Team Rosberg GmbH is a motor racing organisation that competes in single-seater and touring car disciplines in Europe. It was founded in 1994 by former Formula One world champion Keke Rosberg, of Finland. It is headquartered at Neustadt an der Weinstraße in Germany, and competes under a German racing licence.

Touring cars (1995–present) After his retirement from Formula One in 1986, Keke Rosberg stayed involved in racing, competing with Peugeot's World Sports Car Championship operation in the early 1990s. He entered Germany's top-level touring car championship – the DTM – in 1992, driving first for Mercedes-AMG,History of AMG Worldcarfans.com. Retrieved on January 28, 2007. and then for Opel Team Joest.

The DTM and ITC

It was in 1994 that he decided to begin the transition into team ownership, and the newly formed Team Rosberg became part of Opel's DTM program in 1995. In this first year, Keke Rosberg continued driving alongside reigning champion Klaus Ludwig in a pair of Calibra V6 coupes.Team History Rosberg.de. Retrieved on January 28, 2007. The Calibra was not as competitive as the Mercedes C-Klasse; Ludwig achieved Opel's only race win of the season on his way to 3rd in the drivers' championship, and Team Rosberg was ranked in 6th place in the teams' standings.

In 1996, Rosberg retired from driving to concentrate on team management. As the DTM evolved into the short-lived International Touring car Championship, Ludwig moved to another Opel squad Zakspeed. JJ Lehto, managed by Rosberg at the time joined the team along with Hans-Joachim Stuck. Stuck won in Helsinki and finished in 6th place in the standings.Hans Stuck - Official website Retrieved on January 28, 2007. Lehto achieved several podiums but failed to win a race.

Super Touring

After the collapse of the ITC, Team Rosberg transferred to the Super Tourenwagen Cup, Germany's Supertouring series. Rosberg managed Nissan's factory program in 1997 and 1998, with a pair of Nissan Primeras for Roland Asch and Sascha Maassen. Asch was the highest ranked Nissan driver, finishing eighth in the 1997 championship. 1998 was no different; Asch again finished eighth overall, and Maassen's replacement, Michael Krumm, finished ninth.Driver Database Retrieved on January 28, 2007.

When Nissan's factory participation in the STC came to an end, Rosberg took a sabbatical from touring cars in 1999 and became involved in formula racing for the first time.

The reborn DTM

Team Rosberg promptly took the opportunity to participate in the DTM again when it was recreated at the turn of the millennium. While it might have been expected to renew its association with Opel, it instead partnered with Mercedes-AMG. It was one of fourAMG ran its four cars under two different banners, according to title sponsorship. teams running CLK DTMs, with Darren Turner and Pedro Lamy on driving duty. It was a respectable season, in which Rosberg was classified 7th in the teams' standings, while Lamy and Turner were classified 13th and 14th overall.2000 DTM season Speedsportmag.com. Retrieved on June 19, 2007.

In 2001, with only the factory AMG team running 2001-spec CLKs, good results were harder to find. The lack of success prompted Lamy to leave to team, with David Saelens taking his place. Turner was the highest placed of the three drivers, in 15th position overall, and Rosberg was left in 8th place in the teams' standings.2001 DTM season Speedsportmag.com. Retrieved on June 19, 2007.

The next two years saw a continuation of Rosberg's position as a Mercedes team running year-old cars, with two cars for Stefan Mücke and Christijan Albers in 2002, and two cars for Mücke (later replaced by Patrick Huisman) and Gary Paffett in 2003. Albers and Paffett both graduated to the factory AMG line-up in 2003 and 2004 respectively, and Paffett became the DTM champion in 2005.2005 DTM standings Speedsportmag.com. Retrieved on June 19, 2007.

When the relationship between Rosberg and Mercedes ended after the 2004 season, it spent 2005 away from touring cars, while considering alternative programs. One such option, which did not come to fruition, was the possibility of running the Prodrive-built Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 car in the FIA GT Championship.Rosberg in frame for Aston Martin Retrieved on January 28, 2007.

The hiatus was ended with the opportunity to return to the DTM, not as a Mercedes customer, but as an Audi customer in 2006. Rosberg ran a brace of 2005-spec A4 saloons for Frank Stippler and Timo Scheider, which resulted in 4th position in the teams' standings and 10th in the drivers' championship for Scheider.2006 DTM standings Speedsportmag.com. Retrieved on June 19, 2007.

