Nationality German Former teams Veltins MRS Racing Debut season 2007 Starts 53 | Current team Lechner Racing Name Rene Rast Car no. 16 | |
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Born 26 October 1986 (age 37)
Minden (Germany) ( 1986-10-26 ) | ||
Full lap nordschleife audi r8 lms ultra ren rast
René Rast (born 26 October 1986 in Minden) is a German professional racing driver. He claimed overall wins at the 2012 and 2014 24 Hours of Spa and a class win at the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona.
Contents
- Full lap nordschleife audi r8 lms ultra ren rast
- Clubsport shifter s introduction starring ren rast
- Career
- Complete Porsche Supercup results
- Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
- Complete Formula E results
- Complete DTM results
- References
Clubsport shifter s introduction starring ren rast
Career
After competing in karting and Formula BMW, Rast won the 2005 ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup and was runner-up at the 2006 Seat León Supercopa Germany.
In 2007, he switched to sports car racing, where he won Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2008 and 2012, and Porsche Supercup and claimed three championships from 2010 to 2012. Rast also competed at the ADAC GT Masters from 2010 to 2012, winning the title in his last year.
He ran the 2011 12 Hours of Sebring with a Paul Miller Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. Rast won the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona GT class, driving a Magnus Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup with co-drivers Andy Lally, Richard Lietz and team owner John Potter.
Rast won the 2012 and 2014 24 Hours of Spa with a factory-supported Audi R8 LMS with teams Phoenix and WRT respectively.
In the 2013 FIA GT Series, he claimed a win and five podiums with an WRT Audi R8. In the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series, he claimed a win and three podiums. In 2016, he got three podiums with.
Rast debuted at the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans with a Sébastien Loeb Racing Oreca-Nissan, finishing fourth in the LMP2 class. In 2015, he competed at two rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship with a factory Audi R18 e-tron quattro, finishing fourth overall at the 6 Hours of Spa and seventh at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2016, he raced full-time for G-Drive with an Oreca-Nissan LMP2, claiming a win at Bahrain and a second place at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and two third-place finishes at Silverstone and Austin.
Rast debuted at the Formula E at the 2016 Berlin ePrix replacing António Félix da Costa (who has a DTM commitment) at Team Aguri. Later he competed in two rounds of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters with an Audi RS5, finishing sixth at Hockenheim II race 1.
Complete Porsche Supercup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. ‡ As Rast was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
† As Rast was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete Formula E results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete DTM results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)