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Klaus Niedzwiedz

German racing driver (born 1951)

Klaus Niedzwiedz (born February 24, 1951, in Dortmund, West Germany) is a former professional race driver and motoring journalist.

Driver

Niedzwiedz's greatest success came in the 1980s as a driver for Ford.

Niedzwiedz rose to prominence when driving a Ford Capri for Zakspeed in the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft. The turbocharged 1.4 L engine from the Zakspeed Ford Capri was later enlarged for the 1.7 L "Super Capri". With this 500+ hp car, Niedzwiedz established in 1982 the "eternal lap record" for Group 5 touring car racing at the old 22.8 km Nürburgring with 7:08.59, just 10 seconds slower than the F1 record of 6:58.60 set by Niki Lauda in 1975 (see: Nürburgring lap times).

During the 1982 season, Niedzwiedz also drove in the World Endurance Championship for Zakspeed, in a Ford C100. The Zakspeed-prepared Group C machine was run by the works Ford Germany team with Klaus Ludwig, Manfred Winkelhock and Marc Surer at the wheel, but the car was a midfielder at best, although Jonathan Palmer and Desiré Wilson scored a 4th place overall the 1,000 km of Brands Hatch in 1982. Ford Germany retracted their support and one car was sold to privateers, while the other chassis was evolved by Zakspeed into the C1/4 and the C1/8, making few appearances in international racing, but becoming a front-runner in the German Interserie, where it won the European championship in 1984 with Niedzwiedz.

In 1982 and 1987, Niedzwiedz was the winner at the 24 Hours Nürburgring, in both events with Klaus Ludwig. Driving an Eggenberger Motorsport Ford Sierra he was runner-up in the World Touring Car Championship of 1987 and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft of 1989.

Between 1987 and 1996, Niedzwiedz drove six times in the Bathurst 1000. After driving for Eggenberger Motorsport in 1987, he drove Eggenberger built Sierra RS500s for Allan Moffat Racing in 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1992. He returned one last time in 1996 to drive a Ford Falcon EB, again for Allan Moffat.

Niedzwiedz also drove for Allan Moffat Racing at the 1989 Fuji 500 and 1990 Sandown 500.

In 1998, Miedzwiedz won the privateer title in the ADAC German Supertouring car championship (Super Tourenwagen Cup) with an Opel Vectra.

In 2003, Miedzwiedz won a VLN race with Porsche 911 GT3 at the Nürburgring.

Other events:

Journalist

Since 1984, Niedzwiedz has worked as a journalist and television host in Germany, starting with moderation of Sat.1 magazine Treibstoff. Since 1997, he moderates n-tv Motor.

