Reiter Engineering
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Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
racing team founded in 1994. The company is named after engineer and founder Hans Reiter. In 2000, Reiter entered a Lamborghini
Lamborghini
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., commonly referred to as Lamborghini , is an Italian car manufacturer. The company was founded by manufacturing magnate Ferruccio Lamborghini in 1963, with the objective of producing a refined grand touring car to compete with established offerings from marques like...
in the FIA GT Championship with its own Diablo
Lamborghini Diablo
The Lamborghini Diablo is a high-performance mid-engined sports car that was built by Italian automaker Lamborghini between 1990 and 2001. It was the first Lamborghini capable of attaining a top speed in excess of . After the end of its production run in 2001, the Diablo was replaced by the...
GT built by the team. In 2003 the Diablo GT was replaced by the newer Lamborghini Murciélago
Lamborghini Murciélago
The Lamborghini Murciélago is a two-door, two-seat sports car produced by Italian automaker Lamborghini between 2001 and 2010. Successor to the Diablo and flagship of the automaker's lineup, the Murciélago was introduced as a coupé in 2001. The automaker's first new design in eleven years, the car...
R-GT, with increased development from Audi
Audi
Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer, from supermini to crossover SUVs in various body styles and price ranges that are marketed under the Audi brand , positioned as the premium brand within the Volkswagen Group....
Sport, before also becoming the constructor of the Gallardo
Lamborghini Gallardo
The Lamborghini Gallardo is a sports car built by Lamborghini. The Gallardo is Lamborghini's most-produced model to date, with over 10,000 built in its first seven years of production...
GT3 for the FIA GT3 European Championship
FIA GT3 European Championship
The FIA GT3 European Championship is a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation and regulated by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . It is a championship derived from the international FIA GT1 World Championship, but meant to provide competition for more...
and later the ADAC GT Masters
ADAC GT Masters
The ADAC GT Masters is a grand tourer-based auto racing series founded by the international Stéphane Ratel Organisation and supported by the German ADAC automotive club. Similar to an earlier ADAC GT Cup series in the 1990s, the new GT Masters ran their first season in 2007...
. Besides running the factory squads in their respective championships Reiter also builds and sells its cars to other teams for various uses.
FIA GT
In 20002000 FIA GT Championship season
The 2000 FIA GT Championship season was the 4th season of FIA GT Championship. It is a series for Grand Touring style cars broken into two classes based on power and manufacturer involvement called GT and N-GT...
, Reiter debuted its custom-built Diablo GT in the international FIA GT Championship, with backing from Lamborghini. The car was a variant of the Diablo GTRs used in the Lamborghini Supertrophy one-make series, adapted to better compete in FIA GT. Following a short 2000 season, Reiter managed to score their first points in 2001
2001 FIA GT Championship season
The 2001 FIA GT Championship season was the 5th season of FIA GT Championship racing. It featured a series open to Grand Touring cars broken into two classes, GT and N GT, based on power and manufacturer involvement. The season began on March 31, 2001 and ended on October 21, 2001 after 11 races...
with a fifth place finish in the season finale.
A points-scoring finish would not come again for the Diablo GT until it was replaced by the newer Murciélago R-GT at the end of 2003
2003 FIA GT Championship season
The 2003 FIA GT Championship season was the 7th season of the FIA GT Championship. The championship consisted of the FIA GT Championship for Drivers, the N-GT Cup for Drivers, the FIA GT Championship for Teams and the N-GT Cup for Teams...
. This new car would earn points on its debut in 2004
2004 FIA GT Championship season
The 2004 FIA GT Championship season was the 8th season of the FIA GT Championship. It was a series contested by Grand Touring style cars broken into two classes based on power and manufacturer involvement, called GT and N-GT...
, with a third place at Valencia
2004 FIA GT Valencia 500km
The 2004 FIA GT Valencia 500 km was the second round the 2004 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Circuit de Valencia, Spain, on April 18, 2004.-Official results:Class winners in bold...
. The following year, Reiter managed another point at its home round in Oschersleben
2005 FIA GT Oschersleben Supercar 500
The 2005 FIA GT RAC Brno Supercar 500 was the seventh race for the 2005 FIA GT Championship season. It took place on 28 August 2005 at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben.-Official results:Class winners in bold...
