René Rast

René Rast
Rast at the Brands Hatch round of the 2014 Blancpain Sprint Series season.
Nationality	German
Born	(1986-10-26) 26 October 1986 Minden, West Germany
DTM career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Team Rosberg
Car no.	33
Former teams	Phoenix Racing
Starts	13
Wins	2
Podiums	3
Poles	3
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	23rd in 2016
Porsche Supercup
Years active	2007–2012
Former teams	EKS RX; MRS Racing Lechner Racing
Starts	54
Championships	3 (2010, 2011, 2012)
Wins	20
Podiums	33
Poles	20
Fastest laps	16
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

René Rast (born 26 October 1986 in Minden^[1]) is a German professional racing driver. He claimed overall wins at the 2012 and 2014 24 Hours of Spa and a class win at the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona.

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.

Racing record

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

^† 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

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

^† 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 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Complete Formula E results

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

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

^* Season still in progress.

References

External links

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