Richard Lietz

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Richard Lietz

Nationality	Austrian
Born	(1983-02-17) 17 February 1983 Waidhofen an der Ybbs (Austria)
2014 Le Mans Series
Current team	Team Felbermayr-Proton
Car no.	77
Championship titles
2007 2009 2010	International GT Open Le Mans Series (GT2 class) Le Mans Series (GT2 class)

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)

Richard Lietz (born 17 December 1983 in Waidhofen an der Ybbs) is an Austrian 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.

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.

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 991-RSR	GTE Pro	315	16	1st

Sporting positions
Preceded by Michele Bartyan	International GT Open champion 2007 with Joël Camathias	Succeeded by Andrea Montermini Michele Maceratesi

Persondata
Name	Lietz, Richard
Alternative names
Short description	Austrian racing driver
Date of birth	17 February 1983
Place of birth	Waidhofen an der Ybbs (Austria)
Date of death
Place of death

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