Marvin Kirchhöfer

Marvin Kirchhöfer
Marvin Kirchhöfer
	Kirchhöfer in 2012
Nationality	German
Born	19 March 1994 (age 30); Leipzig, Germany
GP2 Series career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Carlin
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	19
Starts	20
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	17th in 2016
Previous series
2014-15; 2013; 2012	GP3 Series; German Formula Three; ADAC Formel Masters
Championship titles
2013; 2012	German Formula Three; ADAC Formel Masters

Marvin Kirchhöfer (born 19 March 1994) is a German racing driver who currently competes in IMSA for Pfaff Motorsports in the McLaren 720S GT3.

Career

Karting

Born in Leipzig, Saxony, Kirchhöfer began karting in 1999 and mainly raced in Germany, working his way up from the junior ranks (Bambini-B) to the KF2 category by 2010. In 2011, he won the German Kart Championship (KF1), winning all five final races.^[1]

ADAC Formel Masters - 2012

2012 saw his debut in the ADAC Formel Masters championship with Lotus.^[2] He was able to win the first race in Oschersleben^[3] and scored two wins from pole position at the following race weekend in Zandvoort.^[4] He finished the season with a perfect round at the Hockenheim with 2 poles, 3 fastest laps and 3 wins in the 3 races. He won the championship in his debut year with 9 wins and 329 points.

German Formula 3 - 2013

In 2013 Kirchhöfer debuted in the German Formula 3 Championship. He dominated the series, taking 25 podiums in 26 races, including 13 wins. He finished on 511 points with second place, team-mate Artem Markelov, on less than 350. His only non podium finish was a 4th place in the 2nd race of the year. He also set the fastest race lap in 17 of the races. His team Lotus won the team's championship while Kirchhöfer won the rookie cup with only 4 races not finishing as the best rookie.

GP3 Series

In 2014, Kirchhöfer debuted in the series with ART Grand Prix. He remained with the team for two seasons, finishing with two consecutive third places and accumulating six wins and fifteen podiums.

GP2 Series

In March 2016, it was announced Kirchhöfer would graduate to GP2 with Carlin.^[5]

McLaren factory driver

In 2023, Kirchhöfer embarked on a full-season campaign in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, joining Danish drivers Benjamin Goethe and Nicolai Kjærgaard in Garage 59's Pro class entry.^[6]

Goodwood Festival of Speed

In July 2023, the McLaren Solus GT made its dynamic debut at the 30th Goodwood Festival of Speed. During the timed shootout, Kirchhöfer set the fastest time in the Solus GT, finishing the hillclimb in 45.34 seconds.^[7] This made him the first German driver to win the shootout since Nick Heidfeld in 1999.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Podiums	Points	Position
2012	ADAC Formel Masters	Lotus	23	9	7	8	16	329	1st
2013	German Formula 3 Championship	Lotus	26	13	13	17	25	511	1st
2014	GP3 Series	ART Grand Prix	16	1	2	4	7	161	3rd
2014	British Formula 3 Championship	Fortec Motorsports	3	2	0	2	3	54	8th
2015	GP3 Series	ART Grand Prix	18	5	1	1	8	200	3rd
2016	GP2 Series	Carlin	20	0	0	0	1	21	17th
2017	ADAC GT Masters	Mercedes-AMG Team HTP Motorsport	13	0	0	0	2	60	15th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Black Falcon	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am		2	1	0	0	1	47	7th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2018	ADAC GT Masters	Callaway Competition	14	3	2	2	5	123	3rd
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	R-Motorsport	5	0	1	0	0	13	32nd
	24H GT Series - A6	R-Motorsport
2019	ADAC GT Masters	Callaway Competition	12	3	1	2	3	105	8th
	Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe	R-Motorsport	10	1	0	1	1	39.5	8th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	R-Motorsport	4	0	0	1	1	38	6th
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Garage 59	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am	Garage 59	1	1	0	0	1	33	13th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	R-Motorsport	0	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2021	ADAC GT Masters	Callaway Competition	14	1	0	0	2	95	10th
	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Garage 59	4	0	0	0	0	4.5	14th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Garage 59	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2022	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Garage 59	4	0	0	0	1	27.5	7th
	British GT Championship - GT3	Garage 59	1	0	0	1	1	0	NC†
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Jota Sport	5	0	0	0	0	10	27th
2023	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Garage 59	5	0	0	1	0	0	NC
	Asian Le Mans Series - GT		2	0	0	0	0	4	18th
	British GT Championship - GT3		6	0	1	1	1	24	16th
	British GT Championship - GT3	Optimum Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	24	16th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Inception Racing	1	0	0	0	1	326	48th
2024	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Pfaff Motorsports	10	0	0	0	2	2689	7th
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Garage 59

^† As Kirchhöfer was a guest driver he was ineligible to score points. ^* Season still in progress.

