Maro Engel

Maro Engel
Nationality	German
Born	27 August 1985 Munich, West Germany
GT Racing career
Current team	Mercedes-AMG AMG Team Black Falcon
Formula E career
Debut season	2016–17
Current team	Venturi Grand Prix
Car no.	5
Starts	2
Championships	0
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2001–2002 2003–2004 2005 2006–2007 2008–2011 2012 2013	Formula BMW Recaro F3 Cup Italian Formula 3000 British F3 Championship Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Various GT championships V8 Supercars

Maro Engel (born 27 August 1985) is a German professional racing driver. He is a long-time Mercedes-AMG works driver, currently racing in Formula E and the FIA GT World Cup. His has previously raced in the DTM, V8 Supercars, F3000 and F3.

Racing career

Early career

Born in Munich, Maro competed in karting in Germany and France between 1996 and 1999 and finished 4th in the 2000 European Junior Karting Championship. He then moved onto Formula BMW, finishing 3rd in the 2001 Junior Cup, before finishing 8th in Formula BMW ADAC the following year.

Formula Three (2003–2007)

He moved onto Formula Three in 2003 as a factory Opel driver, and raced in the Recaro F3 Cup in 2004, and Italian Formula 3000 in 2005. He returned to F3 for the British series in 2006 and 2007, in 2006 receiving backing from Direxiv. In 2007 he was signed as a Mercedes-Benz Junior driving for Carlin Motorsport. He finished fifth with one victory in 2006, and was runner-up to Marko Asmer in 2007 with three wins.

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (2008–2011)

Engel driving at Hockenheim in the 2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season.

He was signed by AMG Mercedes to drive a one-year-old car run by Mücke Motorsport in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for the 2008 season. He remained with the team 2011 season.^[1] In four years racing in the category, he achieved a best result of sixth place at first round held at the Hockenheimring in 2009. He went on to finish the 2009 season in twelfth place over all, scoring eight points.

GT Racing (2012)

After leaving DTM, Engel spent the 2012 year making several guest appearances in selected sports car racing championships worldwide as a member of the AMG Customer Sports team, winning the fifth round of the 2012 Australian GT Championship at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 prepared by Erebus Racing.^[2]

V8 Supercars (2013)

Engel testing for the V8 Supercar Championship

Engel made his V8 Supercar debut in 2013, driving a Mercedes E63 AMG entered by Erebus Motorsport (formerly known as Stone Brothers Racing).^[3] Engel replaced Shane van Gisbergen as the driver of the No. 9 SP Tools entry.

Macau Grand Prix GT Cup (2013)

Engel captured in his Mercedes-AMG DTM C-Class

Next to his commitments in V8 Supercar for Erebus Motorsport he competed in the 2013 Macau GT Cup with a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 scoring pole position and a lap record in qualifying. Narrowly missing out on the victory due to sustaining a puncture on the front left while leading, 2 laps before the end.

GT Racing (2014)

In 2014 Engel resumed his duties as a member of the AMG Customer Sports team racing exclusively with the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. Making his debut in the Bathurst 12 Hour racing for Erebus Motorsport together with Bernd Schneider (racing driver) and Nico Bastian Engel scored pole position with a lap record of 2min03.8586 and winning the inaugural Allan Simonsen Pole Position Trophy. The German trio dominated the race for 9 hours before an issue forced them to pit for repairs dropping them 7 laps down. He participated in his first 24 Hours Nürburgring racing for German team ROWE Racing finishing the "Hardest race in the World" in 3rd place together with his teammates Nico Bastian Christian Hohenadel and Michael Zehe. Engel also competed in various VLN races for ROWE Racing winning the 9th round of the VLN championship. He also raced in the German ADAC GT Masters series for ROWE Racing.

Macau Grand Prix GT Cup (2014)

Racing for the Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy team in a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Engel returned to Macau winning the 2014 Macau GT Cup ahead of his team mate Renger van der Zande scoring a very popular 1-2 win in the gambling capital against the strong competition of AUDI BMW Porsche and other factory teams and drivers.

GT Racing (2015)

Engel continued racing with and for the AMG Customer Sports team in the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 as an Official Mercedes-AMG Performance driver. He joined team Black Falcon as the pro driver in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup in Pro-AM with a best result of 2nd at the 1000 km Paul Ricard race. He also contested the Spa 24 Hours with team Black falcon where the team had a DNF. On the Nürburgring Engel continued to race with ROWE Racing winning one VLN race. He also participated in the Nürburgring 24 Hours but the team had to DNF the car after several punctures.

Engel was also part of the Mercedes-AMG drivers that assisted development of the new Mercedes-AMG GT3.

FIA GT World Cup (2015)

In 2015 the Macau GT Cup was recognised by the FIA as the FIA GT World Cup lifting its status to the world championship for GT3 cars. Engel returned with his Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy team in the successful Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. Engel won the 12 lap qualification race from third on the grid after Stefan Mücke was penalised for a Safety car procedure infringement. Starting from pole position in the 18 lap race around Macau's famous Guia circuit Engel won the race and was crowned the inaugural FIA GT World Cup Champion. Through Engel's victory combined with the 4th-place finish of his team mate Renger van der Zande Mercedes-Benz won the inaugural FIA GT Manufacturers World Cup.

