Quick Facts
Biography
Michael Ammermüller (born 14 February 1986) is a racing driver from Germany. He has competed in various formulae as well as acting as test and reserve driver for the Red Bull Formula One team. He has also represented Germany in the A1 Grand Prix series.
Career
In 2004 he drove the number three car in German Formula Renault, as well as competing in Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup. In 2006, he competed in the GP2 Series for Arden International.
As a member of the Red Bull Junior Team, after Christian Klien was dropped by the Red Bull Racing Formula One team for the final three races of the 2006 Formula One season, the team's third driver, Robert Doornbos, was promoted to the second race seat. This left a vacancy in the team, and Ammermüller was promoted to the position of third driver for the last three races of the season. He tested the car for the first time on 14 September, clocking up the miles necessary for an FIA Super Licence.
After acting as Third Driver for the last three Grands Prix of 2006, Ammermüller was signed by Red Bull as a full-time tester for 2007.
Ammermüller's 2007 GP2 Series season was disrupted by injury, and he was rested in favour of Sébastien Buemi. However, Sebastian Vettel's move to the Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 team left his Formula Renault 3.5 Series seat vacant, which Ammermüller took. In 2008, he raced in the International Formula Master series.
A1 Grand Prix
Ammermüller has driven in A1 Grand Prix for Germany. In the 2007-08 season's third race at Sepang, he punted three cars off at turn two in three separate incidents. The first was to take third from Canada in the sprint race. In the feature race, he did it to Britain and got a drive through penalty. After this, he did the same to the Czech Republic, earning him the nickname "Hammermüller".
He then was disqualified but 3 weeks later he scored his maiden victory at Zhuhai.
Racing record
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | Jenzer Motorsport | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 11th |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Germany | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 238 | 3rd | ||
| Formula Renault 2.0 Italy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | NC | ||
| 2005 | Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | Jenzer Motorsport | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 149 | 2nd |
| Formula Renault 2.0 Italy | 15 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 266 | 2nd | ||
| 2006 | GP2 Series | Arden International | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 11th |
| Formula One | Red Bull Racing | Test driver | |||||||
| 2007 | GP2 Series | ART Grand Prix | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26th |
| Formula Renault 3.5 Series | Carlin Motorsport | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 22nd | |
| Formula One | Red Bull Racing | Test driver | |||||||
| 2007 - 08 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team Germany | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 8th |
| 2008 | International Formula Master | Iris Project | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 74 | 3rd |
| Trident Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2008 - 09 | A1 Grand Prix | A1 Team Germany | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21st |
| 2010 | ADAC GT Masters | Team Rosberg | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 12th |
| FIA GT3 European Championship | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29th | ||
| 2011 | ADAC GT Masters | a-workx Akrapovic | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 16th |
| 2012 | Porsche Supercup | Lechner Racing | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 103 | 6th |
| Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 11th | ||
| 2013 | Porsche Supercup | Lechner Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 115 | 3rd |
| 2014 | Porsche Supercup | Walter Lechner Racing | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 114 | 3rd |
| Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | QPOD Walter Lechner Racing | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 231 | 2nd | |
| 2015 | Porsche Supercup | Lechner Racing Middle East | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 124 | 3rd |
| Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | The Heart of Racing by Lechner | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 182 | 4th | |
| 2016 | Porsche Supercup | Lechner MSG Racing Team | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 129 | 4th |
Complete Formula One participations
(key)
| Yr | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Red Bull Racing | Red Bull RB2 | Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 | BHR | MAL | AUS | SMR | EUR | ESP | MON | GBR | CAN | USA | FRA | GER | HUN | TUR | ITA | CHN TD | JPN TD | BRA TD | - | - |
Complete GP2 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Arden International | VAL FEA 7 | VAL SPR 1 | IMO FEA 2 | IMO SPR Ret | NÜR FEA 10 | NÜR SPR 6 | CAT FEA 3 | CAT SPR 8 | MON FEA 7 | SIL FEA Ret | SIL SPR Ret | MAG FEA 12 | MAG SPR 8 | HOC FEA 9 | HOC SPR Ret | HUN FEA Ret | HUN SPR 11 | IST FEA 13 | IST SPR Ret | MNZ FEA 12 | MNZ SPR Ret | 11th | 25 |
| 2007 | ART Grand Prix | BHR FEA 10 | BHR SPR 7 | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MAG FEA Ret | MAG SPR 19 | SIL FEA 10 | SIL SPR 12 | NÜR FEA | NÜR SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | IST FEA | IST SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | VAL FEA | VAL SPR | 26th | 1 |
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Carlin Motorsport | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | MON 1 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | SPA 1 10 | SPA 2 DNS | DON 1 6 | DON 2 5 | MAG 1 Ret | MAG 2 15 | EST 1 | EST 2 | CAT 1 | CAT 2 | 22nd | 12 |
Complete A1 Grand Prix results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007–08 | A1 Team Germany | NED SPR | NED FEA | CZE SPR | CZE FEA | MYS SPR 16 | MYS FEA EX | CHN SPR 1 | CHN FEA 4 | NZL SPR | NZL FEA | AUS SPR 4 | AUS FEA 7 | RSA SPR EX | RSA FEA Ret | MEX SPR Ret | MEX FEA 20 | CHN SPR 6 | CHN FEA 10 | GBR SPR 20 | GBR SPR Ret | 8th | 83 |
| 2008–09 | NED SPR | NED FEA | CHN SPR | CHN FEA | MYS SPR | MYS FEA | NZL SPR | NZL FEA | RSA SPR 14 | RSA FEA 11 | POR SPR | POR FEA | GBR SPR 11 | GBR SPR Ret | 21st | 2 |
Complete Porsche Supercup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Veltins Lechner Racing | BHR 4 | BHR 15 | MON 6 | ESP Ret | SIL 7 | GER 2 | HUN 2 | HUN 4 | SPA 8 | MNZ 9 | 6th | 102 | |
| 2013 | Walter Lechner Racing | CAT 3 | MON 3 | SIL 2 | GER 5 | HUN 14 | SPA 5 | MNZ 2 | UAE 6 | UAE 8 | 3rd | 115 | ||
| 2014 | Lechner Racing Team | CAT DNS | MON 3 | RBR 5 | SIL 5 | GER 5 | HUN 5 | SPA Ret | MNZ 5 | USA 2 | USA 1 | 3rd | 114 | |
| 2015 | Lechner Racing Middle East | CAT 1 | MON 5 | RBR 9 | SIL 3 | HUN 7 | SPA Ret | SPA 6 | MNZ 3 | MNZ 3 | USA C | USA 2 | 3rd | 124 |
| 2016 | Lechner MSG Racing Team | CAT 5 | MON 3 | RBR 9 | SIL 13 | HUN 3 | HOC 6 | SPA 5 | MNZ 2 | USA 4 | USA 5 | 4th | 129 |