Quick Facts
Biography
Dirk Werner (born 25 May 1981) is a German BMW factory 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 at some of the most prestigious endurance races, such as 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 (with little success), the Le Mans Series and the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup in addition to the American Le Mans Series.
In 2012, he will be 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 7 | ESP 4 | MON 3 | GER Ret | USA 3 | USA 2 | FRA 5 | GBR 3 | GER 15 | HUN 2 | BEL 19† | ITA 5 | 3rd | 194 |
| 2005 | MRS Racing | Porsche 997 GT3 | ITA | ESP | MON | GER 9 | USA | USA | FRA | GBR | NC‡ | 0‡ | ||||
| Farnbacher Racing | GER 18† | HUN | ITA 5 | BEL 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | Farnbacher Racing | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR 6 | ITA 6 | 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 | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 17 | LAU 19 | BRH 16 | SPL Ret | NOR 10 | NÜR 12 | ZAN 8 | OSC 4 | VAL 9 | HOC 5 | 9th | 29 |
| 2013 | BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW M3 DTM | HOC 2 | BRH 12 | SPL 8 | LAU 13 | NOR 11 | MSC 8 | NÜR 15 | OSC 13 | ZAN 21† | HOC 8 | 13th | 30 |