Frank Biela
Nationality	German
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	1999 - 2007
Teams	Audi Sport Joest, Audi Sport UK, Champion Racing
Best finish	1st (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007)
Class wins	5 (2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007)

Frank Biela (born August 2, 1964 in Neuss, Germany) is an auto racing driver, mainly competing in touring cars and sportscar racing. He has raced exclusively in cars manufactured by the Audi marque since 1990. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 472 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (859 × 1091 pixel, file size: 81 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Description: Frank Biela Source: Eigenes Bild File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans) is the worlds most famous sports car endurance race, held annually at Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, in the French Sarthe département. ... Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, and has been an almost wholly owned (99. ... Established in 1978. ... Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, and has been an almost wholly owned (99. ... The 2000 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 68th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 17 and 18, 2000. ... The 2001 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 69th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 16 and 17, 2001. ... The 2002 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 70th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 15 and 16, 2002. ... The 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans will be the 74th Grand Prix of Endurance, and will take place June 17 and 18, 2006. ... The 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 75th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 16 and June 17, 2007. ... The 2000 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 68th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 17 and 18, 2000. ... The 2001 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 69th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 16 and 17, 2001. ... The 2002 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 70th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 15 and 16, 2002. ... The 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans will be the 74th Grand Prix of Endurance, and will take place June 17 and 18, 2006. ... The 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 75th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 16 and June 17, 2007. ... August 2 is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Neuss is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Racing cars redirects here. ... GTP sports cars racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 1991 Sports car racing is a form of circuit racing, with purpose-built cars that nevertheless have enclosed wheel wells and often have closed cockpits. ... Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, and has been an almost wholly owned (99. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ...

Biela started his career in 1983 in karting before joining the Ford Youngster Team programme in 1987 alongside Manuel Reuter and Bernd Schneider. He drove for the team in Formula Ford and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (the German touring car championship), where he won the race at AVUS in 1987. Biela continued to compete in the DTM in 1988, and also raced a limited season in German Formula 3, scoring two wins. A kart racer takes a turn on an indoor track Kart racing (as the word is so spelled by enthusiasts) or karting is a variant of open-wheeler motor sport with simple, small four-wheeled vehicles called karts, go-karts, or gearbox/shifter karts depending on the design. ... Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the worlds third largest automaker after Toyota and General Motors, based on worldwide vehicle sales. ... Manuel Reuter is a German race car driver. ... Bernd Schneider (b. ... Formula Ford is a single seater, open wheel class in motorsport which exists in some form in many countries around the world. ... The current DTM logo DTM was the initials for the former Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (German Touringcar Championship), held from 1984 to 1996, a motorsport series based in Germany, with additional rounds elsewhere in Europe. ... The Automobil Verkehrs und Übungs-Straße, better known as AVUS, was a motor racing circuit on the south-western outskirts of Berlin, Germany, between Charlottenburg and Nikolassee. ... Formula Three is a class of auto racing. ...

In 1990, he moved to Audi, winning the DTM race at the Nürburgring and the DTM championship in 1991 before Audi left the DTM in mid-season of 1992. Biela stayed with the company, and with the rise of the two-litre Class 2 (Super Touring) rules in other series across Europe, he was entered in various European touring car series over the following few seasons. In 1995, he won the Touring Car World Cup race at Paul Ricard in the new Audi A4, which quickly became one of the dominant touring cars of the mid-1990s. Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, and has been an almost wholly owned (99. ... Detailed Nürburgring map showing both the Nordschleife and the new GP section. ... Supertouring or Class II Touring Cars were the rules laid out by the FIA for national touring car racing in 1994, based on the 2. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... The Paul Ricard Circuit was built at Le Castellet, near Marseille, France, in 1969 with finance from the eccentric drinks magnate Paul Ricard. ... The Audi A4 is a compact executive car produced by the German automaker Audi since 1995. ...

