Marcel Tiemann

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Marcel Tiemann (born 19 March 1974) is a former racing driver from Germany. He is best known for being a five-time winner of the 24 Hours Nürburgring race with Opel and Porsche.

Career

Early series

Tiemann started his career in Formula König before moving to Formula Renault Germany. In 1994 he won the championship, and graduated to Formula 3. In 1996, Tiemann won the Formula 3 Monaco Grand Prix driving for Opel.[1]

Sportscars

File:Alex Job 996.jpg
Marcel Tiemann driving in ALMS

In 1997 Tiemann switched from single seaters to sportscars, and competed in the FIA GT1 Championship season for AMG. He won the round in Suzuka, and secured podiums at four other races. Returning for 1998, his best result was 2nd at Oschersleben.[2][3][4]

In 1999, he was entered to race at the Le Mans 24h endurance race. However, the Mercedes-Benz CLR he was driving was involved in two high-profile accidents with Mark Webber driving, and the car was pulled out of the race.[5]

In 2001, he drove for Zakspeed in V8Star Series finishing 2nd in the championship with two wins.[6][7]

Tiemann began racing in America in 2005, where he joined the American Le Mans Series and Grand American Rolex Series. In 2008, he scored his best finish in GrandAm at Watkins Glen driving for GM.[8][9]

Tiemann made regular appearances in the Nürburgring Endurance Series during his career, taking 19 overall victories in total.[10]

DTM

In 2000, Tiemann joined the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters series with Team Persson driving a Mercedes CLK in Original-Teile livery. Over 16 races, Tiemann scored 53 points and finished 10th in the Championship.[11] In 2001, he switched to Manthey Racing, still driving a Mercedes, and over 3 races he scored his best finish in the series with 3rd at the Norisring.[12] In 2002, Tiemann returned for 1 race at Hockenheim finishing 15th.

24 Hours Nürburgring

Tiemann's greatest successess have come in the 24 Hours Nürburgring. He won his first in 2003 in the E1-XP class with OPC Team Phoenix's Opel Astra V8.[13] He returned with the same team in 2004 and finished in 10th, before switching to the A7 class with Manthey Racing in their Porsche for 2005. He would pilot the car to victory in 2006, the first of 4 back to back victories at the race; driving exclusively Manthey Porsche's.[14][15][16]

Accident at Imola

In 2010, Tiemann joined the International GT Open driving an Audi R8. However, during the race at Imola on May 23, Tiemann collided with another car at the rolling start and was forced into a retaining wall at high speed. He sustained brain trauma, a fractured vertebra and broken ribs in the impact, and was placed in a medically induced coma to assist his recovery.[17] He was moved to Germany, and later regained consciousness and mostly recovered, but has been unable to race due to the resulting neurological damage and other problems from the accident.[18][19][20][21]

Racing record

Career Summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
1992 Formula König ? ? ? ? ? 46 10th
1993 Formula Renault Germany Elf Team Formel Renault 8 0 0 1 2 177 10th
1994 Formula Renault Germany Elf Team Formel Renault 8 2 1 2 7 351 1st
1995 German Formula 3 Championship Elf Zakspeed 16 0 0 0 0 24 13th
1996 German Formula 3 Championship Opel Team BSR 15 1 0 1 6 115 4th
Monaco Grand Prix Formula 3 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
1997 FIA GT Championship - GT1 AMG-Mercedes 9 1 0 0 5 34 5th
1998 FIA GT Championship - GT1 Team Persson Motorsport 9 0 0 0 1 19 9th
1999 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTP AMG-Mercedes 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2000 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Persson Motorsport 16 0 0 0 0 53 10th
2001 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Manthey Racing 3 0 0 0 1 26 12th
V8Star Series Zakspeed Motorsport 9 2 2 2 5 203 2nd
2002 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Manthey Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 25th
Porsche Supercup Software AG-Manthey Racing 12 0 0 0 0 100 9th
2003 24 Hours of Nürburgring - E1-XP OPC Team Phoenix 1 1 ? ? 1 N/A 1st
2004 24 Hours of Nürburgring Team Phoenix 1 0 0 ? 0 N/A 10th
2005 24 Hours of Nürburgring - A7 Manthey Racing 1 0 ? ? 0 N/A 6th
Rolex Sports Car Series - DP Orbit Racing 1 0 0 0 0 23 70th
Le Mans Endurance Series - GT1 A-Level Engineering 3 0 0 0 1 9 11th
American Le Mans Series - GT2 Alex Job Racing 1 0 0 0 1 22 17th
2006 Rolex Sports Car Series - DP Alex Job Racing 1 0 0 0 0 12 102nd
American Le Mans Series - GT2 4 0 0 0 2 41 16th
FIA GT Championship - GT2 Manthey Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours Nürburgring - SP7 1 1 ? ? 1 N/A 1st
2007 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP7 Manthey Racing 1 1 0 ? 1 N/A 1st
2008 Rolex Sports Car Series - DP Bob Stallings/Riley-Matthews 1 0 0 0 0 18 55th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP7 Manthey Racing 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
2008-09 Speedcar Series Continental Circus 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2009 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP7 Manthey Racing 1 1 ? ? 1 N/A 1st
2010 International GT Open Phoenix Racing 6 0 0 0 0 22 27th

