Bartels, Michael (D)
b 8/3/1968 (Plettenberg)
Most famous for being one time boyfriend of tennis star Steffi Graf.
1988 - German F3 (Malte Bongers): 5th, 117 pts
1989 - German F3 (Malte Bongers): 4th, 150 pts. Italian F3: 0 pts
1990 - F3000 (CoBRa): 22nd, 1 pt (6th Nogaro)
1991 - DNQ at German, Hungarian, Italian and Spanish GPs for Lotus.
F3000 (First Racing): 0 pts
1992 - F3000 (Team Crypton): 3rd, 25 pts (2nd Pau, Hockenheim and Nurburgring)
1993 - F3000 (Pacific Reynard Cosworth AC93D), J11th, 4 points:-
Qual
May 3 Donington Park accident 18
May 9 Silverstone 3rd, 1:00:37.81 2
May 31 Pau accident B4
Jul 18 Enna-Pergusa accident Pole
Jul 24 Hockenheim accident 7
Aug 22 Nurburgring gearbox 16
Aug 28 Spa accident 7
1994 - German Touring Cars (Nissan Primera), 6th, 33 points. Also drove an
Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TS at:-
Jun 26 Norisring 8th, -1 lap
Norisring 9th, 38:50.03
Aug 21 Nurburgring >10th
Nurburgring 9th, 39:36.99
Oct 9 Hockenheim 7th, 33:03.44
Hockenheim 3rd, 32:53.73
1995 - DTM (Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI), 47 points, 10th, 2 wins:
Apr 23 Hockenheim >10th
Hockenheim >10th
May 7 Avus >10th
Jun 25 Norisring 10th, -1 lap
Norisring gearbox
Jul 23 Diepholz 1st, 37:54.11/Pole
Diepholz 1st, 37:40.72
Aug 20 Nurburgring 10th, 40:07.40
Nurburgring engine
Sep 17 Singen gearbox
Singen >10th
Oct 15 Hockenheim >10th
Hockenheim oil pressure
ITC (Alfa), 0 points, but pole R1 Helsinki.
1996 - ITC (JAS Alfa Romeo 155 V6), 22nd, 16 points:
Apr 14 Hockenheim -
Hockenheim 14th, 40:33.96
May 12 Nurburgring 11th, 37:46.31
Nurburgring -
May 26 Estoril -
Estoril -
Jun 9 Helsinki -
Helsinki -
Jun 23 Norisring -
Norisring -
Jul 7 Diepholz 8th, 27:44.02
Diepholz -
Aug 18 Silverstone DSQ
Silverstone 8th, 37:45.873
Sep 1 Nurburgring -
Nurburgring -
Sep 15 Magny Cours -
Magny Cours -
Sep 29 Mugello -
Mugello -
Oct 13 Hockenheim -
Hockenheim -
Oct 27 Sao Paulo -
Sao Paulo -
Nov 10 Suzuka -
Suzuka -
1997 - German Touring Cars (Nissan Primera), J10th, 263 pts
Apr 27 Hockenheim 18th, 19:23.309
Apt 27 Hockenheim 13th, 35:54.906
May 11 Zolder 17th, 20:58.964
May 11 Zolder 26th, -2 laps
May 25 Nurburgring 8th, 19:51.664
May 25 Nurburgring 9th, 32:33.422
Jun 29 Norisring 15th, 20:57.284
Jun 29 Norisring 17th, -1 lap
Jul 13 Wunstorf 13th, 14:42.831
Jul 13 Wunstorf 9th, 35:42.080
Aug 10 Zweibrucken 16th, 21:17.738
Aug 10 Zweibrucken 16th, -1 lap
1998 - FIA GTs (Zakspeed Porsche 911 GT1 98), 13th, 14 pts
Apr 12 Oschersleben 15th, -17 laps with A.Hahne
May 17 Silverstone 3rd, -1 lap A.Hahne
Jun 28 Hockenheim 7th, -2 laps A.Hahne
Jul 12 Dijon 6th, -3 laps A.Hahne
Jul 19 Hungaroring 5th, -5 laps A.Hahne
Aug 23 Suzuka 6th, -6 laps A.Grau/A.Scheld
Sep 6 Donington Park ret/83 laps M.Angelelli
Sep 20 A1-Ring 4th, -1 lap M.Angelelli
Oct 18 Homestead 7th, -3 laps M.Angelelli/A.Scheld
