Marco Wittmann

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Marco Wittmann
2014 DTM HockenheimringII Marco Wittmann by 2eight 8SC1699.jpg
Wittmann in 2014
Nationality Flag of Germany.svg German
Born (1989-11-24) 24 November 1989 (age 34)
Fürth, West Germany
DTM career
Debut season 2013
Current team Schubert Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Platinum Driver.png FIA Platinum
Car number11
Former teams BMW Team MTEK, BMW Team RMG, Walkenhorst Motorsport, Project 1
Starts192
Championships2 (2014, 2016)
Wins19
Podiums46
Poles15
Fastest laps11
Previous series
2009-2011
2008
2007
Formula 3 Euro Series
Formula BMW Europe
Formula BMW ADAC
Championship titles
2014, 2016 DTM

Marco Wittmann (born 24 November 1989) is a German professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver.

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He currently resides in Markt Erlbach. Wittmann has competed in such series as Formula Three Euroseries and Formula BMW ADAC/Europe.

BMW signed Wittmann as the marque's 7th DTM driver, in an expansion to four teams with eight drivers and cars for the 2013 DTM season. He is the 2014 and 2016 DTM champion.

Early career

Having competed in karting since the age of six, notably claiming the 2004 German Junior Karting Championship, Wittmann made his first outing in car racing in 2007, driving for Josef Kaufmann Racing in the Formula BMW ADAC series. In a strong debut season, the German won two races and finished fifth in the standings. He remained with the team for the 2008 season in the newly-formed Formula BMW Europe, where he scored 11 podiums including one victory, but was beaten to the title by teammate Esteban Gutiérrez. [1] Going into 2009, Wittmann progressed into Formula 3, joining Mücke Motorsport in the Formula 3 Euro Series. [2] After a year of struggle, his lone points finishes would come at the final round in Hockenheim, which helped him to finish 16th in the standings.

Wittmann competing at the second round of the 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series at Hockenheim. Formel3 Dallara F308 Wittmann 2010 amk.jpg
Wittmann competing at the second round of the 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series at Hockenheim.

Wittmann switched to Signature in 2010, remaining in the Euro Series. [3] [4] Following a double podium at the opening round, Wittmann won the first race at Hockenheim and put himself into the title hunt. [5] Though this ended up being his only win of the year, he finished the campaign second overall with a total of ten podiums across 18 races. [6] He also finished third in the Masters of Formula 3 event and took home fourth on his Macau Grand Prix debut. [7] In 2013, the German embarked on his third year in the Euro Series, remaining with Signature. [8] [9] Podiums came often that year, as Wittmann scored 13 in 27 races and took five wins, including victories at the Pau Grand Prix and two triumphs at the Norisring. [10] [11] Despite his successes, Wittmann was comprehensively beaten by the dominant combination of Roberto Merhi and the Prema Powerteam, once again finishing second overall. [12] During the same year he also finished second at the Masters of F3 and scored the pole position for the Macau Grand Prix, though he would only manage to finish third after falling down to fifth due to the slipstream his rivals received following a safety car restart. [13] [14]

DTM career (2012-2020,2023-Present)

Wittmann conducted multiple DTM tests for BMW at the end of 2011, after which he was signed to be the marque's official test driver for the 2012 season. [15] [16] In addition, he would compete in a number of endurance events in GT3 machinery, most notably at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring where he finished ninth. 2013 would become Wittmann's maiden year in the DTM, as he would be piloting a BMW M3 DTM for Team MTEK. [17] [18] He made a strong impression initially, getting points in his first two starts before finishing second at the Red Bull Ring. [19] He later scored a pole at Zandvoort and finished the season eighth in points, highest of all rookies. [20]

Entering the 2014 season with Team RMG, Wittmann would start out strongly with a win at Hockenheim. [21] [22] An off in the rain at Oschersleben was followed by a dominant victory at the Hungaroring which put him back into the championship lead. [23] [24] After two further points finishes, Wittmann would take control of the title hunt by winning the races in Spielberg and the Nürburgring, before taking the title at the third-to-last event with a sixth place. [25] [26] [27] He capped off the year with a podium at Zandvoort and fifth place in Hockenheim, finishing 50 points ahead of runner-up Mattias Ekström.

