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Armin Hahne (born September 10, 1955 in
Hahne's first start in the
History of Touring Car Racing
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Moers
Moers (; older form: ''Mörs''; archaic Dutch language, Dutch: ''Murse'', ''Murs'' or ''Meurs'') is a German List of cities and towns in Germany, city on the western bank of the Rhine, close to Duisburg. Moers belongs to the district of Wesel (d ...
, West Germany
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) is a German racing driver, best known for his exploits in touring car racing
Touring car racing is a motorsport road racing competition with heavily modified road-going cars. It has both similarities to and significant differences from stock car racing, which is popular in the United States.
While the cars do not move ...
. The highpoint of his career was winning both the 1982 and 1983 Spa 24 Hours
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History
The Spa 24 Hours was ...
driving BMW's. Another highlight of his career was driving in the factory supported Tom Walkinshaw Racing
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The company initially handled privateer work before entering works touring car r ...
run Jaguar Racing
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team racing the Jaguar XJS
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coupes. Hahne stayed with the team as they transitioned to Rover Vitesse
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* Vitesse Models, a diecast model car company
* Vitesse (band), Dutch rock band
* Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse, a car
* Rover 216 Vitesse, a car
* Rover 3500 Vitesse, a car
* Rover 800 Vitesse, a car
* Triumph Vit ...
. In 1991 he drove for one race in the British Touring Car Championship
The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA
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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 Olaf Manthey (born 21 April 1955 in Bonn) is a German former race car driver, and current owner of Porsche team Manthey Racing.
Manthey's career as a driver began in 1974. In the 1980s, he won two races of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft. Re ...
.
In 2011, he won the second round of the VLN race series, co-driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3
The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (C197 / R197) is a front mid-engine, 2-seater, limited production grand tourer developed by the Mercedes-AMG division of German automotive manufacturer Mercedes-Benz, with the assistance of David Coulthard. The car is ...
entered by the Mamerow / Rowe Racing
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with Chris Mamerow.
He also is the youngest brother of Formula One
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driver Hubert Hahne
Hubert Hahne (28 March 1935 – 24 April 2019) was a racing driver from Germany. He was the older brother of Armin Hahne, as well as the uncle of Jörg van Ommen.
Career
He participated in five Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, two of ...
as well as the uncle of fellow racing driver Jörg van Ommen
Jörg Van Ommen (born 27 September 1962 in Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a former German racing driver. He drove for Mercedes-AMG in the DTM in 1995 and 1996, finishing in second place in 1995 in a Mercedes C-Class. He also is the nephew o ...
.
Bathurst 1000
Hahne's first start in the Australia
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n classic was in 1984
Events
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when he partnered Englishman Jeff Allam
Jeffrey Frank Allam (born 19 December 1954 in Epsom, England), is a former British racing driver who made his name in Saloon Car racing. He now works as Head of Business for Allam Motor Services in Epsom which are a Skoda sales and service and V ...
in a Mobil Rover Racing Rover Vitesse
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* Vitesse Models, a diecast model car company
* Vitesse (band), Dutch rock band
* Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse, a car
* Rover 216 Vitesse, a car
* Rover 3500 Vitesse, a car
* Rover 800 Vitesse, a car
* Triumph Vit ...
to an easy Group A
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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
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of George Fury
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and finished just 11 laps down on the winning V8 powered Holden VK Commodore
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of Peter Brock
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and Larry Perkins
Larry Clifton Perkins (born 18 March 1950) is a former racing driver and V8 Supercar team owner from Australia.
Biography Early years
Growing up on a farm in Cowangie in the Mallee region of Victoria, Larry, the son of racing driver Eddi ...
). A brief return to Jaguar in 1985 saw Hahne team with Australian racer John Goss to win the 1985 James Hardie 1000 after starting sixth. On the Bathurst podium, Hahne would call this his greatest win.
His next time at Bathurst was in 1987 for the World Touring Car Championship
The FIA World Touring Car Championship was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It has had several different incarnations, including a sin ...
round in an ill-fated Maserati Biturbo
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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
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History
Mark Petch Motorsport was formed in 1985 by former New Zealand National Championship winner Mark Petch who by 1985 had become a wealth ...
Ford Sierra RS500
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with New Zealand
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racer Robbie Francevic
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, the car engineered by its previous owner and Hahne's team boss in the 1988 ETCC, former Wolf Racing Formula One
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team owner Walter Wolf
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Life and career
Wolf was bo ...
. 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
The Bathurst 1000 (formally known as the Repco Bathurst 1000) is a touring car race held annually on the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. It is currently run as part of the Supercars Championship, the most recen ...
.
Career results
Results sourced from Driver Database and History of Touring Car Racing./ref>
Racing record
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
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Complete British Touring Car Championship results
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Complete All-Japan GT Championship results
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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Spa 24 Hour results
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
References
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