Dieter Quester


Dieter Quester 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.
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, and on 14 January 2007 he again won the 24 Hours race at the Dubai Autodrome in the Duller Motorsport BMW Z4. In September 2007 he and Duller won the 24 Hours of Silverstone in the Duller BMW Z4, 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.

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011121314Pts
Bayerische Motoren WerkeBMW 269BMW M11THRHOCNÜRJARTUL
Ret		PERVAL
Ret		NC0
Bayerische Motoren WerkeBMW 269BMW M11THR
HOC
Ret		BAR
5		ROU
PER
Ret		TUL
Ret		IMO
Ret		4th14
Bayerische Motoren WerkeBMW 270BMW M11HOC
1		4th14
Eifelland WohnwagenbauBrabham BT30Cosworth FVAHOC
Ret		THR3rd31
Eifelland WohnwagenbauMarch 712MBMW M11NÜR
Ret		JAR
PAL
Ret		ROU
2		MAN
10		TUL
3		ALB
Ret		VAL
2		VAL
2		3rd31
Matchbox Team SurteesSurtees TS10Ford BDAMALTHRHOCPAUPALHOCROUÖST
Ret		IMOMANPERSALALBHOCNC0
Team HarperMarch 742BMWBARHOC
Ret		PAU
DNS		NC0
Team HarperChevron B27Ford BDASAL
11		HOC
Ret		MUG
Ret		KAR
NC		PERHOCVALNC0

Complete Formula One results

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324Pts
1988BMW M Team LinderBMW M3ZOL
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		9th167
1988BMW M Team LinderBMW M3 EvoWUN
1
10		WUN
2
13		SAL
1
C		SAL
2
C		HUN
1
9		HUN
2
9		HOC
1
Ret		HOC
2
25		9th167
1989BMW M Team ZakspeedBMW M3 EvoZOL
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		15th127
1990BMW M Team ZakspeedBMW M3 Sport EvoZOL
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		20th20
1991Linder M TeamBMW M3 Sport EvoZOL
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		NC0

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

YearTeamCar12345678Pts
1994BMW Team IsertBMW 318iAVUWUNZOLZANÖST
16		SAL
13		SPANÜR28th0

Complete FIA GT Championship results

YearTeamCarClass1234567891011Pts
1997Viper Team OrecaChrysler Viper GTS-RGT2HOCSILHELNÜRSPAA1R
3		SUZDONMUGSEBLAG25th4
2000RWS Red Bull RacingPorsche 911 GT3-RN-GTVALESTMNZSILHUN
4		ZOLA1R
Ret		LAU
1		BRN
2		MAG
2		6th25
2001RWS MotorsportPorsche 911 GT3-RSN-GTMNZ
2		BRN
1		MAG
2		SILZOLHUNSPA
1		A1R
Ret		NÜR
6		JAR
2		4th52
2001RWS MotorsportPorsche 911 GT3-RN-GTEST
4		4th52
2002RWS MotorsportPorsche 911 GTGTMAG
Ret		SIL
7		BRN
10		JARANDOSCSPANC0
2002Dart RacingFerrari 550 MaranelloGTPER
Ret		DON
Ret		EST
Ret		NC0
2002RWS MotorsportPorsche 911 GT3-RN-GTMAGSILBRNJARANDOSCSPA
Ret		PERDONEST29th3.5