Wittmann returned to Team RMG in 2015, once again partnering Maxime Martin. [28] The season, now containing two-race weekends, did not start well, as Wittmann only scored three points finishes in the first six races. He would return to the top step at Zandvoort, defending well against fellow BMW driver António Félix da Costa, but was only able to follow this up with a podium in Moscow and one at Oschersleben, eventually ending up sixth in the standings. [29] [30] During the summer of 2015 meanwhile, Wittmann was able to test the Toro Rosso STR10 Formula One car at the Red Bull Ring, garnering praise from race engineer Phil Charles for his technical feedback, cleanness, and long-run rhythm. [31]

After a mixed first round of 2016, the RMG driver managed to win from pole in Spielberg, before going on a points-scoring streak that lasted for nine races. [32] [33] [34] Wittmann took two huge steps towards a second DTM title by winning race two in Moscow and race one at the Nürburgring, taking both wins in a controlling manner. [35] [36] The title fight would become tighter following a disqualification for a technical infringement in Hungary however, whereafter Wittmann led the standings by just 14 points to Edoardo Mortara. [37] On Saturday in Hockenheim Wittmann was able to extend the gap by finishing second to Mortara's third, and despite the Italian's victory on Sunday the BMW driver reclaimed the title by finishing fourth. [38] [39]

Wittmann began his 2017 season with a luckless start, exemplified by a car-related retirement at the Hungaroring with two laps remaining. [40] He would return towards stronger results in the latter half of the campaign, scoring four podiums in the final five events, though he also garnered attention for his repeated critique of Audi's drivers and their driving etiquette over the team radio. [41] Wittmann ended the year by winning at the season finale, which put him fifth in the championship. [42] In 2018, the German was comprehensively beaten in the standings by Gary Paffett, René Rast, and Paul di Resta, coming home fourth overall after winning in Hungary and defending well against Mortara to take the spoils at the Norisring. [43] [44] [45]

Having taken part in the Formula E test after the Marrakesh ePrix with BMW i Andretti Autosport at the start of 2019, Wittmann returned to contest a sixth DTM season as part of Team RMG. [46] [47] It started off positively, as Wittmann triumphed from pole at the Hockenheim season opener and qualified first again at Zolder. [48] [49] He then won again at Misano before going on a small streak during the middle of the year, winning race one at Assen, finishing second in race two despite starting from the back of the grid before winning at Brands Hatch, briefly putting himself into the title fight with René Rast and Nico Müller. [50] [51] [52] Unfortunately for the German, he was only able to score two podiums in the remaining three events while Rast and Müller pulled away with multiple victories; thus, Wittmann ended the season third in points. [53] [54] In 2020, the final season of the DTM "Class 1" era, Wittmann experienced his worst year of his DTM tenure so far, only finishing on the rostrum three times and placing ninth in the standings. [55] In the face of a dominant Audi team, Wittmann stated that he was happy to begin new projects following the 2020 season. [56]

GT career (2021—)

When the DTM moved to adopt the GT3 ruleset ahead of the 2021 campaign, Wittmann went on the move as well, leaving RMG to join Walkenhorst Motorsport. [57] Despite being the team's only driver, Wittmann found himself fourth in the standings after the first half of the season, finishing every race inside the top eight and winning at Zolder. [58] [59] He then started from pole at the Red Bull Ring but narrowly lost victory to Liam Lawson, though he bounced back by taking a victory at Assen and inheriting third place on Sunday after a technical issue for Daniel Juncadella. [60] [61] [62] However, two non-scores at Hockenheim virtually eliminated the German from the title fight and he ended the year fourth overall. Meanwhile, Wittmann would also score his maiden podium at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, finishing second for Rowe Racing alongside Martin Tomczyk, Sheldon van der Linde, and Connor De Phillippi. [63]

Once again driving for Walkenhorst, Wittmann suffered a less fruitful 2022 season. [64] A number of retirements in the first half of the year set him back, and he had only scored one podium going into the final round at Hockenheim. There, Wittmann finished third on Saturday before battling past René Rast on Sunday, eventually taking a dominating win to take himself up to eighth place in the standings. [65] [66]

