12 Facts About Uwe Alzen

Uwe Alzen was born on 18 August 1967 and is a German racing driver specialised in touring car racing and sports car racing.

Uwe Alzen won the 1992 Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland, the 1994 Porsche Supercup and the 1995 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft privateer B-Class championship.

Uwe Alzen, who was leading the race at the time, barely limped to 2nd place after crashing with Abt's teammate Kris Nissen, whom he was trying to lap seconds earlier at the chicane.

Uwe Alzen continued with Opel in 2000 in the new Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, but was released after colliding with his teammate Manuel Reuter.

Uwe Alzen left the AMG-Mercedes team in 2003 under similar circumstances.

Uwe Alzen won the GT1 category of the 1998 24 Hours of Daytona in a Rohr Motorsport Porsche 911 GT1 Evo.

Uwe Alzen was a competitor in the 1998 FIA GT Championship season and 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans race in a Porsche 911 GT1, finishing 2nd overall.

Uwe Alzen set the lap record there with this Turbo at 8:09, about 10 seconds faster than the factory cars of Opel and Audi from the DTM, as well as the BMW M3 V8 GTR of Schnitzer Motorsport.

Uwe Alzen has beaten them for the pole positions, yet his car failed at the start of the 2005 wet race due to electronic problems, prompting another very emotional interview.

Uwe Alzen was quite upset with the disadvantages of having a manual gearbox during the post race press conference.

In 2008 Uwe Alzen entered the Speedcar International Series, racing for Phoenix Racing, winning two races and finishing third overall.

In January 2012 Uwe Alzen is confirmed for a full season driving a BMW in the American Le Mans Series sharing a car with Jorg Muller.