Dominik Schwager

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Dominik Schwager
Nationality Flag of Germany.svg German
Born (1976-08-18) 18 August 1976 (age 47)
Munich, Germany
FIA GT1 World Championship career
Debut season 2010
Current team All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport
Car number37
Starts20
Wins1
Poles2
Best finish1st in 2011
Previous series
2011
2007-09
2008
1999-08
2006
1999, 2002-03
1998
1996-97

1994-95
American Le Mans Series
VLN
ADAC GT Masters
Super GT
Porsche Carrera Cup
Formula Nippon
International Formula 3000
German Formula Three Championship
BMW/ADAC Formula Junior
Championship titles
1995BMW/ADAC Formula Junior

Dominik Schwager (born 18 August 1976 in Munich) is a German auto racing driver.

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Career

Schwager's racing career began with karting in Germany, participating in the national championship from 1989 to 1992 before moving to the Junior Karting World Championship in 1993. Schwager went on to win a driver search held by BMW and the ADAC in 1993, earning him an entry in the Formula Junior open wheel series which he went on to win in 1995. Schwager progressed to the German Formula Three Championship, initially finishing second in the B-Cup category before taking on the top tier championship in 1997. Schwager was also selected to be part of the Benetton Formula junior team as part of a development program, aided by backing from BMW. This support landed him in the International Formula 3000 series in 1998 with French squad Oreca, but only earned points in one round of the series.

For 1999, Schwager made a change to his racing career and moved from Europe to Japan, entering the Formula Nippon series as well as having his first taste of grand tourer racing by entering the All Japan Grand Touring Car Championship (JGTC) series in select rounds partnered with Hideshi Matsuda driving a Team Taisan Porsche. Although Schwager scored only one point in the Formula Nippon season, he did earn two class wins in JGTC. This early success in JGTC led Schwager to concentrate solely on the series, moving to the top GT500 category and partnering Daisuke Ito at Nakajima Racing in the Mobil 1 Honda NSX. Schwager and Ito won two races and finished fourth in the points standings, while a further win was earned in the 2001 season. Schwager remained with Honda into 2002 but turned to the Mugen Motorsports team before switching to the Toyota Supra in 2003 with SARD. Schwager also made a return to Formula Nippon in 2003 with Kondo Racing but failed to score any points. Schwager returned to his Taisan team in 2004, earning another win in the now renamed Super GT series in 2005. Left without a contract for 2006, Schwager returned to Europe to drive in the Porsche Carrera Cup before returning to Super GT once again in the Team Kunimitsu NSX.

During the 2007 season, Schwager also participated in European races, driving in the Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring (VLN) series as well as making his first start at the 24 Hours Nürburgring. This expanded in 2008 when Schwager entered the new ADAC GT Masters series in a Callaway Corvette and won three races. Schwager became a development driver for Alpina's GT3 program in 2009 while continuing in the VLN series before signing to drive with Münnich Motorsport in the inaugural FIA GT1 World Championship, driving Lamborghini. [1]

Racing record

Despite earning points in only four races in the season, Schwager and teammate Nicky Pastorelli were retained by Münnich for 2011 where the duo earned two pole positions and one Championship Race win en route to finishing the season eighth in the standings. Schwager and Pastorelli also participated in select rounds of the American Le Mans Series for West Racing.

Complete German Formula Three results

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

YearEntrantEngineClass123456789101112131415161718DCPts
1996 TKF Racing Opel B HOC
1

4
HOC
2

2
NÜR
14
NÜR
1

14
NÜR
2

20†
NOR
1

8
NOR
2

6
DIE
1

8
DIE
2

4
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
MAG
1
MAG
2
HOC
1
HOC
2
2nd66
1997 Benetton RTL Junior Team Opel A HOC
1

Ret
HOC
2

5
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

9
SAC
1

7
SAC
2

4
NOR
1

1
NOR
2

1
WUN
1

Ret
WUN
2

9
ZWE
1
ZWE
2
SAL
1

9
SAL
2

Ret
LAH
1

17†
LAH
2

Ret
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

14
10th68

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

YearEntrant123456789101112DCPoints
1998 RTL Team Oreca OSC
14
IMO
11
CAT
4
SIL
14
MON
10
PAU
DNQ
A1R
Ret
HOC
14
HUN
18
SPA
Ret
PER
Ret
NÜR
7
14th3

Complete JGTC/Super GT Results

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

YearTeamCarClass123456789DCPts
1999 Team Taisan Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT500 SUZ FUJ SUG
15
NC0
Team Taisan Jr. with Advan Porsche 911 GT3R GT300 MIN
Ret
FUJ
1
TAI
Ret
MOT
1
8th40
2000 Mobil1 Nakajima Racing Honda NSX GT500 MOT
3
FUJ
7
SUG
1
FUJ
9
TAI
16
MIN
Ret
SUZ
1
4th58
2001 Mobil1 Nakajima Racing Honda NSX GT500 TAI
3
FUJ
12
SUG
14
FUJ
6
MOT
1
SUZ
Ret
MIN
Ret
8th38
2002 Dome Project Honda NSX GT500 TAI
5
FUJ
3
SUG
3
SEP
10
FUJ MOT MIN SUZ 13th35
2003 TOYOTA TEAM SARD Toyota Supra GT500 TAI
14
FUJ
3
SUG
14
FUJ
3
FUJ
7
MOT
7
AUT
1
SUZ
9
6th57
2004 Team Advan Tsuchiya Toyota Supra GT500 TAI
14
SUG
2
SEP
Ret
TOK
13
MOT
12
AUT
3
SUZ
10
12th31
2005 Team Tsuchiya Toyota Supra GT500 OKA
1
FUJ
14
SEP
15
SUG
9
MOT
15
FUJ AUT
Ret
SUZ
14
15th25
2007 Team Kunimitsu Honda NSX GT500 SUZ
Ret
OKA
2
FUJ
5
SEP
2
SUG
12
SUZ
4
MOT
Ret
AUT
2
FUJ
7
3rd64
2008 Team Impul Nissan GT-R GT500 SUZ OKA FUJ SEP SUG
12
22nd10
Nismo Nissan GT-R SUZ
4
MOT AUT FUJ

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2005 Flag of France.svg Courage Compétition Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alexander Frei
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Christian Vann
Courage C60H-Judd LMP13398th6th

Complete GT1 World Championship results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920PosPoints
2010 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Lamborghini ABU
QR

Ret
ABU
CR

Ret
SIL
QR

20
SIL
CR

12
BRN
QR

4
BRN
CR

7
PRI
QR

15
PRI
CR

12
SPA
QR

5
SPA
CR

9
NÜR
QR

11
NÜR
CR

Ret
ALG
QR

8
ALG
CR

Ret
NAV
QR

Ret
NAV
CR

9
INT
QR

5
INT
CR

7
SAN
QR

9
SAN
CR

11
32nd16
2011 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Lamborghini ABU
QR

Ret
ABU
CR

11
ZOL
QR

Ret
ZOL
CR

Ret
ALG
QR

5
ALG
CR

4
SAC
QR

7
SAC
CR

2
SIL
QR

6
SIL
CR

10
NAV
QR

2
NAV
CR

1
PRI
QR

Ret
PRI
CR

9
ORD
QR

6
ORD
CR

6
BEI
QR

9
BEI
CR

Ret
SAN
QR

3
SAN
CR

Ret
8th80

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References

  1. "Dominik Schwager". All-Inkl.com Racing. Münnich Motorsport . Retrieved 2011-11-09.