Dieter Quester

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.

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
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
1989	Volker Schmidt Racing	Mercedes-Benz 190E	C			Template:USA				Template:FRA						Template:FRA		Template:GBR		Template:BEL				Template:AUS			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
1990	Volker Schmidt Racing	BMW E30 M3	C			Template:USA				Template:GBR		Template:FRA						Template:FRA		Template:GBR		Template:BEL				Template:AUS	52nd	11	9th	191
				E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E	S	E
				FUJ 23	FUJ 32	GLN 19	GLN 30	LAG 22	LAG 31	BRH 18	BRH 21	PAU 17	PAU 13	BRN Ret	BRN 24	MNZ DNQ	MNZ DNQ	CHA DNQ	CHA DNQ	BIR DNQ	BIR DNQ	SPA 22	SPA 34	NUR Ret	NUR 37	BAT 15