Mick Wishofer

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Mick Wishofer
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Wishofer competing in the ADAC GT Masters in 2021
Nationality Flag of Austria.svg Austrian
Born (1999-10-08) 8 October 1999 (age 25)
Vienna, Austria
ADAC GT Masters career
Debut season2019
Current team Emil Frey Racing
Racing licence FIA Silver Driver.png FIA Silver
Car number14
Previous series
2020
2017–2018
GTWC Europe Sprint Cup
ADAC Formula 4 Championship

Mick Wishofer (born 8 October 1999) is an Austrian racing driver who currently competes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for GRT Grasser Racing Team.

Contents

Career

Karting

Wishofer started karting in 2008. His accolades include winning the Rotax Max Challenge Austria and Rotax Max Challenge Hungary in 2011. In that year he also came second in the Mini-Max class of the Rotax Max Challenge Central-Eastern Europe.

Formula 4

In 2017 Wishofer made his debut in single-seater racing by joining Lechner Racing in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship. He dominantly won the Rookies' Championship by taking 11 rookie-class wins out of 21 races. [1]

For the 2018 season he joined US RacingCHRS. [2] At the Hockenheimring he collected his maiden race win. [3] He finished the season in 6th place with 6 podium finishes to his name.

ADAC GT Masters

In 2019 he made his GT racing debut in the ADAC GT Masters. He started for Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing in a Mercedes-AMG GT3 with Kelvin Snoeks being his teammate. The pair reached the podium once in the final round of the season at the Sachsenring. At the end of season the two occupied 23rd place in the standings.

In 2020 Wishofer stayed with the same team. At the Lausitzring he collected his first race win in the ADAC GT Masters together with his teammate Dorian Boccolacci.

In 2021 he started for MRS GT-Racing in a Porsche 911 GT3 R. In the opening round of the season at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben he achieved a single podium finish together with Maximilian Hackländer. After the first four rounds of the season Wishofer was replaced by Erik Johansson. [4]

In 2022 he joined Emil Frey Racing driving in a Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo together with Konsta Lappalainen. [5] [6] In the third round at Circuit Zandvoort the pair took their first win of the season. [7] [8]

DTM

In 2023, Wishofer made his debut in DTM, competing for GRT Grasser Racing Team. [9]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2017 ADAC Formula 4 Championship Lechner Racing 210000123rd
2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship US RacingCHRS 2010361606th
2019 ADAC GT Masters Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing 1200012223rd
2020 ADAC GT Masters Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing 1410017012th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Toksport WRT 200000NC
2021 ADAC GT Masters MRS GT-Racing800011633rd
2022 ADAC GT Masters Emil Frey Racing 1311018317th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 20000631st
2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters GRT Grasser Racing Team 60000033rd

* Season still in progress.

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718192021PosPoints
2017 Lechner Racing OSC1
1

19
OSC1
2

14
OSC1
3

19
LAU
1

14
LAU
2

17
LAU
3

Ret
RBR
1

15
RBR
2

Ret
RBR
3

20
OSC2
1

14
OSC2
2

16
OSC2
3

15
NÜR
1

18
NÜR
2

19
NÜR
3

14
SAC
1

21
SAC
2

11
SAC
3

19
HOC
1

12
HOC
2

13
HOC
3

10
23rd1
2018 US RacingCHRS OSC
1

2
OSC
2

Ret
OSC
3

7
HOC1
1

Ret
HOC1
2

7
HOC1
3

1
LAU
1

3
LAU
2

4
LAU
3

3
RBR
1

9
RBR
2

3
RBR
3

6
HOC2
1

14
HOC2
2

Ret
NÜR
1

8
NÜR
2

16
NÜR
3

Ret
HOC3
1

4
HOC3
2

2
HOC3
3

8
6th160

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

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

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314DCPoints
2019 Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 OSC
1

Ret
OSC
2

DNS
MST
1

28
MST
2

DNS
RBR
1

14
RBR
2

18
ZAN
1

Ret
ZAN
2

23
NÜR
1

30
NÜR
2

25
HOC
1

Ret
HOC
2

13
SAC
1

3
SAC
2

27
23rd22
2020 Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo LAU1
1

11
LAU1
2

15
NÜR
1

5
NÜR
2

11
HOC
1

17
HOC
2

16
SAC
1

5
SAC
2

17
RBR
1

Ret
RBR
2

15
LAU2
1

DSQ
LAU2
2

1
OSC
1

Ret
OSC
2

6
12th70
2021 MRS GT-Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R OSC
1

19
OSC
2

3
RBR
1

19
RBR
2

Ret
ZAN
1

19
ZAN
2

Ret
LAU
1

18
LAU
2

18
SAC
1
SAC
2
HOC
1
HOC
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
33rd16
2022 Emil Frey Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo OSC
1

6
OSC
2

11
RBR
1

18
RBR
2

DNS
ZAN
1

1
ZAN
2

19
NÜR
1

11
NÜR
2

6
LAU
1

21
LAU
2

16
SAC
1

12
SAC
2

Ret
HOC
1

6
HOC
2

5
17th83

* Season still in progress.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

YearEntrantChassis12345678910111213141516RankPoints
2023 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 OSC
1

Ret
OSC
2

Ret
ZAN
1

22
ZAN
2

Ret
NOR
1

DSQ
NOR
2

Ret
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
LAU
1
LAU
2
SAC
1
SAC
2
RBR
1
RBR
2
HOC
1
HOC
2
33rd0

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References

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