Audi Sport Team Phoenix: 20 years of Phoenix Racing

Audi Sport Team Phoenix has provided the DTM champion for Audi twice. After things most recently did not go exactly according to plan for Ernst Moser’s squad the team in 2019, its anniversary year, intends to fight for the title again.

“You always expect to be in contention for the championship,” says Team Director Ernst Moser. “This year, we’re celebrating 20 years of Phoenix Racing – so, obviously, we’re particularly motivated.”

In the past two years, Phoenix Racing partly reorganized itself. Ernst Moser and Team Manager Dirk Theimann have been fixtures in the team for 20 years. Sebastien Breuil is its technical director. Loïc Duval’s new race engineer this year is Philipp Kluth, who used to be the data engineer on Mike Rockenfeller’s car. “Rocky” himself continues to work with Laurent Fedacou.

Audi and Phoenix Racing have been partners in the DTM since 2006. Ernst Moser’s outfit based in Meuspath at the Nürburgring has won the DTM drivers’ title twice and to date has provided the best Audi driver in the overall classification on four occasions. The two championship titles went to Martin Tomczyk in 2011 and to Mike Rockenfeller in 2013. Since the relaunch of the racing series in 2000 the team has been active in the DTM and so is one of its most experienced squads.

Alongside the DTM, Phoenix Racing is active in GT racing with the Audi R8 LMS. In 2019, the team competes in the Blancpain GT Series, in the VLN Endurance Championship and in the GT4 European Championship.

Major successes of Phoenix Racing

1st DTM drivers’ classification: 2011, 2013 (all Audi)
1st DTM teams’ classification: 2013 (Audi)
1st 24 Hours of Nürburgring: 2000, 2003, 2012 (Audi), 2014 (Audi)
1st 24 Hours of Spa: 2007, 2012 (Audi)
1st Bathurst 12 Hour: 2012 (Audi)
1st FIA European GT3 Championship 2009 (Audi)
1st Belgian GT3 Championship: 2009 (Audi)
1st Touring Car GP Macau: 1999 (Audi)