Oct 25 Laguna Seca 5th, -2 laps M.Angelelli
German Super Touring (Peugeot 406)
Aug 16 Zweibrucken >10th
Aug 16 Zweibrucken 8th, 42:02.52
Aug 30 Salzburgring 10th, 17:36.92
Aug 30 Salzburgring 3rd, 34:38.25
Sep 13 Oschersleben >10th
Sep 13 Oschersleben 9th, 43:18.72
Oct 4 Nurburgring 9th, 20:44.48
Oct 4 Nurburgring >10th
1999 - German Super Touring (Audi A4 Quattro)
May 9 Sachsenring 5th, 22m39.379
May 9 Sachsenring 4th, 44m55.397
May 23 Zweibrucken 6th, 20m48.791
May 23 Zweibrucken accident
Jun 20 Oschersleben 6th, 22m00.833
Jun 20 Oschersleben 13th, -2 laps
Jul 4 Norisring 6th, 20m40.889
Jul 4 Norisring 5th, 43m53.099
Aug 8 Misano 7th, 21m43.042
Aug 8 Misano 6th, 43m12.189
Aug 22 Nurburgring 9th, 21m45.700
Aug 22 Nurburgring 6th, 39m09.759
Sep 5 Salzburgring 8th, 17m37.002
Sep 5 Salzburgring 7th, 39m40.544
Sep 19 Oschersleben 11th, 22m39.343
Sep 19 Oschersleben 7th, 43m59.538
Oct 3 Hockenheim 4th, 21m22.630
Oct 3 Hockenheim 2nd, 42m25.102
Oct 17 Nurburgring 7th, 20m57.752
Oct 17 Nurburgring 4th, 40m52.526
Macau Guia Supertouring Race (Audi A4 Quattro), 1st, 51m05.124
2000 - German Touring Car Masters (Opel-Phoenix Opel Astra V8 Coupe): 7th, 87 pts
May 28 Hockenheim 8th, 41m40.899
May 28 Hockenheim 3rd, 40m38.790
Jun 18 Oschersleben 18th, -2 laps
Jun 18 Oschersleben ret/1 lap/accident
Jul 9 Norisring 5th, 38m50.112
Jul 9 Norisring 5th, 41m07.174
Aug 6 Sachsenring 6th, 40m53.766
Aug 6 Sachsenring 6th, 32m43.825
Aug 20 Nürburgring 14th, -1 lap
Aug 20 Nürburgring 10th, 42m56.487
Sep 24 Oschersleben 7th, 37m10.001
Sep 24 Oschersleben 5th, 41m11.599
Oct 8 Nürburgring 6th, 36m41.966
Oct 8 Nürburgring 8th, 36m45.376
Oct 29 Hockenheim 4th, 32m59.881
Oct 29 Hockenheim 3rd, 32m49.109
Nürburgring 24 Hrs (Porsche 996 GT3R): 1st, with B.Maylander, U.Alzen
& A.Heger
2001 - German Touring Car Masters (Team Holzer Opel Astra V8 Coupe): 18th, 8 pts
Apr 22 Hockenheim short 14th, 14m00.661
Apr 22 Hockenheim short ret/4 laps/accident damage
May 6 Nürburgring 20th, -1 lap
May 6 Nürburgring 14th, 37m37.152
May 20 Oschersleben 17th, 13m11.721
May 20 Oschersleben 14th, 41m11.783
Jun 17 Sachsenring 17th, 14m46.602
Jun 17 Sachsenring 10th, 43m19.229
Jul 8 Norisring 8th, 13m05.369
Jul 8 Norisring 6th, 38m32.016
Aug 12 Lausitzring 14th, 14m18.517
Aug 12 Lausitzring ret/11 laps/accident damage
Aug 26 Nürburgring 14th, 11m29.449
Aug 26 Nürburgring 11th, 38m01.741
Sep 9 A1-Ring 8th, 12m15.920
Sep 9 A1-Ring ret/1 lap/accident damage
Sep 23 Zandvoort 18th, 18m53.922
Sep 23 Zandvoort 10th, 44m22.470
Oct 7 Hockenheim 4th, 15m15.354
Oct 7 Hockenheim 12th, 33m14.712
Nurburgring 24 Hrs (Zakspeed Chrysler Viper GTS): 1st, with P.Zakowski
& P.Lamy
2002 - DTM (Opel Team Holzer)
Apr 21 Hockenheim 13th, 13m15.994
Apr 21 Hockenheim 14th, -1 lap
May 5 Zolder 3rd, 16m17.535
May 5 Zolder 8th, 41m40.228
May 19 Donington Park 13th, 15m27.273
May 19 Donington Park ret/7 laps/accident
