Rutronik Racing
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Rutronik Racing also known as HCB-Rutronik Racing is a German racing team from Remchingen. The team mainly competes in the GT World Challenge. The team was originally founded by Hans-Christoph Behler as HCB Management Gmbh, but was renamed following sponsorship from electronic components distributor Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH [1]
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| Founded | 2010 |
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| Founder(s) | Hans-Christoph Behler |
| Base | Remchingen |
| Current series | GT World Challenge |
| Former series | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup |
| Current drivers |  Antares Au Loek Hartog Sven Müller Patric Niederhauser Alessio Picariello Eshan Pieris Morris Schuring |
| Teams' Championships | ADAC GTM (2019) |
| Drivers' Championships | ADAC GTM (2019  Kelvin van der Linde) |
| Website | https://rutronikracing.com |
History
Founded in 2010, the team competed in the FIA GT World Cup in 2018 as Audi Sport Team Rutronik. In 2019, the team entered the ADAC GT Masters. The team was a customer sport team from Audi Sport Customer Racing and used 10 Audi GT3 cars in two championships.[2]
The racing team won the driver and team classification in its debut season in 2019.
Rutronik Racing will field two Porsche 911 GT3 R in 2024.
Results
ADAC GT Masters
| Year | Car | Drivers | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Kelvin van der Linde Patric Niederhauser |
205 | 1st | 1st |
| Dennis Marschall Carrie Schreiner |
22 | 24th | |||
| 2020 | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Kelvin van der Linde Patric Niederhauser |
160 | 4th | 4th |
| Dennis Marschall |
33 | 24th | |||
| Carrie Schreiner |
24 | 28th | |||
| Hamza Owega |
9 | 36th | |||
| 2021 | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Dennis Marschall Kim-Luis Schramm |
85 | 11th | 8th |
| Elia Erhart |
19 | 31st | |||
| Pierre Kaffer |
11 | 38th | |||
 Mattia Drudi |
8 | 39th | |||
| 2022 | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | Dennis Marschall Kim-Luis Schramm |
120 | 6th | 5th |
| Luca Engstler Patric Niederhauser |
104 | 14th |
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
| Year | Car | Catégory | Drivers | Points | Position | Catégory position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | Sven Müller
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41 | 5th | 5th |
| Bronze | Dennis Marschall
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0 | NC | 3rd | ||
| 2025 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | Sven Müller
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TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Silver | Loek Hartog
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TBD | TBD | TBD |
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
| Year | Car | Catégory | Drivers | Points | Position | Catégory position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro |  Kévin Estre Richard Lietz Sven Müller |
0 | NC | NC |
| 2023 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | Laurin Heinrich
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38 | 7th | 7th |
| 2024 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | Sven Müller
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| Bronze |  Dustin Blattner
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| 2025 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | Sven Müller
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TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Bronze | Antares Au
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TBD | TBD | TBD |
Former series results
FIA GT World Cup
| Year | Car | Drivers | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Audi R8 LMS | Fabian Plentz |
8th |
| Tommy Tulpe |
18th | ||
| 2017 | Audi R8 LMS |  Lucas di Grassi |
DNF |
| Fabian Plentz |
DNS | ||
| 2018 | Audi R8 LMS | Christopher Haase |
6th |
| 2019 | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Kelvin van der Linde |
10th |
24 Hours of Spa
| Year | Car | Category | Drivers | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | Kévin Estre Richard Lietz Sven Müller |
DNF |
| 2023 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | Laurin Heinrich
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5th |
| 2024 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | Julien Andlauer
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9th |
| Porsche 911 GT3 R | Bronze | Dustin Blattner
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DNF |
24 Hours of Nürburgring
| Year | Car | Category | Drivers | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | SP 9 Pro | Julien Andlauer Romain Dumas Tobias Müller Laurens Vanthoor |
DNF |
| 2023 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | SP 9 Pro | Julien Andlauer Matteo Cairoli Dennis Olsen |
5th |
