Dirk Adorf

Dirk Adorf
Adorf in 2016
Nationality German
Born (1969-07-10) 10 July 1969
Racing licence FIA Gold (until 2017)
FIA Silver (2018–2021)
FIA Bronze (2022–)[1]

Dirk Adorf (born 10 July 1969 in Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German racing driver. A Nürburgring Nordschleife specialist, he has served as a factory driver for Opel and BMW.

Starting with small cars, he won the Nürburgring VLN German Endurance Trophy in 1992, 1996 and 1997.[2] This earned him drives in the German Super Tourenwagen Cup (STW) during 1995.

He would return to the STW in 1999, this time with Opel. After three seasons in the 2000cc touring car series, he moved to V8Star Series in 2002. His last competition there was in 2003, when he drove two races in V8Star. After the series folded, his team took the big Jaguar-bodied V8Star to the Nürburgring VLN endurance series, and after successfully adopting the car, they won a race in 2003, together with Hermann Tilke.

For 2004, he moved to the Raeder team, winning some more races. Later, he decided to enter a Lamborghini Gallardo, but with little success as the car remained unreliable. The team then acquired a FIA GT3–spec Ford GT from Matech, with which Adorf surprisingly set pole for the 2009 24 Hours of Nürburgring against strong competition.[3]

In 2010, Adorf joined the Schnitzer Motorsport–run BMW works team and looked set for a win on debut at the 2010 24 Hours of Spa, leading by over a lap when a track rod broke and sent Dirk Werner into the barrier in the last hour.[4] The trio eventually salvaged third place.[5][6]

Adorf continued to race the M3, Z4 and M4 iterations of BMW race cars at the Nürburgring 24 Hours until 2018. He currently serves as a BMW development driver, academy mentor and TV expert.[7][8]