Tamiya Model

A 1/24 scale model of the 1979 Ford Capri Zakspeed (model 24014) is represented as the D&W Klaus Niedzwiedz car, and is complete with Niedzwiedz in team uniform.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points
Challenge de Formule Renault Europe		?	?	?	?	?	0	NC
FIA European Formula 3 Championship	Team Eufra Europe Formel Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft	Zakspeed	1	0	0	0	0	10	23rd
European Touring Car Championship	12	?	?	?	?	65	12th
World Sportscar Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	No drivers' Championship.
Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft	Zakspeed	13	2	1	0	7	129	5th
Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft	Zakspeed	13	1	0	1	5	88	9th
World Sportscar Championship	Liqui Moly Zakspeed	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Joest Racing	1	0	0	0	0
Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft	Zakspeed	10	2	1	1	6	106	3rd
World Sportscar Championship	Ford Motor Company	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Interserie	Zakspeed	2	0	1	0	1	15	16th
Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft	Zakspeed	6	1	0	0	3	52	3rd
World Sportscar Championship	Jägermeister Ford Zakspeed Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Interserie	Zakspeed	2	0	0	1	1	0	NC
Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft		?	?	?	?	?	21	12th
World Sportscar Championship	GWB Ford Zakspeed Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Interserie	6	4	3	4	5	95	1st
Deutschen Produktionswagen Meisterschaft	Ford Rennsport HWRT	4	1	0	1	2	29	18th
World Sportscar Championship	John Fitzpatrick Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Porsche Kremer Racing	1	0	0	0	0
British Saloon Car Championship	Radiopaging	1	0	0	0	1	4	26th
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft	Ford Rennsport HWRT	9	1	4	2	2	83	6th
World Sportscar Championship	Porsche Kremer Racing	1	0	0	0	0	28	17th
Richard Lloyd Racing	3	0	0	1	1
World Touring Car Championship	Eggenberger Motorsport	10	4	7	4	5	268	2nd
European Touring Car Championship	2	1	0	0	2	0	NC
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft	Wolf Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft	Ringshausen ABR Motorsport	14	0	0	2	3	115	17th
European Touring Car Championship	Eggenberger Motorsport	9	3	4	3	6	204	8th
Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship	Allan Moffat Enterprises	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Trampio Object-T	1	1	0	0	1
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft	Ford Motorsport Eggenberger	22	4	2	2	9	274	2nd
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft	Opel Team Irmscher	18	0	0	0	0	10	22nd
Japanese Touring Car Championship	Allan Moffat Enterprises	1	0	0	0	1	24	40th
Australian Endurance Championship	2	0	1	0	0	1	41st
Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft	Opel Team Eggenberger	24	0	0	0	0	0	NC
ADAC GT Cup	Wolf Racing	8	0	0	0	0	12	12th
ADAC GT Cup	Mamerow	8	0	0	0	4	90	3rd
Super Tourenwagen Cup	Honda Team Linder	16	0	0	0	1	145	13th
FIA Touring Car World Cup	2	0	0	0	0	22	7th
Super Tourenwagen Cup	Honda Team Linder	16	0	0	0	1	269	8th
Super Tourenwagen Cup	AUGROS MIG Austria	20	0	0	0	0	103	21st
Super Tourenwagen Cup	Auto Dienst Bemani Team	20	0	0	0	0	156	17th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - N3		1	1	?	?	1	N/A	1st
24 Hours of Nürburgring - A6	Sport Auto	1	1	?	?	1	N/A	1st
SEAT León Supercopa	VIP SEAT Deutschland	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP6	Sport Auto	1	0	?	?	0	N/A	7th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP Cup	Daniela Schmid	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	?
24 Hours of Nürburgring - AT	Volkswagen Motorsport	1	1	?	?	1	N/A	1st
Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup	N/A	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
24 Hours of Nürburgring - AT	Volkswagen Motorsport	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup	N/A	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
24 Hours of Nürburgring - AT	Volkswagen Motorsport	1	1	?	?	1	N/A	1st
Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup	N/A	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup	N/A	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP3T	mathilda racing - Team pistenkids	1	0	?	?	0	N/A	DNF
24 Hours of Nürburgring - TCR	mathilda racing - Team pistenkids	1	0	?	?	0	N/A	DNF

† As Niedzwiedz was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. ;Footnotes

Complete World Sportscar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Pos.	Pts	Zakspeed Racing	Gr.5	Ford Capri Turbo	Ford 1.4 L4t	No drivers' Championship.	Liqui Moly Zakspeed	Gr.5	Ford Capri Turbo	Ford 1.7 L4t	NC	0	Joest Racing	S
+2.0	Porsche 908/80	Porsche 911/78 2.1 F6t	Ford Motor Company	C	Ford C100	Cosworth DFL 4.0 V8	NC	0	Jägermeister Ford Zakspeed Team	C	Zakspeed C1	Ford 1.8 L4t	NC	0	GWB Ford Zakspeed Team	C1	Zakspeed C1	Cosworth DFL 3.3 V8	NC	0	John Fitzpatrick Racing	C1	Porsche 956	Porsche Type 935/76 2.6 F6t	NC	0	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche Kremer Racing	C1	Porsche 962C	Porsche Type 935/76 2.6 F6t	17th	28	Richard Lloyd Racing	Porsche 956 GTi	Porsche Type 935/79 2.8 F6t	Team Sauber Mercedes	C1	Sauber C9	Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0 V8t	NC	0
1979	DAY	MUG	DIJ	SIL	NÜR
Ret	PER	GLN	BRH	VAL
1981	DAY	SEB	MUG	MNZ	RSD	SIL	NÜR
DNS
							LMS
Ret	PER	DAY	GLN	SPA	MOS	ROA	BRH
1982	MNZ	SIL	NÜR	LMS
Ret	SPA
18	MUG	FUJ	BRH
Ret
1983	MNZ	SIL	NÜR	LMS	SPA
Ret	FUJ	KYA
1984	MNZ	SIL	LMS	NÜR
Ret	BRH	MOS	SPA	IMO	FUJ	KYA	SAN
1985	MUG	MNZ
11	SIL	LMS
				HOC
Ret	MOS	SPA	BRH	FUJ	SHA
1986	MNZ
8
	SIL
4	LMS	NOR	BRH	JER
						NÜR
2	SPA	FUJ
Ret
1988	JER	JAR	MNZ	SIL	LMS
DNS	BRN	BRH	NÜR	SPA	FUJ	SAN

