Uwe Alzen
Best finish | 2nd (1998) |
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Class wins | 1 (1999) |
Uwe Alzen (born 18 August 1967) is a German racing driver specialised in touring car racing and sports car racing.
Biography
He won the 1992
In 1996 he raced in the full Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft International Touring Car Championship, driving an Opel Calibra V6. When this series was discontinued, he raced for Opel in the German Super Tourenwagen Cup. Alzen celebrated an apparent championship win in 1999 for Opel under controversial circumstances after a last corner incident involving his teammate Roland Asch and his main rival for the championship Christian Abt. Alzen, who was leading the race at the time, barely limped to 2nd place after crashing with Abt's teammate Kris Nissen, whom he was trying to lap seconds earlier at the chicane. Weeks later though, his Championship win was stripped and was given to his rival, Christian Abt, after an amateur video proved that Asch had deliberately crashed into Abt.
Alzen continued with Opel in 2000 in the new
Alzen won the GT1 category of the 1998 24 Hours of Daytona in a Rohr Motorsport Porsche 911 GT1 Evo.[1]
Alzen was also a competitor in the
Uwe Alzen and his elder brother
Nürburgring-Fans voted him Driver of the Year 2004.
Due to rule changes for 2006, also the Alzen brothers discontinued their use of a turbo engine in favor of a normally aspirated
In 2008 Uwe Alzen entered the Speedcar International Series, racing for Phoenix Racing, winning two races and finishing third overall.
In January 2012 Alzen is confirmed for a full season driving a BMW in the American Le Mans Series sharing a car with Jörg Müller.
Racing record
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1998 | Porsche AG
|
Jörg Müller Bob Wollek |
Porsche 911 GT1-98 | GT1 | 350 | 2nd | 2nd |
1999 | Manthey Racing | Patrick Huisman Luca Riccitelli |
Porsche 911 GT3-R | GT | 317 | 13th | 1st |
2010 | BMW Motorsport | Jörg Müller Augusto Farfus |
BMW M3 GT2
|
GT2 | 320 | 19th | 6th |
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/Masters results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Pos. | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1993
|
Persson Motorsport | Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2 | ZOL 1 Ret |
ZOL 2 11 |
HOC 1 5 |
HOC 2 9 |
NÜR 1 Ret |
NÜR 2 DNS |
WUN 1 9 |
WUN 2 9 |
NÜR 1 23 |
NÜR 2 12 |
NOR 1 7 |
NOR 2 7 |
DON 1 9 |
DON 2 7 |
DIE 1 8 |
DIE 2 7 |
ALE 1 |
ALE 2 |
AVU 1 7 |
AVU 2 7 |
HOC 1 8 |
HOC 2 Ret |
11th | 40 | ||
1994
|
Persson Motorsport | Mercedes 190E Class 1 | ZOL 1 11 |
ZOL 2 11 |
HOC 1 13 |
HOC 2 13 |
NÜR 1 11 |
NÜR 2 13 |
MUG 1 15 |
MUG 2 11 |
NÜR 1 13 |
NÜR 2 11 |
NOR 1 Ret |
NOR 2 Ret |
DON 1 12 |
DON 2 6 |
DIE 1 13 |
DIE 2 12 |
NÜR 1 14 |
NÜR 2 11 |
AVU 1 12 |
AVU 2 10 |
ALE 1 12 |
ALE 2 8 |
HOC 1 14 |
HOC 2 11 |
18th | 4 |
1995
|