LMPC IMSA Racing (2016)

Engel joined Starworks Motorsport for the American Endurance sportscar classics 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring in their Oreca Prototype in the LMPC class. Engel is also due to compete in the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen and Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta for Starworks later in the season.

GT Racing (2016)

Engel has been confirmed as an Official Mercedes-AMG Driver again. Racing for AMG Team Black Falcon in the new Mercedes-AMG GT3, Engel finished 3rd at the opening VLN race of the 2016 season together with his team mates Bernd Schneider (racing driver) Adam Christodoulou and Manuel Metzger.

He also raced in:

Dubai 24 Hours racing for Abu Dhabi racing Black Falcon where the new Mercedes-AMG GT3 was running strongly in 2nd place before retiring due to contact.

Bathurst 12 Hour racing for Erebus Motorsport driving the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 where the team was running strongly and led the race at times before a puncture caused the car to go straight on into the barriers at the notorious turn 2 corner three hours from the end.

Formula E

In August 2016, Engel joined Venturi Grand Prix to make his debut in the 2016-17 season.

Racing record

Complete Formula Three Euro Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2003	Opel Team KMS	Dallara F302/009	Spiess-Opel	HOC 1 12	HOC 2 16	ADR 1 23	ADR 2 24	PAU 1	PAU 2	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 14	LMS 1 20	LMS 2 20	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	A1R 1	A1R 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	31st	0

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete British Formula 3 results

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

Year	Entrant	No.	Chassis	Engine	Rounds																						Pos.	Points
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
2006	Carlin Motorsport	12	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	OUL 1 4	OUL 2 5	DON 1 Ret	DON 2 2	PAU 1 5	PAU 2 5	MON 1 5	MON 2 8	SNE 1 Ret	SNE 2 3	SPA 1 2	SPA 2 1	SIL 1 10	SIL 2 5	BRA 1 2	BRA 2 2	MUG 1 Ret	MUG 2 4	SIL 3 9	SIL 4 9	THR 1 9	THR 2 Ret	5th	174
2007	Carlin Motorsport	23	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	OUL 1 1	OUL 2 5	DON 1 7	DON 2 4	BUC 1 5	BUC 2 Ret	SNE 1 7	SNE 2 4	MON 1 1	MON 2 2	BRA 1 5	BRA 2 7	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 2	SIL 1 2	SIL 2 2	THR 1 3	THR 2 4	CRO 1 Ret	CRO 2 5	ROC 1 10	ROC 2 1	2nd	208

Complete DTM results

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

Year	Manufacturer	Team	No.	Car	Rounds											Pos.	Points
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
2008	Mercedes-Benz	Mücke Motorsport	12	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2007	HOC 17	OSC Ret	MUG 11	LAU 11	NOR 9	ZAN 14	NÜR Ret	BRH 17	CAT 13	BUG 14	HOC 12	16th	0
2009	Mercedes-Benz	Mücke Motorsport	16	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008	HOC 6	LAU 8	NOR Ret	ZAN 7	OSC 7	NÜR 12	BRH 10	CAT 10	DIJ 12	HOC 10		12th	8
2010	Mercedes-Benz	Mücke Motorsport	16	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009	HOC 16	VAL 11	LAU 15	NOR 9	NÜR 8	ZAN Ret	BRH 11	OSC 12	HOC 9	ADR 7	SHA 16	15th	3
2011	Mercedes-Benz	Mücke Motorsport	16	AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008	HOC 8	ZAN 7	SPL 14	LAU 10	NOR 9	NÜR 15	BRH 10	OSC 7	VAL 15	HOC 14		13th	5

Complete V8 Supercar 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	31	32	33	34	35	36	Final Pos	Points
2013	Erebus Motorsport	Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG	ADE R1 24	ADE R2 Ret	SYM R3 Ret	SYM R4 24	SYM R5 23	PUK R6 24	PUK R7 21	PUK R8 20	PUK R9 21	BAR R10 25	BAR R11 26	BAR R12 Ret	COTA R13 23	COTA R14 Ret	COTA R15 24	COTA R16 25	HID R17 16	HID R18 22	HID R19 9	TOW R20 19	TOW R21 27	QLD R22 19	QLD R23 27	QLD R24 17	WIN R25 18	WIN R26 17	WIN R27 19	SAN R28 25	BAT R29 20	SUR R30 21	SUR R31 22	PHI R32 21	PHI R33 22	PHI R34 19	SYD R35 Ret	SYD R36 20	28th	836

Complete Formula E 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	Pos	Points
2016–17	Venturi Grand Prix	Spark-Venturi VM200-FE-02	HKG 9	MAR Ret	BNA	MEX	MON	PAR	BER	BRU	NYC	NYC	MTR	MTR	14th*	2*

^*Season still in progress.

Commitment

Maro Engel is today a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a group of 80 famous elite athletes including Novak Djokovic and Sergey Bubka among others, committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization.^[4]

References

1. http://www.dtm.com/fahrer.php?id=51 Archived 25 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
2. "INSIGHT: Who is Maro Engel?". Speedcafe.com. 7 February 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
3. "Maro Engel Will Pilot No. 9 SP Tools Racing V8 Supercar". V8 Supercars. 7 February 2013.
4. Peace and Sport

External links

• Official Website
• Maro Engel on Facebook