Luca Engstler
Luca Engstler (born 8 March 2000) is a German racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series and ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship. Having previously competed in the TCR Middle East Touring Car Series and ADAC Formula 4 amongst others.
Luca Engstler | |
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Nationality | German |
Born | Wiggensbach, Germany | 8 March 2000
Related to | Franz Engstler (father) |
TCR International Series career | |
Debut season | 2017 |
Current team | Junior Team Engstler |
Car number | 8 |
Starts | 2 |
Poles | 1 |
Best finish | 3 in |
Previous series | |
2017 2017 2015-16 2009-14 | ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship TCR Middle East Series ADAC Formula 4 Karting |
Championship titles | |
2017 2018 2019 2020 | Rookie Champion TCR Germany TCR Middle East Series TCR Asia Series TCR Malaysia Series TCR Asia Series TCR Malaysia Series |
Awards | |
2017 | Rookie of the year |
Racing career
Engstler began his career in 2009 in Karting, he continued in karting until 2014. In 2015 he switched to the ADAC Formula 4 Series, he continued in the series for 2016 and finished twenty-sixth in the championship standings that year. For 2017 he switched to the ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, he took his first podiums at the third round of the championship at Oschersleben, where he took two third-place finishes.[1][2][3][4]
In June 2017 it was announced that he would race in the TCR International Series, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for his ADAC TCR Germany team Junior Team Engstler.[5][6]
Since 2017, Engstler has competed in a range of TCR Series including ADAC Germany, Middle East, Asia, Europe, China, Malaysia and the World series. He was the 2019 Middle East champion, 2018 and 2019 TCR Asia champion and 2019 and 2020 TCR Malaysia champion.[7][8][9][10][11]
He also competed in the 2019 World Touring Car Cup as a wildcard entry at the Slovakia Ring and for BRC Racing Team replacing Augusto Farfus in Macau.[12][13]
On 16 March 2020, it was announced that Engstler would be driving for Engstler Motorsport alongside BRC Racing Team in a Hyundai i30 N TCR alongside reigning champion Norbert Michelisz, 2018 champion Gabriele Tarquini and Nick Catsburg.[14]
Racing record
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 | DC | Points |
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2017 | Junior Team Engstler | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | RIM 1 |
RIM 2 |
BHR 1 |
BHR 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
SAL 1 |
SAL 2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
OSC 1 Ret |
OSC 2 DNS |
CHA 1 |
CHA 2 |
ZHE 1 |
ZHE 2 |
DUB 1 |
DUB 2 |
NC | 0 |
Complete TCR ADAC Germany 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 | DC | Points |
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2017 | Junior Team Engstler | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | OSC 1 17 |
OSC 2 16 |
RBR 1 Ret |
RBR 2 34 |
OSC 1 3 |
OSC 2 3 |
ZAN 1 16 |
ZAN 2 9 |
NÜR 1 15 |
NÜR 2 11 |
SAC 1 19 |
SAC 2 6 |
HOC 1 5 |
HOC 2 20 |
12th | 175 |
2018 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | OSC 1 3 |
OSC 2 4 |
MST 1 6 |
MST 2 3 |
RBR 1 7 |
RBR 2 4 |
2nd | 414 | ||||||||
Hyundai i30 N TCR | NÜR 1 9 |
NÜR 2 6 |
ZAN 1 5 |
ZAN 2 1 |
SAC 1 1 |
SAC 2 1 |
HOC 1 3 |
HOC 2 4 | ||||||||||
Complete TCR Middle East Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | DC | Points |
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2018 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | YMC 1 3 |
YMC 2 1 |
DUB 1 1 |
DUB 2 3 |
BHR 1 1 |
BHR 2 C |
1st | 119 |
Complete TCR Asia 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 | DC | Points |
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2018 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | SEP 1 11 |
SEP 2 3 |
BUR 1 Ret1 |
BUR 2 2 |
BNS 1 61 |
BNS 2 Ret |
YEO 1 21 |
YEO 2 1 |
SHA 1 12 |
SHA 1 2 |
1st | 197 |
2019 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Hyundai i30 N TCR | SEP 1 11 |
SEP 2 Ret |
BUR 1 11 |
BUR 2 1 |
BUR 1 23 |
BUR 2 1 |
BUR 1 11 |
BUR 2 3 |
BNS 1 21 |
BNS 2 3 |
1st | 221 |
Complete TCR Europe Touring Car 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 | DC | Points |
