Dieter Quester

{{BLP sources|date=June 2025}}

{{Short description|Austrian racing driver (born 1939)}}

{{Infobox F1 driver

| name = Dieter Quester

| image = QuesterDieter1973.jpg

| caption = Dieter Quester, 1973

| nationality = {{flagicon|AUT}} Austrian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|05|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Vienna, Austria

| Years = {{F1|1969}}, {{F1|1974}}

| Team(s) = BMW, Surtees

| Races = 2 (1 start)

| Points = 0

| Championships = 0

| First race = 1969 German Grand Prix

| Last race = 1974 Austrian Grand Prix

}}

Dieter Quester (born 30 May 1939) is an Austrian former racing driver. Quester participated in 53 24-Hour Races. He competed in a single Formula One race in which he finished ninth.

File:Quester, Dieter, BMW F2 1969-08-01 C.jpg 269 during practice for the 1969 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring.]]

Starting with motorboats in the 1950s, he became part of the Formula 2 team of BMW which intended to take part in the 1969 German Grand Prix. Teammate Gerhard Mitter was killed at the Nürburgring while practising with the BMW 269, though. As a suspension or steering failure was suspected, the BMW team with Quester and Hubert Hahne withdrew from the race, as did Mitter's teammate at Porsche, Hans Herrmann.

Quester participated in his home 1974 Austrian Grand Prix on 18 August 1974. He out-qualified his three team mates at Surtees and finished 9th ahead of Hans-Joachim Stuck and double World Champion Graham Hill in the race, but scored no championship points.

Quester then focused again on European Touring Car Championship to drive a BMW 3.0 CSL for Schnitzer Motorsport. Quester had already won the 1973 Spa 24 Hours. Later racing in the DTM, he once slid on the roof of his BMW M3 over the start/finish line of the AVUS for a 3rd place.

His career was still active at age 70, sponsored by Red Bull. On 15 January 2006 he won the 24 Hours race at the Dubai Autodrome on a BMW M3 together with Hans-Joachim Stuck, Philipp Peter and Toto Wolff. Stuck and Quester returned in the 24 Hours Nürburgring, but their BMW was destroyed in a crash at night that involved an oil spill and seven cars. During the weekend of 9–10 September 2006, he won the Britcar 24 Hours of Silverstone in a Duller Motorsport BMW M Roadster#Z4 M Roadster (2006–2008), and on 14 January 2007 he again won the 24 Hours race at the Dubai Autodrome in the Duller Motorsport BMW Z4 (E85). In September 2007 he and Duller won the 24 Hours of Silverstone in the Duller BMW Z4 (E85), by a margin of 30 laps.

Quester took part in his final race at the HSR Classic Daytona in November 2018 at the age of 79.

File:Dieter Quester.JPG

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Racing record

=Complete European Formula Two Championship results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
Year

! Entrant

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Pts

{{F2|1969}}

! Bayerische Motoren Werke

! BMW 269

! BMW M11

| THR

| HOC

| NÜR

| JAR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TUL
{{small|Ret}}

| PER

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VAL
{{small|Ret}}

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

! NC

! 0

rowspan=2| {{F2|1970}}

!rowspan=2| Bayerische Motoren Werke

! BMW 269

!rowspan=2| BMW M11

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR
{{tooltip|7|Received 3 championship points as Jochen Rindt, Jackie Stewart and Jacky Ickx who finished ahead were ineligible for points}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BAR
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ROU
{{tooltip|DNQ|Eliminated in heat}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PER
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TUL
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IMO
{{small|Ret}}

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

!rowspan=2| 4th

!rowspan=2| 14

BMW 270

|

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|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| HOC
{{small|1}}

|

|

|

|

|

|

rowspan=2| {{F2|1971}}

!rowspan=2| Eifelland Wohnwagenbau

! Brabham BT30

! Cosworth FVA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
{{small|Ret}}

| THR

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

!rowspan=2 style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

!rowspan=2 style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 31

March 712M

! BMW M11

|

|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| JAR
{{tooltip|2|Received 9 championship points as Emerson Fittipaldi who finished ahead was ineligible for points}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PAL
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ROU
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAN
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TUL
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ALB
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| VAL
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| VAL
{{small|2}}

|

|

|

{{F2|1972}}

! Matchbox Team Surtees

! Surtees TS10

! Ford BDA

| MAL

| THR

| HOC

| PAU

| PAL

| HOC

| ROU

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ÖST
{{small|Ret}}

| IMO

| MAN

| PER

| SAL

| ALB

| HOC

! NC

! 0

rowspan=2| {{F2|1974}}

!rowspan=2| Team Harper

! March 742

! BMW

| BAR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| PAU
{{small|DNS}}

|

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|

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|

|

|

|

|

|

|

!rowspan=2| NC

!rowspan=2| 0

Chevron B27

! Ford BDA

|

|

|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SAL
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MUG
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KAR
{{small|NC}}

| PER

| HOC

| VAL

|

|

|

|

=Complete Formula One results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! {{Tooltip|WDC|World Drivers' Championship}}

