Dieter Quester

Dieter Quester (born 30 May 1939 in Vienna[1]) is an active touring car racing driver from Austria. Dieter has participated in 53 24-Hour Races. He competed in a single Formula One race in which he finished ninth.

Dieter Quester
Dieter Quester, 1973
Born (1939-05-30) 30 May 1939
Vienna, Austria
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality Austrian
Active years1969, 1974
TeamsBMW, Surtees
Entries2 (1 start)
Championships0
Career points0
First entry1969 German Grand Prix
Last entry1974 Austrian Grand Prix

Starting with motorboats in the 1950s, he became part of the Formula 2 team of BMW which intended to take part in the 1969 German Grand Prix. Teammate Gerhard Mitter was killed at the Nürburgring while practising with the BMW 269, though. As a suspension or steering failure was suspected, the BMW team with Quester and Hubert Hahne withdrew from the race, as did Mitter's teammate at Porsche, Hans Herrmann.

Quester participated in his home 1974 Austrian Grand Prix on 18 August 1974. He out-qualified his three team mates at Surtees and finished 9th ahead of Hans-Joachim Stuck and double World Champion Graham Hill in the race, but scored no championship points.

Quester then focused again on European Touring Car Championship to drive a BMW 3.0 CSL for Schnitzer Motorsport. Quester had already won the 1973 Spa 24 Hours. Later racing in the DTM, he once slid on the roof of his BMW M3 over the start/finish line of the AVUS for a 3rd place.

His career was still active at age 70, sponsored by Red Bull. On 15 January 2006 he won the 24 Hours race at the Dubai Autodrome on a BMW M3 together with Hans-Joachim Stuck, Philipp Peter and Toto Wolff. Stuck and Quester returned in the 24 Hours Nürburgring, but their BMW was destroyed in a crash at night that involved an oil spill and seven cars. During the weekend of 9–10 September 2006, he won the Britcar 24 Hours of Silverstone in a Duller Motorsport BMW M Roadster#Z4 M Roadster (2006–2008), and on 14 January 2007 he again won the 24 Hours race at the Dubai Autodrome in the Duller Motorsport BMW Z4 (E85). In September 2007 he and Duller won the 24 Hours of Silverstone in the Duller BMW Z4 (E85), by a margin of 30 laps.

Quester took part in his final race at the HSR Classic Daytona in November 2018 at the age of 79.

Dieter Quester, 2008

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship 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 Pos. Pts
1969 Bayerische Motoren Werke BMW 269 BMW M11 THR HOC NÜR JAR TUL
Ret		 PER VAL
Ret		 NC 0
1970 Bayerische Motoren Werke BMW 269 BMW M11 THR
7		 HOC
Ret		 BAR
5		 ROU
DNQ		 PER
Ret		 TUL
Ret		 IMO
Ret		 4th 14
BMW 270 HOC
1
1971 Eifelland Wohnwagenbau Brabham BT30 Cosworth FVA HOC
Ret		 THR 3rd 31
March 712M BMW M11 NÜR
Ret		 JAR
2		 PAL
Ret		 ROU
2		 MAN
10		 TUL
3		 ALB
Ret		 VAL
2		 VAL
2
1972 Matchbox Team Surtees Surtees TS10 Ford BDA MAL THR HOC PAU PAL HOC ROU ÖST
Ret		 IMO MAN PER SAL ALB HOC NC 0
1974 Team Harper March 742 BMW BAR HOC
Ret		 PAU
DNS		 NC 0
Chevron B27 Ford BDA SAL
11		 HOC
Ret		 MUG
Ret		 KAR
NC		 PER HOC VAL

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 WDC Pts
1969 Bayerische Motoren Werke BMW 269 BMW M12/1 1.6 L4 RSA ESP MON NED FRA GBR GER
DNS		 ITA CAN USA MEX NC 0
1974 Memphis International Team Surtees Surtees TS16 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG BRA RSA ESP BEL MON SWE NED FRA GBR GER AUT
9		 ITA CAN USA NC 0
Source:[2]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1973 BMW Motorsport Toine Hezemans BMW 3.0 CSL T
5.0		 307 11th 1st
1976 BMW Motorsport GmbH Albrecht Krebs
Alain Peltier		 BMW 3.5 CSL Gr.5 117 DNF DNF
1978 BMW Great Britain
Tolemans Racing		 Tom Walkinshaw
Rad Dougall		 Osella PA6-BMW S
2.0		 113 DNF DNF
1979 March Racing Guy Edwards
Ian Grob		 BMW M1 S
+2.0		 - DNQ DNQ
1980 B.M.W. France Didier Pironi
Marcel Mignot		 BMW M1 IMSA 293 14th 4th
1981 Würth-Lubrifilm Team Sauber Marc Surer
David Deacon		 BMW M1 Gr.5 207 DNF DNF
1982 BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport Hans-Joachim Stuck
Jean-Louis Schlesser		 Sauber SHS C6-Ford C 76 DNF DNF
1983 John Fitzpatrick Racing John Fitzpatrick
David Hobbs		 Porsche 956 C 135 DNF DNF
1985 Sauber Racing John Nielsen
Max Welti		 Sauber C8-Mercedes C1 - DNS DNS
1986 Kouros Racing Team Henri Pescarolo
Christian Danner		 Sauber C8-Mercedes C1 86 DNF DNF
Source:[3]

