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My Take
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.
Overview
Manuel Reuter (born 6 December 1961) is a German former racing driver. Reuter has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice: in 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans for Sauber-Mercedes in 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans for Joest Racing Reuter also won the Interserie in 1992 in a Kremer K7 and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/ITC in 1996 for Opel in an Opel Calibra V6. Reuter continued to race in the Super Tourenwagen Cup for Opel.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- racing automobile driver / television presenter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.