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Klaus Ludwig
Klaus Ludwig in 2009
Nationality
German
Born
(1949-10-05) 5 October 1949 (age 74) Bonn, West Germany
Related to
Luca Ludwig (son)
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Years active
2000
Former teams
HWA 2
Starts
16
Wins
2
Podiums
7
Poles
2
Fastest laps
0
Best finish
3rd in 2000
FIA GT Championship
Years active
1997–1998
Former teams
AMG Mercedes Kremer Racing
Starts
19
Championships
1 (1998)
Wins
9
Podiums
14
Poles
6
Fastest laps
5
International Touring Car Championship
Years active
1995–1996
Former teams
Zakspeed Opel Opel Team Rosberg
Starts
33
Wins
4
Podiums
8
Poles
4
Fastest laps
0
Best finish
7th in 1996
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft
Years active
1985–1995
Former teams
Opel Team Rosberg AMG-Mercedes Ford-Grab Motorsport ABR Ringhausen Rennsport
Starts
173
Championships
3 (1988, 1992, 1994)
Wins
32
Podiums
67
Poles
23
Fastest laps
16
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years
1978–1979, 1982–1986, 1988, 1998
Teams
AMG-Mercedes Porsche AG Joest Racing Zakspeed Porsche Kremer Racing Weisberg Gelo Team
Best finish
1st (1979, 1984, 1985)
Class wins
3 (1979, 1984, 1985)
Klaus Karl Ludwig (born 5 October 1949) is a German racing driver.[1]
^"Pole Positionen: Klaus Ludwig" (in German). Motorsport-Total.com. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
Klaus Karl Ludwig (born 5 October 1949) is a German racing driver. He also known as König Ludwig ("King Ludwig") for his success in touring cars and in...
champion and 24 Hours of Le Mans and Nürburgring 24 Hours winner KlausLudwig. "Luca Ludwig: Eyeing the top of the table: Home race for reigning ADAC GT Masters...
Germany but these did not count towards the championship. The winner was KlausLudwig in Mercedes C-Class V6 with 222 points. Non-Championship race † Not...
of victories including the overall championship in 1981 with driver KlausLudwig. In the early 1980s, Zakspeed also prepared a Mustang for Ford USA's...
deemed legal in every other race that year however this deprived KlausLudwig and Klaus Niedzwiedz of the drivers' title. Eggenberger won the 1989 Spa 24...
Hans-Joachim Stuck, who took a double victory in Helsinki, and 1994 champion KlausLudwig who repeated the feat at Norisring. Alfa Romeo came second to Opel in...
victories, in the Joest Racing Porsche 956, co-driven at various times with KlausLudwig, Paul Belmondo, Marc Duez and Louis Krages (also known at the time as...
entered and co-driven by local veteran Johannes Scheid. In 2006 Schmitz and Klaus Abbelen drove the #97 Porsche 997 in the Nürburgring VLN endurance racing...
Elf-Renault 2J Formula Two cars. The cars, driven by Michel Leclère and KlausLudwig, were renamed to Kauhsen-Renaults and initially started successfully...
chequered flag in their Ford Sierra RS500, two laps ahead of teammates KlausLudwig and Klaus Niedzwiedz. Third was the best of the locally based teams, the HDT...
compete in the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft motor racing series. KlausLudwig subsequently won the 1981 title. The car retained very little of the...
Mans together with his brother Bill Whittington and KlausLudwig in a Porsche 935, although Ludwig, a multiple winner at Le Mans and elsewhere, did most...
Jaguar who muscled his way up to the front. A blocked fuel-filter cost KlausLudwig two laps in the pole-sitting Porsche. Thereafter the chase was picked...
Nissen All AMG-Mercedes Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2 7 Kurt Thiim All 8 KlausLudwig All 78 Ellen Lohr All 87 Fritz Kreutzpointner All Snobeck S.A. Mercedes...
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