Richard Lietz
Introduction '''Richard Lietz''' (born 17 December 1983 in Waidhofen an der Ybbs) is an Austrian professional racing driver and a Porsche Factory driver. He has competed in such series as American Le Mans Series, Formula 3 Euro Series and the Rolex Sports Car Series. He is also a multiple race-winner in Porsche Supercup. Lietz was overall series champion in the 2007 International GT Open season with Swiss driver Joël Camathias. He has won the GT2 class of the Le Mans Series twice, alongside German driver Marc Lieb in both in the 2009 and 2010 seasons.Lietz won the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona GT division driving a Magnus Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup with co-drivers Andy Lally, Rene Rast and team owner John Potter. He will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Team Felbermayr-Proton. In 2015 he was crowned World Endurance Champion for GT drivers. Winning the title in a factory Manthey Porsche.
Racing record ===Complete Formula 3 Euro Series 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 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Pts 2003 HBR Motorsport Dallara F302/030 Opel HOC1 HOC2 ADR1 ADR2 PAU1 PAU2 NOR1 NOR2 LMS1 LMS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 A1R1 A1R2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC1 HOC2 MAG1 MAG2 18th 7Source:===Partial Porsche Supercup 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 DC Points 2004 Tolimit Motorsport Porsche 996 GT3ITAESPMONGER USA USA FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA NC‡ 0‡ 2005 Tolimit Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3 ITA ESP MON GER USA USA ''FRA'' GBR GER HUN ITA BEL 5th 130 2006 Tolimit Motorsport Porsche 997 GT3 BHR ''ITA'' GER '''''ESP''''' '''''MON''''' GBR USA USA FRA '''''GER''''' HUN '''ITA''' 3rd 157‡ Not eligible for points.===Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results=== Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps   2007  IMSA Performance Matmut  Raymond Narac Patrick Long Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 320 15th '''1st''' 2008  IMSA Performance Matmut  Raymond Narac Patrick Long Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 26 DNF DNF 2009  Team Felbermayr-Proton  Marc Lieb Wolf Henzler Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 24 DNF DNF 2010  Team Felbermayr-Proton  Marc Lieb Wolf Henzler Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 338 11th '''1st''' 2011  Team Felbermayr-Proton  Marc Lieb Wolf Henzler Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTEPro 312 16th 4th 2012  Team Felbermayr-Proton  Marc Lieb Wolf Henzler Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTEPro 184 DNF DNF 2013  Porsche AG Team Manthey  Romain Dumas Marc Lieb Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 315 15th '''1st''' 2014  Porsche Team Manthey  Marco Holzer Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 337 15th '''3rd''' 2015  Porsche Team Manthey  Michael Christensen Jörg Bergmeister Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 327 30th 5th 2016  Dempsey-Proton Racing  Michael Christensen Philipp Eng Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 329 31st 8th 2017  Porsche GT Team  Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 339 20th 4th 2018  Porsche GT Team  Gianmaria Bruni Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 343 16th '''2nd''' 2019  Porsche GT Team  Gianmaria Bruni Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 342 21st '''2nd''' 2020  Porsche GT Team  Gianmaria Bruni Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTEPro 335 31st 5th 2021  Porsche GT Team  Gianmaria Bruni Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTEPro 343 23rd 4th 2022  Porsche GT Team  Gianmaria Bruni Frédéric Makowiecki Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTEPro 350 28th '''1st''' 2023  Proton Racing  Michael Fassbender Martin Rump Porsche 911 RSR-19 LMGTEAm 246 DNF DNFSource:===Complete European Le Mans Series results===(key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6  Points 2007 IMSA Performance Matmut GT2 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 '''MNZ''' '''VAL''' NÜR SPA ''SIL'' INT 17th 11 2008 IMSA Performance Matmut GT2 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 CAT MNZ SPA NÜR SIL 9th 15 2009 Team Felbermayr-Proton GT2 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 CAT '''SPA''' '''ALG''' NÜR '''SIL''' 1st 36 2010 Team Felbermayr-Proton GT2 Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 LEC SPA ALG HUN SIL 1st 87 2011 Team Felbermayr-Proton GTE Pro Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 LEC SPA IMO SIL EST 3rd 44 2015 Proton Competition LMGTE Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL IMO RBR LEC '''EST''' 9th 45 2016 Proton Competition LMGTE Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 ''SIL'' IMO RBR LEC SPA EST 19th 8 2020 Proton Competition LMGTE Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 LEC '''SPA''' LEC MNZ ALG 6th 47 2021 Proton Competition LMGTE Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 CAT RBR LEC MNZ '''''SPA''''' ALG 5th 61 2022 Proton Competition LMGTE Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 LEC IMO MNZ CAT SPA ALG 14th 35 2023 Proton Competition LMGTE Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 CAT LEC ARA SPA ALG ALG 13th 22Source:===Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results=== Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points 2012 Team Felbermayr-Proton LMGTE Pro Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SEB SPA LMS '''''SIL''''' SÃO BHR '''''FUJ''''' SHA 39th 5.5  2013 Porsche AG Team Manthey LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ SHA BHR 4th 123 2014 Porsche Team Manthey LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL SPA LMS COA FUJ  SHA BHR SÃO 3rd 111 2015 Porsche Team Manthey LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL SPA LMS NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 1st 145  2016 Dempsey-Proton Racing LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR 8th 74 2017 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL SPA LMS NÜR MEX COA '''''FUJ''''' SHA BHR 2nd 145 2018–19 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SPA '''LMS''' SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS 3rd 131 2019–20 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 SIL '''FUJ''' SHA '''BHR''' COA SPA '''LMS''' ''BHR'' 7th 111 2021 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 SPA ALG MNZ LMS BHR BHR 3rd 111 2022 Porsche GT Team LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 SEB '''SPA''' LMS MNZ FUJ '''BHR''' 5th 115 2024 Manthey EMA LMGT3 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 QAT IMO SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ BHR * *Source:===Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results===(key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank PointsRef 2014 Porsche North America GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 ''DAY'' SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS IMS ELK VIR COA PET 15th 210 2015 Porsche North America GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS ELK VIR COA PET 14th 87 2016 Porsche North America GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR COA PET 29th 22 2017 Porsche GT Team GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY SEB LBH COA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 21st 48 2021 WeatherTech Racing GTLM Porsche 911 RSR-19 Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 DAY SEB DET WGL WGL LIM ELK LGA LBH VIR PET 15th 280 2022 Wright Motorsports GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche MA1.76/MDG.G 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY  SEB LBH LGA MDO DET WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR PET  47th 370Source:
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