The team
April 2008: 1000 km Barcelona, Spain
Kai Kruse
Vehicle construction engineer, motorsport since 1988: karts, slalom, 5 x 24h Nürburging and various touring car races. Since 1995 he's been on the technical side and has worked as mechanic, data engineer and chief race car engineer in the Porsche Supercup, DTM, Formula Renault and Formula 3. From 2004 to 2007 Kai was team manager and technical manager of Kruse Motorsport, a sportscar team which competed in LMP2 class in the Le Mans Series, at the 12h of Sebring and twice at the 24 hours of Le Mans.
Hardy Schiller
Experienced in motocycles racing as well as Touring car racing. On two wheels Hardy participated since 1983 in various German and international championships, in 2006 and 2007 he drove for Kruse Motorsport in the German long distance championship and the 24h of the Nürburgring.
Jean de Pourtales, Driver
French national, born 19.08.1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. 1995-1997: British Formula Vauxhall Junior, 1998: British Formula Renault; 1999: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup, Italian Formula 3000, 2000: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup, 2001: Euro 3000 Series, Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup, 2002-2004: Euro 3000 Series, 2005: 3000 Pro Series, 2006: F3000 Masters, 2007: LMS and 24h of Le Mans, Kruse Motorsport.
Hideki Noda, Driver
Japanese national, born 07.03.1969 in Osaka, Japan. 1982-1986: Various kart series in Japan, 1987: Japanese Formula Junior 1600; 1988: Japanese Formula 3, 1989: British Vauxhall Lotus championship and GM Opel Lotus Euroseries, 1990 and 1991: British Formula 3, 1992-1994: Formula 3000, 1994: 3 F1 Grand Prix races with Team Larrousse, 1995: Test driver Simtek F1 team, 1996-1997: Indy Lights series, 1998-2001: Formula Nippon, Japanese GT-Championship, 2002: 6 races in Indy racing League, 2005: A1GP, 2006: A1GP, LMS and Super GT Japan GT500, 2007: Japanese Le Mans Challenge, overall winner in LMP1. For detailed information about him and his career please visit his official website www.hideki-noda.net or download his racing driver profile (PDF-file, 5 pages, 258 KB, in English).
Alex Schiller, Mechanic
Motorbike race driver with a lot of success and experience. Involved in Motorsport since the beginning of the 1990s. First race in April 2000: 1000 km motorcycles at the Nürburgring, 2003: Suzuki GSX-R 1000 Cup.
Andre Heidel, Mechanic
Many years of experience at the German long-distance championship at the Nürburgring (VLN), 2006 and 2007 VLN and LMS at Kruse Motorsport.
Lars Guenther, Truck / Tyres
Many years of experience at the German long-distance championship at the Nürburgring (VLN) as a driver and team manager, 2006 and 2007 VLN and LMS at Kruse Motorsport.
Johannes Gruber, Chief Engineer
In the last 8 years he worked for serveral teams in the DTM and the FIA-GT (Larbre Competition)
Michael Barma, Junior Data Engineer
2007: Formula Student, see http://www.formulastudent.upb.de, since 2005 student trainee at HEGGEMANN autosport, Motocross races in 2004
Max Frost, Truck / Tyres
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Ian Morris, Chief Mechanic
2007: LMS with Bill Binnie Motorsport.
Jonathan Bartlett, Chief Data Engineer
2008, Data Engineer: LMS - Kruse Schiller Motorsport, A1GP - A1 Team Indonesia, Porsche Supercup - Jetstream Motorsport, Spanish F3 - Team West-Tec, 2007, Data Engineer: A1GP - A1 Team Brasil, Porsche Supercup - Jetstream Motorsport, Le Mans - Noel De Bello, FIA GT - Team RPM, British GT - Team RPM, Asian F3, Formula BMW UK, 2006: Formula BMW UK, Formula Renault UK, British F3.
Patrick Heidel, Helper
Since 2008 with Kruse Schiller Motorsport