Michael Bartels
{{short description|German racing driver (born 1968)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2016}}
{{stack|{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Michael Bartels
| image = Michael Bartels 2024.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Michael Bartels in Hockenheimring 2024
| nationality = {{flagicon|DEU}} German
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|03|08|df=y}}
| birth_place = Plettenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
| related to =
| current series = FIA GT1 World Championship
| first year = 2010
| current team = Vitaphone Racing
| car number = 18
| former teams =
| starts = 38
| wins = 8
| poles = 3
| fastest laps = 2
| best finish = 1st
| year = 2010
| prev series = FIA GT Championship
Le Mans Series
V8Star Series
DTM
Super Tourenwagen Cup
DTM
International Formula 3000
German F3
Formula Ford
| prev series years = 2004-09
2004
2003
2000-02
1997-99
1994-1996
1990-93
1988-89
1986-87
| titles = German Formula Ford 1600
FIA GT Championship GT1
FIA GT1 World Championship
| title years = 1986
2006, 08-09
2010
| awards =
| award years =
}}
{{Infobox F1 driver
| Years = {{F1|1991}}
| Team(s) = Lotus
| Races = 4 (0 starts)
| Championships = 0
| Wins = 0
| Podiums = 0
| Points = 0
| Poles = 0
| Fastest laps = 0
| First race = 1991 German Grand Prix
| First win =
| Last win =
| Last race = 1991 Spanish Grand Prix
}}
}}
Michael Bartels (born 8 March 1968) is a German professional racing driver. He is a multiple FIA GT champion and former Grand Prix driver who attempted to qualify for four races in {{f1|1991}} with Lotus.
Career
Bartels was the 1985 German karting champion and the 1986 German Formula Ford 1600 champion. He competed in the German Formula Three Championship in 1988 and 1989, before stepping up to International Formula 3000 in 1990.
Bartels filled in at Lotus for Johnny Herbert, who had commitments in Japanese Formula 3000, at four Grands Prix during the {{f1|1991}} Formula One season, but failed to qualify at all four races. Bartels continued in F3000, finishing 4th in 1992, before switching to the DTM in 1994, where he continued to race until the series ended at the end of 1996. Bartels raced in the Super Tourenwagen Cup for the next three years, before the DTM was resurrected in 2000. He won the 24 Hours Nürburgring in 2000 (in a works Porsche 911 GT3) and 2001 (in a Chrysler Viper GTS-R).
File:Michael Bartels - Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti exits Old Hairpin at Donington 1995.jpg
File:Michael Bartels im GT1 Maserati.jpg Maserati MC12]]
After racing in the final year of the V8Star Series in 2003, finishing third behind Pedro Lamy and Thomas Mutsch, he switched to the FIA GT Championship for 2004 with Konrad Motorsport (in a Saleen S7R). For the 2005 season he began racing a Maserati MC12 for his own Bartels Motor & Sport team under the Vitaphone Racing banner, alongside compatriot Timo Scheider. Andrea Bertolini replaced Scheider for 2006 and the pairing won the championship in 2006, 2008 and 2009. Bartels also won the Spa 24 Hours in 2005, 2006 and 2008.
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Racing record
=Complete International Formula 3000 results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races
in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year ! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |
1990
! nowrap| CoBRa Motorsport ! nowrap| Reynard 90D ! nowrap| Mugen Honda |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#000000; color:#ffffff"| PAU |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JER |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MNZ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PER |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BIR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BUG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOG ! 22nd ! 1 |
rowspan=2| 1991
! nowrap| GA Motorsport ! nowrap| Ralt RT23 !rowspan=2 nowrap| Ford Cosworth |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| VAL |colspan=10| !rowspan=2| NC !rowspan=2| 0 |
nowrap| First Racing
! nowrap| Reynard 91D | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PAU |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JER |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MUG | PER | HOC | BRH | SPA | BUG | NOG | |
---|
1992
! nowrap| Crypton Engineering ! nowrap| Reynard 92D ! nowrap| Ford Cosworth |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| PAU |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| PER |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SPA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ALB |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NOG |style="background:#000000; color:#ffffff"| MAG | ! 4th ! 25 |
1993
! nowrap| Pacific Racing ! nowrap| Reynard 93D ! nowrap| Ford Cosworth |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SIL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PAU |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PER |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA | MAG | NOG |colspan=2| ! 11th ! 4 |
=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:85%"
! Year ! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! {{Tooltip|WDC|World Drivers' Championship}} ! Pts |
1991
! nowrap| Team Lotus | USA | BRA | SMR | MON | CAN | MEX | FRA | GBR |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| GER |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| HUN | BEL |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ITA | POR |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ESP | JPN | AUS ! NC ! 0 |
=Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/Masters 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 |
---|
1987
! ! nowrap| Ford Sierra XR4 TI | HOC | ZOL | NÜR | AVU |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MFA | NOR | NÜR | WUN | DIE | SAL |colspan=14| ! NC ! 0 |
1994
! nowrap| Jägermeister Schübel Engineering ! nowrap| Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MUG |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MUG |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR | DON | DON |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DIE |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DIE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AVU |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| AVU |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ALE |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| ALE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HOC ! 15th ! 23 |
1995
! Euroteam ! nowrap| Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AVU |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AVU |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NOR |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| DIE |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| DIE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ALE |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| ALE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |colspan=10| ! 10th ! 47 |
2000
! nowrap| Opel Team Phoenix ! nowrap| Opel Astra Coupé 2000 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OSC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OSC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OSC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OSC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HOC |colspan=8| ! 7th ! 87 |
2001
! nowrap| Opel Team Holzer 2 ! nowrap| Opel Astra Coupé 2001 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OSC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OSC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SAC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LAU |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LAU |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| A1R |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| A1R |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZAN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZAN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |colspan=4| ! 18th ! 8 |
