Michael Bartels

Michael Wilhelm Bartels (born 8 March 1968) is a German professional racing driver. He is an FIA GT1 world champion for Vitaphone and a former Grand Prix driver who attempted to qualify for four races in 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 Formula One season, but failed to qualify at all four races. Bartels continued in F3000, finishing fourth 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).

After racing in the final year of the V8Star Series in 2003, finishing third behind Pedro Lamy and Thomas Mutsch, Bartels switched to the FIA GT Championship for 2004 with Konrad Motorsport (in a Saleen S7R). For the 2005 season, he began racing a Maserati MC12 for his own Bartels Motor & Sport team under the Vitaphone Racing banner, alongside compatriot 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.

Personal life From 1992 to 1999, Bartels dated tennis player Steffi Graf.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula One results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 1991 Team Lotus Lotus 102B Judd EV 3.5 V8 USA BRA SMR MON CAN MEX FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS NC 0

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/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 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 1994 Nissan Primera Racing Nissan Primera eGT AVU12 WUN7 ZOLRet ZAN14 ÖST2 SAL4 SPA7 NÜRRet 6th 33 1997 Opel Team SMS Opel Vectra HOC1 HOC2 ZOL1 ZOL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 NOR1 NOR2 WUN1 WUN2 ZWE1 ZWE2 SAL1 SAL2 REG1 REG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 11th 263 1998 Peugeot Esso Peugeot 406 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 NOR1 NOR2 REG1 REG2 WUN1 WUN2 ZWE1 ZWE2 SAL1 SAL2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 19th 143 1999 Jever Audi-Team AZK Phoenix Audi A4 Quattro SAC1 SAC2 ZWE1 ZWE2 OSC1 OSC2 NOR1 NOR2 MIS1 MIS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAL1 SAL2 OSC1 OSC2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 7th 419

Complete International 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 21 22 23 24 25 26 Pts 1995 Euroteam Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti MUG1 MUG2 HEL1 HEL2 DON1 DON2 EST1 EST2 MAG1 MAG2 26th 0 1996 JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 EST1 EST2 HEL1 HEL2 NOR1 NOR2 DIE1 DIE2 SIL1 SIL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MAG1 MAG2 MUG1 MUG2 HOC1 HOC2 INT1 INT2 SUZ1 SUZ2 21st 16

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 Pts 2010 Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC12 ABUQR3 ABUCR4 SILQR3 SILCR7 BRNQR1 BRNCR5 PRIQR1 PRICR1 SPAQRRet SPACR7 NÜRQR10 NÜRCR6 ALGQR2 ALGCR1 NAVQR7 NAVCR6 INTQR8 INTCR9 SANQR12 SANCR7 1st 138 2012 BMW Team Vita4One BMW Z4 (E89) NOGQR11 NOGCR10 ZOLQR1 ZOLCR2 NAVQR3 NAVQR5 SVKQR3 SVKCR1 ALGQR2 ALGCR5 SVKQR1 SVKCR1 MOSQR10 MOSCR7 NÜRQR4 NÜRCR4 DONQR9 DONCR9 3rd 144

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts 2014 Vita4one Racing Team BMW Z4 GT3 Pro-Am NOGQR NOGCR BRHQR BRHCR ZANQR ZANCR SVKQR SVKCR ALGQR ALGCR ZOLQR ZOLCR BAKQR BAKCR 55th 0