René Rast

René Rast (born 26 October 1986 in Minden[1]) is a German professional racing driver and the 2017, 2019 and 2020 DTM champion. He currently drives for Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler in Formula E. He claimed overall wins at the 2012 and 2014 24 Hours of Spa, 2014 24 Hours of Nurburgring and a class win at the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona.

René Rast
Rast at the Brands Hatch round of the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series season.
Nationality	German
Born	26 October 1986 Minden, West Germany
DTM career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Team Rosberg
Car number	33
Former teams	Phoenix Racing
Starts	76
Championships	3 (2017, 2019, 2020)
Wins	24
Podiums	40
Poles	20
Fastest laps	14
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2014–2016
Teams	Sébastien Loeb Racing Audi Sport Team Joest G-Drive Racing
Best finish	6th (2016)
Class wins	0
Formula E career
Debut season	2016–17
Current team	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler
Car number	33
Former teams	Team Aguri
Starts	7
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Finished last season	15th (29 pts)

Career

Rast driving for Veltins MRS Racing in the 2009 Porsche Supercup at the Hungaroring.

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 2012, 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 debuted at the Formula E at the 2016 Berlin ePrix replacing António Félix da Costa (who has a DTM commitment) at Team Aguri.[2] Later he competed in two rounds of the 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.[3] After taking a record-breaking six consecutive race victories the following year, he missed out on a repeat title by only four points.[4] Rast won the 2019 DTM Championship.

Rast returned to Formula E for the final six races of the 2019-20 season in Berlin, replacing the sacked Daniel Abt at the Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler team. He managed to score a podium finish in the fifth race, where he crossed the line in third place.[5]

Rast is due to join Audi as a permanent driver for the 2020-21 Formula E Championship, partnering Lucas di Grassi.[6]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2003	Formula BMW ADAC	KUG/Dewalt Racing	20	0	0	0	0	14	18th
2004	Formula BMW ADAC	KUG/Dewalt Racing	2	0	0	0	0	1	22nd
		Team Lauderbach Motorsport	11	0	0	0	0
2005	ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup	Volkswagen Motorsport	10	6	4	3	7	395	1st
2006	SEAT León Supercopa Germany	GAG Racing Team	15	3	3	2	8	185	2nd
2007	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	MRS-Team	9	0	0	0	1	54	10th
	Porsche Supercup		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2008	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	MRS-Team	9	1	3	1	6	139	1st
	Porsche Supercup	Veltins MRS Racing	11	0	4	1	1	95	6th
2009	Porsche Supercup	Veltins MRS Racing	13	6	5	6	10	207	2nd
2010	Porsche Supercup	Al Faisal Lechner Racing	10	4	4	1	7	152	1st
	ADAC GT Masters	Mühlner Motorsport	4	1	0	1	1	20	17th
		Pole Promotion	2	0	0	0	0
	Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup	Volkswagen Motorsport	2	2	1	1	2	0	NC†
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Farnbacher Racing	2	0	1	0	0	0	NC†
2011	Porsche Supercup	Veltins Lechner Racing	11	5	3	3	8	181	1st
	Porsche Carrera World Cup		1	1	0	1	1	N/A	1st
	ADAC GT Masters	Phoenix Racing Pole Promotion	12	1	0	0	3	69	15th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Förch Racing	8	1	0	1	5	93	5th
	American Le Mans Series - GT	Paul Miller Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2012	Porsche Supercup	Lechner Racing	8	5	4	4	7	142	1st
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Team Deutsche Post by tolimit	17	6	5	7	12	242	1st
	ADAC GT Masters	Mamerow Racing	7	1	0	0	2	50	16th
	Blancpain Endurance Series	Audi Sport Team Phoenix	2	1	0	0	1	46	9th
	Rolex Sports Car Series - GT	Magnus Racing	1	1	0	0	1	35	49th
2013	FIA GT Series	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	10	2	3	2	5	80	6th
	Blancpain Endurance Series		5	0	0	0	1	24	14th
	ADAC GT Masters	Prosperia C. Abt Racing	16	2	1	2	5	146	6th
	Dacia Logan Cup Germany	Pronghorn-Racing	6	5	3	4	6	5067	1st
	Rolex Sports Car Series - GT	APR Motorsport LTD.UK	1	0	0	0	1	32	49th
	Pirelli World Challenge	Swisher Racing	1	0	0	0	0	85	24th
2014	ADAC GT Masters	Prosperia C. Abt Racing	16	3	4	3	9	214	1st
	Blancpain Sprint Series	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	14	1	0	4	3	71	5th
	Blancpain Endurance Series		1	1	0	0	1	43	10th
	United SportsCar Championship - GTD	Paul Miller Racing	1	0	1	0	0	18	87th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	Sébastien Loeb Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2015	Blancpain Endurance Series	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	FIA GT World Cup		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
	FIA World Endurance Championship	Audi Sport Team Joest	2	0	0	0	0	24	12th
	24 Hours of Le Mans		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
	Audi Sport TT Cup	Audi Sport	2	1	1	0	1	0	NC†
	United SportsCar Championship - GTD	Paul Miller Racing	1	0	0	0	0	27	38th
2015–16	Formula E	Team Aguri	1	0	0	0	0	0	23rd
2016	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	8	0	0	0	3	39	9th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		2	0	1	1	1	18	24th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	G-Drive Racing	7	1	4	3	4	111	5th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Audi	3	0	1	2	2	44	2nd
	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	1	0	0	0	0	8	23rd
		Audi Sport Team Phoenix	2	0	0	0	0
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD	Magnus Racing	1	1	0	0	1	36	35th
2017	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	18	3	3	4	5	179	1st
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Audi Sport Team WRT	2	0	0	0	1	29	10th
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship	VisitFlorida Racing	2	0	0	0	1	55	23rd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Audi	1	0	0	0	0	8	12th
2018	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	19	7	2	1	9	251	2nd
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship	Mazda Team Joest	3	0	0	1	0	55	35th
	World Touring Car Cup	Audi Sport Team WRT	2	0	0	0	0	10	28th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		1	0	0	0	0	8	39th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Audi	1	0	1	0	0	12	18th
2019	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	18	7	8	2	13	322	1st
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Audi Sport Team WRT	1	0	0	0	0	3	32nd
	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship	Mazda Team Joest	1	0	1	0	0	20	35th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Audi	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2019–20	Formula E	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	6	0	0	0	1	29	15th
2020	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	18	7	7	7	13	353	1st
2021	Formula E	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler

