Dieter Quester

Template:Short description {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | ignoreblank = y | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox F1 driver with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | embed | child | subbox | name | Name | image | Image | image_size | upright | image_upright | alt | caption | birth_name | birth_date | birth_place | death_date | death_place | relations | relatives | nationality | Nationality | years | Years | teams | Teams | Team(s) | team | Team | engines | Engines | current_team | current team | Current team | 2025 Team | 2026 Team | car_number | car number | Car number | races | Races | championships | Championships | wins | Wins | podiums | Podiums | points | Points | poles | Poles | fastest_laps | fastest laps | Fastest laps | first_race | first race | First race | first_win | first win | First win | last_win | last win | Last win | last_race | last race | Last race | last_position | last position | Last position | last_season | last season | Last season | bf1_years | bf1 years | BF1 Years | bf1_races | bf1 races | BF1 Races | bf1_championships | bf1 championships | BF1 Championships | bf1_wins | bf1 wins | BF1 Wins | bf1_podiums | bf1 podiums | BF1 Podiums | bf1_points | bf1 points | BF1 Points | bf1_poles | bf1 poles | BF1 Poles | bf1_fastest_laps | bf1 fastest laps | BF1 Fastest laps | signature | signature_size | signature alt | signature_alt | website | module | module1 | module2 | module3 | module4 | module5 | record template1 | record template2 | record template3 | record template4 | record template5 | career template1 | career template2 | career template3 | career template4 | career template5 | updated | Updated }} Dieter Quester (born 30 May 1939) is an Austrian former racing driver. Quester participated in 53 24-Hour Races. He competed in a single Formula One race in which he finished ninth.

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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.

