Franz Konrad (racing driver) explained

Franz Konrad (born 8 June 1951 in Graz, Austria) is a former race driver and founder of Konrad Motorsport in 1976.

As a driver, he won the 1983 German Formula Three Championship in an Anson SA4-Toyota. In 1990, he took a career best 2nd in the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans driving a Jaguar, then followed this with an overall victory in the 1993 24 Hours Nürburgring driving a Porsche 911. He was also one of the drivers of the class winning at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1998 driving a Porsche GT2 Twin Turbo.

He was also constructor of the Konrad KM-011, a Group C sportscar using Lamborghini power.

Racing record

Complete World Sportscar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		Pts
1976	Heinzmann-Rennfeuerschutz-Racing-Team	T/GT3.0	Porsche Carrera RS	Porsche 3.0 F6	MUG	VAL	SIL	NÜR	ÖST	GLN	DIJ					^[1]
1977	Kannacher GT-Racing	Gr.5	Porsche 935	Porsche 2.8 F6t	DAY	MUG	SIL
	Porsche Kremer Racing							NÜR	GLN	MOS	BRH	HOC	VAL
1978	Konrad Motorsport	Gr.5	Porsche 935	Porsche 2.8 F6t	DAY	MUG	DIJ	SIL	NÜR	MIS	GLN	VAL				^[2]
1983	Porsche Kremer Racing	C	Porsche 956	Porsche Type-935 2.6 F6t	MNZ	SIL	NÜR	LMS	SPA	FUJ						NC	0
	Pametex/Pretoria Brick		Porsche CK5	Porsche Type-935 2.8 F6t							KYA
1984	Porsche Kremer Racing	C1	Porsche 956	Porsche Type-935 2.6 F6t	MNZ	SIL	LMS									23rd	26
								NÜR	BRH			IMO	FUJ	KYA	SAN
			Porsche 956B							MOS
			Porsche 962C								SPA
1985	Porsche Kremer Racing	C1		Porsche Type-935 2.6 F6t	MUG	MNZ	SIL	LMS								32nd	12
	New-Man Joest Racing		Porsche 956						HOC	MOS	SPA	BRH	FUJ
	John Fitzpatrick Racing		Porsche 956B											SHA
1986	Richard Cleare Racing	GTP	March 85G	Porsche Type-962 3.2 F6t	MNZ	SIL	LMS									NC	0
	SAT Porsche Kremer Team	C1	Porsche 956	Porsche Type-935 2.8 F6t				NOR	BRH	JER	NÜR	SPA
	Cara International Racing		LM 06C	Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L4t									FUJ
1987	Porsche Kremer Racing	C1		Porsche Type-935 2.8 F6t	JAR	JER	MNZ	SIL	LMS					FUJ		34th	10
	Mussato Action Car			Ferrari 308C 3.0 V8t						NOR	BRH	NÜR	SPA
1988	Blaupunkt Joest Racing	C1	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 2.8 F6t	JER	JAR	MNZ	SIL	LMS							29th	30
				Porsche Type-935 3.0 F6t						BRN	BRH
	Dauer Racing											NÜR	SPA	FUJ	SAN
1989	Dauer Racing	C1	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.0 F6t	SUZ	DIJ	JAR									34th	8
	Brun Motorsport							BRH	NÜR	DON	SPA
	Porsche Kremer Racing		Porsche 962-CK6									MEX
1990	Konrad Motorsport	C	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.0 F6t	SUZ	MNZ	SIL	SPA	DIJ	NÜR	DON	CGV	MEX			NC	0
1991	Konrad Motorsport	C2	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.2 F6t	SUZ	MNZ	SIL	LMS	NÜR							54th	2
		C1	Konrad KM-011	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12					NÜR	MAG	MEX	AUT

Footnotes:

