Andreas Wirth

Who is Andreas Wirth?

Andreas Wirth was born 19 November 1984 in Heidelberg Germany, and currently resides near the famed Hockenheimring. From an early age Andreas proved himself to be a capable German racer.

In 2004 Wirth won the Formula BMW USA championship after coming state-side, and then advanced to the Champ Car Atlantics in 2005 where he raced for two years, winning three races and finishing 6th and 3rd in the championship. Following up a full 2006 season with Forsythe Championship Racing in the Champ Car Atlantics, Wirth was named to compete in his first Champ Car race in Dale Coyne Racing's #19 Sonny's BBQ entry at Surfer's Paradise, where he finished in 9th place. He then went on to race with Dale Coyne in Mexico City, and tested the new DP01 Champ Car in 2007. 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 shared the cockpit of the FIA class-champion Z06R GT3 Corvette of Callaway Competition with former Formula 1 stand-out Heinz-Harald Frentzen, and in 2013 Wirth continues with Callaway Competition in the ADAC GT Masters, this year paired with touring car veteran Christian Hohenadel.