Dirk Adorf (born 10 July 1969 in Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German racing driver. A Nürburgring Nordschleife specialist, he has served as a factory driver for Opel and BMW.
Starting with small cars, Adorf won the Nürburgring VLN German Endurance Trophy in 1992, 1996 and 1997.Motorsport.com This earned him drives in the German Super Tourenwagen Cup (STW) during 1995.
Adorf would return to the STW in 1999, this time with Opel. After three seasons in the 2000cc touring car series, he moved to V8Star Series in 2002. His last competition there was in 2003, when he drove two races in V8Star. After the series folded, his team took the big Jaguar-bodied V8Star to the Nürburgring VLN endurance series, and after successfully adopting the car, they won a race in 2003, together with Hermann Tilke.
For 2004, Adorf moved to the Raeder team, winning some more races. Later, he decided to enter a Lamborghini Gallardo, but with little success as the car remained unreliable. The team then acquired a FIA GT3–spec Ford GT from Matech, with which Adorf surprisingly set pole for the 2009 24 Hours of Nürburgring against strong competition.
In 2010, Adorf joined the Schnitzer Motorsport–run BMW works team and looked set for a win on debut at the 2010 24 Hours of Spa, leading by over a lap when a track rod broke and sent Dirk Werner into the barrier in the last hour. The trio eventually salvaged third place.
Adorf continued to race the M3, Z4 and M4 iterations of BMW race cars at the Nürburgring 24 Hours until 2018. He currently serves as a BMW development driver, academy mentor and TV expert.
Racing record
24 Hours of Nürburgring Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1992 Renngemeinschaft Sieglar Klaus-Dieter Häckel Guido Thierfelder Citroën AX Class 17 63 66th 2nd 1993 Team Matter Sicherheit Raimund Baumschlager Edgar Dören Hermann Tilke Porsche 911 Carrera Class 1 28 DNF DNF Renngemeinschaft Sieglar Peter Kröber Michael Tanzberger Guido Thierfelder Citroën AX Sport Class 10 104 97th 7th 1994 FINA Tankstellen Team Schneider Markus Gedlich Andy Middendorf Sabine Schmitz BMW 325i Class 3 100 18th 3rd 1995 Mühlner Motorsport Marco Munding Wolfgang Savelsbergh Opel Astra GSi Class 4 117 7th 1st 1996 Kissling Motorsport Günther Schmidt Volker Strycek Klaus-Peter Thaler Opel Astra Class 1 94 84th 1st ITT Automotive Europe Marco Werner Thomas Winkelhock Opel Astra GSi Class 3 126 9th 1st 1997 Mühlner Motorsport Eric Nève Peter Oberndorfer Volker Strycek Opel Astra Class 1 64 DNF DNF 1999 Mühlner Motorsport Heinz-Josef Bermes Karl Mauer Wolfgang Savelsbergh Opel Astra G A3 72 DNF DNF Wolfgang Leufgen Eric Nève Wolfgang Savelsbergh 78 DNF DNF 2000 Mühlner Motorsport Heinz-Josef Bermes Christian Menzel Peter Wyss Opel Astra A3 10 DNF DNF Rudi Adams Eric Nève Manfred Theisen 10 DNF DNF 2003 Wiechers-Sport Ulrich Gallade Thomas Mutsch Hermann Tilke V8Star Jaguar E1 39 DNF DNF 2004 Recaro - Raeder Motorsport Ulrich Gallade Hermann Tilke V8Star Jaguar E1 51 DNF DNF 2005 (private entrant) Patrick Simon Hermann Tilke V8Star Jaguar E1 7 DNF DNF 2006 Raeder Motorsport Peter Oberndorfer Hermann Tilke Lamborghini Gallardo SP8 1 DNF DNF 2007 Land-Motorsport Marc Basseng Marc Hennerici Frank Stippler Porsche 996 GT3-RSR SP7 111 3rd 2nd (private entrant) Markus Grossmann Peter Oberndorfer Hermann Tilke Lamborghini Gallardo SP8 41 DNF DNF 2008 Raeder Motorsport Marc Hennerici Ralf Schall Hermann Tilke Lamborghini Gallardo SP8 111 106th 6th 2009 Raeder Automotive Marc Hennerici Thomas Mutsch Hermann Tilke Ford GT GT3 SP9GT3 82 DNF DNF 2010 BMW Motorsport Dirk Müller Andy Priaulx Dirk Werner BMW M3 GT2 E1-XP2 150 7th 2nd 2011 BMW Motorsport Pedro Lamy Dirk Müller Dirk Werner BMW M3 GT2 E1-XP2 139 DNF DNF 2012 BMW Team Schubert Uwe Alzen Dirk Müller Jörg Müller BMW Z4 GT3 SP9GT3 150 7th 7th Nico Bastian Claudia Hürtgen Dominik Schwager 150 8th 8th 2013 BMW Team Schubert Claudia Hürtgen Jens Klingmann Martin Tomczyk BMW Z4 GT3 SP9GT3 87 6th 6th 2014 BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS Nicky Catsburg Bas Leinders Markus Palttala BMW Z4 GT3 SP9GT3 60 DNF DNF 2015 BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS Nicky Catsburg Augusto Farfus Jörg Müller BMW Z4 GT3 SP9GT3 155 4th 4th 2017 Securtal Sorg Rennsport Jethro Bovingdon Ricky Collard Jörg Weidinger BMW M4 GT4 SP8T 140 36th 1st 2018 Securtal Sorg Rennsport Tom Coronel Nico Menzel Beitske Visser BMW M4 GT4 SP8T 92 102nd 6th 2020 Adrenalin Motorsport Tom Coronel Christian Gebhardt Niki Schelle BMW M2 CS Racing BMW M2 65 NC NC 2021 Teichmann Racing GT4 Daniel Bohr Timo Mölig Felix von der Laden KTM X-Bow GT4 Cup-X 47 69th 5th 2022 Teichmann Racing GTX Manuel Amweg Tim Sandtler Florian Wolf KTM X-Bow GTX Cup-X 91 DNF DNF 2023 Griesemann Gruppe by TR Team Björn Griesemann Georg Griesemann Felix von der Laden Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo AT 138 46th 3rd 2024 eFuel Team Griesemann Björn Griesemann Georg Griesemann Yves Volte Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo AT3 44 48th 3rd 2025 Manthey Team eFuel Griesemann Björn Griesemann Georg Griesemann Yves Volte Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 AT2 130 20th 2nd
24 Hours of Spa Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2010 BMW Motorsport Dirk Müller Dirk Werner BMW M3 GT2 GTN 540 3rd 1st
24 Hours of Zolder Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2015 Walkenhorst Motorsport Victor Bouveng Louis Delétraz Trent Hindman BMW M235i Racing Cup T7 710 15th 9th
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