Dirk Werner Explained

Dirk Werner (born 25 May 1981 in Hannover, Lower Saxony)^[1] is a German racing driver.

Born in Hannover, Werner was 2007^[2] 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.^[3] 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.

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, he would become one of the six BMW drivers in its return to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters after two decades of absence.^[4]

Racing record

(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‡
2005	Farnbacher Racing	Porsche 997 GT3									GER	HUN	ITA	*BEL*	NC‡	0‡
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

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps
2006	Farnbacher/Loles Racing	Dieter Quester Philipp Peter Luca Riccitelli	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	683	12th	3rd
2007	Farnbacher Loles Motorsports	Leh Keen Pierre Ehret Jörg Hardt	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	GT	579	31st DNF	14th DNF
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	5th	2nd
2016	BMW Team RLL	Bill Auberlen Augusto Farfus Bruno Spengler	BMW M6 GTLM	GTLM	721	11th	5th

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	GTE Pro	276	DNF	DNF
2017	Porsche GT Team	Michael Christensen Kévin Estre	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	179	DNF	DNF

(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

(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		Points
2014	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW Z4 GTE	BMW 4.4 L V8	DAY	SEB	LBH	LAG	WGI	MOS	IND	ROA	VIR	AUS	PET	22nd	76
2015	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW Z4 GTE	BMW 4.4 L V8	DAY	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	AUS	PET		2nd	305
2016	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M6 GTLM	BMW 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

Web site: Dirk Werner. Racing Reference. 12 February 2012.
Web site: Dirk Werner. Gran-Am website. 12 February 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101229141046/http://www.grand-am.com/drivers/driver.cfm?series=r&did=1312. 29 December 2010.
Web site: O'Leary. Jamie. Dirk Werner takes sixth and final seat in BMW's 2012 DTM line-up. Autosport. 12 February 2012. 13 January 2012.
Web site: Dirk Werner completes BMW driver lineup for the German DTM. Autoweek. 12 February 2012. 15 January 2012.