Jörg Müller

For other people named Jörg Müller, see Jörg Müller (disambiguation).

Jörg Müller In 2007, as a WTCC driver Nationality German Born (1969-09-03) 3 September 1969 Kerkrade (Netherlands) Related to Ewald Müller (father) Le Mans Series (GT2) career Debut season 2010 Current team BMW Team Schnitzer Car no. 78 Previous series 1988 1989 1989 1990–94 1991 1991 1994 1995–96 1996 1997–2000 1998 1999–2001 2002–2004 2005–2009 German Formula Ford German Formula Opel European Formula Ford 1600 German F3 British F3 French F3 Formula One testing German Supertouring International F3000 Formula One testing FIA GT ALMS ETCC WTCC Championship titles 1989 1989 1994 1996 2001 German Formula Opel European Formula Ford 1600 German F3 International F3000 ALMS (GT) 24 Hours of Le Mans career Participating years 1997 - 1999, 2010 Teams Nissan Motorsport Porsche AG BMW Motorsport Best finish 2nd (1998) Class wins 0

Jörg Müller (born 3 September 1969) is a Dutch-born German professional racing driver.

Racing career

Born in Kerkrade, Netherlands, Müller won the titles in 1989 German Formula Opel Lotus Challenge and in 1989 European Formula Ford 1600.

The 1994 German Formula Three Champion won a Supertouring car race for BMW in 1995 and the 1995-1996 Spa 24 Hours as well as the 1996 Formula 3000 Championship for team RSM Helmut Marko Lola-Zytek. He also won the prestigious Macau Grand Prix in 1993.

From 1997 to 1998, Müller was a Formula One testdriver for Arrows and Sauber-Petronas, before joining the BMW-WilliamsF1 project to do tests for engines and Michelin tyres from 1999 to 2001. He never managed to race in Formula One though.

From 1997 to 2000 he was also busy in sportscar racing, with drives for Nissan (and Porsche in the FIA GT Championship, 1998). He was part of the team that were winning the 24 Hours of Daytona in a Porsche 911 GT1 and leading the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans for 18 hours in a BMW V12 LMR.

In 2000 (BMW V12 LMR) and 2001 (BMW M3 GTR V8), Müller was successful in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) for BMW and Schnitzer Motorsport.

Müller driving the BMW 320si WTCC car at Brands Hatch in 2008.

From the 2002 to 2005 season, Müller drove BMW 3series model E46 touring cars for the Schnitzer-operated works squad Team Deutschland (also called Team Germany) in the FIA European Touring Car Championship (now WTCC). Since 2006, the team uses the new BMW 3series model E90 which is based on the BMW 320si limited edition model that has a 4-cyl engine rather than the usual 6-cyl.

The 2004 24 Hours Nürburgring was won by both Müllers (and Hans-Joachim Stuck) with the BMW M3 GTR V8 that had been raced successfully in the 2001 ALMS. In 2005, the Müllers finished 2nd behind their sister car.

In 2006 Müller finished second in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). The following year he finished seventh in the championship. He finished seventh again in 2008 and sixth in 2009.

Müller with the 2010 1000 km of Zhuhai GT2 winners' trophy.

For 2010 BMW reduced its WTCC squad down to two cars. Müller left the WTCC and became part of BMW's Le Mans Series team. This move brought immediate success in the form of an overall win for Müller at the 24 Hours Nürburgring in a M3 GT2. This victory was shared with Augusto Farfus, Pedro Lamy, and Uwe Alzen. In November Müller teamed up with Dirk Werner at the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup and the pair won the 1000km of Zhuhai for BMW Team Schnitzer.

During the 2011 ILMC season, Müller repeated his victory in Zhuhai, finishing 1st in class in the 6 Hours of Zhuhai. He shared this victory with Augusto Farfus. Also, in the same year, Müller participated in that year's Nürburgring 24 Hour Race as defending champion in the BMW M3 GT, with exactly the same lineup from 2010 entered by BMW Team Schnitzer (Farfus, Alzen, Lamy)

With BMW's factory effort entirely on the DTM for the 2012 programme, and their indefinite suspension of Le Mans efforts, Müller returned to the American Le Mans Series sharing a BMW with Bill Auberlen. He claimed a win and three podiums, plus two 4th-place finishes, and finished 6th overall.

For 2013, Müller joined Schubert Motorsport for a season in the ADAC GT Masters. He finished 17th overall, claiming a podium at Nürburgring, and given an accident he had at Spa-Francorchamps. Because of this accident, however, he was unable to attend that year's running of the Nürburgring 24 Hours. Claudia Hürtgen took his place.

