Fritz Kreutzpointner
{{short description|German racing driver (born 1967)}}
{{Infobox Le Mans driver
| name = Fritz Kreutzpointner
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| nationality = {{flagicon|DEU}} German
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|9|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Burghausen, West Germany
| death_date =
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| Years = {{24hLM|1991}}
| Teams = Sauber
| Best Finish = 5th ({{24hLM|1991}})
| Class Wins = 0
| updated =
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Fritz Kreutzpointner (born 14 September 1967) is a German former racing driver who competed alongside Michael Schumacher and Karl Wendlinger in the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans with Mercedes.
Biography
After rising through the German Formula Ford Championship, he raced for Mercedes in the German Touring Car Championship and World Sportscar Championship between 1990 and 1992 with limited success before retiring from professional motor racing to concentrate on his business career. He returned to motorsport to compete in the FIA European Truck Racing Championship and even won it on two occasions in 1999 and 2001.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kreutzpointner.de/en/group_of_companies/management.php |title=Elektro Kreutzpointner |access-date=2010-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719053331/http://www.kreutzpointner.de/en/group_of_companies/management.php |archive-date=2011-07-19 |url-status=dead }}
Kreutzpointner's twin daughters, Alesia and Jacqueline, are also racing drivers.{{cite news|url=https://www.dtm.com/en/news/from-the-paddock-dekra-lausitzring|title=FROM THE PADDOCK @ DEKRA LAUSITZRING|publisher=Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters|date=29 July 2021}}
Career record
=24 Hours of Le Mans results=
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| Year
! Team ! Co-Drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip|Class |
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| 1991
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Team Sauber Mercedes |align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Michael Schumacher |align="left"| Mercedes-Benz C11 | C2 | 355 | 5th | 5th |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{DriverDB driver|fritz-kreutzpointner}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110719053331/http://www.kreutzpointner.de/en/group_of_companies/management.php Management Business]
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Category:German racing drivers
Category:24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
Category:Sportspeople from Burghausen, Altötting
Category:Racing drivers from Bavaria
Category:World Sportscar Championship drivers
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Category:Mercedes-AMG Motorsport drivers