René Rast

René Rast (born 26 October 1986 in Minden[1]) is a German professional racing driver and the 2017 and 2019 DTM champion. He claimed overall wins at the 2012 and 2014 24 Hours of Spa, 2014 24 Hours of Nurburgring and a class win at the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona.

René Rast
Rast at the Brands Hatch round of the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series season.
Nationality German
Born (1986-10-26) 26 October 1986
Minden, West Germany
DTM career
Debut season2016
Current teamTeam Rosberg
Car number33
Former teamsPhoenix Racing
Starts62
Championships2 (2017, 2019)
Wins19
Podiums28
Poles14
Fastest laps8
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2014–2016
TeamsSébastien Loeb Racing
Audi Sport Team Joest
G-Drive Racing
Best finish6th (2016)
Class wins0

Career
Rast driving for Veltins MRS Racing in the 2009 Porsche Supercup at the Hungaroring.

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.[2] Later he competed in two rounds of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters with an Audi RS5, finishing sixth at Hockenheim II race 1.

He won the 2017 DTM title in his first full year driving an Audi RS5 for Team Rosberg.[3] After taking a record-breaking six consecutive race victories the following year, he missed out on a repeat title by only four points.[4] Rast won the 2019 DTM Championship.

Rast is set to make his Formula E return at the 2020 Berlin ePrix triple double header, replacing the sacked Daniel Abt at the Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler team.

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2003 Formula BMW ADAC KUG/Dewalt Racing 20 0 0 0 0 14 18th
2004 Formula BMW ADAC KUG/Dewalt Racing 2 0 0 0 0 1 22nd
Team Lauderbach Motorsport 11 0 0 0 0
2005 ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup Volkswagen Motorsport 10 6 4 3 7 395 1st
2006 SEAT León Supercopa Germany GAG Racing Team 15 3 3 2 8 185 2nd
2007 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany MRS-Team 9 0 0 0 1 54 10th
Porsche Supercup 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany MRS-Team 9 1 3 1 6 139 1st
Porsche Supercup Veltins MRS Racing 11 0 4 1 1 95 6th
2009 Porsche Supercup Veltins MRS Racing 13 6 5 6 10 207 2nd
2010 Porsche Supercup Al Faisal Lechner Racing 10 4 4 1 7 152 1st
ADAC GT Masters Mühlner Motorsport 4 1 0 1 1 20 17th
Pole Promotion 2 0 0 0 0
Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup Volkswagen Motorsport 2 2 1 1 2 0 NC†
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Farnbacher Racing 2 0 1 0 0 0 NC†
2011 Porsche Supercup Veltins Lechner Racing 11 5 3 3 8 181 1st
Porsche Carrera World Cup 1 1 0 1 1 N/A 1st
ADAC GT Masters Phoenix Racing Pole Promotion 12 1 0 0 3 69 15th
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Förch Racing 8 1 0 1 5 93 5th
American Le Mans Series - GT Paul Miller Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2012 Porsche Supercup Lechner Racing 8 5 4 4 7 142 1st
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Team Deutsche Post by tolimit 17 6 5 7 12 242 1st
ADAC GT Masters Mamerow Racing 7 1 0 0 2 50 16th
Blancpain Endurance Series Audi Sport Team Phoenix 2 1 0 0 1 46 9th
Rolex Sports Car Series - GT Magnus Racing 1 1 0 0 1 35 49th
2013 FIA GT Series Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 10 2 3 2 5 80 6th
Blancpain Endurance Series 5 0 0 0 1 24 14th
ADAC GT Masters Prosperia C. Abt Racing 16 2 1 2 5 146 6th
Dacia Logan Cup Germany Pronghorn-Racing 6 5 3 4 6 5067 1st
Rolex Sports Car Series - GT APR Motorsport LTD.UK 1 0 0 0 1 32 49th
Pirelli World Challenge Swisher Racing 1 0 0 0 0 85 24th
2014 ADAC GT Masters Prosperia C. Abt Racing 16 3 4 3 9 214 1st
Blancpain Sprint Series Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 14 1 0 4 3 71 5th
Blancpain Endurance Series 1 1 0 0 1 43 10th
United SportsCar Championship - GTD Paul Miller Racing 1 0 1 0 0 18 87th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Sébastien Loeb Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2015 Blancpain Endurance Series Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
FIA GT World Cup 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
FIA World Endurance Championship Audi Sport Team Joest 2 0 0 0 0 24 12th
24 Hours of Le Mans 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th
Audi Sport TT Cup Audi Sport 2 1 1 0 1 0 NC†
United SportsCar Championship - GTD Paul Miller Racing 1 0 0 0 0 27 38th
2015–16 Formula E Team Aguri 1 0 0 0 0 0 23rd
2016 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 8 0 0 0 3 39 9th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 2 0 1 1 1 18 24th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 G-Drive Racing 7 1 4 3 4 111 5th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
Intercontinental GT Challenge Audi 3 0 1 2 2 44 2nd
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Audi Sport Team Rosberg 1 0 0 0 0 8 23rd
Audi Sport Team Phoenix 2 0 0 0 0
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD Magnus Racing 1 1 0 0 1 36 35th
2017 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Audi Sport Team Rosberg 18 3 3 4 5 179 1st
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Audi Sport Team WRT 2 0 0 0 1 29 10th
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship VisitFlorida Racing 2 0 0 0 1 55 23rd
Intercontinental GT Challenge Audi 1 0 0 0 0 8 12th
2018 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Audi Sport Team Rosberg 19 7 2 1 9 251 2nd
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mazda Team Joest 3 0 0 1 0 55 35th
World Touring Car Cup Audi Sport Team WRT 2 0 0 0 0 10 28th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 1 0 0 0 0 8 39th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Audi 1 0 1 0 0 12 18th
2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Audi Sport Team Rosberg 18 7 8 2 13 322 1st
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Audi Sport Team WRT 1 0 0 0 0 3 32nd
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Mazda Team Joest 1 0 1 0 0 20 35th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Audi 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2019–20 Formula E Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler 6 0 0 0 0 29 15th
2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Audi Sport Team Rosberg 4 1 1 1 2 61 2nd*

