Mike Rockenfeller

Mike Rockenfeller
Mike Rockenfeller
	Rockenfeller in 2014
Nationality	German
Born	31 October 1983 (age 37); Neuwied, West Germany
DTM career
Debut season	2007
Current team	Abt Sportsline
Car number	9
Former teams	Audi Sport Team Phoenix
Starts	203
Championships	1 (2013)
Wins	6
Podiums	35
Poles	7
Fastest laps	9
Finished last season	4th
Previous series
2008; 2006; 2005; 2002-2004; 2001	Le Mans Series; Rolex Sports Car Series; FIA GT; German Carrera Cup; Formula König
Championship titles
2013; 2008; 2005; 2004	DTM; Le Mans Series; FIA GT Championship GT2; German Carrera Cup
Years
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2004–2005, 2007–2012, 2018–
Teams	Orbit Racing, Alex Job Racing, Audi Sport Team Joest
Best finish	1st (2010)
Class wins	2 (2005, 2010)

Mike Rockenfeller (born 31 October 1983), nicknamed "Rocky", is a German professional racing driver, currently an Audi factory driver competing in the DTM. He won his first DTM title in 2013, driving for Audi Sport Team Phoenix.

Career[]

Rockenfeller began racing karts in 1995 at age of 11, winning the Bambini North state championship. He competed in various local and national karting series in the 1990s. In 2002, he won the Jörg van Ommen Kart Cup Super Series.

In 2001, Rockenfeller moved to cars, and finished 4th in the Formula König championship, winning one race. In 2002, he joined the Porsche Junior team and raced in the German Carrera Cup, finishing 10th, and in a partial Porsche Supercup season. In 2003, he finished 2nd in the German Carrera Cup championship, and made his American Le Mans Series debut at Petit Le Mans, finishing 10th in GT2 class. In 2004, Rockenfeller won the German Carrera Cup and also won two races in Porsche Supercup. That year he also raced in the 12 Hours of Sebring, the 1000km of Nürburgring, and Petit Le Mans.

Rockenfeller driving the Audi R10 TDI en route to winning the 2008 Le Mans Series Drivers Championship.

2005 became Rockenfeller's breakthrough year. He became a full Porsche factory driver and won the GT2 class driver championship title in the FIA GT Championship driving with Marc Lieb for GruppeM Racing. He collected 6 class wins, including the Spa 24 Hours. Rockenfeller also won the GT2 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving with Lieb and Leo Hindrey for Alex Job Racing. 2006 saw him race again in the ALMS and Grand-Am series for Alex Job. He won in the ALMS at Houston and finished second in LMP2 class at Petit Le Mans, driving a Porsche RS Spyder for Penske Racing. He also took two Grand-Am wins.

Rockenfeller driving an Audi A4 at the Hockenheimring during the 2009 DTM season.

For 2007, Rockenfeller became an Audi factory driver and raced an A4 DTM for Audi Sport Team Rosberg in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. He also participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans driving an Audi R10. In addition to DTM and having already moderate experience with Le Mans Prototype cars, in 2008 he drove for Audi Sport Team Joest in the Le Mans Series, alongside Alexandre Prémat. Despite not winning any races, Rockenfeller and Prémat won the title at the 2008 1000 km of Silverstone, after an accident on lap 46 for the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP of Nicolas Minassian and Marc Gené. He also participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, occupying the third Audi entry with Prémat and Lucas Luhr. After qualifying fifth, their entry finished in fourth place overall, seven laps down on winning team-mates Rinaldo Capello, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish.

For 2009, Rockenfeller continues in the DTM with Team Rosberg.^[1]

Rockenfeller started the 2010 racing season winning the Rolex 24 At Daytona overall in the Action Express Racing Porsche Riley with co-drivers João Barbosa, Terry Borcheller, and Ryan Dalziel.

Rockenfeller competing in the 2014 DTM season.

In the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rockenfeller was involved in a horrific accident while passing a slower GTE vehicle at 5:49 into the race. Shortly after nightfall, he was involved in a violent crash at the kinks on the straight between Mulsanne Corner and Indianapolis after near contact with the number 71 car of Robert Kauffman. Rockenfeller then climbed from his car and jumped to safety over the Armco barrier. He sustained a small flesh wound on his right arm and was admitted into a hospital overnight for observation.

