🇦🇹 Rene Rast

René Rast is an established professional racing driver competing at FIA Platinum grade in endurance and sportscar racing. He races primarily in the DTM, a national single-class championship run in Germany, for Schubert Motorsport, and competes in international multiclass and endurance series including the World Endurance Championship, IMSA WeatherTech and Formula E. His current rating of 6,132 places him among established professionals; he holds three consecutive DTM championships won in 2018, 2019 and 2020 with Audi Sport Team Rosberg.[1]

Rast's career spans 15 seasons and 205 starts across six series. In the DTM he has taken 28 wins and 54 podiums from 104 starts, establishing himself as a sustained front-runner in a field mixing amateurs with graded professionals. His endurance record includes four wins and ten podiums from 36 starts in the WEC, three podiums in 11 IMSA starts, and appearances in both the GT World Challenge Europe and the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie. He moved into Formula E in 2019 and raced there through 2023, gathering three podiums from 31 starts. His record in major endurance events includes overall wins at the 2012 and 2014 24 Hours of Spa and the 2014 24 Hours of Nürburgring.[2]

In the DTM, Rast races regularly against Marco Wittmann and Nico Müller, both established professionals at Platinum grade. He typically finishes ahead of Wittmann and remains closely matched with Müller across their shared seasons. He has also beaten elite professionals of significantly higher calibre; Pascal Wehrlein, a 2024 Formula E champion with Formula 1 experience, has finished behind Rast 16 times across their meetings, and Rast holds three finishes ahead of Álex Palou, a multiple IndyCar champion. His recent activity includes continued competition in the DTM and endurance racing through 2025 and 2026, with a podium finish at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June 2026 as part of BMW M Team WRT's first overall podium there since 1999.