Frank Biela
Frank Biela (born 2 August, 1964 in Neuss, West Germany) is a German racing driver best known for his exploits in Touring Car Racing and Sportscars.
WTCM
Biela made his World Touring Car Masters debut in 1989, when he was signed for the Works Ford team Zakspeed alongside Klaus Ludwig, Manuel Reuter and eventual champion Roland Ratzenberger. Biela finished the season in seventh place overall - having taken a single win at the Endurance round in Birmingham.
Biela continued with the team in 1990, with Kurt Thiim replacing the Mercedes-bound Ratzenberger. Biela had a strong start to the year, taking pole in the opening two rounds of the season and another win in the Sprint race in Nigeria. Biela took a further win in Pau which would prove to be his last of the season but a run of consistent results behind the dominant Reuter were enough to secure second in the World Driver's Championship at his second attempt.
A change of rules in 1991 saw the legendary Sierra RS500 be replaced with the Sierra Sapphire. Zakspeed retained Reuter and Biela but the new model was not a patch on the previous car - at least in the early stages.
Complete WTCM Results
Year | Team | Car | Class | WDC | Pts | Class | Pts | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1989 | Zakspeed | Ford Sierra RS500 | A | Template:USA | Template:FRA | Template:FRA | Template:GBR | Template:BEL | Template:AUS | 7th | 103 | 4th | 205 | |||||||||||||||||
E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | ||||||||||
FUJ 23† |
FUJ 11 |
GLN 21† |
GLN 3 |
KYA 4 |
KYA 3 |
PAU DNQ |
PAU DNQ |
BRN DNQ |
BRN DNQ |
MNZ Ret |
MNZ 9 |
CHA DNQ |
CHA DNQ |
BIR 1 |
BIR 2 |
SPA 3 |
SPA Ret |
NUR Ret |
NUR 15 |
BAT Ret | ||||||||||
1990 | Zakspeed | Ford Sierra RS500 | A | Template:USA | Template:GBR | Template:FRA | Template:FRA | Template:GBR | Template:BEL | Template:AUS | 2nd | 238 | 2nd | 325 | ||||||||||||||||
E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | S | E | ||||||||
FUJ Ret |
FUJ 10 |
GLN Ret |
GLN 5 |
LAG 2 |
LAG 1 |
BRH 4 |
BRH 3 |
PAU 1 |
PAU 2 |
BRN 3 |
BRN 2 |
MNZ DNQ |
MNZ DNQ |
CHA Ret |
CHA 10 |
BIR 4 |
BIR 3 |
SPA 3 |
SPA 3 |
NUR 4 |
NUR 4 |
BAT 5 |