Michael Bartels

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:BLP sources Template:Stack Michael Bartels (born 8 March 1968) is a German professional racing driver. He is a multiple FIA GT champion and former Grand Prix driver who attempted to qualify for four races in Template:F1 with Lotus.

Career

Bartels was the 1985 German karting champion and the 1986 German Formula Ford 1600 champion. He competed in the German Formula Three Championship in 1988 and 1989, before stepping up to International Formula 3000 in 1990.

Bartels filled in at Lotus for Johnny Herbert, who had commitments in Japanese Formula 3000, at four Grands Prix during the Template:F1 Formula One season, but failed to qualify at all four races. Bartels continued in F3000, finishing 4th in 1992, before switching to the DTM in 1994, where he continued to race until the series ended at the end of 1996. Bartels raced in the Super Tourenwagen Cup for the next three years, before the DTM was resurrected in 2000. He won the 24 Hours Nürburgring in 2000 (in a works Porsche 911 GT3) and 2001 (in a Chrysler Viper GTS-R).

Michael Bartels' Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti exits Old Hairpin at Donington 1995

Michael Bartels in the Vitaphone Racing Maserati MC12

After racing in the final year of the V8Star Series in 2003, finishing third behind Pedro Lamy and Thomas Mutsch, he switched to the FIA GT Championship for 2004 with Konrad Motorsport (in a Saleen S7R). For the 2005 season he began racing a Maserati MC12 for his own Bartels Motor & Sport team under the Vitaphone Racing banner, alongside compatriot Timo Scheider. Andrea Bertolini replaced Scheider for 2006 and the pairing won the championship in 2006, 2008 and 2009. Bartels also won the Spa 24 Hours in 2005, 2006 and 2008.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1990	CoBRa Motorsport	Reynard 90D	Mugen Honda	DON Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	JER Template:Small	MNZ Template:Small	PER 7†	HOC Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	BIR Template:Small	BUG Template:Small	NOG Template:Small	22nd	1
1991	GA Motorsport	Ralt RT23	Ford Cosworth	VAL Template:Small											NC	0
	First Racing	Reynard 91D			PAU Template:Small	JER Template:Small	MUG Template:Small	PER	HOC	BRH	SPA	BUG	NOG
1992	Crypton Engineering	Reynard 92D	Ford Cosworth	SIL Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	CAT Template:Small	PER Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	SPA Template:Small	ALB Template:Small	NOG Template:Small	MAG Template:Small		4th	25
1993	Pacific Racing	Reynard 93D	Ford Cosworth	DON Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	PAU Template:Small	PER Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	SPA Template:Small	MAG	NOG			11th	4

Complete Formula One results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1991	Team Lotus	Lotus 102B	Judd EV 3.5 V8	USA	BRA	SMR	MON	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	GER Template:Small	HUN Template:Small	BEL	ITA Template:Small	POR	ESP Template:Small	JPN	AUS	NC	0

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft/Masters results

(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	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1987		Ford Sierra XR4 TI	HOC	ZOL	NÜR	AVU	MFA Template:Small	NOR	NÜR	WUN	DIE	SAL															NC	0
1994	Jägermeister Schübel Engineering	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti	ZOL 1 Template:Small	ZOL 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	MUG 1 Template:Small	MUG 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	NOR 1 Template:Small	NOR 2 Template:Small	DON 1	DON 2	DIE 1 Template:Small	DIE 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	AVU 1 Template:Small	AVU 2 Template:Small	ALE 1 Template:Small	ALE 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	15th	23
1995	Euroteam	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	AVU 1 Template:Small	AVU 2 Template:Small	NOR 1 10†	NOR 2 Template:Small	DIE 1 Template:Small	DIE 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	ALE 1 Template:Small	ALE 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small											10th	47
2000	Opel Team Phoenix	Opel Astra Coupé 2000	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	OSC 1 Template:Small	OSC 2 Template:Small	NOR 1 Template:Small	NOR 2 Template:Small	SAC 1 Template:Small	SAC 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	OSC 1 Template:Small	OSC 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small									7th	87
2001	Opel Team Holzer 2	Opel Astra Coupé 2001	HOC QR Template:Small	HOC CR Template:Small	NÜR QR Template:Small	NÜR CR Template:Small	OSC QR Template:Small	OSC CR Template:Small	SAC QR Template:Small	SAC CR Template:Small	NOR QR Template:Small	NOR CR Template:Small	LAU QR Template:Small	LAU CR Template:Small	NÜR QR Template:Small	NÜR CR Template:Small	A1R QR Template:Small	A1R CR Template:Small	ZAN QR Template:Small	ZAN CR Template:Small	HOC QR Template:Small	HOC CR Template:Small					18th	8
2002	OPC Team Holzer	Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2002	HOC QR Template:Small	HOC CR Template:Small	ZOL QR Template:Small	ZOL CR Template:Small	DON QR Template:Small	DON CR Template:Small	SAC QR Template:Small	SAC CR Template:Small	NOR QR Template:Small	NOR CR Template:Small	LAU QR Template:Small	LAU CR Template:Small	NÜR QR Template:Small	NÜR CR Template:Small	A1R QR Template:Small	A1R CR Template:Small	ZAN QR Template:Small	ZAN CR Template:Small	HOC QR Template:Small	HOC CR Template:Small					15th	1

• † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance.

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

(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	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1994	Nissan Primera Racing	Nissan Primera eGT	AVU 12	WUN 7	ZOL Ret	ZAN 14	ÖST 2	SAL 4	SPA 7	NÜR Ret													6th	33
1997	Opel Team SMS	Opel Vectra	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	ZOL 1 Template:Small	ZOL 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	SAC 1 Template:Small	SAC 2 Template:Small	NOR 1 Template:Small	NOR 2 Template:Small	WUN 1 Template:Small	WUN 2 Template:Small	ZWE 1 Template:Small	ZWE 2 Template:Small	SAL 1 Template:Small	SAL 2 Template:Small	REG 1 Template:Small	REG 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	11th	263
1998	Peugeot Esso	Peugeot 406	HOC 1	HOC 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	SAC 1	SAC 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	REG 1	REG 2	WUN 1	WUN 2	ZWE 1 Template:Small	ZWE 2 Template:Small	SAL 1 Template:Small	SAL 2 Template:Small	OSC 1 Template:Small	OSC 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	19th	143
1999	Jever Audi-Team AZK Phoenix	Audi A4 Quattro	SAC 1 Template:Small	SAC 2 Template:Small	ZWE 1 Template:Small	ZWE 2 Template:Small	OSC 1 Template:Small	OSC 2 Template:Small	NOR 1 Template:Small	NOR 2 Template:Small	MIS 1 Template:Small	MIS 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	SAL 1 Template:Small	SAL 2 Template:Small	OSC 1 Template:Small	OSC 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	7th	419

Complete International Touring Car Championship results

(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	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1995	Euroteam	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti	MUG 1 Template:Small	MUG 2 Template:Small	HEL 1 Template:Small	HEL 2 Template:Small	DON 1 Template:Small	DON 2 Template:Small	EST 1 Template:Small	EST 2 Template:Small	MAG 1 Template:Small	MAG 2 Template:Small																	26th	0
1996	JAS Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	EST 1 Template:Small	EST 2 Template:Small	HEL 1 Template:Small	HEL 2 Template:Small	NOR 1 Template:Small	NOR 2 Template:Small	DIE 1 Template:Small	DIE 2 Template:Small	SIL 1 Template:Small	SIL 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	MAG 1 Template:Small	MAG 2 Template:Small	MUG 1 Template:Small	MUG 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	INT 1 Template:Small	INT 2 Template:Small	SUZ 1 Template:Small	SUZ 2 Template:Small	21st	16

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Template:Tooltip	Pts
2010	Vitaphone Racing Team	Maserati MC12	ABU QR 3	ABU CR 4	SIL QR 3	SIL CR 7	BRN QR 1	BRN CR 5	PRI QR 1	PRI CR 1	SPA QR Ret	SPA CR 7	NÜR QR 10	NÜR CR 6	ALG QR 2	ALG CR 1	NAV QR 7	NAV CR 6	INT QR 8	INT CR 9	SAN QR 12	SAN CR 7	1st	138
2012	BMW Team Vita4One	BMW Z4 (E89)	NOG QR 11	NOG CR 10	ZOL QR 1	ZOL CR 2	NAV QR 3	NAV QR 5	SVK QR 3	SVK CR 1	ALG QR 2	ALG CR 5	SVK QR 1	SVK CR 1	MOS QR 10	MOS CR 7	NÜR QR 4	NÜR CR 4	DON QR 9	DON CR 9			3rd	144

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Template:Tooltip	Pts
2014	Vita4one Racing Team	BMW Z4 GT3	Pro-Am	NOG QR	NOG CR	BRH QR	BRH CR	ZAN QR	ZAN CR	SVK QR	SVK CR	ALG QR	ALG CR	ZOL QR Template:Small	ZOL CR Template:Small	BAK QR	BAK CR	55th	0

Personal life

From 1992 to 1999, Bartels dated tennis player Steffi Graf.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

External links

• Official website (in German)