† As Rast was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress.

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 DC Points
2007 Veltins MRS Racing BHR BHR CAT MON MAG SIL NÜR
13		 HUN IST SPA MNZ NC‡ 0‡
2008 Veltins MRS Racing BHR
Ret		 BHR
3		 CAT
5		 IST
Ret		 MON
7		 MAG
Ret		 SIL HOC
5		 HUN
8		 VAL
6		 SPA
7		 MNZ
8		 6th 95
2009 Veltins MRS Racing BHR
Ret		 BHR
2		 CAT
DSQ		 MON
2		 IST
2		 SIL
1		 NÜR
1		 HUN
1		 VAL
1		 SPA
17†		 MNZ
1		 YMC
1		 YMC
2		 2nd 207
2010 Al Faisal Lechner Racing BHR
1		 BHR
1		 CAT
Ret		 MON
1		 VAL
1		 SIL
2		 HOC
Ret		 HUN
3		 SPA
3		 MNZ
4		 1st 152
2011 Veltins Lechner Racing IST
5		 CAT
7		 MON
1		 NÜR
1		 SIL
1		 NÜR
1		 HUN
Ret		 SPA
2		 MNZ
2		 YMC
2		 YMC
1		 1st 181
2012 Lechner Racing BHR
1		 BHR
3		 MON
Ret		 VAL
1		 SIL
1		 HOC
1		 HUN
DNS		 HUN
DNS		 SPA
2		 MNZ
1		 1st 142

