Dieter Quester (born 30 May 1939) is an Austrian former racing driver. Quester participated in 53 24-Hour Races. He competed in a single

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race in which he finished ninth. Starting with motorboats in the 1950s, he became part of the

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team of

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which intended to take part in the

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. Teammate

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was killed at the

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while practising with the ''BMW 269'', though. As a suspension or steering failure was suspected, the BMW team with Quester and Hubert Hahne withdrew from the race, as did Mitter's teammate at Porsche,

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. Quester participated in his home 1974 Austrian Grand Prix on 18 August 1974. He out-qualified his three team mates at Surtees and finished 9th ahead of

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and double World Champion

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in the race, but scored no championship points. Quester then focused again on

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to drive a BMW 3.0 CSL for

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. Quester had already won the 1973

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. Later racing in the

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, he once slid on the roof of his

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over the start/finish line of the

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for a 3rd place. His career was still active at age 70, sponsored by

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. On 15 January 2006 he won the 24 Hours race at the

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on a

together with

, Philipp Peter and

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. Stuck and Quester returned in the

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, but their BMW was destroyed in a crash at night that involved an

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and seven cars. During the weekend of 9–10 September 2006, he won the Britcar 24 Hours of Silverstone in a Duller Motorsport BMW M Roadster#Z4 M Roadster (2006–2008), and on 14 January 2007 he again won the 24 Hours race at the

in the Duller Motorsport

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. In September 2007 he and Duller won the 24 Hours of Silverstone in the Duller

, by a margin of 30 laps. Quester took part in his final race at the HSR Classic Daytona in November 2018 at the age of 79. Dieter Quester

Racing record

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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

Complete Formula One results

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

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.) † Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results

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

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

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

Complete FIA GT Championship results

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

Britcar 24 Hour results

References

External links

Biography at F1 Rejects
* https://web.archive.org/web/20060522051555/http://bmw-motorsport.com/ms/en/fascination/history/bmw_touring/heroes/index.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20060627021546/http://www.john-w.de/bmwf2/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Quester, Dieter Austrian racing drivers Austrian Formula One drivers BMW (1950s–60s) Formula One drivers Surtees Formula One drivers European Formula Two Championship drivers Austrian motorboat racers 1939 births Living people 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers World Touring Car Championship drivers Racing drivers from Vienna World Sportscar Championship drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers European Touring Car Championship drivers 24 Hours of Daytona drivers Britcar 24-hour drivers Oreca drivers BMW M drivers Schnitzer Motorsport drivers Sauber Motorsport drivers 24H Series drivers