| Alexandros Margaritis | ||
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| Driver Details | ||
| Nationality |  Greek/German
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| P.o.B. |  Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
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| D.o.B. | 20 September 1984 | |
| Début |  2005 Hockenheim Opening Race
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| Best | 10th (2007) | |
| Previous Teams | Mücke Motorsport; Persson Motorsport
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| DTM Career | ||
| Total Entries | 31 (31 Starts) | |
| No. | 17 | |
| Wins | Points | Poles |
| 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Fastest Laps | 0 | |
| Podiums | 0 | |
Alexandros Margaritis (born 20 September 1984 in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany; Αλέξανδρος Μαργαρίτης in Greek), is a Greek-German racing driver, who competed in the DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship between 2005 and 2007.[1] A winner of the ADAC GT Masters series after his time in DTM, Margaritis would spend most of his time in the DTM competing in older machinery, although did become a semi-regular point scorer in two of his three campaigns.[2]
Margaritis secured a move to the DTM ahead of the 2005 season, when Mücke Motorsport signed him to partner Stefan Mücke for their first campaign.[3] Using a year-old car, Margaritis would fail to score a point, claiming a best finish of ninth, en-route to nineteenth in the Championship.[4]
For 2006 Margaritis moved to Persson Motorsport for the season, joining Jean Alesi and Mathias Lauda in their three car entry.[5] Partnered by Alesi in terms of driver pairings, Margaritis would manage to secure his first points finish at the season opener in Hockenheim, with four further scores seeing him finish eleventh in the Championship.[6]
Retained by Persson Motorsport for 2007, Margaritis would partner returning former Champion Gary Paffett for the season, although would again compete in a year old car.[1] A relatively impressive season saw Margaritis match teammate Paffett throughout the season, finishing tenth behind the Brit, although frustration about constantly using a year old car saw Margaritis leave the Series at the end of the season.[2]
After leaving the DTM Margaritis initially struggled to secure either funding or a seat, taking part in only a handful of races before joining the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2010.[2] In 2011 the Greek racer moved to ADAC GT Masters and won the series at his first attempt, before retiring from racing the following season after failing to defend his crown.[2]
Background[]
Born in Germany to Greek parents, Margaritis began his career in karting in the mid-1990s, competing in Germany until the end of 1999 season.[2] The following season saw Margaritis secure a seat in the Formula BMW ADAC series, his first year in a race car, with the Greek-German racer finishing nineteenth with eight points.[2] A second season saw Maragaritis claim two podiums and eighth in the Championship, before a move into Formula Renault 2.0 Germany in 2002.[2]
Greek Graces: 2002 - 2004[]
Margaritis rookie season in FR 2.0 Germany saw him finish twelfth in the Championship, combined with a run to third in the Winter Series of Italian Formula Renault and two outing in the Eurocup.[2] That earned Margaritis the attention of teams in the new Formula 3 Euro Series, with the Greek-German racer joining MB Racing for the season alongside Daniel la Rosa.[2] Margaritis would be firmly in the midfield during the season, securing a single podium to finish thirteenth in the Championship, as well as fourth in the Rookie Cup.[2]
A second season in the Euro Series saw Margaritis endure a near identical season, although without a podium finish the Greek racer's points haul dropped from 23 to 18.[2]
DTM History[]
With his single-seater career having stalled at F3 level, Margaritis moved into the DMSB Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship ahead of the 2005 season, joining Mücke Motorsport for the campaign.[2]
Rookie Ranking: 2005[]
Persson Push: 2006[]
For 2006 Margaritis would secure a move to another Mercedes customer team in the form of Persson Motorsport, who had obtained three, 2005-spec, AMG-Mercedes C-Klasses for the campaign.[5]
Old Frustrations: 2007[]
Retained by Persson Motorsport for 2007, Margaritis would get a new teammate in the form of the returning Gary Paffett, although would again compete in a year-old car.[1]
Post-DTM Career[]
After leaving the DTM at the end of 2007, Margaritis sought a new career path in GT racing, although would only secure one role as a third driver at the 24 Hours of Spa in 2008.[2] Sitting out 2009, Margaritis obtained a seat in the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2010, finishing seventh.[2] In 2011 Margaritis switched to the ADAC GT Masters, and duly won the title at the first attempt with Dino Lunardi.[2]
A switch in teams in the GT Masters followed for Margaritis in 2012, although the Greek racer was unable to defend his title.[2] Then, after a handful of appearances in the VLN during the 2013 season, Margaritis would call time on his racing career.[2]
Full DTM Record[]
Alexandros Margaritis's full results from his 31 starts in the DTM are outlined in a series of tables below.
