Andreas Wirth

Andreas Wirth (born November 19, 1984 in Heidelberg) is a German racing driver. Wirth won the Formula BMW USA championship in 2004 after coming stateside and advanced to Champ Car Atlantics in 2005. Wirth raced in the Atlantics for two years, winning three races and finishing 6th and 3rd in the championship. He was named to drive Dale Coyne Racing's #19 Sonny's BBQ entry for the Champ Car round at Surfer's Paradise, and finished 9th. In 2008 he was called to test in the Superleague Formula and also ran in the American Le Mans Series with PTG Panoz. Since 2009 Andreas has been racing in Germany in the ADAC GT Masters Series. During 2009 & 2010 Andreas had the privilege of working with a team rich in racing heritage - BMW ALPINA - as they celebrated their return to motorsport in the FIA GT3 European Championship, the ADAC GT Masters and VLN Series and the 24h race of the famous Nürburgring Nordschleife. In 2011 Wirth joined HEICO Motorsport to put the all-new Mercedes-AMG SLS GT3 through its paces in the ADAC GT Masters Series and started the year with style in the 24hours of Dubai. During 2012 Andreas will proudly share the cockpit of the FIA class-champion Z06R GT3 Corvette of Callaway Competition with former Formula 1 stand-out Heinz-Harald Frentzen, as he moves into his third full season in the GT Masters Series.