Simon Reicher

Simon Reicher (born 8 February 2000) is an Austrian racing driver who last competed in International GT Open for Eastalent Racing. Reicher is the 2024 International GT Open champion.

Career Early career Reicher began karting at the age of eight and won the 43rd Trofeo Della Industrie in 2015. With Certainty Racing Team he made his car racing debut in the 2016 Renault Clio Cup Central Europe. After 2016, he remained with Certainty Racing Team but switched to TCR, where he contested the 2017 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, his highest finish of the season was tenth and he ended the championship in twenty-eighth.

Reicher also did cameos in the TCR BeNeLux Touring Car Championship and the TCR Italy Touring Car Championship, where he got his maiden podium in TCE BeNeLux and came fourth in both races in TCR Italy.

For the 2018 season, Reicher switched to YACO Racing, taking a finish of fourth place in his debut race at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben with the team. He also came fourth again in the first race of the second round at Autodrom Most, these were his best performances of his campaign but he finished in the top ten multiple times and ended the season in tenth.

Switch to GT3 competition (2019–present) Reicher competed in the first two rounds of the 2019 ADAC GT Masters for T3 Motorsport with Maximilian Paul, but after retiring from the two races he contested in, he ended the partnership with the team. He won the DMV Gran Turismo TCC Class 1 title with YACO Racing Team, where he also won his first two motor races. In 2020, he competed in the 2020 24 Hours of Nürburgring for IronForce Racing where he came fourth in the SP9 Pro/Am class. He was supposed to compete in ADAC GT Masters for YACO Racing with Norbert Siedler, but only contested the Red Bull Ring with the team.

Reicher renewed his partnership with YACO Racing and Norbert Siedler for the 2021 ADAC GT Masters, but had a difficult season as the duo got their best result of eleventh place twice and ended their campaign a round early, finishing the championship thirty-seventh in the standings. Reicher also participated in the second round of the 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for Car Collection Motorsport.

Reicher and Siedler continued in the ADAC GT Masters for 2022 with newly founded Austrian team Eastalent Racing, which is owned by his father, Peter Reicher. This was the first season where Reicher competed in the championship full-time and achieved his first ever podium in the series with a third place at Circuit Zandvoort. During the season, he also contested the 2022 24 Hours of Nürburgring in the SP9 Pro/Am class with Lionspeed by Car Collection Motorsport, where he came fourth in his class.

With Eastalent Racing, Reicher switched to the 2023 International GT Open, being partnered up with Christopher Haase. The duo were quickly successful in the series, getting a podium on their debut weekend at the second race of the Algarve International Circuit. Reicher got his first ever pole position in the series which he converted to a second place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. The duo then won in the series' penultimate round at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. They fought for the title and were originally crowned the champions until they were stripped of their title in January 2024 and demoted to runner-ups of the series.

In January 2024, Reicher won the 2024 Dubai 24 Hour with Gilles Magnus, Markus Winkelhock, Christopher Haase and Mike Zhou with Eastalent Racing Team. Reicher then returned to Eastalent Racing for the rest of the year, as he remained in International GT Open alongside Haase. Starting off the season with wins at the Hockenheimring and Hungaroring, the pair then scored further wins at Le Castellet and Red Bull Ring, as well as taking three other podiums to secure their maiden International GT Open title at Monza. During 2024, Reicher also raced for the same team in select rounds of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance and Sprint Cups. For his title defence the following year, Reicher remained with Eastalent alongside Haase, scoring a lone win at the Hungaroring and six other podiums to end the year third in points.

Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2010 WSK Super Master Series – Mini Kart Reicher Peter 38th WSK Nations Cup – 60 Mini 21st 40° Trofeo delle Industrie – 60 Mini 31st 2011 WSK Super Master Series – 60 Mini Reicher Peter 17th Andrea Margutti Trophy – 60 Mini 31st WSK Final Cup – 60 Mini 19th Italian Karting Championship – 60 Mini 82nd 2012 Andrea Margutti Trophy – 60 Mini Peter Reicher 18th WSK Super Master Series – 60 Mini 25th Italian Karting Championship – 60 Mini HIMRACINGKART 35th 2013 Andrea Margutti Trophy – KF Junior German Kart Championship – KF Junior Gamoto Racing 24th CIK-FIA European Championship - KF Junior RK Racing Team 80th Italian Karting Championship – KF Junior SR Karting 75th WSK Final Cup – KF Junior Peter Reicher 42° Trofeo delle Industrie – KF3 11th 2014 19° South Garda Winter Cup – KF Junior RS-Karting Peter Reicher 29th WSK Super Master Series – KF Junior MM Racing 77th Andrea Margutti Trophy – KF Junior 26th CIK-FIA European Championship – KF Junior CIK-FIA World Championship – KF Junior German Kart Championship – KF Junior 23rd 43° Trofeo delle Industrie – KF Junior1st 2015 20° South Garda Winter Cup – KF MM Kart Racing 33rd Andrea Margutti Trophy – KF 22nd CIK-FIA European Championship – KF 48thSources:

Racing record Racing career summary

Complete ADAC TCR Germany 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 DC Points 2017 Certainty Racing Team Audi RS3 LMS TCR OSC1 OSC2 RBR1 RBR2 OSC1 OSC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 28th 28 2018 YACO Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR OSC1 OSC2 MST1 MST2 RBR1 RBR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 10th 182

Complete ADAC GT Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2020 IronForce Racing Elia Erhart Pierre Kaffer Jan-Erik Slooten Audi R8 LMS Evo SP9 Pro-Am 79 18th 4th 2022 Lionspeed by Car Collection Motorsport Dennis Fetzer Klaus Koch Dennis Marschall Audi R8 LMS Evo II SP9 Pro-Am 154 13th 4th 2025 Eastalent Racing Team Max Hofer Christian Klien Norbert Siedler Audi R8 LMS Evo II SP9 Pro 137 6th 5th

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2024 Eastalent Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Pro BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 HOC1 HOC2 MAG1 MAG2 20th 1.5 Silver CAT1 CAT2 16th 10.5 2026 Eastalent Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Pro BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 CAT1 CAT2 16th* 8*

Complete International GT Open 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 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points 2023 Eastalent Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Pro ALG1 ALG2 SPA HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 RBR1 RBR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT2 2nd 119 2024 Eastalent Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Pro ALG1 ALG2 HOC1 HOC2 SPA HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 RBR1 RBR2 CAT1 CAT2 MNZ 1st 124 2025 Eastalent Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Pro ALG1 ALG2 SPA HOC1 HOC2 HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 RBR1 RBR2 CAT1 CAT2 MNZ 3rd 134