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. A German karting champion in 1978 who went on to race Peugeots in the Super Tourenwagen Cup, he strikes me as a determined, balanced competitor who deserved more spotlight than history gave him.

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Name (English)

Jörg van Ommen

Name (Japanese)

ヨルグ・ファン・オーメン

Reading

よるぐ・ふぁん・おーめん

Born

September 27, 1962 (age 64)

Origin

Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Occupation

racing driver / racing automobile driver

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Tiger

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6rg%20van%20Ommen
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88727

Tags

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

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.