Marc Lieb

Marc Lieb
Marc Lieb
Born	July 4, 1980 (age 46); Stuttgart, Germany
Occupation	Professional racing driver (retired)
Years active	1992–2016
Known for	Porsche factory driver, 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans winner, multiple FIA GT and European Le Mans Series championships

Marc Lieb (born 4 July 1980) is a retired German professional racing driver who was affiliated with Porsche's factory team. Throughout his career, he secured the FIA GT Championship titles in 2003 and 2005, and claimed the European Le Mans Series championships in 2005, 2006, 2009, and 2010. Lieb achieved four wins at the 24 Hours Nürburgring and triumphed at prestigious endurance races such as the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 2008 12 Hours of Sebring, the 2003 Spa 24 Hours, and the 2007 Petit Le Mans. Additionally, he earned the FIA World Endurance Championship crown in 2016.

Career

Originating from Stuttgart, Lieb embarked on his motorsport journey with karting in 1992 before advancing to compete in German Formula Renault series, where he attained runner-up and third-place finishes between 1995 and 1999. In 2000, he was selected as a Porsche Junior driver and participated in both the Porsche Carrera Cup and Porsche Supercup, achieving commendable results.

By 2002, Lieb had claimed the Carrera Cup title with four victories and secured two N-GT class wins in the FIA GT Championship. The following year, he was promoted to a full Porsche factory driver role, capturing the FIA GT N-GT championship alongside Stéphane Ortelli for Freisinger Motorsport, which included an overall victory at the Spa 24 Hours. That same year, he finished second in the GT category at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In 2004, Lieb competed in the American Le Mans Series with Alex Job Racing, achieving class victories and concluding fourth overall in the standings. Simultaneously, he pursued engineering studies at Esslingen University while balancing a reduced racing schedule with Porsche’s factory program. Subsequently, he combined his driving duties with an engineering position at Porsche Motorsport’s Weissach facility.

The year 2005 saw Lieb claim the FIA GT GT2 Drivers’ championship with Mike Rockenfeller for GruppeM Racing and secure the Le Mans Series title driving for Sebah Automotive. He also won the GT2 category at Le Mans alongside Rockenfeller and Leo Hindrey. In 2006, he repeated his success by winning another Le Mans Series GT2 championship with Joël Camathias representing Autorlando Sport.

Between 2007 and 2008, Lieb drove for Team Felbermayr-Proton in the Le Mans Series piloting a Porsche 911 GT3-RSR. In 2009, partnering with Richard Lietz for Felbermayr-Proton, he clinched the European Le Mans Series GT2 championship by winning three out of five races. That season also included his third triumph at the Nürburgring 24 Hours with Manthey Racing and selective appearances in American Le Mans Series competitions.

Lieb and Lietz successfully defended their European Le Mans Series GT2 titles in 2010 with Felbermayr-Proton, securing three victories amid fierce competition from Ferrari AF Corse. They also achieved a second GT2 class win at Le Mans that year. Lieb took part in key American Le Mans Series events for Flying Lizard Motorsport and returned to Spa with Prospeed but retired from that race.

Continuing with Felbermayr-Proton in the European Le Mans Series during 2011, Lieb earned two podium finishes and ranked fifth overall in the drivers’ championship. Alongside Lietz and Henzler, he placed fourth in GTE-Pro at Le Mans and competed in major endurance races including Sebring and Daytona. Furthermore, he celebrated his fourth victory at the Nürburgring 24 Hours with Manthey Racing.

When Felbermayr-Proton transitioned to the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in 2012, Lieb remained paired with Lietz, achieving two wins and six podiums across eight events. The team concluded third in the WEC teams’ classification while Porsche finished as runner-up among manufacturers. That season also featured Lieb’s third-place finish at Daytona and brief participation in V8 Supercars races.

In Porsche’s official return to WEC LMP1 competition during 2013, Lieb joined Manthey Racing’s Porsche 911 squad alongside Lietz and Dumas. The trio won Le Mans that year and consistently secured top finishes throughout various endurance contests. Additionally, Lieb raced at Daytona with Brumos Racing and again competed in V8 Supercars events.

Porsche announced that Lieb would advance to their LMP1 program driving the Porsche 919 Hybrid starting from the 2014 WEC season.

On 4 September 2013, driving Porsche’s street-legal 918 Spyder, Lieb recorded a lap time of 6:57 minutes on the Nürburgring Nordschleife—marking it as then the third fastest official lap by a production vehicle.

The pinnacle of Lieb’s career was his overall victory at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans behind the wheel of the Porsche 919 Hybrid. As of 2023, this event represents his last participation there.