2023 saw Wittmann's most diverse schedule yet. Not only would he be racing in the DTM at Project 1, but he would partner Nick Yelloly and Philipp Eng at ROWE Racing in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. [67] [68] In addition, he became BMW's third driver for the three endurance events of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, driving the BMW M Hybrid V8 in the new GTP class alongside Eng and Augusto Farfus. [69] The year bore little fruit in the DTM, as Wittmann and the soon-to-be-bankrupt team failed to score a podium and finished 13th in the drivers' championship. [70] [71] In the GTWC Endurance Cup meanwhile, the ROWE trio won the season opener at Monza and came out on top at the prestigious 24 Hours of Spa. [72] They fell behind the AKKodis ASP Team following a weak end to the campaign, taking home the runner-up spot overall. [73] Finally, the three IMSA endurance events did not yield much success, as the #24 BMW scored a best result of sixth at Daytona.

The #15 BMW M Hybrid V8 driven by Marco Wittmann, Raffaele Marciello and Dries Vanthoor at the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans 15BMWMHYBRIDV8LEMANS2024.jpg
The #15 BMW M Hybrid V8 driven by Marco Wittmann, Raffaele Marciello and Dries Vanthoor at the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans

Wittmann would be racing on two fronts in 2024, as he became part of Schubert Motorsport in the DTM alongside fellow champions René Rast and Sheldon van der Linde, and was named as one of BMW M Team WRT's six drivers in the Hypercar category of the FIA World Endurance Championship, partnering Raffaele Marciello and Dries Vanthoor in the #15. [74] [75]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2007 Formula BMW ADAC Josef Kaufmann Racing 1824275705th
2008 Formula BMW Europe Josef Kaufmann Racing 16111113272nd
2009 Formula 3 Euro Series Mücke Motorsport 200000616th
Masters of Formula 3 10000N/A26th
2010 Formula 3 Euro Series Signature 1811210762nd
Macau Grand Prix 10000N/A4th
Masters of Formula 3 10001N/A3rd
2011 Formula 3 Euro Series Signature 27545132852nd
Macau Grand Prix 10111N/A3rd
Masters of Formula 3 10001N/A2nd
2012 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 BMW Team Vita4one 10000N/A9th
2013 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team MTEK 100121498th
2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team RMG 1043351561st
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS 10000N/ADNF
2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team RMG 1811031126th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 10000N/ADNF
Formula One Scuderia Toro Rosso Test Driver
2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team RMG 1833062061st
IMSA SportsCar Championship Turner Motorsport 100000NC
2017 Intercontinental GT Challenge BMW Team SRM 100000NC
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team RMG 1811051605th
FIA GT World Cup FIST Team AAI20000N/A6th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 BMW Team Schnitzer 10000N/A4th
2018 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team RMG 2021261644th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Rowe Racing 200000NC
2019 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team RMG 1844072023rd
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Rowe Racing 10000N/ADNF
2020 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team RMG 180013959th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Rowe Racing 10000N/A4th
2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Walkenhorst Motorsport1622151714th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 30000428th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM BMW Team RLL 1000132512th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Rowe Racing 10001N/A2nd
2022 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Walkenhorst Motorsport161013988th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro BMW M Team RLL 2000054220th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Rowe Racing 10000N/ADNF
2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Project 1 1600109113th
ADAC GT Masters 200113319th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Rowe Racing 52103772nd
Intercontinental GT Challenge 110012516th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 10001N/A2nd
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP BMW M Team RLL 3000078916th
2024 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Schubert Motorsport 1210028911th*
FIA World Endurance Championship - Hypercar BMW M Team WRT 700012415th*
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Rowe Racing
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9
Intercontinental GT Challenge
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 10000N/A7th

* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula BMW Europe results

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

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2008 Josef Kaufmann Racing CAT
1

