Norbert Siedler (born 29 December 1982 in Wildschönau) is an Austrian racing driver.

Career

Siedler began his career in motorsport in karts. In 1992 he began at the age of ten years in the German Kartszene and in 1997, won the junior class. In 1999, he was an Austrian kart driver. In 2000, he moved into Formula Ford and won in Germany and Austria as well as the championship. In 2001 he drove in the

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. For the team Palfinger he finished 4th place twice, including once at Hockenheim supporting the German Grand Prix. In 2002, he was sixth in the championship and finished the season with a victory in the last race at Hockenheim. This was followed by three years in the Italian Euro Formula 3000 Championship. In 2005,he won the championship after two victories in eight races overall standings. In 2003, he traveled to

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for a Formula One test with

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. In 2007 he drove for

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in the LMP2 class in the Le Mans Endurance Series finishing fifth place at

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. He made his debut in the

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, again in a Kruse Motorsport Pescarolo- Judd, ending with an engine failure after 98 laps. Towards the end of the 2007 season, Siedler joined ADM Motorsport in the new racing series International Formula Master. Siedler began his career in the series with victory at Porto and

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. Since 2008 Norbert Siedler has run in the Porsche Supercup.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

External links

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