Stefan Mücke

Stefan Mücke (born 22 November 1981) is a German racing driver.

Racing career Born in Berlin, Mücke started his racing career in 1998, when he won the Formula BMW ADAC series, with his father's Mücke Motorsport team, also making their debut. He competed in German Formula Three for his father's team for the next three years, before moving to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for 2002. He raced Mercedes for Team Rosberg, Persson Motorsport and Mücke Motorsport in his four years in the series.

In 2007, Mücke moved into sports car racing, in the FIA GT Championship for the AllInkl.com team in a Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT, and in the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Charouz Racing Systems in their Lola. He continued to race with Charouz in 2008. In 2009, he competed at the Le Mans Series for Aston Martin Racing. He recorded three consecutive top-ten finishes in the LMP1 class at Le Mans.

On 5 June 2011, Mücke was involved in incident with Richard Westbrook during FIA GT1 World Championship race at Silverstone. First, Westbrook hit Mücke who spun as a result, while Westbrook damaged his own car. Mücke continued and clipped ahead of Westbrook who was driving down Hangar Straight. Both cars were wrecked as a result, and were out of the race. Mücke received ten-place grid penalty for the next race and he was also reported to DMSB to have his licence withdrawn.

Mücke again had his aggressive driving style questioned after at least two incidents in the 2015 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour. Both involved collisions with Bentleys on the difficult Mount Panorama Circuit. The first took out David Brabham at 'The Cutting', the second on the last corner of the last lap forced Matt Bell wide, depriving the latter of a podium place. "I think the guy (Mücke) needs a bit of a talking to." said Bell's co-driver Guy Smith.

For 2012, Mücke competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Aston Martin Racing in a GTE-Pro class Aston Martin Vantage.

In the 80th, edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2012, Mücke and the Aston Martin Racing got the third place in the GTE-Pro class along with his co-drivers the Mexican Adrián Fernández and the British Darren Turner, their Aston Martin Vantage 4.5 L-V8 covered a total of 332 laps (2,811.65 miles), in the Circuit de la Sarthe without failure or serious mechanical problems. Also the team achieved the fastest lap of the category with 3 minutes and 54.928 seconds.

In 2016, Mücke joined Ford Chip Ganassi Racing UK's two-car FIA World Endurance Championship LMGTE Pro effort after eight seasons with Aston Martin.

Racing record

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) 1 – Shanghai was a non-championship round. † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2007 Charouz Racing System Jan Charouz Alex Yoong Lola B07/17-Judd LMP1 338 8th 5th 2008 Charouz Racing System Aston Martin Racing Jan Charouz Tomáš Enge Lola B08/60-Aston Martin LMP1 354 9th 9th 2009 AMR Eastern Europe Jan Charouz Tomáš Enge Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 LMP1 373 4th 4th 2010 Aston Martin Racing Harold Primat Adrián Fernández Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 LMP1 365 6th 5th 2011 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner Christian Klien Aston Martin AMR-One LMP1 4 DNF DNF 2012 Aston Martin Racing Adrián Fernández Darren Turner Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTEPro 332 19th 3rd 2013 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner Peter Dumbreck Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTEPro 314 17th 3rd 2014 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner Bruno Senna Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTEPro 310 35th 6th 2015 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner Rob Bell Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTEPro 110 DNF DNF 2016 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Billy Johnson Olivier Pla Ford GT GTEPro 339 21st 4th 2017 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Billy Johnson Olivier Pla Ford GT GTEPro 332 27th 10th 2018 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Billy Johnson Olivier Pla Ford GT GTEPro 340 21st 6th 2019 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Billy Johnson Olivier Pla Ford GT GTEPro 340 25th 6th

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 Pos Points 2010 Young Driver AMR Aston Martin ABUQR4 ABUCRRet SILQRRet SILCR5 BRNQR11 BRNCRRet PRIQRRet PRICR20 SPAQR3 SPACRRet NÜRQR9 NÜRCR5 ALGQR15 ALGCR11 NAVQRDNS NAVCRDNS INTQR12 INTCR11 SANQRRet SANCR5 20th 34 2011 Young Driver AMR Aston Martin ABUQRRet ABUCR5 ZOLQRRet ZOLCR7 ALGQR4 ALGCR2 SACQR3 SACCR3 SILQRRet SILCRRet NAVQR6 NAVCRRet PRIQR3 PRICR2 ORDQR7 ORDCR5 BEIQR2 BEICR1 SANQRDNS SANCRDNS 2nd 120

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points 2012 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SEB SPA LMS SIL SÃO BHR FUJ SHA 35th 7 2013 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ SHA BHR 3rd 125.5 2014 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS COA FUJ SHA BHR SÃO 5th 102 2015 Aston Martin Racing LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Vantage GTE Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS NÜR COA 18th 34 Aston Martin Racing V8 FUJ SHA BHR 2016 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK LMGTE Pro Ford GT Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 4th 118 2017 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK LMGTE Pro Ford GT Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 8th 95 2018–19 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK LMGTE Pro Ford GT Ford EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6 SPA LMS SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS 5th 88

Complete European Le Mans Series results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2007 Charouz Racing System LMP1 Lola B07/17 Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10 MNZ9 VAL2 NUR4 SPA7 SILNC MIL 10th 15 2008 Charouz Racing System LMP1 Lola B08/60 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 CAT3 MNZ8 SPA10 NUR5 SIL2 9th 19 2009 AMR Eastern Europe LMP1 Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 CAT SPA ALG NUR SIL 1st 39