In 2014, Müller joined BMW Sports Trophy Team Studie for a full season of the Super GT Championship, racing a BMW Z4 GT3. While Müller and teammate Seiji Ara were unable to pull off a single victory in the season, despite several close battles for P1 on some occasions, their efforts were enough to land them in 3rd place in the overall standings. Augusto Farfus helped Müller and Ara secure a podium at the 1000 km race in Suzuka.

Müller's 2015 season started shortly at the turn of the year, driving for the MPB Racing Team's BMW M235i Racing in the Dubai 24 Hour as a BMW works driver. However, a braking problem with the car resulting in a repair lasting at least two hours cost the team any chance of a class victory. Nevertheless, the MPB Racing Team's BMW still set the fastest lap in class. On February 5, 2015, Müller was given the honour to drive the BMW M6 GT3 on first roll-out at the BMW factory in Dingolfing, in addition to providing crucial support in the development stage of the car. The BMW M6 GT3 being the successor to the Z4 GT3.

Family

Müller is the son of former European Karting-champion Ewald Müller. He is not related to former team-mate Dirk Müller or to French driver Yvan Muller.

Müller currently resides in Monaco. He has a younger brother, Rainer, and an older sister, Marion.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Points
1996	RSM Marko	NÜR 2	PAU 1	PER 2	HOC 2	SIL Ret	SPA 1	MAG 3	EST 2	MUG 2	HOC Ret	1st	52

Complete American Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
1999	BMW Motorsport	LMP	BMW V12 LMR	BMW S70 6.0 L V12	M	SEB ovr:1 cls:1	ATL	MOS	SON	POR	PET ovr:3 cls:3	MON	LSV					21st	52
2000	BMW Motorsport	LMP	BMW V12 LMR	BMW S70 6.0 L V12	M	SEB ovr:3 cls:3	CHA ovr:1 cls:1	SIL ovr:1 cls:1	NÜR ovr:2 cls:2	SON ovr:3 cls:3	MOS ovr:2 cls:2	TEX ovr:4 cls:4	ROS ovr:3 cls:3	PET ovr:5 cls:5	MON ovr:3 cls:3	LSV ovr:26 cls:9	ADE	5th	221
2001	BMW Motorsport	GT	BMW M3	BMW 3.2L I6	M	TEX ovr:12 cls:5									PET ovr:9 cls:2			1st	191
			BMW M3 GTR	BMW 4.0L V8			SEB ovr:10 cls:3	DON ovr:Ret cls:Ret	JAR ovr:6 cls:2	SON ovr:7 cls:1	POR ovr:10 cls:3	MOS ovr:10 cls:1	MID ovr:14 cls:1	MON ovr:9 cls:1
2009	BMW Rahal Letterman Racing	GT2	BMW M3 GT2	BMW 4.0 L V8	D	SEB	STP	LNB	UTA	LIM	MID	AME	MOS	PET ovr:9 cls:2	MON			27th	26
2012	BMW Team RLL	GT	BMW M3 GT2	BMW 4.0 L V8	D	SEB ovr:22 cls:4	LNB ovr:29 cls:10	MON ovr:11 cls:3	LIM ovr:14 cls:6	MOS ovr:16 cls:7	MID ovr:14 cls:3	AME ovr:13 cls:1	BAL ovr:12 cls:8	VIR ovr:11 cls:4	PET ovr:14 cls:3			6th	107

Complete European 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	DC	Pts
2002	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	MAG 1 5	MAG 2 5	SIL 1 3	SIL 2 8	BRN 1 5	BRN 2 4	JAR 1 3	JAR 2 4	AND 1 4	AND 2 1	OSC 1 2	OSC 2 2	SPA 1 2	SPA 2 1	PER 1 4	PER 2 3	DON 1 5	DON 2 1	EST 1 4	EST 2 1	2nd	93
2003	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	VAL 1 4	VAL 2 2	MAG 1 1	MAG 2 1	PER 1 6	PER 2 Ret	BRN 1 DSQ	BRN 2 16†	DON 1 4	DON 2 1	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 4	AND 1 4	AND 2 4	OSC 1 1	OSC 2 4	EST 1 4	EST 2 5	MON 1 11†	MON 2 1	2nd	106
2004	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	MON 1 4	MON 2 1	VAL 1 6	VAL 2 5	MAG 1 2	MAG 2 4	HOC 1 4	HOC 2 1	BRN 1 7	BRN 2 4	DON 1 2	DON 2 Ret	SPA 1 2	SPA 2 1	IMO 1 7	IMO 2 Ret	OSC 1 4	OSC 2 Ret	DUB 1 6	DUB 2 12	4th	93

† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete World 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	DC	Points
2005	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	ITA 1 29	ITA 2 4	FRA 1 1	FRA 2 1	GBR 1 9	GBR 2 7	SMR 1 27	SMR 2 12	MEX 1 DNS	MEX 2 DNS	BEL 1 3	BEL 2 16	GER 1 3	GER 2 3	TUR 1 Ret	TUR 2 12	ESP 1 5	ESP 2 1	MAC 1 Ret	MAC 2 DNS					5th	59
2006	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320si	ITA 1 28	ITA 2 25†	FRA 1 2	FRA 2 2	GBR 1 Ret	GBR 2 Ret	GER 1 7	GER 2 1	BRA 1 9	BRA 2 7	MEX 1 19	MEX 2 15	CZE 1 1	CZE 2 4	TUR 1 Ret	TUR 2 8	ESP 1 6	ESP 2 1	MAC 1 6	MAC 2 1					2nd	72
2007	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si	BRA 1 1	BRA 2 3	NED 1 10	NED 2 3	ESP 1 8	ESP 2 2	FRA 1 11	FRA 2 10	CZE 1 2	CZE 2 1	POR 1 8	POR 2 2	SWE 1 15	SWE 2 10	GER 1 4	GER 2 Ret	GBR 1 14	GBR 2 7	ITA 1 16	ITA 2 14	MAC 1 13	MAC 2 20†			7th	66
2008	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si	BRA 1 3	BRA 2 4	MEX 1 14	MEX 2 12	ESP 1 5	ESP 2 4	FRA 1 9	FRA 2 13	CZE 1 5	CZE 2 7	POR 1 9	POR 2 7	GBR 1 1	GBR 2 4	GER 1 26	GER 2 9	EUR 1 8	EUR 2 2	ITA 1 9	ITA 2 10	JPN 1 2	JPN 2 Ret	MAC 1 10	MAC 2 Ret	7th	60
2009	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si	BRA 1 NC	BRA 2 5	MEX 1 5	MEX 2 13	MAR 1 8	MAR 2 4	FRA 1 3	FRA 2 18	ESP 1 6	ESP 2 2	CZE 1 2	CZE 2 7	POR 1 11	POR 2 8	GBR 1 6	GBR 2 2	GER 1 Ret	GER 2 4	ITA 1 NC	ITA 2 15	JPN 1 2	JPN 2 16	MAC 1 7	MAC 2 2	6th	76

† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Super GT results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2013	GSR & Studie with Team Ukyo	BMW Z4 GT3	GT300	OKA	FUJ	SEP	SUG	SUZ DSQ	FUJ	FUJ	AUT	MOT	NC	0
2014	BMW Sports Trophy Team Studie	BMW Z4 GT3	GT300	OKA 2	FUJ 4	AUT 15	SUG 8	SUZ 7	FUJ 3	BUR 2	MOT 7		3rd	62
2015	BMW Sports Trophy Team Studie	BMW Z4 GT3	GT300	OKA Ret	FUJ 6	CHA 3	FUJ Ret	SUZ 2	SUG 19	AUT 3	MOT 9		7th	47

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1997	Nissan Motorsport TWR	Martin Brundle Wayne Taylor	Nissan R390 GT1	GT1	139	DNF	DNF
1998	Porsche AG	Uwe Alzen Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT1-98	GT1	350	2nd	2nd
1999	Team BMW Motorsport	Tom Kristensen JJ Lehto	BMW V12 LMR	LMP	304	DNF	DNF
2010	BMW Motorsport	Augusto Farfus Uwe Alzen	BMW M3 GT2	GT2	320	19th	6th
2011	BMW Motorsport	Augusto Farfus Dirk Werner	BMW M3 GT2	GTE Pro	276	DNF	DNF

External links

• Jörg Müller official website
• Profile - by FIA GT Championship official website

Sporting positions
Preceded by Laurent Aïello	Monaco Formula Three Support Race Winner 1991	Succeeded by Marco Werner
Preceded by Rickard Rydell	Macau Grand Prix Winner 1993	Succeeded by Sascha Maassen
Preceded by Jos Verstappen	German Formula Three champion 1994	Succeeded by Norberto Fontana
Preceded by Vincenzo Sospiri	International Formula 3000 Champion 1996	Succeeded by Ricardo Zonta
Preceded by Dirk Müller	American Le Mans Series GT Champion 2001	Succeeded by Lucas Luhr Sascha Maassen