In 2007, Team Rosberg ran Mike Rockenfeller and Lucas Luhr to 12th and 17th in the Drivers' Championship. Luhr's lack of results (he scored only one point) resulted in him returning to the American Le Mans Series, where he was considerably more successful, becoming 2008 LMP1 champion with the Audi R10.

Team Rosberg has continued to race Audi cars in DTM, with 2019 as its most successful recent season. René Rast won 7 races throughout the nine race weekends, Jamie Green won 1 race, helping the team to first in that year's championship.

Formula racing (1999–2005) When Team Rosberg left the Super Tourenwagen Cup, it made the jump to formula racing. In 1999, it began a dual program at national level in Germany, with entry into Formula Three and the first iteration of Formula BMW. In the German F3 Championship, it ran future DTM and prototype driver Pierre Kaffer to 8th place in the standings, while its three-car Formula BMW line-up resulted in 2nd and 3rd in the championship for Giorgio Mecataff and Hannu Wiinikainen.

During its touring car return in 2000, Rosberg maintained its presence in formula racing. Hannu Wiinikainen graduated to the two-car F3 team, and the FBMW team was expanded to four cars. It again took the runner-up position in the drivers' championship, this time with Kimmo Liimatainen. It also ran future Formula One driver Christian Klien. Klien led the FBMW line-up in 2001, and finished 3rd in the championship.Driver Database Retrieved on January 28, 2007.

That year also saw the debut in the German F3 Championship of future DTM champion Gary Paffett. He stayed with Rosberg in 2002 and won the drivers' championship. Rosberg also secured the teams' title in what became its most successful season.2002 German F3 season Speedsportmag.com. Retrieved on June 19, 2007. In Formula BMW ADAC, Nico Rosberg won the championship in his rookie season, driving for his father's team under the banner of VIVA Racing. When Rosberg's Formula 3 team moved to the new Euroseries in its inaugural year, Nico graduated with it, and stayed for two years before moving on to GP2 in 2005.

Team Rosberg took on Austria's A1 Grand Prix franchise in 2005, but Austria ended its involvement after one season, due to a lack of results. Rosberg's entry finished 19th in the standings.2005 A1 GP season Speedsportmag.com. Retrieved on June 19, 2007. At the same time, Rosberg ended its participation in Formula BMW ADAC and the F3 Euroseries at the end of 2005, concentrating instead on its DTM association with Audi.

Results

Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft and International Touring car Championship results Year Series Car Drivers Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C. 1995 DTM Opel Calibra V6 Klaus LudwigLudwig career results driverdb.com 2 0 80 3rd 4th Keke RosbergK.Rosberg career results driverdb.com 0 0 17 18th ITC Opel Calibra V6 Klaus Ludwig 0 0 21 14th 8th Keke Rosberg 0 0 3 20th 1996 ITC Opel Calibra V6 Jyrki JärvilehtoJärvilehto career results driverdb.com 0 0 148 5th 4th Hans-Joachim StuckStuck career results driverdb.com 2 1 112 9th

