Franz Konrad (racing driver)

Franz Konrad (born 8 June 1951 in Graz, Austria) is a former race driver and founder of Konrad Motorsport in 1976.

As a driver, Konrad won the 1983 German Formula Three Championship in an Anson SA4-Toyota. In 1990, he took a career best second in the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans driving a Jaguar, then followed this with an overall victory in the 1993 24 Hours Nürburgring driving a Porsche 911. He was also one of the drivers of the class winning at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1998 driving a Porsche GT2 Twin Turbo. Franz Konrad won the Porsche Cup, an annual award presented by Porsche AG to recognize the world's most successful privateer racing driver competing with Porsche machinery in a customer racing team, in 1997 and 1998.^[1]

Konrad was also constructor of the Konrad KM-011, a Group C sportscar using Lamborghini power.

Racing record

Complete World Sportscar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Pts
1976	Heinzmann-Rennfeuerschutz-Racing-Team	T/GT3.0	Porsche Carrera RS	Porsche 3.0 F6	MUG	VAL	SIL	NÜR 14	ÖST	GLN	DIJ					^{[N 1]}
1977	Kannacher GT-Racing	Gr.5	Porsche 935	Porsche 2.8 F6 t	DAY	MUG	SIL 5									^{[N 1]}
1977	Porsche Kremer Racing	Gr.5	Porsche 935	Porsche 2.8 F6 t				NÜR 4	GLN	MOS	BRH 3	HOC 5	VAL			^{[N 1]}
1978	Konrad Motorsport	Gr.5	Porsche 935	Porsche 2.8 F6 t	DAY 11	MUG 2	DIJ Ret	SIL 6	NÜR 4	MIS 3	GLN	VAL 7				^{[N 2]}
1983	Porsche Kremer Racing	C	Porsche 956	Porsche Type-935 2.6 F6 t	MNZ	SIL	NÜR	LMS	SPA Ret	FUJ Ret						NC	0
1983	Pametex/Pretoria Brick	C	Porsche CK5	Porsche Type-935 2.8 F6 t							KYA DSQ					NC	0
1984	Porsche Kremer Racing	C1	Porsche 956	Porsche Type-935 2.6 F6 t	MNZ	SIL 6	LMS									23rd	26
	Skoal Bandit Porsche Team		Porsche 956					NÜR DNS	BRH			IMO 8	FUJ	KYA	SAN 9
			Porsche 956B							MOS 2
			Porsche 962C								SPA Ret
1985	Porsche Kremer Racing	C1	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 2.6 F6 t	MUG	MNZ	SIL	LMS 9								32nd	12
	New-Man Joest Racing		Porsche 956						HOC Ret	MOS	SPA	BRH	FUJ
	John Fitzpatrick Racing		Porsche 956B											SHA 4
1986	Richard Cleare Racing	GTP	March 85G	Porsche Type-962 3.2 F6 t	MNZ	SIL Ret	LMS									NC	0
	SAT Porsche Kremer Team	C1	Porsche 956	Porsche Type-935 2.8 F6 t				NOR 12	BRH	JER	NÜR	SPA
	Cara International Racing	C1	LM 06C	Toyota 4T-GT 2.1 L4 t									FUJ 16
1987	Porsche Kremer Racing	C1	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 2.8 F6 t	JAR	JER	MNZ	SIL	LMS 4					FUJ 12		34th	10
1987	Mussato Action Car	C1	Lancia LC2	Ferrari 308C 3.0 V8 t						NOR Ret	BRH	NÜR	SPA			34th	10
1988	Blaupunkt Joest Racing	C1	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 2.8 F6 t	JER	JAR	MNZ	SIL	LMS 5							29th	30
	Blaupunkt Joest Racing			Porsche Type-935 3.0 F6 t						BRN 6	BRH
	Dauer Racing			Porsche Type-935 3.0 F6 t								NÜR Ret	SPA	FUJ	SAN
1989	Dauer Racing	C1	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.0 F6 t	SUZ 15	DIJ Ret	JAR									34th	8
	Brun Motorsport		Porsche 962C					BRH 16	NÜR 6	DON	SPA
	Porsche Kremer Racing		Porsche 962-CK6									MEX 9
1990	Konrad Motorsport	C	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.0 F6 t	SUZ 19	MNZ Ret	SIL 14	SPA 13	DIJ 20	NÜR 14	DON 16	CGV 22	MEX 12			NC	0
1991	Konrad Motorsport	C2	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type-935 3.2 F6 t	SUZ	MNZ Ret	SIL Ret	LMS Ret	NÜR 9							54th	2
1991	Konrad Motorsport	C1	Konrad KM-011	Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12					NÜR DNQ	MAG Ret	MEX Ret	AUT Ret				54th	2

