title: Lechner Racing
text: # Lechner Racing
  
  Lechner Racing, formerly known as Walter Lechner Racing is an auto racing team based in Austria. It is also known as the Lechner Racing School. Lechner Racing has established the Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East and organizes the series as a subcontractor of Porsche AG.
  
  ## History
  
  ### Sports car racing
  
  Walter Lechner Racing competed in the Interserie in the 1990s and developed their own car in conjunction with Reynard Motorsport, the Lechner Spyder SC91. Since then, the team has actively competed in the Porsche Supercup series since 2003. They won their first Teams' Championship title in 2005 and two more followed in 2007 and 2008. In 2005, the team won both trophies as Alessandro Zampedri collected the Drivers' Championship with a win at the Circuit de Catalunya. Drivers such as Richard Westbrook, Damien Faulkner, Danny Watts and Patrick Huisman have also driven for the team over the years and were successful, winning many races. In 2009 the team failed to win a race, although Štefan Rosina came in third place in the overall drivers' standings. Furthermore, in 2011 Lechner Racing achieved a great success by claiming Double Pole and Double Podium during the Porsche Carrera World Cup with more than 100 cars participating. Since 2009, Lechner Racing is to appointed contractor of the Porsche AG to organize the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East which is running in Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
  
  ## Former Series Results
  
  ### ADAC Formula 4
  
  | Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2015 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Florian Janits | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37th | N/A |
  | 2015 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Kevin Kratz | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50th | N/A |
  | 2015 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Marcel Lenerz | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35th | N/A |
  | 2015 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Max Hofer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51st | N/A |
  | 2016 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Yannik Brandt | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32nd | 5th |
  | 2016 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Thomas Preining | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 180.5 | 4th | 5th |
  | 2016 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Michael Waldeherr | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 16th† | 5th |
  | 2016 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Marylin Niederhauser | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45th | 5th |
  | 2017 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Richard Wagner | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25th | 8th |
  | 2017 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Mick Wishofer | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23rd | 8th |
  | 2017 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Artem Petrov | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 15th† | 8th |
  
  † Shared results with other Team
  
  ### Italian F4 Championship
  
  | Year | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2016 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Yannik Brandt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42nd | NC |
  | 2016 | Tatuus F4-T014 | Thomas Preining | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37th | NC |
  
  ## Timeline
  
  Current series :
  
  | Porsche Supercup | 2003–present |
  | - | - |
  | Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East | 2009–present |
  | Porsche Carrera Cup France | 2020–present |
  | Former series ||
  | German Formula Three Championship | 1978–1979, 1981–1986, 1988–1989 |
  | World Sportscar Championship | 1987–1989 |
  | Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup | 2000–2001 |
  | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | 2004, 2009, 2012, 2014–2016, 2018–2019 |
  | International GT Open | 2013–2018, 2020–2021 |
  | GT4 European Series | 2014, 2018 |
  | ADAC Formula 4 | 2015–2017 |
  | Italian Formula 4 Championship | 2016 |
  | Intercontinental GT Challenge | 2020 |
  