4
CAT
2

5
ZOL
1

3
ZOL
2

2
SIL
1

5
SIL
2

5
HOC
1

3
HOC
2

3
HUN
1

2
HUN
2

3
VSC
1

3
VSC
2

2
SPA
1

1
SPA
2

6
MNZ
1

3
MNZ
2

2
2nd327

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key)

YearEntrantEngine123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627DCPoints
2009 Mücke Motorsport Mercedes HOC
1

12
HOC
2

Ret
LAU
1

22
LAU
2

9
NOR
1

10
NOR
2

17
ZAN
1

12
ZAN
2

10
OSC
1

10
OSC
2

17
NÜR
1

13
NÜR
2

9
BRH
1

14
BRH
2

10
CAT
1

18
CAT
2

17
DIJ
1

11
DIJ
2

Ret
HOC
1

7
HOC
2

4
16th6
2010 Signature Volkswagen LEC
1

2
LEC
2

3
HOC
1

1
HOC
2

4
VAL
1

11
VAL
2

7
NOR
1

2
NOR
2

2
NÜR
1

5
NÜR
2

2
ZAN
1

3
ZAN
2

6
BRH
1

3
BRH
2

5
OSC
1

7
OSC
2

2
HOC
1

3
HOC
2

7
2nd76
2011 Signature Volkswagen LEC
1

5
LEC
2

2
LEC
3

3
HOC
1

2
HOC
2

3
HOC
3

2
ZAN
1

10
ZAN
2

6
ZAN
3

1
RBR
1

3
RBR
2

11
RBR
3

Ret
NOR
1

3
NOR
2

1
NOR
3

1
NÜR
1

6
NÜR
2

11
NÜR
3

6
SIL
1

2
SIL
2

10
SIL
3

1
VAL
1

6
VAL
2

1
VAL
3

5
HOC
1

4
HOC
2

4
HOC
3

4
2nd285

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920Pos.Points
2013 BMW Team MTEK BMW M3 DTM HOC
9
BRH
4
SPL
2
LAU
21†
NOR
10
MSC
15
NÜR
7
OSC
12
ZAN
5
HOC
DSQ
8th49
2014 BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM HOC
1
OSC
19
HUN
1
NOR
6
MSC
4
SPL
1
NÜR
1
LAU
6
ZAN
2
HOC
5
1st156
2015 BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM HOC
1

