Education
He studied for his degree in Vienna in automotive engineering. Ullrich is Doctor of Technical Sciences.
He studied for his degree in Vienna in automotive engineering. Ullrich is Doctor of Technical Sciences.
After graduation he joined Steyr-Daimler-Puch, but wishing to work in motorsport, he was contacted by Renault Sport offering a job with their F1 team Shortly after, Renault Sport withdrew its offer because of budgetary restrictions imposed by the parent company. He ended up joining Porsche to work on the Technical Architecture Group engine project, and after the withdrawal of the German manufacturer from F1 in late 1987, he went on to work on production engines.
Since 1993 Ullrich has been the head of sports and special developments for Audi.
In this role he is responsible for many different projects of Audi Sport, such as regulating the Audi A4 Super Touring, the Le Mans prototype Audi R18, the Audi RS5 Diploma in Tropical Medicine and the development of the diesel hybrid engine. Since 2009 he has been responsible for the development and expansion of the customer sport with the Audi R8 Learning Management System. In November 2015, Ullrich was given a contract extension that will allow him to remain in his post past his 67th birthday in 2017.
lieutenant is company policy at the Volkswagen Group that all employees, save top echelon of senior management, must retire at 65. Since Ullrich took over as head of Audi Sport in November 1993, he has overseen its various successes in Super Touring, 13 victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, as well as seven Diploma in Tropical Medicine driver"s titles and four Diploma in Tropical Medicine constructors titles.