Franz Konrad (born 8 June 1951 in Graz, Austria) is a former race driver and founder of Konrad Motorsport in 1976.
As a driver, he won the 1983 German Formula Three Championship in an Anson SA4-Toyota. In 1990, he took a career best 2nd in the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans driving a Jaguar, then followed this with an overall victory in the 1993 24 Hours Nürburgring driving a Porsche 911. He was also one of the drivers of the class winning at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1998 driving a Porsche GT2 Twin Turbo.
He was also constructor of the Konrad KM-011, a Group C sportscar using Lamborghini power.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Pts |
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1980 | URD Rennwagenbau | March 792 | BMW | THR | HOC | NÜR | VAL | PAU | SIL | ZOL DNQ | MUG | ZAN | PER | MIS | NC | 0 | ||
GELO Racing Team | HOC Ret | |||||||||||||||||
1981 | Scuderia Teutonia | March 802 | BMW | SIL | HOC | THR | NÜR 11 | VAL | MUG | PAU | PER | SPA | DON | MIS | MAN | NC | 0 | |
1982 | Franz Konrad Racing | March 802 | BMW | SIL 14 | HOC Ret | THR 16 | NÜR 11 | MUG | VAL | PAU | SPA | HOC | DON | MAN | PER | MIS | NC | 0 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos. | Pts |
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1997 | Konrad Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT2 | GT2 | HOC NC | NÜR 3 | SPA 7 | A1R Ret | SUZ 4 | DON 5 | MUG | SEB 6 | LAG Ret | 17th | 10 | ||
Porsche 911 GT1 | GT1 | SIL 9 | HEL 7 | NC | 0 | |||||||||||
1998 | Konrad Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT2 | GT2 | OSC 3 | SIL 7 | HOC 11 | DIJ 4 | HUN DNS | SUZ 4 | DON 2 | A1R 3 | HOM Ret | LAG Ret | 6th | 20 | |
1999 | Konrad Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT2 | GT | MNZ 15 | SIL 13 | HOC 3 | HUN 3 | ZOL 6 | OSC 8 | DON 3 | HOM Ret | GLN 11 | ZHU Ret | 15th | 13 | |
2000 | Konrad Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT2 | GT | VAL 8 | EST 19 | MNZ Ret | SIL 6 | HUN 5 | ZOL 11 | A1R 5 | LAU 5 | BRN | MAG | 16th | 7 | |
2003 | Konrad Motorsport | Saleen S7-R | GT | CAT 8 | MAG Ret | PER Ret | BRN 9 | DON 6 | SPA Ret | AND 2 | OSC DSQ | EST 4 | MNZ 11 | 16th | 17 | |
2004 | Konrad Motorsport | Saleen S7-R | GT | MNZ Ret | VAL DNS | MAG DNS | HOC Ret | BRN 6 | DON | SPA Ret | IMO Ret | OSC 15 | DUB | ZHU Ret | 59th | 3 |
2005 | Konrad Motorsport | Saleen S7-R | GT1 | MNZ Ret | MAG 11 | SIL | IMO | BRN | SPA | OSC 10 | IST | ZHU Ret | DUB Ret | BHR 11 | NC | 0 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Pts |
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2014 | Dempsey Racing | GTD | Porsche 911 GT America | Porsche 4.0 F6 | DAY | SEB 21 | LAG | DET | WGL | MOS | IMS | ROA | VIR | COA | PET | 156th | 1 | |
2016 | Konrad Motorsport | GTD | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Lamborghini 5.2 V10 | DAY 10 | SEB 14 | LAG | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ROA | VIR | COA | PET | 65th | 2 | |
2017 | Konrad Motorsport | GTD | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 | Lamborghini 5.2 V10 | DAY 20 | SEB | LBH | COA | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ROA | VIR | LAG | PET | 80th | 11 |
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