# Mike Rockenfeller

Mike Rockenfeller (born 31 October 1983), nicknamed "Rocky", is a German professional racing driver and was an Audi factory driver competing in the DTM and the FIA World Endurance Championship. He won his first DTM title in 2013, driving for Audi Sport Team Phoenix. He also won the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans.

## Career
### Early career

Rockenfeller began racing karts in 1995 aged 11, winning the Bambini North state championship. He competed in various local and national karting series in the 1990s. In 2002, he won the Jörg van Ommen Kart Cup Super Series.

### Porsche Supercup and Le Mans championship

In 2001, Rockenfeller moved to cars, and finished 4th in the Formula König championship, winning one race. In 2002, he joined the Porsche Junior team and raced in the German Carrera Cup, finishing 10th, and in a partial Porsche Supercup season. In 2003, he finished 2nd in the German Carrera Cup championship, and made his American Le Mans Series debut at Petit Le Mans, finishing 10th in GT2 class. In 2004, Rockenfeller won the German Carrera Cup and also won two races in Porsche Supercup. That year he also raced in the 12 Hours of Sebring, the 1000km of Nürburgring, and Petit Le Mans.
2005 became Rockenfeller's breakthrough year. He became a full Porsche factory driver and won the GT2 class driver championship title in the FIA GT Championship driving with Marc Lieb for GruppeM Racing. He collected 6 class wins, including the Spa 24 Hours. Rockenfeller also won the GT2 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving with Lieb and Leo Hindrey for Alex Job Racing. 2006 saw him race again in the ALMS and Grand-Am series for Alex Job. He won in the ALMS at Houston and finished second in LMP2 class at Petit Le Mans, driving a Porsche RS Spyder for Penske Racing. He also took two Grand-Am wins.

### Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

For 2007, Rockenfeller became an Audi factory driver and raced an A4 DTM for Audi Sport Team Rosberg in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. He also participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans driving an Audi R10. In addition to DTM and having already moderate experience with Le Mans Prototype cars, in 2008 he drove for Audi Sport Team Joest in the Le Mans Series, alongside Alexandre Prémat. Despite not winning any races, Rockenfeller and Prémat won the title at the 2008 1000 km of Silverstone, after an accident on lap 46 for the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP of Nicolas Minassian and Marc Gené. He also participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, occupying the third Audi entry with Prémat and Lucas Luhr. After qualifying fifth, their entry finished in fourth place overall, seven laps down on winning team-mates Rinaldo Capello, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish.
For 2009, Rockenfeller continues in the DTM with Team Rosberg.
Rockenfeller started the 2010 racing season winning the Rolex 24 at Daytona overall in the Action Express Racing Porsche Riley with co-drivers João Barbosa, Terry Borcheller, and Ryan Dalziel.
In the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rockenfeller was involved in a horrific accident while passing a slower GTE vehicle at 5:49 into the race. Shortly after nightfall, he was involved in a violent crash at the kinks on the straight between Mulsanne Corner and Indianapolis after near contact with the number 71 car of Robert Kauffman. Rockenfeller then climbed from his car and jumped to safety over the Armco barrier. He sustained a small flesh wound on his right arm and was admitted into a hospital overnight for observation.
Rockenfeller took part in the 2014 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona race in the Spirit of Daytona Corvette Daytona Prototype with Richard Westbrook and Michael Valiante.
In 2021, it was announced that Rockenfeller would depart from DTM following the season, whilst also parting ways with Audi at the end of the year. He would go on to finish 8th in the points with podiums at Lausitzring, Circuit Zolder, the Nürburgring, and the Hockenheimring driving for Abt Sportsline.

### IMSA

In 2023, Rockenfeller joined JDC–Miller MotorSports for the team's GTP program, driving alongside Tijmen van der Helm.

### NASCAR

In 2022, Rockenfeller made two starts in the NASCAR Cup Series for Spire Motorsports in the No. 77 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE, finishing 30th at Watkins Glen, and 29th at Charlotte Roval. In the following year, it was announced that Rockenfeller would join seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson and 2009 Formula One World Champion Jenson Button to drive the Next Gen Camaro prepared by Hendrick Motorsports for the Garage 56 entry at the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans. Rockenfeller returned to Cup Series competition that year, driving the No. 42 Chevrolet for Legacy Motor Club to a 24th-place finish at Indianapolis and 19th at Watkins Glen. It was later announced he would race at the Charlotte Roval. He finished the race in 29th.