Footnotes

1 2 In 1976 and 1977 the World Championship was divided into two series that ran simultaneously but separately: The World Sportscar Championship and the World Championship for Makes.
↑ No drivers' Championship.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1978	Whittington Bros. Racing	Don Whittington Bill Whittington	Porsche 935/77	Gr.5 +2.0	41	DNF	DNF
1985	Kremer Porsche Racing	Jean-Pierre Jarier Mike Thackwell	Porsche 962C	C1	356	9th	9th
1987	Porsche Kremer Racing	George Fouché Wayne Taylor	Porsche 962C	C1	327	4th	4th
1988	Blaupunkt Joest Racing	David Hobbs Didier Theys	Porsche 962C	C1	380	5th	5th
1989	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Rudi Seher Andrés Vilariño	Porsche 962C	C1	81	DNF	DNF
1990	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Jan Lammers Andy Wallace	Jaguar XJR-12	C1	355	2nd	2nd
1991	Konrad Motorsport	Anthony Reid Pierre-Alain Lombardi	Porsche 962C	C2	98	DNF	DNF
1993	Konrad Motorsport	Jun Harada Antônio Hermann de Azevedo	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	GT	293	19th	5th
1994	Konrad Motorsport	Antônio Hermann de Azevedo Mike Sommer	Porsche 911 Turbo	GT1	100	DNF	DNF
1995	Porsche Kremer Racing	Jürgen Lässig Antônio Hermann de Azevedo	Kremer K8 Spyder-Porsche	WSC	163	DNF	DNF
1996	Konrad Motorsport	Antônio Hermann de Azevedo Wido Rössler	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	GT1	107	DNF	DNF
1997	Konrad Motorsport	Mauro Baldi Robert Nearn	Porsche 911 GT1	GT1	138	DNF	DNF
1998	Konrad Motorsport	Larry Schumacher Nick Ham	Porsche 911 GT2	GT2	24	DNF	DNF
1999	Konrad Motorsport	Peter Kitchak Charles Slater	Porsche 911 GT2	GTS	293	18th	7th
2001	Saleen-Allen Speedlab	Oliver Gavin Terry Borcheller	Saleen S7-R-Ford	GTS	246	18th	3rd
2002	Konrad Motorsport	Terry Borcheller Toni Seiler	Saleen S7-R-Ford	GTS	266	26th	7th
2003	Konrad Motorsport	Toni Seiler Walter Brun	Saleen S7-R-Ford	GTS	91	DNF	DNF
Source:^[2]

Complete European Formula Two Championship 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	Pos.
1980	URD Rennwagenbau	March 792	BMW	THR	HOC	NÜR	VAL	PAU	SIL	ZOL DNQ	MUG	ZAN	PER	MIS			NC
1980	GELO Racing Team	March 792	BMW												HOC Ret		NC
1981	Scuderia Teutonia	March 802	BMW	SIL	HOC	THR	NÜR 11	VAL	MUG	PAU	PER	SPA	DON	MIS	MAN		NC
1982	Franz Konrad Racing	March 802	BMW	SIL 14	HOC Ret	THR 16	NÜR 11	MUG	VAL	PAU	SPA	HOC	DON	MAN	PER	MIS	NC

Complete FIA GT Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Pts
1997	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	GT2	HOC NC			NÜR 3	SPA 7	A1R Ret	SUZ 4	DON 5	MUG	SEB 6	LAG Ret	17th	10
1997	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT1	GT1		SIL 9	HEL 7									NC	0
1998	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	GT2	OSC 3	SIL 7	HOC 11	DIJ 4	HUN DNS	SUZ 4	DON 2	A1R 3	HOM Ret	LAG Ret		6th	20
1999	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	GT	MNZ 15	SIL 13	HOC 3	HUN 3	ZOL 6	OSC 8	DON 3	HOM Ret	GLN 11	ZHU Ret		15th	13
2000	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	GT	VAL 8	EST 19	MNZ Ret	SIL 6	HUN 5	ZOL 11	A1R 5	LAU 5	BRN	MAG		16th	7
2003	Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	GT	CAT 8	MAG Ret	PER Ret	BRN 9	DON 6	SPA Ret	AND 2	OSC DSQ	EST 4	MNZ 11		16th	17
2004	Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	GT	MNZ Ret	VAL DNS	MAG DNS	HOC Ret	BRN 6	DON	SPA Ret	IMO Ret	OSC 15	DUB	ZHU Ret	59th	3
2005	Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	GT1	MNZ Ret	MAG 11	SIL	IMO	BRN	SPA	OSC 10	IST	ZHU Ret	DUB Ret	BHR 11	NC	0

