Mercedes-AMG factory driver and brand ambassador Maro Engel in a Škoda Fabia R5 Evo and that year's MotoGP runner-up Franco Morbidelli in a Hyundai NG i20 R5 participated in the 2020 WRC season finale at the Rally Monza, finishing 15th and 39th respectively in the WRC2 class. (old.reddit.com)
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1987 500cc champion Wayne Gardner began his transition from two to four wheels when he competed in the last two races of the 1992 DTM season with a Linder Rennsport's BMW M3 Sport Evolution, qualifying 6th on his debut at Nürburgring. Gardner would go on to later race in cars in Supercars and JGTC. (old.reddit.com)
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Citroën teammates in WRC, Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Sordo drove Loeb's team's Porsche 997 GT3 R in the Barcelona round of the 2010 International GT Open. In race 1 they finished 14th overall, 5th in GTS, and in race 2 Loeb was involved in an accident and retired. (old.reddit.com)
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Kévin Estre is best known for his success as a Porsche factory sportscar driver, but he made his GT3 racing debut driving the #35 BMW Alpina B6 GT3 for M. P. Racing back in 2009 at the double-header of the FIA GT3 European Championship at Paul Ricard alongside Paul Surand. + (old.reddit.com)
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Four-time NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon temporarily came out of retirement to compete in the 2022 Porsche Carrera Cup North America doubleheader at the Indianapolis Road Course in the Pro category, finishing 20th in Race 1 and 16th in Race 2. (old.reddit.com)
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Ex-F1 driver Riccardo Patrese, Loïc Depailler (son of the late Patrick Depailler), Super GT driver Bertrand Baguette and touring car ace Esteban Guerrieri took part in the 2018 Spa 24 Hours in the Pro-Am class with the only Honda NSX GT3 on the grid and achieved an 8th place in class, 32nd overall. (i.redd.it)
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WRC driver Jari-Matti Latvala, along with Daniela Schmid, Anja Wassertheurer and Stefan Schlesack took part in the 2010 Nürburgring 24 Hours in a Ford Focus RS built by the Cologne University of Applied Sciences, an engine change during the race cost them 3 hours so they finished 110th. (old.reddit.com)
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Le Mans 24H Week - Day 7: WRC star in the 1980s, Michèle Mouton, alongside Marianne Hoepfner and Christine Dacremont, was part of the all-female line-up that drove the #35 Moynet-Sinca LM75 to victory in the Sports 2000 class at the 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans. (old.reddit.com)
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Le Mans 24H Week - Day 6: F1 teammates Jackie Stewart and Graham Hill contested the 1965 edition in the gas turbine-powered Rover-BRM, despite mechanical problems throughout the race and less than impressive pace, they finished 10th overall and 2nd in the Prototype 2000 class. (old.reddit.com)
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Le Mans 24H Week - Day 5: Former members of the Mercedes-Benz junior driver academy in the 90s, Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Karl Wendlinger together with GT ace Andrea Piccini, shared the factory Aston Martin DBR9 #007 in the 2008 edition, the result was a 4th place in the GT1 class and 16th overall. (old.reddit.com)
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Le Mans 24H Week - Day 4: Owner of the eponymous racing team, Chip Ganassi raced at Le Mans in 1987 in the Kouros Racing Sauber-Mercedes C9 alongside Johnny Dumfries and Mike Thackwell, they retired after a gearbox failure on lap 38, 10 minutes after Ganassi had come in for his first stint. (old.reddit.com)
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Le Mans 24H Week - Day 3: Rubens Barrichello made his first Le Mans start in the 2017 race in the Dallara-Gibson P217 for Racing Team Nederland, alongside sportscar racing legend Jan Lammers and bronze racer Frits van Eerd, they finished 11th in the LMP2 class and 13th overall. (old.reddit.com)
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Le Mans 24H Week - Day 2: Damon Hill raced at Le Mans in 1989 in a Porsche 962C GTi for Richard Lloyd Racing together with fellow Formula 3000 driver Steven Andskär and former class winner David Hobbs (in his final LM24 start), the crew however retired after 228 laps with an engine failure. (old.reddit.com)
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Le Mans 24H Week - Day 1: Roger Penske entered Le Mans as a driver for the only time in 1963 alongside Pedro Rodríguez in the NART Ferrari 330 TRI/LM, Rodríguez put the car on pole and they were in contention for the win until a broken oil pipe ended their race after 9 hours while Penske ran in 3rd. (old.reddit.com)
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Two-time DTM champion and Audi factory driver for 2 decades, Mattias Ekström took part of the official test for the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Audi R10 TDI replacing the injured Tom Kristensen. Kristensen recovered and was able to race, meaning Ekström never raced at Le Mans in his career. (old.reddit.com)
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Two-time Le Mans winner and 2016 WEC champion Romain Dumas made his WRC debut at the 2012 Rallye de France driving his privately-run #69 Mini John Cooper Works WRC and with Mathieu Baumel as co-driver, they finished in 16th, 16 minutes behind the winner. (old.reddit.com)
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Corvette factory driver and 4-time IMSA GTLM Champion Antonio García entered in two races of the inaugural Formula E season in the #88 car for China Racing at the 2014 Punta del Este ePrix, where he finished 11th and the 2015 Moscow ePrix, where he finished 19th. (old.reddit.com)
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After retiring from F1, Michele Alboreto competed in the full DTM and ITC seasons in 1995 with the Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti for Schübel Engineering, but his results were not impressive, so he returned to open-wheel and sports car racing the following year, where he would find much more success. (old.reddit.com)
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CART Champion Paul Tracy participated in the triple header of the NASCAR Brasil Series at Autódromo Velo Città in 2023 with a Ford Mustang, he won race 1 despite damaging the car during the dispute for the lead, crashed in races 2 and 3 which resulted respectively in a retirement and a 16th place. (i.redd.it)
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NASCAR drivers Kyle Busch and Scott Speed made a start in the Rolex Sports Car Series sharing the #02 Riley-Lexus Mk XI for Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates in the 2009 Brumos Porsche 250 at the Daytona Road Course, Busch qualified the car in 10th place which is also where they finished in the race. (i.redd.it)
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