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 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 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pts
2000 Persson Motorsport AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM HOC
1
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		HOC
2
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OSC
1
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OSC
2
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NOR
1
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NOR
2
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SAC
1
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SAC
2
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NÜR
1
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NÜR
2
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LAU
1
CScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LAU
2
CScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OSC
1
NCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OSC
2
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NÜR
1
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NÜR
2
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		HOC
1
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		HOC
2
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		10th 53
2001 Manthey-Eschmann Racing AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM HOC
QR 		HOC
CR 		NÜR
QR 		NÜR
CR 		OSC
QR
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OSC
CR
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SAC
QR
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SAC
CR
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NOR
QR
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NOR
CR
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LAU
QR 		LAU
CR 		NÜR
QR 		NÜR
CR 		A1R
QR 		A1R
CR 		ZAN
QR 		ZAN
CR 		HOC
QR 		HOC
CR 		12th 26
2002 Manthey Racing AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM 2001 HOC
QR
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		HOC
CR
15Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		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 		25th 0
  • † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class
Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1994 Template:Flagicon Dürener Motorsportclub Template:Flagicon Philipp Peter
Template:Flagicon Peter Wyss 		Rover 220 GSi 4 81 93rd 20th
2003 Template:Flagicon OPC Team Phoenix Template:Flagicon Manuel Reuter
Template:Flagicon Timo Scheider
Template:Flagicon Volker Strycek 		Opel Astra V8 Coupé E1 143 1st 1st
2004 Template:Flagicon OPC Team Phoenix Template:Flagicon Manuel Reuter
Template:Flagicon Timo Scheider
Template:Flagicon Volker Strycek 		Opel Astra V8 Coupé E1 129 10th 5th
2005 Template:Flagicon Manthey Racing Template:Flagicon Timo Bernhard
Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Collard
Template:Flagicon Lucas Luhr 		Porsche 996 GT3-MR A7 127 9th 6th
2006 Template:Flagicon Manthey Racing Template:Flagicon Timo Bernhard
Template:Flagicon Lucas Luhr
Template:Flagicon Mike Rockenfeller 		Porsche 996 GT3-MR SP7 151 1st 1st
2007 Template:Flagicon Manthey Racing Template:Flagicon Timo Bernhard
Template:Flagicon Romain Dumas
Template:Flagicon Marc Lieb 		Porsche 997 GT3-RSR SP7 112 1st 1st
2008 Template:Flagicon Manthey Racing Template:Flagicon Timo Bernhard
Template:Flagicon Romain Dumas
Template:Flagicon Marc Lieb 		Porsche 997 GT3-RSR SP7 148 1st 1st
2009 Template:Flagicon Manthey Racing Template:Flagicon Timo Bernhard
Template:Flagicon Romain Dumas
Template:Flagicon Marc Lieb 		Porsche 997 GT3-RSR SP7 155 1st 1st
2010 Template:Flagicon Manthey Racing Template:Flagicon Timo Bernhard
Template:Flagicon Romain Dumas
Template:Flagicon Marc Lieb 		Porsche 997 GT3-R SP9 GT3 47 DNF DNF

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class
Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1999 Template:Flagicon AMG-Mercedes Template:Flagicon Mark Webber
Template:Flagicon Jean-Marc Gounon 		Mercedes-Benz CLR LMGTP 0 DNS DNS

24 Hours of Spa results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />Class
Pos.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2006 Template:Flagicon Manthey Racing Template:Flagicon Lucas Luhr
Template:Flagicon Sascha Maassen 		Porsche 997 GT3-RSR G2 518 14th 1st

Personal life

Tiemann lives in Mallorca, Spain with his wife and two children. He previously lived in Monaco. Following retirement from racing, he became a brand ambassador for Mercedes-Benz and also runs a construction company building nursing homes in Germany.[21][22] Tiemann's father is Hans-Jürgen Tiemann who won the 1997 and 1999 24 Hours of Nürburgring races, the latter with Sabine Schmitz.[23][24]

References

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External links

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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check German Formula Renault champion
1994 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
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Race Winner
1996 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
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