Andre Lotterer described the elation of winning his second World Endurance Championship title with Porsche Penske at the 8 Hours of Bahrain.
The German is currently the only driver to have won the first and latest WEC titles.
Lotterer claimed championship glory during inaugural WEC season in 2012 with Audi Team Sport Joest.
He then claimed glory for the second time with Porsche Penske’s LMDh programme in the recent Bahrain finale.
Lotterer and his co-drivers Kevin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor secured the 2024 Hypercar Drivers’ title after a thrilling end to the 2024 campaign.
“It’s an amazing feeling to be a world champion with Porsche,” said Lotterer.
“However, race day was really tough for us.
“But that doesn’t matter now – we’ve clinched the world title.
“Joining forces with Kevin and Laurens was fantastic.
“Our engineers also did an incredible job throughout the year.
“This strong collaboration earned us those successes.
“That was my last race with the Porsche Penske Motorsport team.
“We had a mega time; it was a lot of fun.”
Lotterer and his lengthy top-level WEC career
He drove for the Audi outfit from 2010 until the Audi LMP1 programme ended in 2016, having claimed Le Mans 24 Hours victory thrice.
In the following year, he competed in the Porsche LMP1 project in their final season.
His efforts continued in the Rebellion Racing LMP1 project before his absence from 2019 to 2023, during which he drove for Porsche in Formula E (until 2022).
Lotterer concluded his respectable chapter in top-level endurance racing with Porsche Penske as one of the WEC’s most committed drivers.
The #6 Porsche Penske 963 which he co-driven finished in 11th place after a challenging race start, having then been bumped to P10 after the #51’s penalty.
Nevertheless, that was enough for them to command the standings with 152 points between the trio.
The next Hypercar drivers in the Le Mans-winning #50 Ferrari 499P finished behind the #6 drivers on a distant 115 points.
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