Michael Bartels

Michael Bartels Nationality German Born March 8, 1968 (1968-03-08) Plettenberg (Germany) 2012 FIA GT1 World Championship Debut season 2010 Current team Vitaphone Racing Car no. 1 Starts 20 Wins 4 Poles 2 Fastest laps 2 Best finish 1st in 2010 Previous series 2004-09 2004 2003 2000-02 1997-99 1994-1996 1990-93 1988-89 1986-87 FIA GT Championship Le Mans Series V8Star Series DTM Super Tourenwagen Cup DTM International Formula 3000 German F3 Formula Ford Championship titles 1986 2006, 08-09 2010 German Formula Ford 1600 FIA GT Championship GT1 FIA GT1 World Championship Born 8 March 1968 (1968-03-08) Formula One World Championship career Active years 1991 Teams Lotus Races 4 (0 starts) Championships 0 Wins 0 Podiums 0 Career points 0 Pole positions 0 Fastest laps 0 First race 1991 German Grand Prix Last race 1991 Spanish Grand Prix

Michael Bartels (born 8 March 1968 in Plettenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a professional racing driver. He is a multiple FIA GT champion and former Grand Prix driver who failed to qualify for 4 Formula One races 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 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).

Michael Bartels in the Vitaphone Racing 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. For the 2005 season he began racing a Maserati MC12 for his own Bartels Motor & Sport team under the Vitaphone Racing banner, alongside compatriat 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.

Bartels dated Steffi Graf for seven years, between 1992 and 1999.

Racing record

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1991	Team Lotus	Lotus 102B	Judd V8	USA	BRA	SMR	MON	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	GER DNQ	HUN DNQ	BEL	ITA DNQ	POR	ESP DNQ	JPN	AUS	NC	0

DTM results

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

Year	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2000	Opel	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 3	OSC 1 18	OSC 2 Ret	NOR 1 5	NOR 2 5	SAC 1 6	SAC 2 6	NÜR 1 14	NÜR 2 10	OSC 1 7	OSC 2 5	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 8	HOC 1 4	HOC 2 3	7th	87
2001	Opel	HOC1 Ret	NÜR1 14	OSC 14	SAC 10	NOR 6	LAU Ret	NÜR2 11	A1R 14	ZAN 10	HOC2 12							18th	8
2002	Opel	HOC1 14	ZOL 8	DON Ret	SAC 11	NOR 11	LAU 17	NÜR 11	A1R 15	ZAN Ret	HOC2 Ret							15th	1

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2010	Vitaphone Racing Team	Maserati	ABU QR 3	ABU CR 4	SIL QR 3	SIL CR 7	BRN QR 1	BRN CR 5	PRI QR 1	PRI CR 1	SPA QR Ret	SPA CR 7	NÜR QR 10	NÜR CR 6	ALG QR 2	ALG CR 1	NAV QR 7	NAV CR 6	INT QR 8	INT CR 9	SAN QR 12	SAN CR 7	1st	138

External links

• Official website (in German)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Joachim Winkelhock	Guia Race winner 1999	Succeeded by Patrick Huisman
Preceded by Gabriele Gardel	FIA GT Champion 2006 with: Andrea Bertolini	Succeeded by Thomas Biagi
Preceded by Thomas Biagi	FIA GT Champion 2008-2009 with: Andrea Bertolini	Succeeded by None (Series Ended)
Preceded by None (Series Started)	FIA GT1 World Champion 2010 with: Andrea Bertolini	Succeeded by Incumbent