| Alex Müller | |||||||
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| Nationality | German | ||||||
| Born | (1979-01-20)20 January 1979 (age 46) | ||||||
| FIA GT1 World Championship career | |||||||
| Debut season | 2010 | ||||||
| Current team | Triple H Team Hegersport | ||||||
| Car number | 33 | ||||||
| Former teams | Mad-Croc Racing | ||||||
| Starts | 14 | ||||||
| Wins | 0 | ||||||
| Poles | 0 | ||||||
| Fastest laps | 1 | ||||||
| Best finish | 26th in2010 | ||||||
| Previous series | |||||||
| 2004,2007–09 2005 2003 2001 1999 1998,2002 1997–98, 2000 1996 1996 1995 | FIA GT Championship Italian F3 NASCAR Craftsman Trucks Euro Formula 3000 French F3 International F3000 German F3 Formula Renault Europe Formula Renault Germany BMW Formula Junior | ||||||
| Championship titles | |||||||
| 1996 | Formula Renault Germany | ||||||
NASCAR driver | |||||||
| NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 2 races run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 88th (2003) | ||||||
| First race | 2003Power Stroke Diesel 200 (IRP | ||||||
| Last race | 2003Advance Auto Parts 200 (Martinsville) | ||||||
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Alexander Müller (born 20 January 1979) is a German racing driver.
Müller stepped up fromkarting in 1995, and finished third in BMW Formula Junior driving forAbt Sportsline. In 1996 he wonFormula Renault Germany. Müller stepped up toFormula Three for 1997, finishing third in theGerman Formula Three Championship.[1]
Müller stepped up toInternational Formula 3000 for 1998 driving as a BMW Junior for theOreca team, but only finished in 20th position. He opted to race in theFrench Formula Three Championship in 1999, and finished seventh. He then returned to the German championship in 2000, and finished as runner-up toGiorgio Pantano, driving forTeam Ghinzani. In 2001, he raced for the team inEuro 3000, and finished third in the standings behindFelipe Massa andThomas Biagi. Müller returned to International F3000 in 2002, driving the first five rounds forDurango before moving to European Minardi for the next four rounds, but he failed to score any points during his nine races and separated from the team with three rounds remaining.
Müller tested withIndyCar Series teamPDM Racing at the beginning of 2003. He competed at twoNASCARCraftsman Truck Seriesshort tracks before the end of the season. He finished 26th in the No. 23Team Racing atIndianapolis Raceway Park and finished 25th in the No. 07Green Light Racing atMartinsville Speedway.[2]
Having failed to find sponsorship for NASCAR or IndyCar campaigns, Müller returned to Europe in 2004. He was due to race for Taurus Sports at theopening round of the inauguralLe Mans Series season, but the car did not start the race. He did race in the2004 Spa 24 Hours forJMB Racing withKarl Wendlinger,Bert Longin andPierre-Yves Corthals. The team finished the race in 16th place.
Müller returned to Formula Three in 2005, racing for his old team Ghinzani in theItalian Formula Three Championship. He finished as runner-up toLuigi Ferrara, nine points behind, having had twenty points taken away for a technical irregularity.
After sitting out the 2006 season, Müller once again raced in theSpa 24 Hours, this time for Scuderia Playteam Sarafree, finishing 18th in aMaserati MC12.
For 2008, Müller raced full-time in theFIA GT Championship forJetalliance Racing in their secondAston Martin DBR9, alongside owner Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer. Müller set pole position for the second race of the season at Monza, but the car did not finish the race. The car did finish second at Oschersleben behind its sister car driven byRyan Sharp andKarl Wendlinger.
Müller was signed by theVitaphone Racing Team for the 2009 season, to race its second Maserati MC12, as teammate toMiguel Ramos. The pair finished eighth in the standings, after scoring three pole positions. They helped Vitaphone to win the teams championship. Müller also finished third in the GT1 class at the24 Hours of Le Mans with Jetalliance, having set class pole position.
Müller competed in the newFIA GT1 World Championship in 2010, driving aCorvette C6.R for the Mad-Croc Racing banner alongsideXavier Maassen for the first round before being replaced byNicolas Armindo for the second round. At the fifth round atSpa-Francorchamps, he replacedAlexandros Margaritis atTriple H Team Hegersport and reached for them until the end of the season.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| NASCARCraftsman Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | NCTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||
| 2003 | Team Racing | 23 | Chevy | DAY | DAR | MMR | MAR | CLT | DOV | TEX | MEM | MLW | KAN | KEN | GTW | MCH | IRP 26 | NSH | BRI | RCH | NHA | CAL | LVS | SBO | TEX | 88th | 173 | [3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Green Light Racing | 07 | Chevy | MAR 25 | PHO | HOM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Aston Martin DBR9 | GT1 | 294 | 31st | 3rd |
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
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| 2010 | Mad-Croc Racing | Corvette | ABU QR 14 | ABU CR 10 | SIL QR | SIL CR | BRN QR | BRN CR | PRI QR | PRI CR | 26th | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Triple H Team Hegersport | Maserati | SPA QR 12 | SPA CR 2 | NÜR QR 13 | NÜR CR 20 | ALG QR 6 | ALG CR 9 | NAV QR 6 | NAV CR Ret | INT QR 10 | INT CR 10 | SAN QR 11 | SAN CR 9 | |||||||||||
| 2011 | Young Driver AMR | Aston Martin | ABU QR Ret | ABU CR 6 | ZOL QR 3 | ZOL CR 3 | ALG QR Ret | ALG CR Ret | SAC QR 10 | SAC CR Ret | SIL QR 1 | SIL CR 2 | NAV QR Ret | NAV CR 13 | PRI QR 2 | PRI CR 3 | ORD QR 16 | ORD CR 14 | BEI QR 1 | BEI CR 2 | SAN QR 5 | SAN CR 10 | 4th | 103 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
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| 1998 | RTLTeam Oreca | OSC Ret | IMO Ret | CAT 10 | SIL 11 | MON Ret | PAU Ret | A1R 11 | HOC Ret | HUN 20 | SPA 5 | PER 20 | NÜR 13 | 20th | 2 |
| 1999 | Cica Team Oreca | IMO | MON | CAT | MAG | SIL DNQ | A1R DNQ | HOC DNQ | HUN DNQ | SPA | NÜR | NC | - | ||
| 2002 | Durango Formula | INT 11 | IMO Ret | CAT Ret | A1R 13 | MON DSQ | 20th | 0 | |||||||
| European Minardi F3000 | NÜR Ret | SIL 11 | MAG 14 | HOC Ret | HUN | SPA | MNZ |
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Ralf Druckenmüller | German Formula Renault champion 1996 | Succeeded by Robert Lechner |