Dirk Werner

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Dirk Werner
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Dirk Werner and Jörg Müller at the 1000 km of Zhuhai of the 2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
Nationality Flag of Germany.svg German
Born (1981-05-25) 25 May 1981 (age 42)
Debut season2004–present
Current teamPorsche GT Team
Racing licence FIA Platinum Driver.png FIA Platinum
EnginePorsche 4.0 L Flat-6

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

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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)

YearTeamCar123456789101112DCPoints
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
3rd194
2005 MRS Racing Porsche 997 GT3 ITA ESP MON GER
9
USA USA FRA GBR NC‡0‡
Farnbacher Racing GER
18†
HUN ITA
5
BEL
1
2006 Farnbacher Racing Porsche 997 GT3 BHR
6
ITA
6
GER ESP MON GBR USA USA FRA GER HUN ITA 20th10

 — 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

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2006 Flag of the United States.svg Farnbacher/Loles Racing Flag of Austria.svg Dieter Quester
Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Peter
Flag of Italy.svg Luca Riccitelli
Porsche 997 GT3 CupGT68312th3rd
2007 Flag of the United States.svg Farnbacher Loles Motorsports Flag of the United States.svg Leh Keen
Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Ehret
Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Hardt
Porsche 997 GT3 CupGT57931st
DNF
14th
DNF
2008 Flag of the United States.svg Farnbacher Loles Racing Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Farnbacher
Flag of Germany.svg Pierre Ehret
Flag of Germany.svg Timo Bernhard
Porsche 997 GT3 CupGT64618th8th
2009 Flag of the United States.svg Farnbacher Loles Racing Flag of the United States.svg Leh Keen
Flag of Germany.svg Wolf Henzler
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard Westbrook
Porsche 997 GT3 CupGT67616th8th
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Turner Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Dalla Lana
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Marsal
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Müller
BMW M3 GT69127th16th
2014 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg Graham Rahal
Flag of the United States.svg John Edwards
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Müller
BMW Z4 GTE GTLM66814th4th
2015 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen
Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bruno Spengler
BMW Z4 GTE GTLM7255th2nd
2016 Flag of the United States.svg BMW Team RLL Flag of the United States.svg Bill Auberlen
Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bruno Spengler
BMW M6 GTLM GTLM72111th5th

Britcar 24 Hour results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarCar No.ClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2007 Flag of Austria.svg Duller Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Campbell-Walter
Flag of Austria.svg Dieter Quester
Flag of Austria.svg Johannes Stuck
BMW Z4 M Coupé 1GT35961st1st

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2010 Flag of Germany.svg BMW Motorsport Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Priaulx
Flag of Germany.svg Dirk Müller
BMW M3 GT2 GT253DNFDNF
2011 Flag of Germany.svg BMW Motorsport Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus
Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Müller
BMW M3 GT2 GTE
Pro
276DNFDNF
2017 Flag of Germany.svg Porsche GT Team Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Christensen
Flag of France.svg Kévin Estre
Porsche 911 RSR GTE
Pro
179DNFDNF

Complete DTM results

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

YearTeamCar12345678910PosPoints
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
9th29
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
13th30

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456789RankPoints
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 NC0

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

YearTeamClassMakeEngine123456789101112Pos.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
22nd76
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
2nd305
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
7th298
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
5th295
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
41st38

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References

  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.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Porsche Carrera Cup Germany champion
2006
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour
2019
With: Matt Campbell & Dennis Olsen
Succeeded by