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Franz Engstler
Engstler at the 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium.
NationalityGerman
Born (1961-07-25) 25 July 1961 (age 63)
Kempten im Allgäu (Germany)
World Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2007
Current teamLiqui Moly Team Engstler
Car number6
Starts164
Wins1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish8th in 2011
Previous series
2006–08
2006
2005, 2008
2005–07
2004
2002
2002
2001
2000–03
1996, 2005
1994, 1996–99
1989–1994
1988–90		ADAC Procar
Russian Touring Car Championship
ETCC
Asian Touring Car Series
Produktionswagen Meisterschaft
Dutch Touring Car Championship
V8 Star
European Superproduction
German Touring Car Challenge
Italian Super Touring
German Supertouring
DTM
German F3 Championship
Championship titles
2007
2005–06
2000		ADAC Procar Division I
ATCS
German Touring Car Challenge

Franz Engstler (born 25 July 1961) is a German auto racing driver.

Racing career

Engstler at Suzuka in the 2011 WTCC

Born in Kempten im Allgäu, Engstler started racing in the European Hillclimbing Championship and the German Long Distance Cup, which he won. From 1988 he competed in German Formula Three, winning the class B title in 1989. In 1993 he switched to Touring car racing, where he was German Touring Car Championship Class 2 champion in an Alfa Romeo 155. Between 1994 and 1999, he raced in the German Super Touring Championship for various teams. He finished first in the 2000 German Touring Car Challenge, with two wins. Two more seasons were spent racing in this series in 2002 and 2003. After a season in the 2004 German Production Car Championship, he moved to the Asian Touring Car Championship. He dominated the championship, which bought him back to back titles in 2005 and 2006. Another title came in 2007, winning the German ADAC Procar Series for the second year.[1]

2008 first saw him enter the WTCC. A solid first season saw him finish second in the independents Trophy. The highlight of the year was sixth place overall finish in the final race in Macau.

Before the end of the 2008 season, he won the BMW Sports Trophy for independent drivers, ahead of one hundred and forty other BMW drivers around the world.[2]

Engstler was involved in a bizarre incident at the 2009 WTCC meeting at Pau. Having finished sixth in race one, he started race two from second position. He took the lead from Alain Menu at the start and led the first lap. The safety car was deployed following three separate incidents on the first lap. The safety car jinked left right into the middle of the circuit, and with the nature of the circuit, Engstler was unsighted as he slammed into the safety car causing substantial damage to both cars, ending his race.

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
1989 BMW M Team Linder BMW M3 Evo ZOL
1 		ZOL
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		MFA
1 		MFA
2 		AVU
1 		AVU
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		NOR
1 		NOR
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		DIE
1 		DIE
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		HOC
1
21 		HOC
2
Ret 		NC 0
1990 BMW M Team Linder BMW M3 Sport Evolution ZOL
1 		ZOL
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		AVU
1 		AVU
1 		MFA
1 		MFA
2 		WUN
1 		WUN
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		NOR
1 		NOR
2 		DIE
1 		DIE
2 		NÜR
1
14 		NÜR
2
Ret 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NC 0
1991 Opel Team Irmscher Opel Omega 3000 Evo 500 ZOL
1
Ret 		ZOL
2
16 		HOC
1
29 		HOC
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
21 		NÜR
2
18 		AVU
1
Ret 		AVU
2
DNS 		WUN
1
15 		WUN
2
Ret 		NOR
1
DNQ 		NOR
2
DNQ 		DIE
1 		DIE
2 		NÜR
1
17 		NÜR
2
Ret 		ALE
1
Ret 		ALE
2
Ret 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
20 		BRN
1
24 		BRN
2
14 		DON
1
Ret 		DON
2
18 		NC 0
1992 Valier Motorsport BMW M3 Sport Evolution ZOL
1
17 		ZOL
2
8 		NÜR
1
15 		NÜR
2
Ret 		WUN
1
14 		WUN
2
10 		AVU
1
Ret 		AVU
2
10 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
22 		NÜR
2
Ret 		NOR
1
13 		NOR
2
Ret 		BRN
1
6 		BRN
2
8 		DIE
1
13 		DIE
2
12 		ALE
1
9 		ALE
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
15 		NÜR
2
11 		HOC
1
11 		HOC
2
4 		16th 26
1993 Engstler Motorsport Alfa Romeo 155 TS ZOL
1 		ZOL
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		WUN
1 		WUN
2 		NÜR
1
21 		NÜR
2
20 		NOR
1
DNQ 		NOR
2
18 		DON
1
20 		DON
2
20 		DIE
1
Ret 		DIE
2
17 		ALE
1
18 		ALE
2
16 		AVU
1
19 		AVU
2
19 		HOC
1
19 		HOC
2
17 		NC 0
1994 Engstler Motorsport Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti ZOL
1
Ret 		ZOL
2
12 		HOC
1
11 		HOC
2
Ret 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
12 		MUG
1
11 		MUG
2
6 		NÜR
1
DNS 		NÜR
2
DNS 		NOR
1
10 		NOR
2
Ret 		DON
1 		DON
2 		DIE
1 		DIE
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		AVU
1 		AVU
2 		ALE
1 		ALE
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		20th 1