;Footnotes

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.
Pos.	1981	1982	1988
FRG Joest Racing	FRG Reinhold Joest
USA Dale Whittington	Porsche 908/80	S
+2.0	80	DNF	DNF
FRG Ford Germany	FRG Manfred Winkelhock	Ford C100	C	71	DNF	DNF
SUI Team Sauber Mercedes	GBR Kenny Acheson	Sauber C9-Mercedes	C1	-	DNS	DNS

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5
1985	ZOL	WUN	AVU
1	MFA
Ret	ERD
2	ERD
Ret	DIE	DIE	ZOL	SIE	NÜR
1986	ZOL
6	HOC
3	NÜR
4	AVU
Ret	MFA
1	WUN
Ret	NÜR
10	ZOL
9	NÜR
Ret
1987	HOC	ZOL	NÜR	AVU	MFA	NOR	NÜR
Ret	WUN	DIE	SAL
1988	ZOL
1
11	ZOL
2
2	HOC
1
6	HOC
2
6	NÜR
1
Ret	NÜR
2
Ret	BRN
1
11	BRN
2
7	AVU
1	AVU
2	MFA
1	MFA
2	*NÜR
1*
Ret	NÜR
2
DNS	NOR
1	NOR
2	WUN
1	WUN
2	SAL
1
C	SAL
2
C	HUN
1
3	HUN
2
2	*HOC
1*
10	HOC
2
Ret
1989	ZOL
1
6	ZOL
2
3	HOC
1
11	HOC
2
3	NÜR
1
9	NÜR
2
5	MFA
1
7	MFA
2
5	AVU
1
23	AVU
2
1	NÜR
1
7	NÜR
2
4	**NOR
1**
2	*NOR
2*
2	*HOC
1*
3	HOC
2
1	DIE
1
9	DIE
2
16	NÜR
1
10	NÜR
2
9	**HOC
1**
1	HOC
2
1
1990	ZOL
1
WD	ZOL
2
WD	HOC
1	HOC
2	NÜR
1	NÜR
2	AVU
1
25	AVU
2
Ret	MFA
1
Ret	MFA
2
Ret	WUN
1
21	WUN
2
12	NÜR
1
9	NÜR
2
5	NOR
1
Ret	NOR
2
Ret	DIE
1
Ret	DIE
2
DNS	NÜR
1
18	NÜR
2
16	HOC
1
28	HOC
2
DNS
1991	ZOL
1
Ret	ZOL
2
DNS	HOC
1
24	HOC
2
19	NÜR
1
Ret	NÜR
2
21	AVU
1
28	AVU
2
17	WUN
1
Ret	WUN
2
Ret	NOR
1
Ret	NOR
2
DNS	DIE
1
25	DIE
2
20	NÜR
1
Ret	NÜR
2
DNS	ALE
1
Ret	ALE
2
DNS	HOC
1
17	HOC
2
24	BRN
1
Ret	BRN
2
DNS	DON
1
17	DON
2
Ret

