Dirk Müller (racing driver)

Dirk Müller (born 18 November 1975) is a German Ford factory racing driver, driving for Ford Chip Ganassi Racing in the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. His former Schnitzer BMW team-mate Jörg Müller is unrelated, as is French driver Yvan Muller.

Dirk Müller
NationalityGermany German
Born (1975-11-18) 18 November 1975 (age 48)
Burbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany (now Germany)
Racing licence FIA Platinum
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years19992000, 20102011, 2016
TeamsChampion Racing, Dick Barbour Racing, BMW Motorsport
Best finish15th (2011)
Class wins1

Biography

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Born in Burbach, Müller won a Formula 3 race at the Nürburgring in 1996. In 1998, after a win in the GT1 class of the 24 Hours of Daytona, he scored his first title, the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, to be followed by the ALMS GT title in 2000.

From the 2002 to 2005 season, both Dirk and Jörg were driving BMW 3 Series (E46) touring cars for the Schnitzer-operated works squad Team Deutschland in the FIA European Touring Car Championship (now WTCC). Since 2006, the team uses the new BMW 3 Series (E90) which is based on the BMW 320si limited-edition model that has a 4-cyl engine rather than the usual 6-cyl.

The 2004 24 Hours Nürburgring was won by both Müllers (and Hans-Joachim Stuck) with the BMW 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 with Dominik Farnbacher in the GT2 class.

In 2009, Müller rejoined BMW to spearhead its factory program with Rahal Letterman Racing in the American Le Mans Series. He and Joey Hand won the 2011 American 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 the 2011 Armor All Gold Coast 600 for V8 Supercars, alongside second-generation racer Steven 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, while Sébastien Bourdais joined the team for the endurance races including Le Mans.

Racing record

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
1999   Champion Racing   Bob Wollek
  Bernd Mayländer
Porsche 911 GT3-R GT 292 19th 2nd
2000   Dick Barbour Racing   Lucas Luhr
  Bob Wollek
Porsche 911 GT3-R GT 319 DSQ DSQ
2010   BMW Motorsport   Andy Priaulx
  Dirk Werner
BMW M3 GT2 GT2 53 DNF DNF
2011   BMW Motorsport   Andy Priaulx
  Joey Hand
BMW M3 GT2 GTE
Pro
313 15th 3rd
2016   Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA   Sébastien Bourdais
  Joey 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 Hand
  Sébastien Bourdais
Ford GT GTE
Pro
343 17th 3rd
2019   Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA   Joey Hand
  Sébastien Bourdais
Ford GT GTE
Pro
342 DSQ DSQ

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

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(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 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

Complete European Touring Car Championship results

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(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 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.

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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(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 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

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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(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
2016 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing GTLM Ford GT Ford 3.5 L EcoBoost 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 L EcoBoost 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 L EcoBoost 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 L EcoBoost 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 L V8 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 Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8 DAY
9
SEB
8
LGA
8
DET
7
WGL
10
MOS
7
ELK
8
VIR
4
IMS
12
PET
6
10th 2555
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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Wolfgang Land
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany champion
1998
Succeeded by