Maro Engel

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Maro Engel
Engel in 2009
Nationality	German
Born	(1985-08-27) 27 August 1985 (age 36) Munich, West Germany
GT Racing career
Current team	Mercedes-AMG Haupt Racing Team
Formula E career
Debut season	2016–17
Current team	Venturi Grand Prix
Car number	5
Starts	23
Championships	0
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	2
Best finish	12th in 2017–18
Finished last season	12th
Previous series
2001–2002 2003–2004 2005 2006–2007 2008–2011 2012 2013	Formula BMW Recaro F3 Cup Italian Formula 3000 British F3 Championship Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Various GT championships V8 Supercars

Maro Engel (born 27 August 1985) is a German professional racing driver based in Monaco. He is a long-time Mercedes-AMG factory driver, FIA GT World Cup Champion, Nürburgring 24 hour winner, DTM race winner, Suzuka 10h winner, Macau GT Cup winner. currently racing in the Mercedes-AMG GT3 and in the FIA Formula E championship. He has previously raced in the DTM, V8 Supercars, F3000, F3 and Formula E.

Racing career[]

Early career[]

Born in Munich, Maro competed in karting in Germany and France between 1996 and 1999 and finished 4th in the 2000 European Junior Karting Championship. He then moved onto Formula BMW, finishing 3rd in the 2001 Junior Cup, before finishing 8th in Formula BMW ADAC the following year.

Formula Three (2003–2007)[]

He moved onto Formula Three in 2003 as a factory Opel driver, and raced in the Recaro F3 Cup in 2004, and Italian Formula 3000 in 2005. He returned to F3 for the British series in 2006 and 2007, in 2006 receiving backing from Direxiv. In 2007 he was signed as a Mercedes-Benz Junior driving for Carlin Motorsport. He finished fifth with one victory in 2006, and was runner-up to Marko Asmer in 2007 with three wins.

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (2008–2011)[]

He was signed by AMG Mercedes to drive a one-year-old car run by Mücke Motorsport in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for the 2008 season. He remained with the team 2011 season.^[1] In four years racing in the category, he achieved a best result of sixth place at first round held at the Hockenheimring in 2009. He went on to finish the 2009 season in twelfth place over all, scoring eight points.

GT Racing (2012)[]

After leaving DTM, Engel spent the 2012 year making several guest appearances in selected sports car racing championships worldwide as a member of the AMG Customer Sports team, winning the fifth round of the 2012 Australian GT Championship at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 prepared by Erebus Racing.^[2]

V8 Supercars (2013)[]

Engel made his V8 Supercar debut in 2013, driving a Mercedes E63 AMG entered by Erebus Motorsport (formerly known as Stone Brothers Racing).^[3] Engel replaced Shane van Gisbergen as the driver of the No. 9 SP Tools entry. Engel struggled to adapt to the Australian conditions and had five race retirements. His best finish was a ninth place in the third race of the Darwin round; he finished last of the full-time drivers in the season championship.

Macau Grand Prix GT Cup (2013)[]

Next to his commitments in V8 Supercar for Erebus Motorsport he competed in the 2013 Macau GT Cup with a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 scoring pole position and a lap record in qualifying. Narrowly missing out on the victory due to sustaining a puncture on the front left while leading, 2 laps before the end.

GT Racing (2014)[]

In 2014 Engel resumed his duties as a member of the AMG Customer Sports team racing exclusively with the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. Making his debut in the Bathurst 12 Hour racing for Erebus Motorsport together with Bernd Schneider (racing driver) and Nico Bastian Engel scored pole position with a lap record of 2min03.8586 and winning the inaugural Allan Simonsen Pole Position Trophy. The German trio dominated the race for 9 hours before an issue forced them to pit for repairs dropping them 7 laps down. He participated in his first 24 Hours Nürburgring racing for German team ROWE Racing finishing the "Hardest race in the World" in 3rd place together with his teammates Nico Bastian Christian Hohenadel and Michael Zehe. Engel also competed in various VLN races for ROWE Racing winning the 9th round of the VLN championship. He also raced in the German ADAC GT Masters series for ROWE Racing.

Macau Grand Prix GT Cup (2014)[]

Racing for the Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy team in a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Engel returned to Macau winning the 2014 Macau GT Cup ahead of his teammate Renger van der Zande scoring a very popular 1-2 win in the gambling capital against the strong competition of AUDI BMW Porsche and other factory teams and drivers.

