Mike Rockenfeller | ||||||||||
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Nationality | German | |||||||||
Born | Neuwied, West Germany | 31 October 1983|||||||||
DTM career | ||||||||||
Debut season | 2007 | |||||||||
Current team | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | |||||||||
Car number | 99 | |||||||||
Former teams | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | |||||||||
Starts | 193 | |||||||||
Championships | 1 (2013) | |||||||||
Wins | 6 | |||||||||
Podiums | 32 | |||||||||
Poles | 7 | |||||||||
Fastest laps | 9 | |||||||||
Finished last season | 4th | |||||||||
Previous series | ||||||||||
2008200620052002-20042001 | Le Mans Series Rolex Sports Car Series FIA GT German Carrera Cup Formula König | |||||||||
Championship titles | ||||||||||
2013200820052004 | DTM Le Mans Series FIA GT Championship GT2 German Carrera Cup | |||||||||
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Mike Rockenfeller (born 31 October 1983), nicknamed "Rocky", is a German professional racing driver, currently an Audi factory driver competing in the DTM. He won his first DTM title in 2013, driving for Audi Sport Team Phoenix.
Career[edit]
Rockenfeller began racing karts in 1995 at age of 11, winning the Bambini North state championship. He competed in various local and national karting series in the 1990s. In 2002, he won the Jörg van Ommen Kart Cup Super Series.
In 2001, Rockenfeller moved to cars, and finished 4th in the Formula König championship, winning one race. In 2002, he joined the Porsche Junior team and raced in the German Carrera Cup, finishing 10th, and in a partial Porsche Supercup season. In 2003, he finished 2nd in the German Carrera Cup championship, and made his American Le Mans Series debut at Petit Le Mans, finishing 10th in GT2 class. In 2004, Rockenfeller won the German Carrera Cup and also won two races in Porsche Supercup. That year he also raced in the 12 Hours of Sebring, the 1000km of Nürburgring, and Petit Le Mans.
2005 became Rockenfeller's breakthrough year. He became a full Porsche factory driver and won the GT2 class driver championship title in the FIA GT Championship driving with Marc Lieb for GruppeM Racing. He collected 6 class wins, including the Spa 24 Hours. Rockenfeller also won the GT2 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving with Lieb and Leo Hindrey for Alex Job Racing. 2006 saw him race again in the ALMS and Grand-Am series for Alex Job. He won in the ALMS at Houston and finished second in LMP2 class at Petit Le Mans, driving a Porsche RS Spyder for Penske Racing. He also took two Grand-Am wins.
For 2007, Rockenfeller became an Audi factory driver and raced an A4 DTM for Audi Sport Team Rosberg in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. He also participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans driving an Audi R10. In addition to DTM and having already moderate experience with Le Mans Prototype cars, in 2008 he drove for Audi Sport Team Joest in the Le Mans Series, alongside Alexandre Prémat. Despite not winning any races, Rockenfeller and Prémat won the title at the 2008 1000 km of Silverstone, after an accident on lap 46 for the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP of Nicolas Minassian and Marc Gené. He also participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, occupying the third Audi entry with Prémat and Lucas Luhr. After qualifying fifth, their entry finished in fourth place overall, seven laps down on winning team-mates Rinaldo Capello, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish.
For 2009, Rockenfeller continues in the DTM with Team Rosberg.[1]
Rockenfeller started the 2010 racing season winning the Rolex 24 At Daytona overall in the Action Express Racing Porsche Riley with co-drivers João Barbosa, Terry Borcheller, and Ryan Dalziel.
In the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rockenfeller was involved in a horrific accident while passing a slower GTE vehicle at 5:49 into the race. Shortly after nightfall, he was involved in a violent crash at the kinks on the straight between Mulsanne Corner and Indianapolis after near contact with the number 71 car of Robert Kauffman. Rockenfeller then climbed from his car and jumped to safety over the Armco barrier. He sustained a small flesh wound on his right arm and was admitted into a hospital overnight for observation.
Rockenfeller took part in the 2014 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona race[2] in the Spirit of Daytona Corvette Daytona Prototype with Richard Westbrook and Michael Valiante.