9
HOC
2

5
LAU
1

13
LAU
2

17
NOR
1

9
NOR
2

13
ZAN
1

1
ZAN
2

5
SPL
1

9
SPL
2

11
MSC
1

2
MSC
2

7
OSC
1

6
OSC
2

3
NÜR
1

7
NÜR
2

18
HOC
1

6
HOC
2

Ret
6th112
2016 BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM HOC
1

16
HOC
2

8
SPL
1

1
SPL
2

7
LAU
1

4
LAU
2

6
NOR
1

4
NOR
2

6
ZAN
1

2
ZAN
2

4
MSC
1

19
MSC
2

1
NÜR
1

1
NÜR
2

3
HUN
1

7
HUN
2

DSQ
HOC
1

2
HOC
2

4
1st206
2017 BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM HOC
1

10
HOC
2

3
LAU
1

13
LAU
2

9
HUN
1

8
HUN
2

Ret
NOR
1

4
NOR
2

5
MSC
1

3
MSC
2

6
ZAN
1

2
ZAN
2

DSQ
NÜR
1

9
NÜR
2

3
SPL
1

5
SPL
2

6
HOC
1

13
HOC
2

1
5th160
2018 BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM HOC
1

11
HOC
2

11
LAU
1

7
LAU
2

2
HUN
1

16
HUN
2

1
NOR
1

3
NOR
2

1
ZAN
1

7
ZAN
2

17
BRH
1

9
BRH
2

5
MIS
1

9
MIS
2

13
NÜR
1

5
NÜR
2

3
SPL
1

7
SPL
2

14
HOC
1

Ret
HOC
2

2
4th164
2019 BMW Team RMG BMW M4 Turbo DTM HOC
1

1
HOC
2

8
ZOL
1

7
ZOL
2

13
MIS
1

1
MIS
2

Ret
NOR
1

8
NOR
2

16†
ASS
1

1
ASS
2

2
BRH
1

1
BRH
2

10
LAU
1

4
LAU
2

6
NÜR
1

3
NÜR
2

Ret
HOC
1

2
HOC
2

12
3rd202
2020 BMW Team RMG BMW M4 Turbo DTM SPA
1

11
SPA
2

10
LAU
1

4
LAU
2

3
LAU
1

5
LAU
2

9
ASS
1

14
ASS
2

8
NÜR
1

3
NÜR
2

9
NÜR
1

3
NÜR
2

5
ZOL
1

15†
ZOL
2

8
ZOL
1

10
ZOL
2

8
HOC
1

Ret
HOC
2

11
9th95
2021 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 MNZ
1

8
MNZ
2

5
LAU
1

7
LAU
2

6
ZOL
1

5
ZOL
2

1
NÜR
1

5
NÜR
2

3
RBR
1

7
RBR
2

2
ASS
1

1
ASS
2

3
HOC
1

Ret
HOC
2

11
NOR
1

12
NOR
2

7
4th171
2022 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 ALG
1

NC
ALG
2

4
LAU
1

Ret
LAU
2

10
IMO
1

7
IMO
2

3
NOR
1

Ret
NOR
2

4
NÜR
1

8
NÜR
2

10
SPA
1

9
SPA
2

9
RBR
1

14
RBR
2

12
HOC
1

3
HOC
2

1
8th98
2023 Project 1 Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 OSC
1

Ret
OSC
2

18
ZAN
1

5
ZAN
2

4
NOR
1

9
NOR
2

13
NÜR
1

6
NÜR
2

15
LAU
1

10
LAU
2

10
SAC
1

18
SAC
2

12
RBR
1

8
RBR
2

4
HOC
1

9
HOC
2

17
13th91
2024 Schubert Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 OSC
1

Ret
OSC
2

10
LAU
1

13
LAU
2

9
ZAN
1

7
ZAN
2

1
NOR
1

12
NOR
2

11
NÜR
1

6
NÜR
2

3
SAC
1

13
SAC
2

DSQ
RBR
1

RBR
2

HOC
1

HOC
2

11th*89*

Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance. * Season still in progress.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

YearEntrantClassMakeEngine1234567891011RankPoints
2021 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY
3
SEB DET WGL WGL LIM ELK LGA LBH VIR PET 12th325
2022 BMW M Team RLL GTD Pro BMW M4 GT3 BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 DAY
9
SEB
4
LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR PET 20th542
2023 BMW M Team RLL GTP BMW M Hybrid V8 BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY
6
SEB
8
LBH LGA WGL MOS ELK IMS PET
8
16th789

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

YearEntrantClassCarEngine12345678RankPoints
2024 BMW M Team WRT Hypercar BMW M Hybrid V8 BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 QAT
14
IMO
DSQ
SPA
11
LMS
Ret
SÃO
9
COA
8
FUJ
2
BHR
15th*24*

* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2024 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BMW M Team WRT Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Raffaele Marciello
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dries Vanthoor
BMW M Hybrid V8 Hypercar102DNFDNF

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Dries Vanthoor is a racing driver from Belgium who is set to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship with BMW M Team WRT. In his previous role as an Audi factory driver Vanthoor amassed multiple accolades, winning the 2018 Bathurst 12 Hours and 2019 24 Hours of Nürburgring, as well as taking three consecutive titles in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup from 2020 to 2022 alongside Charles Weerts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas Preining</span> Austrian racing driver

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters</span> Car racing championship

The 2022 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirty-sixth season of the premier German motor racing championship and also the twenty-third season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. It was the second season of the DTM to be run under Group GT3 regulations.

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The 2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters was the thirty-seventh season of the premier German motor racing championship and also the twenty-fourth season under the moniker of Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters since the series' resumption in 2000. It was the third season of the DTM to be run under Group GT3 regulations, and the first season with ADAC as the promoter after ITR ceased operations at the end of the previous year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thierry Vermeulen</span> Dutch racing driver (born 2002)

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Sandro Holzem is a German racing driver currently competing for Project 1 in the DTM.

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Sporting positions
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Champion

2014
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Champion

2016
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