† 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 GT Series results
Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points
2013 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra Pro NOG
QR
2		 NOG
CR
6		 ZOL
QR
3		 ZOL
CR
5		 ZAN
QR
3		 ZAN
CR
Ret		 SVK
QR
5		 SVK
CR
2		 NAV
QR		 NAV
CR		 BAK
QR
1		 BAK
CR
15		 6th 80

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2014 Sébastien Loeb Racing LMP2 Oreca 03R Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS
4		 COA FUJ SHA BHR SÃO NC† 0†
2015 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6
(Hybrid Diesel)		 SIL SPA
4		 LMS
7		 NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 12th 24
2016 G-Drive Racing LMP2 Oreca 05 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL
3		 SPA
5		 LMS
2		 NÜR
Ret		 MEX
7		 COA
3		 FUJ SHA BHR
1		 5th 111

† As Rast was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2014 Sébastien Loeb Racing Jan Charouz
Vincent Capillaire		 Oreca 03R-Nissan LMP2 354 8th 4th
2015 Audi Sport Team Joest Marco Bonanomi
Filipe Albuquerque		 Audi R18 e-tron quattro LMP1 387 7th 7th
2016 G-Drive Racing Roman Rusinov
Will Stevens		 Oreca 05-Nissan LMP2 357 6th 2nd

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
2014 Paul Miller Racing GTD Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi 5.2L V10 DAY
16		 SEB LGA DET WGL MOS IMS ELK VIR COA PET 87th 18
2015 Paul Miller Racing GTD Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi 5.2L V10 DAY
5		 SEB LGA DET WGL LIM ELK VIR COA PET 38th 27
2016 Magnus Racing GTD Audi R8 LMS Audi 5.2L V10 DAY
1		 SEB LGA DET WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR COA PET 35th 36
2017 VisitFlorida Racing P Riley Mk. 30 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY
3		 SEB
6		 LBH COA DET WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 23rd 55
2018 Mazda Team Joest P Mazda RT24-P Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 DAY
17		 SEB
8		 LBH MDO DET WGL
13		 MOS ELK LGA PET 35th 55
2019 Mazda Team Joest DPi Mazda RT24-P Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 DAY
11		 SEB LBH MDO DET WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 35th 20

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results
Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points
2014 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra Pro NOG
QR
DSQ		 NOG
CR
7		 BRH
QR
14		 BRH
CR
9		 ZAN
QR
4		 ZAN
CR
1		 SVK
QR
9		 SVK
CR
3		 ALG
QR
3		 ALG
CR
5		 ZOL
QR
4		 ZOL
CR
Ret		 BAK
QR
4		 BAK
CR
Ret		 5th 71
2016 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Pro MIS
QR
14		 MIS
CR
Ret		 BRH
QR		 BRH
CR		 NÜR
QR
3		 NÜR
CR
2		 HUN
QR
10		 HUN
CR
3		 CAT
QR
5		 CAT
CR
18		 9th 39

Complete Formula E results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Chassis Powertrain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Points
2015–16 Team Aguri Spark SRT01-e SRT01-e BEI PUT PDE BUE MEX LBH PAR BER
NC		 LON LON 23rd 0
2019–20 Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Spark SRT05e Audi e-tron FE06 DIR DIR SCL MEX MRK BER
10		 BER
13		 BER
Ret		 BER
16		 BER
3		 BER
4		 15th 29