Accolades[edit]
- FIA GT Championship GT2 Champion: 2005
- 24 Hours Nürburgring overall winner: 2006
- 24 Hours of Le Mans GT2 winner: 2005
- Spa 24 Hours GT2 winner: 2005
- 24 Hours of Daytona overall winner: 2010
- 24 Hours of Le Mans overall winner: 2010
- Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Champion: 2013
Racing record[edit]
Complete Porsche Supercup results[edit]
(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 | DC | Points |
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2002 | UPS Porsche-Junior Team | Porsche 996 GT3 | IMO 10 | CAT | A1R | MON | NÜR 12 | SIL | HOC Ret | HUN 8 | SPA | MNZ | IND | IND | NC‡ | 0‡ |
2003 | UPS Porsche-Junior Team | Porsche 996 GT3 | IMO | CAT | A1R | MON Ret | NÜR 1 | MAG | SIL 2 | HOC 5 | HUN | MNZ Ret | IND | IND | NC‡ | 0‡ |
2004 | UPS Porsche-Junior Team | Porsche 996 GT3 | IMO | CAT | MON 1 | IND | IND | MAG | SIL 2 | HOC 1 | HUN 3 | SPA | MNZ 8 | NC‡ | 0‡ | |
Eichin Racing-PZ Freiburg | NÜR 2 |
‡ - Not eligible for points.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[edit]
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2004 | Orbit Racing BAM! | Marc Lieb Leo Hindery | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | GT | 223 | DNF | DNF |
2005 | Alex Job Racing BAM! Motorsport | Marc Lieb Leo Hindery | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 332 | 10th | 1st |
2007 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Lucas Luhr Alexandre Prémat | Audi R10 TDI | LMP1 | 23 | DNF | DNF |
2008 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Lucas Luhr Alexandre Prémat | Audi R10 TDI | LMP1 | 374 | 4th | 4th |
2009 | Audi Sport North America | Marco Werner Lucas Luhr | Audi R15 TDI | LMP1 | 104 | DNF | DNF |
2010 | Audi Sport North America | Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas | Audi R15 TDI plus | LMP1 | 397 | 1st | 1st |
2011 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas | Audi R18 TDI | LMP1 | 116 | DNF | DNF |
2012 | Audi Sport North America | Oliver Jarvis Marco Bonanomi | Audi R18 ultra | LMP1 | 375 | 3rd | 3rd |
2018 | Corvette Racing - GM | Jan Magnussen Antonio García | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | GTE Pro | 342 | 18th | 4th |
2019 | Corvette Racing | Jan Magnussen Antonio García | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | GTE Pro | 337 | 28th | 8th |
24 Hours of Daytona results[edit]
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2004 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Johannes van Overbeek Lonnie Pechnik Seth Neiman Peter Cunningham | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | GT | 523 | 3rd | 2nd |
2005 | Brumos Racing | J.C. France Hurley Haywood Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas | Fabcar FDSC/03-Porsche | DP | 432 | 44th DNF | 21st DNF |
2006 | Alex Job Racing/Emory Motorsports | Patrick Long Lucas Luhr | Crawford DP03-Porsche | DP | 731 | 3rd | 3rd |
2008 | SAMAX | Allan McNish Lucas Luhr Henry Zogaib | Riley Mk. XI-Pontiac | DP | 233 | 55th DNF | 20th DNF |
2010 | Action Express Racing | João Barbosa Terry Borcheller Ryan Dalziel | Riley Mk. XI-Porsche | DP | 755 | 1st | 1st |
2012 | Flying Lizard Motorsports with Wright Motorsports | Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long Seth Neiman | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | GT | 706 | 26th | 15th |
2013 | Action Express Racing | João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Burt Frisselle | Coyote Corvette DP | DP | 708 | 4th | 4th |
2014 | Spirit of Daytona Racing | Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook | Coyote Corvette DP | P | 693 | 4th | 4th |
2015 | VisitFlorida.com Racing | Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook | Coyote Corvette DP | P | 734 | 3rd | 3rd |
2016 | Corvette Racing | Antonio García Jan Magnussen | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | GTLM | 722 | 8th | 2nd |
2017 | Corvette Racing | Antonio García Jan Magnussen | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | GTLM | 652 | 8th | 4th |
2018 | Corvette Racing | Antonio García Jan Magnussen | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | GTLM | 781 | 13th | 3rd |
2019 | Corvette Racing | Antonio García Jan Magnussen | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | GTLM | 563 | 16th | 6th |
2021 | Ally Cadillac Racing | Jimmie Johnson Kamui Kobayashi Simon Pagenaud | Cadillac DPi-V.R | DPi | 807 | 2nd | 2nd |
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results[edit]
(key)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
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2007 | Team Rosberg | Audi A4 DTM 2006 | HOC 12 | OSC 3 | LAU 13 | BRH Ret | NOR 13 | MUG 6 | ZAN 10 | NÜR 17 | CAT 7† | HOC DSQ | 12th | 11 | ||||||||||
2008 | Team Rosberg | Audi A4 DTM 2007 | HOC 10 | OSC 7 | MUG 14 | LAU 9 | NOR 13 | ZAN 10 | NÜR 15 | BRH 13 | CAT 5 | BUG 9 | HOC 9 | 11th | 6 | |||||||||
