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| Dirk Müller | |
|---|---|
 Müller at the2006 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil | |
| Nationality |  German |
| Born | (1975-11-18)18 November 1975 (age 50) Burbach, North Rhine-Westphalia,West Germany (now Germany) |
| Racing licence |  FIA Platinum |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Years | 1999–2000,2010–2011,2016– |
| Teams | Champion Racing, Dick Barbour Racing,BMW Motorsport |
| Best finish | 15th(2011) |
| Class wins | 1 |
Dirk Müller (born 18 November 1975) is a GermanFord factory racing driver.[1] He drove forFord Chip Ganassi Racing in the 2016IMSAWeatherTech SportsCar Championship. He won the GTE Pro class atLe Mans in 2016 and won the GTLM in 2017.[2]
His formerSchnitzer BMW team-mateJörg Müller is unrelated, as is French driverYvan Muller.
Born inBurbach, Müller won aFormula 3 race at theNürburgring in 1996. In 1998, after a win in the GT1 class of the24 Hours of Daytona, he scored his first title, thePorsche Carrera Cup Germany, to be followed by theALMS GT title in 2000.
From the 2002 to 2005 season, both Dirk and Jörg were drivingBMW 3 Series (E46) touring cars for the Schnitzer-operated works squadTeam Deutschland in the FIAEuropean Touring Car Championship (nowWTCC). Since 2006, the team uses the newBMW 3 Series (E90) which is based on theBMW 320si limited-edition model that has a 4-cyl engine rather than the usual 6-cyl.
The 200424 Hours Nürburgring was won by both Müllers (andHans-Joachim Stuck) with theBMW M3 GTR V8 that had been raced successfully in the 2001 ALMS. In 2005, the Müllers finished 2nd behind their sister car.
After touring cars he joined to Ferrari AF Corse with Toni Vilander and won the FIA GT Championship in GT2 class. In 2008 raced in the American Le Mans Series in Ferrari F430 GTC withDominik Farnbacher in the GT2 class.
In 2009, Müller rejoined BMW to spearhead its factory program withRahal Letterman Racing in theAmerican Le Mans Series. He andJoey Hand won the 2011American Le Mans Series GT driver's championship following wins at the Twelve Hours of Sebring, Grand Prix of Long Beach and Lime Rock Park.
Müller was entered as an international driver in the2011 Armor All Gold Coast 600 forV8 Supercars, alongside second-generation racerSteven Johnson. The German crashed out of the first race and the pairing finished 12th in the second.
For 2016, Müller joined the Ford factory program for the IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He was reunited with teammate Joey Hand, whileSébastien Bourdais joined the team for the endurance races including Le Mans.
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 |  Champion Racing |  Bob WollekBernd Mayländer | Porsche 911 GT3-R | GT | 292 | 19th | 2nd |
| 2000 | Dick Barbour Racing | Lucas LuhrBob Wollek | Porsche 911 GT3-R | GT | 319 | DSQ | DSQ |
| 2010 | BMW Motorsport |  Andy PriaulxDirk Werner | BMW M3 GT2 | GT2 | 53 | DNF | DNF |
| 2011 | BMW Motorsport | Andy PriaulxJoey Hand | BMW M3 GT2 | GTE Pro | 313 | 15th | 3rd |
| 2016 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA | Sébastien BourdaisJoey Hand | Ford GT | GTE Pro | 340 | 18th | 1st |
| 2017 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA | Joey Hand Tony Kanaan | Ford GT | GTE Pro | 339 | 22nd | 6th |
