN 7 | 12th | 21 |
| 1997 | Power Craft | Toyota Supra | GT500 | SUZ | FUJ | SEN | FUJ 15 | MIN 4 | SUG | 17th | 10 |
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| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Shannon Racing | NÜR 4 | PAU Ret | 7th | 18 | ||||||||
| Edenbridge Racing | PER | HOC 5 | SIL 2 | SPA 3 | MAG | EST | MUG 4 | HOC Ret | |||||
| 1997 | Auto Sport Racing | SIL 1 | PAU 2 | HEL Ret | NÜR 3 | PER Ret | HOC Ret | A1R 6 | SPA Ret | MUG EX | JER Ret | 6th | 19 |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
|---|---|
| Years | 1997–2014 |
| Teams | Joest Racing,BMW Motorsport,Audi SportJoest, TeamBentley,Audi SportGoh,Champion Racing |
| Best finish | 1st(1997,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2008,2013) |
| Class wins | 9(1997,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2008,2013) |
| Year | Result | Team | Car | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2 | Audi Sport North America | Audi R8 | LMP |
| 2001 | Ret | Audi Sport North America | Audi R8 | LMP900 |
| 2002 | 1 | Audi Sport North America | Audi R8 | LMP900 |
| 2010 | 3 | Audi Sport TeamJoest | Audi R15 TDI plus | LMP1 |
| 2011 | DNF | Audi Sport TeamJoest | Audi R18 | LMP1 |
(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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | JAS Team Honda Sport | Honda Accord | HOC 1 9 | HOC 1 12 | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 DNS | SAC 1 7 | SAC 2 Ret | NOR 1 14 | NOR 2 8 | REG 1 8 | REG 2 16 | WUN 1 3 | WUN 2 5 | ZWE 1 Ret | ZWE 2 9 | SAL 1 8 | SAL 2 7 | OSC 1 13 | OSC 2 10 | NÜR 1 7 | NÜR 2 5 | 11th | 293 |
| 1999 | JAS Team Honda Sport | Honda Accord | SAC 1 Ret | SAC 2 6 | ZWE 1 Ret | ZWE 2 4 | OSC 1 2 | OSC 2 2 | NOR 1 19 | NOR 2 Ret | MIS 1 Ret | MIS 2 4 | NÜR 1 16 | NÜR 2 1 | SAL 1 4 | SAL 2 2 | OSC 1 3 | OSC 2 Ret | HOC 1 2 | HOC 2 1 | NÜR 1 3 | NÜR 2 1 | 3rd | 486 |
Source:[134] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead feature races for at least one lap – 1 point awarded)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Redstone Team Honda | Honda Accord | S | BRH 1 7 | BRH 2 Ret | DON 1 5 | DON 2 6 | THR 1 9 | THR 2 Ret | KNO 1 5 | KNO 2 Ret | OUL 1 3 | OUL 2 1* | SIL 1 3 | SIL 2 6* | CRO 1 4 | CRO 2 9 | SNE 1 2 | SNE 2 Ret | DON 1 10 | DON 2 Ret | BRH 1 2 | BRH 2 8 | OUL 1 8 | OUL 2 Ret | SIL 1 1 | SIL 2 1* | 7th | 143 |
(key)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 DTM 2004 | HOC 4 | EST 4 | ADR 10 | LAU 10 | NOR 6 | SHA1 Ret | NÜR 5 | OSC 1 | ZAN 6 | BRN 2 | HOC 4 | 4th | 43 |
| 2005 | Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 DTM 2005 | HOC Ret | LAU 2 | SPA 3 | BRN 2 | OSC 5 | NOR 7 | NÜR 2 | ZAN 4 | LAU 3 | IST 5 | HOC 4 | 3rd | 56 |
| 2006 | Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 DTM 2006 | HOC 2 | LAU 2 | OSC 1 | BRH 18† | NOR 5 | NÜR 5 | ZAN 1 | CAT 9 | BUG 3 | HOC 3 | 3rd | 56 | |
| 2007 | Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 DTM 2007 | HOC Ret | OSC | LAU | BRH | NOR 5 | MUG 8 | ZAN 18† | NÜR 8 | CAT 9† | HOC 6 | 14th | 9 | |
| 2008 | Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 DTM 2008 | HOC 3 | OSC 19† | MUG 3 | LAU 16 | NOR 7 | ZAN 3 | NÜR Ret | BRH 7 | CAT 13 | BUG 8 | HOC 5 | 8th | 27 |
| 2009 | Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 DTM 2009 | HOC 1 | LAU 12 | NOR 8 | ZAN 8 | OSC 8 | NÜR Ret | BRH 19† | CAT 2 | DIJ 18† | HOC 15 | 8th | 21 | |
| 2011 | Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 DTM 2009 | HOC | ZAN | SPL | LAU 7 | NOR | NÜR | BRH | OSC | VAL | HOC | 15th | 2 | |
1 – A non-championship one-off race was held in 2004 at the streets of Shanghai, China.
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Audi Sport Team Joest | LMP1 | Audi R15 TDI plus | Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V10 (Diesel) | CAS | SPA 3 | ALG | HUN | SIL Ret | 22nd | 13 |
| 2011 | Audi Sport Team Joest | LMP1 | Audi R18 TDI | Audi TDI 3.7 L Turbo V6 (Diesel) | CAS | SPA 3 | IMO 4 | SIL 7 | EST | NC | 0 |
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Audi Sport Team Joest | LMP1 | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | Audi TDI 3.7L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel) | SEB 1 | SPA 3 | LMS 2 | SIL 3 | SÃO 3 | BHR 2 | FUJ 3 | SHA 2 | 2nd | 159 |
| 2013 | Audi Sport Team Joest | LMP1 | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | Audi TDI 3.7L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel) | SIL 1 | SPA 2 | LMS 1 | SÃO 2 | COA 1 | FUJ 2 | SHA 3 | BHR Ret | 1st | 162 |
| 2014 | Audi Sport Team Joest | LMP1 | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel) | SIL Ret | SPA 2 | LMS 2 | COA 2 | FUJ 5 | SHA 5 | BHR 5 | SÃO 3 | 4th | 117 |