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft 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 Pos. Pts
1988 BMW M Team Linder BMW M3 ZOL
1
10		 ZOL
2
13		 HOC
1
5		 HOC
2
4		 NÜR
1
26		 NÜR
2
13		 BRN
1
6		 BRN
2
10		 AVU
1
5		 AVU
2
17		 MFA
1
8		 MFA
2
7		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
6		 NOR
1
12		 NOR
2
18		 9th 167
BMW M3 Evo WUN
1
10		 WUN
2
13		 SAL
1
C		 SAL
2
C		 HUN
1
9		 HUN
2
9		 HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
25
1989 BMW M Team Zakspeed BMW M3 Evo ZOL
1
7		 ZOL
2
14		 HOC
1
12		 HOC
2
9		 NÜR
1
4		 NÜR
2
3		 MFA
1
DNQ		 MFA
2
3		 AVU
1
7		 AVU
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
DNS		 NOR
1
8		 NOR
2
5		 HOC
1
10		 HOC
2
Ret		 DIE
1		 DIE
2		 NÜR
1		 NÜR
2		 HOC
1		 HOC
2		 15th 127
1990 BMW M Team Zakspeed BMW M3 Sport Evo ZOL
1
Ret		 ZOL
2
DNS		 HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
DNS		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
DNS		 AVU
1
3		 AVU
2
9		 MFA
1
10		 MFA
2
12		 WUN
1
23		 WUN
2
DNS		 NÜR
1
8		 NÜR
2
Ret		 NOR
1
12		 NOR
2
Ret		 DIE
1
13		 DIE
2
9		 NÜR
1
15		 NÜR
2
11		 HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
DNS		 20th 20
1991 Linder M Team BMW M3 Sport Evo ZOL
1
24		 ZOL
2
Ret		 HOC
1
15		 HOC
2
27		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
DNS		 AVU
1
18		 AVU
2
Ret		 WUN
1
14		 WUN
2
17		 NOR
1
15		 NOR
2
12		 DIE
1
Ret		 DIE
2
DNS		 NÜR
1
16		 NÜR
2
Ret		 ALE
1		 ALE
2		 HOC
1		 HOC
2		 BRN
1
19		 BRN
2
12		 DON
1
13		 DON
2
Ret		 NC 0

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 Pos. Pts
1994 BMW Team Isert BMW 318i AVU WUN ZOL ZAN ÖST
16		 SAL
13		 SPA NÜR 28th 0

Complete FIA GT Championship results

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

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos. Pts
1997 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT2 HOC SIL HEL NÜR SPA A1R
3		 SUZ DON MUG SEB LAG 25th 4
2000 RWS Red Bull Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R N-GT VAL EST MNZ SIL HUN
4		 ZOL A1R
Ret		 LAU
1		 BRN
2		 MAG
2		 6th 25
2001 RWS Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RS N-GT MNZ
2		 BRN
1		 MAG
2		 SIL ZOL HUN SPA
1		 A1R
Ret		 NÜR
6		 JAR
2		 4th 52
Porsche 911 GT3-R EST
4
2002 RWS Motorsport Porsche 911 GT GT MAG
Ret		 SIL
7		 BRN
10		 JAR AND OSC NC 0
Dart Racing Ferrari 550 Maranello PER
Ret		 DON
Ret		 EST
Ret
RWS Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-R N-GT SPA
Ret		 29th 3.5

Britcar 24 Hour results
Year Team Co-Drivers Car Car No. Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2007 Duller Motorsport Jamie Campbell-Walter
Johannes Stuck
Dirk Werner		 BMW Z4 M Coupé 1 GT3 596 1st 1st

References
  1. Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
  2. Small, Steve (1994). The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who. Guinness. p. 307. ISBN 0851127029.
  3. "All Results of Dieter Quester". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Karl von Wendt		 European Touring Car Championship
Champion (Div.3)
1968-1969		 Succeeded by
Toine Hezemans
Preceded by
Kevin Bartlett		 Macau Grand Prix
Winner
1970		 Succeeded by
Jan Bussell
Preceded by
Jean Xhenceval
and Pierre Dieudonné		 European Touring Car Championship
Champion
1977		 Succeeded by
Umberto Grano
Preceded by
Umberto Grano		 European Touring Car Championship
Champion
1983		 Succeeded by
Tom Walkinshaw
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