Persson Motorsport | Mercedes C-Class V6
|
HOC 1 11 |
HOC 2 Ret |
AVU 1 Ret |
AVU 2 12 |
NOR 1 15 |
NOR 2 Ret |
DIE 1 Ret |
DIE 2 Ret |
NÜR 1 9 |
NÜR 2 8 |
ALE 1 12 |
ALE 2 9 |
HOC 1 3 |
HOC 2 2 |
14th | 34 | ||||||||||
2000
|
OPC Team Holzer | Opel Astra V8 Coupé | HOC 1 Ret |
HOC 2 DNS |
OSC 1 Ret |
OSC 2 9 |
NOR 1 8 |
NOR 2 6 |
SAC 1 Ret |
SAC 2 Ret |
NÜR 1 10 |
NÜR 2 13 |
OSC 1 1 |
OSC 2 4 |
NÜR 1 3 |
NÜR 2 6 |
HOC 1 1 |
HOC 2 1 |
6th | 100 | ||||||||
2001
|
Team Warsteiner AMG | AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM
|
HOC QR 5 |
HOC CR 4 |
NÜR QR 7 |
NÜR CR 19 |
OSC QR 4 |
OSC CR 3 |
SAC QR 11 |
SAC CR Ret |
NOR QR 2 |
NOR CR 1 |
LAU QR 1 |
LAU CR Ret |
NÜR QR 2 |
NÜR CR 2 |
A1R QR 3 |
A1R CR 3 |
ZAN QR 7 |
ZAN CR 1 |
HOC QR 7 |
HOC CR 7 |
2nd | 101 | ||||
2002
|
HWA Team | AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM
|
HOC QR 9 |
HOC CR 11 |
ZOL QR 8 |
ZOL CR 7 |
DON QR Ret |
DON CR DNS |
SAC QR 11 |
SAC CR 9 |
NOR QR 2 |
NOR CR 5 |
LAU QR 9 |
LAU CR Ret |
NÜR QR 1 |
NÜR CR 1 |
A1R QR 5 |
A1R CR 4 |
ZAN QR 7 |
ZAN CR 17 |
HOC QR 8 |
HOC CR 3 |
6th | 24 |
Complete International Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | Pos. | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1995
|
Persson Motorsport | Mercedes C-Class V6
|
MUG 1 14 |
MUG 2 9 |
HEL 1 NC |
HEL 2 4 |
DON 1 7 |
DON 2 7 |
EST 1 13 |
EST 2 12 |
MAG 1 9 |
MAG 2 7 |
12th | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
1996
|
Opel Team Zakspeed | Opel Calibra V6 4x4 | HOC 1 8 |
HOC 2 6 |
NÜR 1 18 |
NÜR 2 4 |
EST 1 5 |
EST 2 2 |
HEL 1 13 |
HEL 2 Ret |
NOR 1 2 |
NOR 2 2 |
DIE 1 11 |
DIE 2 10 |
SIL 1 13 |
SIL 2 Ret |
NÜR 1 12 |
NÜR 2 6 |
MAG 1 4 |
MAG 2 13 |
MUG 1 7 |
MUG 2 3 |
HOC 1 3 |
HOC 2 Ret |
INT 1 Ret |
INT 2 DNS |
SUZ 1 9 |
SUZ 2 12 |
8th | 119 |
Partial Porsche Supercup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2003
|
Porsche AG
|
Porsche 996 GT3
|
ITA
|
ESP
|
AUT
|
MON | GER 12 |
FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | ITA
|
USA | USA | NC‡ | 0‡ |
2005
|
Konrad Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3
|
ITA
|
ESP
|
MON | GER | USA 14 |
USA 4 |
FRA 2 |
GBR 4 |
GER 6 |
HUN Ret |
ITA 20† |
BEL 3 |
10th | 87 |
2006
|
PZ Koblenz | Porsche 997 GT3
|
BHR 1 |
ITA Ret |
GER 7 |
ESP 4 |
MON 4 |
GBR 1 |
USA 9 |
USA 9 |
FRA 1 |
GER 2 |
HUN 5 |
ITA 1 |
2nd | 166 |
2007
|
SPS Automotive | Porsche 997 GT3
|
BHR 2 |
BHR 1 |
ESP Ret |
MON 4 |
FRA 1 |
GBR 6 |
GER 10 |
HUN 18 |
TUR 3 |
ITA 3 |
BEL 13 |
3rd | 128 | |
2008
|
SPS Automotive | Porsche 997 GT3
|
BHR 8 |
BHR 4 |
ESP 10 |
TUR 4 |
MON 4 |
FRA 6 |
GBR | GER | HUN | ESP | BEL | ITA
|
13th | 67 |
† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ — Not eligible for points.
References
- ^ "02/01/1998 race: 24 Hours of Daytona (GA) - Racing-Reference.info". www.racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
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