Michael Bartels

Michael Bartels
Michael Bartels in Hockenheimring 2024
Nationality	German
Born	(1968-03-08) 8 March 1968 Plettenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
FIA GT1 World Championship career
Debut season	2010
Current team	Vitaphone Racing
Car number	18
Starts	38
Wins	8
Poles	3
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	1st in 2010
Previous series
2004-09 2004 2003 2000-02 1997-99 1994-1996 1990-93 1988-89 1986-87	FIA GT Championship Le Mans Series V8Star Series DTM Super Tourenwagen Cup DTM International Formula 3000 German F3 Formula Ford
Championship titles
1986 2006, 08-09 2010	German Formula Ford 1600 FIA GT Championship GT1 FIA GT1 World Championship

Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1991
Teams	Lotus
Entries	4 (0 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1991 German Grand Prix
Last entry	1991 Spanish Grand Prix

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 1991 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 1991 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	Pos.	Pts
1990	CoBRa Motorsport	Reynard 90D	Mugen Honda	DON 11	SIL Ret	PAU DSQ	JER Ret	MNZ Ret	PER 7†	HOC Ret	BRH 11	BIR Ret	BUG 13	NOG 6	22nd	1
1991	GA Motorsport	Ralt RT23	Ford Cosworth	VAL DNQ											NC	0
	First Racing	Reynard 91D			PAU 8	JER Ret	MUG 15	PER	HOC	BRH	SPA	BUG	NOG
1992	Crypton Engineering	Reynard 92D	Ford Cosworth	SIL Ret	PAU 2	CAT Ret	PER 4	HOC 2	NÜR 2	SPA 3	ALB Ret	NOG Ret	MAG DSQ		4th	25
1993	Pacific Racing	Reynard 93D	Ford Cosworth	DON Ret	SIL 3	PAU Ret	PER Ret	HOC Ret	NÜR Ret	SPA Ret	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	WDC	Pts
1991	Team Lotus	Lotus 102B	Judd EV 3.5 V8	USA	BRA	SMR	MON	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	GER DNQ	HUN DNQ	BEL	ITA DNQ	POR	ESP DNQ	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	Pos.	Pts
1987		Ford Sierra XR4 TI	HOC	ZOL	NÜR	AVU	MFA 19	NOR	NÜR	WUN	DIE	SAL															NC	0
1994	Jägermeister Schübel Engineering	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti	ZOL 1 Ret	ZOL 2 DNS	HOC 1 12	HOC 2 12	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 14	MUG 1 9	MUG 2 8	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 DNS	NOR 1 8	NOR 2 9	DON 1	DON 2	DIE 1 12	DIE 2 Ret	NÜR 1 12	NÜR 2 9	AVU 1 Ret	AVU 2 DNS	ALE 1 Ret	ALE 2 DNS	HOC 1 7	HOC 2 3	15th	23
1995	Euroteam	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 DNS	AVU 1 6	AVU 2 Ret	NOR 1 10†	NOR 2 Ret	DIE 1 1	DIE 2 1	NÜR 1 10	NÜR 2 Ret	ALE 1 Ret	ALE 2 DNS	HOC 1 13	HOC 2 Ret											10th	47
2000	Opel Team Phoenix	Opel Astra Coupé 2000	HOC 1 8	HOC 2 3	OSC 1 18	OSC 2 Ret	NOR 1 5	NOR 2 5	SAC 1 6	SAC 2 6	NÜR 1 14	NÜR 2 10	OSC 1 7	OSC 2 5	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 8	HOC 1 4	HOC 2 3									7th	87
2001	Opel Team Holzer 2	Opel Astra Coupé 2001	HOC QR 14	HOC CR Ret	NÜR QR 20	NÜR CR 14	OSC QR 17	OSC CR 14	SAC QR 17	SAC CR 10	NOR QR 8	NOR CR 6	LAU QR 14	LAU CR Ret	NÜR QR 14	NÜR CR 11	A1R QR 8	A1R CR Ret	ZAN QR 18	ZAN CR 10	HOC QR 4	HOC CR 12					18th	8
2002	OPC Team Holzer	Opel Astra V8 Coupé 2002	HOC QR 13	HOC CR 14	ZOL QR 3	ZOL CR 8	DON QR 13	DON CR Ret	SAC QR 10	SAC CR 11	NOR QR DSQ	NOR CR 11	LAU QR 19	LAU CR 17	NÜR QR 19	NÜR CR 11	A1R QR 21	A1R CR 15	ZAN QR 10	ZAN CR Ret	HOC QR 16	HOC CR Ret					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	Pos.	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 18	HOC 2 13	ZOL 1 17	ZOL 2 26	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 10	SAC 1 Ret	SAC 2 DNS	NOR 1 15	NOR 2 17	WUN 1 13	WUN 2 9	ZWE 1 16	ZWE 2 16	SAL 1 5	SAL 2 4	REG 1 10	REG 2 6	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 5	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 11	ZWE 2 8	SAL 1 10	SAL 2 3	OSC 1 15	OSC 2 9	NÜR 1 9	NÜR 2 14	19th	143
1999	Jever Audi-Team AZK Phoenix	Audi A4 Quattro	SAC 1 5	SAC 2 4	ZWE 1 6	ZWE 2 Ret	OSC 1 6	OSC 2 13	NOR 1 6	NOR 2 5	MIS 1 7	MIS 2 6	NÜR 1 9	NÜR 2 6	SAL 1 8	SAL 2 7	OSC 1 11	OSC 2 7	HOC 1 4	HOC 2 2	NÜR 1 7	NÜR 2 4	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	Pos.	Pts
1995	Euroteam	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti	MUG 1 13	MUG 2 DNS	HEL 1 Ret	HEL 2 DNS	DON 1 19	DON 2 Ret	EST 1 21†	EST 2 DNS	MAG 1 18†	MAG 2 DNS																	26th	0
1996	JAS Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	HOC 1 14	HOC 2 14	NÜR 1 11	NÜR 2 Ret	EST 1 18	EST 2 DNS	HEL 1 4	HEL 2 Ret	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 DNS	DIE 1 8	DIE 2 Ret	SIL 1 DSQ	SIL 2 8	NÜR 1 15	NÜR 2 14	MAG 1 Ret	MAG 2 Ret	MUG 1 20†	MUG 2 DNS	HOC 1 13	HOC 2 Ret	INT 1 Ret	INT 2 17	SUZ 1 15	SUZ 2 17†	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	Pos.	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	Pos.	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 18	ZOL CR 16	BAK QR	BAK CR	55th	0

Personal life

From 1992 to 1999, Bartels dated tennis player Steffi Graf.

External links

• Official website (in German)