Alexander Müller (racing driver)

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Alexander Müller (born January 20, 1979 in Emmerich ) is a German racing driver .

Career

Like most motorsport enthusiasts, Müller began his career in karting , in which he was active from 1988 to 1994. In 1995 he switched to formula racing and was third in the German Formula BMW Junior. A year later he won the German Formula Renault championship . In 1997 he competed for the Benetton RTL Junior Team in the German Formula 3 championship and was third in the drivers' championship with four wins. He lost to his teammate Timo Scheider , who was runner-up behind Nick Heidfeld .

In 1998 he switched to the international Formula 3000 championship and started as a team mate of Dominik Schwager for the RTL Team Oreca . Müller was able to qualify for all races and scored points for the first time with a fifth place in Spa-Francorchamps . At the end of the season he finished 20th overall. He also took part in two German Formula 3 races. In 1999 he was not given a cockpit in Formula 3000 and started for Graff Racing in the French Formula 3 championship . With a win, he finished the season in seventh place.

In 2000 he switched to the Ghinzani team and took part in the German Formula 3 championship. With four wins he was able to win more races than the future champion Giorgio Pantano , but it was only enough for the runner-up title. In 2001 he stayed with the Ghinzani team and competed in the Euro Formula 3000 . Müller remained without a win and was third in the championship behind Felipe Massa and Thomas Biagi .

In 2002 Müller returned to the international Formula 3000. First he completed the first five races for Durango Formula and was then replaced by Derek Hill . The German, in turn, moved immediately to the Scuderia Coloni supervised European Minardi F3000 team, where he David Saelens replaced. However, he was also replaced here, this time after four races, and replaced by Kristian Kolby . Müller remained the season without points and without placing in the top ten. He finished 20th in the drivers' championship. In 2003 the German tried to move to North America and took part in two races in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series . However, he did not find a sponsor and so there were two starts.

After participating in three races of the FIA GT Championship in 2004, he returned to formula racing in 2005 and competed for Team Ghinzani in the Italian Formula 3 championship . Müller won half of all races, but at the end of the season had to be satisfied with the runner-up title behind Luigi Ferrara . After taking a break in 2006 and only taking part in one race in the FIA ​​GT Championship in 2007, he stayed in this series in 2008 and finished eleventh in the GT1 classification. In 2009 he was able to improve to sixth place in the GT1 classification. He also made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , finishing third in the GT1 classification.

In 2010 he switched to the new FIA GT1 World Championship .

statistics

Career stations

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2009 AustriaAustria Jetalliance Racing Aston Martin DBR9 AustriaAustria Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer AustriaAustria Thomas Gruber Rank 31st

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personal data
SURNAME Müller, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH 20th January 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Emmerich (today: Emmerich am Rhein )