^† As Rast was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(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
2007	Veltins MRS Racing	BHR	BHR	CAT	MON	MAG	SIL	NÜR 13	HUN	IST	SPA	MNZ			NC‡	0‡
2008	Veltins MRS Racing	BHR Ret	BHR 3	CAT 5	IST Ret	MON 7	MAG Ret	SIL	HOC 5	HUN 8	VAL 6	SPA 7	MNZ 8		6th	95
2009	Veltins MRS Racing	BHR Ret	BHR 2	CAT DSQ	MON 2	IST 2	SIL 1	NÜR 1	HUN 1	VAL 1	SPA 17†	MNZ 1	YMC 1	YMC 2	2nd	207
2010	Al Faisal Lechner Racing	BHR 1	BHR 1	CAT Ret	MON 1	VAL 1	SIL 2	HOC Ret	HUN 3	SPA 3	MNZ 4				1st	152
2011	Veltins Lechner Racing	IST 5	CAT 7	MON 1	NÜR 1	SIL 1	NÜR 1	HUN Ret	SPA 2	MNZ 2	YMC 2	YMC 1			1st	181
2012	Lechner Racing	BHR 1	BHR 3	MON Ret	VAL 1	SIL 1	HOC 1	HUN DNS	HUN DNS	SPA 2	MNZ 1				1st	142

^† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. ^‡ As Rast was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete FIA GT Series results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2013	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Pro	NOG QR 2	NOG CR 6	ZOL QR 3	ZOL CR 5	ZAN QR 3	ZAN CR Ret	SVK QR 5	SVK CR 2	NAV QR	NAV CR	BAK QR 1	BAK CR 15	6th	80

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2014	Sébastien Loeb Racing	LMP2	Oreca 03R	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS 4	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	SÃO		NC†	0†
2015	Audi Sport Team Joest	LMP1	Audi R18 e-tron quattro	Audi TDI 4.0 L Turbo V6 (Hybrid Diesel)	SIL	SPA 4	LMS 7	NÜR	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR		12th	24
2016	G-Drive Racing	LMP2	Oreca 05	Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8	SIL 3	SPA 5	LMS 2	NÜR Ret	MEX 7	COA 3	FUJ	SHA	BHR 1	5th	111

^† As Rast was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
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