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2006 FIA GT Championship season
The 2006 FIA GT Championship season is the 10th season of FIA GT Championship. It is a series for Grand Touring style cars broken into two classes based on power and manufacturer involvement, called GT1 and GT2. Invitational G2 and G3 classes are also allowed to participate, but do not count...
, leading to the team name being changed to B-Racing RS-Line Team early in the season and the ability to run two cars, before changing to become All-Inkl.com Racing halfway through the year. The team managed three points-scoring finishes, with a best result of sixth in Brno
2006 FIA GT Brno 500km
The 2006 FIA GT Brno 500 km was the second race for the 2006 FIA GT Championship season. It took place on May 28, 2006.-Official results:Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified ....
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2007
2007 FIA GT Championship season
The 2007 FIA GT Championship season was the 11th season of FIA GT Championship. It was a series for Grand Touring style cars broken into two classes based on power and manufacturer involvement, called GT1 and GT2. Invitational G2 and G3 classes were also allowed to participate, but did not count...
saw Reiter's greatest success as the team opened the year with their first victory, drivers Christophe Bouchut
Christophe Bouchut
Christophe Bouchut is a French race driver. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1993. He currently drives in the FIA GT1 World Championship...
and Stefan Mücke winning in Zhuhai
2007 FIA GT Zhuhai 2 Hours
The 2007 FIA GT Zhuhai 2 Hours was the opening race of the 2007 FIA GT Championship season. It took place on March 25, 2007. Over 22,000 paying spectators plus another 1,000 VIPs attended the race in person....
. The two-car team managed to score points in six out of ten races that season, allowing the All-Inkl.com Racing squad to earn seventh in the Teams' Championship and Reiter Engineering tying for ninth.
FIA GT3
In 2006, the new FIA GT3 European ChampionshipFIA GT3 European Championship
The FIA GT3 European Championship is a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation and regulated by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . It is a championship derived from the international FIA GT1 World Championship, but meant to provide competition for more...
was launched. Reiter was developing and selling the smaller Lamborghini Gallardo for use in the new series. Reiter itself would run a three-car team, alongside customer team S-Berg Racing. The team managed a best finish of third at Mugello, and going on to finish eighth in the Team's Championship. Reiter driver Albert von Thurn und Taxis won the Lamborghini Manufacturers' Cup as well.
ADAC GT Masters
Following Reiter's success in FIA GT3, the team chose to move their Gallardos to the new ADAC GT MastersADAC GT Masters
The ADAC GT Masters is a grand tourer-based auto racing series founded by the international Stéphane Ratel Organisation and supported by the German ADAC automotive club. Similar to an earlier ADAC GT Cup series in the 1990s, the new GT Masters ran their first season in 2007...
series in Germany. Using the same formula as FIA GT3, Reiter was able to improve on their results from the previous year. The team managed nine victories in the twelve race season, handily winning the Teams' Championship and winning the Drivers' Championship for Christopher Haase.
Racing cars
Since 2000, Reiter Engineering has been the main constructor of racing cars for LamborghiniLamborghini
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., commonly referred to as Lamborghini , is an Italian car manufacturer. The company was founded by manufacturing magnate Ferruccio Lamborghini in 1963, with the objective of producing a refined grand touring car to compete with established offerings from marques like...
. In that time, they have built and sold several different racing variants of Lamborghini models.
Diablo GT
Reiter's first car manufactured within the team, the Diablo GT was an attempt to bring Lamborghini's motorsports presence to the international stage, by adapting the supercar to comply with FIA GT regulations. Although other teams had previously attempted to adapt Diablo GTRs from the Lamborghini Supertrophy, the Diablo GT would be built just for FIA GT, allowing it to gain some performance advantages over its mass-produced siblings. The car retained several elements of the GTRs, including the lack of a four-wheel drive system.Murciélago R-GT
The Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT is a racing version of the Murciélago, built by Reiter Engineering with development aid from Audi Sport. The R-GTs have been modified from their production versions, most notably by removing the four-wheel driveFour-wheel drive
Four-wheel drive, 4WD, or 4×4 is a four-wheeled vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all four wheels to receive torque from the engine simultaneously...
system to comply with FIA, ACO
Automobile Club de l'Ouest
The Automobile Club de l'Ouest , sometimes abbreviated to ACO, is the largest automotive group in France. It was founded in 1906 by car building and racing enthusiasts, and is most famous for being the organising entity behind the annual Le Mans 24 Hours race...
