Dirk Müller

Dirk Müller (born 18 November 1975) is a German Ford factory racing driver. He drove for Ford Chip Ganassi Racing in the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. He won the GTE Pro class at Le Mans in 2016 and won the GTLM in 2017.

Müller's 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 second behind their sister car.

After touring cars, Müller joined to Ferrari AF Corse with Toni Vilander and won the FIA GT Championship in GT2 class. In 2008, he 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 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 GTEPro 313 15th 3rd 2016 Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Sébastien Bourdais Joey Hand Ford GT GTEPro 340 18th 1st 2017 Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Joey Hand Tony Kanaan Ford GT GTEPro 339 22nd 6th 2018 Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Joey Hand Sébastien Bourdais Ford GT GTEPro 343 17th 3rd 2019 Ford Chip Ganassi Team USA Joey Hand Sébastien Bourdais Ford GT GTEPro 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 Pts 1997 AUGROS-MIG Austria Team Audi A4 HOC1 HOC2 ZOL1 ZOL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 NOR1 NOR2 WUN1 WUN2 ZWE1 ZWE2 SAL1 SAL2 REG1 REG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 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 Pts 2002 BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320i MAG1 MAG2 SIL1 SIL2 BRN1 BRN2 JAR1 JAR2 AND1 AND2 OSC1 OSC2 SPA1 SPA2 PER1 PER2 DON1 DON2 EST1 EST2 4th 70 2003 BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320i VAL1 VAL2 MAG1 MAG2 PER1 PER2 BRN1 BRN2 DON1 DON2 SPA1 SPA2 AND1 AND2 OSC1 OSC2 EST1 EST2 MNZ1 MNZ2 5th 66 2004 BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320i MNZ1 MNZ2 VAL1 VAL2 MAG1 MAG2 HOC1 HOC2 BRN1 BRN2 DON1 DON2 SPA1 SPA2 IMO1 IMO2 OSC1 OSC2 DUB1 DUB2 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 ITA1 ITA2 FRA1 FRA2 GBR1 GBR2 SMR1 SMR2 MEX1 MEX2 BEL1 BEL2 GER1 GER2 TUR1 TUR2 ESP1 ESP2 MAC1 MAC2 2nd 86 2006 BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320si ITA1 ITA2 FRA1 FRA2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 CZE1 CZE2 TUR1 TUR2 ESP1 ESP2 MAC1 MAC2 6th 54

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)