Alex Müller (racing driver)
Alexander Müller ( born January 20, 1979 in Emmerich ) is a German racing driver.
Career
Like most racers began Müller his career in karting, where he was active from 1988 to 1994. In 1995 he moved to Formula racing and was third in the German Formula BMW Junior. A year later he won the championship title of the German Formula Renault. In 1997 he moved to Benetton for the RTL Junior team in the German Formula 3 Championship with four wins and was third in the drivers' standings. He defeated his teammate Timo Scheider, who was runner-up behind Nick Heidfeld.
In 1998, he joined the International Formula 3000 championship and launched as team-mate Dominik Schwager for the RTL Team Oreca. Müller was able to qualify for all the races and scored with a fifth place at Spa- Francorchamps for the first time points. At the end of the season, he finished 20th overall. He also took part in two races in the German Formula 3. In 1999 he received no cockpit in Formula 3000 and launched for Graff Racing in the French Formula 3 Championship. With a win, he finished the season in seventh place.
In 2000 he joined the team Ghinzani and participated in the German Formula 3 Championship. With four victories, he was able to win more races than the later champion Giorgio Pantano, but it was enough just yet for the runner-up title. In 2001 he stayed with the team Ghinzani and competed in the Euro Formula 3000. Müller remained winless and was behind Felipe Massa and Thomas Biagi third in the championship.
2002 Müller returned to the International Formula 3000. First, he graduated from the first five races for Formula Durango and was subsequently replaced by Derek Hill. The German again moved immediately to managed by the Scuderia Coloni European Minardi F3000 team, where he replaced David Saelens. However, he was also here, this time after four races, replaced and superseded by Kristian Kolby. Müller remained the season with no points and no ranking among the top ten. He finished in 20th place in the drivers' standings. 2003 the German tried to North America to change and took part in two races in the Camping World Truck Series NASCAR. However, he found a sponsor and so it remained in two starts.
After he had taken part in three races of the FIA GT Championship in 2004, he returned in 2005 back into formula racing, and stood in for the team Ghinzani in the Italian Formula 3 Championship. Although Müller won half of the race, but had to finish the season with the runners- satisfied behind Luigi Ferrara. After he had paused in 2006 and participated in only one race of the FIA GT Championship in 2007, he remained in this series in 2008, finishing in eleventh place in the GT1 championship. In 2009 he moved up to sixth place of the GT1 championship. He also made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and finished it in third place of the GT1 championship.
In 2010 he moved to the new FIA GT1 World Championship.