Manthey Racing

Founded	1996
Base	Meuspath, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Team principal(s)	Olaf Manthey
Current series	FIA World Endurance Championship Nürburgring Endurance Series Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters GT2 European Series
Former series	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Porsche Supercup International GT Open IMSA Sportscar Championship 24H Series ADAC GT Masters American Le Mans Series Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
Noted drivers	Timo Bernhard Matteo Cairoli Michael Christensen Romain Dumas Kévin Estre Patrick Huisman Marc Lieb Richard Lietz Lucas Luhr Frédéric Makowiecki Mike Rockenfeller Nick Tandy Marcel Tiemann
Teams' Championships	1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Porsche Supercup, 2015 FIA WEC, 2023 DTM
Drivers' Championships	1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Porsche Supercup, 2015 FIA WEC, 2023 DTM
Website	https://www.manthey-racing.de/en/home

Manthey Racing GmbH is a German auto racing team established in 1996 by former race car driver Olaf Manthey. Manthey Racing is currently competing in the Nürburgring Endurance Series, Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, and the GT2 European Series, and is also responsible for Porsche's factory efforts in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Working with Porsche sports cars for most of their history, the team has been strongly linked with the German manufacturer, being purchased by Porsche for a 51% majority stake in 2013, and later becoming a full motorsport partner in 2021.^[1][2]

History

Retiring after the 1993 season of the original DTM series, Olaf Manthey began working for Persson Motorsport in 1994, which ran Mercedes race cars. After the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft series folded in 1996, Olaf Manthey established his own racing team, Olaf Manthey Racing, in the municipality of Rheinbreitbach.^[3]

Manthey Racing Porsche 911 (993) driven by Oliver Mathai in the Porsche Supercup.

The team first raced in the Porsche Supercup in 1996, finishing 4th in the teams' standings with 158 points.^[4] The next four seasons between 1997 and 2000 saw four consecutive teams' and drivers' championships for Manthey Racing and their Dutch driver Patrick Huisman.^[5] Manthey would later take part in their first VLN event in 1998, where the team won the race outright with a Porsche 911 GT2 after 3 hours and 25 minutes of racing.^[6] In the following year, Manthey Racing competed in the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, taking part in the annual endurance race for the first time, entering with a Porsche 911 (996) GT3-R. The team won on their first attempt in the LMGT class with Huisman, Uwe Alzen, and Luca Riccitelli.

On 1 April 2000, Manthey Racing moved to their current location in the municipality of Meuspath.^[3] The team would expand the site in 2006.

In 2013, Manthey Racing worked with Porsche to help enter and represent the German manufacturer in the LM GTE Pro class of the FIA World Endurance Championship.^[7] The team entered two cars for the 2013 season with the newly-unveiled Porsche 911 RSR, and Jörg Bergmeister, Patrick Pilet, Timo Bernhard, Marc Lieb, Richard Lietz, and Romain Dumas were selected for the driving lineups. Porsche and Manthey scored six podiums throughout the season, including a 1-2 victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. They would finish 3rd and 4th in the LM GTE Pro teams' standings. At the end of the year, Porsche worked with team owner Olaf Manthey on an agreement, in which Porsche bought a majority stake in Manthey Racing, taking a 51% share in the company.^[2]

For the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship, Porsche and Manthey would finish 2nd and 4th with their #92 and #91 entries respectively, taking two wins and eight podiums, including a 3rd place finish in the LM GTE Pro class at the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans.^[8] They would retain some of the driver lineup for that season from the previous year, but would replace Bernhard, Dumas, and Lieb with Frédéric Makowiecki, Nick Tandy, and Marco Holzer, as the former three would drive for Porsche's Le Mans Prototype team.

Building on their progress in the FIA World Endurance Championship the following year, Porsche and Manthey were able to secure the FIA Endurance Trophy for the LM GTE Pro class in the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship. Team driver Richard Lietz also won the LM GTE drivers' championship that year, known as the 'World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers'.^[9]

For the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship, Manthey Racing was selected by Porsche to help operate its GT3 team.^[10][11]

Manthey won the 2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers' and teams' championships with Thomas Preining (who won the championship) and Dennis Olsen.^[12]

24 Hours of Nürburgring

The 2007 24 Hours of Nürburgring race-winning #1 Manthey Racing 997 GT3 RSR.

Manthey Racing has been a regular participant in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring endurance event since 2006, being absent for only the 2012 edition.

