Thomas Jäger | |
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Jäger in 2011.
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Nationality | German |
Born |
Chemnitz, West Germany |
27 October 1976
ADAC GT Masters | |
Years active | 2008–13 |
Teams | Polarweiss Racing MS Racing Callaway Competition Schnabl Engineering |
Starts | 32 |
Wins | 1 |
Poles | 2 |
Fastest laps | 3 |
Best finish | 15th in 2010 |
Previous series | |
2010, 12 2007–09 2005 2000–03 1998–99 |
FIA GT1 World Championship Porsche Carrera Cup Germany World Touring Car Championship Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters German Formula Three |
Championship titles | |
2009 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany |
Thomas Jäger (born 27 October 1976) is a German professional racing driver.
Born in Chemnitz, Jäger competed in the Renault Spider Trophy in 1997. He began competing in the German Formula Three Championship in 1998, where he finished third behind Christijan Albers and Marcel Fässler in 1999.
Jäger then raced in the DTM for Mercedes-Benz between 2000 and 2003. He took two podiums and a best championship finish of seventh, in 2001. Jäger was signed by Hotfiel Sport for their World Touring Car Championship campaign in 2005, although Jäger left after four rounds.
Jäger won the German Mini Challenge in 2006, and moved to the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2007, which he won in 2009.
In 2010 he began working as coordinator for AMG Customer Sports.
Jäger won the 2013 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Australia driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 for Australian team Erebus Motorsport alongside fellow Germans Alexander Roloff and Bernd Schneider. He returned to "The Mountain" for the 2014 race where he finished 2nd in a SLS AMG GT3 alongside Maximilian Buhk and Harold Primat. After missing the 2015 race, he returned in 2016 to again link with Erebus and again in a Mercedes SLS AMG finished in 5th place driving with Nico Bastian and Australian driver David Reynolds.