Marcel Fässler (racing driver) Marcel Fässler is a Swiss professional racing driver. He has competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship as part of Audi Sport Team Joest with co-drivers André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer since 2010, winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times and capturing the World Endurance Drivers' Championship in 2012.Professional career Born in Einsiedeln , Fässler began competing in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Mercedes-Benz when it resumed in 2000 . He finished 4th with no wins in 2000, 4th with one win in 2001 and in 2002 and 3rd with one win in 2003 , all four seasons with a Mercedes-Benz CLK . He moved to Opel and an Opel Vectra GTS V8 for 2004 and 2005 , where he finished 9th and 12th with no wins after which the brand retired from the DTM.safety car for one event in Canada, while regular driver Bernd Mayländer was off due to an injury. He was on track for three laps after a crash involving Williams' Juan Pablo Montoya and Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello .Sports car racing Fässler switched to sports cars in 2006, finishing second at the Spa 24 Hours in a Phoenix Aston Martin DBR9 and collecting two overall podiums at the Le Mans Series for Swiss Spirit. In 2007, he returned to open-wheel racing for A1 Team Switzerland in the 6th round of the A1 Grand Prix series held in Taupo, New Zealand , and in the 9th round at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez , Mexico . He also won the Spa 24 Hours on a Chevrolet Corvette C6 .R for Phoenix Carsport.FIA GT Championship season. Sharing a GT1 class Corvette with Jean-Denis Délétraz , he won two races, finished 7th in the standings and helped the team finish 2nd at the teams championship. The same year he finished 2nd at the American Le Mans Series Road America race on a works Audi R10 TDI for Audi Sport North America . LMP1 team Sebah hired Fässler for the 2009 Le Mans Series season , having a 2nd-place finish as best result. In addition, he and Joël Camathias were crowned International GT Open overall and Super GT class champions in a Trottet-fielded Ferrari F430 . He also retired at the 24 Hours of Le Mans driving a works GT1 class Corvette and finished 4th in the GT2 class of the petit Le Mans , also for Corvette Racing .Joest hired Fässler to drive the Audi R15 TDI plus at three 2010 races: Spa, Le Mans and Petit Le Mans . He also retired at the 24 Hours of Spa running a Phoenix Audi R8 LMS . In 2016 Marcel re-joined Corvette Racing for the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona and won the GTLM Class in the No. 4 Chevrolet Corvette C7 .R with regular season drivers Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner by the smallest ever margin of victory 0.034 seconds.Racing record Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2000 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM HOC HOC OSC OSC NOR NOR SAC SAC NÜR NÜR LAU LAU OSC OSC NÜR NÜR HOC HOC 4th 116 2001 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM HOC HOC NÜR NÜR OSC OSC SAC SAC NOR NOR LAU LAU NÜR NÜR A1R A1R ZAN ZAN HOC HOC 4th 76 2002 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM HOC HOC ZOL ZOL DON DON SAC SAC NOR NOR LAU LAU NÜR NÜR A1R A1R ZAN ZAN HOC HOC 4th 30 2003 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes CLK 2003 HOC ADR NÜR LAU NOR DON NÜR A1R ZAN HOC 3rd 57 2004 OPC Team Phoenix Opel Vectra GTS V8 2004 HOC EST ADR LAU NOR SHA1 NÜR OSC ZAN BRN HOC 9th 13 2005 OPC Team Holzer Opel Vectra GTS V8 2005 HOC LAU SPA BRN OSC NOR NÜR ZAN LAU IST HOC 12th 12
† — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance. 1 - Shanghai was a non-championship round.Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points 2016 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.RChevrolet 5.5 V8DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR COA PET 12th 103 2017 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet LT 5.5 V8 DAY SEB LBH COA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 16th 71 2018 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 V8 DAY SEB LBH MOH WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 12th 85 2019 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet LT 5.5 V8 DAY SEB LBH MDO WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 13th 118 2020 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 DAY DAY SEB ELK VIR WGL LIM MDO PET LGA SEB 13th* 24*
* Season still in progress.
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