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Manuel Reuter (born 6 December 1961) is a German former racing driver.

Reuter has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice:

in 1989 24 Hours of Le Mans for Sauber-Mercedes
in 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans for Joest Racing

Reuter also won the Interserie in 1992 in a Kremer K7 and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/ITC in 1996 for Opel in an Opel Calibra V6.

Reuter continued to race in the Super Tourenwagen Cup for Opel.

When Opel retired from the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters after 2005, Reuter also retired. He acted as a commentator for the DTM on German television channel Das Erste from 2007 to 2013.

Racing record

Complete German Formula Three results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Engine	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Pts
1985	BS Racing	VW	A	ZOL DNS	NÜR 3	HOC 3	WUN 2	AVU 2	ÖST 9	ERD 2	NOR 6	HOC 4	DIE 2	ZOL DNQ	SAL Ret	SIE 16	NÜR 4	4th	112
1986	Josef Kaufmann Racing	VW	A	ZOL Ret	WUN 2	HOC 3	NOR 6	ERD DNS	ÖST	NÜR	ZOL	NÜR	SAL	NÜR				10th	33

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1988	Camel Brun Motorsport	Walter Lechner Franz Hunkeler	Porsche 962C	C1	91	DNF	DNF
1989	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jochen Mass Stanley Dickens	Sauber C9-Mercedes	C1	389	1st	1st
1990	Richard Lloyd Racing Italya Sport	JJ Lehto James Weaver	Porsche 962C GTi	C1	181	DNF	DNF
1991	Porsche Kremer Racing	Harri Toivonen JJ Lehto	Porsche 962CK6	C2	343	9th	9th
1992	Porsche Kremer Racing	Giovanni Lavaggi John Nielsen	Porsche 962CK6	C3	334	7th	2nd
1993	Joest Porsche Racing	Frank Jelinski "John Winter"	Porsche 962C	C2	282	DNF	DNF
1996	Joest Racing	Davy Jones Alexander Wurz	TWR Porsche WSC-95	LMP1	354	1st	1st
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Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.	Ref
1992	Mobil 1 Racing	Peter Brock	Holden Commodore (VP)	C	118	27th	3rd

