René Rast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality: | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth Date: | 26 October 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth Place: | Minden, West Germany[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Racing Licence: | FIA Platinum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current Series: | DTM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Year: | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current Team: | Schubert Motorsport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former Teams: | Phoenix Racing, Team Rosberg, Team Abt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Car Number: | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starts: | 122 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins: | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Podiums: | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Poles: | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fastest Laps: | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championships: | 3 (2017, 2019, 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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René Rast (pronounced as /de/; born 26 October 1986) is a German professional racing driver and the 2017, 2019 and 2020 DTM champion. He last competed in Formula E. He claimed overall wins at the 2012 and 2014 24 Hours of Spa, 2014 24 Hours of Nürburgring and two class wins at the 2012 and 2016 24 Hours of Daytona.
After competing in karting and Formula BMW, Rast won the 2005 ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup and was runner-up at the 2006 Seat León Supercopa Germany.
In 2007, he switched to sports car racing, where he won Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2008 and 2012, and Porsche Supercup and claimed three championships from 2010 to 2012. Rast also competed at the ADAC GT Masters from 2010 to 2014, winning the title in his last year.
He ran the 2011 12 Hours of Sebring with a Paul Miller Racing Porsche 911 GT3 RSR. Rast won the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona GT class, driving a Magnus Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup with co-drivers Andy Lally, Richard Lietz and team owner John Potter.
Rast won the 2012 and 2014 24 Hours of Spa with a factory-supported Audi R8 LMS with teams Phoenix and WRT respectively.
In the 2013 FIA GT Series, he claimed a win and five podiums with an WRT Audi R8. In the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series, he claimed a win and three podiums. In 2016, he got three podiums with.
Rast debuted at the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans with a Sébastien Loeb Racing Oreca-Nissan, finishing fourth in the LMP2 class. In 2015, he competed at two rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship with a factory Audi R18 e-tron quattro, finishing fourth overall at the 6 Hours of Spa and seventh at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2016, he raced full-time for G-Drive with an Oreca-Nissan LMP2, claiming a win at Bahrain and a second place at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and two third-place finishes at Silverstone and Austin.
Rast competed in two rounds of the 2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters with an Audi RS5, finishing sixth at Hockenheim II race 1.He won the 2017 DTM title in his first full year driving an Audi RS5 for Team Rosberg.[2] After taking a record-breaking six consecutive race victories the following year, he missed out on a repeat title by only four points.[3] Rast won the 2019 DTM Championship and scored his third series title the following season.[4]
Rast debuted in Formula E at the 2016 Berlin ePrix replacing António Félix da Costa (who had a DTM commitment) at Team Aguri.[5]
Rast returned to Formula E for the final six races of the 2019-20 season in Berlin, replacing the sacked Daniel Abt at Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler. He managed to score a podium finish in the fifth race where he crossed the line in third place.[6] Rast drove for Audi as a permanent driver for the 2020-21 Formula E Championship, partnering Lucas di Grassi.[7]
Rast did not compete in the 2021–22 Formula E World Championship.
He made his return to the series in the 2022–23 season driving for the McLaren Formula E Team.[8] He scored one podium throughout the season, and ended 13th in the standings. Rast announced his departure from McLaren following the season.[9]
(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 | 12 | 13 | DC | Points | ||
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2007 | nowrap | Veltins MRS Racing | BHR | BHR | CAT | MON | MAG | SIL | NÜR | HUN | IST | SPA | MNZ | NC‡ | 0‡ | |||
2008 | nowrap | Veltins MRS Racing | BHR | BHR | CAT | IST | MON | MAG | SIL | HOC | HUN | VAL | SPA | MNZ | 6th | 95 | ||
2009 | nowrap | Veltins MRS Racing | BHR | BHR | CAT | MON | IST | SIL | NÜR | HUN | VAL | SPA | MNZ | YMC | YMC | 2nd | 207 | |
2010 | nowrap | Al Faisal Lechner Racing | BHR | BHR | CAT | MON | VAL | SIL | HOC | HUN | SPA | MNZ | 1st | 152 | ||||
2011 | nowrap | Veltins Lechner Racing | IST | CAT | MON | NÜR | SIL | NÜR | HUN | SPA | MNZ | YMC | YMC | 1st | 181 | |||
2012 | nowrap | Lechner Racing | BHR | BHR | MON | VAL | SIL | HOC | HUN | HUN | SPA | MNZ | 1st | 142 |
