The Horag Racing Team

Horag Racing is no new name in sports car racing. The swiss team, based in Sulgen, eastern Switzerland just a few minutes from the lake of Constance, ran a Ferrari 333SP from 1995 to 98 in IMSA and the International Sports Racing Series in which they were the 1998 vice champions. From 2005 to 2007 Horag Racing entered a Lola B05/40 and in 2008 a Porsche RS Spyder in the Le Mans Series and American Le Mans Series.

In 2005, Horag-Lista Racing were back in business with the Lola B05/40 - Judd in the Le Mans Endurance Series scoring the class victory in only their third race, the Nürburgring 1000km.
In the 2008 season which was the teams first one with the Porsche RS Spyder, Horag Racing has finished 3 out of 5 Le Mans Series races on the podium. By winning the Michelin Energy Endurance Challenge 2008 Horag Racing had reached their main goal.

The Horag team is a healthy mixture of „brave old warriors“ and highly skilled young engineers and mechanics with a wide experience in GT, group C, sports and touring cars, Formula Renault V6 and F1, in both endurance and sprint racing.

	Markus Hotz - Team owner / manager - Nationality: Swiss Decades of experience in motor racing as a driver, constructor and team owner. Started racing in 1966, running his own construction, the HAS formula vee. Founded Lista Racing Team with Fredy Lienhard in 1968; founded Horag, Hotz Racing AG in 1971 as a manufacturer and racing tyre supplier. Twice Swiss F2 and hillclimb champion in 1975 and 77, also participated successfully in the European F2 championship. Raced in Group 5 World Championship and Procar Series in 1978 and 79 for BMW Switzerland. In 2001 and 2002 Markus worked as an engineer in Stanley Dickens’ SRTS team, which won the 2001 SR2 class title in the FIASporstcar Championship with Thed Björk and Larry Oberto. Under his race strategies Horag Racing has won the 2008 Michelin Energy Endurance Challenge, being the most energy efficient team in the Le Mans Series .
	Benjamin Hotz - Chief mechanic - Nationality: Swiss Beni is a Horag team member since 1997. A fully educated and experienced mechanic, he worked on Stanley Dickens’ SRTS Formula Renault V6 team in 2003/2004 and was a member of the Doran Racing team in winter 04/05 including the Rolex Daytona 24 hrs. He has run a Formula 3 team in the Swiss championship as a driver and mechanic and is Racing the Horag Ligier whenever possible. Woking as a full time mechanic on the Horag team since 2005, he has played an important role in the immaculate preparation of the cars.
	John Toohey - Mechanic - Nationality: Australian John is working full time in motor racing since February 1981. He has worked at AGS F1 and Footwork F3000with Katayama and Hill and the 1990 March-Alfa Indy car, seconded to Patrick Racing for Indy 500. Did Le Mans with Vern Schuppan Porsche 962, prototyped the Ralt RT35 Formula 3 and the RT23 F3000 and made the wind tunnel model for the F3000 car. Le Mans 1994 with Bell, Donovan and Lässig Started working for himself as a sub contract supplier of machined and fabricated parts to Ralt, March, X-trac, Reynard, Schuppan, McLaren, Williams, Nissan, M-Sport, Ron Tauranac, etc. Still doing it!
	Bo Magnusson - Mechanic - Nationality: Swedish
	Oskar Feldmann - Senior mechanic - Nationality: Swiss Working in american racing for more than 45 years, Oskar has witnessed and also written quite a part of motorsport history. His vast experience makes him a calm and helpful team mate who is well prepared for any situation.
	David Hotz - Graphics & visuals, Allround mechanic - Nationality: Swiss Horag team member since 1997. Fully educated and experienced construction designer; graduated in photography and fine arts in Zürich and Leipzig. Racing history specialist. Designed liveries/paint jobs for various succesful cars/teams and restorations. Co-founder of Formula A - Lista Junior championship with Markus Hotz. Assistant/Mechanic on Beni’s team.
	Reg Schmeiss - Truckie, composite specialist, mechanic - Nationality: Australian Reg had years of experience with the BMW / Schnitzer team before moving to Panoz in the late 1990’s. He works for Doran Racing since 2000 and is running an embroidery business together with his wife.
	Werner Hotz - Truckie, refueller, mechanic - Nationality: Swiss Werner has years of first class racing experience from LARAG-Mercedes Truck Racing and the Sauber F1 test team. Apart from safely delivering the race car and equipmet to the racetracks and back home, the well experienced mechanic works as an allround helper on all important periperal parts of the team.