Martin Tomczyk | |
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Nationality | German |
Born | Rosenheim, West Germany | 7 December 1981
DTM | |
Racing licence | FIA Platinum |
Years active | 2001–2016 |
Former teams | BMW Team Schnitzer BMW Team RMG Audi Sport Team Phoenix Abt Sportsline |
Starts | 195 |
Championships | 1 (2011) |
Wins | 8 |
Podiums | 31 |
Poles | 8 |
Fastest laps | 8 |
Previous series | |
2000 1999 1998 | German Formula 3 Formula BMW ADAC Formula BMW Junior |
Championship titles | |
2011 | DTM |
Martin Tomczyk (born 7 December 1981) is a German professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver.
He was the DTM champion in 2011, third in 2007, fourth in 2006 and fifth in 2004, having won eight races.
After a karting career, he raced in Formula BMW and Formula Three, where he finished 12th in 2000.
In 2001 he moved up to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. In 2000 his best result was a fourth place on the Nürburgring where he also took the fastest of the race. He took his first pole position in Hockenheim 2002 but he retired from the race. In 2004 he took his first podium in Estoril. During 2004 he also finished second in Zandvoort, Oschersleben and Hockenheim on his way to finish fifth in the championship. Tomczyk took his first win in Catalunya 2006 where he also took pole. In 2007 he took two wins to finish third that season.
Eleven years after his DTM debut, he won the championship in 2011, driving for Team Phoenix, after nine races with three wins and a third-place finish in Valencia. In 2012, Tomczyk was signed as a BMW Team RBM driver, moving to Team RMG in 2013.
His father Hermann is president of the Deutscher Motor Sport Bund. [1]
After BMW's DTM program was reduced in 2017, Tomczyk retired from the series and continued driving with the Bavarian manufacturer in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Following his retirement from full-time racing, Tomczyk became the series manager of the DTM Trophy. In 2023, he became the managing director of Abt Sportsline. [2]
‡ Does not include non-championship races. * Season still in progress.
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† Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance. 1 - A non-championship one-off race was held in 2004 at the streets of Shanghai, China.
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Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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2017 | BMW Team RLL | GTLM | BMW M6 GTLM | BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 | DAY 11 | SEB 9 | LBH 7 | COA 3 | WGL 8 | MOS 2 | LIM 3 | ELK 7 | VIR 9 | LGA 1 | PET 9 | 7th | 284 | [6] |
2018 | Turner Motorsport | GTD | BMW M6 GT3 | BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 | DAY 14 | SEB | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 58th | 17 | [7] |
Source: [4] |
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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 8 | LMS 9 | SIL 5 | FUJ 7 | SHA 8 | SEB 2 | SPA 9 | LMS 15 | 14th | 53 |
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2018 | BMW Team MTEK | Nicky Catsburg Philipp Eng | BMW M8 GTE | GTE Pro | 332 | 33rd | 11th |
2019 | BMW Team MTEK | Nicky Catsburg Philipp Eng | BMW M8 GTE | GTE Pro | 309 | 47th | 13th |
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