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
1994 BMW Team Schneider BMW 318i AVU WUN ZOL ZAN ÖST SAL SPA NÜR
12 		25th 0
1996 Alfa Team Engstler Alfa Romeo 155 ZOL
1
14 		ZOL
2
Ret 		ASS
1
16 		ASS
2
13 		HOC
1
21 		HOC
2
Ret 		SAC
1
11 		SAC
2
15 		WUN
1
17 		WUN
2
16 		ZWE
1
16 		ZWE
2
10 		SAL
1
15 		SAL
2
DNS 		AVU
1
13 		AVU
2
14 		NÜR
1
17 		NÜR
2
15 		19th 135
1997 Cool Fire Team Engstler Alfa Romeo 155 TS HOC
1
21 		HOC
2
Ret 		ZOL
1
22 		ZOL
2
17 		NÜR
1
22 		NÜR
2
21 		SAC
1
21 		SAC
2
15 		NOR
1
23 		NOR
2
15 		WUN
1
19 		WUN
2
18 		ZWE
1
20 		ZWE
2
23 		SAL
1
21 		SAL
2
22 		REG
1
18 		REG
2
17 		NÜR
1
20 		NÜR
2
20 		24th 57
1998 Irmscher Motorsport Opel Vectra HOC
1
14 		HOC
2
19 		NÜR
1
18 		NÜR
2
18 		SAC
1
10 		SAC
2
14 		NOR
1
16 		NOR
2
15 		REG
1
17 		REG
2
14 		WUN
1
12 		WUN
2
15 		ZWE
1
20 		ZWE
2
Ret 		SAL
1
21 		SAL
2
DNS 		OSC
1
24 		OSC
2
19 		NÜR
1
18 		NÜR
2
16 		21st 119
1999 ER Motorsport Alfa Romeo 155 SAC
1 		SAC
2 		ZWE
1 		ZWE
2 		OSC
1 		OSC
2 		NOR
1
14 		NOR
2
12 		MIS
1
13 		MIS
2
13 		NÜR
1
12 		NÜR
2
11 		SAL
1
Ret 		SAL
2
Ret 		OSC
1
12 		OSC
2
Ret 		HOC
1
19 		HOC
2
DNS 		NÜR
1
19 		NÜR
2
15 		20th 103

Complete European Super Production 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 DC Pts
2001 Engstler Centro Sportivo Alfa Romeo 147 MNZ BRN MAG SIL ZOL HUN A1R NÜR
Ret 		JAR EST NC 0

Complete European 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 DC Pts
2004 Engstler Motorsport BMW 320i MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		VAL
1 		VAL
2 		MAG
1 		MAG
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		BRN
1 		BRN
2 		DON
1 		DON
2 		SPA
1
21 		SPA
2
Ret 		IMO
1 		IMO
2 		OSC
1
13 		OSC
2
19 		DUB
1 		DUB
2 		NC 0