For 1996, Audi decided to enter a works team of two A4s in the BTCC. Biela was selected to lead the team; alongside team-mate John Bintcliffe, the new Audi team dominated the competition. Biela comfortably won the title, finishing every single race and being classified in the top ten in all but two races (an eleventh-place finish and a disqualification). He also capped an astonishing season by taking first place in the international Macau Guía touring car race. The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom. ... John Bintcliffe (born February 7, 1966 in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, England) is a motor racing figure. ...

Because of the Audis' dominance in 1996, the BTCC organisers imposed a heavy ballast weight "penalty" on all four-wheel-drive cars for the 1997 season. With his Audi badly handicapped by the penalty, Biela initially struggled to make a serious impact. The weight penalty was halved at the midpoint of the season, and results immediately improved to the point where Biela finished second overall to eventual champion Alain Menu. Biela then left Britain to return to the German series for 1998, but was largely ineffective. He finished a lowly 14th in the final standings as the A4 (in a new two-wheel-drive racing configuration) became outclassed by rival manufacturers. Switzerlands Alain Menu was one of the most successful Touring Car drivers of the 90s, and has continued to race well into the 2000s. ...

In 1999, Biela abandoned touring cars in favour of joining the Audi R8 sportscar project, racing under the Audi Sport Team Joest name. It was a good match, and Biela excelled in sportscar racing over the next few seasons, winning several classic events at the wheel of the R8 as well as three ALMS races. The highlight of Biela's time with the R8 team was three successive victories (2000-2002) in the 24 Hours of Le Mans alongside Emanuele Pirro and Tom Kristensen. Audi began to scale back support for the R8 programme after the 2002 season. After winning the ALMS series in 2003, Biela returned to the revamped German touring car series, driving an Audi for Joest Racing (the team which had run Biela's R8 for his three Le Mans wins); the season was not a success. The Audi R8 is a Sports Prototype race car introduced for Sportscar racing. ... A Honda NSX sports car A TVR Tuscan sports car A sports car is a car designed for sporting performance above utility. ... GTP sports cars racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 1991 Sports car racing is a form of circuit racing, with purpose-built cars that nevertheless have enclosed wheel wells and often have closed cockpits. ... Alms Bag taken from some Tapestry in Orleans, Fifteenth Century. ... The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans) is the worlds most famous sports car endurance race, held annually at Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, in the French Sarthe département. ... Emanuele Pirro, born January 12, 1962 in Rome, Italy, is an Italian auto racing driver. ... Tom Kristensen can refer to two different people. ... Alms Bag taken from some Tapestry in Orleans, Fifteenth Century. ... Established in 1978. ...

Biela continued to race an R8 at Le Mans each year but with very little success in 2003 where he miss the pit lane af just 15 laps and ran out of fuel.^[1] In December 2005 he participated in the first runs of the new Audi R10 diesel sportscar, the R8's successor. Driving an R10 in the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans, alongside Pirro and new team-mate Marco Werner, Biela took his fourth victory to date in the classic race. He repeated the vicory with the same car and the same team in the 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans. Audi R10 The Audi R10 is a racing car prepared for sports car racing in the LMP1 class of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and other similar endurance races. ... The 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans will be the 74th Grand Prix of Endurance, and will take place June 17 and 18, 2006. ... Marco Werner (born 27 April 1966 Dortmund)is a German race driver who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2005 with an Audi R8. ... The 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 75th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 16 and June 17, 2007. ...

His greatest achievements include winning:

• 1991 Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft German Touring Car Championship with an Audi V8 (he has also finished 2nd and 3rd in DTM)
• 1993 French Touring Car Championship
• 1995 short-lived Touring Car World Cup one-off race
• 1996 BTCC in 1996 (finishing as runner-up the year after)
• 1996 Macau Grand Prix Guia Race
• 2000, 2001, 2002 24 Hours of Le Mans with an Audi R8
• 2006, 2007 24 Hours of Le Mans with an Audi R10

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References

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External links

• Official Website (German)