Michael Ammermüller

Michael Ammermüller
Born	(1986-02-14) February 14, 1986 Germany
Occupation	Racing driver
Years active	2004–present

Michael Ammermüller (born 14 February 1986) is a professional racing driver from Germany. Having participated in several junior racing categories, he advanced to become a test and reserve driver for the Red Bull Racing Formula One team during the 2007 season. Subsequently, he represented Germany in the concluding two seasons of the A1 Grand Prix series (2007–08 and 2008–09) before spending two years competing in the ADAC GT Masters. In 2012, Ammermüller began competing in the Porsche Supercup with Walter Lechner Racing, where he achieved three back-to-back championship titles in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Career

Ammermüller took part in the German Formula Renault and the Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup in 2004. Two years later, in 2006, he drove for Arden International in the GP2 Series.

As a member of the Red Bull Junior Team, following Christian Klien’s departure from Red Bull Racing's Formula One lineup late in 2006, Ammermüller was elevated to third driver for the season’s last three races. On 14 September, he completed a test session to fulfill the distance requirements necessary for an FIA Super Licence.

After serving as third driver at the end of 2006, he secured a role as a full-time test driver for Red Bull throughout 2007.

His GP2 campaign in 2007 was interrupted by injury, which led to Sébastien Buemi replacing him. When Sebastian Vettel transitioned to Scuderia Toro Rosso, Ammermüller assumed Vettel’s seat in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series. In 2008, he competed in the International Formula Master championship.

A1 Grand Prix

During the 2007–08 season, Ammermüller represented Germany in the A1 Grand Prix. At the third event held at Sepang, he was involved in several collisions, including an avoidable contact penalty that dropped him from third to sixteenth position. A further collision resulted in a drive-through penalty, and after additional contact incidents, he was disqualified from the feature race. These events led to him being nicknamed "Hammermüller."

Despite these challenges, he claimed his inaugural victory three weeks later at the Zhuhai race.

Career summary

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 Ltd	21	1	0	0	3	25	11th
	Formula One	Red Bull Racing	Third driver
2007	2007 GP2 Series	ART Grand Prix	6	0	0	1	0	1	26th
	2007 Formula Renault 3.5 Series	Carlin Motorsport	5	0	1	0	0	12	22nd
	2007 Formula One World Championship	Red Bull Racing	Test driver
2007 -08	2007-08 A1 Grand Prix season	A1 Team Germany	14	1	1	0	2	83	8th
2008	2008 International Formula Master season	Iris Project	14	1	0	0	6	74	3rd
		Trident Racing	2	0	0	0	0
2008 -09	2008-09 A1 Grand Prix season	A1 Team Germany	4	0	0 ¡0 ¡0 ¡2 ¡21st
... [Table continues with similar structure for subsequent years] ...

^† As Ammermüller participated as a guest driver, he was not eligible to earn points. ^* The season is ongoing.

Full Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Results

(key) (Races highlighted in bold represent pole positions; those in italics denote fastest laps)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final Position	Points Scored
2005	Jenzer Motorsport	ZOL 1 1	ZOL 2 1	VAL 1 1	VAL 2 1	LMS 1 3	LMS 2 6	BIL 1 1	BIL 2 2	OSC 1 21	OSC 2 1	DON 1 Ret	DON 2 3	EST 1 2	EST 2 Ret	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 Ret	2nd	149

Complete Formula One Appearances

(key)

Year	Team	Car Model	Power Unit	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Championship Standing	Points Total
2006	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB2	Ferrari V8	2006 Bahrain Grand Prix	2006 Malaysian Grand Prix	2006 Australian Grand Prix	2006 San Marino Grand Prix	2006 European Grand Prix	2006 Spanish Grand Prix	2006 Monaco Grand Prix	2006 British Grand Prix	2006 Canadian Grand Prix	2006 United States Grand Prix	2006 French Grand Prix	2006 German Grand Prix	2006 Hungarian Grand Prix	2006 Turkish Grand Prix	2006 Italian Grand Prix	2006 Chinese Grand Prix TD	2006 Japanese Grand Prix TD	2006 Brazilian Grand Prix TD	–	–

Full GP2 Series Outcomes

(legend) (Events in bold denote pole position) (Events in italics signify fastest lap)

Season	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Final Position	Points Total
2006	Arden International Ltd	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

Full Formula Renault 3.5 Series Results

(key) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole positions) (Races shown in italics represent fastest laps)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final Position	Points Scored
2007	Carlin Motorsport	MNZ Race 1	MNZ Race 2	NÜR Race 1	NÜR Race 2	MON Race 1	HUN Race 1	HUN Race 2	SPA Race 1 10th	SPA Race 2 Did Not Start	DON Race 1 6th	DON Race 2 5th	MAG Race 1 Retired	MAG Race 2 15th	EST Race 1	EST Race 2	CAT Race 1	CAT Race 2	22nd	12

Complete A1 Grand Prix Results

(key) (Pole positions are marked in bold) (Fastest laps are indicated in italics)

Season	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Overall Standing	Total Points
2007–08	Germany	NED Sprint	NED Main	CZE Sprint	CZE Main	MYS Sprint 16th	MYS Main Excluded	CHN Sprint 1st	CHN Main 4th	NZL Sprint	NZL Main	AUS Sprint 4th	AUS Main 7th	RSA Sprint Excluded	RSA Main Retired	MEX Sprint Retired	MEX Main 20th	CHN Sprint 6th	CHN Main 10th	GBR Sprint 20th

