André Lotterer (born 19 November 1981) is a

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professional racing driver currently racing for Avalanche Andretti Formula E in the

FIA Formula E Championship Formula E, officially the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, is a single-seater motorsport championship for electric cars. The series was conceived in 2011 in Paris by FIA president Jean Todt and Spanish businessman Alejandro Agag, who ...

. He is best known for his success in endurance racing with the works

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team, including three victories in the

24 Hours of Le Mans The 24 Hours of Le Mans (french: link=no, 24 Heures du Mans) is an endurance-focused sports car race held annually near the town of Le Mans, France. It is the world's oldest active endurance racing event. Unlike fixed-distance races whose ...

and the drivers' title of the

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. He has also competed in the Japanese

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series for over a decade, winning the title in

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. Lotterer was a test driver for the

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team in , but this did not lead to a race seat. Twelve years later, he joined

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, replacing

Kamui Kobayashi is a Japanese professional racing driver who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Toyota Gazoo Racing (GR) and in the Super Formula Championship for KCMG . He previously competed in Formula One, Formula E, the GP2 Series, an ...

at the

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Racing career

Early life

Lotterer was born in

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to a German-Peruvian father, Henri Lotterer, and a Belgian mother. He was raised by his Belgian mother in

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. He competes with a Belgian racing licence, yet opts to represent Germany.

Single-seaters

Lotterer succeeded in both

and

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s en route to being named

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test driver in 2002. He was passed up for a race seat in 2003 with

Eddie Irvine Edmund Irvine Jr. (; born 10 November 1965) is a former racing driver from Northern Ireland. He competed in Formula One between 1993 and 2002, and finished runner-up in the 1999 World Drivers' Championship, driving for Scuderia Ferrari. He b ...

retiring and

Pedro de la Rosa Pedro Martínez de la Rosa (; born 24 February 1971) is a Spanish former Formula One driver who has participated in 107 Grands Prix for the Arrows, Jaguar, McLaren, Sauber and HRT teams. He made his Formula One debut on 7 March 1999, becoming ...

leaving, as the team chose Mark Webber and

Antônio Pizzonia Antônio Reginaldo Pizzonia Júnior (born 11 September 1980) is a Brazilian professional racing driver who has raced in Formula One and the Champ Car World Series. Born in Manaus, he started his car racing career in the Formula Vauxhall Junior ...

instead.

Andre Lotterer 2010 Super GT Fuji 400km qualify Super Lap

Lotterer contested a one-off

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event at the end of 2002 for

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, scoring a point at the

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Circuit. After that, he moved to Japan, winning both the

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Championship in

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and

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as well as the Formula Nippon (currently known as

) Championship in

. Lotterer made his debut in the

at the start of the 2017-18 season, with the DS Techeetah Formula E Team and is currently driving for Tag Heuer Porsche Formula-E team

Sportscars

Lotterer also made his debut in the

, as a race week fill-in driver for the Kolles privateer

team. Lotterer and co-driver

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, also a Le Mans rookie, drove the entire race themselves after third driver

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dislocated his shoulder in a non-racing related injury. Driving an Audi R10, the car that won the

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and

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Le Mans races, Lotterer and Zwolsman finished 7th overall and in the LMP1 class. His impressive performance that year earned him a drive with the works Audi Sport team in the

2010 24 Hours of Le Mans The 78th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: ''78e 24 Heures du Mans'') was a non-championship 24-hour automobile endurance race for Le Mans Prototype (LMP) and Grand Touring (GT) cars held from 12 to 13 June 2010 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, near L ...

, driving the new Audi R15 TDI plus. Along with Marcel Fässler and

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, he finished 2nd overall and in the LMP1 class, despite the rival Peugeot 908s dominating for the first part of the race. Audi R18 e-tron quattro André Lotterer at Goodwood 2014 002

Audi R18 e-tron quattro André Lotterer at Goodwood 2014 002

He remained with Audi Sport to compete in the

2011 24 Hours of Le Mans The 79th 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: ''79e 24 Heures du Mans'') was an 24-hour automobile endurance race for Le Mans Prototype (LMP) and Le Mans Grand Touring Endurance (LMGTE) cars. The race was held from 11 to 12 June 2011 at the Circuit de ...

, co-driving the newly designed Audi R18 with Marcel Fässler and

. After the Audi works team lost two out of three cars due to accidents, Lotterer and his co-drivers held off three works

Peugeot 908 The Peugeot 908 is an auto racing car developed by Peugeot Sport in 2011 for the Le Mans Prototype category of racing. Powered by a diesel engine, it is the successor to the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP which competed since 2007. The newer 908 features ...

s to claim both 1st place in the LMP1 class and the overall victory, beating the 2nd place Peugeot by a mere 13 seconds. This win gave

10 overall victories at Le Mans and Lotterer his first overall win at Le Mans. From 2012 to 2016, Lotterer competed in the

, driving for

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with the Audi R18. After Audi Sport Team Joest decided not to run in WEC for 2017, Lotterer moved to Porsche as the driver of the No. 1 car with 2016 World champion

Neel Jani Neel Jani (born 8 December 1983) is a Swiss professional Porsche factory driver. His father is from India and his mother is German Swiss. He achieved his greatest success winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2016 after first joining Porsche's LMP ...

and

Nick Tandy Nick Tandy (born 5 November 1984) is a professional British racing driver currently racing for Corvette Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship in the 64 Corvette C8.R. His major victories include the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 20 ...

