Lechner Racing

{{Motor racing team

| name = {{flagicon|AUT}} Lechner Racing

| logo = Lechner Racing.png

| founded = 1975

| principal = Robert Lechner
Walter Lechner Jr.

| 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

| driver titles =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

| team titles = Porsche Supercup
2005 2010 2011 2012 2014

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
2014 2018 2019
Porsche Carrera Cup France
2020

| folded =

|founders=Walter Lechner}}

Lechner Racing, formerly known as 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 Sprint 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.racecam.de/index.php?lang=en&site=teams&id=668&sid=23&|title=Teams — Walter Lechner Racing School|work=racecam.de|publisher=racecam GmbH|access-date=January 21, 2014}} 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.

Former Series Results

=ADAC Formula 4=

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Year ! Car ! Drivers ! Races ! Wins ! Poles ! F/Laps ! Podiums ! Points ! D.C. ! T.C.
rowspan="4" \| 2015 \| rowspan="4" \|Tatuus F4-T014 \|{{Flagicon\|AUT}} Florian Janits \|12 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|37th \| rowspan="4" \|N/A
{{Flagicon\|GER}} Kevin Kratz \|6 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|50th
{{Flagicon\|GER}} Marcel Lenerz \|6 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|35th
{{Flagicon\|AUT}} Max Hofer \|3 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|51st
rowspan="4" \|2016 \| rowspan="4" \|Tatuus F4-T014 \|{{Flagicon\|SWI}} Yannik Brandt \|23 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|32nd \| rowspan="4" \|5th
{{Flagicon\|AUT}} Thomas Preining \|24 \|2 \|2 \|0 \|6 \|180.5 \|4th
{{Flagicon\|GER}} Michael Waldeherr \|18 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|28 \|16th†
{{Flagicon\|SWI}} Marylin Niederhauser \|8 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|45th
rowspan="3" \|2017 \| rowspan="3" \|Tatuus F4-T014 \|{{Flagicon\|GER}} Richard Wagner \|21 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|25th \| rowspan="3" \|8th
{{Flagicon\|AUT}} Mick Wishofer \|21 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|23rd
{{Flagicon\|RUS}} Artem Petrov \|10 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|2 \|56 \|15th†

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Year

! Car

! Drivers

! Races

! Wins

! Poles

! F/Laps

! Podiums

! Points

! D.C.

! T.C.

rowspan="4" | 2015

| rowspan="4" |Tatuus F4-T014

|{{Flagicon|AUT}} Florian Janits

|12

|37th

| rowspan="4" |N/A

{{Flagicon|GER}} Kevin Kratz

|50th

{{Flagicon|GER}} Marcel Lenerz

|35th

{{Flagicon|AUT}} Max Hofer

|51st

rowspan="4" |2016

| rowspan="4" |Tatuus F4-T014

|{{Flagicon|SWI}} Yannik Brandt

|23

|32nd

| rowspan="4" |5th

{{Flagicon|AUT}} Thomas Preining

|24

|180.5

|4th

{{Flagicon|GER}} Michael Waldeherr

|18

|28

|16th†

{{Flagicon|SWI}} Marylin Niederhauser

|45th

rowspan="3" |2017

| rowspan="3" |Tatuus F4-T014

|{{Flagicon|GER}} Richard Wagner

|21

|25th

| rowspan="3" |8th

{{Flagicon|AUT}} Mick Wishofer

|21

|23rd

{{Flagicon|RUS}} Artem Petrov

|10

|56

|15th†

† Shared results with other Team

=Italian F4 Championship=

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Year ! Car ! Drivers ! Races ! Wins ! Poles ! F/Laps ! Podiums ! Points ! D.C. ! T.C.
rowspan="2" \|2016 \| rowspan="2" \|Tatuus F4-T014 \|{{Flagicon\|SWI}} Yannik Brandt \|2 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|42nd \| rowspan="2" \|NC
{{Flagicon\|AUT}} Thomas Preining \|3 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|37th

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Year

! Car

! Drivers

! Races

! Wins

! Poles

! F/Laps

! Podiums

! Points

! D.C.

! T.C.

rowspan="2" |2016

| rowspan="2" |Tatuus F4-T014

|{{Flagicon|SWI}} Yannik Brandt

|42nd

| rowspan="2" |NC

{{Flagicon|AUT}} Thomas Preining

|37th

Timeline

class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:85%;" !colspan=2\| Current series
Porsche Supercup \| 2003–present
Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East \| 2009–present
Porsche Carrera Cup France \| 2020–present
colspan=2\| Former series
German Formula Three Championship \| 1978–1979, 1981–1986, 1988–1989
World Sportscar Championship \| 1987–1989
Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup \| 2000–2001
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany \| 2004, 2009, 2012, 2014–2016, 2018–2019
International GT Open \| 2013–2018, 2020–2021
GT4 European Series \| 2014, 2018
ADAC Formula 4 \| 2015–2017
Italian Formula 4 Championship \| 2016
Intercontinental GT Challenge \|2020

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!colspan=2| Current series

Porsche Supercup

| 2003–present

Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East

| 2009–present

Porsche Carrera Cup France

| 2020–present

colspan=2| Former series

German Formula Three Championship

| 1978–1979, 1981–1986, 1988–1989

World Sportscar Championship