The team entered the Nürburgring 24 Hours in 2006, with additional factory driver support from Porsche, running a 996-generation 911 GT3.^[13] Lucas Luhr, Timo Bernhard, Mike Rockenfeller, and Marcel Tiemann took victory for Manthey Racing in the event, and due to favorable conditions and stiff competition from rival cars, also achieved what was then a new overall distance record (3,832 km (2,381 mi) in 151 laps). The team would compete once again in 2007, this time with Porsche's latest offering at the time, the Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, with drivers Bernhard, Tiemann, Marc Lieb, and Romain Dumas behind the wheel. Manthey Racing would take the win, after the leading Aston Martin DBRS9 had experienced an engine failure, and the sister 911 GT3 RSR entry from Land Motorsport had received damage from contact with the Manthey car during the race.^[14]

Manthey Racing entered the 2008 edition of the Nürburgring 24 Hours with five participating teams. Despite early drama for the team's #1 car, losing time with a leaky radiator and a tire failure, they were able to recover and eventually take the overall victory for the third year in a row, the car driven by Bernhard, Tiemann, Lieb, and Dumas.^[15] Manthey also scored an overall 1-2 finish in the race with their #23 Porsche 996 GT3 that previously won in 2006 finishing 2nd, with drivers Pierre Kaffer, Armin Hahne, Christian Haarmann, and Jochen Krumbach. The team's #26, #25, and #27 entries would finish 5th, 8th, and 12th respectively. The 2009 24 Hours of Nürburgring saw another victory for Manthey Racing with the #1 car, as well as a podium in the SP9 class with the #2 car.^[16]

The 2010 24 Hours of Nürburgring saw Manthey Racing return to a five-team effort. Manthey's #9 entry debuted the flywheel hybrid-powered Porsche 997 GT3 R Hybrid sports car in the E1-XP class, and it would start strong, battling for the lead in the first stages of the race, though they would lose time after the car would suffer a puncture. Despite regaining the lead, however, the team would be forced to retire the car at the 22nd hour. At the end of the event, only one Manthey car crossed the line, the #88 car finishing 10th in the SP9 GT3 class.^[17]

The 2011 race saw the team return to winning form, with the #18 car driven by Bernhard, Dumas, Lieb, and Lucas Luhr taking the overall win.^[18] The returning hybrid-powered 997 GT3 R also won the E1-XP class.

Manthey returned to the 2013 24 Hours of Nürburgring after being absent in the 2012 event, winning the SP7 class, finishing 7th overall with Bernhard, Dumas, Lieb, and Luhr.^[19]

Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R in its traditional Grello livery.

For 2014, Manthey expanded back to four entries for the 2014 24 Hours of Nürburgring. Their #40 entry scored a podium finish in the SP7 class, finishing 16th overall. Two of their cars would unfortunately retire from the event, and the #12 entry finished 15th in the SP9 GT3 class. In 2016, Manthey won the SP-X class in the 2016 24 Hours of Nürburgring with a Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport.^[20] In 2021, Manthey took the overall victory at the 2021 24 Hours of Nürburgring after just nine hours of racing.^[21]

Results

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Year	Car	Drivers	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	D.C.	T.C.
1992	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2	Olaf Manthey	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC	NC
2001	AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2001	Patrick Huisman	20	1	0	1	3	63	6th	3rd
		Bernd Mayländer	13	1	0	1	2	28	11th
		Marcel Tiemann	6	0	0	0	2	26	12th
2002	AMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2001	Patrick Huisman	20	0	0	0	0	0	16th	10th
		Bernd Mayländer	18	0	0	0	0	0	19th
		Marcel Tiemann	2	0	0	0	0	0	25th
2023	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Thomas Preining	16	3	3	2	8	246	1st	1st
		Dennis Olsen	16	0	0	0	2	129	7th

24 Hours of Le Mans

Year	Entrant	No.	Car	Drivers	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1999	Manthey Racing GmbH	81	Porsche 911 (996) GT3 R	Uwe Alzen Patrick Huisman Luca Riccitelli	LMGT	317	13th	1st
2013	Porsche AG Team Manthey	91	Porsche 911 (991) RSR	Jörg Bergmeister Timo Bernhard Patrick Pilet	LMGTE Pro	315	16th	2nd
		92	Porsche 911 (991) RSR	Marc Lieb Richard Lietz Romain Dumas	LMGTE Pro	315	15th	1st
2014	Porsche Team Manthey	91	Porsche 911 (991) RSR	Marco Holzer Frédéric Makowiecki Richard Lietz	LMGTE Pro	337	17th	3rd
		92	Porsche 911 (991) RSR	Nick Tandy Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Pilet	LMGTE Pro	309	36th	7th
2015	Porsche Team Manthey	91	Porsche 911 (991) RSR	Jörg Bergmeister Michael Christensen Richard Lietz	LMGTE Pro	327	30th	5th
		92	Porsche 911 (991) RSR	Wolf Henzler Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet	LMGTE Pro	14	Ret	Ret

