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.

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)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Ox

Origin

Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Occupation

racing automobile driver / television presenter

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://manuelreuter.com/en/
• 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

Tags

• Rhineland-Palatinate
• racing automobile driver
• television presenter

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.