Professional Achievements

Overall champion of the Spa 24 Hours: 2003
Titleholder in the FIA GT Championship N-GT/GT2 category: 2003, 2005
Winner of the GT2 division at the 24 Hours of Le Mans: 2005, 2010, 2013
GT2 class victor at the Spa 24 Hours: 2005
Champion in the GT2 class of the Le Mans Series: 2006
Overall winner at the 24 Hours Nürburgring in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2011
Runner-up in the Le Mans Series for the 2007 season
Overall victor at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2016
Achieved 13 overall wins in the Nürburgring Endurance Series

Results at the 24 Hours of Le Mans

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Vehicle	Category	Completed Laps	Pos.	Class position
Template:24hLM	United States Orbit Racing	United States Leo Hindery United States Peter Baron	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	GT	314	17th overall	2nd in class
Template:24hLM	United States Orbit Racing United States BAM!	United States Leo Hindery Germany Mike Rockenfeller	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	GT	223	Did Not Finish (DNF)	DNF
Template:24hLM	United States Alex Job Racing United States BAM! Motorsport	United States Leo Hindery Germany Mike Rockenfeller	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	GT2	332	10th overall	Class winner
Template:24hLM	Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton	Germany Wolf Henzler Template:Country data AUT Template:Namespace detect showall Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	24	DNF	DNF
Template:24hLM	Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton	Germany Wolf Henzler Template:Country data AUT Template:Namespace detect showall Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	338	11th overall	Class winner
Template:24hLM	Germany Team Felbermayr-Proton	Germany Wolf Henzler Template:Country data AUT Template:Namespace detect showall Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Pro	312	16th overall	4th in class	Template:24hLM	GermanyTeam Felbermayr-Proton	GermanyWolf Henzler Template:Country data AUT Template:Namespace detect showall Richard Lietz	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Pro	184	DNF	DNF

Full FIA World Endurance Championship Record

Year	Team Entry	Category/Class	Chassis Model	Engine Type	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Final Standing	Points Accumulated
2012	Team Felbermayr-Proton	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche Flat-6, 4.0 L	SEB 2nd	SPA 1st	LMS Retired	SIL 3rd	SÃO 3rd	BHR 3rd	FUJ 1st	SHA 2nd	39th	5.5
2013	_Porsche_AG_Team_Manthey	LMGTE Pro	_Porsche_911_RSR	Porsche Flat-6, 4.0 L	_SIL 4th	_SPA 5th	_LMS Template:Small 1st \| style=“background:#DFFFDF;” \| (SÃO) Template:Small 4th \| style=“background:#DFFFDF;” \| (COA) Template:Small4th \| style=“background:#DFFFDF;” \| (FUJ) Template:Small4th \| style=“background:#DFFFDF;”\| \|	4th	123
2014	Porsche Team	LMP1	Porsche_919_Hybrid	Porsche Turbocharged V4, Hybrid, 2.0 L	SIL Template:Small Retired	SPA Template:Small Fourth	LMS Template:Small Fifth	COA Template:Small Fourth	FUJ Template:Small Fourth	SHA Template:Small Third	BHR Template:Small Second	SÃO Template:Small First	Third place		117 points

Complete V8 Supercar results

Year	Team	Vehicle	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	Final standing	Points earned
2011	Stone Brothers Racing	Ford FG Falcon	YMC R1	YMC R2	ADE R3	ADE R4	HAM R5	HAM R6	PER R7	PER R8	PER R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	HDV R12	HDV R13	TOW R14	TOW R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	QLD R18	PHI Q	PHI R19	BAT R20	SUR R21 23	SUR R22 18	SYM R23	SYM R24	SAN R25	SAN R26	SYD R27	SYD R28								74th place	87 points
2012	Tekno Autosports	Holden VE Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	SYM R3	SYM R4	HAM R5	HAM R6	PER R7	PER R8	PER R9	PHI R10	PHI R11	HDV R12	HDV R13	TOW R14	TOW R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	SMP R18	SMP R19	SAN Q	SAN R20	BAT R21	SUR R22 2	SUR R23 14	YMC R24	YMC R25											Not Classified (NC)	0 +

+ Ineligible to score points

Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Vehicle	Co-driver	Final position	Laps completed
2013	Tekno Autosports	Holden VF Commodore	Template:Country data AUS Template:Namespace detect showall Jonathon Webb	12th place	161 laps

Full Bathurst 12 Hour Results

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Year	Team	Co-drivers	Vehicle	Category	Completed Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2017	United States Competition Motorsports	Template:Country data AUS Template:Namespace detect showall David Calvert-Jones United States Patrick Long Template:Country data AUS Template:Namespace detect showall Matt Campbell	Porsche 911 GT3 R	APA	289	2nd	1st
2018	United States Black Swan Racing	Template:Country data NED Template:Namespace detect showall Jeroen Bleekemolen United States Tim Pappas Germany Luca Stolz	Porsche 911 GT3 R	APA	271	2nd	1st
2019	United States Black Swan Racing	Template:Country data NED Template:Namespace detect showall Jeroen Bleekemolen United States Tim Pappas	Porsche 911 GT3 R	APA		DNS	DNS

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