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Pts
2014	Dempsey Racing	GTD	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche 4.0 Flat-6	DAY	SEB 21	LAG	DET	WGL	MOS	IMS	ROA	VIR	COA	PET		156th	1
2016	Konrad Motorsport	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini DFJ 5.2 V10	DAY 10	SEB 14	LAG	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ROA	VIR	COA	PET		65th	2
2017	Konrad Motorsport	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Lamborghini DFJ 5.2 V10	DAY 20	SEB	LBH	COA	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ROA	VIR	LAG	PET	80th	11

References

↑ "Porsche Cup". Porsche Motorsport. Retrieved 2026-06-30.
↑ "All Results of Franz Konrad". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved June 6, 2018.

External links

Konrad Motorsport's official website
Franz Konrad driver profile Archived 2006-05-05 at the Wayback Machine

[In_1976_and_1977_the_World_Championship_was_divided_into_two_series_that_ran_simultaneously_but_separately:_The_World_Sportscar_Championship_and_the_World_Championship_for_Makes.-2] 1 2 In 1976 and 1977 the World Championship was divided into two series that ran simultaneously but separately: The World Sportscar Championship and the World Championship for Makes.

[3] No drivers' Championship.

[1] "Porsche Cup". Porsche Motorsport. Retrieved 2026-06-30.

[4] "All Results of Franz Konrad". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved June 6, 2018.

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German Formula Three champions
Three-time	Komossa
Two-time	Deutsch Jelinski Schäfer
One-time	Albers Van Dam Deutz Dillmann Elkmann Eriksson Fontana Heidfeld Kaneishi Kirchhöfer Kolmsee Konrad Korten Kreuzer Kristensen Lamy Lang Leinders Maring Mohr Müller Nielsen Nissen Oliveira Paffett Pantano Pommer Scharmann Schneider Schumacher Sommer Stanaway Thiim Trulli Tung Vanthoor Verstappen Vervisch Weidler Wendlinger Winkelhock

Winners of the Nürburgring 24 Hours
Five-time	Timo Bernhard Pedro Lamy Marcel Tiemann
Four-time	Marc Duez Romain Dumas Marc Lieb Fritz Müller Peter Zakowski
Three-time	Herbert Hechler Klaus Ludwig Christopher Mies Frank Stippler Hans-Joachim Stuck Kelvin van der Linde Markus Winkelhock
Two-time	Uwe Alzen Michael Bartels Nicky Catsburg Maro Engel Augusto Farfus Axel Felder Dieter Gartmann Christopher Haase Altfrid Heger Frank Katthöfer Lucas Luhr Jörg Müller Klaus Niedzwiedz Gerold Pankl Roberto Ravaglia Johannes Scheid Sabine Schmitz Bernd Schneider Hans-Jürgen Tiemann Dries Vanthoor Frédéric Vervisch Winfried Vogt Joachim Winkelhock
One-time	Bamber Basseng Bleekemolen Bovensiepen Bröhling Burgstaller Cairoli Cecotto Christensen Christodoulou Danner De Azevedo De Phillippi Dören Döring Edwards Eng Estre Faubel Feller Fernández Laser Frijns Geschwendtner Giroix Hahne Hammelmann Hohenzollern Holup Huisman Joisten Kaffer Kelleners Konrad Krohn Kummle Lauda Lechner Lietz Makowiecki Mamerow Marciello Marschall J-M. Martin M. Martin Mauer Mayländer Menzel Metzger D. Müller N. Müller Nissen Oberndorfer Oestreich Pilet Pirro Pittard Priaulx Quirin Rast Rensing Reuter Rockenfeller Rosterg Said Sandström Scheider Schickentanz Schiller Schmickler M. Schneider Selzer Sims Soper Stolz Strycek Tandy Thiim L. Vanthoor Walterscheid-Müller Widmann Wirdheim Wlazik Wolf Yelloly