Michael Bartels

Michael Bartels
Born	(1968-03-08) March 8, 1968 Plettenberg, Germany
Occupation	Professional racing driver
Years active	1985–present
Known for	Multiple FIA GT titles, participation in Formula One qualifying attempts with Lotus

Michael Bartels (born 8 March 1968) is a German professional racing driver renowned for securing multiple FIA GT titles. He made attempts to qualify for four Grands Prix with Lotus.

Career

Bartels claimed the German karting championship in 1985 and followed it by winning the German Formula Ford 1600 title in 1986. He participated in the German Formula Three Championship during 1988 and 1989 before progressing to International Formula 3000 in 1990.

In , Bartels substituted for Johnny Herbert at Lotus in four Grand Prix events but was unsuccessful in qualifying. He continued competing in F3000, achieving a fourth-place finish in the 1992 season. Subsequently, he transitioned to the DTM, racing from 1994 until the series concluded in 1996. Following this, he spent three seasons in the Super Tourenwagen Cup prior to DTM's revival in 2000. Bartels earned victories at the 24 Hours Nürburgring twice, first in 2000 driving a factory-supported Porsche 911 GT3, and again in 2001 piloting a Chrysler Viper GTS-R.

After securing third place in the final season of the V8Star Series in 2003, he entered the FIA GT Championship in 2004 with Konrad Motorsport, behind the wheel of a Saleen S7R. In 2005, Bartels began competing with his own Bartels Motor & Sport team under the Vitaphone Racing name, driving a Maserati MC12, initially partnered with Timo Scheider. Starting from 2006, he teamed up with Andrea Bertolini, and together they captured FIA GT titles in 2006, 2008, and 2009. Bartels also triumphed at the prestigious Spa 24 Hours race three times—in 2005, 2006, and 2008.

Complete International Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole positions) (Races shown in italics indicate fastest laps)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Points
1990	CoBRa Motorsport	Reynard 90D	Mugen Honda	DON 11	SIL Ret	PAU DSQ	JER Ret	MNZ Ret	PER 7†	HOC Ret	BRH 11	BIR Ret	BUG 13	NOG 6	22nd	1
1991	GA Motorsport	Ralt RT23	Ford Cosworth	VAL DNQ											NC	0
	First Racing	Reynard 91D			PAU 8	JER Ret	MUG 15
1992	Crypton Engineering	Reynard 92D	Ford Cosworth	SIL Ret	PAU 2	CAT Ret	PER 4	HOC 2	NÜR 2	SPA 3	ALB Ret	NOG Ret	MAG DSQ		4th	25
1993	Pacific Racing	Reynard 93D	Ford Cosworth	DON < br > Ret	SIL < br > 3	> PAU < br > Ret	> PER < br > Ret	> HOC < br > Ret	> NÜR < br > Ret	>[[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps SPA ]] < br > {{ small Ret }}		colspan=2 |	11th	4

Full Formula One Results

(key) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole positions, while those in italics indicate fastest laps)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	WDC	Pts
1991	Team Lotus	Lotus 102B	Judd EV 3.5 V8	USA	BRA	SMR	MON	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	GER DNQ	HUN DNQ	BEL	ITA DNQ	POR	ESP DNQ	JPN	AUS	NC	0

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/Masters Results

(key) (Pole positions are shown in bold, fastest laps in italics)