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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	Template:Tooltip	Pts
Template:F2	Bayerische Motoren Werke	BMW 269	BMW M11	THR	HOC	NÜR	JAR	TUL Template:Small	PER	VAL Template:Small								NC	0
Template:F2	Bayerische Motoren Werke	BMW 269	BMW M11	THR Template:Tooltip	HOC Template:Small	BAR Template:Small	ROU Template:Tooltip	PER Template:Small	TUL Template:Small	IMO Template:Small								4th	14
		BMW 270									HOC Template:Small
Template:F2	Eifelland Wohnwagenbau	Brabham BT30	Cosworth FVA	HOC Template:Small	THR													3rd	31
		March 712M	BMW M11			NÜR Template:Small	JAR Template:Tooltip	PAL Template:Small	ROU Template:Small	MAN Template:Small	TUL Template:Small	ALB Template:Small	VAL Template:Small	VAL Template:Small
Template:F2	Matchbox Team Surtees	Surtees TS10	Ford BDA	MAL	THR	HOC	PAU	PAL	HOC	ROU	ÖST Template:Small	IMO	MAN	PER	SAL	ALB	HOC	NC	0
Template:F2	Team Harper	March 742	BMW	BAR	HOC Template:Small	PAU Template:Small												NC	0
		Chevron B27	Ford BDA				SAL Template:Small	HOC Template:Small	MUG Template:Small	KAR Template:Small	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	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1969	Bayerische Motoren Werke	BMW 269	BMW M12/1 1.6 L4	RSA	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR	GER Template:Small	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 Template:Small	ITA	CAN	USA	NC	0
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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	Template:Tooltip	Pts	Class
1969	BMW AG	BMW 2002 TI	Template:Tooltip	BRH	SIL	SNE Ret	THR Ret	SIL	CRY	MAL	CRO	SIL	OUL	BRH	BRH	NC	0	NC
1973	BMW Motorsport	BMW 3.0 CSL	Template:Tooltip	BRH	SIL	THR	THR	SIL	ING	BRH	SIL 17	BRH				59th	1	11th
1978	BMW (GB)	BMW 530i	Template:Tooltip	SIL	OUL	THR	BRH	SIL 7†	DON	MAL	BRH Ret	DON	BRH	THR	OUL	39th	2	12th
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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1973	Template:Flagicon BMW Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Toine Hezemans	BMW 3.0 CSL	T 5.0	307	11th	1st
1976	Template:Flagicon BMW Motorsport GmbH	Template:Flagicon Albrecht Krebs Template:Flagicon Alain Peltier	BMW 3.5 CSL	Gr.5	117	DNF	DNF
1978	Template:Flagicon BMW Great Britain Template:Flagicon Tolemans Racing	Template:Flagicon Tom Walkinshaw Template:Flagicon Rad Dougall	Osella PA6-BMW	S 2.0	113	DNF	DNF
1979	Template:Flagicon March Racing	Template:Flagicon Guy Edwards Template:Flagicon Ian Grob	BMW M1	S +2.0	-	DNQ	DNQ
1980	Template:Flagicon B.M.W. France	Template:Flagicon Didier Pironi Template:Flagicon Marcel Mignot	BMW M1	IMSA	293	14th	4th
1981	Template:Flagicon Würth-Lubrifilm Team Sauber	Template:Flagicon Marc Surer Template:Flagicon David Deacon	BMW M1	Gr.5	207	DNF	DNF
1982	Template:Flagicon BASF Cassetten Team GS Sport	Template:Flagicon Hans-Joachim Stuck Template:Flagicon Jean-Louis Schlesser	Sauber SHS C6-Ford	C	76	DNF	DNF
1983	Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick Racing	Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick Template:Flagicon David Hobbs	Porsche 956	C	135	DNF	DNF
1985	Template:Flagicon Sauber Racing	Template:Flagicon John Nielsen Template:Flagicon Max Welti	Sauber C8-Mercedes	C1	-	DNS	DNS
1986	Template:Flagicon Kouros Racing Team	Template:Flagicon Henri Pescarolo Template:Flagicon Christian Danner	Sauber C8-Mercedes	C1	86	DNF	DNF
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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	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1988	BMW M Team Linder	BMW M3	ZOL 1 Template:Small	ZOL 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	BRN 1 Template:Small	BRN 2 Template:Small	AVU 1 Template:Small	AVU 2 Template:Small	MFA 1 Template:Small	MFA 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	NOR 1 Template:Small	NOR 2 Template:Small									9th	167
		BMW M3 Evo																	WUN 1 Template:Small	WUN 2 Template:Small	SAL 1 Template:Small	SAL 2 Template:Small	HUN 1 Template:Small	HUN 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small
1989	BMW M Team Zakspeed	BMW M3 Evo	ZOL 1 Template:Small	ZOL 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	MFA 1 Template:Small	MFA 2 Template:Small	AVU 1 Template:Small	AVU 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	NOR 1 Template:Small	NOR 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	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 Template:Small	ZOL 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	AVU 1 Template:Small	AVU 2 Template:Small	MFA 1 Template:Small	MFA 2 Template:Small	WUN 1 Template:Small	WUN 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	NOR 1 Template:Small	NOR 2 Template:Small	DIE 1 Template:Small	DIE 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small			20th	20
1991	Linder M Team	BMW M3 Sport Evo	ZOL 1 Template:Small	ZOL 2 Template:Small	HOC 1 Template:Small	HOC 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	AVU 1 Template:Small	AVU 2 Template:Small	WUN 1 Template:Small	WUN 2 Template:Small	NOR 1 Template:Small	NOR 2 Template:Small	DIE 1 Template:Small	DIE 2 Template:Small	NÜR 1 Template:Small	NÜR 2 Template:Small	ALE 1	ALE 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	BRN 1 Template:Small	BRN 2 Template:Small	DON 1 Template:Small	DON 2 Template:Small	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	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1994	BMW Team Isert	BMW 318i	AVU	WUN	ZOL	ZAN	ÖST Template:Small	SAL Template:Small	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	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1997	Viper Team Oreca	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	GT2	HOC	SIL	HEL	NÜR	SPA	A1R Template:Small	SUZ	DON	MUG	SEB	LAG	25th	4
2000	RWS Red Bull Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-R	N-GT	VAL	EST	MNZ	SIL	HUN Template:Small	ZOL	A1R Template:Small	LAU Template:Small	BRN Template:Small	MAG Template:Small		6th	25
2001	RWS Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	N-GT	MNZ Template:Small	BRN Template:Small	MAG Template:Small	SIL	ZOL	HUN	SPA Template:Small	A1R Template:Small	NÜR Template:Small	JAR Template:Small		4th	52
		Porsche 911 GT3-R												EST Template:Small
2002	RWS Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT	GT	MAG Template:Small	SIL Template:Small	BRN Template:Small	JAR	AND	OSC						NC	0
	Dart Racing	Ferrari 550 Maranello									PER Template:Small	DON Template:Small	EST Template:Small
	RWS Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT3-R	N-GT							SPA Template:Small					29th	3.5

Britcar 24 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Template:Tooltip	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
2007	Template:Flagicon Duller Motorsport	Template:Flagicon Jamie Campbell-Walter Template:Flagicon Johannes Stuck Template:Flagicon Dirk Werner	BMW Z4 M Coupé	1	GT3	596	1st	1st

External links

• Biography at F1 Rejects
• https://web.archive.org/web/20060522051555/http://bmw-motorsport.com/ms/en/fascination/history/bmw_touring/heroes/index.html
• https://web.archive.org/web/20060627021546/http://www.john-w.de/bmwf2/