Daniel la Rosa (born 10 October 1985 in Hanau, West Germany) is a German former racing driver.
Motor Racing Following several years in kart racing, la Rosa moved to the open wheel Formula König series in 2001. He finished third in the championship, winning one race, five podiums and a fastest lap. The following season, la Rosa joined Formula Volkswagen where he won one race, finishing the season in eighth place. He would move to the Formula 3 Euroseries in 2003, racing for MB Racing in the Opel-powered Dallara. After scoring one point that season, in 2004, la Rosa moved teams and scored 15 points with one podium, in a season where he also competed in one race of the Masters of Formula 3, and two in the Italian Formula 3 series.
For 2005, la Rosa stepped up to Formula Renault 3.5 with Interwetten Racing. His season started poorly, when he opted not to start the first two rounds at Zolder. However, a podium at Le Mans was a highlight of a season where he would ultimately finish 18th.
La Rosa's open wheel racing career stalled, and he moved to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters with Mücke Motorsport, racing for Mercedes. He would finish the season in 15th. For 2007, la Rosa continued racing for Mercedes but now with TrekStor AMG, for whom he scored a podium at the opening round of the season at the Hockenheimring. He was released from the team at the end of the season.
In 2008, la Rosa tested for the Superleague Formula series. He wouldn't race competitively until 2010, winning the one race he entered in the Volkswagen Scirocco R Cup Germany. His last competitive race came in the same series in 2011.
After racing Following his racing career, la Rosa works as a sales consultant for Porsche Centre Aschaffenburg.
Racing record Complete Formula Three Euro Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2003 MB Racing Performance Dallara F302/083 Opel HOC118 HOC219 ADR117 ADR214 PAU1Ret PAU212 NOR118 NOR28 LMS121 LMS216† NÜR1Ret NÜR216 A1R114 A1R218 ZAN112 ZAN220 HOC1Ret HOC211 MAG116 MAG215 26th 1 2004 HBR Motorsport Dallara F304/012 Opel HOC125† HOC29 EST111 EST211 ADR118 ADR13 PAU1DNS PAU2DNS NOR110 NOR1Ret MAG115 MAG215 NÜR14 NÜR2Ret ZAN17 ZAN27 BRN1Ret BRN215 HOC1Ret HOC212 14th 15 † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points 2005 Interwetten.com ZOL1DNS ZOL2DNS MON18 VAL113 VAL213 LMS12 LMS2Ret BIL112 BIL2Ret OSC18 OSC2Ret DON124 DON2Ret EST1 EST2 MNZ1 MNZ2 18th 18
Complete DTM results (key) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Points 2006 Mücke Motorsport AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005 HOC14 LAURet OSC11 BRH12 NORRet NÜR16 ZAN10 CAT7 BUGRet HOCRet 15th 2 2007 Mücke Motorsport AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006 HOC3 OSC14 LAU16 BRHRet NOR12 MUG5 ZANDNS NÜR14 CATDSQ HOC10 13th 10
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