Touring Car and Sports Car Racing
The mid-1980s saw Schlesser perform in touring cars and sports cars, winning the French Touring Car Championship in 1985 with a TWR Rover Vitesse, as well as driving the works TWR Jaguars in the World Sportscar Championship. In 1986 he raced in the British Touring Car Championship, again in a TWR Rover Vitesse.
In 1988, he joined the Sauber-Mercedes squad full time, winning the German Supercup and finishing the World Sportscar Championship in second place, before winning the WSC title in 1989 and 1990, on this occasion sharing the title with co-driver Mauro Baldi. His last season in WSC was 1991 during which he raced alongside Michael Schumacher in the Sauber-Mercedes outfit. He also won the "Classic Masters" title at the 1994 Race of Champions.
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