Phoenix Racing (Germany)
Phoenix Racing or Audi Sport Team Phoenix is a German racing team. Phoenix was founded in 1999 in Meuspath near the Nürburgring. Team boss Ernst Moser.
DTM
In the DTM Phoenix has been present since the revival of the series in 2000, initially as an Opel factory team with the Opel Astra V8 Coupé, driven by Manuel Reuter and Michael Bartels. Four wins Reuter could enter in the first year and finished second in the drivers' standings at the end of the season in second place behind champion Bernd Schneider. Since Opel but lost connection to Mercedes -Benz and Audi were to achieve top rankings no longer the end of 2005 to the factory exit Opels. During this time, Phoenix with Joachim Winkelhock, Timo Scheider, Laurent Aiello and Heinz -Harald Frentzen was able to undertake some of the top stars of the series.
As of 2006, Phoenix went with factory support from Audi. In the first Audi - season but Phoenix only reached fifth place as best result with Christian Abt. Christian Abt 2007 in addition to the Midland Formula 1 test driver Alexandre Prémat was committed. But already in the season opener at the Hockenheimring Prémat fell into one of the most serious accidents in DTM history, in which he collided with the rotating Tom Kristensen and Susie Stoddart. Prémat retired in the accident a crack in the lumbar spine and had to suspend the race in Oschersleben. He was replaced in this run of Marco Werner. In the rest of the season Prémat managed a second place behind Martin Tomczyk. Christian Abt finished at the end of the season his DTM driver career. 2008 Phoenix occupied the cockpit next to Prémat with Briton Oliver Jarvis. This season Prémat succeeded in Le Mans finishing in the top three. 2009 continued the upward trend of the team. Oliver Jarvis netted twice a podium at Hockenheim and Zandvoort and has been with this season 's best performance year-old Audi pilot. In the 2010 season, Mike Rockenfeller and Alexandre Prémat were the driving duo for Team Phoenix. Before the last race of the season Prémat was dismissed due to disagreements with the manufacturer, so Phoenix Racing the start of Darryl O'Young envisaged. In the 2011 season Martin Tomczyk and the Swiss Rahel Frey for Phoenix Racing were at the start. While Rahel Frey expected schwertat, Martin Tomczyk was able to ride in the second race in the top three. In the third race at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, he won the first victory after a long time and the first for a year-old Audi for Phoenix Racing. Tomczyk in the rest of the season one victory at Brands Hatch and secured third place in the penultimate race in Valencia ahead of the championship. Thus, Phoenix Racing had first led a driver to win the title in the DTM and at the same time providing for their first league title of a year-old car driver in DTM history.
Other racing series
Phoenix Racing to race in the VLN Endurance Championship Nürburgring, FIA GT1 World Championship, the International GT Open and the ADAC GT Masters.