Dirk Adorf
| Dirk Adorf | |
|---|---|
Adorf in 2016 | |
| Nationality | German |
| Born | 10 July 1969 Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
| 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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- ^ Motorsport.com Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Haasper, Florian (22 May 2009). "Ford GT fährt überraschend auf Pole". Motorsport-Total (in German). Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ^ Turner, Kevin (1 August 2010). "BMW closes on Spa 24 Hours win". Autosport. Haymarket Media Group. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ^ "Spa 24 Hours - Final Hour". Dailysportscar. 1 August 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ^ Lehbrink, Ingo (1 August 2010). "Team BMW Motorsport finishes third and fourth at Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours". BMW Group. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ^ Dagys, John (9 January 2020). "BMW Revives Junior Team; Names Drivers for 2020". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ^ Stritzke, Heiko (13 January 2024). "Adorf appelliert im Nürburgring-Streit: Macht es wie beim Permit!". Motorsport-Total (in German). Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ^ "Dirk Adorf (D) - All Results - Racing Sports Cars". RacingSportsCars.com. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Wouters, Vincent (28 August 2015). "24H Zolder: BMW met wereldprimeur in Zolder". autosport.be (in Dutch). Belcar Endurance. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ^ Lehbrink, Ingo (30 August 2015). "BMW Motorsport Juniors gain valuable experience at the 24 Hours of Zolder". BMW Group. Retrieved 13 March 2026.