{"id":19243,"date":"2020-12-05T01:03:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T01:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/michael-ammermuller\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T15:47:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T15:47:26","slug":"michael-ammermuller","status":"publish","type":"driver","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/drivers\/michael-ammermuller\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Ammermuller"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"hero hero--small-image\">\n    \n            \n<section class=\"c-site-breadcrumbs site-breadcrumbs proxima \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/nav>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n    \n    <div class=\"hero__content\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                            <div class=\"circular-image\">\n                                            <picture>\n            <source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"\" >\n            <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" alt=\"ammermuller\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.motorsportmagazine.com\/database\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/ammermuller-200x200.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\n        <\/picture>\n                                    <\/div>\n                        <h1 class=\"hero__title sanomat\"><\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"anchor-menu container-no-breakpoints proxima\">\n    <ul>\n                    <li><a href=\"#biography\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Biography<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#championship-seasons\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Championship Seasons<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#non-championship-races\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Non-Championship Races<\/a><\/li>\n                    <li><a href=\"#teams\" data-behaviour=\"scroll-to\">Teams<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"biography\">\n            <div class=\"post__item\">\n                <div class=\"js-react\" data-behaviour=\"driver-data-box\" data-driver-id=\"19243\"><\/div>\n                <\/div>\n        <aside class=\"sidebar\" data-target=\"ad-container\">\n            <aside class=\"broadcast-space \">\n            <div class=\"broadcast-space__element\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-1563288058060-3\" data-behaviour=\"ad-target\"><\/div>\n    <\/aside>\n        <\/aside>\n    <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" id=\"full-biography\">\n    \n        \n        <section class=\"c-expanding-content expanding-content expanding-content--expandable content-section toggle\">\n            <p>Michael Ammerm\u00fcller stood on the cusp of a Formula 1 career after just two seasons in the sport but that final step proved elusive. Instead, he has forged a career as a championship winning driver in the one-make Porsche Supercup.<\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Early racing career<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Successful in karting, he made his motor racing debut in Formula Renault during 2004 when third in the German series for\u00a0Jenzer\u00a0Motorsport. He ran in both European and Italian championships a year later \u2013 scoring nine wins and finishing as runner-up in both.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Backed by Red Bull, the German jumped straight into the 2006 GP2 Series with Arden International. He benefited from the reverse grid rules to win at Valencia on the opening weekend of the season and finished Imola\u2019s feature race in second position. But he did not score as heavily again and slipped to 11th in the final standings.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Formula 1 reserve with Red Bull Racing<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Amm<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">erm\u00fcller\u00a0was Red Bull Racing\u2019s &#8220;Friday test driver&#8221;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0for the Chinese, Japanese and Brazilian G<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">rand<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Prix<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0that year and remained with the team as fulltime reserve in 2007. He also raced in GP2 with reigning champions ART Grand Prix but was replaced after failing to recover sufficiently from a broken wrist sustained at the opening round in Bahrain.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">When Sebastian Vettel was promoted to F1 with Scuderia Toro Rosso,\u00a0Ammerm\u00fcller\u00a0returned in Carlin Motorsport\u2019s Formula Renault 3.5 team as his replacement \u2013 fifth and sixth at\u00a0Donington\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Park\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">the highlights. He also represented his country in A1GP the following winter but suffered three different accidents in race one in Malaysia and crashed again in the feature. He won from pole position at Zhuhai but it was not enough to reawaken F1 ambitions.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">A future in GTs and\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Porsche\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Supercup<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:113,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ammerm\u00fcller\u00a0was third in the 2008 Formula Master Series\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">before switching to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">national GTs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0and the Porsche\u00a0Supercup<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">. A winner during the 2011 German series, he was second in the following year\u2019s N\u00fcrburgring 24 Hours for Mamerow Racing and Audi.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">made his Porsche\u00a0Supercup\u00a0debut in 2012 with the Lechner Racing Team<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and he remains with the team today<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He was t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">hird overall for three seasons in a row<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0from 2013,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">winning twice during that time<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now the most experienced driver in the field,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ammerm\u00fcller<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0won four times during 2017 to clinch the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">championship\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">for the first time<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">. He won the opening race in 2018\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">and he held off Nick\u00a0Yelloly<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, Thomas\u00a0Preining\u00a0and Julien\u00a0Andlauer\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">despite not winning again<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0The German retained the title for the third successive season in 2019 thanks to victories in Monaco, Hungary and twice in Mexico.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:240,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ammerm\u00fcller took three race victories in 2020 to win the ADAC GT Masters series.<\/span><\/p>\n\n                            <div class=\"expanding-content__buttons\">\n                                            <a href=\"#\" class=\"button button--outline button--chevron-down expanding-content__more\" data-behaviour=\"toggle\">Read full bio<\/a>\n       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