GT Racing (2015)[]

Engel continued racing with and for the AMG Customer Sports team in the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 as an Official Mercedes-AMG Performance driver. He joined team Black Falcon as the pro driver in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup in Pro-AM with a best result of 2nd at the 1000 km Paul Ricard race. He also contested the Spa 24 Hours with team Black falcon where the team had a DNF. On the Nürburgring Engel continued to race with ROWE Racing winning one VLN race. He also participated in the Nürburgring 24 Hours but the team had to DNF the car after several punctures.

Engel was also part of the Mercedes-AMG drivers that assisted development of the new Mercedes-AMG GT3.

FIA GT World Cup (2015)[]

In 2015 the Macau GT Cup was recognised by the FIA as the FIA GT World Cup lifting its status to the world championship for GT3 cars. Engel returned with his Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy team in the successful Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. Engel won the 12 lap qualification race from third on the grid after Stefan Mücke was penalised for a Safety car procedure infringement. Starting from pole position in the 18 lap race around Macau's famous Engel won the race and was crowned the inaugural FIA GT World Cup Champion. Through Engel's victory combined with the 4th-place finish of his teammate Renger van der Zande Mercedes-Benz won the inaugural FIA GT Manufacturers World Cup.

LMPC IMSA Racing (2016)[]

Engel joined Starworks Motorsport for the American Endurance sportscar classics 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring in their Oreca Prototype in the LMPC class. Engel is also due to compete in the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen and Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta for Starworks later in the season.

GT Racing (2016)[]

Racing for AMG Team Black Falcon in the new Mercedes-AMG GT3, Engel took overall victory at the Nürburgring 24 hours together with his teammates Bernd Schneider (racing driver) Adam Christodoulou and Manuel Metzger. Engel made the decisive pass to win the race on the last lap. His winning margin was the tightest in the history of the race with merely 5,6s separating the first two cars. Engel was also the first winner of the SCG Pole position trophy after scoring pole position for the Nürburgring 24 hour race in drying track conditions with a lap of 8 minutes 14.563 in the #9 Mercedes-AMG GT3 with which Engel also raced performing a double start and finishing the race in 4th position with this second car.

Following two victories in 2014 and 2015 in Macau, Engel finished 3rd at the 2016 FIA GT World Cup

Formula E[]

In August 2016, Engel joined Venturi Grand Prix to make his debut in the 2016-17 season. In his second season Engel finished 12th in the driver standings, scoring a best result of 4th at the Paris ePrix.

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (2017)[]

In 2017, Engel rejoined the DTM with Mercedes-Benz taking his maiden DTM win at the Moscow raceway

Racing record[]

Career summary[]

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2001	Formula BMW Junior	ADAC e.V. Motorsport	20	3	5	2	9	203	3rd
2002	Formula BMW ADAC	Eifelland Racing	18	1	1	0	4	89	8th
2003	Formula 3 Euro Series		8	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2004	German Formula Three Championship		2	0	0	0	0	7	15th
2005	Italian Formula 3000 Championship	Durango	5	0	0	1	0	17	7th
2006	Macau Grand Prix	Carlin Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	9th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	0	15th
	British Formula 3 International Series		22	1	3	2	8	174	5th
2007	Masters of Formula 3	Carlin Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	13th
	British Formula 3 International Series		22	3	4	1	8	208	2nd
2008	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Mücke Motorsport	11	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2009	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Mücke Motorsport	10	0	0	0	0	8	12th
2010	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Mücke Motorsport	11	0	0	0	0	3	15th
2011	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Mücke Motorsport	10	0	0	0	0	5	13th
2012	International GT Open		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Australian GT Championship	Erebus Racing	2	1	1	1	2	0	NC
2013	City of Dreams Macau GT Cup	Erebus Racing	1	0	1	0	0	0	NC
	Pirtek Enduro Cup	Erebus Racing						231	22nd
	MSS Security V8 Supercars Challenge	Erebus Racing	4	0	0	0	0	55	25th
	International V8 Supercars Championship	Erebus Racing	37	0	0	0	0	836	28th

Complete Formula Three Euro Series results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2003	Opel Team KMS	Dallara F302/009	Spiess-Opel	HOC 1 12	HOC 2 16	ADR 1 23	ADR 2 24	PAU 1	PAU 2	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 14	LMS 1 20	LMS 2 20	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	A1R 1	A1R 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	31st	0

