Reiter Engineering

Team history

Reiter Engineering first competed in sports car racing in 2000, entering a custom Lamborghini Diablo modified from the spec used in the Lamborghini Supertrophy one-make series into the FIA GT Championship. The modified Diablo GTR debuted that year, but the team scored its first points with the car in 2001, which would be its only points-scoring finish. The Diablo was replaced at the end of 2003 by the newer Murciélago R-GT, which earned points on its 2004 debut with a third place at Valencia.

Sponsorship funding in 2006 led to the team name changing to B-Racing RS-Line Team early in the season and then to All-Inkl.com Racing halfway through the year, with three points-scoring finishes and a best result of sixth in Brno. 2007 saw Reiter's greatest success: the team opened the year with its first victory, drivers Christophe Bouchut and Stefan Mücke winning in Zhuhai. The two-car team scored points in six of ten races, earning All-Inkl.com Racing seventh in the Teams' Championship and Reiter Engineering tying for ninth.

In 2006, with the introduction of the new FIA GT3 European Championship and Reiter's new Lamborghini Gallardo-based Gallardo LP520 GT3, Reiter ran a three-car team in the series, alongside customer team S-Berg Racing. The team managed a best finish of third at Mugello, finishing eighth in the Team's Championship. Their driver Albert von Thurn und Taxis won the Lamborghini Manufacturers' Cup. Following that success, Reiter moved their Gallardos to the new ADAC GT Masters series in Germany for the inaugural 2007 season.

The team managed nine victories in the twelve-race season, winning the Teams' Championship and the Drivers' Championship for Christopher Haase in the No. 7 car. The No. 6 pairing of Thurn und Taxis and Peter Kox finished 2nd in the drivers' standings. In 2011, team drivers Ferdinand Stuck and Johannes Stuck finished 2nd in the drivers' standings, though Reiter Engineering became Team Champion that year. Reiter undertook their first campaign in Le Mans Prototype racing in the LMP3 class, taking part in the 2022 Michelin Le Mans Cup with the Ligier JS P320, driven by factory drivers Freddie Hunt and Mads Siljehaug.

This was the first time the team participated in a series in a car not originally built by them. Reiter also took part in the 2022 Fanatec GT2 European Series with the KTM X-Bow GT2 Concept.

Automobiles produced

Reiter Engineering has developed and helped create several GT racing cars, primarily for Lamborghini and KTM since the company's foundation in 2000. The company was a partner for Lamborghini for 14 years from 2000 to 2014, constructing race cars based on the Murciélago and the Gallardo. Reiter's Diablo GTR was an attempt to bring Lamborghini's motorsports presence to the international stage, debuting in the 2000 FIA GT Championship with backing by Lamborghini.

The Murciélago R-GT was built with development aid from Lamborghini as well as Audi Sport. An evolution of the R-GT, the Murciélago LP670 R-SV, was introduced during the 2010 24 Hours of Spa weekend, complying with the updated 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship rules. Reiter and Lamborghini entered the GT3 class in 2006 with the Gallardo LP520 GT3. From 2010 to 2014, Reiter developed three new Gallardos for the GT3 class: the LP560 GT3 in 2011, LP600+ GT3 in 2012, and the GT3 FL2 in 2013.

Reiter also helped develop Lamborghini's GT2 entry with the Gallardo LP560 GT2. The GT3 FL2 was the last customer GT3 race car Lamborghini used from Reiter, as they moved to the Lamborghini Huracán GT3 developed by Lamborghini Squadra Corse. Reiter had one final run with the Gallardo with their upgraded Reiter Extenso R-EX, the last motorsport incarnation of the Gallardo. After the partnership with Lamborghini ended, Reiter has helped manufacture GT4 and GT2 race cars for KTM since 2014, with the release of the X-Bow GT4 in 2015, and the X-Bow GTX and X-Bow GT2 in 2020.

These cars were constructed in a collaborative effort between both companies, with additional design efforts from German design studio KISKA. Reiter's subsidiary Sareni United, founded in 2012, was responsible for the company's GT3 race cars based on the fifth generation Chevrolet Camaro.

Did You Know?

• Reiter Engineering's first victory came in 2007 at Zhuhai, with drivers Christophe Bouchut and Stefan Mücke.
• The Reiter Young Stars programme, established in 2016, supported rookie drivers and engineers in the GT4 European Series, with graduates earning seats in the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup.