Dieter Quester
Dieter Quester, 1973
Born (1939-05-30) 30 May 1939 (age 84)
Vienna, Austria
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityAustria Austrian
Active years1969, 1974
TeamsBMW, Surtees
Entries2 (1 start)
Championships0
Career points0
First entry1969 German Grand Prix
Last entry1974 Austrian Grand Prix

Dieter Quester (born 30 May 1939 in Vienna) is an Austrian former racing driver. Dieter has participated in 53 24-Hour Races. He competed in a single Formula One race in which he finished ninth.

Quester at the wheel of the BMW 269 during practice for the 1969 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring.

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:[1]

Complete British Saloon Car 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 12 Pos. Pts Class
1969 BMW AG BMW 2002 TI C BRH SIL SNE
Ret 		THR
Ret 		SIL CRY MAL CRO SIL OUL BRH BRH NC 0 NC
1973 BMW Motorsport BMW 3.0 CSL D BRH SIL THR THR SIL ING BRH SIL
17 		BRH 59th 1 11th
1978 BMW (GB) BMW 530i D SIL OUL THR BRH SIL
7† 		DON MAL BRH
Ret 		DON BRH THR OUL 39th 2 12th
Source:[2]

† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.|}

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1973 Germany BMW Motorsport Netherlands Toine Hezemans BMW 3.0 CSL T
5.0 		307 11th 1st
1976 Germany BMW Motorsport GmbH Germany Albrecht Krebs
Belgium Alain Peltier 		BMW 3.5 CSL Gr.5 117 DNF DNF
1978 United Kingdom BMW Great Britain
United Kingdom Tolemans Racing 		United Kingdom Tom Walkinshaw
South Africa Rad Dougall 		Osella PA6-BMW S
2.0 		113 DNF DNF
1979 United Kingdom March Racing United Kingdom Guy Edwards
United Kingdom Ian Grob 		BMW M1 S
+2.0 		- DNQ DNQ
1980 France B.M.W. France France Didier Pironi
France Marcel Mignot 		BMW M1 IMSA 293 14th 4th
1981 Switzerland Würth-Lubrifilm Team Sauber Switzerland Marc Surer
Canada David Deacon 		BMW M1 Gr.5 207 DNF DNF
1982 Germany BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport Germany Hans-Joachim Stuck
France Jean-Louis Schlesser 		Sauber SHS C6-Ford C 76 DNF DNF
1983 United Kingdom John Fitzpatrick Racing United Kingdom John Fitzpatrick
United Kingdom David Hobbs 		Porsche 956 C 135 DNF DNF
1985 Switzerland Sauber Racing Denmark John Nielsen
Switzerland Max Welti 		Sauber C8-Mercedes C1 - DNS DNS
1986 Switzerland Kouros Racing Team France Henri Pescarolo
Germany 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 Austria Duller Motorsport United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter
Austria Johannes Stuck
Germany Dirk Werner 		BMW Z4 M Coupé 1 GT3 596 1st 1st

References

  1. ^ Small, Steve (1994). The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who. Guinness. p. 307. ISBN 0851127029.
  2. ^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  3. ^ "All Results of Dieter Quester". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved June 16, 2018.

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