Armin Hahne

Armin Hahne (born 10 September 1955 in Moers, West Germany ) is a German racing driver, best known for his exploits in touring car racing. The highpoint of his career was winning both the 1982 and 1983 Spa 24 Hours driving BMW's. Another highlight of his career was driving in the factory supported Tom Walkinshaw Racing run Jaguar Racing team racing the Jaguar XJS coupes. Hahne stayed with the team as they transitioned to Rover Vitesse. In 1991, he drove for one race in the British Touring Car Championship for BMW.

Later in his career, Hahne raced mostly on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, finishing second overall in 2008 in the Adac 24 hours, driving a Porsche 911 GT3-MR entered by Manthey Racing.

In 2011, Hahne won the second round of the VLN race series, co-driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 entered by the Mamerow / Rowe Racing with Christian Mamerow.

Hahne also is the youngest brother of Formula One driver Hubert Hahne as well as the uncle of fellow racing driver Jörg van Ommen.

Bathurst 1000

Hahne's first start in the Australian classic was in 1984 when he partnered Englishman Jeff Allam in a Mobil Rover Racing Rover Vitesse to an easy Group A class win and an excellent 12th outright after starting 36th against much more powerful opposition (the Rover qualified ten seconds slower than the pole winning Nissan Bluebird Turbo of George Fury and finished just 11 laps down on the winning V8 powered Holden VK Commodore of Peter Brock and Larry Perkins). A brief return to Jaguar in 1985 saw Hahne team with Australian racer John Goss to win the 1985 James Hardie 1000 after starting sixth. On the Bathurst podium, Hahne would call this his greatest win.

Hahne's next time at Bathurst was in 1987 for the World Touring Car Championship round in an ill-fated Maserati Biturbo with Australian Kevin Bartlett. A troubled race week saw them start 34th and retire after only 29 laps with a broken differential. 1988 saw him in a Mark Petch Motorsport Ford Sierra RS500 with New Zealand racer Robbie Francevic, the car engineered by its previous owner and Hahne's team boss in the 1988 ETCC, former Wolf Racing Formula One team owner Walter Wolf. Their strong charge finished on lap 103 due to overheating after they had been in either second or third place for the previous 70 laps. That was Hahne's last race in the Bathurst 1000.

Racing career in Japan Hahne has ample experience racing Japanese cars, including Honda, in touring car races and endurance races in Europe, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In Japan, he competed in the Inter TEC, the final round of the All Japan Touring Car Championship, in 1994, with Honda, and in 1999, with NISMO, in the All Japan GT Championship, as a substitute for his countryman Michael Krumm.

Career results Results sourced from Driver Database and History of Touring Car Racing. Season Series Position Car Team 1976 Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft 38th Ford Escort Zakspeed 1977 Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft 15th Ford Escort Zakspeed 1978 Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft 9th Ford Escort Zakspeed 1979 European Formula Two ChampionshipNC Maurer BMW 1980 Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft 49th BMW 320 1982 World Sportscar Championship 55th Mazda RX-7 Karl Heinz Becker 1984 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 31st MG Metro Turbo 1984 Australian Endurance Championship 63rd Rover Vitesse Mobil Rover Racing 1985 European Touring Car Championship 7th Rover Vitesse Tom Walkinshaw Racing 1985 Australian Endurance Championship 10th Jaguar XJS JRA Ltd / Jaguar Racing 1986 Nissan Mobil 500 Series 7th Rover Vitesse Tom Walkinshaw Racing 1986 European Touring Car Championship 11th Rover Vitesse Tom Walkinshaw Racing 1987 Nissan Mobil 500 Series 3rd Rover Vitesse Tom Walkinshaw Racing 1987 World Touring Car Championship 20th Maserati BiturboFord Sierra RS500 Pro Team ItaliaEggenberger Motorsport 1987 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 24th Ford Sierra RS Cosworth Wolf Racing 1988 European Touring Car Championship 34th Ford Sierra RS500 Wolf RacingEggengerber Motorsport 1988 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 3rd Ford Sierra RS500 Wolf Racing 1988 Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship NC Ford Sierra RS500 Mark Petch MotorsportWolf Racing Australasia 1989 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 26th Ford Sierra RS500 Wolf Racing 1990 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 12th BMW M3 Evolution Zakspeed 1990 Italian Superturismo Championship 21st BMW M3 Evolution Bigazzi M Team 1991 British Touring Car Championship 15th BMW M3 Evolution Team Labbat's Vic Lee Motorsport 1991 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 14th BMW M3 Evolution Zakspeed 1992 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 21st BMW M3 Evolution Linder 1993 ADAC GT Cup Class 1 3rd Honda NSX Seikel Motorsport 1993 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 20th BMW M3 EvolutionBMW 318i Linder 1994 ADAC GT Cup Class 1 2nd Honda NSX Kremer Racing 1994 All Japan Touring Car Championship - Honda Civic Team Doricome 1995 FIA Touring Car World Cup 8th Honda Accord Honda Team Linder 1995 Deutscher Tourenwagen Cup 11th Honda Accord Honda Team Linder 1996 Super Tourenwagen Cup 6th Honda Accord Honda Team Linder 1998 Super Tourenwagen Cup 6th Honda Accord Honda Team Linder 1998 Super Tourenwagen Challenge 38th Ford Escort RS2000 Wolf Ford Racing 1998 FIA GT Championship 14th Porsche 911 GT1 Zakspeed 1999 All Japan GT Championship - Nissan Skyline GT-R Nismo 2009 VLN Endurance 99th 2010 VLN Endurance 43rd