Complete ADAC Formel Masters results

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

Year	Team	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	Points
2012	Lotus	OSC 1 1	OSC 2 17	OSC 3 5	ZAN 1 1	ZAN 2 1	ZAN 3 3	SAC 1 2	SAC 2 4	SAC 3 C	NÜR1 1 3	NÜR1 2 2	NÜR1 3 2	RBR 1 Ret	RBR 2 7	RBR 3 1	LAU 1 3	LAU 2 10	LAU 3 6	NÜR2 1 1	NÜR2 2 1	NÜR2 3 2	HOC 1 1	HOC 2 1	HOC 3 1	1st	329

Complete German Formula Three Championship 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	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	DC	Points
2013	Lotus	OSC1 1 1	OSC1 2 4	OSC1 2 1	SPA 1 1	SPA 2 3	SPA 3 3	NÜR1 1 2	NÜR1 2 C	NÜR1 3 1	SAC 1 1	SAC 2 2	SAC 3 1	LAU1 1 2	LAU1 2 3	LAU1 3 1	NÜR2 1 2	NÜR2 2 2	NÜR2 3 1	LAU2 1 3	LAU2 2 1	LAU2 3 2	OSC2 1 1	OSC2 2 2	OSC2 3 1	HOC 1 1	HOC 2 3	HOC 3 1	1st	511

Complete GP3 Series 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	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2014	ART Grand Prix	CAT FEA 5	CAT SPR 5	RBR FEA 5	RBR SPR DNS	SIL FEA 3	SIL SPR 4	HOC FEA 1	HOC SPR Ret	HUN FEA 11	HUN SPR 9	SPA FEA DNS	SPA SPR 17	MNZ FEA 3	MNZ SPR 3	SOC FEA 2	SOC SPR 3	YMC FEA 2	YMC SPR 11	3rd	161
2015	ART Grand Prix	CAT FEA 5	CAT SPR 1	RBR FEA 6	RBR SPR 2	SIL FEA 1	SIL SPR 8	HUN FEA 3	HUN SPR 5	SPA FEA 3	SPA SPR Ret	MNZ FEA 4	MNZ SPR 1	SOC FEA 9	SOC SPR 7	BHR FEA 1	BHR SPR 6	YMC FEA 1	YMC SPR 7	3rd	200

Complete GP2 Series 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	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2016	Carlin	CAT FEA 15	CAT SPR 15	MON FEA 7	MON SPR 2	BAK FEA Ret	BAK SPR 10	RBR FEA Ret	RBR SPR 19	SIL FEA 12	SIL SPR 8	HUN FEA 14	HUN SPR 13	HOC FEA 10	HOC SPR 14	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR 14	MNZ FEA 18	MNZ SPR 8	SEP FEA 15	SEP SPR 11	YMC FEA	YMC SPR	17th	21

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2017	Black Falcon	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Pro-Am	MON	SIL	LEC	SPA 6H 14	SPA 12H 12	SPA 24H 12	CAT 30	7th	47
2018	R-Motorsport	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	Pro	MON 9	SIL 5	LEC 38	SPA 6H 17	SPA 12H 17	SPA 24H 35	CAT 19	32nd	13
2019	R-Motorsport	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	Pro	MON 19	SIL DNS	LEC 4	SPA 6H 5	SPA 12H 25	SPA 24H 19	CAT 2	6th	38
2020	Garage 59	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Pro-Am	IMO	NÜR	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	LEC 20		13th	33
2021	Garage 59	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Pro-Am	MON	LEC	SPA 6H 23	SPA 12H 47	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR	CAT	26th	10
2022	Jota Sport	McLaren 720S GT3	Pro	IMO 10	LEC Ret	SPA 6H 9	SPA 12H 7	SPA 24H 8	HOC Ret	CAT 10	27th	10
2023	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Pro	MNZ 19	LEC 12	SPA 6H 10	SPA 12H 59†	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR 13	CAT 8	24th	4
2024	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Bronze	LEC	SPA 6H 46	SPA 12H 42	SPA 24H 39	NÜR	MNZ	JED	28th*	1*

^* Season still in progress.

Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2019	R-Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Pro	BRH 1 7	BRH 2 5	MIS 1 4	MIS 2 13	ZAN 1 7	ZAN 2 18	NÜR 1 7	NÜR 2 1	HUN 1 10	HUN 2 19	8th	39.5

Complete British GT Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2022	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3	GT3	OUL 1	OUL 2	SIL 1 2	DON 1	SNE 1	SNE 2	SPA 1	BRH 1	DON 1	NC†	0†
2023	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3	GT3	OUL 1 11	OUL 2 3	SIL 1 33	DON 1 Ret	SNE 1 16	SNE 2 WD	ALG 1 Ret	BRH 1		16th	24
2023	Optimum Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3	GT3									DON 1 7	16th	24

^† As Kirchhöfer was a guest driver he was ineligible to score points.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos.	Points
2023	Inception Racing	GTD	McLaren 720S GT3	McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 3	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET	48th	326
2024	Pfaff Motorsports	GTD Pro	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 10	SEB 12	LGA 2	DET 8	WGL 2	MOS 6	ELK 7	VIR 5	IMS 10	PET 9		7th	2689
Source:^[8]

References

^ "Erfolge" (in German). cmv-sportmedia.de. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
^ "Kirchhöfer is official Lotus junior driver" (in German). cmv-sportmedia.de. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
^ "Kirchhöfer wins first race" (in German). adac-formel-masters.de. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
^ "Kirchhöfer wins second race in Zandvoort" (in German). adac-formel-masters.de. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
^ "Marvin Kirchhofer joins 2016 GP2 grid with Carlin". 8 March 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
^ Lloyd, Daniel (3 March 2023). "Garage 59 Confirms Pro Return With Updated McLaren". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
^ Ostler, Simon (16 July 2023). "2023 Festival of Speed Timed Shootout results | GRR". goodwood.com. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
^ "Marvin Kirchhöfer Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

External links

Official website
Marvin Kirchhöfer career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Pascal Wehrlein	ADAC Formel Masters Champion 2012	Succeeded by Alessio Picariello
Preceded by Jimmy Eriksson	German Formula Three Champion 2013	Succeeded by Markus Pommer

[1] "Erfolge" (in German). cmv-sportmedia.de. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.

[2] "Kirchhöfer is official Lotus junior driver" (in German). cmv-sportmedia.de. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2012.

[3] "Kirchhöfer wins first race" (in German). adac-formel-masters.de. Retrieved 20 May 2012.

[4] "Kirchhöfer wins second race in Zandvoort" (in German). adac-formel-masters.de. Retrieved 20 May 2012.

[5] "Marvin Kirchhofer joins 2016 GP2 grid with Carlin". 8 March 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

[6] Lloyd, Daniel (3 March 2023). "Garage 59 Confirms Pro Return With Updated McLaren". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

[7] Ostler, Simon (16 July 2023). "2023 Festival of Speed Timed Shootout results | GRR". goodwood.com. Retrieved 30 July 2023.

[8] "Marvin Kirchhöfer Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

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v t e McLaren Factory Drivers
Works Drivers	Rob Bell (2012—) Marvin Kirchhöfer (2022—) Tom Gamble (2023—)
Junior Pro Drivers	Benjamin Goethe (2023—) Nicolai Kjærgaard (2023—)
Academy Drivers	Aston Millar (2023—)

v t e German Formula Three champions
Three-time	Komossa
Two-time	Deutsch Jelinski Schäfer
One-time	Albers van Dam Deutz Dillmann Elkmann Eriksson Fontana Heidfeld Kaneishi Kirchhöfer Kolmsee Konrad Korten Kreuzer Kristensen Lamy Lang Leinders Maring Mohr Müller Nielsen Nissen Oliveira Paffett Pantano Pommer Scharmann Schneider Schumacher Sommer Stanaway Thiim Trulli Tung Vanthoor Verstappen Vervisch Weidler Wendlinger Winkelhock