Marc Lieb
Lieb at the Silverstone Round of the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship
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| Nationality |
 German |
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| Born |
4 July 1980 (age 36) Ludwigsburg,Germany |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
| Participating years | 2003–2005, 2009– |
| Teams | Orbit Racing, Alex Job Racing, Team Felbermayr-Proton, Porsche AG Team Manthey |
| Best finish | 1st (2016) |
| Class wins | 4 (2005, 2010,2013,2016) |
Marc Lieb (born 4 July 1980) is a German Porsche factory motor-racing driver currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship driving a Porsche 919 Hybrid. He won the FIA GT Championship in 2003 and 2005, and the European Le Mans Series in 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010. He won the 24 Hours Nürburgring four times and scored class victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2005, 2010 and 2013, in the 2008 12 Hours of Sebring, in the 2003 24 hours of Spa and in the 2007 Petit Le Mans.
Born in Bad Cannstatt, Lieb started racing in karts in 1992. In 1995, he moved to cars, racing in the German Formula Renault 1800 championship. He finished 2nd in the championship the next year. In 1998, he moved to German Formula Renault 2000. In 1999, he finished 3rd in the Formula Renault Eurocup. In 2000, Lieb became a Porsche Junior driver, and raced in the Porsche Carrera Cup, finishing 5th in the championship. In 2001, he finished 7th in Carrera Cup, and also scored a podium in Porsche Supercup.
In 2002, Lieb won the Carrera Cup championship with 4 wins. He also took 2 N-GT wins in the FIA GT Championship, at Brno and Enna-Pergusa. He raced at the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans as well, but failed to finish either race. For 2003, Lieb became a full Porsche factory driver, and raced in FIA GT. He won the N-GT championship, driving with Stéphane Ortelli for Freisinger Motorsport. Along the way, he won 3 races, including winning the Spa 24 Hours outright in his Porsche 911 GT3-RS. He also finished 2nd in the GT class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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