Richard Lietz

Richard Lietz
Lietz in 2016
Nationality	Austrian
Born	(1983-12-17) 17 December 1983 (age 41) Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria
WEC career
Debut season	2012
Current team	Manthey 1st Phorm
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	92
Former teams	Team Felbermayr-Proton, Dempsey-Proton Racing
Starts	84
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
24 Hours of Le Mans career Years 2007 – Teams IMSA Performance Matmut Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche AG Team Manthey Best finish 11th (2010) Class wins 4 (2007, 2010, 2013, 2022, 2024)

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]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2007	Le Mans Series – GT2	IMSA Performance Matmut	5	0	0	0	1	11	17th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - GT2		1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
2008	Le Mans Series – GT2	IMSA Performance Matmut	5	0	0	0	2	15	9th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - GT2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2009	Le Mans Series – GT2	Team Felbermayr-Proton	5	3	0	0	3	36	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - GT2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2010	Le Mans Series – GT2	Team Felbermayr-Proton	5	3	0	0	4	87	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - GT2		1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
2011	Le Mans Series – GTE Pro	Team Felbermayr-Proton	5	0	0	0	3	45	9th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2012	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	Team Felbermayr-Proton	8	2	0	0	7	5.5	39th
2013	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	Porsche AG Team Manthey	8	1	0	0	1	123	4th
2014	United SportsCar Championship - GTLM	Porsche North America	8	1	0	0	1	210	15th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	Porsche Team Manthey	6	1	0	0	3	111	3rd
2015	United SportsCar Championship - GTLM	Porsche North America	3	1	0	0	0	87	14th
	European Le Mans Series – LMGTE	Proton Competition	4	0	0	0	1	45	9th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	Porsche Team Manthey	8	3	0	0	5	145	1st
2016	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM	Porsche North America	1	0	0	0	0	22	29th
	European Le Mans Series – LMGTE	Proton Competition	1	0	0	1	0	8	19th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	Dempsey-Proton Racing	9	0	0	0	0	74	8th
2017	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM	Porsche GT Team	2	0	0	0	0	48	21st
	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	9	0	1	0	5	145	2nd
2018-19	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	8	1	0	0	4	131	3rd
2019-20	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	8	1	2	0	3	111	7th
2020	European Le Mans Series – LMGTE	Proton Competition	5	0	0	0	0	47	6th
2021	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM	WeatherTech Racing	1	0	0	0	0	280	15th
	European Le Mans Series – LMGTE	Proton Competition	6	0	0	0	1	61	5th
	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	6	0	0	0	3	111	3rd
2022	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Wright Motorsports	1	1	0	0	1	370	47th
	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	5	1	2	0	2	115	5th
	European Le Mans Series – LMGTE	Proton Competition	6	0	0	0	1	35	14th
2023	European Le Mans Series – LMGTE	Proton Competition	6	0	0	0	1	22	13th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2024	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGT3	Manthey EMA	8	2	0	0	3	105	2nd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGT3		1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
2024-25	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Manthey EMA
2025	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3	Manthey 1st Phorm	1	0	0	0	0	0	12th*

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(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
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]

Partial 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	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.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2007	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	320	15th	1st
2008	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	26	DNF	DNF
2009	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	24	DNF	DNF
2010	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	338	11th	1st
2011	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Pro	312	16th	4th
2012	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Pro	184	DNF	DNF
2013	Porsche AG Team Manthey	Romain Dumas Marc Lieb	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	315	15th	1st
2014	Porsche Team Manthey	Marco Holzer Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	337	15th	3rd
2015	Porsche Team Manthey	Michael Christensen Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	327	30th	5th
2016	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Michael Christensen Philipp Eng	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	329	31st	8th
2017	Porsche GT Team	Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	339	20th	4th
2018	Porsche GT Team	Gianmaria Bruni Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	343	16th	2nd
2019	Porsche GT Team	Gianmaria Bruni Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	342	21st	2nd
2020	Porsche GT Team	Gianmaria Bruni Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Pro	335	31st	5th
2021	Porsche GT Team	Gianmaria Bruni Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Pro	343	23rd	4th
2022	Porsche GT Team	Gianmaria Bruni Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Pro	350	28th	1st
2023	Proton Racing	Michael Fassbender Martin Rump	Porsche 911 RSR-19	LMGTE Am	246	DNF	DNF
2024	Manthey EMA	Morris Schuring Yasser Shahin	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	LMGT3	281	27th	1st
Sources: [3] [4]

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Points
2007	IMSA Performance Matmut	GT2	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	MNZ 6	VAL Ret	NÜR 9	SPA Ret	SIL 2	INT	17th	11
2008	IMSA Performance Matmut	GT2	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	CAT 3	MNZ DSQ	SPA 6	NÜR 3	SIL Ret		9th	15
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		1st	36
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		1st	87
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		3rd	44
2015	Proton Competition	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL	IMO 2	RBR 5	LEC 4	EST 8		9th	45
2016	Proton Competition	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 6	IMO	RBR	LEC	SPA	EST	19th	8
2020	Proton Competition	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	LEC 7	SPA 4	LEC DNS	MNZ 5	ALG 4		6th	47
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	5th	61
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	14th	35
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	13th	22
Source: [3]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
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		39th	5.5
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		4th	123
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		3rd	111
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		1st	145
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	8th	74
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	2nd	145
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		3rd	131
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		7th	111
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				3rd	111
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				5th	115
2024	Manthey EMA	LMGT3	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	QAT 15	IMO 16	SPA 1	LMS 1	SÃO 12	COA 3	FUJ 14	BHR 5		2nd	105
2025	Manthey 1st Phorm	LMGT3	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	QAT 12	IMO	SPA	LMS	SÃO	COA	FUJ	BHR		12th*	0*
Sources: [3] [5]

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(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
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]
2025	Proton Competition	GTD Pro	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche M97/80 4.2 L Flat-6	DAY 10	SEB	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET			10th*	227*
Source: [3]

^* Season still in progress.

References

1. "Schlüsseldienst Wien zum Fixpreis ab 49€ - Jetzt Anrufen". Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
2. "Champion portrait Richard Lietz". Porsche Motorsport. 22 November 2015.
3. "Richard Lietz Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
4. "Richard Lietz". Automobile Club de l'Ouest . Retrieved 24 May 2024.
5. "Richard Lietz". FIA World Endurance Championship . Retrieved 24 May 2024.
6. "Richard Lietz – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
7. "Richard Lietz – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
8. "Richard Lietz – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
9. "Richard Lietz – 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
10. "Richard Lietz – 2021 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
11. "Richard Lietz – 2022 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 February 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Richard Lietz career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Michele Bartyan	International GT Open Champion 2007 With: Joël Camathias	Succeeded by Andrea Montermini Michele Maceratesi
Preceded by Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	FIA World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers 2015	Succeeded by Nicki Thiim Marco Sørensen