Marc Lieb
Lieb at the Silverstone Round of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship
Nationality	German
Born	(1980-07-04)4 July 1980 (age 45) Stuttgart,West Germany (now Germany)
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2003–2005,2009–2016
Teams	Orbit Racing,Alex Job Racing, Team Felbermayr-Proton,Porsche AGTeam Manthey
Best finish	1st (2016)
Class wins	4 (2005,2010,2013,2016)

Marc Lieb (born 4 July 1980) is aGerman formerPorsche factorymotor racing driver. He won theFIA GT Championship in 2003 and 2005, and theEuropean Le Mans Series in 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010. He won the24 Hours Nürburgring four times, and won the24 Hours of Le Mans in2016, the2008 12 Hours of Sebring, the2003 Spa 24 Hours and the2007 Petit Le Mans. He is also the 2016FIA World Endurance Champion.

Born inStuttgart, Lieb started racing in karts in 1992. In 1995, he moved to cars, racing in the GermanFormula Renault 1800 championship. He finished 2nd in the championship the next year. In 1998, he moved to German Formula Renault 2000. In 1999, he finished 3rd in the Formula Renault Eurocup. In 2000, Lieb became aPorsche Junior driver, and raced in the Porsche Carrera Cup, finishing 5th in the championship. In 2001, he finished 7th in Carrera Cup, and also scored a podium inPorsche Supercup.

In 2002, Lieb won the Carrera Cup championship with 4 wins. He also took 2 N-GT wins in theFIA GT Championship, atBrno andEnna-Pergusa. He raced at the12 Hours of Sebring andPetit Le Mans as well, but failed to finish either race. For 2003, Lieb became a full Porsche factory driver, and raced in FIA GT. He won the N-GT championship, driving withStéphane Ortelli forFreisinger Motorsport. Along the way, he won 3 races, including winning theSpa 24 Hours outright in hisPorsche 911 GT3-RS. He also finished 2nd in the GT class at the24 Hours of Le Mans.

In 2004, Lieb raced in theAmerican Le Mans Series withRomain Dumas forAlex Job Racing. Lieb started the season finishing 2nd in class at Sebring, and finished 4th in the championship after taking wins atPortland andLaguna Seca.

After the 2004 season Lieb commenced studies in engineering at the University of Applied Sciences inEsslingen, combining his education with a reduced factory programme with Porsche. Lieb had previously studied automotive and motor engineering at theUniversity of Stuttgart for two semesters before choosing to focus on racing. Lieb completed his degree at Esslingen after seven semesters of study and has subsequently combined his racing with a role as an engineer at Porsche Motorsport's workshop inWeissach.^[1]

In 2005 Lieb returned to the FIA GT Championship where he won the GT2 Drivers title withMike Rockenfeller forGruppeM Racing, netting a class win at theSpa 24 Hours along the way. He also raced in theLe Mans Endurance Series, winning three of four races and the championship withSebah Automotive. Lieb also won the GT2 class at the24 Hours of Le Mans withMike Rockenfeller and Leo Hindrey. In 2006, he won theLe Mans Series GT2 championship withJoël Camathias, driving forAutorlando Sport.

In 2007 and 2008 Lieb drive forTeam Felbermayr-Proton in theLe Mans Series with aPorsche 911 GT3-RSR (2008).

In 2009, Lieb teaming up withRichard Lietz in the Porsche 911 of Felbermayr Proton in the European Le Mans Series. He won the GT2 class championship with three wins in five rounds. On his return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, who ran for Felbermayr-Proton alongside Lietz and Henzler, had to retire. He also disputed the round of Zolder for theFIA GT Championship for Prospeed, which finished 8th withDarryl O'Young. Instead, he earned his third victory in the 24 Hours Nürburgring for Manthey. In the American Le Mans Series, was 4th in Sebring and 5th Petit Le Mans as third driver of Bergmeister and Patrick Long Flying Lizard, and came 2nd at the time of Miller with Henzler for Farnbacher-Loles' team, always in a Porsche 911 GT2 class.

Lieb and Lietz successfully defended the drivers and teams titles of GT2 class in the2010 Le Mans Series, with three wins against two semiofficials' Ferrari F430 of AF Corse. Also, he earned his second victory in the GT2 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, once again alongside Lietz and Henzler in the Porsche 911 Felbermayr-Proton. Lieb returned with Bergmeister and Long for Flying Lizard in the two main races of the American Le Mans Series: Sebring finished 4th and 5th at Petit Le Mans. Returned to the 24 Hours of Spa as Prospeed driver, accompanying Marc Goossens, Marco Holzer and Westbrook in a Porsche 911 GT2 class, in this occasion the principal during the race, but abandoned.