24 Hours of Nürburgring

Year	Entrant	No.	Car	Drivers	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2006	Manthey Racing	28	Porsche 911 (996) GT3-MR	Timo Bernhard Lucas Luhr Mike Rockenfeller Marcel Tiemann	SP7	151	1st	1st
2007	Manthey Racing	1	Porsche 911 (997) GT3 RSR	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Marc Lieb Marcel Tiemann	SP7	112	1st	1st
2008	Manthey Racing	1	Porsche 911 (997) GT3 RSR	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Marc Lieb Marcel Tiemann	SP7	148	1st	1st
		23	Porsche 911 (996) GT3-MR	Pierre Kaffer Armin Hahne Christian Haarmann Jochen Krumbach	SP7	147	2nd	2nd
		25	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Lance David Arnold Jean-François Hemroulle Bert Lambrecht	SP7	141	8th	7th
		26	Porsche 911 GT3	Frank Kräling Marc Gindorf Peter Scharmach Martin Gagginger	SP7	144	5th	4th
		27	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Gary Williams Daniel Cooke Julian Perry Trevor Reeves	SP7	137	12th	10th
2009	Manthey Racing	1	Porsche 911 (997) GT3 RSR	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Marc Lieb Marcel Tiemann	SP7	155	1st	1st
		2	Porsche 911 (997) GT3 Cup S	Emmanuel Collard Wolf Henzler Richard Lietz Dirk Werner	SP9 GT3	152	3rd	2nd
		4	Porsche 911 GT3	Frank Kräling Marc Gindorf Peter Scharmach Marco Holzer	SP9 GT3	149	7th	5th
2010	Manthey Racing	1	Porsche 911 (997) GT3 R	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Marc Lieb Marcel Tiemann	SP9 GT3		Ret	Ret
		3	Porsche 911 (997) GT3 R	Oliver Kainz Georg Weiss Michael Jacobs Peter-Paul Pietsch	SP9 GT3		Ret	Ret
		8	Porsche 911 (997) GT3 R	Alexandros Margaritis Lance David Arnold Christian Menzel Richard Westbrook	SP9 GT3		Ret	Ret
		9	Porsche 911 (997) GT3 R Hybrid	Jörg Bergmeister Richard Lietz Marco Holzer Martin Ragginger	E1-XP		Ret	Ret
		88	Porsche 911 (997) GT3 Cup S	Georg Berlandy Wolfgang Köhler Mike Stursberg Hans-Guido Riegel	SP9 GT3			10th
2011	Haribo Team Manthey	8	Porsche 911 (997) GT3 R	Mike Stursberg Hans-Guido Riegel Christian Menzel Richard Westbrook	SP9 GT3	149	13th	9th
	Porsche Team Manthey	9	Porsche 911 (997) GT3 R Hybrid	Jörg Bergmeister Richard Lietz Marco Holzer Patrick Long	E1-XP Hybrid	139	27th	1st
	Wochenspiegel Team Manthey	12	Porsche 911 (997) GT3-MR	Oliver Kainz Georg Weiss Michael Jacobs Jochen Krumbach	SP7	151	10th	2nd
	Manthey Racing	10	Porsche 911 (997) GT3 R	Wolfgang Kohler Marc Gindorf Peter Scharmach Philipp Wlazik	SP9 GT3	142	22nd	14th
		18	Porsche 911 (997) GT3 RSR	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Marc Lieb Lucas Luhr	SP7	156	1st	1st
		19	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Rainer Holte H.-P. Lieb Arne Hoffmeister Daniel Cooke	SP7	51	Ret	Ret
2013	Manthey Racing	18	Porsche 911 (997) GT3 R	Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Marc Lieb Lucas Luhr	SP7	86	7th	1st
2014	Wochenspiegel Team Manthey	11	Porsche 911 (997) GT3 RSR	Oliver Kainz Georg Weiss Michael Jacobs Jochen Krumbach	SP-Pro	92	Ret	Ret
	Manthey Racing	12	Porsche 911 (997) GT3 R	Otto Klohs Philipp Frommenwiler Harald Schlotter Jens Richter	SP9 GT3	138	35th	15th
		40	Porsche 911 GT3 Cup	Steve Smith Nils Reimer Reinhold Renger Harald Proczyk	SP7	146	16th	3rd
		41	Porsche 911 (997) GT3 Cup S	Marco Schelp Marc Gindorf Peter Scharmach Frank Kräling	SP7	48	Ret	Ret
2015	Wochenspiegel Team Manthey	10	Porsche 911 (997) GT3 RSR	Oliver Kainz Georg Weiss Michael Christensen Jochen Krumbach	SP-Pro	23	Ret	Ret
