Michael Ammermüller

Michael Ammermüller (born 14 February 1986) is a racing driver from Germany. 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.

Michael Ammermüller
Ammermüller in 2010
Nationality	German
Born	(1986-02-14) 14 February 1986 (age 39) Pocking, West Germany
Porsche Supercup career
Debut season	2012
Current team	SSR Huber Racing
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	4
Former teams	BWT Lechner Racing
Starts	84
Wins	11
Poles	12
Fastest laps	14
Best finish	1st in 2017, 2018, 2019
Previous series
2008 2007-09 2007 2006-07 2004 2004	International Formula Master A1 Grand Prix Formula Renault 3.5 Series GP2 Series German Formula Renault Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup
Championship titles
2020 2017-2019	ADAC GT Masters Porsche Supercup

Ammermüller driving for Carlin Motorsport in the Donington Park round of the 2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season.

Ammermüller competing for A1 Team Germany at the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, South Africa.

Ammermüller as the Red Bull Racing Formula One team's third driver at the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix.

Ammermüller competing in the German Carrera Cup.

Ammermüller at the Red Bull Ring in 2018

Career

In 2004, he 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.

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 2006 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.^[1]

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 2007.^[2]

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.^[3] In 2008, he raced in the International Formula Master series.

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 3rd position from Canada's Robert Wickens in the sprint race. It was deemed avoidable contact, so Ammermüller was demoted to 16th, with Wickens reclaiming 3rd. 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 Janis, 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

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2004	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Jenzer Motorsport	17	0	0	0	0	64	11th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Germany		14	0	1	2	5	238	3rd
	Formula Renault 2.0 Italy		2	0	1	0	2	0	NC
2005	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0	Jenzer Motorsport	16	6	6	4	10	149	2nd
	Formula Renault 2.0 Italy		15	3	2	3	11	266	2nd
2006	GP2 Series	Arden International Ltd	21	1	0	0	3	25	11th
	Formula One	Red Bull Racing	Third driver
2007	GP2 Series	ART Grand Prix	6	0	0	1	0	1	26th
	Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Carlin Motorsport	5	0	1	0	0	12	22nd
	Formula One	Red Bull Racing	Test driver
2007 - 08	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team Germany	14	1	1	0	2	83	8th
2008	International Formula Master	Iris Project	14	1	0	0	6	74	3rd
		Trident Racing	2	0	0	0	0
2008 - 09	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team Germany	4	0	0	0	0	2	21st
2010	ADAC GT Masters	Team Rosberg	14	0	0	0	1	28	12th
	FIA GT3 European Championship		8	0	0	0	0	6	29th
2011	ADAC GT Masters	a-workx Akrapovic	16	1	0	0	2	64	16th
2012	Porsche Supercup	Lechner Racing	10	0	0	1	2	103	6th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany		9	0	0	0	1	82	11th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Mamerow Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2013	Porsche Supercup	Lechner Racing	9	0	0	1	4	115	3rd
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Phoenix Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
2014	Porsche Supercup	Walter Lechner Racing	10	1	0	3	3	114	3rd
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	QPOD Walter Lechner Racing	18	6	5	1	10	231	2nd
2015	Porsche Supercup	Lechner Racing Middle East	11	1	3	3	5	124	3rd
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	The Heart of Racing by Lechner	17	0	0	0	6	182	4th
2016	Porsche Supercup	Lechner MSG Racing Team	10	0	0	0	3	129	4th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	KÜS TEAM75 Bernhard	2	2	1	1	2	40	11th
2017	Porsche Supercup	Lechner MSG Racing Team	11	4	2	3	10	193	1st
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	raceunion Huber Racing	14	1	3	2	6	177	3rd
	ADAC GT Masters	KÜS TEAM75 Bernhard	14	1	1	1	2	91	8th
2018	Porsche Supercup	BWT Lechner Racing	10	1	4	3	7	153	1st
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany		14	2	2	2	10	242	2nd
2019	Porsche Supercup	BWT Lechner Racing	10	4	3	1	7	150	1st
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany		16	6	7	4	13	260	2nd
2020	ADAC GT Masters	SSR Performance	14	3	2	1	4	181	1st
2021	ADAC GT Masters	SSR Performance	14	4	0	0	6	195	2nd
	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2022	Porsche Supercup	SSR Huber Racing	5	0	0	0	0	19	16th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany		8	0	0	1	1	66	13th

