Dirk Werner

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

Dirk Werner
Dirk Werner and Jörg Müller at the 1000 km of Zhuhai of the 2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup
NationalityGerman
Born (1981-05-25) May 25, 1981
Debut season2004-present
Current teamPorsche GT Team
EnginePorsche 4.0 L Flat-6

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 will be one of the six BMW drivers in its return to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters[4] after two decades of absence.

Racing record

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(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 11 12 DC Points
2004 Farnbacher Racing 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 MRS Racing Porsche 997 GT3 ITA ESP MON GER
9		 USA USA FRA GBR NC‡ 0‡
Farnbacher Racing GER
18†		 HUN ITA
5		 BEL
1
2006 Farnbacher Racing 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

24 Hours of Daytona results
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

24 Hours of Le Mans results
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

Complete DTM results

(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

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
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

References
  1. "Dirk Werner". Racing Reference. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  2. "Dirk Werner". Gran-Am website. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  3. 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.
  4. "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
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