Luca Engstler

Last updated April 10, 2024

Luca Engstler
Engstler at the Hockenheimring in 2023
Nationality	German
Born	(2000-03-08) 8 March 2000 (age 24) Wiggensbach, Germany
Related to	Franz Engstler (father)
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters career
Debut season	2023
Current team	GRT Grasser Racing Team
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	19
Former teams	Liqui Moly Team Engstler
Starts	16
Poles	0
Best finish	24th in 2023
Previous series
2017 2017 2015-16 2009-14	Champions 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

Luca Engstler (born 8 March 2000) is a German racing driver currently competing in the WTCR and Champions. Having previously competed in the TCR Middle East Touring Car Series and ADAC Formula 4 amongst others.

Contents

Racing career
Racing record
Career Summary
Complete TCR International Series results
Complete TCR ADAC Germany Touring Car Championship results
Complete TCR Middle East Series results
Complete TCR Asia Series results
Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results
Complete TCR China Touring Car Championship results
Complete TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship results
Complete World Touring Car Cup results
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
References
External links

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 Champions, 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

Career Summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2015	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	Engstler Motorsport	24	0	0	0	0	0	39th
2016	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	24	0	0	0	0	2	26th
2017	ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship	Junior Team Engstler	14	0	1	0	2	175	12th
	TCR International Series	Junior Team Engstler	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	TCR Europe Trophy	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2	0	0	0	0	12	8th
	TCR Middle East Series	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	6	1	1	0	3	79	3rd
2018	ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	6	0	0	0	2	414	2nd
	ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship	Hyundai Team Engstler	8	3	1	1	4	414	2nd
	TCR Asia Series	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	4	3	4	7	197	1st
	TCR Middle East Series		5	3	2	3	5	119	1st
	24H TCE Series - TCR
2019	World Touring Car Cup	BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Racing Team	3	0	0	0	0	2	28th
	World Touring Car Cup	Hyundai Team Engstler	3	0	0	0	0	2	28th
	TCR Asia Series	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	10	6	4	8	9	221	1st
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - VT2	Hyundai Team Engstler	1	0	1	0	1	N/A	3rd
	FIA Motorsport Games Touring Car Cup	Team Germany	2	0	1	0	0	0	20th
	TCR Europe Touring Car Series	M1RA	14	1	0	1	2	192	9th
2020	World Touring Car Cup	Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team Engstler	14	0	0	0	0	59	16th
	ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship	Hyundai Team Engstler	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship	Hyundai Team Engstler	6	4	2	3	4	121	1st
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - TCR	Hyundai Motorsport N	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2021	World Touring Car Cup	Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team	16	0	0	0	1	86	15th
	ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship	Hyundai Team Engstler	12	6	4	5	10	337	1st
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - VT2	ROJA Motorsport by ASL Lichtblau	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - TCR	Hyundai Motorsport N	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2022	ADAC GT Masters	Rutronik Racing	14	0	1	0	1	104	14th
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9	Scherer Sport Team Phoenix	1	1	0	0	1	0	NC†
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - TCR	Scherer Sport	1	1	1	1	1	0	NC†
	24H GT Series - GT3	Attempto Racing
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - Cup2	IronForce Racing by Phoenix	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2023	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	16	0	0	0	0	18	24th
	International GT Open		4	0	0	0	0	4	29th
	GT Winter Series		?	?	?	?	?	30.75	31st
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Scherer Sport PHX	1	0	0	0	1	24	12th
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9	Audi Sport Team Car Collection	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Audi Sport Team Car Collection	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	13th
2024	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	GRT Grasser Racing Team

†Guest driver ineligible to score points. ^* Season still in progress.

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
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
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
2018	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	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	2nd	414

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
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
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
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
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
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‡
2019	BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Racing Team	Hyundai i30 N TCR																									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
2021	Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team	Hyundai Elantra N TCR	GER 1 17	GER 2 2	POR 1 12	POR 2 Ret	ESP 1 13	ESP 2 8	HUN 1 11	HUN 2 15	CZE 1 12	CZE 2 7	FRA 1 9	FRA 2 11	ITA 1 15	ITA 2 10	RUS 1 13	RUS 2 10															15th	86

^† 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.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2023	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	OSC 1 17	OSC 2 DSQ	ZAN 1 14	ZAN 2 14	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 19	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 7	LAU 1 DSQ	LAU 2 15	SAC 1 19	SAC 2 Ret	RBR 1 12	RBR 2 Ret	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 22	24th	18
2024	GRT Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	OSC 2	OSC 2	LAU 1	LAU 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	SAC 1	SAC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	HOC 1	HOC 2

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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. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
↑ "Luca Engstler doubles up in Shanghai to secure TCR Asia title". TouringCarTimes. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
↑ "Luca Engstler clinches second TCR Asia title as Diego Moran wins opening race". TouringCarTimes. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
↑ "Mitchell Cheah wins Race 1 as Luca Engstler secures the title". TouringCarTimes. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
↑ "Luca Engstler claims TCR Malaysia title on equal points as Dan Lloyd". 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. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

External links

Luca Engstler career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
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 Jason Zhang
Preceded by Inaugural	TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship Champion 2019 2020	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Antti Buri	ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship Champion 2021	Succeeded by Martin Andersen
Preceded by Gilles Magnus	World Touring Car Cup Junior Champion 2021	Succeeded by None (Class discontinued)

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