Frank Stippler

Frank Stippler
Stippler at 2025 NLS1
Nationality German
Born (1975-04-09) 9 April 1975
Cologne, West Germany
(now Germany)
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Championship titles
2003
2003
Porsche Supercup
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany

Frank Stippler (born 9 April 1975) is a German racing driver. He has competed in such series as Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, Rolex Sports Car Series and the Swedish Touring Car Championship. He won both the Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany series in 2003. He is also very successful in historic racing.

Stippler started racing at the age of 18 in an Alfa Romeo Alfetta. He is a race and development driver for Audi Sport since the early days of his career.[1]

Frank Stippler is a long time driver in the Nürburgring Endurance Series with 15 overall victories,[2] most recently in October 2023.[3] Additionally, he has taken three wins at the Nürburgring 24 Hours, winning in 2012, 2019, and 2024.[4]

Race results

Complete Porsche Supercup 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 DC Points
2003 Infineon Team Farnbacher PZM Porsche 996 GT3 ITA
Ret
ESP
2
AUT
1
MON
13
GER
3
FRA
6
GBR
1
GER
1
HUN
1
ITA
1
USA
DSQ
USA
2
1st 172

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen 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 DC Points
2005 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi A4 DTM 2004 HOC
10
LAU
6
SPA
11
BRN
8
OSC
9
NOR
Ret
NÜR
14
ZAN
Ret
LAU
13
IST
13
HOC
5
14th 8
2006 Audi Sport Team Rosberg Audi A4 DTM 2005 HOC
12
LAU
11
OSC
13
BRH
Ret
NOR
9
NÜR
Ret
ZAN
14
CAT
6
BUG
Ret
HOC
Ret
14th 3

FIA GT competition results

FIA 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 Pos. Points
2012 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi NOG
QR

2
NOG
CR

2
ZOL
QR

11
ZOL
CR

10
NAV
QR

8
NAV
QR

8
SVK
QR

6
SVK
CR

5
ALG
QR

3
ALG
CR

Ret
SVK
QR
Ret
SVK
CR
4
MOS
QR
3
MOS
CR
3
NUR
QR
7
NUR
CR
Ret
DON
QR
Ret
DON
CR
7
8th 81

Complete FIA GT Series results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points
2013 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra Pro NOG
QR

Ret
NOG
CR

1
ZOL
QR

5
ZOL
CR

3
ZAN
QR

4
ZAN
CR

3
SVK
QR

9
SVK
CR

4
NAV
QR

2
NAV
CR

3
BAK
QR

7
BAK
CR

11
2nd 110

Complete Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points
2015 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra Pro NOG
QR

11
NOG
CR

6
BRH
QR

8
BRH
CR

9
ZOL
QR

Ret
ZOL
CR

DNS
MOS
QR

11
MOS
CR

8
ALG
QR

6
ALG
CR

12
MIS
QR

8
MIS
CR

13
ZAN
QR

Ret
ZAN
CR

Ret
21st 17
2016 ISR Audi R8 LMS Pro MIS
QR

8
MIS
CR

5
BRH
QR

17
BRH
CR

20
NÜR
QR

Ret
NÜR
CR

20
HUN
QR

7
HUN
CR

21
CAT
QR

21
CAT
CR

12
19th 10
2017 ISR Audi R8 LMS Pro MIS
QR

21
MIS
CR

25
BRH
QR

10
BRH
CR

Ret
ZOL
QR

28
ZOL
CR

30
HUN
QR

26
HUN
CR

14
NÜR
QR

Ret
NÜR
CR

Ret
NC 0
2019 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS Pro BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

13
MIS
1

22
MIS
2

12
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
NC 0

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
2014 GMG Racing GTD Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi 5.2 L V10 DAY
28
SEB
LGA
DET
WGL
MOS
IND
ELK
VIR
COA
PET
133rd 1
2016 Frikadelli Racing GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 DAY
12
SEB
LGA
BEL
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
AUS
PET
53rd 20