Racing record

24 Hours of Nürburgring

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1992 Renngemeinschaft Sieglar Klaus-Dieter Häckel
Guido Thierfelder
Citroën AX Class 17 63 66th 2nd
1993 Team Matter Sicherheit Raimund Baumschlager
Edgar Dören
Hermann Tilke
Porsche 911 Carrera Class 1 28 DNF DNF
Renngemeinschaft Sieglar Peter Kröber
Michael Tanzberger
Guido Thierfelder
Citroën AX Sport Class 10 104 97th 7th
1994 FINA Tankstellen Team Schneider Markus Gedlich
Andy Middendorf
Sabine Schmitz
BMW 325i Class 3 100 18th 3rd
1995 Mühlner Motorsport Marco Munding
Wolfgang Savelsbergh
Opel Astra GSi Class 4 117 7th 1st
1996 Kissling Motorsport Günther Schmidt
Volker Strycek
Klaus-Peter Thaler
Opel Astra Class 1 94 84th 1st
ITT Automotive Europe Marco Werner
Thomas Winkelhock
Opel Astra GSi Class 3 126 9th 1st
1997 Mühlner Motorsport Eric Nève
Peter Oberndorfer
Volker Strycek
Opel Astra Class 1 64 DNF DNF
1999 Mühlner Motorsport Heinz-Josef Bermes
Karl Mauer
Wolfgang Savelsbergh
Opel Astra G A3 72 DNF DNF
Wolfgang Leufgen
Eric Nève
Wolfgang Savelsbergh
78 DNF DNF
2000 Mühlner Motorsport Heinz-Josef Bermes
Christian Menzel
Peter Wyss
Opel Astra A3 10 DNF DNF
Rudi Adams
Eric Nève
Manfred Theisen
10 DNF DNF
2003 Wiechers-Sport Ulrich Gallade
Thomas Mutsch
Hermann Tilke
V8Star Jaguar E1 39 DNF DNF
2004 Recaro - Raeder Motorsport Ulrich Gallade
Hermann Tilke
V8Star Jaguar E1 51 DNF DNF
2005 (private entrant) Patrick Simon
Hermann Tilke
V8Star Jaguar E1 7 DNF DNF
2006 Raeder Motorsport Peter Oberndorfer
Hermann Tilke
Lamborghini Gallardo SP8 1 DNF DNF
2007 Land-Motorsport Marc Basseng
Marc Hennerici
Frank Stippler
Porsche 996 GT3-RSR SP7 111 3rd 2nd
(private entrant) Markus Grossmann
Peter Oberndorfer
Hermann Tilke
Lamborghini Gallardo SP8 41 DNF DNF
2008 Raeder Motorsport Marc Hennerici
Ralf Schall
Hermann Tilke
Lamborghini Gallardo SP8 111 106th 6th
2009 Raeder Automotive Marc Hennerici
Thomas Mutsch
Hermann Tilke
Ford GT GT3 SP9
GT3
82 DNF DNF
2010 BMW Motorsport Dirk Müller
Andy Priaulx
Dirk Werner
BMW M3 GT2 E1-XP2 150 7th 2nd
2011 BMW Motorsport Pedro Lamy
Dirk Müller
Dirk Werner
BMW M3 GT2 E1-XP2 139 DNF DNF
2012 BMW Team Schubert Uwe Alzen
Dirk Müller
Jörg Müller
BMW Z4 GT3 SP9
GT3
150 7th 7th
Nico Bastian
Claudia Hürtgen
Dominik Schwager
150 8th 8th
2013 BMW Team Schubert Claudia Hürtgen
Jens Klingmann
Martin Tomczyk
BMW Z4 GT3 SP9
GT3
87 6th 6th
2014 BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS Nicky Catsburg
Bas Leinders
Markus Palttala
BMW Z4 GT3 SP9
GT3
60 DNF DNF
2015 BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS Nicky Catsburg
Augusto Farfus
Jörg Müller
BMW Z4 GT3 SP9
GT3
155 4th 4th
2017 Securtal Sorg Rennsport Jethro Bovingdon
Ricky Collard
Jörg Weidinger
BMW M4 GT4 SP8T 140 36th 1st
2018 Securtal Sorg Rennsport Tom Coronel
Nico Menzel
Beitske Visser
BMW M4 GT4 SP8T 92 102nd 6th
2020 Adrenalin Motorsport Tom Coronel
Christian Gebhardt
Niki Schelle
BMW M2 CS Racing BMW M2 65 NC NC
2021 Teichmann Racing GT4 Daniel Bohr
Timo Mölig
Felix von der Laden
KTM X-Bow GT4 Cup-X 47 69th 5th
2022 Teichmann Racing GTX Manuel Amweg
Tim Sandtler
Florian Wolf
KTM X-Bow GTX Cup-X 91 DNF DNF
2023 Griesemann Gruppe by TR Team Björn Griesemann
Georg Griesemann
Felix von der Laden
Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo AT 138 46th 3rd
2024 eFuel Team Griesemann Björn Griesemann
Georg Griesemann
Yves Volte
Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo AT3 44 48th 3rd
2025 Manthey Team eFuel Griesemann Björn Griesemann
Georg Griesemann
Yves Volte
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 AT2 130 20th 2nd
Sources:[9]

24 Hours of Spa

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2010 BMW Motorsport Dirk Müller
Dirk Werner
BMW M3 GT2 GTN 540 3rd 1st
Sources:[10]

24 Hours of Zolder

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2015 Walkenhorst Motorsport Victor Bouveng
Louis Delétraz
Trent Hindman
BMW M235i Racing Cup T7 710 15th 9th
Sources:[11][12]

References

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  2. ^ Motorsport.com Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Haasper, Florian (22 May 2009). "Ford GT fährt überraschend auf Pole". Motorsport-Total (in German). Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  4. ^ Turner, Kevin (1 August 2010). "BMW closes on Spa 24 Hours win". Autosport. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  5. ^ "Spa 24 Hours - Final Hour". Dailysportscar. 1 August 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  6. ^ Lehbrink, Ingo (1 August 2010). "Team BMW Motorsport finishes third and fourth at Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours". BMW Group. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  7. ^ Dagys, John (9 January 2020). "BMW Revives Junior Team; Names Drivers for 2020". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  8. ^ Stritzke, Heiko (13 January 2024). "Adorf appelliert im Nürburgring-Streit: Macht es wie beim Permit!". Motorsport-Total (in German). Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  9. ^ "Dirk Adorf (D) - All Results - Racing Sports Cars". RacingSportsCars.com. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  10. ^ "GT2 European Cup - Race Results: 2010 Round 1 - Spa-Francorchamps". gt2europe.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 1 August 2010. Archived from the original on 13 August 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  11. ^ Wouters, Vincent (28 August 2015). "24H Zolder: BMW met wereldprimeur in Zolder". autosport.be (in Dutch). Belcar Endurance. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
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