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points | |||
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2014 | nowrap | Sébastien Loeb Racing | LMP2 | nowrap | Oreca 03R | nowrap | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | SÃO | NC† | 0† | |
2015 | nowrap | Audi Sport Team Joest | LMP1 | nowrap | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | nowrap | Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel) | SIL | SPA | LMS | NÜR | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 12th | 24 | |
2016 | nowrap | G-Drive Racing | LMP2 | nowrap | Oreca 05 | nowrap | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS | NÜR | MEX | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | 5th | 111 |
2022 | nowrap | WRT | LMP2 | nowrap | Oreca 07 | nowrap | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB | SPA | LMS | MNZ | FUJ | BHR | 6th | 91 | |||
2024 | nowrap | BMW M Team WRT | Hypercar | nowrap | BMW M Hybrid V8 | nowrap | BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 | QAT | IMO | SPA | LMS | SÃO | COA | FUJ | BHR | 27th | 10 | |
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Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | |||
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2014 | Sébastien Loeb Racing | Jan Charouz Vincent Capillaire | Oreca 03R-Nissan | LMP2 | 354 | 8th | 4th | |
2015 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Marco Bonanomi Filipe Albuquerque | Audi R18 e-tron quattro | LMP1 | 387 | 7th | 7th | |
2016 | G-Drive Racing | Roman Rusinov Will Stevens | Oreca 05-Nissan | LMP2 | 357 | 6th | 2nd | |
2022 | WRT | Robin Frijns Sean Gelael | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 285 | DNF | DNF | |
2023 | Tower Motorsports | Ricky Taylor Steven Thomas | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 19 | DNF | DNF | |
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2024 | BMW M Team WRT | Robin Frijns Sheldon van der Linde | BMW M Hybrid V8 | Hypercar | 96 | |||
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Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points | |||
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2014 | nowrap | Paul Miller Racing | GTD | nowrap | Audi R8 LMS ultra | nowrap | Audi 5.2L V10 | DAY | SEB | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | IMS | ELK | VIR | COA | PET | 87th | 18 |
2015 | nowrap | Paul Miller Racing | GTD | nowrap | Audi R8 LMS ultra | nowrap | Audi 5.2L V10 | DAY | SEB | LGA | DET | WGL | LIM | ELK | VIR | COA | PET | 38th | 27 | |
2016 | nowrap | Magnus Racing | GTD | nowrap | Audi R8 LMS | nowrap | Audi 5.2L V10 | DAY | SEB | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | COA | PET | 35th | 36 |
2017 | nowrap | VisitFlorida Racing | P | nowrap | Riley Mk. 30 | nowrap | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | DAY | SEB | LBH | COA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET | 23rd | 55 | |
2018 | nowrap | Mazda Team Joest | P | nowrap | Mazda RT24-P | nowrap | Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 | DAY | SEB | LBH | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET | 35th | 55 | |
2019 | nowrap | Mazda Team Joest | DPi | nowrap | Mazda RT24-P | nowrap | Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4 | DAY | SEB | LBH | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | LGA | PET | 35th | 20 | |
2022 | nowrap | G-Drive Racing by APR | LMP2 | nowrap | Aurus 01 | nowrap | Gibson GK428 V8 | DAY | SEB | LGA | MDO | ELK | PET | NC† | 0† | |||||
2024 | nowrap | BMW M Team RLL | GTP | nowrap | BMW M Hybrid V8 | nowrap | BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | ELK | IMS | PET | 29th | 268 | ||
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Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points | |||
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2014 | nowrap | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | nowrap | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Pro | NOG QR | NOG CR | BRH QR | BRH CR | ZAN QR | ZAN CR | SVK QR | SVK CR | ALG QR | ALG CR | ZOL QR | ZOL CR | BAK QR | BAK CR | 5th | 71 | |
2016 | nowrap | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | nowrap | Audi R8 LMS | Pro | MIS QR | MIS CR | BRH QR | BRH CR | NÜR QR | NÜR CR | HUN QR | HUN CR | CAT QR | CAT CR | 9th | 39 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Chassis | Powertrain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points | |||||
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nowrap | 2015–16 | nowrap | Team Aguri | nowrap | Spark SRT01-e | nowrap | SRT01-e | BEI | PUT | PDE | BUE | MEX | LBH | PAR | BER | LDN | LDN | 23rd | 0 | |||||||
nowrap | 2019–20 | nowrap | Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler | nowrap | Spark SRT05e | nowrap | Audi e-tron FE06 | DIR | DIR | SCL | MEX | MRK | BER | BER | BER | BER | BER | BER | 15th | 29 | ||||||
nowrap | 2020–21 | nowrap | Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler | nowrap | Spark SRT05e | nowrap | Audi e-tron FE07 | DIR | DIR | RME | RME | VLC | VLC | MCO | PUE | PUE | NYC | NYC | LDN | LDN | BER | BER | 13th | 78 | ||
nowrap | 2022–23 | nowrap | NEOM McLaren Formula E Team | nowrap | Formula E Gen3 | nowrap | Nissan e-4ORCE 04 | MEX | DRH | DRH | HYD | CAP | SAP | BER | BER | MCO | JAK | JAK | POR | RME | RME | LDN | LDN | 13th | 40 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)