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2019 | M1RA | Hyundai i30 N TCR | HUN 1 18 |
HUN 2 12 |
HOC 1 2 |
HOC 2 7 |
SPA 1 9 |
SPA 2 7 |
RBR 1 5 |
RBR 2 1 |
OSC 1 Ret |
OSC 2 7 |
CAT 1 Ret |
CAT 2 11 |
MNZ 1 Ret |
MNZ 2 12 |
9th | 192 |
Complete TCR China 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 | DC | Points |
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2019 | Hyundai Team Engstler | Hyundai i30 N TCR | ZHU 1 |
ZHU 2 |
SHA 1 |
SHA 2 |
ZHE 1 |
ZHE 2 |
NIN 1 1 |
NIN 2 1 |
ZHZ 1 1 |
ZHZ 2 2 |
5th | 73 |
Complete TCR Malaysia 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 | DC | Points |
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2019 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Hyundai i30 N TCR | SEP1 1 1 |
SEP1 2 1 |
SEP2 1 1 |
SEP2 2 1 |
SEP3 1 2 |
SEP3 2 1 |
1st | 142.5 |
2020 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Hyundai i30 N TCR | SEP1 1 1 |
SEP1 2 7 |
SEP2 1 1 |
SEP2 2 Ret |
SEP3 1 1 |
SEP3 2 1 |
1st | 121 |
* Season still in progress.
Complete World Touring Car 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Hyundai Team Engstler | Hyundai i30 N TCR | MAR 1 |
MAR 2 |
MAR 3 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
HUN 3 |
SVK 1 10‡ |
SVK 2 Ret |
SVK 3 10‡ |
NED 1 |
NED 2 |
NED 3 |
GER 1 |
GER 2 |
GER 3 |
POR 1 |
POR 2 |
POR 3 |
CHN 1 |
CHN 2 |
CHN 3 |
JPN 1 |
JPN 2 |
JPN 3 |
NC‡ | 0‡ | ||||||
BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Racing Team | MAC 1 16 |
MAC 2 Ret |
MAC 3 14 |
MAL 1 |
MAL 2 |
MAL 3 |
28th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team | Hyundai i30 N TCR | BEL 1 12 |
BEL 2 10 |
GER 1 DNP |
GER 2 DNP |
SVK 1 22† |
SVK 2 10 |
SVK 3 9 |
HUN 1 8 |
HUN 2 Ret |
HUN 3 16 |
ESP 1 8 |
ESP 2 9 |
ESP 3 Ret |
ARA 1 13 |
ARA 2 11 |
ARA 3 14 |
16th | 59 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. ‡ As Engstler was a Wildcard entry, he was ineligible to score points.
References
- "Luca Engstler career statistics". Driver Database. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- "16-year-old Luca Engstler confirmed to drive in the 2017 ADAC TCR Germany". TouringCarTimes. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- Hudson, Neil (8 July 2017). "Moritz Oestreich wins the first race of the weekend at Oschersleben". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- Hudson, Neil (9 July 2017). "Niels Langeveld takes controversial win in Race 2 at Oschersleben". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- "Luca Engstler will make TCR International Series debut at Oschersleben". TouringCarTimes. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- "Luca Engstler ready for International Series debut". tcr-series.com. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- "Luca Engstler seals 2018 TCR Middle East title with Bahrain Race 1 win". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- "Luca Engstler doubles up in Shanghai to secure TCR Asia title". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- "Luca Engstler clinches second TCR Asia title as Diego Moran wins opening race". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- "Mitchell Cheah wins Race 1 as Luca Engstler secures the title". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- "Luca Engstler claims TCR Malaysia title on equal points as Dan Lloyd". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- "Luca Engstler secures Slovakia wild card". TouringCarTimes. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- "Luca Engstler steps in for Augusto Farfus at Macau". TouringCarTimes. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- "Hyundai confirm Michelisz, Tarquini, Catsburg and Engstler". TouringCarTimes. TouringCarTimes. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
External links
- Luca Engstler career summary at DriverDB.com
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Tom Lautenschlager (Junior) |
ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship Rookie Champion 2017 |
Succeeded by Max Hesse |
Preceded by Josh Files |
TCR Middle East Series Champion 2018 |
Succeeded by René Münnich |
Preceded by Kantadhee Kusiri |
TCR Asia Series Champion 2018 2019 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
Preceded by Inaugural |
TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship Champion 2019 2020 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |