# Rutronik Racing

Rutronik Racing also known as HCB-Rutronik Racing is a German racing team from Remchingen. The team mainly competes in the GT World Challenge. The team was originally founded by Hans-Christoph Behler as HCB Management Gmbh, but was renamed following sponsorship from electronic components distributor Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH

## History

Founded in 2010, the team competed in the FIA GT World Cup in 2018 as Audi Sport Team Rutronik. In 2019, the team entered the ADAC GT Masters. The team was a customer sport team from Audi Sport Customer Racing and used 10 Audi GT3 cars in two championships.
The racing team won the driver and team classification in its debut season in 2019.
Rutronik Racing will field two Porsche 911 GT3 R in 2024.

## Results
### ADAC GT Masters

| Year | Car | Drivers | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
| 2019 | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Kelvin van der Linde Patric Niederhauser | 205 | 1st | 1st |
| 2019 | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Dennis Marschall Carrie Schreiner | 22 | 24th | 1st |
| 2020 | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Kelvin van der Linde Patric Niederhauser | 160 | 4th | 4th |
| 2020 | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Dennis Marschall | 33 | 24th | 4th |
| 2020 | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Carrie Schreiner | 24 | 28th | 4th |
| 2020 | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Hamza Owega | 9 | 36th | 4th |
| 2021 | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Dennis Marschall Kim-Luis Schramm | 85 | 11th | 8th |
| 2021 | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Elia Erhart | 19 | 31st | 8th |
| 2021 | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Pierre Kaffer | 11 | 38th | 8th |
| 2021 | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Mattia Drudi | 8 | 39th | 8th |
| 2022 | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | Dennis Marschall Kim-Luis Schramm | 120 | 6th | 5th |
| 2022 | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | Luca Engstler Patric Niederhauser | 104 | 14th | 5th |

### GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

| Year | Car | Catégory | Drivers | Points | Position | Catégory position |
| 2024 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | Sven Müller Patric Niederhauser | 41 | 5th | 5th |
| 2024 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Bronze | Dennis Marschall Dustin Blattner | 0 | NC | 3rd |
| 2025 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | TBA TBA | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2025 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | | TBA TBA | TBD | TBD | TBD |

### GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

| Year | Car | Catégory | Drivers | Points | Position | Catégory position |
| 2021 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | Kévin Estre Richard Lietz Sven Müller | 0 | NC | NC |
| 2023 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | Laurin Heinrich Dennis Olsen Thomas Preining | 38 | 7th | 7th |
| 2024 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | Sven Müller Patric Niederhauser Julien Andlauer | | | |
| 2024 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Bronze | Dustin Blattner Loek Hartog Dennis Marschall Zacharie Robichon Alexander Fach | | | |
| 2025 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | TBA TBA TBA | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2025 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | | TBA TBA TBA | TBD | TBD | TBD |

## Former series results
### FIA GT World Cup

| Year | Car | Drivers | Position |
| 2016 | Audi R8 LMS | Fabian Plentz | 8th |
| 2016 | Audi R8 LMS | Tommy Tulpe | 18th |
| 2017 | Audi R8 LMS | Lucas di Grassi | DNF |
| 2017 | Audi R8 LMS | Fabian Plentz | DNS |
| 2018 | Audi R8 LMS | Christopher Haase | 6th |
| 2019 | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Kelvin van der Linde | 10th |

### 24 Hours of Spa

| Year | Car | Category | Drivers | Position |
| 2021 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | Kévin Estre Richard Lietz Sven Müller | DNF |
| 2023 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | Laurin Heinrich Dennis Olsen Thomas Preining | 5th |
| 2024 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Pro | Julien Andlauer Sven Müller Patric Niederhauser | 9th |
| 2024 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Bronze | Dustin Blattner Loek Hartog Dennis Marschall Zacharie Robichon | DNF |

### 24 Hours of Nürburgring

| Year | Car | Category | Drivers | Position |
| 2021 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | SP 9 Pro | Julien Andlauer Romain Dumas Tobias Müller Laurens Vanthoor | DNF |
| 2023 | Porsche 911 GT3 R | SP 9 Pro | Julien Andlauer Matteo Cairoli Dennis Olsen | 5th |