! Pts

1969

! Bayerische Motoren Werke

! BMW 269

! BMW M12/1 1.6 L4

| RSA

| ESP

| MON

| NED

| FRA

| GBR

|style="background:#ffffff;"| GER
{{small|DNS}}

| ITA

| CAN

| USA

| MEX

|

|

|

|

! NC

! 0

1974

! Memphis International Team Surtees

! Surtees TS16

! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8

| ARG

| BRA

| RSA

| ESP

| BEL

| MON

| SWE

| NED

| FRA

| GBR

| GER

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT
{{small|9}}

| ITA

| CAN

| USA

! NC

! 0

colspan=21|{{center|{{small|Source:{{cite book|last=Small|first=Steve|title=The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who|date=1994|publisher=Guinness|page=307|isbn=0851127029}}}}}}

=Complete British Saloon Car Championship results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

! Year

! Team

! Car

! Class

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Pts

! Class

1969

! BMW AG

! BMW 2002 TI

! {{Tooltip|C|Class C}}

| BRH

| SIL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SNE
Ret

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| THR
Ret

| SIL

| CRY

| MAL

| CRO

| SIL

| OUL

| BRH

| BRH

! NC

! 0

! NC

1973

! BMW Motorsport

! BMW 3.0 CSL

! {{Tooltip|D|Class D}}

| BRH

| SIL

| THR

| THR

| SIL

| ING

| BRH

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL
17

| BRH

|

|

|

! 59th

! 1

! 11th

1978

! BMW (GB)

! BMW 530i

! {{Tooltip|D|Class D}}

| SIL

| OUL

| THR

| BRH

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL
7†

| DON

| MAL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH
Ret

| DON

| BRH

| THR

| OUL

! 39th

! 2

! 12th

colspan="19"|{{center|{{small|Source:{{cite web |last1=de Jong |first1=Frank |title=British Saloon Car Championship |url=http://www.touringcarracing.net/Pages/BSCC.html |website=History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993 |access-date=25 September 2022}}}}}}

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.|}

=Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
Year

! Team

! Co-Drivers

! Car

! Class

! Laps

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|Class
Pos.|Class Position}}

1973

|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} BMW Motorsport

|align="left"| {{flagicon|NLD}} Toine Hezemans

|align="left"| BMW 3.0 CSL

| T
5.0

| 307

| 11th

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st

1976

|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} BMW Motorsport GmbH

|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Albrecht Krebs
{{flagicon|BEL}} Alain Peltier

|align="left"| BMW 3.5 CSL

| Gr.5

| 117

| DNF

| DNF

1978

|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} BMW Great Britain
{{flagicon|GBR}} Tolemans Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tom Walkinshaw
{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Rad Dougall

|align="left"| Osella PA6-BMW

| S
2.0

| 113

| DNF

| DNF

1979

|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} March Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Guy Edwards
{{flagicon|GBR}} Ian Grob

|align="left"| BMW M1

| S
+2.0

| -

| DNQ

| DNQ

1980

|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} B.M.W. France

|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Didier Pironi
{{flagicon|FRA}} Marcel Mignot

|align="left"| BMW M1

| IMSA

| 293

| 14th

| 4th

1981

|align="left"| {{flagicon|CHE}} Würth-Lubrifilm Team Sauber

|align="left"| {{flagicon|CHE}} Marc Surer
{{flagicon|CAN}} David Deacon

|align="left"| BMW M1

| Gr.5

| 207

| DNF

| DNF

1982

|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport

|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Hans-Joachim Stuck
{{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Louis Schlesser

|align="left"| Sauber SHS C6-Ford

| C

| 76

| DNF

| DNF

1983

|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Fitzpatrick Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Fitzpatrick
{{flagicon|GBR}} David Hobbs

|align="left"| Porsche 956

| C

| 135

| DNF

| DNF

1985

|align="left"| {{flagicon|CHE}} Sauber Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|DNK}} John Nielsen
{{flagicon|CHE}} Max Welti

|align="left"| Sauber C8-Mercedes

| C1

| -

| DNS

| DNS

1986

|align="left"| {{flagicon|CHE}} Kouros Racing Team

|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Henri Pescarolo
{{flagicon|DEU}} Christian Danner

|align="left"| Sauber C8-Mercedes

| C1

| 86

| DNF

| DNF

colspan="8"|{{center|{{small|Source:{{cite web|url=http://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/results/Dieter-Quester-A.html|title=All Results of Dieter Quester|work=racingsportscars.com|access-date=June 16, 2018}}}}}}

=Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;"
Year

! Team

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Pts

rowspan=2| 1988

!rowspan=2| BMW M Team Linder

! BMW M3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL
1

{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL
2

{{small|13}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC
1

{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC
2

{{small|4}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR
1

{{small|26}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
2

{{small|13}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRN
1

{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRN
2

{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AVU
1

{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AVU
2

{{small|17}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MFA
1

{{small|8}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MFA
2

{{small|7}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR
1

{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
2

{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR
1

{{small|12}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR
2

{{small|18}}

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

!rowspan=2| 9th

!rowspan=2| 167

BMW M3 Evo

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WUN
1

{{small|10}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WUN
2

{{small|13}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SAL
1

{{small|C}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SAL
2

{{small|C}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN
1

{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN
2

{{small|9}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
1

{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
2

{{small|25}}

1989

! BMW M Team Zakspeed

! BMW M3 Evo

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL
1

{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL
2

{{small|14}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC
1

{{small|12}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC
2

{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
1

{{small|4}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NÜR
2

{{small|3}}

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MFA
1

{{small|DNQ}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MFA
2

{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AVU
1

{{small|7}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AVU
2

{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR
1

{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| NÜR
2

{{small|DNS}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR
1

{{small|8}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR
2

{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC
1

{{small|10}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
2

{{small|Ret}}

| DIE
1

| DIE
2

| NÜR
1

| NÜR
2

| HOC
1

| HOC
2

|

|

! 15th

! 127

1990

! BMW M Team Zakspeed

! BMW M3 Sport Evo

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZOL
1

{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| ZOL
2

{{small|DNS}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
1

{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| HOC
2

{{small|DNS}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR
1

{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| NÜR
2

{{small|DNS}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AVU
1

{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AVU
2

{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MFA
1

{{small|10}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MFA
2

{{small|12}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| WUN
1

{{small|23}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| WUN
2

{{small|DNS}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
1

{{small|8}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR
2

{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NOR
1

{{small|12}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NOR
2

{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DIE
1

{{small|13}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DIE
2

{{small|9}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR
1

{{small|15}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR
2

{{small|11}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
1

{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| HOC
2

{{small|DNS}}

|

|

! 20th

! 20

1991

! Linder M Team

! BMW M3 Sport Evo

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZOL
1

{{small|24}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZOL
2

{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
1

{{small|15}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
2

{{small|27}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR
1

{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| NÜR
2

{{small|DNS}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AVU
1

{{small|18}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AVU
2

{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| WUN
1

{{small|14}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| WUN
2

{{small|17}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NOR
1

{{small|15}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NOR
2

{{small|12}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DIE
1

{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DIE
2

{{small|DNS}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR
1

{{small|16}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR
2

{{small|Ret}}

| ALE
1

| ALE
2

| HOC
1

| HOC
2

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRN
1

{{small|19}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRN
2

{{small|12}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON
1

{{small|13}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON
2

{{small|Ret}}

! NC

! 0

=Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Team

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Pts

1994

! BMW Team Isert

! BMW 318i

| AVU

| WUN

| ZOL

| ZAN

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ÖST
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SAL
{{small|13}}

| SPA

| NÜR

! 28th

! 0

=Complete FIA GT Championship results=

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Team

! Car

! Class

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Pts

1997

! Viper Team Oreca

! Chrysler Viper GTS-R

! GT2

| HOC

| SIL

| HEL

| NÜR

| SPA

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| A1R
{{small|3}}

| SUZ

| DON

| MUG

| SEB

| LAG

! 25th

! 4

2000

! RWS Red Bull Racing

! Porsche 911 GT3-R

! N-GT

| VAL

| EST

| MNZ

| SIL

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN
{{small|4}}

| ZOL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| A1R
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| LAU
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRN
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAG
{{small|2}}

|

! 6th

! 25

rowspan=2| 2001

!rowspan=2| RWS Motorsport

! Porsche 911 GT3-RS

!rowspan=2| N-GT

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MNZ
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| BRN
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAG
{{small|2}}

| SIL

| ZOL

| HUN

|style="background:#ffffbf;"| SPA
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| A1R
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| JAR
{{small|2}}

|

!rowspan=2| 4th

!rowspan=2| 52

Porsche 911 GT3-R

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EST
{{small|4}}

rowspan=3| 2002

! RWS Motorsport

! Porsche 911 GT

!rowspan=2| GT

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAG
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRN
{{small|10}}

| JAR

| AND

| OSC

|

|

|

|

|

!rowspan=2| NC

!rowspan=2| 0

Dart Racing

! Ferrari 550 Maranello

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PER
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| EST
{{small|Ret}}

|

RWS Motorsport

! Porsche 911 GT3-R

! N-GT

|

|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA
{{small|Ret}}

|

|

|

|

! 29th

! 3.5

=Britcar 24 Hour results=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
Year

! Team

! Co-Drivers

! Car

! {{Tooltip|Car No.|Car number}}

! Class

! Laps

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}

! {{Tooltip|Class
Pos.|Class Position}}

style="text-align:center;"

! 2007

|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUT}} Duller Motorsport

|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jamie Campbell-Walter
{{flagicon|AUT}} Johannes Stuck
{{flagicon|DEU}} Dirk Werner

|align="left"| BMW Z4 M Coupé

| 1

| GT3

| 596

| style="background:#ffffbf;"|1st

| style="background:#ffffbf;"|1st

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