Lieb continued contesting the European Le Mans Series in 2011 for the Felbermayr-Proton team. He and Lietz managed two podiums but neither wins in five rounds, so that finished 5th in the drivers' championship and 3rd in the teams championship of the renowned GTE-Pro category. Counting with Henzler as third driver for the fourth consecutive year, finished 4th in the GTE-Pro class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In their participation in the 12 Hours of Sebring for Flying Lizard, again accompanying a Bergmeister and Long, finished in 6th position. No raced Petit Le Mans, although in the 24 Hours of Daytona, where he finished 6th in the GT class in a Brumos' Porsche 911. He also returned to win the 24 Hours of Nürburgring for Manthey, forming crew Bernhard, Dumas and Luhr. He also returned to pair withAlex Davison, but this time at the invitation ofV8 Supercars to drive aFord Falcon in Surfers Paradise Grand Prix, he finished 23rd and 18th in each race.

In 2012, Felbermayr-Proton left the European Le Mans Series for theWorld Endurance Championship. Lieb continued teaming up with Lietz in the team. He earned two wins and six podiums in eight races, whereby Felbermayr-Proton finished 3rd in the teams championship and Porsche concluded second in the manufacturers championship. Also finished 3rd in the 24 Hours of Daytona, again in the Brumos' Porsche 911. On the other hand, returned to Surfers Paradise but this time he drove a Holden Commodore, finishing 2nd in the first round and 14th in the second.

Porsche officially entered in the2013 World Endurance Championship, Lieb and hired to drive one of the new Porsche 911 ofManthey alongside Lietz. Both, along with Dumas, won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and captured five 4th-place finishes, one 5th-place finish as well as one 6th-place finish, counting as third driver a Dumas in the first three rounds. Thus, was fifth in the Drivers' Championship, and third in the teams and makes. Also came 2nd overall in the 24 Hours of Spa, and finishing 7th overall in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring and first in the SP7 class, also with Manthey. On the other hand, ran in the 24 Hours of Daytona with Brumos' Porsche 911, and the three rounds of minimatch resistance of V8 Supercars Holden Commodore with Jonathon Webb.

Porsche then announced after the conclusion of the 2013 season that Lieb would be joining thePorsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 program for the 2014 WEC.^[2]

On 4 September 2013, Lieb set a lap time of 6:57 in Porsche's 918 Spyder around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. This was at the time the third fastest official lap time from a street legal vehicle to go round the Ring.^[3][4][5]

Lieb won the2016 24 Hours of Le Mans overall in aPorsche 919 Hybrid. As of 2023, this was his last participation in the race.

• Spa 24 Hours overall winner:2003
• FIA GT Championship N-GT/GT2 champion:2003,2005
• 24 Hours of Le Mans GT2 class winner:2005,2010,2013
• Spa 24 Hours GT2 class winner:2005
• Le Mans Series GT2 champion:2006
• 24 Hours Nürburgring 2007 champion, 2008 champion, 2009 champion, 2011 champion
• Le Mans Series 2007 vice champion
• 24 Hours of Le Mans: Overall Winner2016
• 13 overall victories inNürburgring Endurance Series.^[6]

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2003	Orbit Racing	Leo Hindery Peter Baron	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	GT	314	17th	2nd
2004	Orbit Racing BAM!	Leo Hindery Mike Rockenfeller	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	GT	223	DNF	DNF
2005	Alex Job Racing BAM! Motorsport	Leo Hindery Mike Rockenfeller	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	GT2	332	10th	1st
2009	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Wolf Henzler Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	24	DNF	DNF
2010	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Wolf Henzler Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	338	11th	1st
2011	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Wolf Henzler Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Pro	312	16th	4th
2012	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Wolf Henzler Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Pro	184	DNF	DNF
2013	Porsche AG Team Manthey	Romain Dumas Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	315	15th	1st
2014	Porsche Team	Romain Dumas Neel Jani	Porsche 919 Hybrid	LMP1-H	348	11th	4th
2015	Porsche Team	Romain Dumas Neel Jani	Porsche 919 Hybrid	LMP1	391	5th	5th
2016	Porsche Team	Romain Dumas Neel Jani	Porsche 919 Hybrid	LMP1	384	1st	1st
Sources:[7][8]

+ Not Eligible for points

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Lap	Ref
2013	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	Jonathon Webb	12th	161	[13]

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.	Ref
2017	Competition Motorsports	David Calvert-Jones Patrick Long Matt Campbell	Porsche 911 GT3 R	APA	289	2nd	1st	[14]
2018	Black Swan Racing	Jeroen Bleekemolen Tim Pappas Luca Stolz	Porsche 911 GT3 R	APA	271	2nd	1st	[15]
2019	Black Swan Racing	Jeroen Bleekemolen Tim Pappas	Porsche 911 GT3 R	APA		DNS	DNS	[16]

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