Difference between revisions of "Dieter Quester"
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===[[1989_World_Touring_Car_Masters_season|1989]]=== | ===[[1989_World_Touring_Car_Masters_season|1989]]=== | ||
− | In 1989, Quester joined the World Touring Car Masters championship with the Volker Schmidt Racing team alongside Belgian driver Pierre Dieudonné in the venerable Mercedes-Benz 190E. | + | In 1989, Quester joined the World Touring Car Masters championship with the Volker Schmidt Racing team alongside Belgian driver Pierre Dieudonné in the venerable Mercedes-Benz 190E. Quester took an unexpected Pre-Qualifying win at the Charade round. |
− | Quester | + | ===[[1990_World_Touring_Car_Masters_season|1990]]=== |
+ | Quester remained with Volker Schmidt in 1990, with the team purchasing a pair of ex-works BMW M3 E30. | ||
==Later life== | ==Later life== |
Revision as of 08:11, 15 July 2018
Dieter Quester (born 30 May 1939 in Vienna, Austria) is a former grand prix and touring car racing driver from Austria.
Initially racing in powerboats, Quester switched to car racing in the mid-1960s.
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Formula One
1976
Quester signed up with the British B&S Fabrications team for two rounds of 1976, namely the French and the Dutch Grands Prix. He failed to qualify for either race.
Touring Car racing
1989
In 1989, Quester joined the World Touring Car Masters championship with the Volker Schmidt Racing team alongside Belgian driver Pierre Dieudonné in the venerable Mercedes-Benz 190E. Quester took an unexpected Pre-Qualifying win at the Charade round.
1990
Quester remained with Volker Schmidt in 1990, with the team purchasing a pair of ex-works BMW M3 E30.
Later life
Quester continued to race into his seventies, most recently racing in the 2013 Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge at the age of 74.
Complete Career Results
Complete Formula One Results
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Points | WDC |
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1976 | B&S Fabrications | March 741 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | RSA | USW | ESP | BEL | MON | SOV | FRA DNQ |
GBR | GER | AUT | NED DNPQ |
ITA | CAN | USA | JPN | N/A | 0 |
Complete World Touring Car Masters Results
Year | Team | Car | Class | WDC | Pts | Class | Pts | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1989 | Volker Schmidt Racing | Mercedes-Benz 190E | C | 61st | 10 | 10th | 101 | |||||||||||||||||||||
E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | ||||||||
FUJ Ret |
FUJ 30 |
GLN 22 |
GLN 29 |
KYA DNQ |
KYA DNQ |
PAU DNQ |
PAU DNQ |
BRN Ret |
BRN 27 |
MNZ DNQ |
MNZ DNQ |
CHA 9 |
CHA 21 |
BIR 21 |
BIR 29 |
SPA DNQ |
SPA DNQ |
NUR Ret |
NUR 29 |
BAT Ret |