Richard Lietz

Richard Lietz
Richard Lietz
	Lietz in 2016
Nationality	Austrian
Born	17 December 1983 (age 42); Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria
WEC career
Debut season	2012
Current team	Manthey 1st Phorm
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	92
Former teams	Team Felbermayr-Proton, Dempsey-Proton Racing
Starts	92
Wins	14
Poles	9
Fastest laps	4
Best finish	1st in 2015, 2025
Championship titles
2007; 2009, 2010; 2015; 2025	International GT Open; Le Mans Series - GT2; World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers; FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGT3 Drivers
Years
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	2007 –
Teams	IMSA Performance Matmut; Team Felbermayr-Proton; Porsche AG Team Manthey
Best finish	11th (2010)
Class wins	6 (2007, 2010, 2013, 2022, 2024, 2025)

Richard Lietz (born 17 December 1983 in Waidhofen an der Ybbs)^[1] is an Austrian professional racing driver and a Porsche Factory driver. He has competed in series such 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.^{[citation needed]}

Nationality

Austrian

Born17 December 1983 (age 42)

Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Austria

Debut season2012

Current teamManthey 1st Phorm

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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. That same year, he would compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Team Felbermayr-Proton. In 2015, he was crowned World Endurance Champion for GT drivers, winning the title in a factory Manthey Porsche.^[2]

