Lechner Racing, formerly known as Walter Lechner Racing is an auto racing team based in Austria. It is also known as the Lechner Racing School. Lechner Racing has established the Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East and organizes the series as a subcontractor of Porsche AG.
History Sports car racing Walter Lechner Racing competed in the Interserie in the 1990s and developed their own car in conjunction with Reynard Motorsport, the Lechner Spyder SC91. Since then, the team has actively competed in the Porsche Supercup series since 2003. They won their first Teams' Championship title in 2005 and two more followed in 2007 and 2008. In 2005, the team won both trophies as Alessandro Zampedri collected the Drivers' Championship with a win at the Circuit de Catalunya. Drivers such as Richard Westbrook, Damien Faulkner, Danny Watts and Patrick Huisman have also driven for the team over the years and were successful, winning many races. In 2009 the team failed to win a race, although Štefan Rosina came in third place in the overall drivers' standings. Furthermore, in 2011 Lechner Racing achieved a great success by claiming Double Pole and Double Podium during the Porsche Carrera World Cup with more than 100 cars participating. Since 2009, Lechner Racing is to appointed contractor of the Porsche AG to organize the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East which is running in Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
Former Series Results ADAC Formula 4 Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C. 2015Tatuus F4-T014 Florian Janits120000037thN/A Kevin Kratz60000050th Marcel Lenerz60000035th Max Hofer30000051st2016Tatuus F4-T014 Yannik Brandt230000032nd5th Thomas Preining242206180.54th Michael Waldeherr1800002816th† Marylin Niederhauser80000045th2017Tatuus F4-T014 Richard Wagner210000025th8th Mick Wishofer210000123rd Artem Petrov1010025615th† † Shared results with other Team
Italian F4 Championship Year Car Drivers Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points D.C. T.C.2016Tatuus F4-T014 Yannik Brandt20000042ndNC Thomas Preining30000037th
Timeline Current series Porsche Supercup 2003–presentPorsche Sprint Challenge Middle East 2009–present Porsche Carrera Cup France 2020–present Former series German Formula Three Championship 1978–1979, 1981–1986, 1988–1989 World Sportscar Championship 1987–1989 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup 2000–2001 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2004, 2009, 2012, 2014–2016, 2018–2019 International GT Open 2013–2018, 2020–2021 GT4 European Series 2014, 2018 ADAC Formula 4 2015–2017 Italian Formula 4 Championship 2016Intercontinental GT Challenge2020
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