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 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	Pos.	Points
2008	Mücke Motorsport	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2007	HOC 17	OSC Ret	MUG 11	LAU 11	NOR 9	ZAN 14	NÜR Ret	BRH 17	CAT 13	BUG 14	HOC 12								16th	0
2009	Mücke Motorsport	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008	HOC 6	LAU 8	NOR Ret	ZAN 7	OSC 7	NÜR 12	BRH 10	CAT 10	DIJ 12	HOC 10									12th	8
2010	Mücke Motorsport	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009	HOC 16	VAL 11	LAU 15	NOR 9	NÜR 8	ZAN Ret	BRH 11	OSC 12	HOC 9	ADR 7	SHA 16								15th	3
2011	Mücke Motorsport	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008	HOC 8	ZAN 7	SPL 14	LAU 10	NOR 9	NÜR 15	BRH 10	OSC 7	VAL 15	HOC 14									13th	5
2017	Mercedes-AMG Motorsport SILBERPFEIL Energy	AMG-Mercedes C63 Coupé 2017	HOC 1 17	HOC 2 10	LAU 1 9	LAU 2 12	HUN 1 13	HUN 2 15	NOR 1 14	NOR 2 14	MSC 1 10	MSC 2 1	ZAN 1 16	ZAN 2 11	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 5	SPL 1 15	SPL 2 15	HOC 1 16	HOC 2 13	15th	51

Supercars Championship results[]

V8 Supercar results
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	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	Pos.	Pts
2013	Erebus Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	ADE R1 24	ADE R2 Ret	SYM R3 Ret	SYM R4 24	SYM R5 23	PUK R6 24	PUK R7 21	PUK R8 20	PUK R9 21	BAR R10 25	BAR R11 26	BAR R12 Ret	COA R13 23	COA R14 Ret	COA R15 24	COA R16 25	HID R17 16	HID R18 22	HID R19 9	TOW R20 19	TOW R21 27	QLD R22 19	QLD R23 27	QLD R24 17	WIN R25 18	WIN R26 17	WIN R27 19	SAN R28 25	BAT R29 20	SUR R30 21	SUR R31 22	PHI R32 21	PHI R33 22	PHI R34 19	SYD R35 Ret	SYD R36 20	28th	836

Bathurst 1000 results[]

Year	No.	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2013	9	Erebus Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz E63 W212	Steven Johnson	20th	160

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results[]

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
2016	Starworks Motorsport	PC	Oreca FLM09	Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8	DAY 7†	SEB 7	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	COA	PET		27th	26
2017	SunEnergy1 Racing	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 18	SEB	LBH	COA	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET	77th	12
2018	SunEnergy1 Racing	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 8	SEB	MDO 12	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET		42nd	43
2021	HTP Winward Motorsport	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 1	SEB 9	MDO	DET	WGL 14	WGL	LIM		LGA	LBH	VIR		18th*	813*

^† Engel did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula E results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Chassis	Powertrain	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos	Points
2016–17	Venturi Formula E Team	Spark SRT01-e	Venturi VM200-FE-02	HKG 9	MRK NC	BUE NC	MEX Ret	MCO 5	PAR	BER 9	BER NC	NYC NC	NYC Ret	MTL 12	MTL 18	17th	16
2017–18	Venturi Formula E Team	Spark SRT01-e	Venturi VM200-FE-03	HKG 13	HKG 7	MRK 12	SCL Ret	MEX 16	PDE 10	RME 8	PAR 4	BER 8	ZUR 11	NYC 8	NYC Ret	12th	31

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results[]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2014	Erebus Motorsport	Nico Bastian Bernd Schneider	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	A	291	7th	7th
2016	Erebus Motorsport	Austin Cindric Bernd Schneider	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG	AP	219	DNF	DNF
2017		Craig Baird Shane van Gisbergen	Mercedes AMG GT3	AA	283	DNF	DNF

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results[]

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2019	Black Falcon	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Pro	BRH 1 2	BRH 2 1	MIS 1 3	MIS 2 4	ZAN 1 4	ZAN 2 4	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 4	HUN 1 2	HUN 2 3	2nd	92.5
2020	Haupt Racing Team	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro	MIS 1 4	MIS 2 2	MIS 3 4	MAG 1 1	MAG 2 3	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	CAT 1 5	CAT 2 17	CAT 3 Ret	6th	60
2021	Toksport WRT	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro	MAG 1 25	MAG 2 1	ZAN 1 7	ZAN 2 Ret	MIS 1 2	MIS 2 24	BRH 1 2	BRH 2 1	VAL 1	VAL 2	2nd*	61*

^* Season still in progress.

Commitment[]

Maro Engel is today a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a group of 80 famous elite athletes including Novak Djokovic and Sergey Bubka among others, committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization.^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Maro Engel career summary at DriverDB.com
• Maro Engel on Facebook

Sporting positions
Preceded by Mirko Bortolotti Andrea Caldarelli Christian Engelhart	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Champion 2018 With: Yelmer Buurman & Luca Stolz	Succeeded by Andrea Caldarelli Marco Mapelli