Thomas Jäger

Thomas Jäger
Jäger in 2011.
Nationality	German
Born	(1976-10-27) 27 October 1976 Chemnitz, West Germany
ADAC GT Masters
Years active	2008–13
Teams	Polarweiss Racing MS Racing Callaway Competition Schnabl Engineering
Starts	32
Wins	1
Poles	2
Fastest laps	3
Best finish	15th in 2010
Previous series
2010, 12 2007–09 2005 2000–03 1998–99	FIA GT1 World Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Germany World Touring Car Championship Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters German Formula Three
Championship titles
2009	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany

Thomas Jäger (born 27 October 1976) is a German professional racing driver.

Career

Born in Chemnitz, Jäger competed in the Renault Spider Trophy in 1997.^[1] He began competing in the German Formula Three Championship in 1998, where he finished third behind Christijan Albers and Marcel Fässler in 1999.^[1]

Jäger then raced in the DTM for Mercedes-Benz between 2000 and 2003.^[1] He took two podiums and a best championship finish of seventh, in 2001.^[1] Jäger was signed by Hotfiel Sport for their World Touring Car Championship campaign in 2005, although Jäger left after four rounds.^[1]

Jäger won the German Mini Challenge in 2006, and moved to the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2007, which he won in 2009.^[1]

In 2010 he began working as coordinator for AMG Customer Sports.^[2]

In 2014, Jäger finished second at the Bathurst 12 Hour, co-driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 for HTP Motorsport alongside Maximilian Buhk and Harold Primat.

Racing record

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

• † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete GT1 World Championship results

* Season in progress.

References

External links

• Official website
• Thomas Jäger career summary at DriverDB.com