## Accolades

* FIA GT Championship GT2 Champion: 2005
* 24 Hours Nürburgring overall winner: 2006
* Le Mans Series LMP1 champion: 2008
* 24 Hours of Le Mans GT2 winner: 2005
* Spa 24 Hours GT2 winner: 2005
* 24 Hours of Daytona overall winner: 2010
* 24 Hours of Le Mans overall winner: 2010
* Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Champion: 2013

## Racing record
### Complete Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
| 2002 | UPS Porsche-Junior Team | Porsche 996 GT3 | IMO 10 | CAT | A1R | MON | NÜR 12 | SIL | HOC Ret | HUN 8 | SPA | MNZ | IND | IND | NC‡ | 0‡ |
| 2003 | UPS Porsche-Junior Team | Porsche 996 GT3 | IMO | CAT | A1R | MON Ret | NÜR 1 | MAG | SIL 2 | HOC 5 | HUN | MNZ Ret | IND | IND | NC‡ | 0‡ |
| 2004 | UPS Porsche-Junior Team | Porsche 996 GT3 | IMO | CAT | MON 1 | | IND | IND | MAG | SIL 2 | HOC 1 | HUN 3 | SPA | MNZ 8 | NC‡ | 0‡ |
| 2004 | Eichin Racing-PZ Freiburg | Porsche 996 GT3 | | | | NÜR 2 | | | | | | | | | NC‡ | 0‡ |
‡ – Not eligible for points.

### 24 Hours of Le Mans results

| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 2004 | Orbit Racing BAM! | Marc Lieb Leo Hindery | Porsche 911 GT3-RS | GT | 223 | DNF | DNF |
| 2005 | Alex Job Racing BAM! Motorsport | Marc Lieb Leo Hindery | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 332 | 10th | 1st |
| 2007 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Lucas Luhr Alexandre Prémat | Audi R10 TDI | LMP1 | 23 | DNF | DNF |
| 2008 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Lucas Luhr Alexandre Prémat | Audi R10 TDI | LMP1 | 374 | 4th | 4th |
| 2009 | Audi Sport North America | Marco Werner Lucas Luhr | Audi R15 TDI | LMP1 | 104 | DNF | DNF |
| 2010 | Audi Sport North America | Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas | Audi R15 TDI plus | LMP1 | 397 | 1st | 1st |
| 2011 | Audi Sport Team Joest | Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas | Audi R18 TDI | LMP1 | 116 | DNF | DNF |
| 2012 | Audi Sport North America | Oliver Jarvis Marco Bonanomi | Audi R18 ultra | LMP1 | 375 | 3rd | 3rd |
| 2018 | Corvette Racing – GM | Jan Magnussen Antonio García | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | GTE Pro | 342 | 18th | 4th |
| 2019 | Corvette Racing | Jan Magnussen Antonio García | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | GTE Pro | 337 | 28th | 8th |
| 2023 | Hendrick Motorsports | Jenson Button Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | Innovative | 285 | 39th | – |
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### 24 Hours of Daytona results

| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 2004 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | Johannes van Overbeek Lonnie Pechnik Seth Neiman Peter Cunningham | Porsche 996 GT3 Cup | GT | 523 | 3rd | 2nd |
| 2005 | Brumos Racing | J.C. France Hurley Haywood Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas | Fabcar FDSC/03-Porsche | DP | 432 | 44th DNF | 21st DNF |
| 2006 | Alex Job Racing/Emory Motorsports | Patrick Long Lucas Luhr | Crawford DP03-Porsche | DP | 731 | 3rd | 3rd |
| 2008 | SAMAX | Allan McNish Lucas Luhr Henry Zogaib | Riley Mk. XI-Pontiac | DP | 233 | 55th DNF | 20th DNF |
| 2010 | Action Express Racing | João Barbosa Terry Borcheller Ryan Dalziel | Riley Mk. XI-Porsche | DP | 755 | 1st | 1st |
| 2012 | Flying Lizard Motorsports with Wright Motorsports | Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long Seth Neiman | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | GT | 706 | 26th | 15th |
| 2013 | Action Express Racing | João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi Burt Frisselle | Coyote Corvette DP | DP | 708 | 4th | 4th |
| 2014 | Spirit of Daytona Racing | Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook | Coyote Corvette DP | P | 693 | 4th | 4th |
| 2015 | VisitFlorida.com Racing | Michael Valiante Richard Westbrook | Coyote Corvette DP | P | 734 | 3rd | 3rd |
| 2016 | Corvette Racing | Antonio García Jan Magnussen | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | GTLM | 722 | 8th | 2nd |
| 2017 | Corvette Racing | Antonio García Jan Magnussen | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | GTLM | 652 | 8th | 4th |
| 2018 | Corvette Racing | Antonio García Jan Magnussen | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | GTLM | 781 | 13th | 3rd |
| 2019 | Corvette Racing | Antonio García Jan Magnussen | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | GTLM | 563 | 16th | 6th |
| 2021 | Ally Cadillac Racing | Jimmie Johnson Kamui Kobayashi Simon Pagenaud | Cadillac DPi-V.R | DPi | 807 | 2nd | 2nd |
| 2022 | Ally Cadillac Racing | Jimmie Johnson Kamui Kobayashi José María López | Cadillac DPI-V.R | DPi | 739 | 11th | 5th |
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### Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results

(key)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
| 2007 | Team Rosberg | Audi A4 DTM 2006 | HOC 12 | OSC 3 | LAU 13 | BRH Ret | NOR 13 | MUG 6 | ZAN 10 | NÜR 17 | CAT 7† | HOC DSQ | | | | | | | | | | | 12th | 11 |
| 2008 | Team Rosberg | Audi A4 DTM 2007 | HOC 10 | OSC 7 | MUG 14 | LAU 9 | NOR 13 | ZAN 10 | NÜR 15 | BRH 13 | CAT 5 | BUG 9 | HOC 9 | | | | | | | | | | 11th | 6 |
| 2009 | Team Rosberg | Audi A4 DTM 2008 | HOC Ret | LAU 7 | NOR 9 | ZAN 12† | OSC 13 | NÜR 10 | BRH 7 | CAT 12 | DIJ 13 | HOC 9 | | | | | | | | | | | 14th | 4 |
| 2010 | Team Phoenix | Audi A4 DTM 2008 | HOC 5 | VAL 6 | LAU 4 | NOR 12 | NÜR 9 | ZAN 13 | BRH 9 | OSC 5 | HOC 3 | ADR 16 | SHA 12 | | | | | | | | | | 7th | 22 |
| 2011 | Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 DTM 2009 | HOC 11 | ZAN 1 | SPL 5 | LAU | NOR 14 | NÜR 3 | BRH 6 | OSC 6 | VAL 9 | HOC 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 6th | 31 |
| 2012 | Phoenix Racing | Audi A5 DTM | HOC 5 | LAU 13 | BRH 3 | SPL 7 | NOR 6 | NÜR 5 | ZAN 2 | OSC 6 | VAL 5 | HOC Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 4th | 85 |
| 2013 | Phoenix Racing | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 8 | BRH 1 | SPL 4 | LAU 2 | NOR 5 | MSC 1 | NÜR 4 | OSC 2 | ZAN 2 | HOC 16 | | | | | | | | | | | 1st | 142 |
| 2014 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 4 | OSC 2 | HUN 10 | NOR 8 | MSC Ret | SPL 13 | NÜR 2 | LAU 10 | ZAN 15 | HOC 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 3rd | 72 |
| 2015 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 1 5 | HOC 2 6 | LAU 1 9 | LAU 2 10 | NOR 1 14 | NOR 2 Ret | ZAN 1 8 | ZAN 2 11 | SPL 1 8 | SPL 2 4 | MSC 1 10 | MSC 2 1 | OSC 1 Ret | OSC 2 19 | NÜR 1 11 | NÜR 2 7 | HOC 1 5 | HOC 2 15 | | | 10th | 83 |
| 2016 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 10 | SPL 1 12 | SPL 2 8 | LAU 1 19 | LAU 2 17 | NOR 1 18 | NOR 2 DSQ | ZAN 1 14 | ZAN 2 15 | MSC 1 16 | MSC 2 15 | NÜR 1 14 | NÜR 2 22 | HUN 1 4 | HUN 2 8 | | | | | 19th | 31 |
| 2016 | Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline | Audi RS5 DTM | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | HOC 1 5 | HOC 2 11 | | | 19th | 31 |
| 2017 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 1 3 | HOC 2 7 | LAU 1 5 | LAU 2 5 | HUN 1 4 | HUN 2 10 | NOR 1 13 | NOR 2 Ret | MSC 1 2 | MSC 2 12 | ZAN 1 4 | ZAN 2 1 | NÜR 1 14 | NÜR 2 17 | SPL 1 7 | SPL 2 2 | HOC 1 2 | HOC 2 3 | | | 4th | 167 |
| 2018 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi RS5 DTM | HOC 1 14 | HOC 2 2 | LAU 1 11 | LAU 2 8 | HUN 1 11 | HUN 2 4 | NOR 1 15 | NOR 2 16 | ZAN 1 15 | ZAN 2 16 | BRH 1 10 | BRH 2 6 | MIS 1 10 | MIS 2 9 | NÜR 1 6 | NÜR 2 13 | SPL 1 2 | SPL 2 8 | HOC 1 6 | HOC 2 11 | 11th | 87 |
| 2019 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM | HOC 1 2 | HOC 2 Ret | ZOL 1 5 | ZOL 2 4 | MIS 1 6 | MIS 2 10 | NOR 1 Ret | NOR 2 3 | ASS 1 9 | ASS 2 1 | BRH 1 7 | BRH 2 6 | LAU 1 3 | LAU 2 3 | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 7 | HOC 1 3 | HOC 2 2 | | | 4th | 182 |
| 2020 | Audi Sport Team Phoenix | Audi RS5 Turbo DTM | SPA 1 4 | SPA 2 5 | LAU 1 11 | LAU 2 5 | LAU 1 6 | LAU 2 11 | ASS 1 4 | ASS 2 11 | NÜR 1 4 | NÜR 2 3 | NÜR 1 9 | NÜR 2 7 | ZOL 1 8 | ZOL 2 2 | ZOL 1 Ret | ZOL 2 6 | HOC 1 6 | HOC 2 4 | | | 4th | 139 |
| 2021 | Abt Sportsline | Audi R8 LMS Evo | MNZ 1 9 | MNZ 2 8 | LAU 1 3 | LAU 2 8 | ZOL 1 2 | ZOL 2 10 | NÜR 1 3 | NÜR 2 Ret | RBR 1 15 | RBR 2 Ret | ASS 1 13 | ASS 2 11 | HOC 1 3 | HOC 2 15 | NOR 1 Ret | NOR 2 4 | | | | | 8th | 89 |
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$^†$ Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

### Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position)
| Year | Team | No. | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
| 2014 | Spirit of Daytona Racing | 90 | P | Coyote Corvette DP | Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | DAY 4 | SEB 10 | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | IMS | ELK | COA | PET 7 | 28th | 76 |
| 2015 | VisitFlorida.com Racing | 90 | P | Coyote Corvette DP | Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | DAY 3 | SEB 3 | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | COA | PET 5 | | 14th | 89 |
| 2016 | Corvette Racing | 3 | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | DAY 2 | SEB 9 | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | COA | PET 4 | 14th | 85 |
| 2017 | Corvette Racing | 3 | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | DAY 4 | SEB 1 | LBH | COA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET 2 | 11th | 95 |
| 2018 | Corvette Racing | 3 | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 | DAY 3 | SEB 8 | LBH | MDO | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 16th | 53 |
| 2019 | Corvette Racing | 3 | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 | DAY 6 | SEB 3 | LBH | MDO | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET 4 | 18th | 83 |
| 2021 | Ally Cadillac Racing | 48 | DPi | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY 2 | SEB | MDO | DET | WGL | WGL | ELK | LGA | LBH | PET | | 17th | 345 |
| 2022 | Ally Cadillac | 48 | DPi | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY 5 | SEB 6 | LBH | LGA | MDO | DET | WGL 6 | MOS | ELK | PET 3 | | 11th | 1146 |
| 2023 | JDC-Miller MotorSports | 5 | GTP | Porsche 963 | Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8 | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA 7 | WGL 4 | MOS 4 | ELK 5 | IMS 8 | PET 5 | | | 9th | 1660 |
| 2024 | Ford Multimatic Motorsports | 64 | GTD Pro | Ford Mustang GT3 | Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 | DAY 6 | SEB 7 | | LGA 9 | DET 11 | WGL 5 | MOS 4 | ELK 10 | VIR 2 | IMS 2 | PET 8 | 6th | 2783 |
| 2024 | Proton Competition Mustang Sampling | 5 | GTP | Porsche 963 | Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8 | | | LBH 5 | | | | | | | | | 27th | 281 |
| 2025 | Ford Multimatic Motorsports | | GTD Pro | Ford Mustang GT3 | Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 | DAY 3 | SEB | LGA | DET | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET | | 3rd* | 335* |
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### Complete Le Mans Series results

| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Rank | Points |
| 2008 | Audi Sport Team Joest | LMP1 | Audi R10 | Audi TDI 5.5 L Turbo V12 (Diesel) | CAT 2 | MON 2 | SPA 2 | NÜR 3 | SIL 4 | 1st | 27 |
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### Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
| 2022 | Vector Sport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SEB NC | SPA | LMS | MNZ | FUJ | BHR | 30th | 0 |
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### NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

#### Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NCSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2022 | Spire Motorsports | 77 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | PHO | ATL | COA | RCH | MAR | BRD | TAL | DOV | DAR | KAN | CLT | GTW | SON | NSH | ROA | ATL | NHA | POC | IRC | MCH | RCH | GLN 30 | DAY | DAR | KAN | BRI | TEX | TAL | ROV 29 | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | 37th | 15 | |
| 2023 | Legacy Motor Club | 42 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | PHO | ATL | COA | RCH | BRD | MAR | TAL | DOV | KAN | DAR | CLT | GTW | SON | NSH | CSC | ATL | NHA | POC | RCH | MCH | IRC 24 | GLN 19 | DAY | DAR | KAN | BRI | TEX | TAL | ROV 29 | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | 36th | 39 | |