Jun 2 Sachsenring 10th, 12m28.959
Jun 2 Sachsenring 11th, 39m31.063
Jun 30 Norisring DSQ (10th) - driving standards
Jun 30 Norisring 11th, 38m21.579
Jul 14 Lausitzring 19th, 12h27.371
Jul 14 Lausitzring 17th, 40m11.599
Aug 4 Nürburgring 19th, 13m34.292
Aug 4 Nürburgring 11th, 41m47.607
Sep 8 A1-Ring 21st, -1 lap
Sep 8 A1-Ring 15th, 37m26.288
Sep 29 Zandvoort 10th, 13m28.730
Sep 29 Zandvoort ret/1 lap/accident damage
Oct 6 Hockenheim 16th, 13m50.364
Oct 6 Hockenheim ret/11 laps/accident damage
2003 - German V8-STAR (Sven Schnabl): J2nd, 249 pts
Apr 20 Nurburgring 4th
May 11 Lausitzring 3rd
May 30 Nurburgring 3rd
Jun 15 Sachsenring 5th
Jul 20 Nurburgring 9th
Aug 10 Zandvoort 5th
Sep 7 Zandvoort 3rd
Sep 13 Lausitzring 4th
Sep 13 Lausitzring 3rd
Nürburgring 24 Hrs (Porsche 996 Turbo): retired, with J.Alzen,
A.Klasen & U.Alzen
2004 – FIA GT Championship (Konrad Motorsport Saleen S7R) : J10th, 44 pts, with U.Alzen
Mar 28 Monza ret/10 laps/accident damage
Apr 18 Valencia ret/8 laps/clutch
May 2 Magny-Cours 1st, 3h00m13.044
May 16 Hockenheim 17th, -25 laps/starter
May 30 Brno 1st, 3h00m13.766
Jun 27 Donington Park 1st, 3h00m20.491
Jul 31-Aug 1 Spa 24 Hrs ret/78 laps/fuel (& with F.Konrad, E.vd Poele)
Sep 5 Imola 1st, 3h01m26.436
Sep 19 Oschersleben 23rd, 105 laps
Oct 8 Dubai 4th, 3h02m10.149
Nov 14 Zhuhai ret/31 laps/starter motor
Le Mans Endurance Series (Vitaphone Racing Saleen S7R): with U.Alzen & F.Konrad
May 9 Monza 1000 km ret/119 laps/differential
Jul 3 Nurburgring 9th, 165 laps
Aug 14 Silverstone 1000 km ret/94 laps/fuel system
Sep 12 Spa 1000 km ret/73 laps/suspension
Nurburgring 24 Hrs (Vitaphone Racing Porsche 996 Turbo): ret/118 laps,
with J.Alzen, U.Alzen & K.Ludwig
2005 – FIA GT Championship (Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC12): 3rd, 74 pts,
with T.Scheider
Apr 10 Monza 2nd, 2h40m31.802
May 1 Magny-Cours 2nd, 3h01m20.442
May 15 Silverstone 5th, 133 laps
May 29 Imola ret/27 laps/gearbox
Jun 26 Brno 5th, 82 laps
Jul 31 Spa 24 Hrs 1st, 24h00m34.160 (& E.v.d.Poele)
Aug 28 Oschersleben 20th, 97 laps
Sep 18 Istanbul Park 1st, 2h00m02.986
Sep 23 Zhuhai 3rd, 3h01m41.156
Nov 18 Dubai 2nd, 3h01m07.806
Nov 25 Bahrain 5th, 89 laps
Nurburgring 24 Hrs (Alfa Romeo Deutschland Alfa Romeo 147 ITD): 13th,
with H.Schurg, S.Neuberger and T.Scheider.
2006 – FIA GT Championship (Vitaphone Racing Maserati MC12 GT1): Champion, 71 pts,
with A.Bertolini
May 7 Silverstone 1st, 3h00m40.717
May 28 Brno 4th, 3h01m26.083
Jul 2 Oschersleben 1st, 3h01m11.822
Jul 30 Spa 24 Hrs 1st, 24h01m39.542 (& E.v.d.Poele)
Aug 20 Paul Ricard 7th, 2h51m51.7
Sep 3 Dijon 5th, 2h55m57.997
Sep 17 Mugello 2nd, 3h00m48.522
Oct 1 Hungaroring 5th, 3h03m01.756
Oct 15 Adria 2nd, 3h01m08.852
Nov 18 Dubai 11th, -4 laps
Nurburging 24 Hrs (Maserati SPA Maserati Gransport GT3): ret/26 laps, with
A.Bertolini, E.van de Poele & G.Giudici.
