Marcel Tiemann

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

Marcel Tiemann driving Alex Job Racing's Porsche 911 GT3-RSR

Tiemann was born in Hamburg to Hans-Jürgen Tiemann, an amusement park owner (Heide Park), and also a successful race driver, winner of the 24 Hours Nürburgring in 1997 (BMW) and 1999 (Viper).

Tiemann was seriously injured in a heavy crash during an International GT Open race at Imola on May 23, 2010. Tiemann, who was driving an Audi R8, 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.[1] He later regained consciousness and mostly recovered, but has been unable to race due to the resulting neurological damage and vision problems from the accident.

Career

• 1994 German Formula Renault champion
• 1996 Winner of the Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three support race
• 1997-2000 Works driver, Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR
• 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans entry with Mercedes-Benz CLR
• 2000 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters with Mercedes
• 2001 Second in the German V8 Star Championship with Zakspeed
• 2002 Porsche Supercup with Manthey Racing
• 2003-2004 Works driver for Opel (testing and developing the Vectra DTM car)
• 2003 Winner of the 24 Hours Nürburgring with Phoenix Racing, Opel
• 2006 Winner of the 24 Hours Nürburgring with Manthey Racing, Porsche
• 2007 Winner of the 24 Hours Nürburgring with Manthey Racing, Porsche
• 2008 Winner of the 24 Hours Nürburgring with Manthey Racing, Porsche
• 2009 Winner of the 24 Hours Nürburgring with Manthey Racing, Porsche

Racing record

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	Pos.	Pts
2000	Persson Motorsport	AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM	HOC 1 6	HOC 2 12	OSC 1 10	OSC 2 6	NOR 1 6	NOR 2 Ret	SAC 1 5	SAC 2 5	NÜR 1 13	NÜR 2 6	LAU 1 C	LAU 2 C	OSC 1 NC	OSC 2 7	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 12	HOC 1 15	HOC 2 5			10th	53
2001	Manthey-Eschmann Racing	AMG Mercedes CLK-DTM	HOC QR	HOC CR	NÜR QR	NÜR CR	OSC QR 12	OSC CR 8	SAC QR 7	SAC CR 4	NOR QR 3	NOR CR 3	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 15	HOC CR 15	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.

References

1. Freeman, Glenn (ed.) (2010-06-03). "Tiemann remains in coma". Autosport. 200 (10): 21.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

External links

• http://www.marceltiemann.com/
• http://www.marceltiemann.de/