Hotfiel Sport was an auto racing

Auto racing

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 team based in Kirchlengern

Kirchlengern

Kirchlengern is a municipality in the district of Herford, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Kirchlengern is situated on the river Else, approx...

, Germany

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. In 2005 they ran two Ford Focus cars in the inaugural 2005 FIA

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 World Touring Car Championship

World Touring Car Championship

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 under the Ford Hotfiel Sport banner. The cars were built by Ford TeamRS

Ford TeamRS

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 and competed as a manufacturer entry due to support from Ford.

The team started its WTCC campaign with two home-grown drivers, Thomas Klenke

Thomas Klenke

Thomas Klenke is a German auto racing driver. In 2005 he competed in the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Ford Hotfiel Sport in a Ford Focus. The car was uncompetetive and Klenke scored no championship points with a best placed finish of tenth in Oschersleben...

 and Thomas Jäger

Thomas Jäger

-Career:Jäger competed in the Renault Spider Trophy in 1997. He began competing in the German Formula Three Championship in 1998, where he finished third behind Christijan Albers and Marcel Fässler in 1999....

. After missing out on round five at Puebla in Mexico, Jäger was replaced in the team by fellow German driver Michael Funke. For the final round in Macau, Klenke was replaced by test driver Patrick Bernhardt who had previous experience of the circuit. The cars were uncompetetive, despite an improvement later in the season, no championship points were scored. Hotfiel Sport did not return in 2006.

Hotfiel Sport had previously competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Challenge

ADAC Procar Series

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, winning the drivers title in 2002 with Klenke.