Dirk Werner

Dirk Werner
Dirk Werner
	Dirk Werner and Jörg Müller at the 1000 km of Zhuhai of the 2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
Nationality	German
Born	25 May 1981 (age 40)
Debut season	2004–present
Current team	Porsche GT Team
Engine	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6

Dirk Werner (born 25 May 1981 in Hannover, Lower Saxony)^[1] is a German Porsche factory racing driver.

Born in Hannover, Werner was 2007^[2] and 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series champion for Farnbacher-Loles Racing driving a Porsche 911 and finished third in the GT Class in the 2011 American Le Mans Series season.^[3] Werner has scored podiums at some of the most prestigious endurance races, such as the 24 Hours of Daytona, 24 Hours of Spa, 24 Hours of Nürburgring, 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans.

Since 2010, Werner is a BMW works driver, and has competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans (with little success), the Le Mans Series and the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup in addition to the American Le Mans Series.

In 2012, he would become one of the six BMW drivers in its return to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters after two decades of absence.^[4]

Racing record[]

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

Year	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2004	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA 7	ESP 4	MON 3	GER Ret	USA 3	USA 2	FRA 5	GBR 3	GER 15	HUN 2	BEL 19†	ITA 5	3rd	194
2005	Porsche 997 GT3	ITA	ESP	MON	GER 9	USA	USA	FRA	GBR					NC‡	0‡
2005	Porsche 997 GT3									GER 18†	HUN	ITA 5	BEL 1	NC‡	0‡
2006	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 6	ITA 6	GER	ESP	MON	GBR	USA	USA	FRA	GER	HUN	ITA	20th	10

† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

‡ Not eligible for points

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2006	Farnbacher/Loles Racing	Dieter Quester Philipp Peter Luca Riccitelli	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	683	12th	3rd
2007	Farnbacher Loles Motorsports	Leh Keen Pierre Ehret Jörg Hardt	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	579	31st DNF	14th DNF
2008	Farnbacher Loles Racing	Dominik Farnbacher Pierre Ehret Timo Bernhard	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	646	18th	8th
2009	Farnbacher Loles Racing	Leh Keen Wolf Henzler Richard Westbrook	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	676	16th	8th
2012	Turner Motorsport	Bill Auberlen Paul Dalla Lana Michael Marsal Dirk Müller	BMW M3	GT	691	27th	16th
2014	BMW Team RLL	Graham Rahal John Edwards Dirk Müller	BMW Z4 GTE	GTLM	668	14th	4th
2015	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Augusto Farfus Bruno Spengler	BMW Z4 GTE	GTLM	725	5th	2nd
2016	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Augusto Farfus Bruno Spengler	BMW M6 GTLM	GTLM	721	11th	5th

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Car No.	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2007	Duller Motorsport	Jamie Campbell-Walter Dieter Quester Johannes Stuck	BMW Z4 M Coupé	1	GT3	596	1st	1st

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2010	BMW Motorsport	Andy Priaulx Dirk Müller	BMW M3 GT2	GT2	53	DNF	DNF
2011	BMW Motorsport	Augusto Farfus Jörg Müller	BMW M3 GT2	GTE Pro	276	DNF	DNF
2017	Porsche GT Team	Michael Christensen Kévin Estre	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	179	DNF	DNF

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos	Points
2012	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M3 DTM	HOC 17	LAU 19	BRH 16	SPL Ret	NOR 10	NÜR 12	ZAN 8	OSC 4	VAL 9	HOC 5	9th	29
2013	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M3 DTM	HOC 2	BRH 12	SPL 8	LAU 13	NOR 11	MSC 8	NÜR 15	OSC 13	ZAN 21†	HOC 8	13th	30

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2017	Porsche GT Team	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL	SPA	LMS Ret	NÜR	MEX	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	NC	0

^ "Dirk Werner". Racing Reference. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
^ "Dirk Werner". Gran-Am website. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
^ O'Leary, Jamie (13 January 2012). "Dirk Werner takes sixth and final seat in BMW's 2012 DTM line-up". Autosport. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
^ "Dirk Werner completes BMW driver lineup for the German DTM". Autoweek. 15 January 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Christian Menzel	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany champion 2006	Succeeded by Uwe Alzen
Preceded by Robin Frijns Stuart Leonard Dries Vanthoor	Winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour 2019 With: Matt Campbell & Dennis Olsen	Succeeded by Jules Gounon Jordan Pepper Maxime Soulet