Claudia Hürtgen

German racing driver (born 1971) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Claudia Dorothea Hürtgen (born 10 September 1971 in Aachen) is a German racing driver. A long-term BMW driver for Schubert, she won the VLN Series title in 2005, and five ADAC GT Masters races from 2012 to 2014. In 2011, she took the BMW Z4 GT3's first major win at the Dubai 24 Hour and finished second at the Spa 24 Hours.

BornClaudia Dorothea Hürtgen
(1971-09-10) 10 September 1971 (age 54)
RelativesElia Weiss (son)
Categorisation FIA Silver
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Claudia Hürtgen
Hürtgen in 2012
Nationality German
BornClaudia Dorothea Hürtgen
(1971-09-10) 10 September 1971 (age 54)
RelativesElia Weiss (son)
Categorisation FIA Silver
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Hürtgen previously had her single-seater career curtailed by a crash at Monaco, and became an LMP675 specialist in the American Le Mans Series. In 2021, she expanded to off-road racing in Extreme E.

Biography

Hürtgen started her career in karting and moved to German Formula Three. In 1993, during the F3 invitational race of the Monaco Grand Prix weekend, she suffered hand injuries in a roll-over crash, which ended her single-seater career.

Hürtgen began racing again with touring cars in 1995, winning the Austrian championship, followed with sports car racing, in which she scored class wins, in an LMP-675 class car or a Porsche, in the American Le Mans Series as well as in the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In 2000, Hürtgen returned to the site of her crash, to win the Monaco Historic Grand Prix in a Maserati.

Between 2003 and 2004, Hürtgen was champion in Germany's Deutsche Tourenwagen Challenge (DTC), later renamed to DMSB-Produktionswagen-Meisterschaft (DPM).

In 2005, Team Schubert and Hürtgen moved on the VLN endurance racing series on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Hürtgen won the VLN championship in 2005, making her the first female champion since Sabine Schmitz in 1998.

At the 2006 24 Hours Nürburgring, Hürtgen drove two cars for a total of 11 hours, scoring fifth place among 220 cars with a 245 bhp BMW 120d.

2011 saw Hürtgen compete with Team Schubert (as Team Need for Speed) in the FIA GT3 European Championship and in various endurance races. She won the Dubai 24 Hour and finished second overall at the Spa 24 Hours having started from 49th on the grid, in addition to her three podiums in the FIA GT3 season.

In 2021, Hürtgen was set to compete in Extreme E with ABT CUPRA XE alongside Mattias Ekström.[1] She only took part in the opening event, the 2021 Desert X-Prix.

Hürtgen won the Série A2 (open to pre-1961 front-engined Grand Prix cars) race of the 2022 Historic Grand Prix of Monaco, onboard a Ferrari 246.[2]