Rockenfeller took part in the 2014 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona race^[2] in the Spirit of Daytona Corvette Daytona Prototype with Richard Westbrook and Michael Valiante.

Accolades[]

FIA GT Championship GT2 Champion: 2005
24 Hours Nürburgring overall winner: 2006
24 Hours of Le Mans GT2 winner: 2005
Spa 24 Hours GT2 winner: 2005
24 Hours of Daytona overall winner: 2010
24 Hours of Le Mans overall winner: 2010
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Champion: 2013

Racing record[]

Complete Porsche Supercup 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	DC	Points
2002	UPS Porsche-Junior Team	Porsche 996 GT3	IMO 10	CAT	A1R	MON	NÜR 12	SIL	HOC Ret	HUN 8	SPA	MNZ	IND	IND	NC‡	0‡
2003	UPS Porsche-Junior Team	Porsche 996 GT3	IMO	CAT	A1R	MON Ret	NÜR 1	MAG	SIL 2	HOC 5	HUN	MNZ Ret	IND	IND	NC‡	0‡
2004	UPS Porsche-Junior Team	Porsche 996 GT3	IMO	CAT	MON 1		IND	IND	MAG	SIL 2	HOC 1	HUN 3	SPA	MNZ 8	NC‡	0‡
2004		Porsche 996 GT3				NÜR 2									NC‡	0‡

‡ - Not eligible for points.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2004	Orbit Racing BAM!	Marc Lieb Leo Hindery	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	GT	223	DNF	DNF
2005	Alex Job Racing BAM! Motorsport	Marc Lieb Leo Hindery	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	GT2	332	10th	1st
2007	Audi Sport Team Joest	Lucas Luhr Alexandre Prémat	Audi R10 TDI	LMP1	23	DNF	DNF
2008	Audi Sport Team Joest	Lucas Luhr Alexandre Prémat	Audi R10 TDI	LMP1	374	4th	4th
2009	Audi Sport North America	Marco Werner Lucas Luhr	Audi R15 TDI	LMP1	104	DNF	DNF
2010	Audi Sport North America	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Audi R15 TDI plus	LMP1	397	1st	1st
2011	Audi Sport Team Joest	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Audi R18 TDI	LMP1	116	DNF	DNF
2012	Audi Sport North America	Oliver Jarvis Marco Bonanomi	Audi R18 ultra	LMP1	375	3rd	3rd
2018	Corvette Racing - GM	Jan Magnussen Antonio García	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	GTE Pro	342	18th	4th
2019	Corvette Racing	Jan Magnussen Antonio García	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	GTE Pro	337	28th	8th

24 Hours of Daytona results[]

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2004	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Johannes van Overbeek Lonnie Pechnik Seth Neiman Peter Cunningham	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup	GT	523	3rd	2nd
2005	Brumos Racing	J.C. France Hurley Haywood Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas	Fabcar FDSC/03-Porsche	DP	432	44th DNF	21st DNF
2006	Alex Job Racing/Emory Motorsports	Patrick Long Lucas Luhr	Crawford DP03-Porsche	DP	731	3rd	3rd
2008	SAMAX	Allan McNish Lucas Luhr Henry Zogaib	Riley Mk. XI-Pontiac	DP	233	55th DNF	20th DNF
2010	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa Terry Borcheller Ryan Dalziel	Riley Mk. XI-Porsche	DP	755	1st	1st
2012	Flying Lizard Motorsports with Wright Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long Seth Neiman	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	706	26th	15th
2013	Action Express Racing	João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Burt Frisselle	Coyote Corvette DP	DP	708	4th	4th
2014	Spirit of Daytona Racing	Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook	Coyote Corvette DP	P	693	4th	4th
2015	VisitFlorida.com Racing	Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook	Coyote Corvette DP	P	734	3rd	3rd
2016	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	GTLM	722	8th	2nd
2017	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	GTLM	652	8th	4th
2018	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	GTLM	781	13th	3rd
2019	Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	GTLM	563	16th	6th
2021	Ally Cadillac Racing	Jimmie Johnson Kamui Kobayashi Simon Pagenaud	Cadillac DPi-V.R	DPi	807	2nd	2nd