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/Masters 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	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Pos.	Pts
1985		Ford Sierra XR4 TI	ZOL	WUN	AVU	MFA Ret	ERD	ERD	DIE	DIE	ZOL Ret	SIE 26	NÜR 3														22nd	16
1986	Ford Ringshausen	Ford Sierra XR4 TI	ZOL Ret	HOC 12	NÜR Ret	AVU Ret	MFA 7	WUN 4	NÜR	ZOL 4	NÜR 1																9th	69
1987	Ford Ringshausen Motorsport	Ford Sierra XR4 TI	HOC Ret	ZOL 7	NÜR 1	AVU 2	MFA 1	NOR 17	NÜR 6	WUN 4																	2nd	124
1987	Ford Ringshausen Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth									DIE 3	SAL 12															2nd	124
1988	Ford Ringshausen Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth	ZOL1	ZOL2	HOC1	HOC2	NÜR1 14	NÜR2 Ret	BRN1 Ret	BRN2 19	AVU1 Ret	AVU2 15	MFA1 13	MFA2 Ret	NÜR1 14	NÜR2 10	NOR1 Ret	NOR2 9	WUN1 6	WUN2 5	SAL1 C	SAL2 C	HUN1	HUN2	HOC1 25	HOC2 DNS	20th	66
1989	MS-Jet Racing	Mercedes 190E 2.3-16	ZOL1 8	ZOL2 5	HOC1 24	HOC2 13	NÜR1 7	NÜR2 4	MFA1 12	MFA2 6																	6th	214
1989	MS-Jet Racing	Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo									AVU1 4	AVU2 3	NÜR1 4	NÜR2 7	NOR1 9	NOR2 9	HOC1 13	HOC2 Ret	DIE1 8	DIE2 5	NÜR1 Ret	NÜR2 Ret	HOC1 6	HOC2 5			6th	214
1991	Opel Team Schübel	Opel Omega 3000 Evo 500	ZOL1	ZOL2	HOC1	HOC2	NÜR1	NÜR2	AVU1	AVU2	WUN1	WUN2	NOR1	NOR2	DIE1	DIE2	NÜR1 20	NÜR2 17	ALE1	ALE2	HOC1	HOC2	BRN1	BRN2	DON1	DON2	NC	0
1993	Joest Racing	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	ZOL1	ZOL2	HOC1	HOC2	NÜR1	NÜR2	WUN1	WUN2	NÜR1	NÜR2	NOR1	NOR2	DON1	DON2	DIE1	DIE2	ALE1	ALE2	AVU1	AVU2	HOC1 Ret	HOC2 DNS			NC	0
1994	Opel Team Joest	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	ZOL1 Ret	ZOL2 7	HOC1 8	HOC2 4	NÜR1 6	NÜR2 Ret	MUG1 Ret	MUG2 Ret	NÜR1 8	NÜR2 5	NOR1 5	NOR2 Ret	DON1 Ret	DON2 1	DIE1 Ret	DIE2 Ret	NÜR1 6	NÜR2 4	AVU1 Ret	AVU2 Ret	ALE1 6	ALE2 3	HOC1 4	HOC2 8	8th	89
1995	Opel Team Joest	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	HOC1 22	HOC2 Ret	AVU1 Ret	AVU2 13	NOR1 Ret	NOR2 Ret	DIE1 16	DIE2 7	NÜR1 Ret	NÜR2 7	ALE1 5	ALE2 Ret	HOC1 2	HOC2 4											12th	39
2000	Opel-Team Phoenix	Opel Astra V8 Coupé	HOC1 3	HOC2 13	OSC1 1	OSC2 1	NOR1 3	NOR2 2	SAC1 13†	SAC2 11	NÜR1 5	NÜR2 5	LAU1 C	LAU2 C	OSC1 3	OSC2 2	NÜR1 1	NÜR2 1	HOC1 16	HOC2 Ret							2nd	162
2001	Opel-Team Phoenix	Opel Astra V8 Coupé	HOCQR 12	HOCCR 12	NÜRQR Ret	NÜRCR DNS	OSCQR 13	OSCCR 15	SACQR 8	SACCR 14	NORQR 15	NORCR 8	LAUQR 13	LAUCR 7	NÜRQR 12	NÜRCR 5	A1RQR 13	A1RCR 4	ZANQR 9	ZANCR 13	HOCQR 11	HOCCR 4					9th	35
2002	Opel-Team Phoenix	Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2002	HOCQR 18	HOCCR 17†	ZOLQR 11	ZOLCR 15	DONQR 3	DONCR 14†	SACQR 18	SACCR Ret	NORQR 8	NORCR 7	LAUQR 11	LAUCR 5	NÜRQR 8	NÜRCR 6	A1RQR 8	A1RCR 7	ZANQR 5	ZANCR 4	HOCQR 6	HOCCR Ret					10th	7
2003	OPC Team Holzer	Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2003	HOC 9	ADR Ret	NÜR 9	LAU 12	NOR 13	DON Ret	NÜR 15†	A1R 10	ZAN 4	HOC 19†															10th	5
2004	OPC Team Holzer	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2004	HOC 10	EST 16	ADR 13	LAU 8	NOR 8	SHA	NÜR 12	OSC 3	ZAN 8	BRN 12	HOC Ret														12th	9
2005	OPC Team Phoenix	Opel Vectra GTS V8 2005	HOC Ret	LAU 16	SPA 16†	BRN Ret	OSC 15	NOR 9	NÜR 20	ZAN Ret	LAU 5	IST 14	HOC 12														17th	4
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† — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Complete International Touring Car Championship 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	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	Pos.	Pts
1995	Opel Team Joest	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	MUG1 9	MUG2 Ret	HEL1 4	HEL2 7	DON1 10	DON2 6	EST1 16	EST2 9	MAG1 4	MAG2 2																	6th	50
1996	Opel Team Joest	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	HOC1 1	HOC2 3	NÜR1 3	NÜR2 1	EST1 4	EST2 3	HEL1 2	HEL2 2	NOR1 6	NOR2 5	DIE1 10	DIE2 6	SIL1 6	SIL2 6	NÜR1 4	NÜR2 16	MAG1 Ret	MAG2 DNS	MUG1 18	MUG2 7	HOC1 2	HOC2 1	INT1 4	INT2 4	SUZ1 13	SUZ2 14	1st	218
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Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup 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	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos.	Pts
1997	Opel Team SMS	Opel Vectra	HOC1 15	HOC2 12	ZOL1 12	ZOL2 8	NÜR1 16	NÜR2 DNS	SAC1 14	SAC2 Ret	NOR1 Ret	NOR2 DNS	WUN1 9	WUN2 6	ZWE1 9	ZWE2 10	SAL1 11	SAL2 9	REG1 Ret	REG2 DNS	NÜR1 15	NÜR2 Ret	17th	189
1998	Opel Team SMS	Opel Vectra	HOC1 2	HOC2 1	NÜR1 5	NÜR2 11	SAC1 16	SAC2 6	NOR1 Ret	NOR2 10	REG1 20	REG2 6	WUN1 2	WUN2 1	ZWE1 5	ZWE2 20	SAL1 3	SAL2 15	OSC1 8	OSC2 Ret	NÜR1 1	NÜR2 3	5th	423
1999	Warsteiner Team Holzer	Opel Vectra	SAC1 4	SAC2 5	ZWE1 3	ZWE2 7	OSC1 5	OSC2 4	NOR1 2	NOR2 1	MIS1 12	MIS2 11	NÜR1 1	NÜR2 Ret	SAL1 3	SAL2 5	OSC1 4	OSC2 15	HOC1 3	HOC2 4	NÜR1 4	NÜR2 Ret	6th	442
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