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps
1978	Whittington Bros. Racing	Don Whittington Bill Whittington	Porsche 935/77	Gr.5 +2.0	41	DNF	DNF
1985	Kremer Porsche Racing	Jean-Pierre Jarier Mike Thackwell	Porsche 962C	C1	356	9th	9th
1987	Porsche Kremer Racing	George Fouché Wayne Taylor	Porsche 962C	C1	327	4th	4th
1988	Blaupunkt Joest Racing	David Hobbs Didier Theys	Porsche 962C	C1	380	5th	5th
1989	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Rudi Seher Andres Vilariño	Porsche 962C	C1	81	DNF	DNF
1990	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Jan Lammers Andy Wallace	Jaguar XJR-12	C1	355	2nd	2nd
1991	Konrad Motorsport	Anthony Reid Pierre-Alain Lombardi	Porsche 962C	C2	98	DNF	DNF
1993	Konrad Motorsport	Jun Harada Antônio Hermann de Azevedo	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	GT	293	19th	5th
1994	Konrad Motorsport	Antônio Hermann de Azevedo Mike Sommer	Porsche 911 Turbo	GT1	100	DNF	DNF
1995	Porsche Kremer Racing	Jürgen Lässig Antônio Hermann de Azevedo	Kremer K8 Spyder-Porsche	WSC	163	DNF	DNF
1996	Konrad Motorsport	Antônio Hermann de Azevedo Wido Rössler	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	GT1	107	DNF	DNF
1997	Konrad Motorsport	Mauro Baldi Robert Nearn	Porsche 911 GT1	GT1	138	DNF	DNF
1998	Konrad Motorsport	Larry Schumacher Nick Ham	Porsche 911 GT2	GT2	24	DNF	DNF
1999	Konrad Motorsport	Peter Kitchak Charles Slater	Porsche 911 GT2	GTS	293	18th	7th
2001	Saleen-Allen Speedlab	Oliver Gavin Terry Borcheller	Saleen S7-R-Ford	GTS	246	18th	3rd
2002	Konrad Motorsport	Terry Borcheller Toni Seiler	Saleen S7-R-Ford	GTS	266	26th	7th
2003	Konrad Motorsport	Toni Seiler Walter Brun	Saleen S7-R-Ford	GTS	91	DNF	DNF

Complete European Formula Two Championship 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		Pts
	URD Rennwagenbau	March 792	BMW	THR	HOC	NÜR	VAL	PAU	SIL	ZOL	MUG	ZAN	PER	MIS			NC	0
	GELO Racing Team														HOC
	Scuderia Teutonia	March 802	BMW	SIL	HOC	THR	NÜR	VAL	MUG	PAU	PER	SPA	DON	MIS	MAN		NC	0
	Franz Konrad Racing	March 802	BMW	SIL	HOC	THR	NÜR	MUG	VAL	PAU	SPA	HOC	DON	MAN	PER	MIS	NC	0

Complete FIA GT Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		Pts
1997	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	GT2	HOC			NÜR	SPA	A1R	SUZ	DON	MUG	SEB	LAG	17th	10
		Porsche 911 GT1	GT1		SIL	HEL									NC	0
1998	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	GT2	OSC	SIL	HOC	DIJ	HUN	SUZ	DON	A1R	HOM	LAG		6th	20
1999	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	GT	MNZ	SIL	HOC	HUN	ZOL	OSC	DON	HOM	GLN	ZHU		15th	13
2000	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	GT	VAL	EST	MNZ	SIL	HUN	ZOL	A1R	LAU	BRN	MAG		16th	7
2003	Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	GT	CAT	MAG	PER	BRN	DON	SPA	AND	OSC	EST	MNZ		16th	17
2004	Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	GT	MNZ	VAL	MAG	HOC	BRN	DON	SPA	IMO	OSC	DUB	ZHU	59th	3
2005	Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	GT1	MNZ	MAG	SIL	IMO	BRN	SPA	OSC	IST	ZHU	DUB	BHR	NC	0

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12		Pts
2014	Dempsey Racing	GTD	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche 4.0 F6	DAY	SEB	LAG	DET	WGL	MOS	IMS	ROA	VIR	COA	PET		156th	1
2016	Konrad Motorsport	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 V10	DAY	SEB											65th	2
2017	Konrad Motorsport	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini 5.2 V10	DAY	SEB	LBH	COA	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ROA	VIR	LAG	PET	80th	11

External links

• Konrad Motorsport's official website
• Franz Konrad driver profile

Notes and References

1. In 1976 and 1977 the World Championship was divided into two series that ran simultaneously but separately: The World Sportscar Championship and the World Championship for Makes.
2. No drivers' Championship.