Martin Tomczyk

Martin Tomczyk
Nationality	German
Born	(1981-12-07) 7 December 1981 Rosenheim, West Germany
DTM
Years active	2001–2016
Former teams	BMW Team Schnitzer BMW Team RMG Audi Sport Team Phoenix Abt Sportsline
Starts	195
Championships	1 (2011)
Wins	8
Podiums	31
Poles	8
Fastest laps	8
Previous series
2000 1999 1998	German Formula 3 Formula BMW ADAC Formula BMW Junior
Championship titles
2011	DTM

Martin Tomczyk (born 7 December 1981) is a German professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver.

He was the DTM champion in 2011, third in 2007, fourth in 2006 and fifth in 2004, having won eight races.

Racing career

After a karting career, he raced in Formula BMW and Formula Three, where he finished 12th in 2000.

In 2001 he moved up to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. In 2000 his best result was a fourth place on the Nürburgring where he also took the fastest of the race. He took his first pole position in Hockenheim 2002 but he retired from the race. In 2004 he took his first podium in Estoril. During 2004 he also finished second in Zandvoort, Oschersleben and Hockenheim on his way to finish fifth in the championship. Tomczyk took his first win in Catalunya 2006 where he also took pole. In 2007 he took two wins to finish third that season.

Eleven years after his DTM debut, he won the championship in 2011, driving for Team Phoenix, after nine races with three wins and a third-place finish in Valencia. In 2012, Tomczyk was signed as a BMW Team RBM driver, moving to Team RMG in 2013.

Martin Tomczyk, Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 2014 - Hockenheimring

His father Hermann is president of the Deutscher Motor Sport Bund.

After BMW's DTM program was reduced in 2017, Tomczyk retired from the series and continued driving with the Bavarian manufacturer in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Racing record

Career Statistics

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2000	German Formula 3 Championship	Opel Team KMS	18	0	0	0	0	49	12th
2001	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Abt Sportsline Junior	20	0	0	1	1	23	13th
2002	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Abt Sportsline	18	1	1	0	2	7	9th
2003	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Abt Sportsline Junior	9	0	0	0	0	1	16th
2004	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Abt Sportsline	10	0	2	0	4	39	5th
2005	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Abt Sportsline	11	0	0	1	0	10	13th
2006	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Abt Sportsline	10	1	1	0	3	42	4th
2007	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Abt Sportsline	10	2	2	2	4	40	3rd
2008	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Abt Sportsline	11	0	0	1	1	32	7th
2009	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Abt Sportsline	10	1	1	0	4	35	6th
2010	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Abt Sportsline	11	0	0	0	0	20	8th
2011	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Team Phoenix	10	3	1	1	8	72	1st
2012	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	BMW Team RMG	10	0	0	1	3	69	8th
2013	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	BMW Team RMG	10	0	0	0	0	10	19th
2014	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	BMW Team Schnitzer	10	0	0	1	1	49	6th
2015	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	BMW Team Schnitzer	17	0	0	0	0	27	19th
2016	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	BMW Team Schnitzer	18	0	0	0	0	16	21st
	ADAC GT Masters	Schubert Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	14	35th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	BMW Team Italia	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		Rowe Racing	1	0	0	0	0
2017	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTLM	BMW Team RLL	11	1	0	0	4	284	7th
2018	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD	Turner Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	17	58th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	BMW Team MTEK	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	11th
2018-19	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	BMW Team MTEK	8	0	0	0	1	53	14th
2019	Intercontinental GT Challenge	BMW	5	0	1	0	0	38	12th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	BMW Team Schnitzer	1	0	0	0	0	4	30th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	BMW Team MTEK	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	13th
2020	Intercontinental GT Challenge	BMW	3	0	0	0	1	26	9th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Walkernhorst Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC

^‡ Does not include non-championship races.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

(key)

