Andreas Wirth (born 19 November 1984 in Heidelberg) is a German racing driver. In 2004 Wirth won the Formula BMW USA championship after coming state-side, and then advanced to the Champ Car Atlantics in 2005 where he raced for two years, winning three races and finishing sixth and third in the championship.
Following up a full 2006 season in Atlantics, Wirth was named to compete in his first Champ Car race in Dale Coyne Racing's entry at Surfer's Paradise, where he finished in ninth place. He then went on to race with Coyne in Mexico City. In 2008, he ran in the Petit Le Mans with PTG Panoz.
For seven seasons, Wirth competed in the ADAC GT Masters series where he tallied a total of nine victories. In 2016, Wirth moved into Prototype racing in the European Le Mans Series with SMP Racing in their LMP2-class BR01 with co-drivers Stefano Coletti and Julián Leal.
Career Wirth began his career in karting in 1998, racing in several junior and senior German Karting series and earning several championships through 2000. In 2001, he placed second in the German Formula Ford Championship, and finished 11th at the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch. He then moved to the Formula BMW ADAC series, finishing ninth in the championship in 2002 and tenth in 2003.
American open-wheel racing In 2004, Wirth moved to the United States, winning the inaugural Formula BMW USA championship with four wins and 11 podiums. He competed in the Atlantic Championship in the 2005 and 2006 seasons, winning three times (Denver 2005, Long Beach and Houston 2006) and finishing third in the championship in 2006. Late in 2006, Wirth ran two Champ Car races for Dale Coyne Racing, finishing ninth at Surfers' Paradise and 15th at Mexico City. After sitting out 2007, Wirth competed in three Atlantic races in 2008 and also drove for Panoz Team PTG at the 2008 Petit Le Mans.
ADAC GT Wirth returned to Europe in 2009, racing for Alpina in the ADAC GT Masters, winning once with co-driver Jens Klingmann. In 2010, he finished sixth in the championship for s-Berg Racing, winning two races with Martin Matzke. Wirth joined Heico Motorsport in 2011, finishing ninth in the championship and winning one race with co-driver Christiaan Frankenhout.
For the next four seasons, Wirth raced in Callaway Competition's GT3 Chevrolet Corvette. His best season was 2014, where he won four races in a partial season alongside the defending champion Daniel Keilwitz, and placed 6th in the championship.
2016 In 2016, Wirth finished third in the European Le Mans Series LMP2 championship with Stefano Coletti, driving the SMP Racing BR01 prototype.
Racing record
American Racing results (key)
Atlantic Championship YearTeam123456789101112RankPoints 2005 Brooks Associates RacingLBHRetMTY8POR13POR22CLE13CLE23TOR3EDM3SJO5DEN1ROADNSMTL 6th 234 2006 Forsythe RacingLBH1HOU1MTY6POR3CLE13CLE218TORRetEDM3SJO18DEN5MTL12ROA3 3rd 227 2008 Brooks Associates RacingLBH9LS8MTT7EDM1EDM2ROA1ROA2TRRNJUTAATL 22nd 45
Champ Car YearTeamNo. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref 2006 Dale Coyne Racing 19LBHHOUMTYMILPORCLETOREDMSJODENMTLROASRF9MXC15 20th 19
ADAC GT Masters
YearTeamCarCo-Driver Points Position2009 AlpinaAlpina B6 GT3 Jens Klingmann 23 14th2010 s-Berg RacingAlpina B6 GT3 Martin Matzke 44 6th2011 Heico MotorsportMercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Christiaan Frankenhout 90 9th2012 Callaway CompetitionCorvette Z06.R GT3 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 42 19th2013 Callaway CompetitionCorvette Z06.R GT3 Christian Hohenadel1924th2014 Callaway CompetitionCorvette Z06.R GT3 Daniel Keilwitz 118 6th2015 Callaway CompetitionCorvette Z06.R GT3 Daniel Keilwitz 104 7th
Complete European Le Mans Series results Co-Drivers: Stefano Coletti, Julian Leal, Vitaly Petrov Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2016 SMP Racing LMP2 BR Engineering BR01 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL2 IMO4 RBR4 LEC2 SPA6 EST3 3rd 83
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points 2016 Panoz DeltaWing Racing P DeltaWing DWC13 Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L I4 Turbo DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL MOS ELK COA PET 36th 20
References
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