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2000	Formula BMW ADAC	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
2001	Formula BMW ADAC	CTS-Motorsport	?	?	?	?	?	122	6th
2002	German Formula Three Championship	Palfinger F3 Racing Team	14	0	0	0	0	0	19th
2003	Formula 3 Euro Series	HBR Motorsport	20	0	0	0	0	7	18th
2004	Porsche Supercup	Tolimit Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2004	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Tolimit Motorsport	9	0	0	1	2	110	4th
2005	Porsche Supercup	Tolimit Motorsport	13	1	0	1	1	130	5th
2005	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Tolimit Motorsport	7	0	0	1	3	100	3rd
2006	Porsche Supercup	Tolimit Motorsport	12	2	4	4	5	157	3rd
2006	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Tolimit Motorsport	9	1	1	2	3	95	4th
2007	Le Mans Series – GT2	IMSA Performance Matmut	5	0	0	0	1	11	17th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - GT2		1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
	FIA GT Championships – GT2		1	0	0	0	1	13.5	17th
	International GT Open	Autorlando	15	3	3	?	6	158	1st
	Rolex Sports Car Series - GT	Synergy Racing	1	0	0	0	0	20	115th
2008	Le Mans Series – GT2	IMSA Performance Matmut	5	0	0	0	2	15	9th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - GT2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	FIA GT Championships – GT2		1	0	0	0	0	4.5	28th
	FIA GT Championships – GT2	Team Felbermayr-Proton	1	0	0	0	0	4.5	28th
	American Le Mans Series - GT2	Flying Lizard Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	13	47th
	Rolex Sports Car Series - GT	Synergy Racing	1	0	0	0	0	8	156th
	International GT Open	Autorlando	16	4	?	?	?	169	2nd
2009	Le Mans Series – GT2	Team Felbermayr-Proton	5	3	0	0	3	36	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - GT2	Team Felbermayr-Proton	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	American Le Mans Series - GT2	Farnbacher-Loles Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	13	42nd
	Rolex Sports Car Series - GT	Farnbacher-Loles Racing	1	0	0	0	1	32	53rd
	International GT Open - Super GT	Autorlando Sport	16	2	?	?	11	94	2nd
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Manthey Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2010	Le Mans Series – GT2	Team Felbermayr-Proton	5	3	0	0	4	87	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - GT2	Team Felbermayr-Proton	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
	American Le Mans Series - GT	Flying Lizard Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	18	29th
	Rolex Sports Car Series - GT	Magnus Racing	1	0	0	0	1	26	61st
	International GT Open - Super GT	Autorlando Sport	16	2	?	?	7	82	2nd
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - E1-XP Hybrid	Manthey Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2011	Le Mans Series – GTE Pro	Team Felbermayr-Proton	5	0	0	0	3	45	9th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	Team Felbermayr-Proton	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
	American Le Mans Series - GT	Porsche Motorsport North America	1	1	0	0	1	0	NC†
	Rolex Sports Car Series - GT	Magnus Racing	1	0	0	0	0	1	63rd
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - E1-XP Hybrid	Manthey Racing	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
2012	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	Team Felbermayr-Proton	8	2	0	0	7	5.5	39th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	Team Felbermayr-Proton	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	American Le Mans Series - GT	Porsche Motorsport North America	1	0	0	0	0	5	29th
	American Le Mans Series - GT	Paul Miller Racing	1	0	0	0	0	5	29th
	Rolex Sports Car Series - GT	Magnus Racing	1	1	0	0	1	35	49th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Manthey Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2013	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	Porsche AG Team Manthey	8	1	0	0	1	123	4th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	Porsche AG Team Manthey	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
	American Le Mans Series - GT	Paul Miller Racing	1	0	0	0	0	10	27th
	Rolex Sports Car Series - GT	Magnus Racing	2	0	0	0	1	79	19th
	Rolex Sports Car Series - GT	Mühlner Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	79	19th
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro	Manthey Racing	8	1	0	0	1	39	6th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Manthey Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2014	United SportsCar Championship - GTLM	Porsche North America	8	1	0	0	1	210	15th
	European Le Mans Series – LMGTE	Proton Competition	1	0	0	0	0	0.5	27th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	Porsche Team Manthey	6	1	0	0	3	111	3rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	Porsche Team Manthey	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
2015	United SportsCar Championship - GTLM	Porsche North America	3	1	0	0	0	87	14th
	European Le Mans Series – LMGTE	Proton Competition	4	0	0	0	1	45	9th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	Porsche Team Manthey	8	3	0	0	5	145	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	Porsche Team Manthey	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2016	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM	Porsche North America	1	0	0	0	0	22	29th
	European Le Mans Series – LMGTE	Proton Competition	1	0	0	1	0	8	19th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	Dempsey-Proton Racing	9	0	0	0	0	74	8th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	Dempsey-Proton Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Manthey Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2017	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM	Porsche GT Team	2	0	0	0	0	48	21st
	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	9	0	1	0	5	145	2nd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Manthey Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2018	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	1	0	1	0	1	N/A	2nd
2018	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Manthey Racing	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
2018-19	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	8	1	0	0	4	131	3rd
2019	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	GPX Racing	1	1	0	0	1	25	10th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Manthey Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2019-20	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	8	1	2	0	3	111	7th
2020	European Le Mans Series – LMGTE	Proton Competition	5	0	0	0	0	47	6th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	KCMG	1	0	0	0	0	2	33rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	1	0	1	0	0	N/A	5th
2021	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM	WeatherTech Racing	1	0	0	0	0	280	15th
	European Le Mans Series – LMGTE	Proton Competition	6	0	0	0	1	61	5th
	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	6	0	0	0	3	111	3rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Rutronik Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2022	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Wright Motorsports	1	1	0	0	1	370	47th
	European Le Mans Series – LMGTE	Proton Competition	6	0	0	0	1	35	14th
	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	5	1	2	0	2	115	5th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	Porsche GT Team	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	GPX Martini Racing	1	0	0	0	0	6	29th
2023	European Le Mans Series – LMGTE	Proton Competition	6	0	0	0	1	22	13th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Proton Competition	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	International GT Open	Lionspeed GP	5	0	0	0	0	6	26th
2024	FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGT3	Manthey EMA	8	2	0	0	3	105	2nd
2024	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGT3	Manthey EMA	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
2024-25	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Manthey EMA	6	1	0	0	3	76	2nd
2025	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3	Manthey 1st Phorm	8	2	0	0	2	123	1st
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Proton Competition	2	0	0	0	0	477	24th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Pure Rxcing	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2025-26	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Manthey Racing	6	0	0	0	0	38	10th
2026	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Manthey 1st Phorm	1	0	0	0	0	203	12th*
	European Le Mans Series - LMGT3	Proton Competition
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3	The Bend Manthey	1	0	0	0	1	15	3rd*

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2003	HBR Motorsport	Dallara F302/030	Opel	HOC 1 24	HOC 2 15	ADR 1 15	ADR 2 8	PAU 1 12	PAU 2 9	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 19	LMS 1 17	LMS 2 21	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 5	A1R 1 18	A1R 2 Ret	ZAN 1 19	ZAN 2 17	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 12	MAG 1 7	MAG 2 Ret	18th	7
Source:^[3]

