Marc Lieb

Marc Lieb (born 4 July 1980) is a German former Porsche factory motor racing driver. He won the FIA GT Championship in 2003 and 2005, and the European Le Mans Series in 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010. He won the 24 Hours Nürburgring four times, and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2016, the 2008 12 Hours of Sebring, the 2003 Spa 24 Hours and the 2007 Petit Le Mans. He is also the 2016 FIA World Endurance Champion.

Career Born in Stuttgart, Lieb started racing in karts in 1992. In 1995, he moved to cars, racing in the German Formula Renault 1800 championship. He finished second in the championship the next year. In 1998, he moved to German Formula Renault 2000. In 1999, he finished third in the Formula Renault Eurocup. In 2000, Lieb became a Porsche Junior driver, and raced in the Porsche Carrera Cup, finishing fifth in the championship. In 2001, he finished seventh in Carrera Cup, and also scored a podium in Porsche Supercup.

In 2002, Lieb won the Carrera Cup championship with 4 wins. He also took two N-GT wins in the FIA GT Championship, at Brno and Enna-Pergusa. He raced at the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans as well, but failed to finish either race. For 2003, Lieb became a full Porsche factory driver, and raced in FIA GT. He won the N-GT championship, driving with Stéphane Ortelli for Freisinger Motorsport. Along the way, he won three races, including winning the Spa 24 Hours outright in his Porsche 911 GT3-RS. He also finished second in the GT class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Marc Lieb won the , an annual award presented by Porsche AG to recognize the world's most successful privateer racing driver competing with Porsche machinery in a customer racing team, in 2003.

In 2004, Lieb raced in the American Le Mans Series with Romain Dumas for Alex Job Racing. Lieb started the season finishing second in class at Sebring, and finished fourth in the championship after taking wins at Portland and Laguna Seca.

After the 2004 season, Lieb commenced studies in engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Esslingen, combining his education with a reduced factory programme with Porsche. Lieb had previously studied automotive and motor engineering at the University of Stuttgart for two semesters before choosing to focus on racing. Lieb completed his degree at Esslingen after seven semesters of study and has subsequently combined his racing with a role as an engineer at Porsche Motorsport's workshop in Weissach.

In 2005, Lieb returned to the FIA GT Championship where he won the GT2 Drivers title with Mike Rockenfeller for GruppeM Racing, netting a class win at the Spa 24 Hours along the way. He also raced in the Le Mans Endurance Series, winning three of four races and the championship with Sebah Automotive. Lieb also won the GT2 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Mike Rockenfeller and Leo Hindrey. In 2006, he won the Le Mans Series GT2 championship with Joël Camathias, driving for Autorlando Sport.

In 2007 and 2008, Lieb drive for Team Felbermayr-Proton in the Le Mans Series with a Porsche 911 GT3-RSR (2008).

In 2009, Lieb teaming up with Richard Lietz in the Porsche 911 of Felbermayr Proton in the European Le Mans Series. He won the GT2 class championship with three wins in five rounds. On his return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, who ran for Felbermayr-Proton alongside Lietz and Henzler, had to retire. He also disputed the round of Zolder for the FIA GT Championship for Prospeed, which finished eighth with Darryl O'Young. Instead, he earned his third victory in the 24 Hours Nürburgring for Manthey. In the American Le Mans Series, was fourth in Sebring and 5th Petit Le Mans as third driver of Bergmeister and Patrick Long Flying Lizard, and came second at the time of Miller with Henzler for Farnbacher-Loles' team, always in a Porsche 911 GT2 class.

Lieb and Lietz successfully defended the drivers and teams titles of GT2 class in the 2010 Le Mans Series, with three wins against two semiofficials' Ferrari F430 of AF Corse. Also, he earned his second victory in the GT2 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, once again alongside Lietz and Henzler in the Porsche 911 Felbermayr-Proton. Lieb returned with Bergmeister and Long for Flying Lizard in the two main races of the American Le Mans Series: Sebring finished fourth and fifth at Petit Le Mans. Returned to the 24 Hours of Spa as Prospeed driver, accompanying Marc Goossens, Marco Holzer and Westbrook in a Porsche 911 GT2 class, in this occasion the principal during the race, but abandoned.

Lieb continued contesting the European Le Mans Series in 2011 for the Felbermayr-Proton team. He and Lietz managed two podiums but neither wins in five rounds, so that finished fifth in the drivers' championship and third in the teams championship of the renowned GTE-Pro category. Counting with Henzler as third driver for the fourth consecutive year, finished fourth in the GTE-Pro class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In their participation in the 12 Hours of Sebring for Flying Lizard, again accompanying a Bergmeister and Long, finished in sixth position. No raced Petit Le Mans, although in the 24 Hours of Daytona, where he finished sixth in the GT class in a Brumos' Porsche 911. He also returned to win the 24 Hours of Nürburgring for Manthey, forming crew Bernhard, Dumas and Luhr. He also returned to pair with Alex Davison, but this time at the invitation of V8 Supercars to drive a Ford Falcon in Surfers Paradise Grand Prix, he finished 23rd and 18th in each race.

