Kurt Thiim

Kurt Thiim (born 3 August 1956 in Vojens) is a Danish racing driver. After his karting career he raced in single-seaters from 1978 to 1984 before moving to the DTM. He won the championship in his debut year in 1986 driving a Rover Vitesse, and raced an 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.

Kurt Thiim in 1995.

Kurt Thiim - Promarkt-Zakspeed Team - AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse at Melbourne Hairpin, 1994 DTM Donington Park.

After the series was discontinued after 1996, he raced in several other touring car categories, including the German Supertouring Championship and the Danish Touring Car Championship, where he won a title in 2002.

He is the father of racing driver Nicki Thiim.^[1]

Racing record

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	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) (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) (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

References

1. Watkins, Gary (14 August 2013). "Thiim to replace late Simonsen in Interlagos WEC round". autosport.com. Retrieved 22 September 2013.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Franz Konrad	German Formula Three champion 1984	Succeeded by Volker Weidler