Racing record Complete European Formula Two 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 DC Pts 1979 MM Mampe Team Maurer MM1-BMW

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Complete World 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 DC Points 1987 Pro Team Italia Maserati Biturbo MNZovr:17cls:9 JAR DIJRet NURRet SPA BNOovr:24cls:5 SILovr:12cls:4 BATRet CLDRet WEL 20th 79 Eggenberger Motorsport Ford Sierra RS500 FJIovr:17cls:10

Complete British 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 DC Pts 1991 BMW Team Labatt's BMW M3 SIL SNE DON THR SIL BRH SIL DON1 DON2 OUL BRH1 BRH2 DON THR3 SIL 15th 12

Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship (1994-) 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 DC Pts 1994 Team Doricome Honda Civic Ferio AUT1 AUT2 SUG1 SUG2 TOK1 TOK2 SUZ1 SUZ2 MIN1 MIN2 AID1 AID2 TSU1 TSU2 SEN1 SEN2 FUJ1 FUJ2 NC 0

Complete Super Tourenwagen 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 Pts 1995 Honda Team Linder Honda Accord ZOL1 ZOL2 SPA1 SPA2 ÖST1 ÖST2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAL1 SAL2 AVU1 AVU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 11th 223 1996 Honda Team Linder Honda Accord ZOL1 ZOL2 ASS1 ASS2 HOC1 HOC2 SAC1 SAC2 WUN1 WUN2 ZWE1 ZWE2 SAL1 SAL2 AVU1 AVU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 6th 343

Complete All-Japan GT Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 DC Pts 1999 Nismo Nissan Skyline GT-R GT500 SUZFUJ SUG MIN FUJ TAI MOT NC 0

Complete Spa 24 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 1980 BMW Belgium Jean Wansart Claude De Wael BMW 323i -2500 391 15th 3rd 1982 Bastos Joosen Juma Hans Heyer Eddy Joosen Dieter Quester BMW 528i Div. 3 450 1st 1st 1983 Bastos Juma Racing Team Thierry Tassin Hans Heyer BMW 635 CSi Div. 3 488 1st 1st 1984 Rover Gitanes Jean-Louis Schlesser Steve Soper Rover Vitesse Div. 3 NA DNF DNF 1985 Tom Walkinshaw Racing Jean-Louis Schlesser Jeff Allam Rover Vitesse Div. 3 33 DNF DNF 1986 Tom Walkinshaw Racing Jeff Allam Denny Hulme Rover Vitesse Div. 3 481 6th 5th 1990 Bastos Bigazzi Steve Soper Jean-Michel Martin BMW M3 Evolution DTM/Div. 2 462 4th 3rd 1992 BMW Fina Bastos Team/Bigazzi Bernard Béguin Eddy Joosen BMW M3 Evolution DTM 503 3rd 3rd 1993 Seikel Motorsport Bertrand Gachot Kazuo Shimizu Honda NSX GT2 233 DNF DNF

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 1993 TWR Jaguar Racing David Leslie Win Percy Jaguar XJ220 GT 6 DNF DNF 1994 Kremer Honda Racing Christophe Bouchut Bertrand Gachot Honda NSX LMGT2 257 14th 6th 1995 Honda Motor Co. Ltd. Ivan Capelli Bertrand Gachot Honda NSX GT1 LMGT1 7 DNF DNF 1997 Schübel Engineering Patrice Goueslard Pedro Lamy Porsche 911 GT1 LMGT1 331 5th 3rd

Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 1984 Mobil Rover Racing Jeff Allam Rover Vitesse Group A 152 12th 1st 1985 JRA Ltd / Jaguar Racing John Goss Jaguar XJS C 163 1st 1st 1987 Pro Team Italia Kevin Bartlett Bruno Giacomelli Maserati Biturbo A 29 DNF DNF 1988 Mark Petch Motorsport / Wolf Racing Australasia Robbie Francevic Ford Sierra RS500 A 103 DNF DNF