Marc Lieb

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2003 - 2005, 2009 -
Teams	Orbit Racing, Alex Job Racing, Team Felbermayr-Proton
Best finish	10th (2005)
Class wins	2 (2005, 2010)

Marc Lieb in a Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 2008

Marc Lieb (born July 4, 1980, in Bad Cannstatt) is a German race car driver, and currently a Porsche factory driver.

Career

Lieb started racing in karts in 1992. In 1995, he moved to cars, racing in the German Formula Renault 1800 championship. He finished 2nd in the championship the next year. In 1998, he moved to German Formula Renault 2000. In 1999, he finished 3rd in the Formula Renault Eurocup. In 2000, Lieb became a Porsche Junior driver, and raced in the Porsche Carrera Cup, finishing 5th in the championship. In 2001, he finished 7th in Carrera Cup, and also scored a podium in Porsche Supercup.

In 2002, Lieb won the Carrera Cup championship with 4 wins. He also took 2 N-GT wins in the FIA GT Championship, at Brno and Enna-Pergusa. He raced at the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans as well, but failed to finish either race. For 2003, Lieb became a full Porsche factory driver, and raced in FIA GT. He won the N-GT championship, driving with Stéphane Ortelli for Freisinger Motorsport. Along the way, he won 3 races, including winning the Spa 24 Hours outright in his Porsche 911 GT3-RS. He also finished 2nd in the GT class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

In 2004, Lieb raced in the American Le Mans Series with Romain Dumas for Alex Job Racing. Lieb started the season finishing 2nd in class at Sebring, and finished 4th in the championship after taking wins at Portland and Laguna Seca. In 2005 Lieb returned to the FIA GT Championship where he won the GT2 Drivers title with Mike Rockenfeller for GruppeM Racing, netting a class win at the Spa 24 Hours along the way. He also raced in the Le Mans Endurance Series, winning three of four races and the championship with Sebah Automotive. Lieb also won the GT2 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Mike Rockenfeller and Leo Hindrey. In 2006, he won the Le Mans Series GT2 championship with Joël Camathias, driving for Autorlando Sport.

In 2007 and 2008 Lieb drive for Felbermayr Proton in the LMS (Le Mans Series) with a Porsche 911 GT3-RSR (2008).

Accolades

• Spa 24 Hours overall winner: 2003
• FIA GT Championship N-GT/GT2 champion: 2003, 2005
• 24 Hours of Le Mans GT2 class winner: 2005
• Spa 24 Hours GT2 class winner: 2005
• Le Mans Series GT2 champion: 2006
• 24 Hours Nürburgring 2007 champion
• Le Mans Series 2007 vize champion
• 24 Hours Nürburgring 2008 champion
• 24 Hours Nurburgring 2009 champion

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2003	GT	87	M	Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	Orbit Racing	Leo Hindery Peter Baron	314	17th	2nd
2004	GT	87	M	Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	Orbit Racing BAM!	Leo Hindery Mike Rockenfeller	223	DNF	DNF
2005	GT2	71	Y	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	Alex Job Racing BAM! Motorsport	Mike Rockenfeller Leo Hindery	332	10th	1st
2009	GT2	77	M	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Wolf Henzler Richard Lietz	24	DNF	DNF
2010	GT2	77	M	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Richard Lietz Wolf Henzler	338	11th	1st
2011	GTE Pro	77	M	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 4.0L Flat-6	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Wolf Henzler Richard Lietz	312	16th	4th

Sporting positions
Preceded by Timo Bernhard	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany champion 2002	Succeeded by Frank Stippler

External links

• Official website
• Porsche bio
• Proton Felbermayr

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Name	Lieb, Marc
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Date of birth	July 4, 1980
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