Dirk Müller

In 2006, as a WTCC driver
Nationality	German
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	1999–2000, 2010 –
Teams	Champion Racing, Dick Barbour Racing, BMW Motorsport
Best finish	15th (2011)
Class wins	0

Dirk Müller (born 18 November 1975 in Burbach) is a German race driver, driving for BMW Team RLL in the 2012 American Le Mans Series. His former Schnitzer BMW team-mate Jörg Müller is unrelated, as is French driver Yvan Muller.

In 1996, Dirk Müller won a Formula 3 race at the Nürburgring. In 1998, after a win in the GT1 class of the 24 Hours of Daytona, he scored his first title, the German Porsche Cup, to be followed by the ALMS GT title in 2000.

From the 2002 to 2005 season, both Dirk and Jörg were driving BMW 3series model E46 touring cars for the Schnitzer-operated works squad Team Deutschland in the FIA European Touring Car Championship (now WTCC). Since 2006, the team uses the new BMW 3series model E90 which is based on the BMW 320si limited edition model that has a 4-cyl engine rather than the usual 6-cyl.

The 2004 24 Hours Nürburgring was won by both Müllers (and Hans-Joachim Stuck) with the BMW M3 GTR V8 that had been raced successfully in the 2001 ALMS. In 2005, the Müllers finished 2nd behind their sister car.

After touring cars he joined to Ferrari AF Corse with Toni Vilander and won the FIA GT Championship in GT2 class. In 2008 raced in the American Le Mans Series in Ferrari F430 GTC with Dominik Farnbacher in the GT2 class.

In 2009, Müller rejoined BMW to spearhead its factory program with Rahal Letterman Racing in the American Le Mans Series. He and Joey Hand won the 2011 American Le Mans Series GT driver's championship following wins at the Twelve Hours of Sebring, Grand Prix of Long Beach and Lime Rock Park.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1999	GT	80	P	Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	Champion Racing	Bob Wollek Bernd Mayländer	292	19th	2nd
2000	GT	83	M	Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	Dick Barbour Racing	Lucas Luhr Bob Wollek	319	DSQ	DSQ
2010	GT2	79	D	BMW M3 GT2 BMW 4.0L V8	BMW Motorsport	Andy Priaulx Dirk Werner	320	19th	6th
2011	GTE Pro	56	D	BMW M3 GT2 BMW 4.0L V8	BMW Motorsport	Andy Priaulx Joey Hand	313	15th	3rd

External links

• Dirk Müller
• Profile - by FIA GT Championship official website