Racing record

24 Hours of Nürburgring results

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1990 Germany Dirk Ehlebracht
Germany Michael Schmölders
Germany Ingrid Steger
Ford Fiesta XR2i Class 4 28 DNF DNF
1991 Germany S&P Scharpmann Ford Kuhn Germany Michael Funke
Luxembourg Jenny van Hilten
Germany Thomas Wirtz
Ford Fiesta XR2i Class 4 115 52nd 7th
Germany Franz-Josef Bröhling Jr.
Germany Jens Scheefeldt
Germany Achim Stegmüller
114 54th 8th
1992 Germany Wolf Racing Germany Karl-Heinz Hufstadt
Germany Bernd Ostmann
Germany Arno Wester
Ford Sierra Cosworth 4x4 Class 7 53 138th 7th
1995 Germany Wolf Racing Germany Olaf Lübke
Germany Thomas Voigt
Germany Manfred Zimmermann
Ford Escort RS2000 Class 4 114 24th 5th
1999 Germany Carlsson Racing Switzerland Florence Duez
Germany Jutta Kleinschmidt
Germany Ellen Lohr
Mercedes-Benz SLK Si2 131 7th 1st
2000 Germany Ford Wolf Racing Germany Michael Funke
Germany Thomas Klenke
Ford Focus A3 22 152nd 26th
2001 Germany Sakura 2000 Germany Jo Albig
Sweden Ingvar Carlsson
Germany Ellen Lohr
Honda S2000 A3 132 9th 1st
2003 Germany BMW Motorsport Belgium Marc Duez
Germany Jörg Müller
Germany Dirk Müller
BMW M3 GTR E1 126 DNF DNF
2004 Germany Scuderia Augustusburg Brühl e.V. im ADAC Germany Oliver Kainz
Germany Mario Merten
Germany Johannes Scheid
BMW M3 GTRS A7 36 DNF DNF
Germany Ralph Bohnhorst
Germany Torsten Schubert
Germany Thomas Winkelhock
BMW Z3 M Coupé A6 106 99th 13th
2005 Germany Motopark Oschersleben Sweden Thed Björk
Sweden Richard Göransson
Germany Torsten Schubert
BMW 320i A3 123 15th 2nd
Germany Ralph Bohnhorst
Germany Marc Hennerici
Germany Torsten Schubert
126 11th 1st
2006 Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Germany Marc Hennerici
Germany Torsten Schubert
Austria Johannes Stuck
BMW 120d S1 138 5th 1st
Germany Reinhard Huber
Germany Guido Thierfelder
Germany Jochen Übler
24 DNF DNF
2007 Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Sweden Richard Göransson
Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck
Austria Johannes Stuck
BMW Z4 M Coupé SP6 106 5th 1st
2008 Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Sweden Richard Göransson
Norway Stian Sørlie
Germany Jörg Viebahn
BMW Z4 M Coupé SP6 53 DNF DNF
2009 Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Brazil Augusto Farfus
Germany Dirk Müller
Norway Stian Sørlie
BMW Z4 M Coupé SP6 38 DNF DNF
2010 Germany Schubert Motorsport Sweden Richard Göransson
Norway Stian Sørlie
Germany Jörg Viebahn
BMW Z4 GT3 SP9 12 DNF DNF
2011 Germany Need for Speed Team Schubert Netherlands Tom Coronel
Germany Marco Hartung
Germany Jörg Viebahn
BMW Z4 GT3 SP9 114 DNF DNF
Sweden Fredrik Larsson
United States Tommy Milner
Sweden Edward Sandström
61 DNF DNF
2012 Germany BMW Team Schubert Germany Dirk Adorf
Germany Nico Bastian
Germany Dominik Schwager
BMW Z4 GT3 SP9 150 8th 8th
2013 Germany BMW Team Schubert Germany Uwe Alzen
Brazil Augusto Farfus
Germany Dirk Müller
BMW Z4 GT3 SP9 8 DNF DNF
Germany Dirk Adorf
Germany Jens Klingmann
Germany Martin Tomczyk
87 6th 6th
2014 Germany BMW Team Schubert Austria Dominik Baumann
Germany Jens Klingmann
Germany Martin Tomczyk
BMW Z4 GT3 SP9 157 6th 6th
2015 Germany BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert Austria Dominik Baumann
Germany Jens Klingmann
Germany Martin Tomczyk
BMW Z4 GT3 SP9 23 DNF DNF
2019 Switzerland Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport Austria Michael Fischer
Austria Thomas Jäger
Germany Michael Schrey
BMW M4 GT4 SP10 142 24th 2nd
2020 Switzerland Hofor Racing by Bonk Motorsport Austria Michael Fischer
Germany Michael Schrey
Germany Sebastian von Gartzen
BMW M4 GT4 SP10 76 26th 1st
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24 Hours of Le Mans results

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1997 Switzerland GT Racing Team AG
Germany Roock Racing
United Kingdom John Robinson
United Kingdom Hugh Price
Porsche 911 GT2 GT2 280 13th 4th
1998 Germany Roock Racing France Michel Ligonnet
United Kingdom Robert Nearn
Porsche 911 GT2 GT2 285 17th 3rd
1999 Germany Roock Racing Germany André Ahrlé
Belgium Vincent Vosse
Porsche 911 GT2 GTS 290 20th 8th
2001 United States KnightHawk Racing
Germany Roock Racing International
United States Rick Fairbank
United States Chris Gleason
Lola B2K/40-Nissan LMP675 94 DNF DNF
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Complete ADAC GT Masters results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

As Hürtgen was a guest driver, she was ineligible for championship points.

24 Hours of Spa results

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2011 Germany Need for Speed Team Schubert Sweden Edward Sandström
Germany Dirk Werner
BMW Z4 GT3 GT3
Pro
543 2nd 2nd
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Complete Extreme E results

(key)

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Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2021 Abt Cupra XE Spark ODYSSEY 21 DES
Q

8
DES
R

7
OCE
Q

WD
OCE
R

WD
ARC
Q
ARC
R
ISL
Q
ISL
R
JUR
Q
JUR
R
13th 13
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