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5
1985	SIL	OUL	THR	DON	THR	SIL	DON	SIL
ovr:3
cls:3	SNE	BRH	BRH	SIL

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	3
1987	MNZ
DSQ	JAR
5	DIJ
3	NÜR
1	SPA
Ret
		BRN
1	SIL
6	BAT
DSQ	CLD
12	WEL
1	FUJ
1

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.
Pos.	1987	1988	1989	1990	1992	1996
SWI Eggenberger Motorsport	FRG Klaus Ludwig	Ford Sierra RS500	1	159	DSQ	DSQ
Ford Sierra RS500	1	-	DNS	DNS
AUS Allan Moffat Enterprises	CAN Allan Moffat
AUS Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra RS500	A	129	DNF	DNF
AUS Allan Moffat Enterprises	FRG Frank Biela	Ford Sierra RS500	A	161	2nd	2nd
AUS Allan Moffat Enterprises	FRG Frank Biela
BEL Pierre Dieudonné	Ford Sierra RS500	1	151	10th	10th
AUS Gregg Hansford
BEL Pierre Dieudonné	Ford Sierra RS500	1	138	DNF	DNF
AUS Allan Moffat Enterprises	AUS Gregg Hansford	Ford Sierra RS500	A	128	19th	17th
AUS Allan Moffat Enterprises	AUS Ken Douglas	Ford EB Falcon		157	10th	10th

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos.	Pts	Honda Team Linder	Honda Accord	13th	145	Honda Team Linder	Honda Accord	8th	269	AUGROS MIG Austria	Audi A4 Quattro	21st	103	Auto Dienst Bemani Team	Opel Vectra	17th	156
1995	ZOL
1
24†	ZOL
2
20†	SPA
1
DSQ	SPA
2
10	ÖST
1
3	ÖST
2
18†	HOC
1
Ret	HOC
2
13	NÜR
1
9	NÜR
2
10	SAL
1
8	SAL
2
4	AVU
1
Ret	AVU
2
Ret	NÜR
1
22	NÜR
2
Ret
1996	ZOL
1
9	ZOL
2
5	ASS
1
10	ASS
2
6	HOC
1
Ret	HOC
2
DNS	SAC
1	SAC
2	WUN
1
8	WUN
2
12	ZWE
1
15	ZWE
2
9	SAL
1
5	SAL
2
5	AVU
1
2	AVU
2
4	NÜR
1
4	NÜR
2
Ret
1997	HOC
1
24	HOC
2
20	ZOL
1
20	ZOL
2
20	NÜR
1
18	NÜR
2
DNS	SAC
1
Ret	SAC
2
12	NOR
1
14	NOR
2
9	WUN
1
12	WUN
2
Ret	ZWE
1
12	ZWE
2
8	SAL
1
22	SAL
2
20	REG
1
Ret	REG
2
14	NÜR
1
21	NÜR
2
15
1998	HOC
1
17	HOC
2
14	NÜR
1
16	NÜR
2
15	SAC
1
18	SAC
2
15	NOR
1
11	NOR
2
Ret	REG
1
15	REG
2
12	WUN
1
13	WUN
2
13	ZWE
1
16	ZWE
2
16	SAL
1
18	SAL
2
14	OSC
1
21	OSC
2
16	NÜR
1
15	NÜR
2
Ret

References

Normoyle, Steve. (1989). "The Great Race 8". Chevron Publishing.
Normoyle, Steve. (1990). "The Great Race 9". Chevron Publishing.
Normoyle, Steve. (1991). "The Great Race 10". Chevron Publishing.
Normoyle, Steve. (1993). "The Great Race 12". Chevron Publishing.
[http://touringcarracing.net/Races/1989%20Fuji.html Fuji Inter-tec 500 km] Touring Car Racing.net
[https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/klaus-niedzwiedz/ Klaus Niedzwiedz - Driver Database]
[http://touringcarracing.net/index.html History of Touring Car Racing]
"All Results of Klaus Niedzwiedz". racingsportscars.com.

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