Michael Bartels

Michael Bartels Nationality German Born (1968-03-08) 8 March 1968 Plettenberg, Germany FIA GT1 World Championship career Debut season 2010 Current team Vitaphone Racing Car no. 18 Starts 38 Wins 8 Poles 3 Fastest laps 2 Best finish 1st in 2010 Previous series 2004-09 2004 2003 2000-02 1997-99 1994-1996 1990-93 1988-89 1986-87 FIA GT Championship Le Mans Series V8Star Series DTM Super Tourenwagen Cup DTM International Formula 3000 German F3 Formula Ford Championship titles 1986 2006, 08-09 2010 German Formula Ford 1600 FIA GT Championship GT1 FIA GT1 World Championship Born (1968-03-08) 8 March 1968 Formula One World Championship career Active years 1991 Teams Lotus Entries 4 (0 starts) Championships 0 Wins 0 Podiums 0 Career points 0 Pole positions 0 Fastest laps 0 First entry 1991 German Grand Prix Last entry 1991 Spanish Grand Prix

Michael Bartels (born 8 March 1968 in Plettenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a professional racing driver. He is a multiple FIA GT champion and former Grand Prix driver who failed to qualify for 4 Formula One races with Lotus.

Career

Bartels was the 1985 German karting champion and the 1986 German Formula Ford 1600 champion. He competed in the German Formula Three Championship in 1988 and 1989, before stepping up to International Formula 3000 in 1990.

Bartels filled in at Lotus for Johnny Herbert, who had commitments in Japanese Formula 3000, at four Grands Prix during the 1991 Formula One season, but failed to qualify at all four races. Bartels continued in F3000, finishing 4th in 1992, before switching to the DTM in 1994, where he continued to race until the series ended at the end of 1996. Bartels raced in the Super Tourenwagen Cup for the next three years, before the DTM was resurrected in 2000. He won the 24 Hours Nürburgring in 2000 (in a works Porsche 911 GT3) and 2001 (in a Chrysler Viper GTS-R).

Michael Bartels in the Vitaphone Racing Maserati MC12

After racing in the final year of the V8Star Series in 2003, finishing third behind Pedro Lamy and Thomas Mutsch, he switched to the FIA GT Championship for 2004 with Konrad Motorsport (in a Saleen S7R). For the 2005 season he began racing a Maserati MC12 for his own Bartels Motor & Sport team under the Vitaphone Racing banner, alongside compatriat Timo Scheider. Andrea Bertolini replaced Scheider for 2006 and the pairing won the championship in 2006, 2008 and 2009. Bartels also won the Spa 24 Hours in 2005, 2006 and 2008.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
1990	CoBRa Motorsport	Reynard 90D	Mugen Honda	DON 11	SIL Ret	PAU DSQ	JER Ret	MNZ Ret	PER 7†	HOC Ret	BRH 11	BIR Ret	BUG 13	NOG 6	22nd	1
1991	GA Motorsport	Ralt RT23	Ford Cosworth	VAL DNQ											NC	0
	First Racing	Reynard 91D			PAU 8	JER Ret	MUG 15	PER	HOC	BRH	SPA	BUG	NOG
1992	Crypton Engineering	Reynard 92D	Ford Cosworth	SIL Ret	PAU 2	CAT Ret	PER 4	HOC 2	NÜR 2	SPA 3	ALB Ret	NOG Ret	MAG DSQ		4th	25
1993	Pacific Racing	Reynard 93D	Ford Cosworth	DON Ret	SIL 3	PAU Ret	PER Ret	HOC Ret	NÜR Ret	SPA Ret	MAG	NOG			11th	4

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Points
1991	Team Lotus	Lotus 102B	Judd EV 3.5 V8	USA	BRA	SMR	MON	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	GER DNQ	HUN DNQ	BEL	ITA DNQ	POR	ESP DNQ	JPN	AUS	NC	0

