- Dirk Müller
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In 2006, as a WTCC driverNationality 
German24 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 Tafel Racing in the 2008 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 he is racing in the American Le Mans Series in Ferrari F430 GTC with Dominik Farnbacher in the GT2 class.
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 Mayländer292 19th 2nd 2000 GT 83 M Porsche 911 GT3-R
Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 Dick Barbour Racing Lucas Luhr
Bob Wollek319 DSQ DSQ 2010 GT2 79 D BMW M3 GT2
BMW 4.0L V8 BMW Motorsport
Andy Priaulx
Dirk Werner320 19th 6th 2011 GTE
Pro56 D BMW M3 GT2
BMW 4.0L V8 BMW Motorsport Andy Priaulx
Joey Hand313 15th 3rd External links
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