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.[3] Werner has scored podiums various high level endurance races, including 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, 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[]
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 |
Britcar 24 Hour results[]
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 |
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 |
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
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2014 | BMW Team RLL | GTLM | BMW Z4 GTE | BMW 4.4 L V8 | DIS 4 |
SEB 10 |
LBH | LAG | WGI | MOS | IND | ROA | VIR | AUS | PET 7 |
22nd | 76 | |
2015 | BMW Team RLL | GTLM | BMW Z4 GTE | BMW 4.4 L V8 | DAY 2 |
SEB 8 |
LBGP 1 |
LGA 2 |
WGL 3 |
MOS 4 |
ELK 5 |
VIR 5 |
AUS 1 |
PET 4 |
2nd | 305 | ||
2016 | BMW Team RLL | GTLM | BMW M6 GTLM | BMW S63 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8 | DAY 5 |
SEB 2 |
LBH 5 |
LGA 9 |
WGL 3 |
MOS 4 |
LIM 7 |
ELK 8 |
VIR 5 |
AUS 4 |
PET 9 |
7th | 298 | |
2017 | Porsche GT Team | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | DAY 2 |
SEB 7 |
LBH 6 |
AUS 4 |
WGL 7 |
MOS 7 |
LIM 1 |
ELK 8 |
VIR 8 |
LGA 3 |
PET 6 |
5th | 295 | |
2019 | Black Swan Racing | GTD | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 | DAY 14 |
SEB |
MDO | DET | WGL 10 |
MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET |
41st | 38 |
References[]
- ↑ "Dirk Werner". Racing Reference. http://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Dirk_Werner.
- ↑ "Dirk Werner". Gran-Am website. http://www.grand-am.com/drivers/driver.cfm?series=r&did=1312.
- ↑ O'Leary, Jamie (13 January 2012). "Dirk Werner takes sixth and final seat in BMW's 2012 DTM line-up". Autosport. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97014.
- ↑ "Dirk Werner completes BMW driver lineup for the German DTM". Autoweek. 15 January 2012. http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120115/MOTORSPORTS/120119884.
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