| 2018 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA | Joey HandSébastien Bourdais | Ford GT | GTE Pro | 343 | 17th | 3rd |
| 2019 | Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA | Joey HandSébastien Bourdais | Ford GT | GTE Pro | 342 | DSQ | DSQ |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | AUGROS-MIG Austria Team | Audi A4 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | ZOL 1 | ZOL 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | SAC 1 19 | SAC 2 Ret | NOR 1 18 | NOR 2 21 | WUN 1 Ret | WUN 2 DNS | ZWE 1 | ZWE 2 | SAL 1 23 | SAL 2 21 | REG 1 15 | REG 2 16 | NÜR 1 22 | NÜR 2 Ret | 32nd | 21 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | BMW Team Deutschland | BMW 320i | MAG 1 3 | MAG 2 3 | SIL 1 5 | SIL 2 4 | BRN 1 2 | BRN 2 2 | JAR 1 4 | JAR 2 3 | AND 1 Ret | AND 2 6 | OSC 1 1 | OSC 2 1 | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 DNS | PER 1 3 | PER 2 6 | DON 1 1 | DON 2 5 | EST 1 Ret | EST 2 DNS | 4th | 70 |
| 2003 | BMW Team Deutschland | BMW 320i | VAL 1 5 | VAL 2 1 | MAG 1 11 | MAG 2 Ret | PER 1 2 | PER 2 Ret | BRN 1 1 | BRN 2 3 | DON 1 3 | DON 2 16 | SPA 1 2 | SPA 2 3 | AND 1 3 | AND 2 Ret | OSC 1 9 | OSC 2 Ret | EST 1 13 | EST 2 7 | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 DNS | 5th | 66 |
| 2004 | BMW Team Deutschland | BMW 320i | MNZ 1 3 | MNZ 2 3 | VAL 1 5 | VAL 2 4 | MAG 1 1 | MAG 2 6 | HOC 1 2 | HOC 2 3 | BRN 1 4 | BRN 2 1 | DON 1 9 | DON 2 4 | SPA 1 1 | SPA 2 2 | IMO 1 8 | IMO 2 3 | OSC 1 3 | OSC 2 2 | DUB 1 17† | DUB 2 5 | 2nd | 111 |
† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | BMW Team Deutschland | BMW 320i | ITA 1 1 | ITA 2 2 | FRA 1 6 | FRA 2 2 | GBR 1 10 | GBR 2 6 | SMR 1 4 | SMR 2 1 | MEX 1 18 | MEX 2 16 | BEL 1 1 | BEL 2 5 | GER 1 4 | GER 2 6 | TUR 1 9 | TUR 2 5 | ESP 1 2 | ESP 2 4 | MAC 1 10 | MAC 2 Ret | 2nd | 86 |
| 2006 | BMW Team Deutschland | BMW 320si | ITA 1 4 | ITA 2 Ret | FRA 1 1 | FRA 2 DNS | GBR 1 9 | GBR 2 6 | GER 1 2 | GER 2 3 | BRA 1 20 | BRA 2 15 | MEX 1 6 | MEX 2 4 | CZE 1 9 | CZE 2 5 | TUR 1 4 | TUR 2 7 | ESP 1 11 | ESP 2 7 | MAC 1 14 | MAC 2 8 | 6th | 54 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | GTLM | Ford GT | Ford 3.5 LEcoBoost V6 | DAY 7 | SEB 8 | LBH 8 | LGA 6 | WGL 2 | MOS 5 | LIM 5 | ELK 9 | VIR 2 | COA 6 | PET 2 | 6th | 301 | |
| 2017 | Chip Ganassi Racing | GTLM | Ford GT | Ford 3.5 LEcoBoost V6 | DAY 1 | SEB 2 | LBH 8 | COA 5 | WGL 4 | MOS 5 | LIM 7 | ELK 1 | VIR 5 | LGA 6 | PET 7 | 3rd | 306 | |
| 2018 | Chip Ganassi Racing | GTLM | Ford GT | Ford 3.5 LEcoBoost V6 | DAY 2 | SEB 9 | LBH 3 | MDO 4 | WGL 1 | MOS 5 | LIM 1 | ELK 7 | VIR 4 | LGA 7 | PET 7 | 4th | 308 | |
| 2019 | Chip Ganassi Racing | GTLM | Ford GT | Ford 3.5 LEcoBoost V6 | DAY 7 | SEB 2 | LBH 4 | MDO 7 | WGL 4 | MOS 6 | LIM 3 | ELK 2 | VIR 6 | LGA 1 | PET 8 | 5th | 306 | |
| 2022 | Proton USA | GTD Pro | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 LV8 | DAY 5 | SEB | LBH | 27th | 290 | |||||||||
| Team Korthoff Motorsports | GTD | LGA 5 | MDO | DET | WGL 10 | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | PET 5 | 30th | 803 | ||||||
| 2024 | Ford Multimatic Motorsports | GTD Pro | Ford Mustang GT3 | FordCoyote 5.4 LV8 | DAY 9 | SEB 8 | LGA 8 | DET 7 | WGL 10 | MOS 7 | ELK 8 | VIR 4 | IMS 12 | PET 6 | 10th | 2555 | ||
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Wolfgang Land | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany champion 1998 | Succeeded by |