Stefan Mücke Explained

Stefan Mücke
Nationality: German
Birth Place:West Berlin, West Germany
Racing Licence: FIA Platinum
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Best Finish:4th

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,[1] 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 Mücke received 10-place grid penalty for the next race and he was also reported to DMSB to have his licence withdrawn.[2]

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.[3]

For 2012, Mücke will compete 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.[4] [5]

In 2016, Stefan joined Ford Chip Ganassi Racing UK's two-car FIA World Endurance Championship LMGTE Pro effort after eight seasons with Aston Martin.[6]

Racing record

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920Pts
2002Team RosbergAMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2001HOC
QR

HOC
CR

ZOL
QR

ZOL
CR

DON
QR

DON
CR

SAC
QR

SAC
CR

NOR
QR

NOR
CR

LAU
QR

LAU
CR

NÜR
QR

NÜR
CR

A1R
QR

A1R
CR

ZAN
QR

ZAN
CR

HOC
QR

HOC
CR

20th0
2003Team RosbergAMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2002HOC
ADR
NÜR
LAU
NOR
DON
NÜR
A1R
ZAN
HOC
20th0
2004Persson MotorsportAMG-Mercedes CLK-DTM 2003HOC
EST
ADR
LAU
NOR
SHA1
NÜR
OSC
ZAN
BRN
HOC
15th2
2005Mücke MotorsportAMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004HOC
LAU
SPA
BRN
OSC
NOR
NÜR
ZAN
LAU
IST
HOC
18th3
2006Mücke MotorsportAMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2005HOC
LAU
OSC
BRH
NOR
NÜR
ZAN
CAT
BUG
HOC
12th7
1 – Shanghai was a non-championship round.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLaps
2007 Charouz Racing System Jan Charouz
Alex Yoong
Lola B07/17-JuddLMP13388th5th
2008 Charouz Racing System
Aston Martin Racing
Jan Charouz
Tomáš Enge
Lola B08/60-Aston MartinLMP13549th9th
2009 AMR Eastern Europe Jan Charouz
Tomáš Enge
Lola-Aston Martin B09/60LMP13734th4th
2010 Aston Martin Racing Harold Primat
Adrián Fernández
Lola-Aston Martin B09/60LMP13656th5th
2011 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner
Christian Klien
Aston Martin AMR-OneLMP14DNFDNF
2012 Aston Martin Racing Adrián Fernández
Darren Turner
Aston Martin Vantage GTEGTE
Pro
33219th3rd
2013 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner
Peter Dumbreck
Aston Martin Vantage GTEGTE
Pro
31417th3rd
2014 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner
Bruno Senna
Aston Martin Vantage GTEGTE
Pro
31035th6th
2015 Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner
Rob Bell
Aston Martin Vantage GTEGTE
Pro
110DNFDNF
2016 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Billy Johnson
Olivier Pla
Ford GTGTE
Pro
33921st4th
2017 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Billy Johnson
Olivier Pla
Ford GTGTE
Pro
33227th10th
2018 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Billy Johnson
Olivier Pla
Ford GTGTE
Pro
34021st6th
2019 Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK Billy Johnson
Olivier Pla
Ford GTGTE
Pro
34025th6th

Complete GT1 World Championship results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920PosPoints
2010Young Driver AMRAston MartinABU
QR

4
ABU
CR

Ret
SIL
QR

Ret
SIL
CR

5
BRN
QR

11
BRN
CR

Ret
PRI
QR

Ret
PRI
CR

20
SPA
QR

3
SPA
CR

Ret
NÜR
QR

9
NÜR
CR

5
ALG
QR

15
ALG
CR

11
NAV
QR

DNS
NAV
CR

DNS
INT
QR

12
INT
CR

11
SAN
QR

Ret
SAN
CR

5
20th34
2011Young Driver AMRAston MartinABU
QR

Ret
ABU
CR

5
ZOL
QR

Ret
ZOL
CR

7
ALG
QR

4
ALG
CR

2
SAC
QR

3
SAC
CR

3
SIL
QR

Ret
SIL
CR

Ret
NAV
QR

6
NAV
CR

Ret
PRI
QR

3
PRI
CR

2
ORD
QR

7
ORD
CR

5
BEI
QR

2
BEI
CR

1
SAN
QR

DNS
SAN
CR

DNS
2nd120

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantClassCarEngine123456789RankPoints
2012Aston Martin RacingLMGTE ProAston Martin Vantage GTEAston Martin 4.5 L V8SEB
SPA
LMS
SIL
SÃO
BHR
FUJ
SHA
35th7
2013Aston Martin RacingLMGTE ProAston Martin Vantage GTEAston Martin 4.5 L V8SIL
SPA
LMS
SÃO
COA
FUJ
SHA
BHR
3rd125.5
2014Aston Martin RacingLMGTE ProAston Martin Vantage GTEAston Martin 4.5 L V8SIL
SPA
LMS
COA
FUJ
SHA
BHR
SÃO
5th102
2015Aston Martin RacingLMGTE ProAston Martin Vantage GTEAston Martin 4.5 L V8SIL
SPA
LMS
NÜR
COA18th34
Aston Martin Racing V8FUJ
SHABHR
2016Ford Chip Ganassi Team UKLMGTE ProFord GTFord EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6SIL
SPA
LMS
NÜR
MEX
COA
FUJ
SHA
BHR
4th118
2017Ford Chip Ganassi Team UKLMGTE ProFord GTFord EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6SIL
SPA
LMS
NÜR
MEX
COA
FUJ
SHA
BHR
8th95
2018–19Ford Chip Ganassi Team UKLMGTE ProFord GTFord EcoBoost 3.5 L Turbo V6SPA
LMS
SIL
FUJ
SHA
SEB
SPA
LMS
5th88

Complete European Le Mans Series results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
2007Charouz Racing SystemLMP1Lola B07/17Judd GV5.5 S2 5.5 L V10MNZ
9
VAL
2
NUR
4
SPA
7
SIL
NC
MIL10th15
2008Charouz Racing SystemLMP1Lola B08/60Aston Martin 6.0 L V12CAT
3
MNZ
8
SPA
10
NUR
5
SIL
2
9th19
2009AMR Eastern EuropeLMP1Lola-Aston Martin B09/60Aston Martin 6.0 L V12CAT
SPA
ALG
NUR
SIL
1st39

Notes and References

  1. http://dtm.com/newsausgabe.php?id=5208 Stefan Mücke quits DTM
  2. Web site: JRM Nissan takes Tourist Trophy in Silverstone thriller . 2011-06-06 . 2011-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110821041315/http://media.gt1world.com/newsitem.php?key=476 . dead .
  3. Web site: Le Mans winner eyeing Bathurst 12 Hour return. 8 February 2015.
  4. Web site: LeMans TV Live . Live.lemans-tv.com . 2012-06-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120606021128/http://live.lemans-tv.com/ . 2012-06-06 .
  5. Web site: Aston Martin Vantage GTE Scores Podium on Le Mans Debut . Fernandezracing.net . 2012-06-18 . 2013-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131204233403/http://www.fernandezracing.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=222:aston-martin-vantage-gte-scores-podium-on-le-mans-debut&catid=43:news-index-category&Itemid=117&lang=en . dead .
  6. Web site: Stefan Mücke. performance.ford.com. 2016-10-21.