TECHART is acquiring two new brand ambassadors Uwe Alzen and Adrian Sutil and the two racing drivers will be at TECHART’s disposal in 2009 not only as representatives of the brand but also as test drivers. In their new role the two drivers will be supporting TECHART in the development of various components. “Both drivers have a wealth of knowledge from the motor racing scene. In this regard, thanks to his many years of experience in the touring car series and long-distance championships, Uwe Alzen is an expert who is in great demand,” says Thomas Behringer, Managing Director of TECHART Automobildesign GmbH, Leonberg, backing up this move.

Uwe Alzen was born on August 18, 1967 in Kirchen, Germany. The 41-year-old looks back over a long racing career. Alzen began racing back in 1993 in the DTM (German Touring Cars Championship), where he raced in various teams driving Mercedes-Benz and Opel up until 2002. In 2000, he won the 24 Hours Nürburgring endurance race driving a Porsche 996 GT3. As a professional racing driver, Alzen mainly races in the Porsche Cup series (Supercup in Germany). He won the Porsche Supercup both in 1994 and 2007. He has narrowly missed out on winning these titles in recent years mostly and in 2006, came second in both series, winning four races in each. On the Nordschleife racing circuit, Uwe Alzen holds the VLN lap record (8:09.949), which he set in 2005 driving his brother’s Porsche Turbo.

Adrian Sutil was born on January 11, 1983 in Munich, Germany. Sutil’s motor racing career began at the age of 13 with kart racing. National and international successes over the years have paved the way for his entry into formula racing. Winning the Formula Ford class in Switzerland on his first attempt, Formula BMW-ADAC and Formula 3, he was finally awarded his first contract in Formula 1 in 2007 with the Spyker team. He still races in this class today for the Indian successor team Force India on the side of Giancarlo Fisichella. His best result in Formula 1 was in 2007, when he came 8th in the Japanese Grand Prix and won a World Championship point.