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}}
| 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.
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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 |
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{{F2|1969}}
! BMW 269 ! BMW M11 | THR | HOC | NÜR | JAR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TUL | PER |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VAL | | | | | | | ! NC ! 0 |
rowspan=2| {{F2|1970}}
!rowspan=2| Bayerische Motoren Werke ! BMW 269 !rowspan=2| BMW M11 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BAR |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ROU |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PER |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TUL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IMO | | | | | | | !rowspan=2| 4th !rowspan=2| 14 |
BMW 270
| | | | | | | |style="background:#ffffbf;"| HOC | | | | | | |
rowspan=2| {{F2|1971}}
!rowspan=2| Eifelland Wohnwagenbau |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC | THR | | | | | | | | | | | | !rowspan=2 style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd !rowspan=2 style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 31 |
March 712M
! BMW M11 | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| JAR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PAL |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ROU |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAN |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TUL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ALB |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| VAL |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| VAL | | | |
{{F2|1972}}
! Ford BDA | MAL | THR | HOC | PAU | PAL | HOC | ROU |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ÖST | IMO | MAN | PER | SAL | ALB | HOC ! NC ! 0 |
rowspan=2| {{F2|1974}}
!rowspan=2| Team Harper ! BMW | BAR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| PAU | | | | | | | | | | | !rowspan=2| NC !rowspan=2| 0 |
Chevron B27
! Ford BDA | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SAL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MUG |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| KAR | 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
| RSA | ESP | MON | NED | FRA | GBR |style="background:#ffffff;"| GER | ITA | CAN | USA | MEX | | | | ! NC ! 0 |
1974
! Memphis International Team Surtees ! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | ESP | BEL | MON | SWE | NED | FRA | GBR | GER |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT | 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}}}}}} |
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=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 ! {{Tooltip|C|Class C}} | BRH | SIL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SNE |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| THR | SIL | CRY | MAL | CRO | SIL | OUL | BRH | BRH ! NC ! 0 ! NC |
1973
! {{Tooltip|D|Class D}} | BRH | SIL | THR | THR | SIL | ING | BRH |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL | BRH | | | ! 59th ! 1 ! 11th |
1978
! BMW (GB) ! BMW 530i ! {{Tooltip|D|Class D}} | SIL | OUL | THR | BRH |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL | DON | MAL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH | 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}}}}}} |
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† 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 |
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1973
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} BMW Motorsport |align="left"| {{flagicon|NLD}} Toine Hezemans |align="left"| BMW 3.0 CSL | T | 307 | 11th |style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st |
1976
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} BMW Motorsport GmbH |align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Albrecht Krebs |align="left"| BMW 3.5 CSL | Gr.5 | 117 | DNF | DNF |
1978
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} BMW Great Britain |align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tom Walkinshaw | S | 113 | DNF | DNF |
1979
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} March Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Guy Edwards |align="left"| BMW M1 | S | - | DNQ | DNQ |
1980
|align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} B.M.W. France |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Didier Pironi |align="left"| BMW M1 | IMSA | 293 | 14th | 4th |
1981
|align="left"| {{flagicon|CHE}} Würth-Lubrifilm Team Sauber |align="left"| {{flagicon|CHE}} Marc Surer |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 |align="left"| Sauber SHS C6-Ford | C | 76 | DNF | DNF |
1983
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Fitzpatrick Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Fitzpatrick |align="left"| Porsche 956 | C | 135 | DNF | DNF |
1985
|align="left"| {{flagicon|CHE}} Sauber Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|DNK}} John Nielsen |align="left"| Sauber C8-Mercedes | C1 | - | DNS | DNS |
1986
|align="left"| {{flagicon|CHE}} Kouros Racing Team |align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Henri Pescarolo |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 |
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rowspan=2| 1988
!rowspan=2| BMW M Team Linder ! BMW M3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AVU |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AVU |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MFA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MFA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR | | | | | | | | !rowspan=2| 9th !rowspan=2| 167 |
BMW M3 Evo
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WUN |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SAL |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SAL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |
1989
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NÜR |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MFA |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MFA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AVU |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AVU |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC | DIE | DIE | NÜR | NÜR | HOC | HOC | | ! 15th ! 127 |
1990
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AVU |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AVU |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MFA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MFA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| WUN |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| WUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NOR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NOR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DIE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DIE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| HOC | | ! 20th ! 20 |
1991
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AVU |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AVU |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| WUN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| WUN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NOR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NOR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DIE |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DIE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR | ALE | ALE | HOC | HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON ! 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 318i | AVU | WUN | ZOL | ZAN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ÖST |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SAL | 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
! GT2 | HOC | SIL | HEL | NÜR | SPA |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| A1R | 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 | ZOL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| A1R |style="background:#ffffbf;"| LAU |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRN |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAG | ! 6th ! 25 |
rowspan=2| 2001
!rowspan=2| RWS Motorsport ! Porsche 911 GT3-RS !rowspan=2| N-GT |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MNZ |style="background:#ffffbf;"| BRN |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAG | SIL | ZOL | HUN |style="background:#ffffbf;"| SPA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| A1R |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| JAR | !rowspan=2| 4th !rowspan=2| 52 |
Porsche 911 GT3-R
| | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| EST |
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rowspan=3| 2002
! RWS Motorsport !rowspan=2| GT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAG |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRN | JAR | AND | OSC | | | | | !rowspan=2| NC !rowspan=2| 0 |
Dart Racing
| | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PER |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| EST | |
RWS Motorsport
! Porsche 911 GT3-R ! N-GT | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA | | | | ! 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 |
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style="text-align:center;"
! 2007 |align="left"| {{flagicon|AUT}} Duller Motorsport |align="left"| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jamie Campbell-Walter |align="left"| BMW Z4 M Coupé | 1 | GT3 | 596 | style="background:#ffffbf;"|1st | style="background:#ffffbf;"|1st |
References
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External links
{{commons|Dieter Quester}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060114154842/http://www.f1rejects.com/drivers/quester/index.html Biography at F1 Rejects]
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060522051555/http://bmw-motorsport.com/ms/en/fascination/history/bmw_touring/heroes/index.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060627021546/http://www.john-w.de/bmwf2/
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{{succession box | before = Karl von Wendt | title = European Touring Car Championship
Champion (Div.3) | years=1968-1969 | after= Toine Hezemans}}
{{succession box|title=Macau Grand Prix
Winner |before=Kevin Bartlett|after=Jan Bussell|years=1970}}
{{succession box | before = Jean Xhenceval
and Pierre Dieudonné | title = European Touring Car Championship
Champion | years=1977 | after= Umberto Grano}}
{{succession box | before = Umberto Grano | title = European Touring Car Championship
Champion | years=1983 | after= Tom Walkinshaw}}
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