{{short description|German racing driver (born 1967)}} {{Infobox Le Mans driver | name = Fritz Kreutzpointner | image = | caption = | nationality = {{flagicon|DEU}} German | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|9|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Burghausen, Altötting|Burghausen]], [[West Germany]] | death_date = | death_place = | years = {{24hLM|1991}} | teams = [[Sauber]] | best_finish = 5th ({{24hLM|1991}}) | class_wins = 0 | updated = }}
'''Fritz Kreutzpointner''' (born 14 September 1967) is a German former racing driver who competed alongside [[Michael Schumacher]] and [[Karl Wendlinger]] in the [[1991 24 Hours of Le Mans]] with Mercedes.
==Biography== After rising through the German Formula Ford Championship, he raced for [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] in the [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft|German Touring Car Championship]] and [[World Sportscar Championship]] between 1990 and 1992 with limited success before retiring from professional motor racing to concentrate on his business career. He returned to motorsport to compete in the [[FIA European Truck Racing Championship]] and even won it on two occasions in 1999 and 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kreutzpointner.de/en/group_of_companies/management.php |title=Elektro Kreutzpointner |access-date=2010-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719053331/http://www.kreutzpointner.de/en/group_of_companies/management.php |archive-date=2011-07-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Kreutzpointner's twin daughters, Alesia and Jacqueline, are also racing drivers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dtm.com/en/news/from-the-paddock-dekra-lausitzring|title=FROM THE PADDOCK @ DEKRA LAUSITZRING|publisher=[[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters]]|date=29 July 2021}}</ref>
==Career record==
===24 Hours of Le Mans results=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |- ! Year ! Team ! Co-Drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip|Class<br>Pos.|Class Position}} |- ! [[1991 24 Hours of Le Mans|1991]] |align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Team [[Sauber]] [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] |align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Michael Schumacher]]<br>{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Karl Wendlinger]] |align="left"| [[Mercedes-Benz C11]] | C2 | 355 | 5th | 5th |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{DriverDB driver|<!-- 2768 -->fritz-kreutzpointner}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110719053331/http://www.kreutzpointner.de/en/group_of_companies/management.php Management Business]
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