Mike Rockenfeller

Mike Rockenfeller
Rockenfeller in 2014
NationalityGermany German
Born (1983-10-31) 31 October 1983 (age 40)
Neuwied, West Germany
DTM, NASCAR Cup Series career
Debut season2007
Current teamAbt Sportsline, Legacy Motor Club
Car number9; 42
Former teamsAudi Sport Team Phoenix
Starts209
Championships1 (2013)
Wins6
Podiums36
Poles7
Fastest laps10
Finished last season29th (NASCAR)
Previous series
2008
2006
2005
2002-2004
2001
Le Mans Series
Rolex Sports Car Series
FIA GT
German Carrera Cup
Formula König
Championship titles
2013
2008
2005
2004
DTM
Le Mans Series
FIA GT Championship GT2
German Carrera Cup
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years20042005, 20072012, 2018
TeamsOrbit Racing, Alex Job Racing, Audi Sport Team Joest
Best finish1st (2010)
Class wins2 (2005, 2010)

Mike Rockenfeller (born 31 October 1983), nicknamed "Rocky", is a German professional racing driver and was an Audi factory driver competing in the DTM and the FIA World Endurance Championship. He won his first DTM title in 2013, driving for Audi Sport Team Phoenix. He also won the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Career

Early career

Rockenfeller began racing karts in 1995 aged 11, winning the Bambini North state championship. He competed in various local and national karting series in the 1990s. In 2002, he won the Jörg van Ommen Kart Cup Super Series.

Porsche Supercup and Le Mans championship

In 2001, Rockenfeller moved to cars, and finished 4th in the Formula König championship, winning one race. In 2002, he joined the Porsche Junior team and raced in the German Carrera Cup, finishing 10th, and in a partial Porsche Supercup season. In 2003, he finished 2nd in the German Carrera Cup championship, and made his American Le Mans Series debut at Petit Le Mans, finishing 10th in GT2 class. In 2004, Rockenfeller won the German Carrera Cup and also won two races in Porsche Supercup. That year he also raced in the 12 Hours of Sebring, the 1000km of Nürburgring, and Petit Le Mans.

Rockenfeller driving the Audi R10 TDI en route to winning the 2008 Le Mans Series Drivers Championship.

2005 became Rockenfeller's breakthrough year. He became a full Porsche factory driver and won the GT2 class driver championship title in the FIA GT Championship driving with Marc Lieb for GruppeM Racing. He collected 6 class wins, including the Spa 24 Hours. Rockenfeller also won the GT2 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving with Lieb and Leo Hindrey for Alex Job Racing. 2006 saw him race again in the ALMS and Grand-Am series for Alex Job. He won in the ALMS at Houston and finished second in LMP2 class at Petit Le Mans, driving a Porsche RS Spyder for Penske Racing. He also took two Grand-Am wins.

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Rockenfeller driving an Audi A4 at the Hockenheimring during the 2009 DTM season.

For 2007, Rockenfeller became an Audi factory driver and raced an A4 DTM for Audi Sport Team Rosberg in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. He also participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans driving an Audi R10. In addition to DTM and having already moderate experience with Le Mans Prototype cars, in 2008 he drove for Audi Sport Team Joest in the Le Mans Series, alongside Alexandre Prémat. Despite not winning any races, Rockenfeller and Prémat won the title at the 2008 1000 km of Silverstone, after an accident on lap 46 for the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP of Nicolas Minassian and Marc Gené. He also participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, occupying the third Audi entry with Prémat and Lucas Luhr. After qualifying fifth, their entry finished in fourth place overall, seven laps down on winning team-mates Rinaldo Capello, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish.

For 2009, Rockenfeller continues in the DTM with Team Rosberg.

Rockenfeller started the 2010 racing season winning the Rolex 24 At Daytona overall in the Action Express Racing Porsche Riley with co-drivers João Barbosa, Terry Borcheller, and Ryan Dalziel.

Rockenfeller competing in the 2014 DTM season.

