Jan Seyffarth

Jan Seyffarth ( born July 12, 1986 in cross- ford ) is a German racing driver.

January Seyffarth's racing career began at the age of 12 years with the karting. In the years 1999 to 2002 he won several karting championships in 2002 and made the leap into the automotive racing. Thus, the Querfurter 2002 started in karting and in Formula König. After the runner-up in 2003, in 2004 he joined the Formula 3 and was able to draw attention to themselves in the first two races with two wins there.

When Jan Seyffarth end of the 2004 season got the chance to be the UPS Porsche Junior, he also took advantage of this and in 2005 increased in the sports car. Since then, he sits in the Porsche Carrera GT3 Cup and drives the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany as well as in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. In the seasons 2007 and 2008, he worked for his father's team Rüdiger Seyffarth (SMS Seyffarth Motorsport) on the road, and celebrated there in 2008 his greatest success when he was runner-up in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany.

In the 2009 season Jan Seyffarth travels 911 GT3 Cup for the team Tolimit / Seyffarth Motorsport with the post- yellow Porsche. He is also the Team Abt Sportsline with the Abt- Audi R8 LMS in the ADAC GT Masters on the go. Due to a serious accident at the Porsche Carrer Cup Championship race in Barcelona Querfurter for three races in the Porsche Carrera Cup, and four races in the ADAC GT Masters had to pause. He had a crack in the socket of his thigh to drawn.

In the 2010 season Jan Seyffarth was for the team Veltins MRS Racing go. After some difficult first race and so many lost points managed Jan Seyffarth at the end yet made ​​it into the Top 5 with a narrow gap of two points on position 3

Besides being a racing driver, the young German is also an instructor on the go. So Seyffarth are teaching as a personal instructor and works for Porsche AG. He also commented on the race of the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany live on the side of Andreas Spellig for the transmitter Motorvision TV and acts as a co-commentator Burkhard Bechtel next.

Sporting successes

  • 3rd place Nürburgring 24 hour race
  • 2 wins VLN
  • 2 wins International GT Open
  • 3rd place 24 hour race Dubai
  • 5th place in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup
  • 3rd place in the Porsche Carrera Cup
  • 5th place in the ADAC GT Masters (Audi R8 LMS)
  • 2nd place in the Porsche Carrera Cup
  • 8th place in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup
  • 8th Place Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
  • 2nd place Porsche Carrera Cup rookie rankings
  • 1st place East Side 100 Oval
  • 2nd in Formula König
  • 12 Formula VW
  • 2nd place ADMV VT 340
  • German Junior Kart Cup
  • 2nd place ADMV Ic / A Junior
  • 1st place Ic / A Junior Winter Cup Oschersleben
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