Dominik Farnbacher

Dominik Farnbacher at the 2010 Le Mans 24-hour race

Dominik Farnbacher (born September 26, 1984 in Ansbach ) is a German racing car driver .

family

Dominik Farnbacher is the son of Hans and Hanne Farnbacher, who run a specialist car workshop for the Seat , Hyundai and Toyota brands in Ansbach, an independent town in Bavaria . The factory halls of the family-run Farnbacher Racing team are located in Lichtenau . His younger brother Mario , born in 1992, is also active as a racing driver.

Racing career

Dominik Farnbacher's driving career began in 2001 in Formula BMW . After 20 races, he finished the championship in ninth place in the overall standings. After only one year in monoposto racing , he switched to GTs and sports cars in 2002 . He drove for three years in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany and in the Porsche Supercup and from 2005 competed in the Grand-Am Sports Car Series and the American Le Mans Series .

By the end of the 2017 season, he had contested 137 GT and sports car races and celebrated eleven class wins, including the 24-hour race in Daytona and the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring . His best place in the final classification of the Le Mans 24-hour race was 12th in 2010 . In Sebring , the best result was ninth in 2009 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2006	Seikel Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Pierre Ehret	Lars-Erik Nielsen	Rank 16
2009	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Ferrari F430 GTC	Allan Simonsen	Christian Montanari	failure	malfunction
2010	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Ferrari F430 GTC	Allan Simonsen	Leh Keen	Rank 12
2011	Hankook Team Farnbacher	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	Allan Simonsen	Leh Keen	failure	malfunction
2012	Luxury racing	Ferrari 458 Italia GTC	Jaime Melo	Frédéric Makowiecki	Rank 18
2013	SRT Motorsports	SRT Viper GTS-R	Ryan Dalziel	Marc Goossens	Rank 24

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2006	Farnbacher Loles Racing	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	Pierre Ehret	Lars-Erik Nielsen	Rank 25
2007	Blackboard Racing	Porsche 997 GT3 RSR	Ian James	Jim blackboard	Rank 17
2008	Blackboard Racing	Ferrari F430 GTC	Rob Bell	Dirk Mueller	Rank 19
2009	Panoz Team PTG	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	Ian James		Rank 9
2010	Extreme speed motorsports	Ferrari F430 GTC	Scott Sharp	Johannes van Overbeek	failure	mechanics
2011	Extreme speed motorsports	Ferrari 458 Italia	Scott Sharp	Johannes van Overbeek	failure	accident
2012	Luxury racing	Ferrari 458 Italia	Pierre Ehret	François Jakubowski	failure	malfunction
2013	SRT Motorsports	SRT Viper GTS-R	Ryan Dalziel	Marc Goossens	Rank 19
2014	SRT Motorsports	SRT Viper GTS-R	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Marc Goossens	Rank 18

Web links

Commons : Dominik Farnbacher  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Dominik Farnbacher at Racing Sports Cars
• Dominik Farnbacher at the Driver Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Farnbacher car dealership
2. ^ Formula BMW 2001