Jörg Müller
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Jörg Müller (born September 3, 1969 in Kerkrade, Netherlands) is a German race driver, driving for BMW. His team-mate Dirk Müller is unrelated, as is French driver Yvan Muller.
The 1994 German Formula 3 Champion won a Supertouring car race for BMW in 1995 and the 1995-1996 Spa 24 Hours as well as the 1996 Formula 3000 Championship for team RSM Helmut Marko Lola-Zytek). He also won the prestigious Macau Grand Prix in 1993.
From 1997 to 1998, he was a Formula One testdriver for Arrows and Sauber-Petronas, before joining the BMW-WilliamsF1 project to do tests for engines an Michelin tyres from 1999 to 2001. He never managed to race in Formula 1 though.
From 1997 to 2000 he was also busy in sportscar racing, with drives for Nissan. He was part of the team that were winning the 24 Hours of Daytona in a Porsche 911 GT1 and leading the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans for 18 hours in a BMW V12.
In 2000 (BMW V12) and 2001 (BMW M3 GTR V8), he was successful in the ALMS for BMW and Schnitzer Motorsport.
From the 2002 to 2005 season, he was driving BMW 3series model E46 touring cars for the Schnitzer-operated works squad Team Deutschland in the FIA European Touring Car Championship (now WTCC). Since 2006, the team uses the new BMW 3series model E90 which is based on the BMW 320si limited edition model that has a 4-cyl engine rather than the usual 6-cyl.
The 2004 24 Hours Nürburgring was won by both Müllers (and Hans-Joachim Stuck) with the BMW M3 GTR V8 that had been raced successfully in the 2001 ALMS. In 2005, the Müllers finished 2nd behind their sister car.
Jörg currently resides in Monaco. He has a younger brother, Rainer, and an older sister, Marion.
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| Preceded by: Vincenzo Sospiri |
International Formula 3000 Champion 1996 |
Succeeded by: Ricardo Zonta |
| Preceded by: Rickard Rydell |
Macau GP winner 1993 |
Succeeded by: Sascha Maassen |
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