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Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24		Pts
1987		nowrap | Ford Sierra XR4 TI				style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MFA						colspan=14|	0	-	1994	nowrap | Jägermeister Schübel Engineering	nowrap | Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti	style="background:#EFCFFF;" | ZOL 1	style="background:#FFFFFF;" | ZOL 2	style="background:#CFCFFF;" | HOC 1	style="background:#CFCFFF;" | HOC 2	style="background:#EFCFFF;" | NÜR 1	style="background:#CFCFFF;" | NÜR 2	style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MUG 1	style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MUG 2	style="background:#EFCFFF;" | NÜR 1	style="background:#FFFFFF;" | NÜR 2	style="background:#DFFFDF;" | NOR 1	style="background:#DFFFDF;" | NOR 2	DON 1	DON 2	style="background:#CFCFFF;" | DIE 1	style="background:#EFCFFF;" | DIE 2	style="background:#CFCFFF;" | NÜR 1	style="background:#DFFFDF;" | NÜR 2	style="background:#EFCFFF;" | AVU 1	style="background:#FFFFFF;" | AVU 2	style="background:#EFCFFF;" | ALE 1	style="background:#FFFFFF;" | ALE 2	style="background:#DFFFDF;" | HOC 1	style="background:#FFDF9F;" | HOC 2	15th	23	-	1995	Euroteam	nowrap | Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti	style="background:#EFCFFF;" | HOC 1	style="background:#FFFFFF;" | HOC 2	style="background:#DFFFDF;" | AVU 1	style="background:#EFCFFF;" | AVU 2	style="background:#DFFFDF;" | NOR 1 10†	style="background:#EFCFFF;" | NOR 2	style =" background : # FBFFBF ; " > DIE < br >1 < br >	style =" background : # FBFFBF ; " > DIE < br >2 < br >	style =" background : # DFFFDF ; " > Nürburgring # DTM Results for the Year . < br > 10	Nürburgring # DTM Results for the Year . < br > Ret	Alemannenring # DTM Results for the Year . < br > Ret	Alemannenring # DTM Results for the Year . < br > DNS	Hockenheimring # DTM Results for the Year . < br > 13	Hockenheimring # DTM Results for the Year . < br > Ret	10th	47	- ... † — Although retired, classified as having completed over ninety percent of race distance. Full Super Tourenwagen Cup Results (legend) (Entries in bold denote pole positions) (Entries in italics indicate fastest laps) Year Team Vehicle 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos. Points 1994 Nissan Primera Racing Nissan Primera eGT AVU 12 WUN 7 ZOL Ret ZAN 14 ÖST 2 SAL 4 SPA 7 NÜR Ret 6th 33 1997 Opel Team SMS Opel Vectra HOC 1 18 HOC 2 13 ZOL 1 17 ZOL 2 26 NÜR 1 8 NÜR 2 10 SAC 1 Ret SAC 2 DNS NOR 1 15 NOR 2 17 WUN 1 13 WUN 2 9 ZWE 1 16 ZWE 2 16 SAL 1 5 SAL 2 4 Year Team Vehicle Select race outcomes Pos. Points 1998 nowrap | Peugeot Esso nowrap | Peugeot 406 colspan=10 | Partial participation with notable podium finish at Salzburgring (3rd) 19th 143 1999 nowrap | Jever Audi-Team AZK Phoenix nowrap | Audi A4 Quattro 5,4,6,Ret,6,13,6,5,7,6,9,6,8,7,11,7,4,2,7,4 7th 419 Complete International Touring Car Championship results (legend) (Races shown in bold denote pole position) (Races in italics signify fastest lap) 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 Pos. Points 1995 Euroteam Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti MUG 1 13th MUG 2 DNS HEL 1 Retired HEL 2 DNS DON 1 19th DON 2 Retired EST 1 21st† EST 2 DNS MAG 1 18th† MAG 2 DNS 26th 0 1996 JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI HOC 1 14th HOC 2 14th NÜR 1 11th NÜR 2 Retired EST 1 18th EST 2 DNS HEL 1 4th HEL 2 Retired NOR 1 Retired NOR 2 DNS DIE 1 8th (DIE) 2 Ret (SIL) 1 Disqualified (SIL) 2 8th (NÜR) 1 15th (NÜR) 2 14th (MAG) 1 Retired (MAG) 2 Retired (MUG) 1 20th† (MUG) 2 DNS (HOC) 1 13th (HOC) 2 Retired (INT) 1 Retired (INT) 2 17th (SUZ) 1 15th (SUZ) 2 17th† 21st 16 Complete GT1 World Championship results 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 2010 Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC12 ABU QR 3 ABU CR 4 SIL QR 3 SIL CR 7 BRN QR 1 BRN CR 5 PRI QR 1 PRI CR 1 SPA QR Ret SPA CR 7 NÜR QR 10 NÜR CR 6 ALG QR 2 ALG CR 1 NAV QR 7 NAV CR 6 INT QR 8 INT CR 9 SAN QR 12 SAN CR 7 1st 138 2012 BMW Team Vita4One BMW Z4 (E89) Full Blancpain Sprint Series standings Year Team Vehicle Category 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points 2014 Vita4one Racing Team BMW Z4 GT3 Pro-Am NOG QR NOG CR BRH QR BRH CR ZAN QR ZAN CR SVK QR SVK CR ALG QR ALG CR ZOL QR 18 ZOL CR 16 BAK QR BAK CR 55th 0 Personal life Between 1992 and 1999, Bartels maintained a relationship with tennis professional Steffi Graf. External links Official website (German)