Franz Konrad (racing driver)

Franz Konrad (born June 8, 1951 in Graz ) is an Austrian racing car driver with a German driver's license.

Career

Franz Konrad was born in Austria and is also an Austrian citizen, but always drove with a German license and is therefore a German motor sportsman according to the FIA ​​statutes.

Konrad began his career in the German Formula 3 championship in 1980, the overall winner of which he was in 1983. Parallel to Formula 3 (he went from 1980 to 1985 again racing in this formula), he drove from 1980 to 1982 in the European Formula 2 Championship on a March - BMW , but not as successful as in the formula. 3

Konrad has been successfully driving sports car races since 1978 and founded his own team, Konrad Motorsport , which is based in the Sürenheide district of Verl (North Rhine-Westphalia). He started 17 times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans . He drove in the Interseries , the ADAC GT Cup, the BPR Series, the Spanish GT Championship, the FIA GT Championship and the ALMS . His greatest success as a driver was winning the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring in a Porsche 911 Carrera in 1993 , and in 1990 he finished 2nd in the 24 Hours of Le Mans together with Jan Lammers and Andy Wallace in a Jaguar XJR 12 . For almost his entire career he drove sports car races in Porsche vehicles . In 2001 he moved to Saleen . His team was the first to use these US vehicles in Europe.

In 2006 he returned to Porsche on an international level and fielded a Porsche 996 GT3 RSR in the 24-hour races in Bahrain and Dubai . In 2007 he returned to the Nordschleife after a long time and started with a new Porsche 997 GT3 RSR at the Nürburgring 24 Hours. However, the team dropped out after an accident on the first lap.

In the 2010s, Konrad increasingly competed in sports car races in North America.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1978	Whittington Bros. Racing	Porsche 935 77 A Turbo	Don Whittington	Bill Whittington	failure	accident
1985	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 962C	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Mike Thackwell	Rank 9
1987	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 962C	George Fouché	Wayne Taylor	Rank 4
1988	Blaupunkt Joest Racing	Porsche 962C	David Hobbs	Didier Theys	Rank 5
1989	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Porsche 962C	Rudolf Seer	Andres Vilariño	failure	Brake defect
1990	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-12	Jan Lammers	Andy Wallace	Rank 2
1991	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 962C	Anthony Reid	Pierre Lombardi	failure	Engine failure
1993	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	Jun Harada	Antonio de Azevedo Hermann	Rank 19
1994	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 Turbo	Mike Summer	Antonio de Azevedo Hermann	failure	Engine failure
1995	Porsche Kremer Racing	Kremer K8 Spyder	Jürgen Lässig	Antonio de Azevedo Hermann	disqualified
1996	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	Wido Rössler	Antonio de Azevedo Hermann	failure	Gearbox damage
1997	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT1	Mauro Baldi	Robert Nearn	failure	Suspension damage
1998	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	Larry Schumacher	Nick Ham	failure	Lathe operator
1999	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	Peter Kitchak	Charles Slater	failure
2001	Saleen-Allen Speedlab	Saleen S7R	Oliver Gavin	Terry Borcheller	Rank 18
2002	Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7R	Toni Seiler	Terry Borcheller	Rank 26
2003	Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7R	Toni Seiler	Walter Brun	failure	Gearbox damage

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1994	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 Turbo	Örnulf Willheim	Charles Mendez	F. de Lesseps		Rank 7
1995	Konrad Motorsport	Kremer K8 Spyder	A. Hermann	Ernst Schuster			Rank 8 and class win
1996	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	A. Hermann	Charles Mendez	A. Ahrlé	K. Dolejší	failure	drive shaft
1997	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	Bob Wollek	Wido Rössler			Rank 8 and class win
1998	Konrad Racing	Porsche 911 GT2	Nick Ham				5th place and class win
1999	Konrad Motorsport	Lola B98 / 10	Jan Lammers	Tim Hubman			failure	suspension
2000	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	Charles Slater	John Paul Junior			Rank 12
2001	Konrad Team Saleen	Saleen S7-R	Oliver Gavin	Terry Borcheller			Rank 6 and class win
2002	Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	Toni Seiler	Terry Borcheller			Rank 10
2003	Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	Toni Seiler	Robert Nearn			Rank 28
2014	Dempsey Racing	Porsche 911 GT America	Christian Engelhart	Rolf Ineichen			failure	malfunction
2016	Konrad Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Christopher Brück	Terry Borcheller	Josh Webster		Rank 35

Web links

• Website of the racing team