Michael Ammermüller

Michael Ammermüller (born 14 February 1986) is a German racing driver. After competing in various junior formulae, he became a test and reserve driver for the Red Bull Racing Formula One team in the 2007 season. Following this, he represented Germany in the final two seasons of the A1 Grand Prix series in 2007–08 and 2008–09, before competing for two seasons in ADAC GT Masters. In 2012, he began competing in the Porsche Supercup series for Walter Lechner Racing. He won three consecutive seasons, having won in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Career In 2004, Ammermüller drove the number three car in German Formula Renault and competed in Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup. In 2006, he competed in the GP2 Series for Arden International. Ammermüller as the Red Bull Racing Formula One team's third driver at the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix. As a member of the Red Bull Junior Team, after Christian Klien was dropped by the Red Bull Racing Formula One team for the final three races of the season, the team's third driver, Robert Doornbos, was promoted to the second race seat. This left a vacancy in the team, and Ammermüller was promoted to third driver for the last three races of the season. He tested the car for the first time on 14 September, driving the distance necessary for an FIA Super Licence.

After acting as Third Driver for the last three Grands Prix of 2006, Ammermüller was signed by Red Bull as a full-time tester for . Ammermüller driving for Carlin Motorsport in the Donington Park round of the 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season. Ammermüller's 2007 GP2 Series season was disrupted by injury, and he was rested in favour of Sébastien Buemi. However, Sebastian Vettel's move to the Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 team left his Formula Renault 3.5 Series seat vacant, which Ammermüller took.

In 2008, Ammermüller raced in the International Formula Master series. Ammermüller competing for A1 Team Germany at the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa.

A1 Grand Prix In 2007–08, Ammermüller drove in A1 Grand Prix for Germany. In the 2007–08 season's third race at Sepang, he collided with three cars at turn two in three separate incidents, the first of which took third position from Canada's Robert Wickens in the sprint race. It was deemed avoidable contact, so Ammermüller was demoted to 16th, with Wickens reclaiming third. In the feature race, he collided again with Britain's Oliver Jarvis. He was given a drive-through penalty. Despite this, he made contact at turn two once again with Czech Republic's Erik Janiš, and as a result, was disqualified from the race. On the back of these incidents, he was given the nickname "Hammermüller".

Despite the disqualification, Ammermüller scored his maiden victory three weeks later at Zhuhai.

Racing record Career summary † As Ammermüller was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Germany results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points 2004 Jenzer Motorsport OSC1 OSC2 ASS1 ASS2 SAL1 SAL2 SAC1 SAC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LAU1 LAU2 OSC1 OSC2 3rd 238

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Italia results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete GP2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points 2006 Arden International Ltd VALFEA VALSPR IMOFEA IMOSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA SILFEA SILSPR MAGFEA MAGSPR HOCFEA HOCSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR 11th 25 2007 ART Grand Prix BHRFEA BHRSPR CATFEA CATSPR MONFEA MAGFEA MAGSPR SILFEA SILSPR NÜRFEA NÜRSPR HUNFEA HUNSPR ISTFEA ISTSPR MNZFEA MNZSPR SPAFEA SPASPR VALFEA VALSPR 26th 1

Complete Formula One participations (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 WDC Points 2006 Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB2 Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 BHR MAL AUS SMR EUR ESP MON GBR CAN USA FRA GER HUN TUR ITA CHN JPN BRA – –

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points 2007 Carlin Motorsport MNZ1 MNZ2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MON1 HUN1 HUN2 SPA1 SPA2 DON1 DON2 MAG1 MAG2 EST1 EST2 CAT1 CAT2 22nd 12

Complete A1 Grand Prix results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete International Formula Master results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2008 Iris Project VAL1 VAL2 PAU1 PAU2 BRN1 BRN2 EST1 EST2 BRH1 BRH2 OSC1 OSC2 IMO1 IMO2 3rd 74 Trident Racing MNZ1 MNZ2

Complete ADAC GT 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 DC Points 2010 Team Rosberg Audi R8 LMS OSC1 OSC2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 ASS1 ASS2 LAU1 LAU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 OSC1 OSC2 12th 28 2011 a-workx Akrapovic Porsche 911 GT3 R (997) OSC1 OSC2 SAC1 SAC2 ZOL1 ZOL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 RBR1 RBR2 LAU1 LAU2 ASS1 ASS2 HOC1 HOC2 16th 64 2017 KÜS TEAM75 Bernhard Porsche 911 GT3 R (991) OSC1 OSC2 LAU1 LAU2 RBR1 RBR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 8th 912020 SSR PerformancePorsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) LAU1 LAU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 SAC1 SAC2 RBR1 RBR2 LAU1 LAU2 OSC1 OSC2 1st 1812021 SSR PerformancePorsche 911 GT3 R (991.2) OSC1 OSC2 RBR1 RBR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 LAU1 LAU2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 2nd 195

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 Points 2012 Veltins Lechner Racing BHR BHR MON VAL SIL HOC HUN HUN SPA MNZ 6th 102 2013 Walter Lechner Racing CAT MON SIL GER HUN SPA MNZ UAE UAE 3rd 115 2014 Lechner Racing Team CAT MON RBR SIL GER HUN SPA MNZ USA USA 3rd 114 2015 Lechner Racing Middle East CAT MON RBR SIL HUN SPA SPA MNZ MNZ USA USA 3rd 124 2016 Lechner MSG Racing Team CAT MON RBR SIL HUN HOC SPA MNZ USA USA 4th 129 2017 Lechner MSG Racing Team CAT CAT MON RBR SIL HUN SPA SPA MNZ MEX MEX 1st 193 2018 BWT Lechner Racing CAT MON RBR SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ MEX MEX 1st 153 2019 BWT Lechner Racing CAT MON RBR SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ MEX MEX 1st 150 2022 SSR Huber Racing IMO MON SIL RBR LEC SPA ZND MNZ 16th 19