Complete World 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 DC Pts
2007 Engstler Motorsport BMW 320i BRA
1 		BRA
2 		NED
1 		NED
2 		ESP
1 		ESP
2 		FRA
1 		FRA
2 		CZE
1 		CZE
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		SWE
1 		SWE
2 		GER
1 		GER
2 		GBR
1 		GBR
2 		ITA
1 		ITA
2 		MAC
1
19 		MAC
2
16 		NC 0
2008 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si BRA
1
10 		BRA
2
17 		MEX
1
18 		MEX
2
16 		ESP
1
17 		ESP
2
17 		FRA
1
19 		FRA
2
15 		CZE
1
16 		CZE
2
23 		POR
1
18 		POR
2
18 		GBR
1
17 		GBR
2
13 		GER
1
Ret 		GER
2
15 		EUR
1
16 		EUR
2
14 		ITA
1
13 		ITA
2
16 		JPN
1
14 		JPN
2
11 		MAC
1
15 		MAC
2
6 		17th 3
2009 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si BRA
1
12 		BRA
2
16 		MEX
1
14 		MEX
2
11 		MAR
1
11 		MAR
2
7 		FRA
1
6 		FRA
2
Ret 		ESP
1
16 		ESP
2
16 		CZE
1
11 		CZE
2
14 		POR
1
20 		POR
2
11 		GBR
1
NC 		GBR
2
19 		GER
1
7 		GER
2
25 		ITA
1
11 		ITA
2
13 		JPN
1
Ret 		JPN
2
15 		MAC
1
16 		MAC
2
14 		16th 7
2010 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si BRA
1
14 		BRA
2
11 		MAR
1
12 		MAR
2
12 		ITA
1
Ret 		ITA
2
DNS 		BEL
1
Ret 		BEL
2
16 		POR
1
13 		POR
2
14 		GBR
1
14 		GBR
2
13 		CZE
1
13 		CZE
2
Ret 		GER
1
13 		GER
2
15 		ESP
1
15 		ESP
2
14 		JPN
1
13 		JPN
2
10 		MAC
1
9 		MAC
2
10 		17th 5
2011 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC BRA
1
9 		BRA
2
9 		BEL
1
Ret 		BEL
2
12 		ITA
1
9 		ITA
2
9 		HUN
1
15 		HUN
2
6 		CZE
1
16 		CZE
2
Ret 		POR
1
11 		POR
2
8 		GBR
1
6 		GBR
2
3 		GER
1
16 		GER
2
1 		ESP
1
NC 		ESP
2
10 		JPN
1
10 		JPN
2
11 		CHN
1
12 		CHN
2
8 		MAC
1
6 		MAC
2
7 		8th 88
2012 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC ITA
1
12 		ITA
2
6 		ESP
1
8 		ESP
2
5 		MAR
1
6 		MAR
2
8 		SVK
1
Ret 		SVK
2
13 		HUN
1
NC 		HUN
2
9 		AUT
1
11 		AUT
2
9 		POR
1
12 		POR
2
9 		BRA
1
17 		BRA
2
Ret 		USA
1
7 		USA
2
10 		JPN
1
10 		JPN
2
11 		CHN
1
9 		CHN
2
15 		MAC
1
7 		MAC
2
6 		12th 64
2013 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC ITA
1
19† 		ITA
2
13 		MAR
1
17 		MAR
2
8 		SVK
1
19 		SVK
2
Ret 		HUN
1
13 		HUN
2
Ret 		AUT
1
19† 		AUT
2
14 		RUS
1
19 		RUS
2
15 		POR
1
21† 		POR
2
18 		ARG
1
19 		ARG
2
15 		USA
1
17 		USA
2
Ret 		JPN
1 		JPN
2 		CHN
1
13 		CHN
2
28† 		MAC
1
14 		MAC
2
14 		20th 4
2014 Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320 TC MAR
1
12 		MAR
2
7 		FRA
1
16 		FRA
2
16 		HUN
1
16 		HUN
2
15 		SVK
1
17 		SVK
2
C 		AUT
1
15 		AUT
2
11 		RUS
1
16 		RUS
2
13 		BEL
1
18 		BEL
2
16 		ARG
1
15 		ARG
2
14 		BEI
1
10 		BEI
2
14 		CHN
1
13 		CHN
2
14 		JPN
1
15 		JPN
2
Ret 		MAC
1
14 		MAC
2
10 		17th 8

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

Complete TCR International Series 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 DC Pts
2015 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Audi TT Cup MYS
1
Ret 		MYS
2
Ret 		CHN
1
6 		CHN
2
7 		ESP
1
Ret 		ESP
2
Ret 		POR
1 		POR
2 		ITA
1 		ITA
2 		AUT
1 		AUT
2 		RUS
1 		RUS
2 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		SIN
1 		SIN
2 		THA
1 		THA
2 		MAC
1 		MAC
2 		18th 16

References

  1. ^ http://www.fiawtcc.com/fiawtcc/personnews_prs135637.shtml career history at fiawtcc.com
  2. ^ http://www.automobilsport.com/fia-wtcc-curitiba-engstler-franz-bmw-sports-trophy-munich---38488.html Engstler claims BMW Sports Trophy

Media related to Franz Engstler at Wikimedia Commons

Sporting positions
Preceded by ADAC Procar Series Champion
2000 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Asian Touring Car Championship Champion
2005–2006 		Succeeded by
Preceded by ADAC Procar Series Champion
2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by World Touring Car Championship
Independents' Trophy Winner
2014 		Succeeded by
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