Bruno Spengler | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Born | Schiltigheim, France | August 23, 1983
DTM career | |
Debut season | 2005 |
Current team | BMW Team RMG |
Racing licence | FIA Platinum |
Car number | 7 |
Former teams | Persson Motorsport HWA Team Schnitzer Motorsport Team MTEK Team RBM |
Starts | 195 |
Championships | 1 (2012) |
Wins | 16 |
Podiums | 51 |
Poles | 18 |
Fastest laps | 15 |
Finished last season | 9th (106 pts) |
Previous series | |
2003–04 2001–02 | Formula 3 Euro Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 |
Championship titles | |
2012 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters |
Bruno Spengler (born August 23, 1983) is an Alsatian-born Canadian racing driver, currently racing for the BMW factory/works team. Nicknamed 'The Secret Canadian', he won the 2012 DTM Drivers' Championship. [1]
Spengler was born near Strasbourg, France but moved with his parents to Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec, Canada, when he was 3. [2] [3] He went to school in Canada but continued to go back to France where he started competing in kart racing in 1995. [2] Spengler continued karting in both France and Canada and then moved on to competing in the French Formula Renault. [2] Eventually this led to him being signed by Mercedes-Benz motorsport and in 2003 he was racing for ASM in the Formula Three Euroseries. [2]
From 2005 until the end of 2011, Spengler drove a Mercedes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters in Germany. In 2005 he ran with Persson Motorsport and he convinced AMG directors to have an official car in 2006. That year he finished the 2006 season second behind his teammate and five times champion Bernd Schneider. [4] He completed the 2007 season campaign once again in second place, this time behind Audi driver Mattias Ekström, despite Audi's mass pull-out in Barcelona. [5]
In August 2007 he was mentioned in a possible move to the new Prodrive F1 team for 2008, and possibly for a drive with McLaren. [6] Spengler was a leading candidate for an F1 driver's seat based on his performances and also it was thought to help drive up interest in North America for Formula 1. [2] With Prodrive gone and Heikki Kovalainen signed for McLaren, this did not happen for 2008. While leading the DTM in points during the 2010 season, Spengler's name was again brought up as a possible candidate to drive in F1. Norbert Haug Mercedes motorsports director commented that if Spengler were to win the DTM championship he would earn a ride in F1. [3] However, he lost the championship in the last few races to Paul di Resta who went on to drive for Force India in the next F1 season.
For the 2012 season, Spengler left Mercedes and joined BMW Team Schnitzer for the latter's return to DTM. [7] Spengler had a strong season, coming into the last race at the Hockenheimring three points behind leader and Mercedes driver Gary Paffett. He overtook Paffett at the start and held on to win the race. With this victory, his fourth of the season, Spengler took the Driver's Championship by four points and helped Team Schnitzer to the Teams' Championship and BMW to the Manufacturers' Championship. [8]
Spengler became, alongside Beitske Visser, one of the test and reserve drivers for Andretti Autosport ahead of the 2018–19 Formula E season. [9]
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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 |
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2003 | ASM F3 | Dallara F303/016 | Mercedes | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | ADR 1 | ADR 2 | PAU 1 | PAU 2 | NOR 1 19† | NOR 2 Ret | LMS 1 11 | LMS 2 3 | NÜR 1 16 | NÜR 2 4 | A1R 1 3 | A1R 2 7 | ZAN 1 2 | ZAN 2 Ret | HOC 3 6 | HOC 4 5 | MAG 1 Ret | MAG 2 21 | 10th | 34 |
2004 | ASL-Mücke Motorsport/ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg | Dallara F302/012 | Mercedes | HOC 1 7 | HOC 2 Ret | EST 1 10 | EST 2 10 | ADR 1 7 | ADR 1 20 | PAU 1 6 | PAU 2 Ret | NOR 1 8 | NOR 1 6 | MAG 1 5 | MAG 2 3 | NÜR 1 9 | NÜR 2 7 | ZAN 1 13 | ZAN 2 11 | BRN 1 11 | BRN 2 5 | HOC 1 21† | HOC 2 9 | 11th | 27 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance.
Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2015 | BMW Team RLL | Bill Auberlen Dirk Werner Augusto Farfus | BMW Z4 GTLM | GTLM | 725 | 5th | 2nd |
2016 | BMW Team RLL | Bill Auberlen Dirk Werner Augusto Farfus | BMW M6 GTLM | GTLM | 721 | 11th | 5th |
2017 | BMW Team RLL | Bill Auberlen Alexander Sims Augusto Farfus | BMW M6 GTLM | GTLM | 651 | 12th | 8th |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
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2015 | BMW Team RLL | GTLM | BMW Z4 GTE | BMW 4.4 L V8 | DAY 2 | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | COA | PET | 21st | 33 |
2016 | BMW Team RLL | GTLM | BMW M6 GTLM | BMW 4.4 L V8 | DAY 5 | SEB 2 | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | COA | PET | 18th | 60 |
2017 | BMW Team RLL | GTLM | BMW M6 GTLM | BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 | DAY 8 | SEB | LBH | COA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 26th | 23 |
2020 | BMW Team RLL | GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 | DAY 5 | DAY 4 | SEB 4 | ELK 6 | VIR 2 | ATL 1 | MDO 3 | CLT 3 | PET 6 | LGA 5 | SEB 4 | 4th | 313 |
2021 | BMW Team RLL | GTLM | BMW M8 GTE | BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 | DAY 5 | SEB 2 | DET | WGL 3 | WGL | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | PET 5 | 7th | 1251 |
2023 | Turner Motorsport | GTD Pro | BMW M4 GT3 | BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Turbo I6 | DAY 9 | SEB | LBH | LGA | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | IMS | PET | 27th | 245 |
* Season still in progress.
(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 |
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2018–19 | BMW Team MTEK | LMGTE Pro | BMW M8 GTE | BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 | SPA | LMS | SIL | FUJ | SHA | SEB 7 | SPA | LMS | 28th | 8 |
2019–20 | ByKolles Racing Team | LMP1 | ENSO CLM P1/01 | Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 | SIL | FUJ | SHA | BHR | COA | SPA 11 | LMS Ret | BHR | NC† | 0† |
† As Spengler was a guest driver he was ineligible to score points.
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2020 | ByKolles Racing Team | Oliver Webb Tom Dillmann | ENSO CLM P1/01-Gibson | LMP1 | 97 | DNF | DNF |
(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 | DC | Points |
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2023 | BMW Team Studie x CRS | BMW M4 GT3 | GT300 | OKA 6 | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ | SUZ 16 | SUG 13 | AUT 8 | MOT 12 | 21st | 8 |
2024 | BMW M Team Studie x CRS | BMW M4 GT3 | GT300 | OKA | FUJ 11 | SUZ 7 | FUJ 7 | SUG | AUT 4 | MOT | SUZ | 14th* | 16* |
* Season still in progress.
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