Franz Konrad (born 8 June 1951 in

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) is a former race driver and founder of

Konrad Motorsport Konrad Motorsport is an auto racing team initially from Austria, but now based in Germany. Founded by Austrian racer Franz Konrad in 1976, the team has mostly run Porsches, although they have also run Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Saleens over th ...

in 1976. As a driver, he won the 1983

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in an Anson SA4-

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. In 1990, he took a career best 2nd in the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans driving a

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, then followed this with an overall victory in the 1993

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driving a

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. He was also one of the drivers of the class winning at the

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in 1998 driving a Porsche GT2 Twin Turbo. He was also constructor of the Konrad KM-011, a

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sportscar using

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power.

Racing record

Complete World Sportscar Championship results

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

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete European Formula Two Championship 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)

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

References

External links

Konrad Motorsport's official website

Franz Konrad driver profile
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