Richard Lietz | |||||||||||
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Nationality | Austrian | ||||||||||
Born | Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria | 17 December 1983||||||||||
WEC career | |||||||||||
Debut season | 2012 | ||||||||||
Current team | Porsche GT Team | ||||||||||
Racing licence | FIA Platinum | ||||||||||
Car number | 91 | ||||||||||
Former teams | Team Manthey, Team Felbermayr-Proton, Dempsey-Proton Racing | ||||||||||
Starts | 83 | ||||||||||
Wins | 12 | ||||||||||
Poles | 9 | ||||||||||
Fastest laps | 4 | ||||||||||
Best finish | 1st in 2015 | ||||||||||
Championship titles | |||||||||||
2007 2009 2010 2015 | International GT Open Le Mans Series (GT2 class) Le Mans Series (GT2 class) World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers | ||||||||||
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Richard Lietz (born 17 December 1983 in Waidhofen an der Ybbs) [1] is an Austrian professional racing driver and a Porsche Factory driver. He has competed in such series as American Le Mans Series, Formula 3 Euro Series and the Rolex Sports Car Series. He is also a multiple race-winner in Porsche Supercup. Lietz was overall series champion in the 2007 International GT Open season with Swiss driver Joël Camathias. He has won the GT2 class of the Le Mans Series twice, alongside German driver Marc Lieb in both in the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
Lietz won the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona GT division driving a Magnus Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup with co-drivers Andy Lally, Rene Rast and team owner John Potter. He will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Team Felbermayr-Proton. In 2015 he was crowned World Endurance Champion for GT drivers. Winning the title in a factory Manthey Porsche. [2]
(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 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Pts |
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2003 | HBR Motorsport | Dallara F302/030 | Opel | HOC 1 24 | HOC 2 15 | ADR 1 15 | ADR 2 8 | PAU 1 12 | PAU 2 9 | NOR 1 Ret | NOR 2 19 | LMS 1 17 | LMS 2 21 | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 5 | A1R 1 18 | A1R 2 Ret | ZAN 1 19 | ZAN 2 17 | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 12 | MAG 1 7 | MAG 2 Ret | 18th | 7 |
Source: [3] |
(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 |
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2004 | Tolimit Motorsport | Porsche 996 GT3 | ITA | ESP | MON | GER | USA | USA | FRA | GBR | GER 8 | HUN 7 | BEL 12 | ITA 9 | NC‡ | 0‡ |
2005 | Tolimit Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3 | ITA 6 | ESP 8 | MON 5 | GER 8 | USA 5 | USA 7 | FRA 1 | GBR Ret | GER 5 | HUN 6 | ITA 21 | BEL 6 | 5th | 130 |
2006 | Tolimit Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR 8 | ITA 11 | GER 2 | ESP 22 | MON 1 | GBR 3 | USA Ret | USA 4 | FRA 2 | GER 1 | HUN 4 | ITA 5 | 3rd | 157 |
‡ Not eligible for points.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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2014 | Porsche North America | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY 1 | SEB 9 | LBH 4 | LGA 9 | WGL 5 | MOS 5 | IMS 10 | ELK 10 | VIR | COA | PET | 15th | 210 | [6] | |
2015 | Porsche North America | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY | SEB 5 | LBH 8 | LGA | WGL | MOS | ELK | VIR | COA | PET 1 | 14th | 87 | [7] | ||
2016 | Porsche North America | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | COA | PET 10 | 29th | 22 | [8] | |
2017 | Porsche GT Team | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY 6 | SEB 8 | LBH | COA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 21st | 48 | [9] | |
2021 | WeatherTech Racing | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR-19 | Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 | DAY 6 | SEB | DET | WGL | WGL | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | PET | 15th | 280 | [10] | |
2022 | Wright Motorsports | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche MA1.76/MDG.G 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY 1 | SEB | LBH | LGA | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | PET | 47th | 370 | [11] |
Source: [3] |
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