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

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 911 RSR	GTE Pro	315	15th	1st
2014	Porsche Team Manthey	Marco Holzer Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	337	15th	3rd
2015	Porsche Team Manthey	Michael Christensen Jörg Bergmeister	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	327	30th	5th
2016	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Michael Christensen Philipp Eng	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	329	31st	8th
2017	Porsche GT Team	Frédéric Makowiecki Patrick Pilet	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	339	20th	4th
2018	Porsche GT Team	Gianmaria Bruni Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	343	16th	2nd
2019	Porsche GT Team	Gianmaria Bruni Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	342	21st	2nd
2020	Porsche GT Team	Gianmaria Bruni Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Pro	335	31st	5th
2021	Porsche GT Team	Gianmaria Bruni Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Pro	343	23rd	4th
2022	Porsche GT Team	Gianmaria Bruni Frédéric Makowiecki	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Pro	350	28th	1st
2023	Proton Racing	Michael Fassbender Martin Rump	Porsche 911 RSR-19	GTE Am	246	DNF	DNF
2024	Manthey EMA	Morris Schuring Yasser Shahin	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	LMGT3	281	27th	1st
2025	Manthey 1st Phorm	Ryan Hardwick Riccardo Pera	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	LMGT3	341	33rd	1st
Sources:^[3]^[4]

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Points
2007	IMSA Performance Matmut	GT2	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	MNZ 6	VAL Ret	NÜR 9	SPA Ret	SIL 2	INT	17th	11
2008	IMSA Performance Matmut	GT2	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6	CAT 3	MNZ DSQ	SPA 6	NÜR 3	SIL Ret		9th	15
2009	Team Felbermayr-Proton	GT2	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	CAT 1	SPA 1	ALG 8	NÜR 1	SIL 7		1st	36
2010	Team Felbermayr-Proton	GT2	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	LEC 1	SPA 1	ALG 3	HUN 1	SIL 5		1st	87
2011	Team Felbermayr-Proton	LMGTE Pro	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	LEC Ret	SPA 8	IMO 3	SIL 3	EST 2		3rd	44
2014	Proton Competition	LMGTE	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL	IMO	RBR 11	LEC	EST		27th	0.5
2015	Proton Competition	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL	IMO 2	RBR 5	LEC 4	EST 8		9th	45
2016	Proton Competition	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SIL 6	IMO	RBR	LEC	SPA	EST	19th	8
2020	Proton Competition	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	LEC 7	SPA 4	LEC DNS	MNZ 5	ALG 4		6th	47
2021	Proton Competition	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	CAT 6	RBR 4	LEC 8	MNZ 7	SPA 4	ALG 2	5th	61
2022	Proton Competition	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	LEC 3	IMO 7	MNZ Ret	CAT 8	SPA 7	ALG 8	14th	35
2023	Proton Competition	LMGTE	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	CAT 8	LEC 10	ARA 3	SPA Ret	ALG 9	ALG 11	13th	22
2026	Proton Competition	LMGT3	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2)	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	CAT 1	LEC	IMO	SPA	SIL	ALG	1st*	25*
Source:^[3]

Richard Lietz

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

Complete Porsche Supercup results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

References

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Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points	Ref
2014	Porsche North America	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 1	SEB 9	LBH 4	LGA 9	WGL 5	MOS 5	IMS 10	ELK 10	VIR	COA	PET		15th	210	^[6]
2015	Porsche North America	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY	SEB 5	LBH 8	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	COA	PET 1			14th	87	^[7]
2016	Porsche North America	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	COA	PET 10		29th	22	^[8]
2017	Porsche GT Team	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 6	SEB 8	LBH	COA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET		21st	48	^[9]
2021	WeatherTech Racing	GTLM	Porsche 911 RSR-19	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	DAY 6	SEB	DET	WGL	WGL	LIM	ELK	LGA	LBH	VIR	PET		15th	280	^[10]
2022	Wright Motorsports	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 1	SEB	LBH	LGA	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET	47th	370	^[11]
2025	Proton Competition	GTD Pro	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	DAY 10	SEB 8	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET			24th	477	^[12]
2026	Manthey 1st Phorm	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2)	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	DAY 12	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET			32nd*	203*
Source:^[3]

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Pos.	Points
2024–25	Manthey EMA	GT	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	SEP 1 3	SEP 2 13	DUB 1 2	DUB 2 5	ABU 1 1	ABU 2 7	2nd	76
2025–26	Manthey Racing	GT	Porsche 911 GT3 R (992)	Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6	SEP 1 4	SEP 2 8	DUB 1 9	DUB 2 4	ABU 1 7	ABU 2 12	10th	38