Richard Lietz
Richard Lietz | |||||||||||
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Nationality | Austrian | ||||||||||
Born |
Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria | 17 February 1983||||||||||
WEC career | |||||||||||
Debut season | 2012 | ||||||||||
Current team | Dempsey-Proton Racing | ||||||||||
Car no. | 77 | ||||||||||
Former teams | Porsche Team Manthey, Team Felbermayr-Proton | ||||||||||
Starts | 39 | ||||||||||
Wins | 7 | ||||||||||
Poles | 2 | ||||||||||
Best finish | 1st in 2015 | ||||||||||
Championship titles | |||||||||||
2007 2009 2010 2015 |
International GT Open Le Mans Series (GT2 class) Le Mans Series (GT2 class) World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers | ||||||||||
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Richard Lietz (born 17 December 1983) is an Austrian professional racing driver. He has competed in such series as American Le Mans Series, Formula 3 Euro Series and the Rolex Sports Car Series. He is also a multiple race-winner in Porsche Supercup. Lietz was overall series champion in the 2007 International GT Open season with Swiss driver Joël Camathias. He has won the GT2 class of the Le Mans Series twice, alongside German driver Marc Lieb in both in the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
Born in Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Lietz won the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona GT division driving a Magnus Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup with co-drivers Andy Lally, Rene Rast and team owner John Potter. He will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Team Felbermayr-Proton. In 2015 he was crowned World Endurance Champion for GT drivers. Winning the title in a factory Manthey Porsche
Racing record
Partial 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 |
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2004 | Tolimit Motorsport | Porsche 996 GT3 | ITA | ESP | MON | GER | USA | USA | FRA | GBR | GER 8 |
HUN 7 |
BEL 12 |
ITA 9 |
NC‡ | 0‡ |
2005 | Tolimit Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3 | ITA 6 |
ESP 8 |
MON 5 |
GER 8 |
USA 5 |
USA 7 |
FRA 1 |
GBR Ret |
GER 5 |
HUN 6 |
ITA 21 |
BEL 6 |
5th | 130 |
2006 | Tolimit Motorsport | Porsche 997 GT3 | BHR 8 |
ITA 11 |
GER 2 |
ESP 22 |
MON 1 |
GBR 3 |
USA Ret |
USA 4 |
FRA 2 |
GER 1 |
HUN 4 |
ITA 5 |
3rd | 157 |
‡ Not eligible for points.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2007 | ![]() |
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Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 320 | 15th | 1st |
2008 | ![]() |
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Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 26 | DNF | DNF |
2009 | ![]() |
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Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 24 | DNF | DNF |
2010 | ![]() |
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Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 338 | 11th | 1st |
2011 | ![]() |
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Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GTE Pro |
312 | 16th | 4th |
2012 | ![]() |
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Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GTE Pro |
184 | DNF | DNF |
2013 | ![]() |
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Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Pro |
315 | 16th | 1st |
2014 | ![]() |
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Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Pro |
337 | 15th | 3rd |
2015 | ![]() |
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Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Pro |
327 | 30th | 5th |
2016 | ![]() |
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Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Pro |
329 | 31st | 8th |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
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2012 | Team Felbermayr-Proton | LMGTE Pro | Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SEB 2 |
SPA 1 |
LMS Ret |
SIL 3 |
SÃO 3 |
BHR 3 |
FUJ 1 |
SHA 2 |
3rd† | 133† | |
2013 | Porsche AG Team Manthey | LMGTE Pro | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL 4 |
SPA 5 |
LMS 1 |
SÃO 4 |
COA 4 |
FUJ 4 |
SHA 6 |
BHR 4 |
4th | 123 | |
2014 | Porsche Team Manthey | LMGTE Pro | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL 1 |
SPA | LMS 2 |
COA | FUJ 4 |
SHA 2 |
BHR 4 |
SÃO 6 |
3rd | 111 | |
2015 | Porsche Team Manthey | LMGTE Pro | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL 2 |
SPA 2 |
LMS 5 |
NÜR 1 |
COA 1 |
FUJ 4 |
SHA 1 |
BHR 5 |
1st | 145 | |
2016 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | LMGTE Pro | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL 9 |
SPA 4 |
LMS 6 |
NÜR 6 |
MEX 6 |
COA 6 |
FUJ 7 |
SHA 6 |
BHR 7 |
8th | 74 |
† There was no drivers championship that year, the result indicates rank in the LMGTE Pro Trophy.
References
External links
- Official website
- Richard Lietz career summary at DriverDB.com
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Michele Bartyan |
International GT Open champion 2007 with Joël Camathias |
Succeeded by Andrea Montermini Michele Maceratesi |
Preceded by Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander |
FIA World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers 2015 |
Succeeded by Nicki Thiim Marco Sørensen |