Dirk Müller (racing driver)

Dirk Müller 2006 in Curitiba

Dirk Müller (born November 18, 1975 in Burbach ) is a German automobile racing driver .

Career

Dirk Müller's first career highlight was winning the Formula 3 race at the Nürburgring in 1996 . In 1998 he won the Daytona 24-hour race in the USA . In 1998 Müller won the Porsche Carrera Cup , and in 2000 the championship in the American Le Mans Series . In the European Touring Car Championship , he was runner-up in 2004. Dirk Müller achieved the same in the following year at the World Touring Car Championship . In 2006 he finished sixth in the World Touring Car Championship. In 2007 Müller became champion of the FIA GT championship (GT2). In the 2008 American Le Mans Series season , he won the race in St. Petersburg on April 5 . The next win in Long Beach followed two weeks later .

Müller is currently a works driver at BMW . In the BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team , he drives a BMW M3 GT2 in the American Le Mans Series . He also takes part in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring and the 24-hour race at Le Mans for BMW Motorsport .

From 2016 he drove for Chip Ganassi Racing GT and sports car races in North America.

Private

Müller has lived in Ermatingen on Lake Constance since 2009 . He has a daughter with his wife Daniela.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1999	Champion Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 -R	Bernd Mayländer	Bob Wollek	Rank 19
2000	Dick Barbour Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Lucas Luhr	Bob Wollek	Disqualified
2010	BMW Motorsport	BMW M3 GT2	Andy Priaulx	Dirk Werner	failure	malfunction
2011	BMW Motorsport	BMW M3 GT2	Andy Priaulx	Joey hand	Rank 15
2016	Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA	Ford GT	Sébastien Bourdais	Joey hand	18th place and class win
2017	Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA	Ford GT	Tony Kanaan	Joey hand	Rank 22
2018	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	Sébastien Bourdais	Joey hand	Rank 17
2019	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing USA	Ford GT	Sébastien Bourdais	Joey hand	Rank 23

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1999	Champion Racing	Porsche 911 GT1 Evo	Thierry Boutsen	Bob Wollek	Rank 4
2000	Dick Barbour Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Lucas Luhr		Rank 10 and class win
2001	BMW Motorsport	BMW M3 E46	Fredrik Ekblom		failure	Engine failure
2008	Blackboard Racing	Ferrari F430 GTC	Rob Bell	Dominik Farnbacher	Rank 19
2009	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	BMW M3 E92	Tommy Milner		failure	mechanics
2010	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	BMW M3 E92	Joey hand	Andy Priaulx	Rank 8
2011	BMW Motorsport	BMW M3 E92 GT	Joey hand	Andy Priaulx	Rank 10
2012	BMW Team RLL	BMW M3 E92	Joey hand	Jonathan Summerton	17th place and class win
2013	BMW Team RLL	BMW Z4 GTE	Joey hand	John Edwards	Rank 22
2014	BMW Team RLL	BMW Z4 GTLM	Dirk Werner	John Edwards	Rank 31st
2016	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	Joey hand	Sébastien Bourdais	Rank 24
2017	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	Joey hand	Sébastien Bourdais	Rank 8
2018	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	Joey hand	Sébastien Bourdais	failure	accident
2019	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford GT	Joey hand	Sébastien Bourdais	Rank 11

Web links

Commons : Dirk Müller  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Dirk Müller's official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Official biography
2. ^ FIA statistics ( Memento from May 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Mücke triumphs at the FIA ​​GT opener in China
4. ↑ BMW celebrates double victory in Macau - Jörg Müller achieves historic double.