«After 20 years in professional racing it's time to hang up the helmet on a nail. Thank races that were favorable to me! „- Wrote in“ Twitter „the two-time winner of the marathon“ 24 hours of Le Mans „Alexander Wurz on the eve of the final 6-hour race in Bahrain.
What is the reason this decision, he did not explain. Perhaps the 41-year-old pilot a little tired, and perhaps to blame a bad season at sportprototipov Toyota. Over the past six races at the World Cup endurance race he never once went up to the podium.
Recall that his racing career began in 1992 with the «Formula-Ford», whose season was for him not only the debut, but victorious. Then he won the Austrian championship, «Formula 3». In 1996, he won the «24 Hours of Le Mans» in the team Joest Porsche. Since 1997, the pilot tried his hand in the «Formula 1» in the team Benetton, McLaren and Williams. In 2009 again won the 24-hour race at Le Mans. For open-wheel since he did not come back and settled in touring car racing.