In the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rockenfeller was involved in a horrific accident while passing a slower GTE vehicle at 5:49 into the race. Shortly after nightfall, he was involved in a violent crash at the kinks on the straight between Mulsanne Corner and Indianapolis after near contact with the number 71 car of Robert Kauffman. Rockenfeller then climbed from his car and jumped to safety over the Armco barrier. He sustained a small flesh wound on his right arm and was admitted into a hospital overnight for observation.

Rockenfeller took part in the 2014 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona race in the Spirit of Daytona Corvette Daytona Prototype with Richard Westbrook and Michael Valiante.

In 2021, it was announced that Rockenfeller would depart from DTM following the season, whilst also parting ways with Audi at the end of the year. He would go on to finish 8th in the points with podiums at Lausitzring, Circuit Zolder, the Nürburgring, and the Hockenheimring driving for Abt Sportsline.

IMSA

In 2023, Rockenfeller joined JDC–Miller MotorSports for the team's GTP program, driving alongside Tijmen van der Helm.

NASCAR

In 2022, Rockenfeller made two starts in the NASCAR Cup Series for Spire Motorsports in the No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE, finishing 30th at Watkins Glen, and 29th at Charlotte Roval. In the following year, it was announced that Rockenfeller would join seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson and 2009 Formula One World Champion Jenson Button to drive the Next Gen Camaro prepared by Hendrick Motorsports for the Garage 56 entry at the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans. Rockenfeller returned to Cup Series competition that year, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet for Legacy Motor Club to a 24th place finish at Indianapolis and 19th at Watkins Glen. It was later announced he would race at the Charlotte Roval. He finished the race in 29th.

Accolades

Racing record

Complete Porsche Supercup 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 DC Points
2002 UPS Porsche-Junior Team Porsche 996 GT3 IMO
10
CAT A1R MON NÜR
12
SIL HOC
Ret
HUN
8
SPA MNZ IND IND NC‡ 0‡
2003 UPS Porsche-Junior Team Porsche 996 GT3 IMO CAT A1R MON
Ret
NÜR
1
MAG SIL
2
HOC
5
HUN MNZ
Ret
IND IND NC‡ 0‡
2004 UPS Porsche-Junior Team Porsche 996 GT3 IMO CAT MON
1
IND IND MAG SIL
2
HOC
1
HUN
3
SPA MNZ
8
NC‡ 0‡
Eichin Racing-PZ Freiburg NÜR
2

‡ - Not eligible for points.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2004 United States Orbit Racing
United States BAM!
Germany Marc Lieb
United States Leo Hindery
Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 223 DNF DNF
2005 United States Alex Job Racing
United States BAM! Motorsport
Germany Marc Lieb
United States Leo Hindery
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT2 332 10th 1st
2007 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Germany Lucas Luhr
France Alexandre Prémat
Audi R10 TDI LMP1 23 DNF DNF
2008 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Germany Lucas Luhr
France Alexandre Prémat
Audi R10 TDI LMP1 374 4th 4th
2009 Germany Audi Sport North America Germany Marco Werner
Germany Lucas Luhr
Audi R15 TDI LMP1 104 DNF DNF
2010 Germany Audi Sport North America Germany Timo Bernhard
France Romain Dumas
Audi R15 TDI plus LMP1 397 1st 1st
2011 Germany Audi Sport Team Joest Germany Timo Bernhard
France Romain Dumas
Audi R18 TDI LMP1 116 DNF DNF
2012 Germany Audi Sport North America United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
Italy Marco Bonanomi
Audi R18 ultra LMP1 375 3rd 3rd
2018 United States Corvette Racing - GM Denmark Jan Magnussen
Spain Antonio García
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro
342 18th 4th
2019 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen
Spain Antonio García
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro
337 28th 8th
2023 United States Hendrick Motorsports United Kingdom Jenson Button
United States Jimmie Johnson
Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Innovative 285 39th

