Volkert Merl

Volkert Merl (born 10 February 1944) is a retired German racing driver.

Merl primarily competed for Joest Racing throughout his career in the early 1980s competing in the World Sportscar Championship and Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft (DRM). He won the 1980 24 Hours of Daytona with Rolf Stommelen and Reinhold Joest in a Porsche 935 and placed second in 1983 DRM championship points in a Porsche 956. That same year, he also finished 4th in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
1980	Meccarillos Racing	Bernard Béguin Claude Haldi	Porsche 935-K3/80	Gr. 5 SP 2.0+	37	DNF	DNF
1983	Sorga S. A./Joest Racing	Mauricio de Narváez Clemens Schickentanz	Porsche 956	C	361	4th	4th
1984	New-Man Joest Racing Schornstein Racing Team	Dieter Schornstein "John Winter"	Porsche 956	C1	340	5th	5th

Racing record