Walter Lechner Racing

Walter Lechner Racing

Founded	1975
Base	Faistenau, Austria
Team principal(s)	Walter Lechner
Current series	Porsche Supercup Porsche GT3 Middle East Championship Porsche Carrera Cup France International GT Open
Former series	World Sportscar Championship Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 GT4 European Series German Formula Three Championship Italian F4 Championship ADAC Formula 4 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
Teams' Championships	Porsche Supercup 2005 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2014 2018 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup France 2020
Drivers' Championships	Porsche Supercup 2005: Alessandro Zampedri 2010: René Rast 2011: René Rast 2012: René Rast 2014: Earl Bamber 2015: Philipp Eng 2016: Sven Müller 2017: Michael Ammermüller 2018: Michael Ammermüller 2019: Michael Ammermüller 2018: Thomas Preining 2019: Julien Andlauer Porsche Carrera Cup France 2020: Jaxon Evans

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 GT3 Cup 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.^[1] 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. The Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East quickly established itself as the most professional and successful one-make GT series in the Middle East. With the organization based at the Bahrain International Circuit, "The Home of Motorsport in the Middle East", the GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East is located in the perfect environment in terms of motorsport facilities. Ever since its inaugural season in 2009/2010 the GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East is offering an ideal platform for the Arab world's most promising circuit racing drivers to broaden their racing experience on the region's most appealing race tracks. Based on the highly successful Porsche formula for one-make series racing the challenge gives every driver an equal chance to compete, racing in identically constructed Porsche GT3 Cup cars. The upcoming ninth season will thereby see the introduction of the new Porsche GT3 Cup car type 991. As the first international Porsche one-make series the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East will be running with the newest GT3 Cup car version following its inauguration during the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup 2017. Based on the "Arrive and Drive" concept the championship is not only aiming at young talents but similarly gives Gentlemen drivers the opportunity to combine their passion for motorsport with their daily routines and compete in an own category. Upon arrival at the race track the drivers can directly get into their racing gear and step into a perfectly prepared Porsche GT3 Cup car and start racing.

Current Series Results[]

ADAC Formula 4[]

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
2015	Tatuus F4-T014	Florian Janits	12	0	0	0	0	0	37th	N/A
		Kevin Kratz	6	0	0	0	0	0	50th
		Marcel Lenerz	6	0	0	0	0	0	35th
		Max Hofer	3	0	0	0	0	0	51st
2016	Tatuus F4-T014	Yannik Brandt	23	0	0	0	0	0	32nd	5th
		Thomas Preining	24	2	2	0	6	180.5	4th
		Michael Waldeherr	18	0	0	0	0	28	16th†
		Marylin Niederhauser	8	0	0	0	0	0	45th
2017	Tatuus F4-T014	Richard Wagner	21	0	0	0	0	0	25th	8th
		Mick Wishofer	21	0	0	0	0	1	23rd
		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	Yannik Brandt	2	0	0	0	0	0	42nd	NC
		Thomas Preining	3	0	0	0	0	0	37th

Timeline[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website