24 Hours of Nürburgring results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1998 ACBL Remscheid e.V. im AvD Gunnar Hermann
Christoph Unterhuber
Ford Escort Cosworth 3 117 28th 4th
1999 Harald Strukkamp
Frank Kuhlmann
Norbert Krull
Porsche 968 CS A5 69 DNF DNF
2000 Kloeber-JVG Racing Frank Klaas
Michael Irmgartz
Franz Konrad
Porsche 996 Cup A6 129 12th 7th
2001 Zakspeed Motorsport Markus Grossmann
Franz Fabian
Timo Kluck
Chrysler Viper GTS-R A7 61 DNF DNF
MSC Ruhr-Blitz-Bochum e.V. im ADAC Wolfgang Drabiniok
Franz Fabian
Timo Kluck
Opel Astra OPC V3 68 DNF DNF
2004 Infineon Team Abt Sportsline Christian Abt
Patrick Huisman
Karl Wendlinger
Abt-Audi TT-R E1 140 4th 3rd
2006 Land-Motorsport PZK Marc Basseng
Patrick Simon
Timo Scheider
Porsche 996 GT3 SP7 133 DNF DNF
2007 Land-Motorsport PZ Aschaffenburg Marc Basseng
Patrick Simon
Timo Scheider
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR SP7 111 3rd 2nd
Atle Gulbrandsen
Roger Sandberg
Hakon Schjaerin
Audi A4 SP3 98 19th 3rd
2008 HISAQ Competition Emmanuel Collard
Marino Franchitti
Richard Westbrook
Porsche 911 GT3-RSR SP7 109 DNF DNF
2009 Phoenix Racing Marc Basseng
Marcel Fässler
Mike Rockenfeller
Audi R8 LMS SP9 GT3 149 5th 4th
2010 Phoenix Racing Marc Basseng
Mike Rockenfeller
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Audi R8 LMS SP9 GT3 41 DNF DNF
2011 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Marc Basseng
Marcel Fässler
Mike Rockenfeller
Audi R8 LMS SP9 GT3 155 3rd 1st
Marc Hennerici
Christopher Haase
Markus Winkelhock
155 4th 2nd
2012 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Marc Basseng
Christopher Haase
Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS SP9 GT3 155 1st 1st
Marcel Fässler
Christopher Mies
René Rast
151 5th 5th
2013 G-Drive Racing by Phoenix Marcel Fässler
Mike Rockenfeller
Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS SP9 GT3 87 5th 5th
Audi Sport Team Phoenix Michael Ammermüller
Ferdinand Stuck
Johannes Stuck
86 8th 8th
2014 Phoenix Racing Marc Basseng
Marcel Fässler
Laurens Vanthoor
Audi R8 LMS Ultra SP9 GT3 8 DNF DNF
2015 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Marc Basseng
Marcel Fässler
Mike Rockenfeller
Audi R8 LMS SP9 GT3 55 DNF DNF
2016 Phoenix Racing Anders Fjordbach
Edoardo Mortara
Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof
Audi R8 LMS SP9 GT3 117 DNF DNF
Audi Sport Team Phoenix Christopher Haase
René Rast
Markus Winkelhock
67 8th 8th
2017 Phoenix Racing Dennis Busch
Nicolaj Møller Madsen
Mike Rockenfeller
Audi R8 LMS SP9 GT3 149 18th 16th
Audi Sport Team WRT Nico Müller
René Rast
Frédéric Vervisch
32 DNF DNF
2018 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Christopher Haase
Nico Müller
Frédéric Vervisch
Audi R8 LMS SP9 GT3 133 7th 6th
2019 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Pierre Kaffer
Dries Vanthoor
Frédéric Vervisch
Audi R8 LMS Evo SP9 PRO 157 1st 1st
Phoenix Racing Jeroen Bleekemolen
Vincent Kolb
Kim-Luis Schramm
154 7th 7th
2020 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Nico Müller
Dries Vanthoor
Frédéric Vervisch
Audi R8 LMS Evo SP9 PRO 85 5th 5th
Phoenix Racing Michele Beretta
Jules Gounon
Kim-Luis Schramm
65 DNF DNF
2021 Phoenix Racing Michele Beretta
Kim-Luis Schramm
Nicki Thiim
Audi R8 LMS Evo SP9 PRO 56 17th 16th
Audi Sport Team Phoenix Mattia Drudi
Robin Frijns
Dries Vanthoor
17 DNF DNF
2022 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Ricardo Feller
Vincent Kolb
Kelvin van der Linde
Audi R8 LMS Evo II SP9 PRO 57 DNF DNF
2023 Scherer Sport PHX Vincent Kolb
Alexander Sims
Renger van der Zande
Audi R8 LMS Evo II SP9 PRO 80 DNF DNF
2024 Scherer Sport PHX Ricardo Feller
Dennis Marschall
Christopher Mies
Audi R8 LMS Evo II SP9 PRO 50 1st 1st
2025 HRT Ford Performance Arjun Maini
Dennis Olsen
Jusuf Owega
Ford Mustang GT3 SP9 PRO 27 DNF DNF

24 Hours of Spa results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2007 All-Inkl.com Racing Christophe Bouchut
Stefan Mücke
Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT GT1 83 DNF DNF
2010 WRT Belgian Audi Club Frank Biela
Grégory Franchi
Vincent Vosse
Audi R8 LMS GT3 57 DNF DNF
2011 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Marc Basseng
Christopher Haase
Audi R8 LMS GT3 Pro 224 DNF DNF
2012 Audi Sport Performance Team Andrea Piccini
René Rast
Audi R8 LMS Ultra GT3 Pro 509 1st 1st
2013 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT André Lotterer
Christopher Mies
Audi R8 LMS Ultra GT3 Pro 558 3rd 3rd
2014 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Christopher Mies
James Nash
Audi R8 LMS Ultra GT3 Pro 526 3rd 3rd
2015 Audi Sport Team WRT Nico Müller
Stéphane Ortelli
Audi R8 LMS Ultra GT3 Pro 535 2nd 2nd
2016 Audi Sport Team Phoenix Christopher Mies
Markus Winkelhock
Audi R8 LMS GT3 Pro 425 DNF DNF
2017 Audi Sport Team ISR Pierre Kaffer
Kelvin van der Linde
Audi R8 LMS GT3 Pro 543 9th 9th
2019 Audi Sport Team WRT Alex Riberas
Dries Vanthoor
Audi R8 LMS GT3 Pro 358 25th 21st
2020 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Edoardo Mortara
Charles Weerts
Audi R8 LMS Evo GT3 Pro 70 DNF DNF

References

  1. ^ Schirmer, Mark (February 2017). "The Specialists". Road & Track: 57.
  2. ^ "Statistics: overall victories". Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  3. ^ admin (2023-10-07). "Chronologie 47. PAGID Racing DMV Münsterlandpokal". Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie (in German). Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  4. ^ "Scherer Sport PHX, Audi, Michelin, The Strangest Of N24 Wins". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2024-06-04.