Marcel Tiemann

Marcel Gerard Tiemann (born 19 March 1974) is a German former racing driver. He is best known for being a five-time winner of the 24 Hours Nürburgring race with Opel and Porsche.

Career Early series Tiemann started his career in Formula König before moving to Formula Renault Germany. In 1994, he won the championship, and graduated to Formula 3. In 1996, Tiemann won the Formula 3 Monaco Grand Prix driving for Opel.

Sportscars

In 1997, Tiemann switched from single seaters to sportscars, and competed in the FIA GT1 Championship season for AMG. He won the round in Suzuka, and secured podiums at four other races. Returning for 1998, his best result was second at Oschersleben.

In 1999, Tiemann was entered to race at the Le Mans 24h endurance race. However, the Mercedes-Benz CLR he was driving was involved in two high-profile accidents with Mark Webber driving, and the car was pulled out of the race.

In 2001, Tiemann drove for Zakspeed in V8Star Series finishing second in the championship with two wins.

Tiemann began racing in America in 2005, where he joined the American Le Mans Series and Grand American Rolex Series. In 2008, he scored his best finish in GrandAm at Watkins Glen driving for GM.

Tiemann made regular appearances in the Nürburgring Endurance Series during his career, taking 19 overall victories in total.

DTM In 2000, Tiemann joined the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters series with Team Persson driving a Mercedes CLK in Original-Teile livery. Over 16 races, Tiemann scored 53 points and finished tenth in the Championship. In 2001, he switched to Manthey Racing, still driving a Mercedes, and over three races, he scored his best finish in the series with third at the Norisring. In 2002, Tiemann returned for one race at Hockenheim, finishing 15th.

24 Hours Nürburgring Tiemann's greatest successes have come in the 24 Hours Nürburgring. He won his first in 2003 in the E1-XP class with OPC Team Phoenix's Opel Astra V8. He returned with the same team in 2004 and finished in tenth, before switching to the A7 class with Manthey Racing in their Porsche for 2005. He would pilot the car to victory in 2006, the first of four back to back victories at the race; driving exclusively Manthey Porsche's.

Accident at Imola In 2010, Tiemann joined the International GT Open driving an Audi R8. However, during the race at Imola on May 23, Tiemann collided with another car at the rolling start and was forced into a retaining wall at high speed. He sustained brain trauma, a fractured vertebra and broken ribs in the impact, and was placed in a medically induced coma to assist his recovery. He was moved to Germany, and later regained consciousness and mostly recovered, but has been unable to race due to the resulting neurological damage and other problems from the accident.

Personal life Tiemann lives in Mallorca, Spain with his wife and two children. He previously lived in Monaco. Following retirement from racing, he became a brand ambassador for Mercedes-Benz and also runs a construction company building nursing homes in Germany. Tiemann's father is who won the 1997 and 1999 24 Hours of Nürburgring races, the latter with Sabine Schmitz.

Racing record Career Summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 1992 Formula König ? ? ? ? ? 46 10th 1993 Formula Renault Germany Elf Team Formel Renault 8 0 0 1 2 177 10th 1994 Formula Renault Germany Elf Team Formel Renault 8 2 1 2 7 351 1st 1995 German Formula 3 Championship Elf Zakspeed 16 0 0 0 0 24 13th 1996 German Formula 3 Championship Opel Team BSR 15 1 0 1 6 115 4th Monaco Grand Prix Formula 3 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 1997 FIA GT Championship - GT1 AMG-Mercedes 9 1 0 0 5 34 5th 1998 FIA GT Championship - GT1 Team Persson Motorsport 9 0 0 0 1 19 9th 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTP AMG-Mercedes 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2000 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Persson Motorsport 16 0 0 0 0 53 10th 2001 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Manthey Racing 3 0 0 0 1 26 12th V8Star Series Zakspeed Motorsport 9 2 2 2 5 203 2nd 2002 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Manthey Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 25th Porsche Supercup Software AG-Manthey Racing 12 0 0 0 0 100 9th 2003 24 Hours of Nürburgring - E1-XP OPC Team Phoenix 1 1 ? ? 1 N/A 1st 2004 24 Hours of Nürburgring Team Phoenix 1 0 0 ? 0 N/A 10th 2005 24 Hours of Nürburgring - A7 Manthey Racing 1 0 ? ? 0 N/A 6th Rolex Sports Car Series - DP Orbit Racing 1 0 0 0 0 23 70th Le Mans Endurance Series - GT1 A-Level Engineering 3 0 0 0 1 9 11th American Le Mans Series - GT2 Alex Job Racing 1 0 0 0 1 22 17th 2006 Rolex Sports Car Series - DP Alex Job Racing 1 0 0 0 0 12 102nd American Le Mans Series - GT2 4 0 0 0 2 41 16th FIA GT Championship - GT2 Manthey Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours Nürburgring - SP7 1 1 ? ? 1 N/A 1st 2007 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP7 Manthey Racing 1 1 0 ? 1 N/A 1st 2008 Rolex Sports Car Series - DP Bob Stallings/Riley-Matthews 1 0 0 0 0 18 55th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP7 Manthey Racing 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st2008-09 Speedcar Series Continental Circus 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2009 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP7 Manthey Racing 1 1 ? ? 1 N/A 1st 2010 International GT Open Phoenix Racing 6 0 0 0 0 22 27th

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1994 Dürener Motorsportclub Philipp Peter Peter Wyss Rover 220 GSi 4 81 93rd 20th 2003 OPC Team Phoenix Manuel Reuter Timo Scheider Volker Strycek Opel Astra V8 Coupé E1 143 1st 1st 2004 OPC Team Phoenix Manuel Reuter Timo Scheider Volker Strycek Opel Astra V8 Coupé E1 129 10th 5th 2005 Manthey Racing Timo Bernhard Emmanuel Collard Lucas Luhr Porsche 996 GT3-MR A7 127 9th 6th 2006 Manthey Racing Timo Bernhard Lucas Luhr Mike Rockenfeller Porsche 996 GT3-MR SP7 151 1st 1st 2007 Manthey Racing Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Marc Lieb Porsche 997 GT3-RSR SP7 112 1st 1st 2008 Manthey Racing Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Marc Lieb Porsche 997 GT3-RSR SP7 148 1st 1st 2009 Manthey Racing Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Marc Lieb Porsche 997 GT3-RSR SP7 155 1st 1st 2010 Manthey Racing Timo Bernhard Romain Dumas Marc Lieb Porsche 997 GT3-R SP9 GT3 47 DNF DNF

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1999 AMG-Mercedes Mark Webber Jean-Marc Gounon Mercedes-Benz CLR LMGTP 0 DNS DNS

24 Hours of Spa results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2006 Manthey Racing Lucas Luhr Sascha Maassen Porsche 997 GT3-RSR G2 518 14th 1st