German racing driver (born 1981)
Stefan Mucke
(born 22 November 1981) is a German racing driver.
Racing career
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Born in
Berlin
, Mucke started his racing career in 1998, when he won the
Formula BMW
ADAC series, with his father's
Mucke 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
for 2002. He raced Mercedes for
Team Rosberg
,
Persson Motorsport
and Mucke Motorsport in his four years in the series.
In 2007, Mucke moved into sports car racing,
[1]
in the
FIA GT Championship
for the AllInkl.com team in a
Lamborghini Murcielago
R-GT, and in the
Le Mans Series
and the
24 Hours of Le Mans
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 Mucke was involved in incident with
Richard Westbrook
during
FIA GT1 World Championship
race at
Silverstone
. First, Westbrook hit Mucke who spun as a result, while Westbrook damaged his own car. Mucke 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. Mucke received 10-place grid penalty for the next race and he was also reported to
DMSB
to have his licence withdrawn.
[2]
Mucke 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 (Mucke) needs a bit of a talking to." said Bell's co-driver Guy Smith.
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For 2012, Mucke will compete in the
FIA World Endurance Championship
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
, Mucke and the Aston Martin Racing got the third place in the GTE-Pro class along with his co-drivers the
Mexican
Adrian Fernandez
and the
British
Darren Turner
, their
Aston Martin Vantage 4.5 L-V8
covered a total of 332 laps (2,811.65
miles
), in the
Circuit de la Sarthe
without failure or serious mechanical problems. Also the team achieved the
fastest lap
of the category with 3 minutes and 54.928 seconds.
[4]
[5]
In 2016, Stefan joined
Ford Chip Ganassi Racing
UK's two-car
FIA World Endurance Championship
LMGTE Pro effort after eight seasons with Aston Martin.
[6]
Racing record
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Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
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indicate pole position) (Races in
italics
indicate fastest lap)
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? 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
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Complete GT1 World Championship results
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Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
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(
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italics
indicate fastest lap)
Complete European Le Mans Series results
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References
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