Marco Holzer

Marco Holzer
Nationality	German
Born	(1988-07-30) 30 July 1988 (age 37) Bobingen, Germany
FIA GT3 European Championship career
Current team	Paul Miller Racing
Racing licence	FIA Platinum (until 2018) FIA Gold (2019–)
Car number	48
24 Hours of Le Mans career Years 2010  – Teams BMS Scuderia Italia Prospeed Competition Best finish 14th (2010) Class wins 0

Marco Pascal Holzer ^[1] (born 30 July 1988) is a German professional racing driver. He has competed in sports car competitions such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Daytona, American Le Mans Series and Le Mans Series as a Porsche works driver.

Career

Born in Bobingen, Bavaria, Holzer graduated from karting in 2003, and raced at the Formula BMW ADAC formula championship from 2004 to 2006. In 2006, he competed at the Formula 3 Euro Series, where he scored no points.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2008, Holzer switched to sports car racing, finishing fifth at the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany. He signed as Porsche junior works driver, and raced at the 2009 FIA GT Championship for Prospeed and VLN for Manthey, in both cases driving a Porsche 911.^{[ citation needed ]}

Holzer became a Porsche works driver in 2010. That year, he resulted vice-champion at the FIA GT3 European Championship for Prospeed with two wins. Also, he raced in several endurance races, such as the VLN for Manthey, the Le Mans Series for Prospeed, Petit Le Mans for Flying Lizard, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans for BMS Scuderia Italia, resulting 3rd in the GT2 class.^{[ citation needed ]}

Holzer competed partial-time at the 2011 American Le Mans Series for Flying Lizard, the five rounds of the Le Mans Series for Prospeed, and the VLN, where he got an overall win with a hybrid Porsche 911. ^[2]

In 2012, Holzer raced full-time at the American Le Mans Series for Flying Lizard in the GT class, collecting a best result of fifth at Virginia, and the International GT Open for Manthey, winning three races and resulting vice-champion in the Super GT class. The driver switched to Paul Miller Racing for the 2013 American Le Mans Series, still as Porsche works driver, resulting 13th in the GT class.^{[ citation needed ]}

Holzer was dropped by Porsche in late 2014.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2016, Holzer joined Abt Sportsline to compete at the ADAC GT Masters with a Bentley Continental GT.^{[ citation needed ]}

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	wins	Poles	Fast laps	Points	Pos.
2004	Formula BMW ADAC	AM-Holzer Rennsport	19	0	0	0	4	20th
2005	Formula BMW ADAC	AM-Holzer Rennsport	19	0	0	0	41	13th
	Formula BMW World Final	AM-Holzer Rennsport	1	1	0	0	N/A	1st
2006	Formula BMW ADAC	AM-Holzer Rennsport	18	3	2	3	129	3rd
	Formula One	BMW Sauber	Test driver
2007	Formula 3 Euro Series	AM-Holzer Rennsport	20	0	0	0	0	19th

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2010	BMS Scuderia Italia	Richard Westbrook Timo Scheider	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GT2	327	14th	3rd
2011	Prospeed Competition	Marc Goossens Jaap van Lagen	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Pro	293	23rd	8th
2012	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	GTE Pro	114	DNF	DNF
2014	Porsche Team Manthey	Frédéric Makowiecki Richard Lietz	Porsche 911 RSR	GTE Pro	337	15th	3rd

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2022	NTE Sport	GTD	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Lamborghini 5.2 L V10	DAY	SEB	LBH	LGA 6	WGL 12	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET	-*	0*

References

1. "2024 IGTC ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nurburgring Entry List" (PDF). Intercontinental GT Challenge. SRO Motorsports Group. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
2. Porsche celebrates historic Hybrid victory Archived 2013-12-25 at the Wayback Machine - VLN, 29 May 2011

External links

• Official website
• Marco Holzer career summary at DriverDB.com
• Marco Holzer at the Porsche website

Sporting positions
Preceded by None	Formula BMW World Final Winner 2005	Succeeded by Christian Vietoris