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

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 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
2005	Jenzer Motorsport	ZOL 1 1	ZOL 2 1	VAL 1 1	VAL 2 1	LMS 1 3	LMS 2 6	BIL 1 1	BIL 2 2	OSC 1 21	OSC 2 1	DON 1 Ret	DON 2 3	EST 1 2	EST 2 Ret	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 Ret	2nd	149

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 TD	JPN TD	BRA TD	–	–

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	VAL FEA 7	VAL SPR 1	IMO FEA 2	IMO SPR Ret	NÜR FEA 10	NÜR SPR 6	CAT FEA 3	CAT SPR 8	MON FEA 7	SIL FEA Ret	SIL SPR Ret	MAG FEA 12	MAG SPR 8	HOC FEA 9	HOC SPR Ret	HUN FEA Ret	HUN SPR 11	IST FEA 13	IST SPR Ret	MNZ FEA 12	MNZ SPR Ret	11th	25
2007	ART Grand Prix	BHR FEA 10	BHR SPR 7	CAT FEA	CAT SPR	MON FEA	MAG FEA Ret	MAG SPR 19	SIL FEA 10	SIL SPR 12	NÜR FEA	NÜR SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	IST FEA	IST SPR	MNZ FEA	MNZ SPR	SPA FEA	SPA SPR	VAL FEA	VAL SPR	26th	1

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	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	MON 1	HUN 1	HUN 2	SPA 1 10	SPA 2 DNS	DON 1 6	DON 2 5	MAG 1 Ret	MAG 2 15	EST 1	EST 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	22nd	12

Complete A1 Grand Prix 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	DC	Points
2007–08	Germany	NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	MYS SPR 16	MYS FEA EX	CHN SPR 1	CHN FEA 4	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	AUS SPR 4	AUS FEA 7	RSA SPR EX	RSA FEA Ret	MEX SPR Ret	MEX FEA 20	CHN SPR 6	CHN FEA 10	GBR SPR 20	GBR SPR Ret	8th	83
2008–09		NED SPR	NED FEA	CHN SPR	CHN FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	RSA SPR 14	RSA FEA 11	POR SPR	POR FEA	GBR SPR 11	GBR SPR Ret							21st	2

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	Pos.	Points
2012	Veltins Lechner Racing	BHR 4	BHR 15	MON 6	VAL Ret	SIL 7	HOC 2	HUN 2	HUN 4	SPA 8	MNZ 9		6th	102
2013	Walter Lechner Racing	CAT 3	MON 3	SIL 2	GER 5	HUN 14	SPA 5	MNZ 2	UAE 6	UAE 8			3rd	115
2014	Lechner Racing Team	CAT DNS	MON 3	RBR 5	SIL 5	GER 5	HUN 5	SPA Ret	MNZ 5	USA 2	USA 1		3rd	114
2015	Lechner Racing Middle East	CAT 1	MON 5	RBR 9	SIL 3	HUN 7	SPA Ret	SPA 6	MNZ 3	MNZ 3	USA C	USA 2	3rd	124
2016	Lechner MSG Racing Team	CAT 5	MON 3	RBR 9	SIL 13	HUN 3	HOC 6	SPA 5	MNZ 2	USA 4	USA 5		4th	129
2017	Lechner MSG Racing Team	CAT 1	CAT 1	MON 1	RBR 2	SIL 2	HUN 1	SPA 3	SPA 2	MNZ 10	MEX 2	MEX 2	1st	193
2018	BWT Lechner Racing	CAT 1	MON 2	RBR 7	SIL 2	HOC 3	HUN 6	SPA 6	MNZ 2	MEX 2	MEX 3		1st	153
2019	BWT Lechner Racing	CAT 3	MON 1	RBR 2	SIL 6	HOC Ret	HUN 1	SPA 8	MNZ 2	MEX 1	MEX 1		1st	150
2022	SSR Huber Racing	IMO 12	MON 6	SIL 16	RBR 14	LEC 21	SPA	ZND	MNZ				16th	19