2007 – FIA GT Championship (Vitaphone Racing Maserati MC12): 6th, 45 pts, with T.Biagi
Mar 25 Zhuhai 6th, 2h01m01.194 *
Jun 24 Monza 4th, 2h00m35.080
Jul 8 Oschersleben 1st, 2h02m22.704
Jul 29 Spa 24 Hrs 2nd, 24h01m38.303 (& E.van de Poele/P.Lamy)
Sep 8 Adria 21st, 87 laps
Sep 23 Brno 7th, 2h01m19.525
Oct 21 Zolder 3rd, 2h01m04.896
* Bartels didn’t drive for the full 35 minutes and was excluded from points.
2008 – FIA GT Championship (Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC12): Champion, 70 pts,
with A.Bertolini
Apr 20 Silverstone TT 2nd, 2h00m11.474
May 18 Monza 5th, 2h01m48.635
Jun 21 Adria 2nd, 2h01m00.774
Jul 6 Oschersleben 5th, 2h01m23.168
Aug 3 Spa 24 Hrs 1st, 24h02m42.228 (& S.Sarrazin, E.van de Poele)
Aug 24 Bucharest 3rd, 1h01m11.122
Aug 24 Bucharest 3rd, 1h01m10.818
Sep 14 Brno 6th, 2h01m20.771
Oct 19 Zolder 1st, 2h00m47.551
Nov 23 San Luis 5th, 2h02m16.990
2009 – FIA GTs (Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC12): GT1 Champion, 55 pts, with
A.Bertolini
May 3 Silverstone 2nd, 2h00m16.055
May 16 Adria 1st, 2h00m22.680
Jun 21 Oschersleben 2nd, 2h00m51.955
Jul 25 Spa 24 Hrs 13th, 489 laps (& S.Sarrazin, A.Negrao)
Aug 30 Nurburgring 1st, 2h00m50.589
Sep 20 Algarve 5th, 2h02m37.866
Oct 4 Paul Ricard 5th, 2h01m22.316
Oct 25 Zolder 3rd, 2h02m12.919
2010 – GT1 World Championship (Vitaphone Racing Maserati MC12): Champion, 138 pts,
with A.Bertolini
Apr 17 Yas Marina 3rd, 1:00:39.194
Apr 17 Yas Marina 4th, 1:01:48.967
May 2 Silverstone 3rd, 1:02:05.627
May 2 Silverstone 7th, 1:02:06.047
May 23 Brno 1st, 1:00:09.205
May 23 Brno 5th, 1:00:48.611
Jul 4 Paul Ricard 1st, 1:00:31.919
Jul 4 Paul Ricard 1st, 1:00:30.245
Aug 1 Spa-Francorchamps ret/1 lap/accident damage
Aug 1 Spa-Francorchamps 7th, 1:01:12.133
Aug 29 Nurburgring 10th, 1:01:37.177
Aug 29 Nurburgring 6th, 1:01:16.021
Sep 19 Algarve 2nd, 1:01:03.282
Sep 19 Algarve 1st, 1:00:19.722
Oct 24 Navarra 6th, 1:01:52.877
Oct 24 Navarra 6th, 1:02:10.787
Nov 28 Interlagos 8th, 1:02:12.117
Nov 28 Interlagos 9th, 1:01:46.221
Dec 5 Potrero de los Funes 12th, 58:49.096
Dec 5 Potrero de los Funes 7th, 1:01:01.043
2011 – Blancpain Endurance Series (Vita4One Ferrari 458 Italia):
Apr 17 Monza ret/55 laps with F.Kechele, N.Verdonck
May 22 Navarra 1st, 3:01:21.303 with F.Kechele, N.Verdonck
Jul 30 Spa 24 Hrs ret/401 laps/DSQ with A.Bertolini, N.Hommerson, L.Machiels
Aug 27 Magny-Cours 4th, 3:01:09.916 with M.Matzke, F.Salaquarda
2012 – GT1 World Championship (Vita4One Racing Team BMW Z4 GT3): 3rd, 144 pts, with Y.Buurman
Apr 9 Nogaro 10th, 1h01m27.108
Apr 22 Zolder 2nd, 1h00m34.013
May 27 Navarra 5th, 1h01m43.114
Jun 10 Slovakiaring 1st, 1h01m24.886
Jul 8 Algarve 5th, 1h00m32.601
Aug 19 Slovakiaring 1st, 1h00m07.278
Sep 2 Moscow Raceway 7th, 1h02m57.658
Sep 23 Nurburgring 4th, 1h02m10.447
Sep 30 Donington Park 9th/18 laps/accident