# Kurt Thiim > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kurt_Thiim > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kurt_Thiim.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Thiim > Source revision: 1349908946 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Danish racing driver (born 1956) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Kurt Thiim" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Kurt Thiim in 1995. Kurt Thiim - Promarkt-Zakspeed Team - AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse at Melbourne Hairpin, 1994 DTM Donington Park. **Kurt Thiim** (born 3 August 1956 in [Vojens](/source/Vojens)) is a Danish racing driver. After his karting career he raced in single-seaters from 1978 to 1984 before moving to the [DTM](/source/Deutsche_Tourenwagen_Meisterschaft). He won the championship in his debut year in 1986 driving a [Rover Vitesse](/source/Rover_Vitesse), and raced an [Alfa Romeo 75](/source/Alfa_Romeo_75) in 1987. Despite not winning a second title, he remained one of the series' top drivers for the next decade as a Mercedes-Benz driver. He joined the AMG team in 1988, then Zakspeed in 1992, and returned to AMG in 1996, resulting runner-up in 1992, third in 1990, fourth in 1989 and 1995, fifth in 1994, and sixth in 1993. He collected 19 wins during his DTM career. After the series was discontinued after 1996, Thiim raced in several other touring car categories, including the [German Supertouring Championship](/source/Super_Tourenwagen_Cup) and the [Danish Touring Car Championship](/source/Danish_Touring_Car_Championship), where he won a title in 2002. Thiim is the father of racing driver [Nicki Thiim](/source/Nicki_Thiim).[1] ## Racing record ### Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results ([key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (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 21 22 23 24 Pos. Pts 1986 ATN Autotechnik Nickel Rover Vitesse ZOL 1 HOC Ret NÜR 2 AVU 4 MFA 3 WUN 1 NÜR 1 ZOL 13 NÜR 4 1st 130 1987 ATN Autotechnik Nickel Rover Vitesse HOC 8 22nd 31 Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo ZOL 8 NÜR 23 AVU MFA 26 NOR 10 NÜR 21 WUN Ret DIE Ret SAL Ret 1988 MK Motorsport BMW M3 ZOL 1 ZOL 2 HOC 1 HOC 2 NÜR 1 1 NÜR 2 3 BRN 1 15 BRN 2 Ret AVU 1 AVU 2 MFA 1 25 MFA 2 Ret NÜR 1 NÜR 2 18th 111 AMG Motorenbau GmbH Mercedes 190E 2.3-16 NOR 1 4 NOR 2 5 WUN 1 Ret WUN 2 11 SAL 1 SAL 2 HUN 1 2 HUN 2 3 HOC 1 Ret HOC 2 DSQ 1989 AMG Motorenbau GmbH Mercedes 190E 2.3-16 ZOL 1 5 ZOL 2 8 HOC 1 7 HOC 2 6 NÜR 1 6 NÜR 2 13 MFA 1 5 MFA 2 1 AVU 1 6 AVU 2 7 4th 237 Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo NÜR 1 Ret NÜR 2 5 NOR 1 1 NOR 2 Ret HOC 1 2 HOC 2 6 DIE 1 Ret DIE 2 DNS NÜR 1 2 NÜR 2 4 HOC 1 8 HOC 2 19 1990 AMG Motorenbau GmbH Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo ZOL 1 1 ZOL 2 1 HOC 1 3 HOC 2 3 NÜR 1 17 NÜR 2 7 AVU 1 6 AVU 2 6 MFA 1 5 MFA 2 5 WUN 1 7 WUN 2 7 NÜR 2 7 3rd 162 Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2 NÜR 1 Ret NOR 1 Ret NOR 2 12 DIE 1 1 DIE 2 16 NÜR 1 4 NÜR 2 5 HOC 1 4 HOC 2 6 1991 AMG Motorenbau GmbH Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2 ZOL 1 4 ZOL 2 4 HOC 1 6 HOC 2 4 NÜR 1 Ret NÜR 2 9 AVU 1 13 AVU 2 Ret WUN 1 12 WUN 2 Ret NOR 1 1 NOR 2 2 DIE 1 9 DIE 2 Ret NÜR 1 27 NÜR 2 7 ALE 1 2 ALE 2 Ret HOC 1 8 HOC 2 11 BRN 1 4 BRN 2 4 DON 1 10 DON 2 Ret 8th 97 1992 Diebels Zakspeed Team Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2 ZOL 1 1 ZOL 2 1 NÜR 1 4 NÜR 2 2 WUN 1 3 WUN 2 5 AVU 1 7 AVU 2 21 HOC 1 Ret HOC 2 4 NÜR 1 5 NÜR 2 5 NOR 1 Ret NOR 2 9 BRN 1 Ret BRN 2 Ret DIE 1 4 DIE 2 3 ALE 1 2 ALE 2 2 NÜR 1 5 NÜR 2 Ret HOC 1 2 HOC 2 Ret 2nd 192 1993 Diebels Zakspeed Team Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evo2 ZOL 1 8 ZOL 2 6 6th 138 Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 93 HOC 1 3 HOC 2 5 NÜR 1 5 NÜR 2 5 WUN 1 3 WUN 2 1 NÜR 1 9 NÜR 2 Ret NOR 1 8 NOR 2 Ret DON 1 2 DON 2 4 DIE 1 5 DIE 2 8 ALE 1 7 ALE 2 5 AVU 1 10 AVU 2 4 HOC 1 