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2004 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Johannes van Overbeek
United States Lonnie Pechnik
United States Seth Neiman
United States Peter Cunningham
Porsche 996 GT3 Cup GT 523 3rd 2nd
2005 United States Brumos Racing United States J.C. France
United States Hurley Haywood
Germany Timo Bernhard
France Romain Dumas
Fabcar FDSC/03-Porsche DP 432 44th
DNF
21st
DNF
2006 United States Alex Job Racing/Emory Motorsports United States Patrick Long
Germany Lucas Luhr
Crawford DP03-Porsche DP 731 3rd 3rd
2008 United States SAMAX United Kingdom Allan McNish
Germany Lucas Luhr
United States Henry Zogaib
Riley Mk. XI-Pontiac DP 233 55th
DNF
20th
DNF
2010 United States Action Express Racing Portugal João Barbosa
United States Terry Borcheller
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel
Riley Mk. XI-Porsche DP 755 1st 1st
2012 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports with Wright Motorsports Germany Jörg Bergmeister
United States Patrick Long
United States Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GT 706 26th 15th
2013 United States Action Express Racing Portugal João Barbosa
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi
United States Burt Frisselle
Coyote Corvette DP DP 708 4th 4th
2014 United States Spirit of Daytona Racing Canada Michael Valiante
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Coyote Corvette DP P 693 4th 4th
2015 United States VisitFlorida.com Racing Canada Michael Valiante
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Coyote Corvette DP P 734 3rd 3rd
2016 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTLM 722 8th 2nd
2017 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTLM 652 8th 4th
2018 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTLM 781 13th 3rd
2019 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
Denmark Jan Magnussen
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTLM 563 16th 6th
2021 United States Ally Cadillac Racing United States Jimmie Johnson
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
France Simon Pagenaud
Cadillac DPi-V.R DPi 807 2nd 2nd
2022 United States Ally Cadillac Racing United States Jimmie Johnson
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López
Cadillac DPI-V.R DPi 739 11th 5th

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results

(key)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2007 Team Rosberg Audi A4 DTM 2006 HOC
12
OSC
3
LAU
13
BRH
Ret
NOR
13
MUG
6
ZAN
10
NÜR
17
CAT
7†
HOC
DSQ
12th 11
2008 Team Rosberg Audi A4 DTM 2007 HOC
10
OSC
7
MUG
14
LAU
9
NOR
13
ZAN
10
NÜR
15
BRH
13
CAT
5
BUG
9
HOC
9
11th 6
2009 Team Rosberg Audi A4 DTM 2008 HOC
Ret
LAU
7
NOR
9
ZAN
12†
OSC
13
NÜR
10
BRH
7
CAT
12
DIJ
13
HOC
9
14th 4
2010 Team Phoenix Audi A4 DTM 2008 HOC
5
VAL
6
LAU
4
NOR
12
NÜR
9
ZAN
13
BRH
9
OSC
5
HOC
3
ADR
16
SHA
12
7th 22
2011 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2009 HOC
11
ZAN
1
SPL
5
LAU NOR
14
NÜR
3
BRH
6
OSC
6
VAL
9
HOC
4
6th 31
2012 Phoenix Racing Audi A5 DTM HOC
5
LAU
13
BRH
3
SPL
7
NOR
6
NÜR
5
ZAN
2
OSC
6
VAL
5
HOC
Ret
4th 85
2013 Phoenix Racing Audi RS5 DTM HOC
8
BRH
1
SPL
4
LAU
2
NOR
5
MSC
1
NÜR
4
OSC
2
ZAN
2
HOC
16
1st 142
2014 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM HOC
4
OSC
2
HUN
10
NOR
8
MSC
Ret
SPL
13
NÜR
2
LAU
10
ZAN
15
HOC
2
3rd 72
2015 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM HOC
1

