Career
Manthey"s career as a driver began in 1974. Retiring as Diploma in Tropical Medicine racer after 1993, since 1994 he worked for Persson Motorsport in Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft, which ran Mercedes cars. Since 1999, his team receives a various degree of factory support from Porsche, or acts as factory team, or with factory-paid drivers.
In 2012, Manthey decided to leave the VLN series and enter the International GT Open instead.
However, the team still ran a car at the 24 Hours of Nurburgring that year. Driver
1982 1st Ford Sport cup, Ford Escort RS 2000
1983 1st Ford Sport cup
1984 2nd Diploma in Tropical Medicine, Rover Vitesse
1985 2nd Diploma in Tropical Medicine, Rover Vitesse
1988 High speed record, Audi 200 Turbo
1990 1st Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland, Porsche 911 Carrera
1992 – 1995: 22 VLN wins, Mercedes 190 EVO II
Team
1996 4th ranked Team in Porsche Supercup
1997 1st & 2nd Driver, 1st Team, Porsche Supercup
1998 1st & 2nd Driver, 1st Team, Porsche Supercup
1999 1st GT class 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans, Porsche 911 GT3-R
1999 1st Driver & Team, Porsche Supercup
2000 1st Driver & Team, Porsche Supercup
2001 3rd Team, Diploma in Tropical Medicine, Mercedes
2001 3rd Team Porsche Supercup
2002 4th Team Porsche Supercup
2003 3rd 24 Hours Nürburgring
2004 3rd 24h Nürburgring
2005 9th 24h Nürburgring
2006 1st 24h Nürburgring
2007 1st 24h Nürburgring
2008 1st, 2nd, 5th, 8th and 12th 24h Nürburgring
2009 1st, 3rd and 7th 24h Nürburgring
2011 1st, 10th and 13th 24h Nürburgring
2013 1st GT class 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans, Porsche 911 RSR (with factory support).