Andrea Geisler

Andrea Geisler (b. 1965 in Leipzig, East Germany) is a German racing driver best known for her appearances in the World Touring Car Masters, winning the Class D championship in 1988.

Early Life

Born in a communist nation, Geisler competed in Eastern Bloc events for much of the 1980s, eventually building a reputation as a very agressive driver with a ruthless style. With the changes of the Bloc towards the mid 1980s, she was allowed to go to West Germany to build a career, using a privateer Trabant. The Trabant was horribly off the pace in many of the local touring car events, and so she eventually switched to more conventional machinery. Her results improved significantly, and she was eventually spotted by West German team Joest Racing. They picked her up for their D-Class WTCM operation, alongside some one-offs in sportscar events.

World Touring Car Masters

Geisler made her WTCM debut at the third round of the 1988 season at the Watkins Glen Circuit with Joest Racing at the wheel of a Class-C Toyota Corolla Levin. She failed to qualify in this highly contested class on her debut and switched to a slower D-Class Corolla Levin at the Norisring round. She would take part in a further four rounds in this car, taking wins at Birmingham and Monza on her way to the Class D championship.

In 1989, Geisler was scouted by Argentinian team Escuderia Hernandez to drive their solitary Nissan Skyline R32 in the top division of WTCM. A year on from her poor showing at Watkins Glen, Geisler took second place overall in both the Endurance and Sprint races on the American circuit.

Following the injuries to Kazuyoshi Hoshino at Kyalami (himself a replacement for Masahiro Hasemi), Geisler was promoted to the works Nismo Motorsport squad for the remainder of the season. She took her first overall win in the championship at the Charade round, becoming the first woman to take such an honour in the series.

The recovery of Hasemi in the 1990 off season briefly saw Geisler out of a drive - however she would sign for the works Audi team alongside Altfrid Heger and Derek Warwick. Geisler made history at the Pau round when she became the first to win outright in a Class B vehicle.

Audi's withdrawal in 1991 saw her swap Ingolstadt for Stuttgart as she signed with Mercedes-Benz as the team's reserve and test driver.

FIA Endurance Challenge

In 2019, Geisler joined British GTE-Am squad MK Scuderia at the wheel of their Aston Martin Vantage GTE alongside John Bovy and Jonas Söderström.

Complete World Touring Car Masters Results

Year	Entrant	Car	Class																								WDC	Pts.	Class	Pts.
1988	Joest Racing	Toyota Corolla Levin		Template:AUS				Template:USA								Template:FRA		Template:GBR				Template:BEL
				E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E
			C I					WAT DNQ	WAT DNQ																		N/A	0	33rd	0
			D I							NOR 28	NOR 31			HOC Ret	HOC 17			BIR Ret	BIR 29	MNZ Ret	MNZ 31			NUR 30					1st	176
1989		Nissan Skyline R32	A I			Template:USA				Template:FRA						Template:FRA		Template:GBR		Template:BEL				Template:AUS			10th	86	7th	155
				E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E
	Escuderia Hernandez			FUJ Ret	FUJ 9	WAT 2	WAT 2	KYA 5	KYA 6
	Nismo Motosport									PAU Ret	PAU Ret	BRN Ret	BRN 7	MNZ DNQ	MNZ DNQ	CHA Ret	CHA 1	BIR Ret	BIR 6	SPA Ret	SPA Ret	NUR DNQ	NUR DNQ	BAT DNQ
1990	Audiwerke Motorsports	Audi V8	B M			Template:USA				Template:GBR		Template:FRA						Template:FRA		Template:GBR		Template:BEL				Template:AUS	5th	183	2nd	490
				E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E
				FUJ 3	FUJ 7	GLN 10	GLN 10	LAG 8	LAG 3	BRH 8	BRH 9	PAU 9	PAU 1	BRN 11	BRN 16	MNZ 12	MNZ 13	CHA 3	CHA 9	BIR 9	BIR 12	SPA 6	SPA 8	NUR Ret	NUR 19	BAT 7