Manuel Reuter

Manuel Reuter is the kind of driver I instinctively admire: relentlessly effective rather than flashy. Winning Le Mans twice, in 1989 with Sauber-Mercedes and 1996 with Joest, is staggering, because that race punishes any lapse in body or mind. Add the 1992 Interserie title and the 1996 DTM/ITC crown with Opel, and you have a man who delivered across wildly different categories. The pivot to television presenting amuses me, swapping the wheel for the microphone. To me he embodies the quiet professional who simply keeps winning, and that consistency is the rarest talent of all.

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Name (English)

Manuel Reuter

Name (Japanese)

マヌエル・ロイター

Reading

まぬえる・ろいたー

Born

December 6, 1961 (age 64)

Origin

Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Occupation

racing automobile driver / television presenter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Ox

• Official sitehttps://manuelreuter.com/en/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20Reuter
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8C%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62487

Tags

• Rhineland-Palatinate
• racing automobile driver
• television presenter

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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