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Full Porsche Supercup Results

(legend) (Entries in bold denote pole position) (Entries in italics denote fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Points
2012	Veltins Lechner Racing	BHR 4th	BHR 15th	MON 6th	VAL Retired	SIL 7th	HOC 2nd	HUN 2nd	HUN 4th	SPA 8th	MNZ 9th		6th	102
2013	Walter Lechner Racing	CAT 3rd	MON 3rd	SIL 2nd	GER 5th	HUN 14th	SPA 5th	MNZ 2nd	UAE 6th	UAE 8th			3rd	115
2014	Lechner Racing Team	CAT < br > { { small | DNS } }	MON < br > { { small | 3 } }	RBR < br > { { small | 5 } }	SIL < br > { { small | 5 } }	GER < br > { { small | 5 } }	HUN < br > { { small | 5 } }	SPA < br > { { small | Ret } }	MNZ < br > { { small | 5 } }	USA < br > { { small | 2 } }	USA < br > { { small | 1 } }		3rd	114
2015 Porsche Supercup season	nowrap	Walter Lechner Racing Middle East	Circuit de Catalunya (CAT) 1	Circuit de Monaco (MON) 5	Red Bull Ring (RBR) 9	Silverstone Circuit (SIL) 3	Hungaroring (HUN) 7	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (SPA) Ret	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (SPA) 6	Autodromo Nazionale Monza (MNZ) 3	Autodromo Nazionale Monza (MNZ) 3	style = " background: #FFFFFF; "   "C"
3rd	124
2016 Porsche Supercup season	nowrap	Lechner MSG Racing Team	bgcolor="#dfffdf"Circuit de Catalunya (CAT) 5th	bgcolor="#dfdfdf"Circuit de Monaco (MON) 3rd	bgcolor="#dfffdf"Red Bull Ring (RBR) 9th	bgcolor="#dfffdf"Silverstone Circuit (SIL) 13th	bgcolor="#ffdf9f"Hungaroring (HUN) 3rd	bgcolor="#dfffdf"Hockenheimring (HOC) 6th	bgcolor="#dfffdf"Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (SPA) 5th	bgcolor="#dfdfdf"Autodromo Nazionale Monza (MNZ) 2nd	bgcolor="#dfffdf"Circuit of the Americas (USA) 4th	bgcolor="#dfffdf"Circuit of the Americas (USA) 5th	4th	129
2017 Porsche Supercup season	nowrap	[Walter Lechner Racing](Lechner MSG Racing Team)	bgcolor="#ffffbf"	[Circuit de Catalunya](CAT) 1st	bgcolor="#ffffbf"	[Circuit de Catalunya](CAT) 1st	bgcolor="#ffffbf"  1st	bgcolor="#dfdfdf"	[Red Bull Ring](RBR) 2nd	bgcolor="#dfdfdf"	[Silverstone Circuit](SIL) 2nd	bgcolor="#ffffbf"  1st	bgcolor="#ffdf9f"	[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps](SPA) 3rd	bgcolor="#dfdfdf"	[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps](SPA) 2nd	bgcolor="#dfffdf"  10th	bgcolor="#dfdfdf"	[Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez](MEX) 2nd	bgcolor="#dfdfdf"  2nd	bgcolor="#ffffbf" 1st	bgcolor="#ffffbf" 193
2018 Porsche Supercup season	nowrap	BWT Lechner Racing	bgcolor="#ffffbf" Circuit de Catalunya < br > 1st	bgcolor="#dfdfdf" Circuit de Monaco < br > 2nd	bgcolor="#dfffdf" Red Bull Ring < br > 7th	bgcolor="#dfdfdf" Silverstone Circuit < br > 2nd	bgcolor="#ffdf9f" Hockenheimring < br > 3rd	bgcolor="#dfffdf" Hungaroring < br > 6th	bgcolor="#dfffdf" Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps < br > 6th	bgcolor="#dfdfdf" Autodromo Nazionale Monza < br > 2nd	bgcolor="#dfdfgray" Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez < br > 2nd	bgcolor="#ffdf9f" Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez < br > 3rd	bgcolor="#ffffbf" 1st	bgcolor="#ffffbf" 153
2019 Porsche Supercup season	nowrap	BWT Lechner Racing	bgcolor="#ffdf9f" Circuit de Catalunya < br > 3rd	bgcolor="#ffffbf" Circuit de Monaco < br > 1st	bgcolor="#dfdfgray" Red Bull Ring < br > 2nd	bgcolor="#dfffdf" Silverstone Circuit < br > 6th	bgcolor="#efcfff" Hockenheimring < br > Retired	bgcolor="#ffffbf" Hungaroring < br > 1st	bgcolor="#dfffdf" Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps < br > 8th	bgcolor="#dfdfgray" Autodromo Nazionale Monza < br > 2nd	bgcolor="#ffffbf" Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez < br > 1st	bgcolor="#ffffbf" Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez < br > 1st	bgcolor= "#ffffbf" 1st	bgcolor= "#ffffbf" 150
2022 Porsche Supercup season	SSR Huber Racing	bgcolor=#DFFFDF| 12th (Imola)	6th (Monaco)	16th (Silverstone)	14th (Red Bull Ring)	21st (Paul Ricard)	–	–	–	–	–	16th overall	19 points

External links

• Official website
• DriverDB profile