Alexandros Margaritis
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Alexandros "Alex" Margaritis (Template:Langx; born 20 September 1984) is a Greek-German racing driver who is best known for competing in the German-based Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters touring car championship. Prior to that, his career had focused on formula single seater racing in Europe. Margaritis has dual nationality as a result of his place of birth and Greek parentage.
Karting and formula racing
Margaritis had his first experience of karting in 1996, and in 1997, he competed in the ICA Junior class, in which he secured the championship runner-up position. He spent the next two seasons competing in the International Junior class in Germany, finishing 4th overall in 1999. In the following year, Margaritis made his single seater formula debut in the Formula BMW ADAC championship. In 2001, he achieved three podium finishes and one pole position on the way to 6th in the championship standings.
After one season in German Formula Renault, in which he finished 7th overall, Margaritis made his Formula Three debut in the first season of the new Formula 3 Euro Series. He achieved one podium finish and two pole positions during the first year and retained a place in the series in 2004.
Touring cars
In 2005, Margaritis moved from formula racing to touring cars when an opportunity arose in one of Europe's most high-profile touring car championships. He was signed by Mücke Motorsport, which was making the same transition between disciplines.
In a 2004-specification AMG Mercedes C Klasse, Margaritis did not achieve any points finishes; his best finish was 9th place at Spa-Francorchamps. He then moved to Persson Motorsport as the third driver in its 2006 line-up alongside Mathias Lauda and Jean Alesi. He was classified 11th in the standings, with a total of 11 points, and achieved a best finish of 5th position in the season's first race. Persson retained his services in 2007 alongside Paul di Resta and Gary Paffett. He finished 10th in the overall drivers standings with 16 points, achieving two 4th places.
On 27 February 2008, Margaritis announced his intention to leave the DTM and seek a position in another championship or category, citing as a primary factor the handicap of competing in year-old cars against machinery of factory specification.[1]
Grand Tourers
In 2008, Margaritis switched his focus to GT cars: He competed in the 24 Hours of Spa for Phoenix Racing. The Corvette C6.R failed to finish the race and was classified 37th.
After one season without racing in major series, Margaritis participated in the newly created FIA GT1 World Championship.[2] He drove for Triple H Team Hegersport and Phoenix Racing. In spite of not participating in all events he finished 7th in the overall standings.
Margaritis switched to the ADAC GT Masters in 2011. He and his partner Dino Lunardi won the driver's championship in their BMW ALPINA B6 GT3. In 2012 Margaritis switched to Team Heico to share a car with Lance David Arnold. The pairing finished 18th in their Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. Heico hired Magaritis for the 2011 and 2012 editions of the 24 Hours Nürburgring as well.
2013 saw Margaritis getting a part-time drive for H&R Spezialfedern GmbH & Co in the VLN.
Racing record
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | MB Racing Performance | Dallara F303/021 | Spiess-Opel | HOC 1 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HOC 2 25Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ADR 1 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ADR 2 27Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PAU 1 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PAU 2 DNSScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NOR 1 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NOR 2 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LMS 1 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LMS 2 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NÜR 1 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NÜR 2 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
A1R 1 DSQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
A1R 2 17Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ZAN 1 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ZAN 2 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HOC 1 2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HOC 2 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MAG 1 26Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MAG 2 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
13th | 23 |
| 2004 | Opel Team KMS | Dallara F303/021 | Spiess-Opel | HOC 1 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HOC 2 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
EST 1 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
EST 2 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ADR 1 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ADR 1 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PAU 1 DSQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
PAU 2 DSQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NOR 1 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NOR 1 20Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MAG 1 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MAG 2 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
13th | 18 | ||||||||
| AB Racing Performance | NÜR 1 23Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NÜR 2 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ZAN 1 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ZAN 2 10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRN 1 RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRN 2 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HOC 1 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HOC 2 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen 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 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Mücke Motorsport | AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004 | HOC RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LAU RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
SPA 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRN 17†Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
OSC 18Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NOR 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NÜR 16Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ZAN 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LAU 14Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
IST 11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HOC RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
19th | 0 |
| 2006 | Persson Motorsport | AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005 | HOC 5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LAU 6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
OSC 20†Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRH 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NOR RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NÜR 15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ZAN RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAT 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BUG 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HOC 13†Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
11th | 11 | |
| 2007 | Persson Motorsport | AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006 | HOC 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
OSC 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
LAU RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
BRH 9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NOR 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MUG RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
ZAN 8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
NÜR 13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
CAT 4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
HOC 7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
10th | 16 |
- † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
Complete GT1 World Championship results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Triple H Team Hegersport | Maserati | ABU QR 5 |
ABU CR 9 |
SIL QR NC |
SIL CR 6 |
BRN QR 13 |
BRN CR Ret |
PRI QR 8 |
PRI CR 3 |
SPA QR |
SPA CR |
7th | 84 | ||||||||||
| Phoenix Racing/Carsport | Corvette | NÜR QR 2 |
NÜR CR 3 |
ALG QR 3 |
ALG CR 3 |
NAV QR 11 |
NAV CR 8 |
INT QR 6 |
INT CR 3 |
SAN QR 18 |
SAN CR 12 |
Sources
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References
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- ↑ Elizalde, P. "Margaritis leaves DTM", Autosport.com, 27 February 2008. Retrieved on 27 February 2008.
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- 1984 births
- Living people
- Greek racing drivers
- German racing drivers
- German Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
- Formula Renault Eurocup drivers
- Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers
- Formula 3 Euro Series drivers
- Formula BMW ADAC drivers
- Racing drivers from Bonn
- German people of Greek descent
- Sportspeople of Greek descent
- FIA GT1 World Championship drivers
- Racing drivers from North Rhine-Westphalia
- ADAC GT Masters drivers
- 24 Hours of Spa drivers
- Mercedes-AMG Motorsport drivers
- Mücke Motorsport drivers
- Phoenix Racing drivers
- Ma-con Motorsport drivers
- Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers
- Engstler Motorsport drivers
- Manthey Racing drivers