Tomáš Enge

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Tomáš Enge

Tomáš Enge in 2007.
Nationality Czech
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	2001
Teams	Prost
Races	3
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	2001 Italian Grand Prix
Last race	2001 Japanese Grand Prix

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2002–2006, 2009
Teams	Prodrive, Aston Martin Racing
Best finish	4th (2009)
Class wins	1 (2003)

Tomáš Enge (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈɛŋɡɛ]) (born 11 September 1976 in Liberec) is a motor racing driver from the Czech Republic, who has competed in many classes of motorsport, including three races in Formula One.

Contents 1 Career 2 Racing record 2.1 Complete International Formula 3000 results 2.2 Complete Formula One results 3 Career results 3.1 See also 4 References 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Career

He started his career at the age of 16, entering a Ford Fiesta he bought with his own money in the Czechoslovakian Ford Fiesta Cup. He participated in the final three races of the 2001 F1 season, debuting on 16 September at the Italian Grand Prix. Enge was brought in as a replacement for Luciano Burti after the latter's crash in the Belgian race, becoming his country's first F1 driver. The Prost team folded before the start of the 2002 season, leaving Enge without a drive.

He obtained his F1 break using the sponsorship from the local Coca-Cola subsidiary, which had also funded the Nordic Racing F3000 team he raced for that year. He finished 3rd in the 2001 standings despite missing the final race, and was stripped of the 2002 title due to a positive marijuana test [1]. He returned to F3000 in 2004, and then headed to America for 2005, driving for Panther Racing in the IRL, with modest success. Among his 17 career IRL starts was his rookie start in the 2005 Indianapolis 500. He then drove for Team Czech Republic in the 2005-2006 A1GP season. Enge has also been a frequent driver for Prodrive's sportscar teams, driving both their Ferrari 550 Maranellos and Aston Martin DBR9s in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2006 he was driver of the #007 Aston Martin Racing entry in the American Le Mans Series, but for 2007 will switch to the Petersen/White Lightning Ferrari F430.

On 31 March 2007, Enge was injured whilst driving his F430 at the ALMS St. Petersburg race. The car crashed whilst leading the GT2 class, suffering heavy damage to the driver's side and a brief fire. Enge was removed under medical supervision and transported to the local medical centre.^[1] He was later revealed to have suffered a shattered elbow, cracked ribs, a partially collapsed lung and a potentially broken ankle, but not to be in any serious danger.^[2]

On 21 July 2007, Enge was released from his contract with Peterson Motorsports/White Lightning Racing due to a penalty incurred after crashing into Mika Salo during the Acura Sports Car Challenge ALMS race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course [2].

He is currently driving for Aston Martin Racing in the 2009 Le Mans Series season and is the current LMP1 champion alongside Stefan Mücke and Jan Charouz.

[edit] Racing record

[edit] Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
1998	Auto Sport Racing	Lola T96/50	Zytek KV V8	A	OSC	IMO	CAT	SIL	MON	PAU	A1R	HOC 15	HUN 12	SPA 7	PER Ret	NUR 6	23rd	1
1999	WRT Fina	Lola B99/50	Zytek KV V8	A	IMO DNQ	MON DNQ	CAT 14	MAG 2	SIL 17	A1R 11	HOC Ret	HUN 14	SPA 11	NUR Ret			11th	6
2000	MySap.com	Lola B99/50	Zytek KV V8	A	IMO 5	SIL 13	CAT Ret	NUR Ret	MON DNQ	MAG 5	A1R 16	HOC 1	HUN 17	SPA 6			6th	15
2001	Coca-Cola Nordic Racing	Lola B99/50	Zytek KV V8	A	INT 12	IMO 3	CAT 1	A1R 3	MON 7	NUR 1	MAG 3	SIL 5	HOC 5	HUN 11	SPA 4	MNZ	3rd	39
2002	Arden International	Lola B02/50	Zytek KV V8	A	INT Ret	IMO 6	CAT 2	A1R 1	MON 3	NUR 13	SIL 1	MAG 1	HOC Ret	HUN DSQ	SPA 4	MNZ 2	3rd	50
2004	Ma-Con Engineering	Lola B02/50	Zytek KV V8	A	IMO 5	CAT Ret	MON 14	NUR 7	MAG 2	SIL 3	HOC Ret	HUN 4	SPA 4	MNZ 2			4th	38

[edit] Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
2001	Prost Grand Prix	Prost AP04	Acer V10	AUS	MAL	BRA	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA 12	USA 14	JPN Ret	24th	0

[edit] Career results

Season	Series	Team	Races	wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	Pos.
2007-08	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team Czech Republic	6	0	0	0	9	19th (1)
2006-07	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team Czech Republic	12	0	0	0	22	12th (1)
2005-06	A1 Grand Prix	A1 Team Czech Republic	20	1	0	0	56	12th (1)

• (1) = Team standings.

[edit] See also

• Formula One
• 24 Hours of Le Mans 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
• IRL IndyCar Series

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Biography of Tomáš Enge (Driver's life)