Mike Rockenfeller

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Mike Rockenfeller
Le Mans Series
FIA GT Championship GT2
German Carrera Cup
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2004–2005, 2007–2012, 2018–
TeamsOrbit Racing, Alex Job Racing, Audi Sport Team Joest
Best finish1st (2010)
Class wins2 (2005, 2010)

Mike Rockenfeller (born 31 October 1983), nicknamed "Rocky", is a German professional racing driver and was an

Team Phoenix. He also won the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans
.

Career

Early career

Rockenfeller began racing karts in 1995 aged 11, winning the Bambini North state championship. He competed in various local and national karting series in the 1990s. In 2002, he won the Jörg van Ommen Kart Cup Super Series.

Porsche Supercup and Le Mans championship

In 2001, Rockenfeller moved to cars, and finished 4th in the

1000km of Nürburgring, and Petit Le Mans
.

2008 Le Mans Series
Drivers Championship.

2005 became Rockenfeller's breakthrough year. He became a full Porsche factory driver and won the GT2 class driver championship title in the

Penske Racing
. He also took two Grand-Am wins.

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

2009 DTM season
.

For 2007, Rockenfeller became an

Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish
.

For 2009, Rockenfeller continues in the DTM with Team Rosberg.[1]

Rockenfeller started the 2010 racing season winning the Rolex 24 At Daytona overall in the Action Express Racing Porsche Riley with co-drivers João Barbosa, Terry Borcheller, and Ryan Dalziel.

2014 DTM season
.

In the

Armco barrier
. He sustained a small flesh wound on his right arm and was admitted into a hospital overnight for observation.

Rockenfeller took part in the 2014 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona race[2] in the Spirit of Daytona Corvette Daytona Prototype with Richard Westbrook and Michael Valiante.

In 2021, it was announced that Rockenfeller would depart from DTM following the season, whilst also parting ways with Audi at the end of the year. He would go on to finish 8th in the points with podiums at Lausitzring, Circuit Zolder, the Nürburgring, and the Hockenheimring driving for Abt Sportsline.[3]

IMSA

Rockenfeller finished fourth at the 2023 Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen.

In 2023, Rockenfeller joined JDC–Miller MotorSports for the team's GTP program, driving alongside Tijmen van der Helm.[4]

NASCAR

In 2022, Rockenfeller made two starts in the

Garage 56 entry at the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans.[6] Rockenfeller returned to Cup Series competition that year, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet for Legacy Motor Club to a 24th place finish at Indianapolis and 19th at Watkins Glen.[7] It was later announced he would race at the Charlotte Roval.[8]
He finished the race in 29th.

Accolades

Racing record

Complete Porsche Supercup 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 DC Points
2002
UPS Porsche-Junior Team
Porsche 996 GT3
IMO

10
CAT
A1R
 MON NÜR
12 		SIL HOC
Ret 		HUN
8 		SPA
MNZ
 IND IND NC‡ 0‡
2003
UPS Porsche-Junior Team
Porsche 996 GT3
IMO
CAT
A1R
 MON
Ret 		NÜR
1 		MAG SIL
2 		HOC
5 		HUN
MNZ

Ret 		IND IND NC‡ 0‡
2004
UPS Porsche-Junior Team
Porsche 996 GT3
IMO
CAT
 MON
1 		IND IND MAG SIL
2 		HOC
1 		HUN
3 		SPA
MNZ

