Tomáš Enge

Tomáš Enge

Tomáš Enge in 2007.
Born	(1976-09-11) 11 September 1976
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Czech
Active years	2001
Teams	Jordan (Test Driver), 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, Young Driver AMR
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.

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. 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. 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.

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.

In 2009 he drove for Aston Martin Racing in the 2009 Le Mans Series season and is the current LMP1 champion alongside Stefan Mücke and Jan Charouz.

He is participating in the 2010 GT1 World Championship. Together with his team-mate Darren Turner he drives an Aston Martin DBR9 for the Young Driver AMR team.

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

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

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

American Open-Wheel

(key)

IndyCar

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
2004	Patrick Racing	HMS	PHX	MOT	INDY	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	PPIR	NZR	CHI	FON Ret	TX2 13		27th	31
2005	Panther Racing	HMS Ret	PHX Ret	STP Ret	MOT DNS	INDY Ret	TXS 19	RIR 7	KAN 11	NSH Ret	MIL	MIS	KTY 11	PPIR 6	SNM 5	CHI Ret	WGL Ret	FON 8	16th	261
2006	Cheever Racing	HMS	STP	MOT Ret	INDY	WGL	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	SNM	CHI				33rd	12

A1GP 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.

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2010	Young Driver AMR	Aston Martin	ABU QR Ret	ABU CR 11	SIL QR 4	SIL CR EX	BRN QR 2	BRN CR 2	PRI QR 10	PRI CR 16	SPA QR 10	SPA CR 6	NÜR QR 1	NÜR CR 1	ALG QR 4	ALG CR 10	NAV QR Ret	NAV CR 4	INT QR 2	INT CR 10	SAN QR 10	SAN CR 15	4th	104
2011	Young Driver AMR	Aston Martin	ABU QR Ret	ABU CR 6	ZOL QR 3	ZOL CR 3	ALG QR Ret	ALG CR Ret	SAC QR 10	SAC CR Ret	SIL QR 1	SIL CR 2	NAV QR Ret	NAV CR 13	PRI QR 2	PRI CR 3	ORD QR 16	ORD CR 14	BEI QR 1	BEI CR 2	SAN QR 5	SAN CR 10	4th	103

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2002	GTS	58	M	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari F131 6.0L V12	Prodrive	Rickard Rydell Alain Menu	167	DNF	DNF
2003	GTS	88	M	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari F133 5.9L V12	Veloqx Prodrive Racing	Peter Kox Jamie Davies	336	10th	1st
2004	GTS	66	M	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari F133 5.9L V12	Prodrive Racing	Alain Menu Peter Kox	325	11th	4th
2005	GT1	58	M	Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0L V12	Aston Martin Racing	Peter Kox Pedro Lamy	327	DNF	DNF
2006	GT1	007	M	Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0L V12	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner Andrea Piccini	350	6th	2nd
2007	GT1	007	M	Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0L V12	Aston Martin Racing	Johnny Herbert Peter Kox	337	9th	4th
2008	LMP1	10	M	Lola B08/60 Aston Martin 6.0L V12	Charouz Racing System Aston Martin Racing	Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke	354	9th	9th
2009	LMP1	007	M	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 Aston Martin 6.0L V12	AMR Eastern Europe	Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke	373	4th	4th
2010	GT1	52	M	Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0L V12	Young Driver AMR	Christoffer Nygaard Peter Kox	311	22nd	3rd

See also

• Formula One
• 24 Hours of Le Mans 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
• IRL IndyCar Series
• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

External links

• Official site (English) (Czech)
• Biography of Tomáš Enge (English)
• Tomáš Enge on Facebook
• Tomáš Enge on Twitter

Sporting positions
Preceded by Alexandre Prémat Mike Rockenfeller	Le Mans Series Champion 2009 with: Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke	Succeeded by Stéphane Sarrazin