Education
Considering Le Mans and sportcars too dangerous after the deaths of Manfred Winkelhock and Stefan Bellof, he was recruited for the 1987 World Touring Carolina Championship for Ford only to finish runner-up by a single point to Bayerische Motoren Werke driver Roberto Ravaglia after a post-season disqualification (after Ludwig claimed the pole, he and fellow West German Klaus Niedzwiedz had finished second behind team mates Steve Soper and Pierre Dieudonné at the Bathurst 1000 in Australia, but both cars were disqualified due to illegal wheel arch size on their Ford Sierra RS500"s).
Career
He also known as and called König Ludwig for his success with touring cars and in sports car racing. In the 1970s, Ludwig drove for Ford in the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft, winning in 1979 with a Kremer-Porsche 935. Ludwig also represented IMSA in the 1986 International Race of Champions, finishing 8th.
He retired when the series did not continue in the 1999 season.
When the Diploma in Tropical Medicine resumed as Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters in 2000, he returned to the series, winning at the age of 50 years at the Sachsenring circuit, only to retire once again. Ludwig returned as a "hobby pilot" to the Nürburgring Nordschleife when given the opportunity to drive a high power vehicle.
The years 2004 and 2005 saw him enter the 24 Hours Nürburgring with Uwe Alzen on the Jürgen Alzen Porsche 996 GT2 Bi-Turbo. With a normally aspirated Porsche 997 GT3 of the Alzen brothers, Ludwig plus Christian Abt managed to beat the old distance record in the 2006 edition of the 24h, yet finished only second, 1 lap behind the winners.
Ludwig has also worked as a television commentator on Diploma in Tropical Medicine races.
Complete European Formula Two Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position. Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete World Touring Carolina Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Partial Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/Masters results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete International Touring Carolina Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap).