8 		NC‡ 0‡
Eichin Racing-PZ Freiburg NÜR
2

‡ - Not eligible for points.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2004 United States Orbit Racing
United States BAM! 		Germany Marc Lieb
United States Leo Hindery 		Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 223 DNF DNF
2005 United States Alex Job Racing
United States BAM! Motorsport 		Germany Marc Lieb
United States Leo Hindery 		Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT2 332 10th 1st
2007
Audi Sport Team Joest
 Germany Lucas Luhr
France Alexandre Prémat 		Audi R10 TDI LMP1 23 DNF DNF
2008
Audi Sport Team Joest
 Germany Lucas Luhr
France Alexandre Prémat 		Audi R10 TDI LMP1 374 4th 4th
2009 Germany Audi Sport North America Germany Marco Werner
Germany Lucas Luhr 		Audi R15 TDI LMP1 104 DNF DNF
2010 Germany Audi Sport North America Germany Timo Bernhard
France Romain Dumas 		Audi R15 TDI plus LMP1 397 1st 1st
2011
Audi Sport Team Joest
 Germany Timo Bernhard
France Romain Dumas 		Audi R18 TDI LMP1 116 DNF DNF
2012 Germany Audi Sport North America United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis
Italy Marco Bonanomi 		Audi R18 ultra LMP1 375 3rd 3rd
2018 United States Corvette Racing - GM Denmark Jan Magnussen
Spain Antonio García 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro 		342 18th 4th
2019 United States Corvette Racing Denmark Jan Magnussen
Spain Antonio García 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro 		337 28th 8th
2023 United States Hendrick Motorsports United Kingdom Jenson Button
United States Jimmie Johnson 		Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Innovative 285 39th –
Sources:[9][10]

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2004 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports United States Johannes van Overbeek
United States Lonnie Pechnik
United States Seth Neiman
United States Peter Cunningham
Porsche 996 GT3
Cup 		GT 523 3rd 2nd
2005 United States Brumos Racing
J.C. France
United States Hurley Haywood
Germany Timo Bernhard
France Romain Dumas
 Fabcar FDSC/03-Porsche DP 432 44th
DNF 		21st
DNF
2006 United States Alex Job Racing/Emory Motorsports United States Patrick Long
Germany Lucas Luhr 		Crawford DP03-Porsche DP 731 3rd 3rd
2008 United States SAMAX United Kingdom Allan McNish
Germany Lucas Luhr
United States Henry Zogaib 		Riley Mk. XI-Pontiac DP 233 55th
DNF 		20th
DNF
2010 United States Action Express Racing Portugal João Barbosa
United States Terry Borcheller
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel 		Riley Mk. XI-Porsche DP 755 1st 1st
2012 United States Flying Lizard Motorsports with Wright Motorsports Germany Jörg Bergmeister
United States Patrick Long
United States Seth Neiman
Porsche 997 GT3
Cup 		GT 706 26th 15th
2013 United States Action Express Racing Portugal João Barbosa
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi
United States Burt Frisselle
Corvette DP
 DP 708 4th 4th
2014 United States Spirit of Daytona Racing Canada Michael Valiante
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Corvette DP
 P 693 4th 4th
2015 United States VisitFlorida.com Racing Canada Michael Valiante
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Corvette DP
 P 734 3rd 3rd
2016 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
Denmark Jan Magnussen 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTLM 722 8th 2nd
2017 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
Denmark Jan Magnussen 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTLM 652 8th 4th
2018 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
Denmark Jan Magnussen 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTLM 781 13th 3rd
2019 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
Denmark Jan Magnussen 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTLM 563 16th 6th
2021 United States Ally Cadillac Racing United States Jimmie Johnson
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
France Simon Pagenaud 		Cadillac DPi-V.R DPi 807 2nd 2nd
2022 United States Ally Cadillac Racing United States Jimmie Johnson
Japan Kamui Kobayashi
Argentina José María López 		Cadillac DPI-V.R DPi 739 11th 5th
Source:[9][11]

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results

(key)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2007 Team Rosberg Audi A4 DTM 2006 HOC
12 		OSC
3
LAU

13 		BRH
Ret 		NOR
13 		MUG
6
ZAN

10 		NÜR
17
CAT

7† 		HOC
DSQ 		12th 11
2008 Team Rosberg Audi A4 DTM 2007 HOC
10 		OSC
7 		MUG
14
LAU

