Dirk Adorf

Dirk Adorf
Adorf in 2016
Nationality	German
Born	(1969-07-10) 10 July 1969 Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Categorisation	FIA Gold (until 2017) FIA Silver (2018–2021) FIA Bronze (2022–)

Dirk Adorf (born 10 July 1969 in Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German racing driver. A Nürburgring Nordschleife specialist, he has served as a factory driver for Opel and BMW.

Starting with small cars, Adorf won the Nürburgring VLN German Endurance Trophy in 1992, 1996 and 1997. This earned him drives in the German Super Tourenwagen Cup (STW) during 1995.

Adorf would return to the STW in 1999, this time with Opel. After three seasons in the 2000cc touring car series, he moved to V8Star Series in 2002. His last competition there was in 2003, when he drove two races in V8Star. After the series folded, his team took the big Jaguar-bodied V8Star to the Nürburgring VLN endurance series, and after successfully adopting the car, they won a race in 2003, together with Hermann Tilke.

For 2004, Adorf moved to the Raeder team, winning some more races. Later, he decided to enter a Lamborghini Gallardo, but with little success as the car remained unreliable. The team then acquired a FIA GT3–spec Ford GT from Matech, with which Adorf surprisingly set pole for the 2009 24 Hours of Nürburgring against strong competition.

In 2010, Adorf joined the Schnitzer Motorsport–run BMW works team and looked set for a win on debut at the 2010 24 Hours of Spa, leading by over a lap when a track rod broke and sent Dirk Werner into the barrier in the last hour. The trio eventually salvaged third place.

Adorf continued to race the M3, Z4 and M4 iterations of BMW race cars at the Nürburgring 24 Hours until 2018. He currently serves as a BMW development driver, academy mentor and TV expert.

Racing record

Adorf in 2009, the year he won pole for the Nürburgring 24 Hours.

Adorf leading the field from pole position in his Ford GT in 2009.

Adorf racing for BMW Team Schubert in the 2012 VLN Series.

24 Hours of Nürburgring

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1992	Renngemeinschaft Sieglar	Klaus-Dieter Häckel Guido Thierfelder	Citroën AX	Class 17	63	66th	2nd
1993	Team Matter Sicherheit	Raimund Baumschlager Edgar Dören Hermann Tilke	Porsche 911 Carrera	Class 1	28	DNF	DNF
	Renngemeinschaft Sieglar	Peter Kröber Michael Tanzberger Guido Thierfelder	Citroën AX Sport	Class 10	104	97th	7th
1994	FINA Tankstellen Team Schneider	Markus Gedlich Andy Middendorf Sabine Schmitz	BMW 325i	Class 3	100	18th	3rd
1995	Mühlner Motorsport	Marco Munding Wolfgang Savelsbergh	Opel Astra GSi	Class 4	117	7th	1st
1996	Kissling Motorsport	Günther Schmidt Volker Strycek Klaus-Peter Thaler	Opel Astra	Class 1	94	84th	1st
	ITT Automotive Europe	Marco Werner Thomas Winkelhock	Opel Astra GSi	Class 3	126	9th	1st
1997	Mühlner Motorsport	Eric Nève Peter Oberndorfer Volker Strycek	Opel Astra	Class 1	64	DNF	DNF
1999	Mühlner Motorsport	Heinz-Josef Bermes Karl Mauer Wolfgang Savelsbergh	Opel Astra G	A3	72	DNF	DNF
		Wolfgang Leufgen Eric Nève Wolfgang Savelsbergh			78	DNF	DNF
2000	Mühlner Motorsport	Heinz-Josef Bermes Christian Menzel Peter Wyss	Opel Astra	A3	10	DNF	DNF
		Rudi Adams Eric Nève Manfred Theisen			10	DNF	DNF
2003	Wiechers-Sport	Ulrich Gallade Thomas Mutsch Hermann Tilke	V8Star Jaguar	E1	39	DNF	DNF
2004	Recaro - Raeder Motorsport	Ulrich Gallade Hermann Tilke	V8Star Jaguar	E1	51	DNF	DNF
2005	(private entrant)	Patrick Simon Hermann Tilke	V8Star Jaguar	E1	7	DNF	DNF
2006	Raeder Motorsport	Peter Oberndorfer Hermann Tilke	Lamborghini Gallardo	SP8	1	DNF	DNF
2007	Land-Motorsport	Marc Basseng Marc Hennerici Frank Stippler	Porsche 996 GT3-RSR	SP7	111	3rd	2nd
	(private entrant)	Markus Grossmann Peter Oberndorfer Hermann Tilke	Lamborghini Gallardo	SP8	41	DNF	DNF
2008	Raeder Motorsport	Marc Hennerici Ralf Schall Hermann Tilke	Lamborghini Gallardo	SP8	111	106th	6th
2009	Raeder Automotive	Marc Hennerici Thomas Mutsch Hermann Tilke	Ford GT GT3	SP9 GT3	82	DNF	DNF
2010	BMW Motorsport	Dirk Müller Andy Priaulx Dirk Werner	BMW M3 GT2	E1-XP2	150	7th	2nd
2011	BMW Motorsport	Pedro Lamy Dirk Müller Dirk Werner	BMW M3 GT2	E1-XP2	139	DNF	DNF
2012	BMW Team Schubert	Uwe Alzen Dirk Müller Jörg Müller	BMW Z4 GT3	SP9 GT3	150	7th	7th
		Nico Bastian Claudia Hürtgen Dominik Schwager			150	8th	8th
2013	BMW Team Schubert	Claudia Hürtgen Jens Klingmann Martin Tomczyk	BMW Z4 GT3	SP9 GT3	87	6th	6th
2014	BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS	Nicky Catsburg Bas Leinders Markus Palttala	BMW Z4 GT3	SP9 GT3	60	DNF	DNF
2015	BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS	Nicky Catsburg Augusto Farfus Jörg Müller	BMW Z4 GT3	SP9 GT3	155	4th	4th
2017	Securtal Sorg Rennsport	Jethro Bovingdon Ricky Collard Jörg Weidinger	BMW M4 GT4	SP8T	140	36th	1st
2018	Securtal Sorg Rennsport	Tom Coronel Nico Menzel Beitske Visser	BMW M4 GT4	SP8T	92	102nd	6th
2020	Adrenalin Motorsport	Tom Coronel Christian Gebhardt Niki Schelle	BMW M2 CS Racing	BMW M2	65	NC	NC
2021	Teichmann Racing GT4	Daniel Bohr Timo Mölig Felix von der Laden	KTM X-Bow GT4	Cup-X	47	69th	5th
2022	Teichmann Racing GTX	Manuel Amweg Tim Sandtler Florian Wolf	KTM X-Bow GTX	Cup-X	91	DNF	DNF
2023	Griesemann Gruppe by TR Team	Björn Griesemann Georg Griesemann Felix von der Laden	Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo	AT	138	46th	3rd
2024	eFuel Team Griesemann	Björn Griesemann Georg Griesemann Yves Volte	Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo	AT3	44	48th	3rd
2025	Manthey Team eFuel Griesemann	Björn Griesemann Georg Griesemann Yves Volte	Porsche 718 Cayman GT4	AT2	130	20th	2nd
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24 Hours of Spa

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2010	BMW Motorsport	Dirk Müller Dirk Werner	BMW M3 GT2	GTN	540	3rd	1st
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24 Hours of Zolder

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2015	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Victor Bouveng Louis Delétraz Trent Hindman	BMW M235i Racing Cup	T7	710	15th	9th
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