Lechner Racing

Lechner Racing, formerly known as Walter Lechner Racing is an auto racing team based in Austria. It is also known as the Lechner Racing School. Lechner Racing has established the Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East and organizes the series as a subcontractor of Porsche AG.

History

Sports car racing

Walter Lechner Racing competed in the Interserie in the 1990s and developed their own car in conjunction with Reynard Motorsport, the Lechner Spyder SC91. Since then, the team has actively competed in the Porsche Supercup series since 2003. They won their first Teams' Championship title in 2005 and two more followed in 2007 and 2008. In 2005, the team won both trophies as Alessandro Zampedri collected the Drivers' Championship with a win at the Circuit de Catalunya. Drivers such as Richard Westbrook, Damien Faulkner, Danny Watts and Patrick Huisman have also driven for the team over the years and were successful, winning many races. In 2009 the team failed to win a race, although Štefan Rosina came in third place in the overall drivers' standings. Furthermore, in 2011 Lechner Racing achieved a great success by claiming Double Pole and Double Podium during the Porsche Carrera World Cup with more than 100 cars participating. Since 2009, Lechner Racing is to appointed contractor of the Porsche AG to organize the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East which is running in Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Former Series Results

ADAC Formula 4

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2015	Tatuus F4-T014	Template:Flagicon Florian Janits	12	0	0	0	0	0	37th	N/A
		Template:Flagicon Kevin Kratz	6	0	0	0	0	0	50th
		Template:Flagicon Marcel Lenerz	6	0	0	0	0	0	35th
		Template:Flagicon Max Hofer	3	0	0	0	0	0	51st
2016	Tatuus F4-T014	Template:Flagicon Yannik Brandt	23	0	0	0	0	0	32nd	5th
		Template:Flagicon Thomas Preining	24	2	2	0	6	180.5	4th
		Template:Flagicon Michael Waldeherr	18	0	0	0	0	28	16th†
		Template:Flagicon Marylin Niederhauser	8	0	0	0	0	0	45th
2017	Tatuus F4-T014	Template:Flagicon Richard Wagner	21	0	0	0	0	0	25th	8th
		Template:Flagicon Mick Wishofer	21	0	0	0	0	1	23rd
		Template:Flagicon Artem Petrov	10	1	0	0	2	56	15th†

† Shared results with other Team

Italian F4 Championship

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2016	Tatuus F4-T014	Template:Flagicon Yannik Brandt	2	0	0	0	0	0	42nd	NC
		Template:Flagicon Thomas Preining	3	0	0	0	0	0	37th

Timeline

Current series
Porsche Supercup	2003–present
Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East	2009–present
Porsche Carrera Cup France	2020–present
Former series
German Formula Three Championship	1978–1979, 1981–1986, 1988–1989
World Sportscar Championship	1987–1989
Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup	2000–2001
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	2004, 2009, 2012, 2014–2016, 2018–2019
International GT Open	2013–2018, 2020–2021
GT4 European Series	2014, 2018
ADAC Formula 4	2015–2017
Italian Formula 4 Championship	2016
Intercontinental GT Challenge	2020