Richard Lietz

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Richard Lietz
Richard Lietz Driver of Dempsey Proton Racing's Porsche 911 RSR (27225713055) (cropped).jpg
Lietz in 2016
NationalityFlag of Austria.svg  Austrian
Born (1983-12-17) 17 December 1983 (age 40)
Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria
WEC career
Debut season 2012
Current team Porsche GT Team
Racing licence FIA Platinum Driver.png FIA Platinum
Car number91
Former teams Team Manthey, Team Felbermayr-Proton, Dempsey-Proton Racing
Starts77
Wins10
Poles9
Fastest laps4
Best finish1st 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
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years 2007
Teams IMSA Performance Matmut
Team Felbermayr-Proton
Porsche AG Team Manthey
Best finish11th (2010)
Class wins4 (2007, 2010, 2013, 2022)

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.

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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]

Racing record

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617181920DCPts
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
18th7
Source: [3]

Partial Porsche Supercup results

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

YearTeamCar123456789101112DCPoints
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
5th130
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
3rd157

‡ Not eligible for points.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2007 Flag of France.svg IMSA Performance Matmut Flag of France.svg Raymond Narac
Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Long
Porsche 997 GT3-RSRGT232015th1st
2008 Flag of France.svg IMSA Performance Matmut Flag of France.svg Raymond Narac
Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Long
Porsche 997 GT3-RSRGT226DNFDNF
2009 Flag of Germany.svg Team Felbermayr-Proton Flag of Germany.svg Marc Lieb
Flag of Germany.svg Wolf Henzler
Porsche 997 GT3-RSRGT224DNFDNF
2010 Flag of Germany.svg Team Felbermayr-Proton Flag of Germany.svg Marc Lieb
Flag of Germany.svg Wolf Henzler
Porsche 997 GT3-RSRGT233811th1st
2011 Flag of Germany.svg Team Felbermayr-Proton Flag of Germany.svg Marc Lieb
Flag of Germany.svg Wolf Henzler
Porsche 997 GT3-RSRGTE
Pro
31216th4th
2012 Flag of Germany.svg Team Felbermayr-Proton Flag of Germany.svg Marc Lieb
Flag of Germany.svg Wolf Henzler
Porsche 997 GT3-RSRGTE
Pro
184DNFDNF
2013 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche AG Team Manthey Flag of France.svg Romain Dumas
Flag of Germany.svg Marc Lieb
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
31515th1st
2014 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche Team Manthey Flag of Germany.svg Marco Holzer
Flag of France.svg Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
33715th3rd
2015 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche Team Manthey Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Christensen
Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Bergmeister
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
32730th5th
2016 Flag of Germany.svg Dempsey-Proton Racing Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Christensen
Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Eng
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
32931st8th
2017 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche GT Team Flag of France.svg Frédéric Makowiecki
Flag of France.svg Patrick Pilet
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
33920th4th
2018 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche GT Team Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni
Flag of France.svg Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
34316th2nd
2019 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche GT Team Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni
Flag of France.svg Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
34221st2nd
2020 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche GT Team Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni
Flag of France.svg Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTE
Pro
33531st5th
2021 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche GT Team Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni
Flag of France.svg Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTE
Pro
34323rd4th
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche GT Team Flag of Italy.svg Gianmaria Bruni
Flag of France.svg Frédéric Makowiecki
Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTE
Pro
35028th1st
2023 Flag of Germany.svg Proton Racing Flag of Ireland.svg Michael Fassbender
Flag of Estonia.svg Martin Rump
Porsche 911 RSR-19 LMGTE
Am
246DNFDNF
Source: [3]

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456Pos.Points
2007 IMSA Performance MatmutGT2 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 MNZ
6
VAL
Ret
NÜR
9
SPA
Ret
SIL
2
INT 17th11
2008 IMSA Performance MatmutGT2 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 CAT
3
MNZ
DSQ
SPA
6
NÜR
3
SIL
Ret
9th15
2009 Team Felbermayr-Proton GT2 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 CAT
1
SPA
1
ALG
8
NÜR
1
SIL
7
1st36
2010 Team Felbermayr-Proton GT2 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 LEC
1
SPA
1
ALG
3
HUN
1
SIL
5
1st87
2011 Team Felbermayr-Proton GTE Pro Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 LEC
Ret
SPA
8
IMO
3
SIL
3
EST
2
3rd44
2015 Proton Competition LMGTE Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL IMO
2
RBR
5
LEC
4
EST
8
9th45
2016 Proton Competition LMGTE Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL
6
IMO RBR LEC SPA EST 19th8
2020 Proton Competition LMGTE Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 LEC
7
SPA
4
LEC
DNS
MNZ
5
ALG
4
6th47
2021 Proton Competition LMGTE Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 CAT
6
RBR
4
LEC
8
MNZ
7
SPA
4
ALG
2
5th61
2022 Proton Competition LMGTE Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 LEC
3
IMO
7
MNZ
Ret
CAT
8
SPA
7
ALG
8
14th35
2023 Proton Competition LMGTE Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 CAT
8
LEC
10
ARA
3
SPA
Ret
ALG
9
ALG
11
13th22
Source: [3]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456789RankPoints
2012 Team Felbermayr-Proton LMGTE Pro Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SEB
2
SPA
1
LMS
Ret
SIL
3
SÃO
3
BHR
3
FUJ
1
SHA
2
39th5.5
2013 Porsche AG Team Manthey LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL
4
SPA
5
LMS
1
SÃO
4
COA
4
FUJ
4
SHA
6
BHR
4
4th123
2014 Porsche Team Manthey LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL
1
SPA LMS
2
COA FUJ
4
SHA
2
BHR
4
SÃO
6
3rd111
2015 Porsche Team Manthey LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL
2
SPA
2
LMS
5
NÜR
1
COA
1
FUJ
4
SHA
1
BHR
5
1st145
2016 Dempsey-Proton Racing LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL
9
SPA
4
LMS
6
NÜR
6
MEX
6
COA
6
FUJ
7
SHA
6
BHR
7
8th74
2017 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL
3
SPA
5
LMS
3
NÜR
2
MEX
3
COA
6
FUJ
2
SHA
2
BHR
4
2nd145
2018–19 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SPA
4
LMS
2
SIL
DSQ
FUJ
5
SHA
2
SEB
1
SPA
8
LMS
2
3rd131
2019–20 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 SIL
1
FUJ
6
SHA
3
BHR
5
COA
8
SPA
5
LMS
9
BHR
2
7th111
2021 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 SPA
4
ALG
4
MNZ
3
LMS
3
BHR
2
BHR
4
3rd111
2022 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 SEB
3
SPA
5
LMS
1
MNZ FUJ
4
BHR
4
5th115
2024 Manthey EMA LMGT3 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 QAT
15
IMO
16
SPA
LMS
SÃO
COA
FUJ
BHR
17th*0*
Source: [3]

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

YearEntrantClassCarEngine123456789101112RankPointsRef
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 15th210 [4]
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
14th87 [5]
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
29th22 [6]
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 21st48 [7]
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 15th280 [8]
2022 Wright MotorsportsGTD 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 47th370 [9]
Source: [3]

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Sporting positions
Preceded by International GT Open
Champion

2007
With: Joël Camathias
Succeeded by
Andrea Montermini
Michele Maceratesi
Preceded by FIA World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers
2015
Succeeded by