3 HOC 2 4 1994 Promarkt-Zakspeed-Team Mercedes C-Class V6 ZOL 1 6 ZOL 2 Ret HOC 1 1 HOC 2 2 NÜR 1 9 NÜR 2 10 MUG 1 1 MUG 2 Ret NÜR 1 21 NÜR 2 6 NOR 1 4 NOR 2 3 DON 1 7 DON 2 3 DIE 1 4 DIE 2 6 NÜR 1 11 NÜR 2 6 AVU 1 2 AVU 2 3 ALE 1 Ret ALE 2 Ret HOC 1 1 HOC 2 Ret 5th 141 1995 Zakspeed Mercedes Mercedes C-Class V6 HOC 1 Ret HOC 2 5 AVU 1 1 AVU 2 1 NOR 1 Ret NOR 2 DNS DIE 1 Ret DIE 2 DNS NÜR 1 Ret NÜR 2 4 ALE 1 1 ALE 2 1 HOC 1 19 HOC 2 11 4th 78 ### Complete International Touring Car Championship results ([key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (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 21 22 23 24 25 26 Pos. Pts 1995 Zakspeed Mercedes Mercedes C-Class V6 MUG 1 Ret MUG 2 4 HEL 1 Ret HEL 2 6 DON 1 3 DON 2 4 EST 1 6 EST 2 16 MAG 1 10 MAG 2 Ret 8th 45 1996 UPS Mercedes-AMG Mercedes C-Class HOC 1 12 HOC 2 8 NÜR 1 8 NÜR 2 12† EST 1 DNS EST 2 DNS HEL 1 18† HEL 2 Ret NOR 1 Ret NOR 2 Ret DIE 1 14 DIE 2 11 SIL 1 Ret SIL 2 10 NÜR 1 10 NÜR 2 Ret MAG 1 11 MAG 2 10 MUG 1 8 MUG 2 4 HOC 1 10 HOC 2 Ret INT 1 INT 2 SUZ 1 SUZ 2 18th 23 - † — Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance. ### Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results ([key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Motorsport_driver_results_legend)) (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 1997 Opel Team Zakspeed Opel Vectra HOC 1 Ret HOC 2 19 ZOL 1 24 ZOL 2 13 NÜR 1 NÜR 2 SAC 1 20 SAC 2 20 NOR 1 20 NOR 2 11 WUN 1 4 WUN 2 4 ZWE 1 Ret ZWE 2 DNS SAL 1 9 SAL 2 13 REG 1 8 REG 2 5 NÜR 1 9 NÜR 2 Ret 18th 180 ### Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class Pos. 1991 Team Sauber Mercedes Jonathan Palmer Stanley Dickens Mercedes-Benz C11 C2 223 DNF DNF ### Britcar 24 Hour results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Car No. Class Laps Pos. Class Pos. 2007 RJN Motorsport Alex Buncombe Owen Mildenhall Anthony Reid Nissan 350Z 40 GTC 50 23rd 8th ## External links - [DTC profile](http://www.dtc-net.dk/?id=2721) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Watkins, Gary (14 August 2013). ["Thiim to replace late Simonsen in Interlagos WEC round"](http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/109270). *[autosport.com](/source/Autosport.com)*. Retrieved 22 September 2013. Sporting positions Preceded by Franz Konrad German Formula Three champion 1984 Succeeded by Volker Weidler v t e German Formula Three champions Three-time Komossa Two-time Deutsch Jelinski Schäfer One-time Albers Van Dam Deutz Dillmann Elkmann Eriksson Fontana Heidfeld Kaneishi Kirchhöfer Kolmsee Konrad Korten Kreuzer Kristensen Lamy Lang Leinders Maring Mohr Müller Nielsen Nissen Oliveira Paffett Pantano Pommer Scharmann Schneider Schumacher Sommer Stanaway Thiim Trulli Tung Vanthoor Verstappen Vervisch Weidler Wendlinger Winkelhock v t e Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft / Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters champions Meisterschaft 1984: Volker Strycek 1985: Per Stureson 1986: Kurt Thiim 1987: Eric van de Poele 1988: Klaus Ludwig 1989: Roberto Ravaglia 1990: Hans-Joachim Stuck 1991: Frank Biela 1992: Klaus Ludwig 1993: Nicola Larini 1994: Klaus Ludwig 1995 (DTM & ITC): Bernd Schneider 1996 (ITC): Manuel Reuter Masters 2000, 2001: Bernd Schneider 2002: Laurent Aïello 2003: Bernd Schneider 2004: Mattias Ekström 2005: Gary Paffett 2006: Bernd Schneider 2007: Mattias Ekström 2008, 2009: Timo Scheider 2010: Paul di Resta 2011: Martin Tomczyk 2012: Bruno Spengler 2013: Mike Rockenfeller 2014: Marco Wittmann 2015: Pascal Wehrlein 2016: Marco Wittmann 2017: René Rast 2018: Gary Paffett 2019, 2020: René Rast 2021: Maximilian Götz 2022: Sheldon van der Linde 2023: Thomas Preining 2024: Mirko Bortolotti 2025: Ayhancan Güven --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kurt Thiim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Thiim) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Thiim?action=history)). 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