2009 | Team Rosberg | Audi A4 DTM 2008 | HOC Ret | LAU 7 | NOR 9 | ZAN 12† | OSC 13 | NÜR 10 | BRH 7 | CAT 12 | DIJ 13 | HOC 9 | 14th | 4 | ||||||||||
2010 | Team Phoenix | Audi A4 DTM 2008 | HOC 5 | VAL 6 | LAU 4 | NOR 12 | NÜR 9 | ZAN 13 | BRH 9 | OSC 5 | HOC 3 | ADR 16 | SHA 12 | 7th | 22 | |||||||||
2011 | Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 DTM 2009 | HOC 11 | ZAN 1 | SPL 5 | LAU | NOR 14 | NÜR 3 | BRH 6 | OSC 6 | VAL 9 | HOC 4 | 6th | 31 | ||||||||||
2012 | Phoenix Racing | Audi A5 DTM | HOC 5 | LAU 13 | BRH 3 | SPL 7 | NOR 6 | NÜR 5 | ZAN 2 | OSC 6 | VAL 5 | HOC Ret | 4th | 85 | ||||||||||
2013 | Phoenix Racing | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 8 | BRH 1 | SPL 4 | LAU 2 | NOR 5 | MSC 1 | NÜR 4 | OSC 2 | ZAN 2 | HOC 16 | 1st | 142 | ||||||||||
2014 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 4 | OSC 2 | HUN 10 | NOR 8 | MSC Ret | SPL 13 | NÜR 2 | LAU 10 | ZAN 15 | HOC 2 | 3rd | 72 | ||||||||||
2015 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC1 5 | HOC2 6 | LAU1 9 | LAU2 10 | NOR1 14 | NOR2 Ret | ZAN1 8 | ZAN2 11 | SPL1 8 | SPL2 4 | MSC1 10 | MSC2 1 | OSC1 Ret | OSC2 19 | NÜR1 11 | NÜR2 7 | HOC1 5 | HOC2 15 | 10th | 83 | ||
2016 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC1 Ret | HOC2 10 | SPL1 12 | SPL2 8 | LAU1 19 | LAU2 17 | NOR1 18 | NOR2 DSQ | ZAN1 14 | ZAN2 15 | MSC1 16 | MSC2 15 | NÜR1 14 | NÜR2 22 | HUN1 4 | HUN2 8 | 19th | 31 | ||||
Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | HOC1 5 | HOC2 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC1 3 | HOC2 7 | LAU1 5 | LAU2 5 | HUN1 4 | HUN2 10 | NOR1 13 | NOR2 Ret | MSC1 2 | MSC2 12 | ZAN1 4 | ZAN2 1 | NÜR1 14 | NÜR2 17 | SPL1 7 | SPL2 2 | HOC1 2 | HOC2 3 | 4th | 167 | ||
2018 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC1 14 | HOC2 2 | LAU1 11 | LAU2 8 | HUN1 11 | HUN2 4 | NOR1 15 | NOR2 16 | ZAN1 15 | ZAN2 16 | BRH1 10 | BRH2 6 | MIS1 10 | MIS2 9 | NÜR1 6 | NÜR2 13 | SPL1 2 | SPL2 8 | HOC1 6 | HOC2 11 | 11th | 87 |
2019 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM | HOC1 2 | HOC2 Ret | ZOL1 5 | ZOL2 4 | MIS1 6 | MIS2 10 | NOR1 Ret | NOR2 3 | ASS1 9 | ASS2 1 | BRH1 7 | BRH2 6 | LAU1 3 | LAU2 3 | NÜR1 Ret | NÜR2 7 | HOC1 3 | HOC2 2 | 4th | 182 | ||
2020 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM | SPA1 4 | SPA2 5 | LAU1 11 | LAU2 5 | LAU1 6 | LAU2 11 | ASS1 4 | ASS2 11 | NÜR1 4 | NÜR2 3 | NÜR1 9 | NÜR2 7 | ZOL1 8 | ZOL2 2 | ZOL1 Ret | ZOL2 6 | HOC1 6 | HOC2 4 | 4th | 139 |
† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results[edit]
(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
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2014 | Spirit of Daytona Racing | P | Coyote Corvette DP | Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | DAY 4 | SEB 10 | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | IMS | ELK | COA | PET 7 | 28th | 76 |
2015 | VisitFlorida.com Racing | P | Coyote Corvette DP | Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | DAY 3 | SEB 3 | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | COA | PET 5 | 14th | 89 | |
2016 | Corvette Racing | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | DAY 2 | SEB 9 | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | COA | PET 4 | 14th | 85 |
2017 | Corvette Racing | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | DAY 4 | SEB 1 | LBH | COA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET 2 | 11th | 95 |
2018 | Corvette Racing | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 | DAY 3 | SEB 8 | LBH | MDO | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 16th | 53 |
2019 | Corvette Racing | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 | DAY 6 | SEB 3 | LBH | MDO | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET 4 | 18th | 83 |
2021 | Ally Cadillac Racing | DPi | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY 2 | SEB | MDO | DET | WGL | WGL | ELK | LGA | LBH | PET | 15th* | 345* |
* Season still in progress.
References[edit]
- ^ English, Steven (17 February 2009). "Audi confirms unchanged lineup". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ^ theCheckeredFlag.co.uk
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mike Rockenfeller. |
- Official website
- Mike Rockenfeller career summary at DriverDB.com
- Fourtitude Magazine profile
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Frank Stippler | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Champion 2004 | Succeeded by Christian Menzel |
Preceded by Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy | Le Mans Series Champion 2008 With: Alexandre Prémat | Succeeded by Tomáš Enge Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke |
Preceded by David Brabham Marc Gené Alexander Wurz | Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2010 With: Timo Bernhard & Romain Dumas | Succeeded by Marcel Fässler André Lotterer Benoît Tréluyer |
Preceded by Bruno Spengler | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Champion 2013 | Succeeded by Marco Wittmann |