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
2001	Abt Sportsline Junior	Abt-Audi TT-R	HOC QR 20	HOC CR Ret	NÜR QR 2	NÜR CR 4	OSC QR 10	OSC CR 20†	SAC QR 21	SAC CR 7	NOR QR 16	NOR CR 10	LAU QR Ret	LAU CR 6	NÜR QR 9	NÜR CR Ret	A1R QR 6	A1R CR Ret	ZAN QR 16	ZAN CR Ret	HOC QR Ret	HOC CR 16	13th	23
2002	Abt Sportsline	Abt-Audi TT-R	HOC QR 1	HOC CR Ret	ZOL QR 21†	ZOL CR Ret	DON QR 2	DON CR Ret	SAC QR 4	SAC CR Ret	NOR QR DNS	NOR CR DNS	LAU QR 5	LAU CR 9	NÜR QR 10	NÜR CR 5	A1R QR 6	A1R CR Ret	ZAN QR 11	ZAN CR 18	HOC QR Ret	HOC CR Ret	11th	7
2003	Abt Sportsline Junior	Abt-Audi TT-R 2002	HOC 12	ADR Ret	NÜR 18	LAU DNS	NOR 18	DON Ret	NÜR Ret	A1R 8	ZAN Ret	HOC 13											16th	1
2004	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2004	HOC 5	EST 3	ADR 8	LAU 14	NOR 5	SHA1 Ret	NÜR Ret	OSC 2	ZAN 2	BRN Ret	HOC 2										5th	39
2005	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2005	HOC Ret	LAU 12	SPA 6	BRN 14	OSC Ret	NOR 5	NÜR 11	ZAN 6	LAU 10	IST 16†	HOC Ret										13th	10
2006	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2006	HOC 7	LAU 8	OSC 6	BRH 4	NOR 16†	NÜR 3	ZAN 3	CAT 1	BUG 4	HOC 5											4th	42
2007	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2007	HOC 2	OSC 5	LAU 9	BRH 2	NOR Ret	MUG Ret	ZAN 1	NÜR 1	CAT Ret	HOC 9											3rd	40
2008	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2008	HOC 5	OSC 2	MUG 17	LAU 4	NOR Ret	ZAN 4	NÜR Ret	BRH 5	CAT 4	BUG Ret	HOC 8										7th	32
2009	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2009	HOC Ret	LAU Ret	NOR 11	ZAN 4	OSC 3	NÜR 1	BRH 3	CAT 3	DIJ 7	HOC Ret											6th	35
2010	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2009	HOC 17†	VAL DSQ	LAU 6	NOR 8	NÜR 13	ZAN 8	BRH 7	OSC 8	HOC 5	ADR 6	SHA 4										8th	20
2011	Team Phoenix	Audi A4 DTM 2008	HOC 5	ZAN 3	SPL 1	LAU 1	NOR 3	NÜR 5	BRH 1	OSC 2	VAL 3	HOC 2											1st	72
2012	BMW Team RMG	BMW M3 DTM	HOC Ret	LAU 7	BRH 4	SPL 2	NOR 2	NÜR 3	ZAN Ret	OSC Ret	VAL Ret	HOC 14											8th	69
2013	BMW Team RMG	BMW M3 DTM	HOC 13	BRH 14	SPL Ret	LAU 19	NOR Ret	MSC 17	NÜR 5	OSC 20†	ZAN 11	HOC 19											19th	10
2014	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M4 DTM	HOC 7	OSC 9	HUN 13	NOR Ret	MSC 13	SPL 4	NÜR 8	LAU 8	ZAN 3	HOC 7											6th	49
2015	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M4 DTM	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 4	LAU 1 12	LAU 2 11	NOR 1 6	NOR 2 11	ZAN 1 Ret	ZAN 2 Ret	SPL 1 Ret	SPL 2 12	MSC 1 17	MSC 2 Ret	OSC 1 8	OSC 2 20	NÜR 1 WD	NÜR 2 9	HOC 1 15	HOC 2 10			19th	27
2016	BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW M4 DTM	HOC 1 12	HOC 2 9	SPL 1 5	SPL 2 19	LAU 1 Ret	LAU 2 18	NOR 1 12	NOR 2 10	ZAN 1 19	ZAN 2 11	MSC 1 21	MSC 2 23	NÜR 1 16	NÜR 2 12	HUN 1 23	HUN 2 9	HOC 1 20	HOC 2 10			21st	16

^† Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance. ¹ - A non-championship one-off race was held in 2004 at the streets of Shanghai, China.

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Rank	Points
2017	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M6 GTLM	BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8	DAY 11	SEB 9	LBH 7	COA 3	WGL 8	MOS 2	LIM 3	ELK 7	VIR 9	LGA 1	PET 9	7th	284
2018	Turner Motorsport	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8	DAY 14	SEB	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET	58th	17

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Rank	Points
2018–19	BMW Team MTEK	LMGTE Pro	BMW M8 GTE	BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8	SPA 8	LMS 9	SIL 5	FUJ 7	SHA 8	SEB 2	SPA 9	LMS 15	14th	53

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2018	BMW Team MTEK	Nick Catsburg Philipp Eng	BMW M8 GTE	GTE Pro	332	33rd	11th
2019	BMW Team MTEK	Nick Catsburg Philipp Eng	BMW M8 GTE	GTE Pro	309	47th	13th

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Martin Tomczyk career summary at DriverDB.com