Marcel Fässler (racing driver)

Marcel Fässler

Nationality	Swiss
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2006–
Teams	Swiss Spirit Team Oreca-Matmut Corvette Racing Audi Sport Team Joest
Best finish	1st (2011)
Class wins	1

Marcel Fässler (born 27 May 1976 in Einsiedeln, Switzerland) is a auto racing driver.

He 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.

Marcel also drove the F1 Mercedes-Benz 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.

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.

For 2008, Fässler joined the team for the full 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.

Audi works team Joest hired Fässler to drive the Audi R15 TDI plus at three 2010 races: Spa (12th), Le Mans (2nd) and Petit Le Mans (6th). He also retired at the 24 Hours of Spa running a Phoenix Audi R8 LMS.

Racing record

Complete DTM results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2000	HWA Team	AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 2	OSC 1 9	OSC 2 3	NOR 1 13	NOR 2 7	SAC 1 10	SAC 2 4	NÜR 1 3	NÜR 2 3	OSC 1 Ret	OSC 2 12	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 2	HOC 1 5	HOC 2 Ret	4th	116
2001	HWA Team	AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM	HOC1 2	NÜR1 5	OSC 1	SAC 8	NOR Ret	LAU 8	NÜR2 Ret	A1R 6	ZAN 5	HOC2 5							4th	76
2002	HWA Team	AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM	HOC1 Ret	ZOL 9	DON 6	SAC 4	NOR 6	LAU 3	NÜR 4	A1R 1	ZAN 3	HOC2 5							4th	30
2003	HWA Team	AMG-Mercedes CLK 2003	HOC1 2	ADR 4	NÜR1 2	LAU 10	NOR 2	DON 4	NÜR2 5	A1R 1	ZAN 6	HOC2 3							3rd	57
2004	OPC Team Phoenix	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2004	HOC1 Ret	EST 20	ADR Ret	LAU 7	NOR Ret	SHA1 14	NÜR 4	OSC 8	ZAN 10	BRN 4	HOC2 Ret						9th	13
2005	OPC Team Holzer	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2005	HOC1 9	LAU1 13	SPA 5	BRN 15	OSC 8	NOR Ret	NÜR 13	ZAN 5	LAU2 Ret	IST 10	HOC2 6						12th	12

¹ - Shanghai was a non-championship round.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2006	LMP1	5	M	Courage LC70 Judd GV5 S2 5.0L V10	Swiss Spirit	Harold Primat Philipp Peter	132	DNF	DNF
2007	LMP1	5	M	Lola B07/18 Audi 3.6L Turbo V8	Swiss Spirit	Jean-Denis Délétraz Iradj Alexander	62	DNF	DNF
2008	LMP1	6	M	Courage-Oreca LC70 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5L V10	Team Oreca-Matmut	Olivier Panis Simon Pagenaud	147	DNF	DNF
2009	GT1	64	M	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin Olivier Beretta	311	DNF	DNF
2010	LMP1	8	M	Audi R15 TDI plus Audi TDI 5.5L Turbo V10 (Diesel)	Audi Sport Team Joest	André Lotterer Benoît Tréluyer	396	2nd	2nd
2011	LMP1	2	M	Audi R18 TDI Audi TDI 3.7L Turbo V6 (Diesel)	Audi Sport Team Joest	André Lotterer Benoît Tréluyer	355	1st	1st

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2006–07	A1 Team Switzerland	NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	BEI SPR	BEI FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	IDN SPR	IDN FEA	NZL SPR	NZL FEA	AUS SPR	AUS FEA	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR 10	MEX FEA 14	SHA SPR	SHA FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR	8th	50

Complete American Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
2008	Audi Sport North America	LMP1	Audi R10 TDI	Audi 5.5L Turbo V12 (Diesel)	M	SEB	STP	LNB	UTA	LIM	MID	AME ovr:2 cls:2	MOS	DET ovr:DSQ cls:DSQ	PET	MON	19th	21
2009	Corvette Racing	GT1	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet LS7.R 7.0L V8 (E85 ethanol)	M	SEB ovr:7 cls:2	STP	LNB	UTA	LIM	MID	AME	MOS				6th	26
		GT2	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet 6.0L V8	M									PET ovr:11 cls:4	MON		31st	20
2010	Audi Sport Team Joest	LMP1	Audi R15 TDI plus	Audi 5.5L Turbo V10 (Diesel)	M	SEB	LNB	MON	UTA	LIM	MID	AME	MOS	PET ovr:6 cls:5			NC	-
2011	Audi Sport Team Joest	LMP1	Audi R18 TDI	Audi 3.7L Turbo V6 (Diesel)	M	SEB	LNB	LIM	MOS	MID	AME	BAL	MON	PET ovr:Ret cls:Ret			NC	-

External links

• Official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Andrea Montermini Michele Maceratesi	International GT Open champion 2009 with Joël Camathias	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Bernd Mayländer	F1 Safety Car Driver 2001 Canadian Grand Prix	Succeeded by Bernd Mayländer
Preceded by Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Mike Rockenfeller	Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2011 with: Benoît Tréluyer André Lotterer	Succeeded by Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Fassler, Marcel
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	27 May 1976
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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