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen 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 Pos Pts
2016 Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 DTM HOC
1		 HOC
2		 SPL
1		 SPL
2		 LAU
1		 LAU
2		 NOR
1		 NOR
2		 ZAN
1		 ZAN
2
19		 MSC
1		 MSC
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 23rd 8
Audi Sport Team Phoenix HOC
1
6		 HOC
2
17
2017 Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 DTM HOC
1
6		 HOC
2
Ret		 LAU
1
3		 LAU
2
7		 HUN
1
6		 HUN
2
1		 NOR
1
12		 NOR
2
Ret		 MSC
1
1		 MSC
2
4		 ZAN
1
9		 ZAN
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
5		 NÜR
2
12		 SPL
1
13		 SPL
2
1		 HOC
1
6		 HOC
2
2		 1st 179
2018 Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 DTM HOC
1
9		 HOC
2
7		 LAU
1
Ret		 LAU
2
DNS		 HUN
1
4		 HUN
2
10		 NOR
1
16		 NOR
2
14		 ZAN
1
17		 ZAN
2
1		 BRH
1
4		 BRH
2
3		 MIS
1
Ret		 MIS
2
3		 NÜR
1
1		 NÜR
2
1		 SPL
1
1		 SPL
2
1		 HOC
1
1		 HOC
2
1		 2nd 251
2019 Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 Turbo DTM HOC
1
16†		 HOC
2
1		 ZOL
1
Ret		 ZOL
2
1		 MIS
1
2		 MIS
2
3		 NOR
1
1		 NOR
2
7		 ASS
1
3		 ASS
2
5		 BRH
1
2		 BRH
2
1		 LAU
1
Ret		 LAU
2
1		 NÜR
1
1		 NÜR
2
3		 HOC
1
1		 HOC
2
3		 1st 322
2020 Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi RS5 Turbo DTM SPA
1
5		 SPA
2
3		 LAU
1
7		 LAU
2
1		 LAU
1
 LAU
2
 ASS
1
 ASS
2
 NÜR
1
 NÜR
2
 NÜR
1
 NÜR
2
 ZOL
1
 ZOL
2
 ZOL
1
 ZOL
2
 HOC
1
 HOC
2
 2nd* 61*

† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. * Season still in progress.

Complete World Touring Car Cup 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 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2018 Audi Sport Team WRT Audi RS 3 LMS TCR MAR
1		 MAR
2		 MAR
3		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 HUN
3		 GER
1
6		 GER
2
Ret		 GER
3
DNS		 NED
1		 NED
2		 NED
3		 POR
1		 POR
2		 POR
3		 SVK
1		 SVK
2		 SVK
3		 CHN
1		 CHN
2		 CHN
3		 WUH
1		 WUH
2		 WUH
3		 JPN
1		 JPN
2		 JPN
3		 MAC
1		 MAC
2		 MAC
3		 28th 10
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References
  1. "Introducing...René Rast". Autosport. Vol. 200 no. 1. 2010-04-01. p. 63.
  2. Smith, Topher (18 May 2016). "Rast to debut at Berlin ePrix". e-racing.net. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  3. Simmons, Marcus (15 October 2017). "Rast snatches title as Wittmann wins finale". autosport.com. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  4. Gruz, David; Spacek, Julia. "Audi: Rast's winning streak a 'record for eternity'". Motorsport. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Matthias Meyer		 ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup
Champion
2005		 Succeeded by
Jimmy Johansson
Preceded by
Uwe Alzen		 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
Champion
2008		 Succeeded by
Thomas Jäger
Preceded by
Jeroen Bleekemolen		 Porsche Supercup
Champion
2010-2012		 Succeeded by
Nicki Thiim
Preceded by
Inaugural		 Porsche Carrera World Cup
Winner
2011		 Succeeded by
None
(Race not held since)
Preceded by
Nick Tandy		 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
Champion
2012		 Succeeded by
Kévin Estre
Preceded by
Diego Alessi
Daniel Keilwitz		 ADAC GT Masters
Champion
2014
With: Kelvin van der Linde		 Succeeded by
Sebastian Asch
Luca Ludwig
Preceded by
Marco Wittmann		 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Champion
2017		 Succeeded by
Gary Paffett
Preceded by
Sebastian Vettel		 Race of Champions Nations' Cup
2018
With: Timo Bernhard		 Succeeded by
Tom Kristensen
Johan Kristoffersson
Preceded by
Gary Paffett		 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Champion
2019		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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