Norbert Siedler (born 29 December 1982 in

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) is an

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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

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and won in Germany and Austria as well as the championship. In 2001 he drove in the German Formula Three Championship. For the team Palfinger he finished 4th place twice, including once at

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supporting the

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. In 2002, he was sixth in the championship and finished the season with a victory in the last race at

. This was followed by three years in the Italian

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Championship. In 2005,he won the championship after two victories in eight races overall standings. In 2003, he traveled to Vallelunga for a

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test with Minardi. In 2007 he drove for Kruse Motorsport in the LMP2 class in the

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finishing fifth place at Monza. He made his debut in the Le Mans 24 Hours, 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

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. Siedler began his career in the series with victory at

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and Anderstorp. Since 2008 Norbert Siedler has run in the

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Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

External links

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