Olaf Manthey

Olaf Manthey (* April 21, 1955 in Bonn ) is a former German touring car racing driver who as team manager of the racing team Manthey Racing Porsche brand vehicles used to this day, partly in cooperation with the work. At the company headquarters in Meuspath, directly at the Nürburgring, he operates with Manthey Motors also has a tuning operation for Porsche cars.

Life

Olaf Manthey has been married since 1981. The couple had two children, a son was killed in 2007 but deadly. Manthey trademark, a mustache with hochgezwirbelten ends was trimmed after the third overall win in a row at the 24 -hour race on the Nürburgring, 2008.

Sports career

His racing career began Manthey in 1974 on a Simca 1200 S in mountain and circuit races. On Ford Escort RS 2000, BMW 635 CSi and Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo II he joined VLN endurance race on the Nürburgring- Nordschleife, where he won 28 overall victories.

From 1994 to 1996 he was head of technology at Persson Motorsport in the DTM. In 1996, the founding of the Manthey Racing GmbH and the start of work as team boss was.

Sporting successes

As a driver

As a team manager

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