Richard Lietz

Richard Lietz
Richard Lietz
	File:Richard lietz portrait.jpg
Nationality	Austrian
Born	17 February 1983 (age 41); Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria
WEC career
Current team	Team Manthey Porsche
Car no.	91
Championship titles
2007; 2009; 2010 2015	International GT Open; Le Mans Series (GT2 class); Le Mans Series (GT2 class)World GT Champion
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2007 -
Teams	IMSA Performance Matmut; Team Felbermayr-Proton; Porsche AG Team Manthey
Best finish	11th (2010)
Class wins	3 (2007, 2010, 2013)

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Richard Lietz (born 17 December 1983 ) is an Austrian professional racing driver. He has competed in such series as American Le Mans Series, Formula 3 Euro Series and the Rolex Sports Car Series. He is also a multiple race-winner in Porsche Supercup. Lietz was overall series champion in the 2007 International GT Open season with Swiss driver Joël Camathias. He has won the GT2 class of the Le Mans Series twice, alongside German driver Marc Lieb in both in the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

Born in Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Lietz won the 2012 24 Hours of Daytona GT division driving a Magnus Racing Porsche 911 GT3 Cup with co-drivers Andy Lally, Rene Rast and team owner John Potter. He will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Team Felbermayr-Proton. In 2015 he was crowned World Endurance Champion for GT drivers. Winning the title in a factory Manthey Porsche

Racing record

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2004	Tolimit Motorsport	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA	ESP	MON	GER	USA	USA	FRA	GBR	GER 8	HUN 7	BEL 12	ITA 9	NC‡	0‡
2005	Tolimit Motorsport	Porsche 997 GT3	ITA 6	ESP 8	MON 5	GER 8	USA 5	USA 7	FRA 1	GBR Ret	GER 5	HUN 6	ITA 21	BEL 6	5th	130
2006	Tolimit Motorsport	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 8	ITA 11	GER 2	ESP 22	MON 1	GBR 3	USA Ret	USA 4	FRA 2	GER 1	HUN 4	ITA 5	3rd	157

‡ Not eligible for points.

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2007	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	320	15th	1st
2008	IMSA Performance Matmut	Raymond Narac Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	26	DNF	DNF
2009	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	24	DNF	DNF
2010	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	338	11th	1st
2011	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Pro	312	16th	4th
2012	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Marc Lieb Wolf Henzler	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Pro	184	DNF	DNF
2013	Porsche AG Team Manthey	Romain Dumas Marc Lieb	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	315	16th	1st
2014	Porsche Team Manthey	Marco Holzer Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	337	15th	3rd
2015	Porsche Team Manthey	Michael Christensen Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	327	30th	5th

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2012	Team Felbermayr-Proton	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SEB 2	SPA 1	LMS Ret	SIL 3	SÃO 3	BHR 3	FUJ 1	SHA 2	3rd†	133†
2013	Porsche AG Team Manthey	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 4	SPA 5	LMS 1	SÃO 4	COA 4	FUJ 4	SHA 6	BHR 4	4th	123
2014	Porsche Team Manthey	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 1	SPA	LMS 2	COA	FUJ 4	SHA 2	BHR 4	SÃO 6	3rd	111
2015	Porsche Team Manthey	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 2	SPA 2	LMS 7	NÜR 1	COA 1	FUJ 4	SHA 1	BHR 5	1st	145

† There was no drivers championship that year, the result indicates rank in the LMGTE Pro Trophy.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Michele Bartyan	International GT Open champion 2007 with Joël Camathias	Succeeded by Andrea Montermini Michele Maceratesi
Preceded by Gianmaria Bruni Toni Vilander	FIA World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers 2015	Succeeded by Incumbent