Thomas Jäger (born 27 October 1976) is a German professional racing driver for Mercedes-AMG.
Career Born in Chemnitz, Jäger competed in the Renault Spider Trophy in 1997.http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/407/career/ Career statistics at Driver Database He began competing in the German Formula Three Championship in 1998, where he finished third behind Christijan Albers and Marcel Fässler in 1999.
Jäger then raced in the DTM for Mercedes-Benz between 2000 and 2003. He took two podiums and a best championship finish of seventh, in 2001. Jäger was signed by Hotfiel Sport for their World Touring Car Championship campaign in 2005, although Jäger left after four rounds.
Jäger won the German Mini Challenge in 2006, and moved to the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2007, which he won in 2009.
In 2010, Jäger began working as coordinator for AMG Customer Sports.
Jäger won the 2013 Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Australia driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 for Australian team Erebus Motorsport alongside fellow Germans Alexander Roloff and Bernd Schneider. He returned to "The Mountain" for the 2014 race where he finished second in a SLS AMG GT3 alongside Maximilian Buhk and Harold Primat. After missing the 2015 race, he returned in 2016 to again link with Erebus and again in a Mercedes SLS AMG finished in fifth place driving with Nico Bastian and Australian driver David Reynolds.
Racing record Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen 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 Pts 2000 Team D2 AMG AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM HOC1 HOC2 OSC1 OSC2 NOR1 NOR2 SAC1 SAC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LAU1 LAU2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 11th 52 2001 Team D2 AMG AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM HOCQR HOCCR NÜRQR NÜRCR OSCQR OSCCR SACQR SACCR NORQR NORCR LAUQR LAUCR NÜRQR NÜRCR A1RQR A1RCR ZANQR ZANCR HOCQR HOCCR 7th 43 2002 Persson Motorsport AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM 2001 HOCQR HOCCR ZOLQR ZOLCR DONQR DONCR SACQR SACCR NORQR NORCR LAUQR LAUCR NÜRQR NÜRCR A1RQR A1RCR ZANQR ZANCR HOCQR HOCCR 18th 0 2003 Persson Motorsport AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM 2002 HOC ADR NÜR LAU NOR DON NÜR A1R ZAN HOC 13th 2 † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
Complete World 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 DC Pts 2005 Ford Hotfiel Sport Ford Focus ITA1 ITA2 FRA1 FRA2 GBR1 GBR2 SMR1 SMR2 MEX1 MEX2 BEL1 BEL2 GER1 GER2 TUR1 TUR2 ESP1 ESP2 MAC1 MAC2 NC 0
Complete GT1 World Championship results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts 2010 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Lamborghini ABUQRRet ABUCR17 SILQR SILCR BRNQR14 BRNCR13 PRIQR PRICR SPAQR SPACR NÜRQRDNS NÜRCR19 ALGQR ALGCR NAVQR NAVCR INTQR INTCR SANQR SANCR 54th 0 2012 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Mercedes-Benz NOGQR7 NOGCR4 ZOLQR2 ZOLCR4 NAVQR6 NAVQR3 SVKQR8 SVKCR10 ALGQR6 ALGCR1 SVKQR4 SVKCR8 MOSQR5 MOSCR8 NÜRQR6 NÜRCR8 DONQR6 DONCR6 6th 100
Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2013 Erebus Motorsport Alexander Roloff Bernd Schneider Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG A 268 1st 1st 2014 HTP Motorsport Maximilian Buhk Harold Primat Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG A 296 2nd 2nd 2016 Erebus Motorsport Nico Bastian David Reynolds Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG AP 296 5th 5th
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