Armin Hahne

Armin Hahne
Armin Hahne
Born	10 September 1955 (age 69); Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Nationality	German
Relatives	Hubert Hahne (brother); Jörg van Ommen (nephew)

Armin Hahne (born 10 September 1955 in Moers, West Germany^[1]) is a German racing driver, best known for his exploits in touring car racing. The highpoint of his career was winning both the 1982 and 1983 Spa 24 Hours driving BMW's. Another highlight of his career was driving in the factory supported Tom Walkinshaw Racing run Jaguar Racing team racing the Jaguar XJS coupes. Hahne stayed with the team as they transitioned to Rover Vitesse. In 1991 he drove for one race in the British Touring Car Championship for BMW.

Later in his career, Armin Hahne raced mostly on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, finishing second overall in 2008 in the Adac 24 hours, driving a Porsche 911 GT3-MR entered by Manthey Racing.

In 2011, he won the second round of the VLN race series, co-driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 entered by the Mamerow / Rowe Racing with Christian Mamerow.

He also is the youngest brother of Formula One driver Hubert Hahne as well as the uncle of fellow racing driver Jörg van Ommen.

Bathurst 1000

Replica of the Hahne/John Goss Jaguar XJ-S that won the 1985 James Hardie 1000

Hahne's first start in the Australian classic was in 1984 when he partnered Englishman Jeff Allam in a Mobil Rover Racing Rover Vitesse to an easy Group A class win and an excellent 12th outright after starting 36th against much more powerful opposition (the Rover qualified 10 seconds slower than the pole winning Nissan Bluebird Turbo of George Fury and finished just 11 laps down on the winning V8 powered Holden VK Commodore of Peter Brock and Larry Perkins). A brief return to Jaguar in 1985 saw Hahne team with Australian racer John Goss to win the 1985 James Hardie 1000^[2] after starting sixth. On the Bathurst podium, Hahne would call this his greatest win.^{[citation needed]}

His next time at Bathurst was in 1987 for the World Touring Car Championship round in an ill-fated Maserati Biturbo with Australian Kevin Bartlett. A troubled race week saw them start 34th and retire after only 29 laps with a broken differential. 1988 saw him in a Mark Petch Motorsport Ford Sierra RS500 with New Zealand racer Robbie Francevic, the car engineered by its previous owner and Hahne's team boss in the 1988 ETCC, former Wolf Racing Formula One team owner Walter Wolf. Their strong charge finished on lap 103 due to overheating after they had been in either second or third place for the previous 70 laps. That was Hahne's last race in the Bathurst 1000.^{[citation needed]}

Career results

Results sourced from Driver Database and History of Touring Car Racing.^[3]^[4]

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
1976	Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft	38th	Ford Escort	Zakspeed
1977	Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft	15th	Ford Escort	Zakspeed
1978	Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft	9th	Ford Escort	Zakspeed
1980	Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft	49th	BMW 320
1982	World Sportscar Championship	55th	Mazda RX-7	Karl Heinz Becker
1984	Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft	31st	MG Metro Turbo
1984	Australian Endurance Championship	63rd	Rover Vitesse	Mobil Rover Racing
1985	European Touring Car Championship	7th	Rover Vitesse	Tom Walkinshaw Racing
1985	Australian Endurance Championship	10th	Jaguar XJS	JRA Ltd
1986	Nissan Mobil 500 Series	7th	Rover Vitesse	Tom Walkinshaw Racing
1986	European Touring Car Championship	11th	Rover Vitesse	Tom Walkinshaw Racing
1987	Nissan Mobil 500 Series	3rd	Rover Vitesse	Tom Walkinshaw Racing
1987	World Touring Car Championship	20th	Maserati Biturbo Ford Sierra RS500	Pro Team Italia Eggenberger Motorsport
1987	Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft	24th	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	Wolf Racing
1988	European Touring Car Championship	34th	Ford Sierra RS500	Wolf Racing Eggengerber Motorsport
1988	Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft	3rd	Ford Sierra RS500	Wolf Racing
1988	Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship	NC	Ford Sierra RS500	Mark Petch Motorsport Wolf Racing Australasia
1989	Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft	26th	Ford Sierra RS500	Wolf Racing
1990	Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft	12th	BMW M3 Evolution	Zakspeed
1990	Italian Superturismo Championship	21st	BMW M3 Evolution	Bigazzi M Team
1991	British Touring Car Championship	15th	BMW M3 Evolution	Team Labbat's Vic Lee Motorsport
1991	Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft	14th	BMW M3 Evolution	Zakspeed
1992	Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft	21st	BMW M3 Evolution	Linder
1993	ADAC GT Cup Class 1	3rd	Honda NSX	Seikel Motorsport
1993	Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft	20th	BMW M3 Evolution BMW 318i	Linder
1994	ADAC GT Cup Class 1	2nd	Honda NSX	Kremer Racing
1995	FIA Touring Car World Cup	8th	Honda Accord	Honda Team Linder
1995	Deutscher Tourenwagen Cup	11th	Honda Accord	Honda Team Linder
1996	Super Tourenwagen Cup	6th	Honda Accord	Honda Team Linder
1998	Super Tourenwagen Cup	6th	Honda Accord	Honda Team Linder
1998	Super Tourenwagen Challenge	38th	Ford Escort RS2000	Wolf Ford Racing
1998	FIA GT Championship	14th	Porsche 911 GT1	Zakspeed
2009	VLN Endurance	99th
2010	VLN Endurance	43rd

