Jürgen Lässig (February 25, 1943 – February 17, 2022) was a German racing driver.
Lässig began competing in endurance sports car racing, often World Sportscar Championship races in the early 1980s for Obermaier Racing and drove in several 24 Hours of Le Mans races. He and the Kremer Racing team were the winners of the 1995 24 Hours of Daytona. He retired after the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans driving for Kremer.
Career
Lässig made 16 starts in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, including 15 consecutive appearances from 1983-97, being the second German driver in history, behind Hans-Joachim Stuck, who made 19 starts. Lässig achieved seven top-ten finishes, with a best finish of second in 1987, partnered with Frenchman Pierre Yver and Bernard de Dryver of Belgium, in a Primagaz Porsche 962C, just behind the works Porsche 962C driven by Stuck with Al Holbert and Derek Bell. Yver and Lässig raced together during the following five editions of the Le Mans event, taking another podium finish in 1992, third place overall in a Porsche 962C entered by Obermaier Racing, with Otto Altenbach as third driver.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1981 Weralit Racing Team Edgar Dören Gerhard Holup Porsche 935 K3 Gr.5 48 DNF DNF 1983 Obermaier Racing Axel Plankenhorn Desiré Wilson Porsche 956 Gr.C 347 7th 7th 1984 Obermaier Racing George Fouché John Graham Porsche 956 Gr.C1 147 DNF DNF 1985 Obermaier Racing Jesús Pareja Hervé Regout Porsche 956 Gr.C1 357 7th 7th 1986 Obermaier Racing Fulvio Ballabio Dudley Wood Porsche 956 Gr.C1 345 5th 5th 1987 Primagaz Competition Pierre Yver Bernard de Dryver Porsche 962C Gr.C1 335 2nd 2nd 1988 Primagaz Competition Pierre Yver Dudley Wood Porsche 962C Gr.C1 356 11th 11th 1989 Obermaier Racing Primagaz Competition Pierre Yver Paul Belmondo Porsche 962C Gr.C1 61 DNF DNF 1990 Obermaier Racing Pierre Yver Otto Altenbach Porsche 962C Gr.C1 341 9th 9th 1991 Team Salamin Primagaz Obermaier Racing Pierre Yver Otto Altenbach Porsche 962C Cat.2 232 DNF DNF 1992 Obermaier Racing GmbH Pierre Yver Otto Altenbach Porsche 962C Cat.3 297 10th 3rd 1993 Porsche Kremer Racing Giovanni Lavaggi Wayne Taylor Porsche 962CK6 Cat.2 328 12th 7th 1994 Porsche Kremer Racing Derek Bell Robin Donovan Kremer K8 Spyder LMP1-C90 312 6th 4th 1995 Porsche Kremer Racing Franz Konrad Antonio Herrmann de Azevedo Kremer K8 Spyder WSC 163 DNF DNF 1996 Porsche Kremer Racing Christophe Bouchut Harri Toivonen Kremer K8 Spyder LMP1 110 DNF DNF 1997 Porsche Kremer Racing Tomás Saldaña Carl Rosenblad Kremer K8 Spyder LMP1 103 DNF DNF
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