Jürgen Lässig

Jürgen Lässig (February 25, 1943 – February 17, 2022 ) was a German racing driver.

Lässig began competing in endurance sports car racing, often World Sportscar Championship races in the early 1980s for Obermaier Racing and drove in several 24 Hours of Le Mans races. He and the Kremer Racing team were the winners of the 1995 24 Hours of Daytona. He retired after the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans driving for Kremer.

Career

Lässig made 16 starts in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, including 15 consecutive appearances from 1983-97, being the second German driver in history, behind Hans-Joachim Stuck, who made 19 starts. Lässig achieved seven top-ten finishes, with a best finish of second in 1987, partnered with Frenchman Pierre Yver and Bernard de Dryver of Belgium, in a Primagaz Porsche 962C, just behind the works Porsche 962C driven by Stuck with Al Holbert and Derek Bell. Yver and Lässig raced together during the following five editions of the Le Mans event, taking another podium finish in 1992, third place overall in a Porsche 962C entered by Obermaier Racing, with Otto Altenbach as third driver.

24 Hours of Le Mans results