In 2012, Felbermayr-Proton left the European Le Mans Series for the World Endurance Championship. Lieb continued teaming up with Lietz in the team. He earned two wins and six podiums in eight races, whereby Felbermayr-Proton finished third in the teams championship and Porsche concluded second in the manufacturers championship. Also finished third in the 24 Hours of Daytona, again in the Brumos' Porsche 911. On the other hand, returned to Surfers Paradise but this time he drove a Holden Commodore, finishing second in the first round and 14th in the second.

Porsche officially entered in the 2013 World Endurance Championship, Lieb and hired to drive one of the new Porsche 911 of Manthey alongside Lietz. Both, along with Dumas, won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and captured five fourth-place finishes, one fifth-place finish as well as one sixth-place finish, counting as third driver a Dumas in the first three rounds. Thus, was fifth in the Drivers' Championship, and third in the teams and makes. Also came second overall in the 24 Hours of Spa, and finishing seventh overall in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring and first in the SP7 class, also with Manthey. On the other hand, ran in the 24 Hours of Daytona with Brumos' Porsche 911, and the three rounds of minimatch resistance of V8 Supercars Holden Commodore with Jonathon Webb.

Porsche then announced after the conclusion of the 2013 season that Lieb would be joining the Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 program for the 2014 WEC.

On 4 September 2013, Lieb set a lap time of 6:57 in Porsche's 918 Spyder around the Nürburgring Nordschleife. This was at the time the third fastest official lap time from a street legal vehicle to go round the Ring.

Lieb won the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans overall in a Porsche 919 Hybrid. As of 2023, this was his last participation in the race.

Career Accolades Spa 24 Hours overall winner: 2003 FIA GT Championship N-GT/GT2 champion: 2003, 2005 24 Hours of Le Mans GT2 class winner: 2005, 2010, 2013 Spa 24 Hours GT2 class winner: 2005 Le Mans Series GT2 champion: 2006 24 Hours Nürburgring 2007 champion, 2008 champion, 2009 champion, 2011 champion Le Mans Series 2007 vice champion 24 Hours of Le Mans: Overall Winner 2016 13 overall victories in Nürburgring Endurance Series.

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Orbit Racing Leo Hindery Peter Baron Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 314 17th 2nd Orbit Racing BAM! Leo Hindery Mike Rockenfeller Porsche 911 GT3-RS GT 223 DNF DNF Alex Job Racing BAM! Motorsport Leo Hindery Mike Rockenfeller Porsche 911 GT3-RSR GT2 332 10th 1st Team Felbermayr-Proton Wolf Henzler Richard Lietz Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 24 DNF DNF Team Felbermayr-Proton Wolf Henzler Richard Lietz Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 338 11th 1st Team Felbermayr-Proton Wolf Henzler Richard Lietz Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTEPro 312 16th 4th Team Felbermayr-Proton Wolf Henzler Richard Lietz Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTEPro 184 DNF DNF Porsche AG Team Manthey Romain Dumas Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 315 15th 1st Porsche Team Romain Dumas Neel Jani Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1-H 348 11th 4th Porsche Team Romain Dumas Neel Jani Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 391 5th 5th Porsche Team Romain Dumas Neel Jani Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 384 1st 1st

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points 2012 Team Felbermayr-Proton LMGTE Pro Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SEB SPA LMS SIL SÃO BHR FUJ SHA 39th 5.5 2013 Porsche AG Team Manthey LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ SHA BHR 4th 123 2014 Porsche Team LMP1 Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4(Hybrid) SIL SPA LMS COA FUJ SHA BHR SÃO 3rd 117 2015 Porsche Team LMP1 Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4(Hybrid) SIL SPA LMS NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 3rd 138.5 2016 Porsche Team LMP1 Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche 2.0 L Turbo V4 (Hybrid) SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 1st 160

Complete V8 Supercar results + Not Eligible for points

Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Lap Ref 2013 Tekno Autosports Holden VF Commodore Jonathon Webb 12th 161

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Ref 2017 Competition Motorsports David Calvert-Jones Patrick Long Matt Campbell Porsche 911 GT3 R APA 289 2nd 1st 2018 Black Swan Racing Jeroen Bleekemolen Tim Pappas Luca Stolz Porsche 911 GT3 R APA 271 2nd 1st 2019 Black Swan Racing Jeroen Bleekemolen Tim Pappas Porsche 911 GT3 R APA DNS DNS