Jörg Müller

For other people named Jörg Müller, see Jörg Müller (disambiguation).

Jörg Müller In 2007, as a WTCC driver Nationality German Born (1969-09-03) September 3, 1969 Kerkrade (Netherlands) Related to Ewald Müller (father) Le Mans Series (GT2) career Debut season 2010 Current team BMW Team Schnitzer Car number 78 Previous series 1988 1989 1989 1990–94 1991 1991 1994 1995–96 1996 1997–2000 1998 1999–2001 2002–2004 2005–2009 German Formula Ford German Formula Opel European Formula Ford 1600 German F3 British F3 French F3 Formula One testing German Supertouring International F3000 Formula One testing FIA GT ALMS ETCC WTCC Championship titles 1989 1989 1994 1996 2001 German Formula Opel European Formula Ford 1600 German F3 International F3000 ALMS (GT) 24 Hours of Le Mans career Years 1997 - 1999, 2010 Teams Nissan Motorsport Porsche AG BMW Motorsport Best finish 2nd (1998) Class wins 0

Jörg Müller (born September 3, 1969 in Kerkrade, Netherlands) is a Dutch-born German race driver.

Racing career

In 1989 Müller won the titles in German Formula Opel Lotus Challenge and in European Formula Ford 1600.

The 1994 German Formula Three Champion won a Supertouring car race for BMW in 1995 and the 1995-1996 Spa 24 Hours as well as the 1996 Formula 3000 Championship for team RSM Helmut Marko Lola-Zytek). He also won the prestigious Macau Grand Prix in 1993.

From 1997 to 1998, Müller was a Formula One testdriver for Arrows and Sauber-Petronas, before joining the BMW-WilliamsF1 project to do tests for engines and Michelin tyres from 1999 to 2001. He never managed to race in Formula 1 though.

From 1997 to 2000 he was also busy in sportscar racing, with drives for Nissan (and Porsche in the FIA GT Championship, 1998). He was part of the team that were winning the 24 Hours of Daytona in a Porsche 911 GT1 and leading the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans for 18 hours in a BMW V12 LMR.

In 2000 (BMW V12 LMR) and 2001 (BMW M3 GTR V8), Müller was successful in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) for BMW and Schnitzer Motorsport.

Müller driving the BMW 320si WTCC car at Brands Hatch in 2008.

From the 2002 to 2005 season, Müller drove BMW 3series model E46 touring cars for the Schnitzer-operated works squad Team Deutschland (also called Team Germany) in the FIA European Touring Car Championship (now WTCC). Since 2006, the team uses the new BMW 3series model 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.

In 2006 Müller finished second in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). The following year he finished seventh in the championship. He finished seventh again in 2008 and sixth in 2009.

Müller with the 2010 1000 km of Zhuhai GT2 winners' trophy.

For 2010 BMW reduced its WTCC squad down to two cars. Müller left the WTCC and became part of BMW's Le Mans Series team. This move brought immediate success in the form of an overall win for Müller at the 24 Hours Nürburgring in a M3 GT2. This victory was shared with Augusto Farfus, Pedro Lamy, and Uwe Alzen. In November Müller teamed up with Dirk Werner at the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup and the pair won the 1000km of Zhuhai for BMW Schnitzer.

From 2012 Müller will be returning to the American Le Mans series sharing a BMW with Uwe Alzen.

Family

Müller is the son of former European Karting-champion Ewald Müller. He is not related to former team-mate Dirk Müller or to French driver Yvan Muller.

Müller currently resides in Monaco. He has a younger brother, Rainer, and an older sister, Marion.

Racing record

Complete American Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
1999	BMW Motorsport	LMP	BMW V12 LMR	BMW S70 6.0 L V12	M	SEB ovr:1 cls:1	ATL	MOS	SON	POR	PET ovr:3 cls:3	MON	LSV					21st	52
2000	BMW Motorsport	LMP	BMW V12 LMR	BMW S70 6.0 L V12	M	SEB ovr:3 cls:3	CHA ovr:1 cls:1	SIL ovr:1 cls:1	NÜR ovr:2 cls:2	SON ovr:3 cls:3	MOS ovr:2 cls:2	TEX ovr:4 cls:4	ROS ovr:3 cls:3	PET ovr:5 cls:5	MON ovr:3 cls:3	LSV ovr:26 cls:9	ADE	5th	221
2001	BMW Motorsport	GT	BMW M3	BMW 3.2L I6	M	TEX ovr:12 cls:5									PET ovr:9 cls:2			1st	191
			BMW M3 GTR	BMW 4.0L V8			SEB ovr:10 cls:3	DON ovr:Ret cls:Ret	JAR ovr:6 cls:2	SON ovr:7 cls:1	POR ovr:10 cls:3	MOS ovr:10 cls:1	MID ovr:14 cls:1	MON ovr:9 cls:1
2009	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	GT2	BMW M3 GT2	BMW 4.0 L V8	D	SEB	STP	LNB	UTA	LIM	MID	AME	MOS	PET ovr:9 cls:2	MON			27th	26

Complete WTCC results

(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		Position	Points
2005	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	ITA		FRA		UK		SMR		MEX		BEL		GER		TUR		ESP		MAC						5th	59
			29	4	1	1	9	7	27	12	DNS	DNS	3	16	3	3	Ret	12	5	1	Ret	DNS
2006	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320si	ITA		FRA		UK		GER		BRA		MEX		CZE		TUR		ESP		MAC						2nd	72
			28	25	2	2	Ret	Ret	7	1	9	7	19	15	1	4	Ret	8	6	1	6	1
2007	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si	BRA		NED		ESP		FRA		CZE		POR		SWE		GER		UK		ITA		MAC				7th	66
			1	3	10	3	8	2	11	10	2	1	8	2	15	10	4	Ret	14	7	16	14	13	20
2008	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si	BRA		MEX		ESP		FRA		CZE		POR		UK		GER		EUR		ITA		JPN		MAC		7th	60
			3	4	14	12	5	4	9	13	5	7	9	7	1	4	26	9	8	2	9	10	2	Ret	10	Ret
2009	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si	BRA		MEX		MAR		FRA		ESP		CZE		POR		UK		GER		ITA		JPN		MAC		6th	76
			NC	5	5	13	8	4	3	18	6	2	2	7	11	8	6	2	Ret	4	NC	15	2	16	7	2

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1997	GT1	21	B	Nissan R390 GT1 Nissan VRH35L 3.5L Turbo V8	Nissan Motorsport TWR	Martin Brundle Wayne Taylor	139	DNF	DNF
1998	GT1	25	M	Porsche 911 GT1-98 Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6	Porsche AG	Uwe Alzen Bob Wollek	350	2nd	2nd
1999	LMP	17	M	BMW V12 LMR BMW S70 6.0L V12	Team BMW Motorsport	Tom Kristensen JJ Lehto	304	DNF	DNF
2010	GT2	78	D	BMW M3 GT2 BMW 4.0L V8	BMW Motorsport	Augusto Farfus Uwe Alzen	320	19th	6th
2011	GTE Pro	55	D	BMW M3 GT2 BMW 4.0L V8	BMW Motorsport	Augusto Farfus Dirk Werner	276	DNF	DNF

External links

• Jörg Müller official website
• Profile - by FIA GT Championship official website