2002
! nowrap| OPC Team Holzer ! nowrap| Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2002 |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ZOL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SAC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SAC |style="background:#000000; color:white"| NOR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NOR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LAU |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LAU |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| A1R |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| A1R |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZAN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZAN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |colspan=4| ! 15th ! 1 |
- † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
=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:85%"
! Year ! Team ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |
1994
! nowrap| Nissan Primera Racing ! nowrap| Nissan Primera eGT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AVU |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WUN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZAN |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ÖST |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |colspan=12| ! 6th ! 33 |
1997
! nowrap| Opel Team SMS ! nowrap| Opel Vectra |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SAC |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SAC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZWE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZWE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| REG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| REG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR ! 11th ! 263 |
1998
! nowrap| Peugeot 406 | HOC | HOC | NÜR | NÜR | SAC | SAC | NOR | NOR | REG | REG | WUN | WUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZWE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZWE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAL |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SAL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OSC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OSC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR ! 19th ! 143 |
1999
! nowrap| Jever Audi-Team AZK Phoenix ! nowrap| Audi A4 Quattro |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZWE |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZWE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OSC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OSC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MIS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MIS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OSC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OSC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR ! 7th ! 419 |
=Complete International Touring Car Championship 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 ! 25 ! 26 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |
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1995
! Euroteam ! nowrap| Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MUG |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| MUG |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HEL |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| HEL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| EST |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| EST |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAG |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| MAG |colspan=16| ! 26th ! 0 |
1996
! nowrap| JAS Motorsport ! nowrap| Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| EST |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| EST |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HEL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HEL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NOR |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DIE |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DIE |style="background:#000000; color:#ffffff"| SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAG |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAG |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MUG |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| MUG |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| INT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| INT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SUZ ! 21st ! 16 |
=Complete GT1 World Championship results=
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 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |
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2010
! nowrap| Vitaphone Racing Team ! nowrap| Maserati MC12 |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ABU |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ABU |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| BRN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRN |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| PRI |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| PRI |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ALG |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| ALG |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NAV |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAV |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| INT |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| INT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SAN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAN |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| 1st |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| 138 |
2012
! nowrap| BMW Team Vita4One ! nowrap| BMW Z4 (E89) |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NOG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOG |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ZOL |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ZOL |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NAV |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NAV |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SVK |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SVK |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ALG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALG |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SVK |style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SVK |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MOS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DON |colspan=2| |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 144 |
=Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results=
class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" |
Year
! Team ! Car ! Class ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |
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2014
! nowrap| Vita4one Racing Team ! nowrap| BMW Z4 GT3 ! nowrap| Pro-Am | NOG | NOG | BRH | BRH | ZAN | ZAN | SVK | SVK | ALG | ALG |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZOL | BAK | BAK ! 55th ! 0 |
Personal life
From 1992 to 1999, Bartels dated tennis player Steffi Graf.{{cite news|last=Roberts |first=John |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/andre-takes-courtly-bow-with-steffi-741879.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/andre-takes-courtly-bow-with-steffi-741879.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Andre takes courtly bow with Steffi |newspaper=The Independent |date=1999-11-01 |access-date=2017-07-15}}
References
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External links
{{commons category}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20180308235530/http://michaelbartels.de/ Official website (in German)]
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