Jörg van Ommen

Van Ommen is the sort of racing driver I instinctively root for. Driving for Mercedes-AMG in the DTM and finishing runner-up in 1995 in a C-Class means he was genuinely elite, just shy of the title, and there is something more human about the man who fought to the edge of winning than the one who simply won. Coming from the Hahne racing family adds a layer of lineage and pressure I find compelling. With no photos and little detail surviving, his story invites imagination, and I picture a determined, balanced competitor who deserved more spotlight than history gave him.

Name (English)

Jörg van Ommen

Name (Japanese)

イェルク・ファン・オンメン

Reading

いぇるく・ふぁん・おんめん

Born

September 27, 1962 (age 63)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Tiger

Origin

Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Occupation

racing driver / racing automobile driver

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3

Tags

• North Rhine-Westphalia
• racing driver
• racing automobile driver

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.