Dirk Müller (racing driver)

Dirk Müller
Müller at the 2006 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil
Nationality	German
Born	(1975-11-18) 18 November 1975 Burbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany (now Germany)
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1999–2000, 2010–2011, 2016–
Teams	Champion Racing, Dick Barbour Racing, BMW Motorsport
Best finish	15th (2011)
Class wins	1

Dirk Müller (born 18 November 1975) is a German Ford factory racing driver, driving for Ford Chip Ganassi Racing in the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. His former Schnitzer BMW team-mate Jörg Müller is unrelated, as is French driver Yvan Muller.

Biography

Born in Burbach, Müller won a Formula 3 race at the Nürburgring in 1996. In 1998, after a win in the GT1 class of the 24 Hours of Daytona, he scored his first title, the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, to be followed by the ALMS GT title in 2000.

From the 2002 to 2005 season, both Dirk and Jörg were driving BMW 3 Series (E46) touring cars for the Schnitzer-operated works squad Team Deutschland in the FIA European Touring Car Championship (now WTCC). Since 2006, the team uses the new BMW 3 Series (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.

After touring cars he joined to Ferrari AF Corse with Toni Vilander and won the FIA GT Championship in GT2 class. In 2008 raced in the American Le Mans Series in Ferrari F430 GTC with Dominik Farnbacher in the GT2 class.

In 2009, Müller rejoined BMW to spearhead its factory program with Rahal Letterman Racing in the American Le Mans Series. He and Joey Hand won the 2011 American Le Mans Series GT driver's championship following wins at the Twelve Hours of Sebring, Grand Prix of Long Beach and Lime Rock Park.

Müller was entered as an international driver in the 2011 Armor All Gold Coast 600 for V8 Supercars, alongside second-generation racer Steven Johnson. The German crashed out of the first race and the pairing finished 12th in the second.

For 2016, Müller joined the Ford factory program for the IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He was reunited with teammate Joey Hand, while Sébastien Bourdais joined the team for the endurance races including Le Mans.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
1999	Champion Racing	Bob Wollek Bernd Mayländer	Porsche 911 GT3-R	GT	292	19th	2nd
2000	Dick Barbour Racing	Lucas Luhr Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT3-R	GT	319	DSQ	DSQ
2010	BMW Motorsport	Andy Priaulx Dirk Werner	BMW M3 GT2	GT2	53	DNF	DNF
2011	BMW Motorsport	Andy Priaulx Joey Hand	BMW M3 GT2	GTE Pro	313	15th	3rd
2016	Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA	Sébastien Bourdais Joey Hand	Ford GT	GTE Pro	340	18th	1st
2017	Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA	Joey Hand Tony Kanaan	Ford GT	GTE Pro	339	22nd	6th
2018	Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA	Joey Hand Sébastien Bourdais	Ford GT	GTE Pro	343	17th	3rd
2019	Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA	Joey Hand Sébastien Bourdais	Ford GT	GTE Pro	342	DSQ	DSQ

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup 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	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos.	Pts
1997	AUGROS-MIG Austria Team	Audi A4	HOC 1	HOC 2	ZOL 1	ZOL 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	SAC 1 19	SAC 2 Ret	NOR 1 18	NOR 2 21	WUN 1 Ret	WUN 2 DNS	ZWE 1	ZWE 2	SAL 1 23	SAL 2 21	REG 1 15	REG 2 16	NÜR 1 22	NÜR 2 Ret	32nd	21

Complete European Touring Car Championship 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	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos.	Pts
2002	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	MAG 1 3	MAG 2 3	SIL 1 5	SIL 2 4	BRN 1 2	BRN 2 2	JAR 1 4	JAR 2 3	AND 1 Ret	AND 2 6	OSC 1 1	OSC 2 1	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 DNS	PER 1 3	PER 2 6	DON 1 1	DON 2 5	EST 1 Ret	EST 2 DNS	4th	70
2003	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	VAL 1 5	VAL 2 1	MAG 1 11	MAG 2 Ret	PER 1 2	PER 2 Ret	BRN 1 1	BRN 2 3	DON 1 3	DON 2 16	SPA 1 2	SPA 2 3	AND 1 3	AND 2 Ret	OSC 1 9	OSC 2 Ret	EST 1 13	EST 2 7	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 DNS	5th	66
2004	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	MNZ 1 3	MNZ 2 3	VAL 1 5	VAL 2 4	MAG 1 1	MAG 2 6	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 3	BRN 1 4	BRN 2 1	DON 1 9	DON 2 4	SPA 1 1	SPA 2 2	IMO 1 8	IMO 2 3	OSC 1 3	OSC 2 2	DUB 1 17†	DUB 2 5	2nd	111

† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete World Touring Car Championship 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	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2005	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	ITA 1 1	ITA 2 2	FRA 1 6	FRA 2 2	GBR 1 10	GBR 2 6	SMR 1 4	SMR 2 1	MEX 1 18	MEX 2 16	BEL 1 1	BEL 2 5	GER 1 4	GER 2 6	TUR 1 9	TUR 2 5	ESP 1 2	ESP 2 4	MAC 1 10	MAC 2 Ret	2nd	86
2006	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320si	ITA 1 4	ITA 2 Ret	FRA 1 1	FRA 2 DNS	GBR 1 9	GBR 2 6	GER 1 2	GER 2 3	BRA 1 20	BRA 2 15	MEX 1 6	MEX 2 4	CZE 1 9	CZE 2 5	TUR 1 4	TUR 2 7	ESP 1 11	ESP 2 7	MAC 1 14	MAC 2 8	6th	54

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2016	Ford Chip Ganassi Racing	GTLM	Ford GT	Ford 3.5 L EcoBoost V6	DAY 7	SEB 8	LBH 8	LGA 6	WGL 2	MOS 5	LIM 5	ELK 9	VIR 2	COA 6	PET 2		6th	301
2017	Chip Ganassi Racing	GTLM	Ford GT	Ford 3.5 L EcoBoost V6	DAY 1	SEB 2	LBH 8	COA 5	WGL 4	MOS 5	LIM 7	ELK 1	VIR 5	LGA 6	PET 7		3rd	306
2018	Chip Ganassi Racing	GTLM	Ford GT	Ford 3.5 L EcoBoost V6	DAY 2	SEB 9	LBH 3	MDO 4	WGL 1	MOS 5	LIM 1	ELK 7	VIR 4	LGA 7	PET 7		4th	308
2019	Chip Ganassi Racing	GTLM	Ford GT	Ford 3.5 L EcoBoost V6	DAY 7	SEB 2	LBH 4	MDO 7	WGL 4	MOS 6	LIM 3	ELK 2	VIR 6	LGA 1	PET 8		5th	306
2022	Proton USA	GTD Pro	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 5	SEB	LBH										27th	290
	Team Korthoff Motorsports	GTD						LGA 5	MDO	DET	WGL 10	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET 5	30th	803
2024	Ford Multimatic Motorsports	GTD Pro	Ford Mustang GT3	Ford Coyote 5.4 L V8	DAY 9	SEB 8	LGA 8	DET 7	WGL 10	MOS 7	ELK 8	VIR 4	IMS 12	PET 6			10th	2555

External links

• Official website
• Profile – by FIA GT Championship official website