Stefan Mücke (born 22 November 1981) is a German racing driver.
Racing career
Born in
Berlin
Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...
, Mücke started his racing career in 1998, when he won the
Formula BMW
Formula BMW was a junior racing formula for single seater cars. It was positioned at the bottom of the motorsport career ladder alongside the longer established Formula Ford category. Like Formula Ford, it was intended to function as the young ...
ADAC series, with his father's
Mücke Motorsport team, also making their debut. He competed in
German Formula Three for his father's team for the next three years, before moving to the
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, commonly abbreviated as the DTM, is a sports car racing series sanctioned by ADAC. The series is based in Germany, with rounds elsewhere in Europe. The series currently races a modified version of Group GT3 gra ...
for 2002. He raced Mercedes for
Team Rosberg,
Persson Motorsport and Mücke Motorsport in his four years in the series.
In 2007, Mücke moved into sports car racing, in the
FIA GT Championship
The FIA GT Championship was a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) at the behest of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship was mostly concentrated in Europe, but throughout ...
for the AllInkl.com team in a
Lamborghini Murciélago
The Lamborghini Murciélago is a sports car produced by Italian automotive manufacturer Lamborghini between 2001 and 2010. The successor to the Lamborghini Diablo, Diablo and flagship V12 of the automaker's lineup, the Murciélago was introduced ...
R-GT, and in the
Le Mans Series
The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the ...
and the
24 Hours of Le Mans
The 24 Hours of Le Mans () is an endurance-focused Sports car racing, sports car race held annually near the city of Le Mans, France. It is widely considered to be one of the world's most prestigious races, and is one of the races—along with ...
for
Charouz Racing Systems in their
Lola. He continued to race with Charouz in 2008. In 2009 he competed at the Le Mans Series for
Aston Martin Racing. He recorded three consecutive top-ten finishes in the LMP1 class at Le Mans.
On 5 June 2011 Mücke was involved in incident with
Richard Westbrook during
FIA GT1 World Championship
The FIA GT1 World Championship was a world championship sports car racing series, developed by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation, SRO Group and regulated by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), that was held from 2010 to 2012. I ...
race at
Silverstone
Silverstone is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. The village is about south-southwest of Towcester and northeast of Brackley, both accessed via the A43 road, A43 main ...
. First, Westbrook hit Mücke who spun as a result, while Westbrook damaged his own car. Mücke continued and clipped ahead of Westbrook who was driving down Hangar Straight. Both cars were wrecked as a result, and were out of the race. Mücke received 10-place grid penalty for the next race and he was also reported to
DMSB to have his licence withdrawn.
Mücke again had his aggressive driving style questioned after at least two incidents in the 2015 Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 Hour. Both involved collisions with Bentleys on the difficult
Mount Panorama Circuit. The first took out
David Brabham at 'The Cutting', the second on the last corner of the last lap forced Matt Bell wide, depriving the latter of a podium place. "I think the guy (Mücke) needs a bit of a talking to." said Bell's co-driver Guy Smith.
For 2012, Mücke will compete in the
FIA World Endurance Championship
The FIA World Endurance Championship, abbreviated as WEC, is a world championship for automobile endurance racing organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The se ...
with
Aston Martin Racing in a GTE-Pro class Aston Martin Vantage.
In the 80th, edition of the
24 Hours of Le Mans in 2012, Mücke and the Aston Martin Racing got the third place in the GTE-Pro class along with his co-drivers the
Mexican Adrián Fernández
Adrián Fernández Mier (born April 20, 1963) is a Mexican former professional race car driver and co-owner of the Fernandez Racing team.
Racing career
Early career
Fernández was born in Mexico City and began his career in Mexico at the age ...
and the
British
British may refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
* British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture ...
Darren Turner
Darren Turner (born 13 April 1974) is a British racing driver and owner of Base Performance Simulators. He races for Aston Martin Racing as a Factory-backed, factory driver and also works as a high performance test driver for Aston Martin.
He w ...
, their
Aston Martin Vantage 4.5 L-V8 covered a total of 332 laps (2,811.65
miles), in the
Circuit de la Sarthe
The Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans, also known as Circuit de la Sarthe (after the 1906 French Grand Prix triangle circuit) located in Le Mans, Sarthe, France, is a semi-permanent motorsport race course, chiefly known as the venue for the 24 H ...
without failure or serious mechanical problems. Also the team achieved the
fastest lap
In motorsports, the fastest lap is the quickest lap run during a race. In some racing series, like NASCAR, the fastest lap award championship points for a driver or team. In Formula One and MotoGP no point is awarded for the fastest lap.
Formula O ...
of the category with 3 minutes and 54.928 seconds.
In 2016, Stefan joined
Ford Chip Ganassi Racing UK's two-car
FIA World Endurance Championship
The FIA World Endurance Championship, abbreviated as WEC, is a world championship for automobile endurance racing organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The se ...
LMGTE Pro effort after eight seasons with Aston Martin.
Racing record
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
1 – Shanghai was a non-championship round.
*† — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete GT1 World Championship results
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in
''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete European Le Mans Series results
References
External links
*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mucke, Stefan
1981 births
Living people
German racing drivers
Formula BMW ADAC drivers
German Formula Three Championship drivers
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers
American Le Mans Series drivers
FIA GT Championship drivers
24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
European Le Mans Series drivers
FIA GT1 World Championship drivers
FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers
24 Hours of Daytona drivers
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
24 Hours of Spa drivers
Asian Le Mans Series drivers
24H Series drivers
Aston Martin Racing drivers
Mücke Motorsport drivers
Team Rosberg drivers
Charouz Racing System drivers
Chip Ganassi Racing drivers
Mercedes-AMG Motorsport drivers
Multimatic Motorsports drivers
Jota Sport drivers
Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers
Craft-Bamboo Racing drivers
Racing drivers from Berlin