Dirk Werner

Dirk Werner
Dirk Werner
	Dirk Werner and Jörg Müller at the 1000 km of Zhuhai of the 2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
Nationality	German
Born	25 May 1981 (age 43)
Debut season	2004–present
Current team	Porsche GT Team
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Engine	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

Last updated June 20, 2024

Dirk Werner (born 25 May 1981 in Hannover, Lower Saxony)^[1] is a German racing driver.

Born in Hannover, Werner was 2007 ^[2] and 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series champion for Farnbacher-Loles Racing driving a Porsche 911 and finished third in the GT Class in the 2011 American Le Mans Series season.^[3] Werner has scored podiums various high level endurance races, including the 24 Hours of Daytona, 24 Hours of Spa, 24 Hours of Nürburgring, 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans.

Since 2010, Werner is a BMW works driver, and has competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Le Mans Series and the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup in addition to the American Le Mans Series.

In 2012, he would become one of the six BMW drivers in its return to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters after two decades of absence.^[4]

Racing record

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2004	Farnbacher Racing	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA 7	ESP 4	MON 3	GER Ret	USA 3	USA 2	FRA 5	GBR 3	GER 15	HUN 2	BEL 19†	ITA 5	3rd	194
2005	MRS Racing	Porsche 997 GT3	ITA	ESP	MON	GER 9	USA	USA	FRA	GBR					NC‡	0‡
2005	Farnbacher Racing	Porsche 997 GT3									GER 18†	HUN	ITA 5	BEL 1	NC‡	0‡
2006	Farnbacher Racing	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 6	ITA 6	GER	ESP	MON	GBR	USA	USA	FRA	GER	HUN	ITA	20th	10

† — Did not finish the race but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

‡ Not eligible for points

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2006	Farnbacher/Loles Racing	Dieter Quester Philipp Peter Luca Riccitelli	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	683	12th	3rd
2007	Farnbacher Loles Motorsports	Leh Keen Pierre Ehret Jörg Hardt	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	579	31st DNF	14th DNF
2008	Farnbacher Loles Racing	Dominik Farnbacher Pierre Ehret Timo Bernhard	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	646	18th	8th
2009	Farnbacher Loles Racing	Leh Keen Wolf Henzler Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	676	16th	8th
2012	Turner Motorsport	Bill Auberlen Paul Dalla Lana Michael Marsal Dirk Müller	BMW M3	GT	691	27th	16th
2014	BMW Team RLL	Graham Rahal John Edwards Dirk Müller	BMW Z4 GTE	GTLM	668	14th	4th
2015	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Augusto Farfus Bruno Spengler	BMW Z4 GTE	GTLM	725	5th	2nd
2016	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Augusto Farfus Bruno Spengler	BMW M6 GTLM	GTLM	721	11th	5th

Britcar 24 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Car No.	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2007	Duller Motorsport	Jamie Campbell-Walter Dieter Quester Johannes Stuck	BMW Z4 M Coupé	1	GT3	596	1st	1st

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2010	BMW Motorsport	Andy Priaulx Dirk Müller	BMW M3 GT2	GT2	53	DNF	DNF
2011	BMW Motorsport	Augusto Farfus Jörg Müller	BMW M3 GT2	GTE Pro	276	DNF	DNF
2017	Porsche GT Team	Michael Christensen Kévin Estre	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	179	DNF	DNF

Complete DTM results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos	Points
2012	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M3 DTM	HOC 17	LAU 19	BRH 16	SPL Ret	NOR 10	NÜR 12	ZAN 8	OSC 4	VAL 9	HOC 5	9th	29
2013	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M3 DTM	HOC 2	BRH 12	SPL 8	LAU 13	NOR 11	MSC 8	NÜR 15	OSC 13	ZAN 21†	HOC 8	13th	30

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2017	Porsche GT Team	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL	SPA	LMS Ret	NÜR	MEX	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	NC	0

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Points
2014	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW Z4 GTE	BMW 4.4 L V8	DAY 4	SEB 10	LBH	LAG	WGI	MOS	IND	ROA	VIR	AUS	PET 7	22nd	76
2015	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW Z4 GTE	BMW 4.4 L V8	DAY 2	SEB 8	LBH 1	LGA 2	WGL 3	MOS 4	ELK 5	VIR 5	AUS 1	PET 4		2nd	305
2016	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M6 GTLM	BMW S63 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8	DAY 5	SEB 2	LBH 5	LGA 9	WGL 3	MOS 4	LIM 7	ELK 8	VIR 5	AUS 4	PET 9	7th	298
2017	Porsche GT Team	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 2	SEB 7	LBH 6	AUS 4	WGL 7	MOS 7	LIM 1	ELK 8	VIR 8	LGA 3	PET 6	5th	295
2019	Black Swan Racing	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	DAY 14	SEB	MDO	DET	WGL 10	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET	41st	38

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References

↑ "Dirk Werner". Racing Reference. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
↑ "Dirk Werner". Gran-Am website. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
↑ O'Leary, Jamie (13 January 2012). "Dirk Werner takes sixth and final seat in BMW's 2012 DTM line-up". Autosport. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
↑ "Dirk Werner completes BMW driver lineup for the German DTM". Autoweek. 15 January 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

External links

Official website (in German)
Dirk Werner career summary at DriverDB.com

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Preceded by Robin Frijns Stuart Leonard Dries Vanthoor	Winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour 2019 With: Matt Campbell & Dennis Olsen	Succeeded by Jules Gounon Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet

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[1] "Dirk Werner". Racing Reference. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

[2] "Dirk Werner". Gran-Am website. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

[3] O'Leary, Jamie (13 January 2012). "Dirk Werner takes sixth and final seat in BMW's 2012 DTM line-up". Autosport. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

[4] "Dirk Werner completes BMW driver lineup for the German DTM". Autoweek. 15 January 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

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