Racing record

Complete World Touring Car Championship 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	DC	Points
1987	Pro Team Italia	Maserati Biturbo	MNZ ovr:17 cls:9	JAR	DIJ Ret	NUR Ret	SPA	BNO ovr:24 cls:5	SIL ovr:12 cls:4	BAT Ret	CLD Ret	WEL		20th	79
1987	Eggenberger Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS500											FJI ovr:17 cls:10	20th	79

Complete British Touring Car Championship 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	DC	Pts
1991	BMW Team Labatt's	BMW M3	SIL	SNE	DON	THR	SIL	BRH	SIL	DON 1	DON 2	OUL	BRH 1	BRH 2	DON	THR 3	SIL	15th	12

Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship (1994-) 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	DC	Pts
1994	Team Doricome	Honda Civic Ferio	AUT 1	AUT 2	SUG 1	SUG 2	TOK 1	TOK 2	SUZ 1	SUZ 2	MIN 1	MIN 2	AID 1	AID 2	TSU 1	TSU 2	SEN 1	SEN 2	FUJ 1 21	FUJ 2 15	NC	0

Complete All-Japan GT Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	DC	Pts
1999	Nismo	Nissan Skyline GT-R	GT500	SUZ	FUJ 11	SUG	MIN	FUJ	TAI	MOT	NC	0

Complete Spa 24 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
1980	BMW Belgium	Jean Wansart Claude De Wael	BMW 323i	-2500	391	15th	3rd
1982	Bastos Joosen Juma	Hans Heyer Eddy Joosen Dieter Quester	BMW 528i	Div. 3	450	1st	1st
1983	Bastos Juma Racing Team	Thierry Tassin Hans Heyer	BMW 635 CSi	Div. 3	488	1st	1st
1984	Rover Gitanes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Steve Soper	Rover Vitesse	Div. 3	NA	DNF	DNF
1985	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jeff Allam	Rover Vitesse	Div. 3	33	DNF	DNF
1986	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Jeff Allam Denny Hulme	Rover Vitesse	Div. 3	481	6th	5th
1990	Bastos Bigazzi	Steve Soper Jean-Michel Martin	BMW M3 Evolution	DTM/Div. 2	462	4th	3rd
1992	BMW Fina Bastos Team/Bigazzi	Bernard Béguin Eddy Joosen	BMW M3 Evolution	DTM	503	3rd	3rd
1993	Seikel Motorsport	Bertrand Gachot Kazuo Shimizu	Honda NSX	GT2	233	DNF	DNF

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
1993	TWR Jaguar Racing	David Leslie Win Percy	Jaguar XJ220	GT	6	DNF	DNF
1994	Kremer Honda Racing	Christophe Bouchut Bertrand Gachot	Honda NSX	LMGT2	257	14th	6th
1995	Honda Motor Co. Ltd.	Ivan Capelli Bertrand Gachot	Honda NSX GT1	LMGT1	7	DNF	DNF
1997	Schübel Engineering	Patrice Goueslard Pedro Lamy	Porsche 911 GT1	LMGT1	331	5th	3rd

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
1984	Mobil Rover Racing	Jeff Allam	Rover Vitesse	Group A	152	12th	1st
1985	JRA Ltd	John Goss	Jaguar XJS	C	163	1st	1st
1987	Pro Team Italia	Kevin Bartlett Bruno Giacomelli	Maserati Biturbo	A	29	DNF	DNF
1988	Mark Petch Motorsport / Wolf Racing Australasia	Robbie Francevic	Ford Sierra RS500	A	103	DNF	DNF

References

^ Tuckey, Bill, ed. (1988–89). The Great Race. 8. Hornsby: Chevron Publishing Group: 239. ISSN 1031-6124.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
^ "James Hardie 1000 Mount Panorama, Bathurst 6th October, 1985". Unique Cars and Parts. Archived from the original on 24 February 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
^ Armin Hahne - Driver Database
^ History of Touring Car Racing

Sporting positions
Preceded by Tom Walkinshaw Pierre Dieudonné	Winner of the Spa 24 Hours 1982 & 1983 (with Hans Heyer, Eddy Joosen and Thierry Tassin)	Succeeded by Tom Walkinshaw Hans Heyer Win Percy
Preceded by Peter Brock Larry Perkins	Winner of the Bathurst 1000 1985 (with John Goss)	Succeeded by Allan Grice Graeme Bailey

[1] Tuckey, Bill, ed. (1988–89). The Great Race. 8. Hornsby: Chevron Publishing Group: 239. ISSN 1031-6124.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[2] "James Hardie 1000 Mount Panorama, Bathurst 6th October, 1985". Unique Cars and Parts. Archived from the original on 24 February 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.

[3] Armin Hahne - Driver Database

[4] History of Touring Car Racing

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Armin Hahne
Born	(1955-09-10) 10 September 1955 (age 69) Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Nationality	German
Relatives	Hubert Hahne (brother) Jörg van Ommen (nephew)