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters resultsDTM complete results speedsportmag.com Year Car Drivers Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C. 2000 AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM Pedro Lamy 0 0 0 39 13th 6th Darren Turner 0 0 0 19 14th 2001 AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM Pedro Lamy 0 0 0 12 16th 8th Darren Turner 0 0 0 15 15th 2002 AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM Christijan Albers 0 0 0 5 12th 6th Stefan Mücke 0 0 0 0 NC 2003 AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM Gary Paffett 0 0 0 4 11th 5th Stefan Mücke 0 0 0 0 NC Patrick Huisman 0 0 0 0 NC 2004 AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM Jarek Janis 0 0 0 0 NC NC Bernd Mayländer 0 0 0 0 NC 2006 Audi A4 DTM 2005 Timo Scheider 0 0 0 12 10th 4th Frank Stippler 0 0 0 3 14th 2007 Audi A4 DTM 2005 Mike Rockenfeller 0 0 0 11 12th 6th Lucas Luhr 0 0 0 1 17th2008Audi A4 DTM 2007 Mike Rockenfeller000611th7th Markus Winkelhock000612th2009Audi A4 DTM 2008 Mike Rockenfeller000414th7th Markus Winkelhock0001110th2010Audi A4 DTM 2008 Markus Winkelhock000712th8th Katherine Legge0000NC2011Audi A4 DTM 2008 Filipe Albuquerque000912th6th Edoardo Mortara100219th2012Audi A5 DTM Edoardo Mortara210825th4th Filipe Albuquerque0002611th2013Audi RS5 DTM Edoardo Mortara000321st11th Filipe Albuquerque0001618th2014Audi RS5 DTM Jamie Green0004310th7th Nico Müller0011019th2015Audi RS5 DTM Nico Müller0002621st5th Jamie Green423150 2nd2016Audi RS5 DTM Adrien Tambay0004018th4th Jamie Green123145 3rd René Rast000823rd2017Audi RS5 DTM René Rast234179 1ststyle="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st Jamie Green325173 3rd2018Audi RS5 DTM René Rast721251 2ndstyle="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd Jamie Green0012718th2019Audi RS5 Turbo DTM 2019 Pietro Fittipaldi0022215thstyle="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st René Rast782322 1st Jamie Green1201158th2020Audi RS5 Turbo DTM 2020 René Rast777353 1ststyle="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd Jamie Green001988th2021Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo Nico Müller0025610th8th Dev Gore000022nd Christopher Haase000121st2022Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II Dev Gore0003017th5th Nico Müller1101057th

A1 Grand Prix resultsA1GP complete results results.a1gp.com Year Car Team Wins Poles Fast laps Points T.C. 2005-06 Lola-Zytek A1 Team Austria 0 0 0 14 19th

Formula Three Euroseries resultsFormula 3 Euroseries complete results speedsportmag.com Year Car Drivers Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C. 2003 Dallara F303-Spiess Opel Nico Rosberg 1 1 2 45 8th 6th Andreas Zuber 0 0 0 2 24th 2004 Dallara F303-Spiess Opel Nico Rosberg 3 2 2 70 4th 6th Andreas Zuber 0 0 0 0 NC 2005 Dallara F303-Spiess Opel Giedo van der Garde 0 1 1 34 9th 7th Kohei Hirate 0 0 0 18 12th

Formula Three Special races results Year Car Race Driver Pole Fast lap Pos. 2003 Dallara F303-Spiess Opel Masters of Formula 3 Andreas ZuberZuber career results driverdb.com no no 26th 2004 Dallara F303-Spiess Opel Masters of Formula 3 Nico RosbergN.Rosberg career results driverdb.com no no 6th Andreas Zuber no no 25th F3 Macau Grand Prix Nico Rosberg NC Bahrain F3 Superprix Nico Rosberg 2nd 2005 Dallara F303-Spiess Opel Masters of Formula 3 Kohei HirateHirate career results driverdb.com no no 5th Giedo van der Gardevan der Garde career results driverdb.com no no 6th F3 Macau Grand Prix Kohei Hirate NC

German Formula Three Championship resultsGerman Formula 3 complete results speedsportmag.com Year Car Drivers Wins Poles Fast laps Points D.C. T.C. 1999 Dallara F399-Sodemo Renault Pierre Kaffer 0 2 1 71.5 8th 7th Kari Mäenpää 0 0 0 2 21st Wouter van Eeuwijk 0 0 0 0 NC 2000 Dallara F399-Sodemo Renault Kari Mäenpää 0 0 0 15 21st 15th Hannu Viinikainen 0 0 0 1 28th 2001 Dallara F301-Sodemo Renault Gary Paffett 1 1 2 123 6th 6th Laurent Delahaye 0 0 0 4 26th 2002 Dallara F302-Spiess Opel Gary Paffett 7 6 6 83 1ststyle="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st Kimmo Liimatainen 1 1 0 22 10th D.C. = Drivers' Championship position, T.C. = Teams' Championship position.

Timeline 1990s 2000s 2010s95969798990001020304050607080910111213141516 Sports car DTM STW DTM ADAC GT Masters FIA GT3 Formulas German F3 F3 Euro Series Formula BMW ADAC A1 GP

References

External links