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results[]

(key)

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
2007	Team Rosberg	Audi A4 DTM 2006	HOC 12	OSC 3	LAU 13	BRH Ret	NOR 13	MUG 6	ZAN 10	NÜR 17	CAT 7†	HOC DSQ											12th	11
2008	Team Rosberg	Audi A4 DTM 2007	HOC 10	OSC 7	MUG 14	LAU 9	NOR 13	ZAN 10	NÜR 15	BRH 13	CAT 5	BUG 9	HOC 9										11th	6
2009	Team Rosberg	Audi A4 DTM 2008	HOC Ret	LAU 7	NOR 9	ZAN 12†	OSC 13	NÜR 10	BRH 7	CAT 12	DIJ 13	HOC 9											14th	4
2010	Team Phoenix	Audi A4 DTM 2008	HOC 5	VAL 6	LAU 4	NOR 12	NÜR 9	ZAN 13	BRH 9	OSC 5	HOC 3	ADR 16	SHA 12										7th	22
2011	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2009	HOC 11	ZAN 1	SPL 5	LAU	NOR 14	NÜR 3	BRH 6	OSC 6	VAL 9	HOC 4											6th	31
2012	Phoenix Racing	Audi A5 DTM	HOC 5	LAU 13	BRH 3	SPL 7	NOR 6	NÜR 5	ZAN 2	OSC 6	VAL 5	HOC Ret											4th	85
2013	Phoenix Racing	Audi RS5 DTM	HOC 8	BRH 1	SPL 4	LAU 2	NOR 5	MSC 1	NÜR 4	OSC 2	ZAN 2	HOC 16											1st	142
2014	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi RS5 DTM	HOC 4	OSC 2	HUN 10	NOR 8	MSC Ret	SPL 13	NÜR 2	LAU 10	ZAN 15	HOC 2											3rd	72
2015	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi RS5 DTM	HOC 1 5	HOC 2 6	LAU 1 9	LAU 2 10	NOR 1 14	NOR 2 Ret	ZAN 1 8	ZAN 2 11	SPL 1 8	SPL 2 4	MSC 1 10	MSC 2 1	OSC 1 Ret	OSC 2 19	NÜR 1 11	NÜR 2 7	HOC 1 5	HOC 2 15			10th	83
2016	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi RS5 DTM	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 10	SPL 1 12	SPL 2 8	LAU 1 19	LAU 2 17	NOR 1 18	NOR 2 DSQ	ZAN 1 14	ZAN 2 15	MSC 1 16	MSC 2 15	NÜR 1 14	NÜR 2 22	HUN 1 4	HUN 2 8					19th	31
2016	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline	Audi RS5 DTM																	HOC 1 5	HOC 2 11			19th	31
2017	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi RS5 DTM	HOC 1 3	HOC 2 7	LAU 1 5	LAU 2 5	HUN 1 4	HUN 2 10	NOR 1 13	NOR 2 Ret	MSC 1 2	MSC 2 12	ZAN 1 4	ZAN 2 1	NÜR 1 14	NÜR 2 17	SPL 1 7	SPL 2 2	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 3			4th	167
2018	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi RS5 DTM	HOC 1 14	HOC 2 2	LAU 1 11	LAU 2 8	HUN 1 11	HUN 2 4	NOR 1 15	NOR 2 16	ZAN 1 15	ZAN 2 16	BRH 1 10	BRH 2 6	MIS 1 10	MIS 2 9	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 13	SPL 1 2	SPL 2 8	HOC 1 6	HOC 2 11	11th	87
2019	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi RS5 Turbo DTM	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 Ret	ZOL 1 5	ZOL 2 4	MIS 1 6	MIS 2 10	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 3	ASS 1 9	ASS 2 1	BRH 1 7	BRH 2 6	LAU 1 3	LAU 2 3	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 7	HOC 1 3	HOC 2 2			4th	182
2020	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	Audi RS5 Turbo DTM	SPA 1 4	SPA 2 5	LAU 1 11	LAU 2 5	LAU 1 6	LAU 2 11	ASS 1 4	ASS 2 11	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 3	NÜR 1 9	NÜR 2 7	ZOL 1 8	ZOL 2 2	ZOL 1 Ret	ZOL 2 6	HOC 1 6	HOC 2 4			4th	139
2021	Abt Sportsline	Audi R8 LMS Evo	MNZ 1 9	MNZ 2 8	LAU 1 3	LAU 2 8	ZOL 1 2	ZOL 2 10	NÜR 1 3	NÜR 2 Ret	RBR 1 15	RBR 2 Ret	ASS 1	ASS 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	NOR 1	NOR 2					8th*	61*

^† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results[]

(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
2014	Spirit of Daytona Racing	P	Coyote Corvette DP	Chevrolet 5.5L V8	DAY 4	SEB 10	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	IMS	ELK	COA	PET 7	28th	76
2015	VisitFlorida.com Racing	P	Coyote Corvette DP	Chevrolet 5.5L V8	DAY 3	SEB 3	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	COA	PET 5		14th	89
2016	Corvette Racing	GTLM	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	DAY 2	SEB 9	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	COA	PET 4	14th	85
2017	Corvette Racing	GTLM	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	DAY 4	SEB 1	LBH	COA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET 2	11th	95
2018	Corvette Racing	GTLM	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8	DAY 3	SEB 8	LBH	MDO	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET	16th	53
2019	Corvette Racing	GTLM	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8	DAY 6	SEB 3	LBH	MDO	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET 4	18th	83
2021	Ally Cadillac Racing	DPi	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 5.5 L V8	DAY 2	SEB	MDO	DET	WGL	WGL	ELK	LGA	LBH			15th*	345*

^* Season still in progress.

References[]

^ English, Steven (17 February 2009). "Audi confirms unchanged lineup". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
^ theCheckeredFlag.co.uk

External links[]

Official website
Mike Rockenfeller career summary at DriverDB.com
Fourtitude Magazine profile

Sporting positions
Preceded by Frank Stippler	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Champion 2004	Succeeded by Christian Menzel
Preceded by Stéphane Sarrazin Pedro Lamy	Le Mans Series Champion 2008 With: Alexandre Prémat	Succeeded by Tomáš Enge Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke
Preceded by David Brabham Marc Gené Alexander Wurz	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2010 With: Timo Bernhard & Romain Dumas	Succeeded by Marcel Fässler André Lotterer Benoît Tréluyer
Preceded by Bruno Spengler	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Champion 2013	Succeeded by Marco Wittmann

[1] English, Steven (17 February 2009). "Audi confirms unchanged lineup". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 17 February 2009.

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Three-time	Woolf Barnato Sébastien Buemi Rinaldo Capello Luigi Chinetti Marcel Fässler Hurley Haywood Phil Hill Al Holbert André Lotterer Klaus Ludwig Allan McNish Kazuki Nakajima Benoît Tréluyer Marco Werner
Two-time	Fernando Alonso Earl Bamber Timo Bernhard Tim Birkin Ivor Bueb Romain Dumas Ron Flockhart Brendon Hartley Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Gérard Larrousse JJ Lehto Manuel Reuter André Rossignol Raymond Sommer Hans-Joachim Stuck Gijs van Lennep Jean-Pierre Wimille Alexander Wurz
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Three-time	João Barbosa Derek Bell Scott Dixon Christian Fittipaldi Butch Leitzinger Juan Pablo Montoya Brian Redman Memo Rojas Andy Wallace
Two-time	Filipe Albuquerque Max Angelelli Mauro Baldi Terry Borcheller Elliott Forbes-Robinson A. J. Foyt Al Holbert Kamui Kobayashi Jan Lammers Ken Miles John Paul Jr. Lloyd Ruby Scott Sharp Jordan Taylor Ricky Taylor Wayne Taylor Didier Theys Al Unser Jr. Renger van der Zande
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Three-time	Klaus Ludwig Hans-Joachim Stuck Markus Winkelhock
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