, and JAF regulations. The R-GT retains the standard Murciélago V12, but has air restrictors to manage the power output.
Murciélago R-GTs have been used by customer teams such as the Japanese Lamborghini Owners Club in the Super GT
Super GT
The Super GT series, formerly known as the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship or JGTC , is a grand touring car race series promoted by the GT-Association...
championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans
24 Hours of Le Mans
The 24 Hours of Le Mans is the world's oldest sports car race in endurance racing, held annually since near the town of Le Mans, France. Commonly known as the Grand Prix of Endurance and Efficiency, race teams have to balance speed against the cars' ability to run for 24 hours without sustaining...
, DAMS
DAMS
Driot-Arnoux Motorsport is a racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsports. DAMS was founded in 1988 by Jean-Paul Driot and former Formula One driver René Arnoux. It is headquartered near Le Mans, only 2 km from the Bugatti Circuit.- History :The year after its foundation,...
in the FIA GT Championship, and Krohn-Barbour in the American Le Mans Series
American Le Mans Series
The American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. It consists of a series of endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Teams compete in one of five classes: LMP1, LMP2 and LMPC...
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Murciélago LP670 R-SV
The Lamborghini Murciélago LP670 R-SV is a racing version of the Murciélago LP670 Super Veloce. Like its predecessor the Murciélago R-GT, the LP670 R-SV has been modified by Reiter Engineering to comply with FIA regulations. The R-SV was mainly built to run in the FIA GT1 World ChampionshipFIA GT1 World Championship
The FIA GT1 World Championship is a world championship sports car racing series developed by the SRO Group and regulated by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . It features multiple grand tourer race cars based on production road cars and conforming with the GT1 regulations competing in...
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Gallardo GT3
The Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 is a racing version of the production Gallardo, adapted to comply with the FIA's GT3 class category. Once again, the car's four-wheel drive system has been removed, and modifications made elsewhere to adapt the car for safety and performance.Due to the car complying with GT3 regulations, it is able to race in a variety of national series as well as to run in the FIA GT3 European Championship
FIA GT3 European Championship
The FIA GT3 European Championship is a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation and regulated by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . It is a championship derived from the international FIA GT1 World Championship, but meant to provide competition for more...
. Several teams currently use the Gallardo GT3 in a multitude of championships. A total of 49 Gallardo GT3's have been built and are active worldwide. In 2009 the Macau Grand Prix
Macau Grand Prix
The Macau Grand Prix is a motor-racing event held annually in Macau, one of China's Special Administrative Regions. It is known for being the only street circuit racing event in which both car and motorcycle races are held...
was won by a Reiter Gallardo GT3.
Gallardo GT2
The Lamborghini Gallardo GT2 is a racing version of the freshly revised production Gallardo LP560-4, adapted to comply with the ACO's GT2 class category. Once again, the car's four-wheel drive system has been removed, and modifications made elsewhere to adapt the car for safety and performance.Due to the car complying with GT2 regulations, it is able to race in a variety of national series as well as to run in the Le Mans Series
Le Mans Series
The Le Mans Series is a European sports car racing endurance series based around the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and run by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest . The series was originally named the Le Mans Endurance Series, but changed its name prior to the 2006 season...
, FIA GT Championship
FIA GT Championship
The FIA GT Championship was a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation at the behest of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The championship was mostly concentrated in Europe, but throughout the years has visited other continents including Asia and South...
, and the American Le Mans Series
American Le Mans Series
The American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. It consists of a series of endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Teams compete in one of five classes: LMP1, LMP2 and LMPC...
. The Gallardo GT2 is currently undergoing testing before racing the full 2009 Le Mans Series season
2009 Le Mans Series season
The 2009 Le Mans Series season was the sixth season of Automobile Club de l'Ouest's Le Mans Series. It was contested over five events between 5 April and 13 September 2009....
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Gallardo LP560 GT3
The Lamborghini Gallardo LP560 GT3 is a racing version of the production Gallardo adapted to comply with the FIA's GT3 class category. Equal to its predecessor, the car's four-wheel drive system has been removed, and modifications made elsewhere to adapt the car for safety and performance. A lot of Murciélago's race know-how, and much more compared to the (old) Gallardo GT3 has been implemented into the LP560 GT3.External links
- Reiter Engineering - Official Site
- Lamborghini Register - Murciélago R-GT