Partial Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/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	DC	Points
1994	Jägermeister Schübel Engineering	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti	ZOL 1 Ret	ZOL 2 DNS	HOC 1 12	HOC 2 12	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 14	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 DNS	NOR 1 8	NOR 2 9	DIE 1 12	DIE 2 Ret	NÜR 1 12	NÜR 2 9	AVU 1 Ret	AVU 2 DNS	SIN 1 Ret	SIN 2 DNS	HOC 1 7	HOC 2 3	15th	23
1995	Euroteam	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 DNS	AVU 1 6	AVU 2 Ret	NOR 1 10†	NOR 2 Ret	DIE 1 1	DIE 2 1	NÜR 1 10	NÜR 2 Ret	SIN 1 Ret	SIN 2 DNS	HOC 1 13	HOC 2 Ret							10th	47
2000	Opel Team Phoenix	Opel Astra Coupé 2000	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 3	OSC 1 18	OSC 2 Ret	NOR 1 5	NOR 2 5	SAC 1 6	SAC 2 6	NÜR 1 14	NÜR 2 10	OSC 1 7	OSC 2 5	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 8	HOC 1 4	HOC 2 3					7th	87
2001	Opel Team Holzer 2	Opel Astra Coupé 2001	HOC QR 14	HOC CR Ret	NÜR QR 20	NÜR CR 14	OSC QR 17	OSC CR 14	SAC QR 17	SAC CR 10	NOR QR 8	NOR CR 6	LAU QR 14	LAU CR Ret	NÜR QR 14	NÜR CR 11	A1R QR 8	A1R CR Ret	ZAN QR 18	ZAN CR 10	HOC QR 4	HOC CR 12	18th	8
2002	OPC Team Holzer	Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2002	HOC QR 13	HOC CR 14	ZOL QR 3	ZOL CR 8	DON QR 13	DON CR Ret	SAC QR 10	SAC CR 11	NOR QR DSQ	NOR CR 11	LAU QR 19	LAU CR 17	NÜR QR 19	NÜR CR 11	A1R QR 21	A1R CR 15	ZAN QR 10	ZAN CR Ret	HOC QR 16	HOC CR Ret	15th	1

• † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Complete International Touring Car Championship 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	21	22	23	24	25	26	DC	Points
1995	Euroteam	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti	MUG 1 13	MUG 2 DNS	HEL 1 Ret	HEL 2 DNS	DON 1 19	DON 2 Ret	EST 1 21†	EST 2 DNS	MAG 1 18†	MAG 2 DNS																	26th	0
1996	JAS Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	HOC 1 14	HOC 2 14	NÜR 1 11	NÜR 2 Ret	EST 1 18	EST 2 DNS	HEL 1 4	HEL 2 Ret	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 DNS	DIE 1 8	DIE 2 Ret	SIL 1 Ret	SIL 2 8	NÜR 1 15	NÜR 2 14	MAG 1 Ret	MAG 2 Ret	MUG 1 20†	MUG 2 DNS	HOC 1 13	HOC 2 Ret	INT 1 Ret	INT 2 17	SUZ 1 15	SUZ 2 17†	21st	16

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2010	Vitaphone Racing Team	Maserati MC12	ABU QR 3	ABU CR 4	SIL QR 3	SIL CR 7	BRN QR 1	BRN CR 5	PRI QR 1	PRI CR 1	SPA QR Ret	SPA CR 7	NÜR QR 10	NÜR CR 6	ALG QR 2	ALG CR 1	NAV QR 7	NAV CR 6	INT QR 8	INT CR 9	SAN QR 12	SAN CR 7	1st	138
2012	BMW Team Vita4One	BMW Z4	NOG QR 11	NOG CR 10	ZOL QR 1	ZOL CR 2	NAV QR 3	NAV QR 5	SVK QR 3	SVK CR 1	ALG QR 2	ALG CR 5	SVK QR 1	SVK CR 1	MOS QR 10	MOS CR 7	NÜR QR 4	NÜR CR 4	DON QR 9	DON CR 9			3rd	144

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2014	Vita4one Racing Team	BMW Z4 GT3	Pro-Am	NOG QR	NOG CR	BRH QR	BRH CR	ZAN QR	ZAN CR	SVK QR	SVK CR	ALG QR	ALG CR	ZOL QR 18	ZOL CR 16	BAK QR	BAK CR	55th	0

* Season still in progress.

Personal life

Bartels dated Steffi Graf for seven years, between 1992 and 1999.

External links

• Official website (in German)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Joachim Winkelhock	Guia Race winner 1999	Succeeded by Patrick Huisman
Preceded by Gabriele Gardel	FIA GT Champion 2006 with: Andrea Bertolini	Succeeded by Thomas Biagi
Preceded by Thomas Biagi	FIA GT Champion 2008-2009 with: Andrea Bertolini	Succeeded by None (Series Ended)
Preceded by None (Series Started)	FIA GT1 World Champion 2010 with: Andrea Bertolini	Succeeded by Lucas Luhr Michael Krumm