Formula One

Jaguar (2002)

Lotterer was the reserve driver for

in the

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Caterham (2014)

He replaced

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driver

for a one-off race at the

. He qualified 21st place, in front of teammate

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, but his race lasted just one lap before a mechanical failure put an abrupt end to his F1 debut. He was invited to race again at the

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, but declined as the team planned to run

Roberto Merhi Roberto Merhi Muntan (born 22 March 1991), is a Spanish auto racing, racing driver who drove in Formula One for the Marussia F1, Manor Marussia F1 Team during the 2015 season. Merhi has also raced in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for Pons Racin ...

in the car for the first practice session, contrary to his desire to take part in all the available running due to his lack of experience.

Formula E

Techeetah

Lotterer joined Formula E with

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in 2017, partnering

Jean-Éric Vergne Jean-Éric Vergne (born 25 April 1990), also known as JEV, is a French racing driver who competes in the FIA Formula E Championship with Dragon Racing. He became the 2017–18 ABB Formula E Champion, after clinching fifth in the New York ePrix ...

. After a disastrous

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weekend, where he was disqualified in race 1 and finished 13th in race 2 and a forgettable

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, Lotterer made his first podium in

2018 Santiago ePrix The 2018 Santiago ePrix (formally the 2018 Antofagasta Minerals Santiago E-Prix) was a Formula E Electric motorsport, electric car race held at the Santiago Street Circuit in the Chilean capital city of Santiago on 3 February 2018. It was the f ...

after battling with his teammate Vergne. They helped the team achieve the first 1-2 finish for a team in Formula E, although during the race it looked as though they could have blown it. A charging Lotterer drove into the back of Vergne late in the race and the team were not aware due to a power issue in the paddock. He finished third in 2018 Rome ePrix. He finished the 2017–18 season 8th with 64 points. Lotterer nearly won the

2019 Hong Kong ePrix The 2019 Hong Kong ePrix (formally the 2019 HKT Hong Kong E-Prix) was a Formula E electric motor race held at the Hong Kong Central Harbourfront Circuit in Hong Kong on 10 March 2019. It was the fifth race of the 2018–19 Formula E season, an ...

after leading most laps in the race. He was hit by

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in the second last lap which lead to his puncture and caused him to finish the race in 14th. In 2019 Rome ePrix he claimed his first pole position in Formula E. He finished the race second after Jaguar's

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. The season finished with 4 consecutive races without points, ending the season 8th with 86 points, while his team-mate

won the championship for a second year.

Porsche Formula E Team

= 2019–20 season

= Lotterer joined newcomer team TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team on 17 July 2019, partnering

António Félix da Costa António Maria de Mello Breyner Félix da Costa (born 31 August 1991) is a Portuguese professional racing driver for the Porsche Formula E Team and the 2019–20 Formula E Drivers' Champion. He won the Macau Grand Prix invitational Formula Thr ...

was announced as his replacement at Techeetah. He made his debut with Porsche at

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finishing 2nd in round 1, and finishing 14th in round 2. Lotterer secured pole for the Mexico City E-Prix, although lost the lead into the first corner and later on retired from the race. Lotterer scored a second place finish in the first of six races in Berlin, and ended the season in 8th with 71 points.

= 2020–21 season

= Lotterer stayed with Porsche for season 7 and his only podium finish was in the second race in Valencia, which was a second place. Both of the Porsche drivers were disqualified from the first race in Puebla after the team didnt declare the race tyres. Lotterer had finished in 16th, although his team-mate Wehrlein had crossed the finish line first. Lotterer finished the season in 17th with 58 points.

= 2021–22 season

= After 10 races, Lotterer had a second place in Mexico City and is currently 7th with 59 points.

Andretti Autosport

= 2022–23 season

= Lotterer was set to depart Formula E at the end of the 2021–22 season. However, he instead signed with

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to partner

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and replace the outgoing Oliver Askew.

Personal life

As of 2004, Lotterer resided in

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, Japan. He has since moved to

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and often visits

, Belgium, the town he was raised in, as well as his hometown

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. Lotterer's hobbies outside of racing include

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, collecting and driving classic cars,

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, driving buggies, and discovering unique foods. Lotterer is close friends with Jean-Éric Vergne, his teammate from 2017 to 2019, and is also friends with former racing driver - turned Audi Sport ABT Schaffler team principal, Allan McNish.

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