Career
Baumann made his single-seater debut in ADAC Formel Masters in 2009, [3] where he spent two seasons there before joining Mercedes-fielding Heico Motorsport to race in ADAC GT Masters and the FIA GT3 European Championship. In ADAC GT Masters, Baumann took four podiums on his way to fifth in points, [4] while in the latter, Baumann took his maiden series win at the Slovakia Ring, helping him to finish fourth in points at season's end. [5]
In 2012, Baumann remained with Heico Motorsport for a double program in both ADAC GT Masters and the FIA GT3 European Championship. In the former, Baumann scored a lone podium at the season-ending round at Hockenheimring as he ended the season ninth in points. [6] Whereas in the latter, Baumann dominated the final season of the series by taking six wins with teammate Maximilian Buhk. [7]
Baumann joined BMW-assisted Schubert Motorsport and Lamborghini-affiliated Grasser Racing to remain in ADAC GT Masters and the newly-rebranded FIA GT Series respectively. [8] [9] In the former, Baumann won at Spa and Nürburgring to secure fifth in points, [10] [11] whereas in the latter, Baumann finished third in the Pro-Am standings after taking class wins at Zandvoort and Baku. [12] [13]
Continuing in ADAC GT Masters with Schubert Motorsport for 2014, Baumann also joined them for a part-time schedule in the Blancpain GT Sprint Series. [14] In the former, Baumann scored wins at the Lausitzring and Slovakia Ring, [15] [16] which helped him to secure fourth in points. [17] In the latter, Baumann took a lone win at the Slovakia Ring as he finished eighth in points. [18]
Remaining with Schubert Motorsport for a third season with them in ADAC GT Masters, [19] Baumann opened up the season by taking two wins in the first half of the season at Spa and Lausitzring. [20] [21] The Austrian then took two more wins at Sachsenring and Zandvoort, [22] [23] which helped him to finish runner-up in the standings at season's end. [24]
Baumann switched to Mercedes factory team HTP Motorsport for the 2016 season, racing alongside Maximilian Buhk for the GT Series Sprint Cup and were also joined by Jazeman Jaafar for the Endurance Cup. [25] [26] In the former, Baumann scored a lone win at the Hungaroring as he ended the year third in points. [27] Meanwhile in the Endurance Cup, Baumann won at Silverstone on his way to runner-up in points as he took the overall Blancpain GT Series title after his points from both series were combined. [28] [29]
Staying with HTP Motorsport for a second consecutive season, Baumann returned to both the Endurance and Sprint championships, [30] as he also made one-off appearances in the Australian GT Championship and the Michelin Le Mans Cup. [31] [32] Baumann scored only a best result of sixth in the Endurance Cup on his way to 15th in points, whereas he took a lone podium at Misano in the latter which helped him to end the season 14th in points. [33]
The Austrian then moved to the IMSA SportsCar Championship for 2018, joining Lexus-fielding 3GT Racing alongside Kyle Marcelli in the GTD class. [34] After taking his maiden win at Mid-Ohio, [35] Baumann won again at Virginia International Raceway en route to fifth in points in his only full season in the series. [36]
Following a sparse racing schedule in 2019 headlined by wins in the VLN Series and Michelin Pilot Challenge, [37] [38] Baumann returned to full-time competition and Mercedes-running teams in 2020 by joining SPS Automotive Performance to compete in the Pro-Am class of the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup. [39] Racing in all but one rounds, Baumann finished on the class podium all but once in the three rounds he contested en route to a fourth-place class points finish at season's end. [40]
Baumann remained with SPS Automotive Performance in 2021, racing full-time in both the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance and Sprint Cups in the Pro-Am class. [41] In the former, Baumann took a lone class win at Barcelona and finished sixth in points. [42] Whereas in the latter, Baumann took class wins at both Zandvoort and Valencia on his way to runner-up honors in the Pro-Am standings. [43] [44]
Staying with SPS Automotive Performance for a third consecutive season, Baumann only drove in the Endurance Cup alongside Valentin Pierburg, Ian Loggie and a one-off appearance by Kenny Habul at the 24 Hours of Spa. [45] [46] Despite taking three class wins in the five-race season, Baumann lost out on the title after renouncing his points scored at Spa to match his teammate's tally to be eligible for the Pro-Am standings, [47] but was still able to help the team in securing the Pro-Am team's title. [48]
In 2023 Baumann only raced twice, taking part at the 2023 Gulf 12 Hours for SunEnergy1 Racing and making a one-off appearance at the season-ending Barcelona round of International GT Open, where he won race two. [49] [50]
The following year Baumann returned to full-time competition, returning to SPS Automotive Performance alongside in International GT Open, [51] and joining AlManar by GetSpeed to race in GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. [52] Driving with Mikaeel Pitamber in the former, Baumann scored three podiums with a best result of second at Algarve as they finished seventh in points. [53] Sharing the car with Al Faisal Al Zubair and Mikaël Grenier, the trio scored a Gold Cup win at the 24 Hours of Spa with Philip Ellis and ended the season runner-up in class. [54]
Baumann returned to SPS Automotive Performance for 2025, joining Valentin Pierburg in the Pro-Am class. [55]
Austrian
FIA Gold 
