Joest Racing
| Founded | 1978 |
|---|---|
| Base | Wald-Michelbach, Germany |
| Team principal(s) | Reinhold Joest |
| Former series | WeatherTech SportsCar Championship FIA World Endurance Championship World Sportscar Championship Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft IMSA GT Championship Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft American Le Mans Series Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Le Mans Series Intercontinental Le Mans Cup |
| Noted drivers | Frank Biela Rinaldo Capello Marcel Fässler Reinhold Joest Tom Kristensen André Lotterer Klaus Ludwig Allan McNish Manuel Reuter Emanuele Pirro Mike Rockenfeller Benoît Tréluyer Marco Werner "John Winter" |
| Teams' Championships | 6 ('12 WEC, '13 WEC, '00, '01, '02, '03 ALMS) |
| Drivers' Championships | 6 ('12 WEC, '13 WEC, '00, '01, '02, '03 ALMS) |
Joest Racing is a German sports car racing team that was established in 1978 by former Porsche works racer Reinhold Joest. Their headquarters are in Wald-Michelbach, Germany.
Between 1998 and 2016, Joest Racing were strongly linked with Audi Sport GmbH and were responsible for assisting with development of their sports prototypes for participation at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, most notably the Audi R8, which scored a hat trick between 2000 and 2002. Along with the Le Mans ventures, Audi and Joest Racing also won several teams' championships together in both the American Le Mans Series and the FIA World Endurance Championship. Prior to their partnership with Audi, Joest Racing was primarily a Porsche team, winning four Le Mans races with them between 1984 and 1997. Joest Racing have also assisted Mazda and Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus with their DPi and Le Mans Hypercar efforts respectively.