	Manthey Racing	12	Porsche 911 (991) GT3 R	Otto Klohs Robert Renauer Harald Schlotter Jens Richter	SP9 GT3	145	17th	15th
		90	Porsche 911 (991) GT3 Cup MR	Guy Smith Nils Reimer Reinhold Renger Harald Proczyk	SP7	36	Ret	Ret
		91	Porsche 911 (991) GT3 Cup MR	Marco Schelp Andreas Ziegler Peter Scharmach "Dieter Schmidtmann"	SP7	140	23rd	6th
		92	Porsche 911 (991) GT3 Cup MR	Christoph Breuer Matteo Cairoli Sven Müller Mike Stursberg	SP7	44	Ret	Ret
2016	Wochenspiegel Team Manthey	21	Porsche 911 (991) GT3 R	Oliver Kainz Georg Weiss Mike Stursberg Jochen Krumbach	SP9	128	13th	13th
	Manthey Racing	12	Porsche 911 (991) GT3 R	Otto Klohs Robert Renauer "Dieter Schmidtmann" Jens Richter	SP9	123	16th	15th
		59	Porsche 911 (991) GT3 Cup MR	Guy Smith Nils Reimer Reinhold Renger Harald Proczyk	SP7	35	Ret	Ret
		170	Porsche Cayman (981) GT4 Clubsport	Christoph Breuer Christian Gebhardt Lars Kern	SP-X	121	23rd	1st
		911	Porsche 911 (991) GT3 R	Nick Tandy Kévin Estre Earl Bamber Patrick Pilet	SP9	1	Ret	Ret
		912	Porsche 911 (991) GT3 R	Jörg Bergmeister Richard Lietz Michael Christensen Frédéric Makowiecki	SP9	100	Ret	Ret
2017	Manthey Racing	12	Porsche 911 (991) GT3 R	Otto Klohs Robert Renauer Mathieu Jaminet Matteo Cairoli	SP9	26	Ret	Ret
		59	Porsche 911 (991) GT3 R	Steve Smith "Randy Walls" Sven Müller Harald Proczyk	SP9	103	Ret	Ret
		66	Porsche 911 (991) GT3 Cup MR	Stefan Aust Christian Bollrath Ralf Överhaus	SP7	146	22nd	1st
		150	Porsche Cayman (981) GT4 Clubsport	Christoph Breuer Moritz Oberheim Lars Kern Marc Hennerici	SP-X	144	27th	2nd
		911	Porsche 911 (991) GT3 R	Richard Lietz Romain Dumas Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet	SP9	27	Ret	Ret
2018	Manthey Racing	12	Porsche 911 (991) GT3 R	Lars Kern Philipp Frommenwiler Otto Klohs Dennis Olsen	SP9	129	18th	17th
		911	Porsche 911 (991) GT3 R	Laurens Vanthoor Kévin Estre Earl Bamber Romain Dumas	SP9	66	Ret	Ret
		912	Porsche 911 (991) GT3 R	Richard Lietz Nick Tandy Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet	SP9	135	1st	1st
2019	Manthey Racing	1	Porsche 911 (991.2) GT3 R	Richard Lietz Nick Tandy Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet	SP9 Pro	61	Ret	Ret
		12	Porsche 911 (991) GT3 R	Otto Klohs Lars Kern Dennis Olsen Matteo Cairoli	SP9	155	4th	4th
		911	Porsche 911 (991.2) GT3 R	Laurens Vanthoor Kévin Estre Earl Bamber Michael Christensen	SP9 Pro	156[N 1]	DSQ	DSQ
2020	Manthey Racing	911	Porsche 911 (991.2) GT3 R	Mathieu Jaminet Julien Andlauer Matt Campbell Lars Kern	SP9	-[N 2]	WD	WD
2021	Manthey Grello Racing	911	Porsche 911 (991.2) GT3 R	Kévin Estre Matteo Cairoli Michael Christensen	SP9	59	1st	1st
2022	Manthey Grello Racing	911	Porsche 911 (991.2) GT3 R	Laurens Vanthoor Kévin Estre Frédéric Makowiecki Michael Christensen	SP9 Pro	22	Ret	Ret

1. ↑ Manthey Racing #911 was disqualified after the car was found to have exceeded the 494 hp limit stipulated in the Balance of Performance. The car finished second prior to the disqualification.^[22]
2. ↑ Porsche withdrew the Manthey Racing team from the event following that year's 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Manthey team ran the Porsche entry there and following concerns over COVID-19 Porsche decided not to enter. A number of drivers for other teams were affected as Porsche withdrew all members who were at Le Mans.^[23]

See also

• Olaf Manthey
• Porsche in motorsport

Notes

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