
Manuel Reuter (born 6 December 1961 in Mainz) is a German former race car driver.
He has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice:
- in 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans for Sauber-Mercedes[1]
- in 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans for Joest Racing[2]
He 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.
When Opel retired from the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters after 2005, he also retired. He acted as a commentator for the DTM on German television channel Das Erste from 2007 to 2013.
Racing record
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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1988 | ![]() |
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Porsche 962C | C1 | 91 | DNF | DNF |
1989 | ![]() |
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Sauber C9-Mercedes | C1 | 389 | 1st | 1st |
1990 | ![]() ![]() |
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Porsche 962C GTi | C1 | 181 | DNF | DNF |
1991 | ![]() |
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Porsche 962CK6 | C2 | 343 | 9th | 9th |
1992 | ![]() |
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Porsche 962CK6 | C3 | 334 | 7th | 2nd |
1993 | ![]() |
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Porsche 962C | C2 | 282 | DNF | DNF |
1996 | ![]() |
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TWR Porsche WSC-95 | LMP1 | 354 | 1st | 1st |
Bathurst 1000 results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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1992 | ![]() |
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Holden Commodore (VP) | C | 118 | 27th | 3rd |
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/Masters results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
- † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
Complete International Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | Pos. | Pts |
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1995 | Opel Team Joest | Opel Calibra V6 4x4 | MUG 1 9 |
MUG 2 Ret |
HEL 1 4 |
HEL 2 7 |
DON 1 10 |
DON 2 6 |
EST 1 16 |
EST 2 9 |
MAG 1 4 |
MAG 2 2 |
6th | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
1996 | Opel Team Joest | Opel Calibra V6 4x4 | HOC 1 1 |
HOC 2 3 |
NÜR 1 3 |
NÜR 2 1 |
EST 1 4 |
EST 2 3 |
HEL 1 2 |
HEL 2 2 |
NOR 1 6 |
NOR 2 5 |
DIE 1 10 |
DIE 2 6 |
SIL 1 6 |
SIL 2 6 |
NÜR 1 4 |
NÜR 2 16 |
MAG 1 Ret |
MAG 2 DNS |
MUG 1 18 |
MUG 2 7 |
HOC 1 2 |
HOC 2 1 |
INT 1 4 |
INT 2 4 |
SUZ 1 13 |
SUZ 2 14 |
1st | 218 |
Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos. | Pts |
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1997 | Opel Team SMS | Opel Vectra | HOC 1 15 |
HOC 2 12 |
ZOL 1 12 |
ZOL 2 8 |
NÜR 1 16 |
NÜR 2 DNS |
SAC 1 14 |
SAC 2 Ret |
NOR 1 Ret |
NOR 2 DNS |
WUN 1 9 |
WUN 2 6 |
ZWE 1 9 |
ZWE 2 10 |
SAL 1 11 |
SAL 2 9 |
REG 1 Ret |
REG 2 DNS |
NÜR 1 15 |
NÜR 2 Ret |
17th | 189 |
1998 | Opel Team SMS | Opel Vectra | HOC 1 2 |
HOC 2 1 |
NÜR 1 5 |
NÜR 2 11 |
SAC 1 16 |
SAC 2 6 |
NOR 1 Ret |
NOR 2 10 |
REG 1 20 |
REG 2 6 |
WUN 1 2 |
WUN 2 1 |
ZWE 1 5 |
ZWE 2 20 |
SAL 1 3 |
SAL 2 15 |
OSC 1 8 |
OSC 2 Ret |
NÜR 1 1 |
NÜR 2 3 |
5th | 423 |
1999 | Warsteiner Team Holzer | Opel Vectra | SAC 1 4 |
SAC 2 5 |
ZWE 1 3 |
ZWE 2 7 |
OSC 1 5 |
OSC 2 4 |
NOR 1 2 |
NOR 2 1 |
MIS 1 12 |
MIS 2 11 |
NÜR 1 1 |
NÜR 2 Ret |
SAL 1 3 |
SAL 2 5 |
OSC 1 4 |
OSC 2 15 |
HOC 1 3 |
HOC 2 4 |
NÜR 1 4 |
NÜR 2 DNS |
6th | 442 |