Uwe Alzen


Uwe Alzen is a German racing driver specialised in touring car racing and sports car racing.
He won the 1992 Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland, the 1994 Porsche Supercup and the 1995 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft privateer B-Class championship.
In 1996 he raced in the full Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft International Touring Car Championship, driving an Opel Calibra V6. When this series was discontinued, he raced for Opel in the German Super Tourenwagen Cup. Alzen celebrated an apparent championship win in 1999 for Opel under controversial circumstances after a last corner incident involving his teammate Roland Asch and his main rival for the championship Christian Abt. Alzen, who was leading the race at the time, barely limped to 2nd place after crashing with Abt's teammate Kris Nissen, whom he was trying to lap seconds earlier at the chicane. Weeks later though, his Championship win was stripped and was given to his rival, Christian Abt, after an amateur video proved that Asch had deliberately crashed into Abt.
Alzen continued with Opel in 2000 in the new Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, but was released after colliding with his teammate Manuel Reuter. He left the AMG-Mercedes team in 2003 under similar circumstances.
Alzen was also a competitor in the 1998 FIA GT Championship season and 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans race in a Porsche 911 GT1, finishing 2nd overall. In 2004 he also competed in FIA GT, with Michael Bartels on a Vitaphone-sponsored Saleen S7.
Uwe Alzen and his elder brother Jürgen Alzen were also driving at the Nürburgring Nordschleife VLN Endurance racing series and 24 Hours Nürburgring in their privately built Porsche 996 GT2 Turbo 4WD from 2003 to 2005. Uwe Alzen set the , about 10 seconds faster than the factory cars of Opel and Audi from the DTM, as well as the BMW M3 V8 GTR of Schnitzer Motorsport. He also has beaten them for the pole positions, yet his car failed at the start of the 2005 wet race due to electronic problems, prompting another very emotional interview.
Nürburgring-Fans voted him Driver of the Year 2004.
Due to rule changes for 2006, also the Alzen brothers discontinued their use of a turbo engine in favor of a normally aspirated Porsche 997 GT3. But they chose to run a standard H pattern manual gearbox in the 2006 24h race, convinced that the Porsche sequential gearbox would not last. They finished in second place, after the Manthey Porsche which has a sequential gearbox that saves several seconds per lap. Uwe was quite upset with the disadvantages of having a manual gearbox during the post race press conference.
In 2008 Uwe Alzen entered the Speedcar International Series, racing for Phoenix Racing, winning two races and finishing third overall.
In January 2012 Alzen is confirmed for a full season driving a BMW in the American Le Mans Series sharing a car with Jörg Müller.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/Masters results

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324Pts
1993Persson MotorsportMercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2ZOL
1
Ret
ZOL
2
11
HOC
1
5
HOC
2
9
NÜR
1
Ret
NÜR
2
DNS
WUN
1
9
WUN
2
9
NÜR
1
23
NÜR
2
12
NOR
1
7
NOR
2
7
DON
1
9
DON
2
7
DIE
1
8
DIE
2
7
ALE
1
ALE
2
AVU
1
7
AVU
2
7
HOC
1
8
HOC
2
Ret
11th40
1994Persson MotorsportMercedes 190E Class 1ZOL
1
11
ZOL
2
11
HOC
1
13
HOC
2
13
NÜR
1
11
NÜR
2
13
MUG
1
15
MUG
2
11
NÜR
1
13
NÜR
2
11
NOR
1
Ret
NOR
2
Ret
DON
1
12
DON
2
6
DIE
1
13
DIE
2
12
NÜR
1
14
NÜR
2
11
AVU
1
12
AVU
2
10
ALE
1
12
ALE
2
8
HOC
1
14
HOC
2
11
18th4
1995Persson MotorsportMercedes C-Class V6HOC
1
11
HOC
2
Ret
AVU
1
Ret
AVU
2
12
NOR
1
15
NOR
2
Ret
DIE
1
Ret
DIE
2
Ret
NÜR
1
9
NÜR
2
8
ALE
1
12
ALE
2
9
HOC
1
3
HOC
2
2
14th34
2000OPC Team HolzerOpel Astra V8 CoupéHOC
1
Ret
HOC
2
DNS
OSC
1
Ret
OSC
2
9
NOR
1
8
NOR
2
6
SAC
1
Ret
SAC
2
Ret
NÜR
1
10
NÜR
2
13
OSC
1
1
OSC
2

4
NÜR
1

3
NÜR
2
6
HOC
1
1
HOC
2

1
6th100
2001Team Warsteiner AMGAMG-Mercedes CLK-DTMHOC
QR
5
HOC
CR
4
NÜR
QR
7
NÜR
CR
19
OSC
QR
4
OSC
CR
3
SAC
QR
11
SAC
CR
Ret
NOR
QR
2
NOR
CR
1
LAU
QR

1
LAU
CR

Ret
NÜR
QR
2
NÜR
CR
2
A1R
QR
3
A1R
CR
3
ZAN
QR
7
ZAN
CR
1
HOC
QR
7
HOC
CR
7
2nd101
2002HWA TeamAMG-Mercedes CLK-DTMHOC
QR
9
HOC
CR
11
ZOL
QR
8
ZOL
CR
7
DON
QR
Ret
DON
CR
DNS
SAC
QR
11
SAC
CR
9
NOR
QR
2
NOR
CR
5
LAU
QR
9
LAU
CR
Ret
NÜR
QR

1
NÜR
CR

1
A1R
QR
5
A1R
CR

4
ZAN
QR
7
ZAN
CR
17
HOC
QR
8
HOC
CR
3
6th24

Complete International Touring Car Championship results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526Pts
1995Persson MotorsportMercedes C-Class V6MUG
1
14
MUG
2
9
HEL
1
NC
HEL
2
4
DON
1
7
DON
2
7
EST
1
13
EST
2
12
MAG
1
9
MAG
2
7
12th26
1996Opel Team ZakspeedOpel Calibra V6 4x4HOC
1
8
HOC
2
6
NÜR
1
18
NÜR
2
4
EST
1
5
EST
2
2
HEL
1
13
HEL
2
Ret
NOR
1

2
NOR
2

2
DIE
1
11
DIE
2
10
SIL
1
13
SIL
2
Ret
NÜR
1
12
NÜR
2
6
MAG
1
4
MAG
2
13
MUG
1
7
MUG
2
3
HOC
1

3
HOC
2
Ret
INT
1
Ret
INT
2
DNS
SUZ
1
9
SUZ
2
12
8th119

Partial Porsche Supercup results

YearTeamCar123456789101112Pts
2003Porsche AGPorsche 996 GT3ITAESPAUTMONGER
12
FRAGBRGERHUNITAUSAUSANC‡0‡
2005Konrad MotorsportPorsche 997 GT3ITAESPMONGERUSA
14
USA
4
FRA
2
GBR
4
GER
6
HUN
Ret
ITA
20†
BEL
3
10th87
2006PZ KoblenzPorsche 997 GT3BHR
1
ITA
Ret
GER
7
ESP
4
MON
4
GBR
1
USA
9
USA
9
FRA
1
GER
2
HUN
5
ITA
1
2nd166
2007SPS AutomotivePorsche 997 GT3BHR
2
BHR
1
ESP
Ret
MON
4
FRA
1
GBR
6
GER
10
HUN
18
TUR
3
ITA
3
BEL
13
3rd128
2008SPS AutomotivePorsche 997 GT3BHR
8
BHR
4
ESP
10
TUR
4
MON
4
FRA
6
GBRGERHUNESPBELITA13th67

† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ — Not eligible for points.