9 		NOR
13
ZAN

10 		NÜR
15 		BRH
13
CAT

5
BUG

9 		HOC
9 		11th 6
2009 Team Rosberg Audi A4 DTM 2008 HOC
Ret
LAU

7 		NOR
9
ZAN

12† 		OSC
13 		NÜR
10 		BRH
7
CAT

12 		DIJ
13 		HOC
9 		14th 4
2010
Team Phoenix
 Audi A4 DTM 2008 HOC
5 		VAL
6
LAU

4 		NOR
12 		NÜR
9
ZAN

13 		BRH
9 		OSC
5 		HOC
3 		ADR
16 		SHA
12 		7th 22
2011 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2009 HOC
11
ZAN

1 		SPL
5
LAU
 NOR
14 		NÜR
3 		BRH
6 		OSC
6
VAL

9 		HOC
4 		6th 31
2012
Phoenix Racing
 Audi A5 DTM HOC
5
LAU

13 		BRH
3 		SPL
7 		NOR
6 		NÜR
5
ZAN

2 		OSC
6
VAL

5 		HOC
Ret 		4th 85
2013
Phoenix Racing
 Audi RS5 DTM HOC
8 		BRH
1 		SPL
4
LAU

2 		NOR
5 		MSC
1 		NÜR
4 		OSC
2
ZAN

2 		HOC
16 		1st 142
2014
Audi Sport Team Phoenix
 Audi RS5 DTM HOC
4 		OSC
2 		HUN
10 		NOR
8 		MSC
Ret 		SPL
13 		NÜR
2
LAU

10
ZAN

15 		HOC
2 		3rd 72
2015
 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM HOC
1
5 		HOC
2
6
LAU
1

9
LAU
2

10 		NOR
1
14 		NOR
2
Ret
ZAN
1

8
ZAN
2

11 		SPL
1
8 		SPL
2
4 		MSC
1
10 		MSC
2
1 		OSC
1
Ret 		OSC
2
19 		NÜR
1
11 		NÜR
2
7 		HOC
1
5 		HOC
2
15 		10th 83
2016
Audi Sport Team Phoenix
 Audi RS5 DTM HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
10 		SPL
1
12 		SPL
2
8
LAU
1

19
LAU
2

17 		NOR
1
18 		NOR
2
DSQ
ZAN
1

14
ZAN
2

15 		MSC
1
16 		MSC
2
15 		NÜR
1
14 		NÜR
2
22 		HUN
1
4 		HUN
2
8 		19th 31
Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline HOC
1
5 		HOC
2
11
2017 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM HOC
1
3 		HOC
2
7
LAU
1

5
LAU
2

5 		HUN
1
4 		HUN
2
10 		NOR
1
13 		NOR
2
Ret 		MSC
1
2 		MSC
2
12
ZAN
1

4
ZAN
2

1 		NÜR
1
14 		NÜR
2
17 		SPL
1
7 		SPL
2
2 		HOC
1
2 		HOC
2
3 		4th 167
2018 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 DTM HOC
1
14 		HOC
2
2
LAU
1

11
LAU
2

8 		HUN
1
11 		HUN
2
4 		NOR
1
15 		NOR
2
16
ZAN
1

15
ZAN
2

16 		BRH
1
10 		BRH
2
6 		MIS
1
10 		MIS
2
9 		NÜR
1
6 		NÜR
2
13 		SPL
1
2 		SPL
2
8 		HOC
1
6 		HOC
2
11 		11th 87
2019 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 Turbo DTM HOC
1
2 		HOC
2
Ret 		ZOL
1
5 		ZOL
2
4 		MIS
1
6 		MIS
2
10 		NOR
1
Ret 		NOR
2
3 		ASS
1
9 		ASS
2
1 		BRH
1
7 		BRH
2
6
LAU
1

3
LAU
2

3 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
7 		HOC
1
3 		HOC
2
2 		4th 182
2020 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Audi RS5 Turbo DTM SPA
1
4 		SPA
2
5
LAU
1

