Michael
Bartels
Biography
Michael Bartels was born in Plettenberg on 8 March 1968. He became German karting champion in 1985 and German Formula Ford 1600 champion in 1986. He raced in German Formula 3 in 1988 and 1989, then moved up to International Formula 3000 in 1990.
In 1991 he stood in at Lotus for Johnny Herbert, who was tied up with Japanese Formula 3000. Bartels was entered for four Grands Prix but did not qualify for any of them, so he never made a Grand Prix start. He finished fourth in Formula 3000 in 1992. He went on to compete in the DTM, the Super Tourenwagen Cup and the FIA GT Championship. He won the 24 Hours Nürburgring in 2000 and 2001, and the Spa 24 Hours in 2005, 2006 and 2008. From 2005 he drove a Maserati MC12 for Vitaphone Racing. Together with Andrea Bertolini he won the championship in 2006, 2008 and 2009.
Source: Wikipedia, “Michael Bartels”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
This driver has no race starts.
Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.