Dirk Werner (born 25 May 1981 in Hannover, Lower Saxony) is a German racing driver.
Born in Hannover, Werner was 2007 and 2009 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series champion for Farnbacher-Loles Racing driving a Porsche 911 and finished third in the GT Class in the 2011 American Le Mans Series season. Werner has scored podiums various high level endurance races, including the 24 Hours of Daytona, 24 Hours of Spa, 24 Hours of Nürburgring, 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans.
Werner 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 2009.
Since 2010, Werner is a BMW works driver, and has competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Le Mans Series and the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup in addition to the American Le Mans Series.
In 2012, Werner would become one of the six BMW drivers in its return to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters after two decades of absence.
Racing record
Complete Porsche Supercup 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 DC Points 2004 Farnbacher Racing Porsche 996 GT3 ITA ESP MON GER USA USA FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA 3rd 194 2005 MRS Racing Porsche 997 GT3 ITA ESP MON GER USA USA FRA GBR NC‡ 0‡ Farnbacher Racing GER HUN ITA BEL 2006 Farnbacher Racing Porsche 997 GT3 BHR ITA GER ESP MON GBR USA USA FRA GER HUN ITA 20th 10 † — Did not finish the race but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ Not eligible for points
24 Hours of Daytona results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2006 Farnbacher/Loles Racing Dieter Quester Philipp Peter Luca Riccitelli Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GT 683 12th3rd 2007 Farnbacher Loles Motorsports Leh Keen Pierre Ehret Jörg Hardt Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GT 579 31stDNF 14thDNF 2008 Farnbacher Loles Racing Dominik Farnbacher Pierre Ehret Timo Bernhard Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GT 646 18th 8th 2009 Farnbacher Loles Racing Leh Keen Wolf Henzler Richard Westbrook Porsche 997 GT3 Cup GT 676 16th 8th 2012 Turner Motorsport Bill Auberlen Paul Dalla Lana Michael Marsal Dirk Müller BMW M3 GT 691 27th 16th 2014 BMW Team RLL Graham Rahal John Edwards Dirk Müller BMW Z4 GTE GTLM 668 14th 4th 2015 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Augusto Farfus Bruno Spengler BMW Z4 GTE GTLM 725 5th2nd 2016 BMW Team RLL Bill Auberlen Augusto Farfus Bruno Spengler BMW M6 GTLM GTLM 721 11th 5th
Britcar 24 Hour results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2007 Duller Motorsport Jamie Campbell-Walter Dieter Quester Johannes Stuck BMW Z4 M Coupé 1 GT3 5961st1st
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2010 BMW Motorsport Andy Priaulx Dirk Müller BMW M3 GT2 GT2 53 DNF DNF 2011 BMW Motorsport Augusto Farfus Jörg Müller BMW M3 GT2 GTEPro 276 DNF DNF 2017 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 179 DNF DNF
Complete DTM 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 Pos Points 2012 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M3 DTM HOC LAU BRH SPL NOR NÜR ZAN OSC VAL HOC 9th 29 2013 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M3 DTM HOC BRH SPL LAU NOR MSC NÜR OSC ZAN HOC 13th 30
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points 2017 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR NC 0
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points2014BMW Team RLLGTLMBMW Z4 GTEBMW 4.4 L V8DAYSEBLBHLAGWGIMOSINDROAVIRAUSPET 22nd 762015BMW Team RLLGTLMBMW Z4 GTEBMW 4.4 L V8DAYSEBLBHLGAWGLMOSELKVIRAUSPET 2nd3052016BMW Team RLLGTLMBMW M6 GTLMBMW S63 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR AUS PET 7th 298 2017 Porsche GT Team GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY SEB LBH AUS WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 5th 295 2019 Black Swan Racing GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 DAY SEB MDO DET WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 41st 38
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