Jörg Müller
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| Jörg Müller | |
 In 2007, as a WTCC driver |
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| Nationality |  German |
| Date of Birth | September 3, 1969 |
| Place of Birth | Kerkrade, Netherlands |
| Related to | Ewald Müller, a European kart champion |
| 2008 World Touring Car Championship | |
| Debut season | 2005 |
| Current team | BMW Team Germany |
| Car No. | 2 |
| Previous series | |
| 1988 1989 1989 1990–1994 1995–1996 1996 1998 1999–2001 2002–2004 |
German Formula Ford German Formula Opel European Formula Ford 1600 German Formula Three Championship Supertouring International Formula 3000 FIA GT Championship American Le Mans Series European Touring Car Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 1989 1989 1994 1996 2001 |
German Formula Opel European Formula Ford 1600 German Formula Three Championship International Formula 3000 American Le Mans Series (GT) |
Jörg Müller (born September 3, 1969 in Kerkrade, Netherlands) is a German race driver, driving for BMW in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC).
[edit] Racing career
In 1989 Müller won the titles in German Formula Opel Lotus Challenge and in European Formula Ford 1600.
The 1994 German Formula Three 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, Müller was a Formula One testdriver for Arrows and Sauber-Petronas, before joining the BMW-WilliamsF1 project to do tests for engines and 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 LMR.
In 2000 (BMW V12 LMR) and 2001 (BMW M3 GTR V8), Müller was successful in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) for BMW and Schnitzer Motorsport.
From the 2002 to 2005 season, Müller drove BMW 3series model E46 touring cars for the Schnitzer-operated works squad Team Deutschland (also called Team Germany) 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.
In 2006 Müller finished second in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). The following year he finished seventh in the championship.
[edit] Family
His formally team-mate Dirk Müller is unrelated, as is French driver Yvan Muller. Jörg Müller is the son of formally European Karting-champion Ewald Müller.
Müller currently resides in Monaco. He has a younger brother, Rainer, and an older sister, Marion.
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| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Rickard Rydell |
Macau Grand Prix winner 1993 |
Succeeded by Sascha Maassen |
| Preceded by Jos Verstappen |
German Formula Three champion 1994 |
Succeeded by Norberto Fontana |
| Preceded by Vincenzo Sospiri |
International Formula 3000 Champion 1996 |
Succeeded by Ricardo Zonta |
| Preceded by Duncan Huisman |
Guia Race winner 2004 |
Succeeded by Augusto Farfus |
| Preceded by Andy Priaulx |
Guia Race winner 2006 Race 2 |
Succeeded by Alain Menu |
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