11
LAU
2

5
LAU
1

6
LAU
2

11 		ASS
1
4 		ASS
2
11 		NÜR
1
4 		NÜR
2
3 		NÜR
1
9 		NÜR
2
7 		ZOL
1
8 		ZOL
2
2 		ZOL
1
Ret 		ZOL
2
6 		HOC
1
6 		HOC
2
4 		4th 139
2021 Abt Sportsline Audi R8 LMS Evo
MNZ
1

9
MNZ
2

8
LAU
1

3
LAU
2

8 		ZOL
1
2 		ZOL
2
10 		NÜR
1
3 		NÜR
2
Ret 		RBR
1
15 		RBR
2
Ret 		ASS
1
13 		ASS
2
11 		HOC
1
3 		HOC
2
15 		NOR
1
Ret 		NOR
2
4 		8th 89
Sources:[9][12][13]

† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team No. Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points Ref
2014 Spirit of Daytona Racing 90 P Coyote Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY
4 		SEB
10 		LBH
LGA
 DET WGL MOS IMS ELK COA PET
7 		28th 76 [14]
2015 VisitFlorida.com Racing 90 P Coyote Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY
3 		SEB
3 		LBH
LGA
DET
 WGL MOS ELK COA PET
5 		14th 89 [15]
2016 Corvette Racing 3 GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 DAY
2 		SEB
9 		LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR COA PET
4 		14th 85 [16]
2017 Corvette Racing 3 GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 DAY
4 		SEB
1 		LBH COA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET
2 		11th 95 [17]
2018 Corvette Racing 3 GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 DAY
3 		SEB
8 		LBH MDO WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 16th 53 [18]
2019 Corvette Racing 3 GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 DAY
6 		SEB
3 		LBH MDO WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET
4 		18th 83 [19]
2021 Ally Cadillac Racing 48 DPi Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 DAY
2 		SEB MDO DET WGL WGL ELK LGA LBH PET 17th 345 [20]
2022 Ally Cadillac 48 DPi Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 5.5 L V8 DAY
5 		SEB
6 		LBH LGA MDO DET WGL
6 		MOS ELK PET
3 		11th 1146 [21]
2023
JDC-Miller MotorSports
 5 GTP Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA
7 		WGL
4 		MOS
4 		ELK
5 		IMS
8 		PET
5 		9th 1660 [22]
2024 Ford Multimatic Motorsports 64 GTD Pro Ford Mustang GT3
Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8
 DAY
6 		SEB
7 		LGA
9 		DET
11 		WGL
 MOS
 ELK
 VIR
 IMS
 PET
 9th* 998* [23]
Proton Competition Mustang Sampling 5 GTP Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8 LBH
5 		23rd* 281*
Source:[9]

* Season still in progress.

Complete Le Mans Series results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points
2008 Audi Sport Team Joest LMP1
Audi R10
 Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12
(Diesel) 		CAT
2 		MON
2 		SPA
2 		NÜR
3 		SIL
4 		1st 27
Source:[9]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2022 Vector Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB
NC 		SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 30th 0
Source:[9]

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 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 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NCSC Pts Ref
2022 Spire Motorsports 77 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL
COA
 RCH MAR BRD TAL DOV DAR KAN CLT GTW SON NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IRC MCH RCH GLN
30 		DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV
29 		LVS
HOM
 MAR PHO 37th 15 [24]
2023 Legacy Motor Club 42 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH BRD MAR TAL DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC RCH MCH IRC
24
GLN

19 		DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL
ROV

29 		LVS
HOM
 MAR PHO 36th 39 [25]

References

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  6. ^ "Jenson Button joins NASCAR Garage 56 at Le Mans with Jimmie Johnson, Rockenfeller". NBC Sports. Nate Ryan. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
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    . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
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    . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
Champion
2004 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
2008
With: Alexandre Prémat
 Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
2010
With: Timo Bernhard & Romain Dumas 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
2013
 Succeeded by
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