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
2014	Paul Miller Racing	GTD	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Audi 5.2L V10	DAY 16	SEB	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	IMS	ELK	VIR	COA	PET	87th	18
2015	Paul Miller Racing	GTD	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Audi 5.2L V10	DAY 5	SEB	LGA	DET	WGL	LIM	ELK	VIR	COA	PET		38th	27
2016	Magnus Racing	GTD	Audi R8 LMS	Audi 5.2L V10	DAY 1	SEB	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	COA	PET	35th	36
2017	VisitFlorida Racing	P	Riley Mk. 30	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DAY 3	SEB 6	LBH	COA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET		23rd	55
2018	Mazda Team Joest	P	Mazda RT24-P	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4	DAY 17	SEB 8	LBH	MDO	DET	WGL 13	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET		35th	55
2019	Mazda Team Joest	DPi	Mazda RT24-P	Mazda MZ-2.0T 2.0 L Turbo I4	DAY 11	SEB	LBH	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	LGA	PET		35th	20

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2014	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Pro	NOG QR DSQ	NOG CR 7	BRH QR 14	BRH CR 9	ZAN QR 4	ZAN CR 1	SVK QR 9	SVK CR 3	ALG QR 3	ALG CR 5	ZOL QR 4	ZOL CR Ret	BAK QR 4	BAK CR Ret	5th	71
2016	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS	Pro	MIS QR 14	MIS CR Ret	BRH QR	BRH CR	NÜR QR 3	NÜR CR 2	HUN QR 10	HUN CR 3	CAT QR 5	CAT CR 18					9th	39

Complete Formula E results

(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	Pos	Points
2015–16	Team Aguri	Spark SRT01-e	SRT01-e	BEI	PUT	PDE	BUE	MEX	LBH	PAR	BER NC	LON	LON		23rd	0
2019–20	Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler	Spark SRT05e	Audi e-tron FE06	DIR	DIR	SCL	MEX	MRK	BER 10	BER 13	BER Ret	BER 16	BER 3	BER 4	15th	29

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	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Pts
2016	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi RS5 DTM	HOC 1	HOC 2	SPL 1	SPL 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2 19	MSC 1	MSC 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	HUN 1	HUN 2					23rd	8
	Audi Sport Team Phoenix																		HOC 1 6	HOC 2 17
2017	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi RS5 DTM	HOC 1 6	HOC 2 Ret	LAU 1 3	LAU 2 7	HUN 1 6	HUN 2 1	NOR 1 12	NOR 2 Ret	MSC 1 1	MSC 2 4	ZAN 1 9	ZAN 2 Ret	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 12	SPL 1 13	SPL 2 1	HOC 1 6	HOC 2 2			1st	179
2018	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi RS5 DTM	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 7	LAU 1 Ret	LAU 2 DNS	HUN 1 4	HUN 2 10	NOR 1 16	NOR 2 14	ZAN 1 17	ZAN 2 1	BRH 1 4	BRH 2 3	MIS 1 Ret	MIS 2 3	NÜR 1 1	NÜR 2 1	SPL 1 1	SPL 2 1	HOC 1 1	HOC 2 1	2nd	251
2019	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi RS5 Turbo DTM	HOC 1 16†	HOC 2 1	ZOL 1 Ret	ZOL 2 1	MIS 1 2	MIS 2 3	NOR 1 1	NOR 2 7	ASS 1 3	ASS 2 5	BRH 1 2	BRH 2 1	LAU 1 Ret	LAU 2 1	NÜR 1 1	NÜR 2 3	HOC 1 1	HOC 2 3			1st	322
2020	Audi Sport Team Rosberg	Audi RS5 Turbo DTM	SPA 1 5	SPA 2 3	LAU 1 7	LAU 2 1	LAU 1 1	LAU 2 6	ASS 1 5	ASS 2 5	NÜR 1 2	NÜR 2 2	NÜR 1 2	NÜR 2 3	ZOL 1 1	ZOL 2 1	ZOL 1 1	ZOL 2 1	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 1			1st	353

^† Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

1. "Introducing...René Rast". Autosport. Vol. 200 no. 1. 2010-04-01. p. 63.
2. Smith, Topher (18 May 2016). "Rast to debut at Berlin ePrix". e-racing.net. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
3. Simmons, Marcus (15 October 2017). "Rast snatches title as Wittmann wins finale". autosport.com. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
4. Gruz, David; Spacek, Julia. "Audi: Rast's winning streak a 'record for eternity'". Motorsport. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
5. "Race Results". FIA Formula E. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
6. Kew, Matt. "Rast joins at Audi Formula E team full-time alongside di Grassi for 2020-21". Autosport.com. Retrieved 2020-11-12.

External links

• Official website
• René Rast career summary at DriverDB.com