DTM Entries[]
The list below includes all of the teams and cars, as well as overall finishing positions for Alexandros Margaritis during their DTM career:
| Alexandros Margaritis's Overall DTM Record | ||||||
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| Year | Entrant | No. | Car | Pos. | Pts. | Livery |
| 2005 | Mücke Motorsport[3]
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17 | AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse DTM 2004 | 19th | 0 | File:MAR 05 Livery.png |
| 2006 | Stern/Easy Rent AMG-Mercedes[5]
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11 | AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse DTM 2005 | 11th | 11 | File:MAR 06 Livery.png |
| 2007 | Laureus/Stern AMG-Mercedes[1]
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10 | AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse DTM 2006 | 10th | 16 | File:MAR 07 Livery.png |
Career Results[]
Below is a table showing Alexandros Margaritis's full DTM record:
| Alexandros Margaritis's DTM Championship Record | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Rounds | Pos. | Pts. | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
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19th | 0 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
| Ret | Ret | 9th | 17th | 18th | 11th | 16th | 13th | 14th | 11th | Ret | |||
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11th | 11 | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| 5th | 6th | 20th | 8th | Ret | 15th | Ret | 8th | 7th | 13th | ||||
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10th | 16 | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| 4th | 8th | Ret | 9th | 7th | Ret | 8th | 13th | 4th | 7th | ||||
| Results Key | ||||
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| Symbol | Meaning | Symbol | Meaning | |
| 1st | Winner | Ret | Retired | |
| 2nd | Second | DSQ | Disqualified | |
| 3rd | Third | DNS | Did Not Start | |
| 7th | Points Scorer | NC | Not Classified | |
| Italics | Fastest Lap | CAN | Race Cancelled | |
| 16th | Non-points finish | † | Non-Championship Race | |
| Bold | Pole Position | 3 | Points for Qualifying | |
References[]
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| 2005 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
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| Manufacturers |
| Audi • AMG-Mercedes • Opel |
| Car/engine |
| Audi A4 DTM 2005 • Audi 4.0l V8 • AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005 • AMG 4.0l V8 • Vectra GTS V8 2005 • Opel 4.0l V8 |
| Teams |
| Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline • Audi Sport Team Abt • Audi Sport Team Joest • Audi Sport Team Joest Racing • DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes • GMAC/Stern Team OPC • Mücke Motorsport • Team OPC • Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes • Vodafone/Sport Edition AMG-Mercedes |
| Drivers |
| 1 Mattias Ekström • 2 Martin Tomczyk • 3 Gary Paffett • 4 Jean Alesi • 5 Tom Kristensen • 6 Allan McNish • 7 Bernd Schneider • 8 Mika Häkkinen • 9 Marcel Fässler • 10 Heinz-Harald Frentzen • 11 Laurent Aïello • 12 Manuel Reuter • 14 Christian Abt • 15 Pierre Kaffer • 16 Stefan Mücke • 17 Alexandros Margaritis • 18 Rinaldo Capello • 19 Frank Stippler • 20 Bruno Spengler • 21 Jamie Green |
| Races |
| Hockenheim Opening • Lausitzring I • Spa-Francorchamps • Brno • Oschersleben • Norisring • Nürburgring • Zandvoort • Lausitzring II • Istanbul Park • Hockenheim Finale |
| Related Content |
| 2004 DTM Season • 2006 DTM Season • Formula 3 Euro Series |
| 2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
|---|
| Manufacturers |
| Audi • AMG-Mercedes |
| Car/engine |
| Audi A4 DTM 2006 • Audi 4.0l V8 • AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006 • AMG 4.0l V8 |
| Teams |
| Audi Sport Team Abt • Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline • Audi Sport Team Phoenix • Audi Sport Team Rosberg • DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes • Futurecom TME • Junge Gebrauchte/AutoScout 24 AMG-Mercedes • Stern/Easy Rent AMG-Mercedes • TV-Spielfilm/TrekStor AMG-Mercedes • Vodafone/Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes |
| Drivers |
| 2 Bernd Schneider • 3 Jamie Green • 4 Martin Tomczyk • 5 Mattias Ekström • 6 Heinz-Harald Frentzen • 7 Tom Kristensen • 8 Mika Häkkinen • 9 Bruno Spengler • 10 Jean Alesi • 11 Alexandros Margaritis • 12 Christian Abt • 14 Pierre Kaffer • 15 Frank Stippler • 16 Timo Scheider • 17 Stefan Mücke • 18 Daniel la Rosa • 19 Olivier Tielemans/Jeroen Bleekemolen/Nicolas Kiesa/Thed Björk • 20 Vanina Ickx • 21 Mathias Lauda • 22 Susie Stoddart |
| Races |
| Hockenheim Opening • Lausitzring • Oschersleben • Brands Hatch • Norisring • Nürburgring • Zandvoort • Barcelona • Bugatti Circuit • Hockenheim Finale |
| Related Content |
| 2005 DTM Season • 2007 DTM Season • Formula 3 Euro Series |
| 2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship |
|---|
| Manufacturers |
| Audi • AMG-Mercedes |
| Car/engine |
| Audi A4 DTM 2007 • Audi 4.0l V8 • AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2007 • AMG 4.0l V8 |
| Teams |
| Audi Sport Team Abt • Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline • Audi Sport Team Phoenix • Audi Sport Team Rosberg • Futurecom TME • Laureus/Stern AMG-Mercedes • Original-Teile/DaimlerChrysler Bank AMG-Mercedes • Salzgitter AMG-Mercedes • Trilux/JAWA4U.de AMG-Mercedes • TV-Spielfilm/TrekStor AMG-Mercedes |
| Drivers |
| 1 Bernd Schneider • 2 Bruno Spengler • 3 Mattias Ekström • 4 Martin Tomczyk • 5 Jamie Green • 6 Mika Häkkinen • 7 Tom Kristensen/Frank Biela/Markus Winkelhock • 8 Timo Scheider • 9 Gary Paffett • 10 Alexandros Margaritis • 11 Mike Rockenfeller • 12 Lucas Luhr • 14 Susie Stoddart • 15 Daniel la Rosa • 16 Christian Abt • 17 Alexandre Prémat/Marco Werner • 18 Mathias Lauda • 19 Paul di Resta • 20 Adam Carroll/Markus Winkelhock • 21 Vanina Ickx |
| Races |
| Hockenheim Opening • Oschersleben • Lausitzring • Brands Hatch • Norisring • Mugello • Nürburgring • Zandvoort • Barcelona • Hockenheim Finale |
| Related Content |
| 2006 DTM Season • 2008 DTM Season • Formula 3 Euro Series |