5
HOC
2

6
LAU
1

9
LAU
2

10
NOR
1

14
NOR
2

Ret
ZAN
1

8
ZAN
2

11
SPL
1

8
SPL
2

4
MSC
1

10
MSC
2

1
OSC
1

Ret
OSC
2

19
NÜR
1

11
NÜR
2

7
HOC
1

5
HOC
2

15
10th 83
2016 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM HOC
1

Ret
HOC
2

10
SPL
1

12
SPL
2

8
LAU
1

19
LAU
2

17
NOR
1

18
NOR
2

DSQ
ZAN
1

14
ZAN
2

15
MSC
1

16
MSC
2

15
NÜR
1

14
NÜR
2

22
HUN
1

4
HUN
2

8
19th 31
Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline HOC
1

5
HOC
2

11
2017 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM HOC
1

3
HOC
2

7
LAU
1

5
LAU
2

5
HUN
1

4
HUN
2

10
NOR
1

13
NOR
2

Ret
MSC
1

2
MSC
2

12
ZAN
1

4
ZAN
2

1
NÜR
1

14
NÜR
2

17
SPL
1

7
SPL
2

2
HOC
1

2
HOC
2

3
4th 167
2018 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM HOC
1

14
HOC
2

2
LAU
1

11
LAU
2

8
HUN
1

11
HUN
2

4
NOR
1

15
NOR
2

16
ZAN
1

15
ZAN
2

16
BRH
1

10
BRH
2

6
MIS
1

10
MIS
2

9
NÜR
1

6
NÜR
2

13
SPL
1

2
SPL
2

8
HOC
1

6
HOC
2

11
11th 87
2019 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 Turbo DTM HOC
1

2
HOC
2

Ret
ZOL
1

5
ZOL
2

4
MIS
1

6
MIS
2

10
NOR
1

Ret
NOR
2

3
ASS
1

9
ASS
2

1
BRH
1

7
BRH
2

6
LAU
1

3
LAU
2

3
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

7
HOC
1

3
HOC
2

2
4th 182
2020 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 Turbo DTM SPA
1

4
SPA
2

5
LAU
1

11
LAU
2

5
LAU
1

6
LAU
2

11
ASS
1

4
ASS
2

11
NÜR
1

4
NÜR
2

3
NÜR
1

9
NÜR
2

7
ZOL
1

8
ZOL
2

2
ZOL
1

Ret
ZOL
2

6
HOC
1

6
HOC
2

4
4th 139
2021 Abt Sportsline Audi R8 LMS Evo MNZ
1

9
MNZ
2

8
LAU
1

3
LAU
2

8
ZOL
1

2
ZOL
2

10
NÜR
1

3
NÜR
2

Ret
RBR
1

15
RBR
2

Ret
ASS
1

13
ASS
2

11
HOC
1

3
HOC
2

15
NOR
1

Ret
NOR
2

4
8th 89

Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team No. Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
2014 Spirit of Daytona Racing 90 P Coyote Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY
4
SEB
10
LBH LGA DET WGL MOS IMS ELK COA PET
7
28th 76
2015 VisitFlorida.com Racing 90 P Coyote Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY
3
SEB
3
LBH LGA DET WGL MOS ELK COA PET
5
14th 89
2016 Corvette Racing 3 GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 DAY
2
SEB
9
LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR COA PET
4
14th 85
2017 Corvette Racing 3 GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 DAY
4
SEB
1
LBH COA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET
2
11th 95
2018 Corvette Racing 3 GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 DAY
3
SEB
8
LBH MDO WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 16th 53
2019 Corvette Racing 3 GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 DAY
6
SEB
3
LBH MDO WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET
4
18th 83
2021 Ally Cadillac Racing 48 DPi Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 DAY
2
SEB MDO DET WGL WGL ELK LGA LBH PET 17th 345
2022 Ally Cadillac 48 DPi Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 DAY
5
SEB
6
LBH LGA MDO DET WGL
6
MOS ELK PET
3
11th 1146
2023 JDC-Miller MotorSports 5 GTP Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA
7
WGL
4
MOS
4
ELK
5
IMS
8
PET
5
9th 1660

* Season still in progress.

Complete Le Mans Series results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points
2008 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1 Audi R10 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel)
CAT
2
MON
2
SPA
2
NÜR
3
SIL
4
1st 27

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2022 Vector Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB
NC
SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 30th 0

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NCSC Pts Ref
2022 Spire Motorsports 77 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR BRD TAL DOV DAR KAN CLT GTW SON NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IRC MCH RCH GLN
30
DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV
29
LVS HOM MAR PHO 37th 15
2023 Legacy Motor Club 42 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH BRD MAR TAL DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC RCH MCH IRC
24
GLN
19
DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV
29
LVS HOM MAR PHO 36th 39

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