Philip Ellis (racing driver)

Philip Ellis
Nationality	Swiss British German via triple nationality
Born	(1992-10-09) 9 October 1992 (age 32) Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Racing licence	FIA Silver (until 2021) FIA Gold (2022–) [1]
Championship titles
2024 2024 2017 2011	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Michelin Endurance Cup - GTD Audi Sport TT Cup Formula Lista Junior

Philip Ellis (born 9 October 1992) is a Swiss-British-German racing driver. He is currently competing for HTP Motorsport in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, having previously competed in the DTM for the same team.

Career

In 2011, Ellis won the Formula Lista Junior, a championship grouping together Formula BMWs, with the GU-Racing team. In 2012, he took part in the 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series as well as the 2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, still with GU Racing, he was aiming for the place of best beginner. In 2017, he won the Audi Sport TT Cup. The series was cancelled in 2018, thus making Ellis the final TT Cup champion. ^{[2] [3]}

Ellis competed in the 2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters alongside Lucas Auer. He drove for HTP Winward Motorsport. ^[4] He returned to the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for a full season campaign in 2023, joining Indy Dontje and Russell Ward in the Gold Cup class. ^[5]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2011	Formula Lista Junior	GU-Racing	10	5	6	5	8	178	1st
2012	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	GU-Racing	6	0	0	0	0	0	14th
	Formula 3 Euro Series		9	0	0	0	0	0	15th
2016	Audi Sport TT Cup	N/A	14	0	0	0	1	170	6th
2017	Audi Sport TT Cup	N/A	13	5	4	3	11	259	1st
	Touring Car Endurance Series - TCR	Bonk Motorsport	1	0	0	1	0	0	NC
2018	ADAC GT Masters	Phoenix Racing	14	1	1	0	1	39	16th
	24H GT Series - GT4		1	1	1	0	1	0	NC
	Super Taikyu - ST-X	Phoenix Racing Asia	1	0	0	0	0	19‡	9th‡
2019	ADAC GT Masters	Mann-Filter Team HTP	13	0	0	0	1	40	21st
	24H GT Series - A6	Winward Racing/HTP Motorsport
	24H GT Series - GT4	Winward Racing
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	GetSpeed Performance	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
2020	24H GT Series - GT3 Pro	Toksport WRT	1	0	0	0	0	12	12th
		HTP Winward Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0
	Michelin Pilot Challenge - GT4	Winward Racing/HTP Motorsport	4	0	0	2	1	79	31st
	ADAC GT Masters	Knaus Team HTP Winward	14	1	1	0	2	112	6th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team HRT Bilstein	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2021	GT World Challenge America - Pro	Winward Racing	7	0	1	1	4	78	5th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	HTP Winward Motorsport	3	1	0	0	1	598	36th
	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward	16	1	1	0	3	129	7th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver Cup	Winward Motorsport	5	0	0	0	0	30	16th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP-X	Space Drive Racing	1	1	0	1	1	N/A	1st
2022	GT World Challenge America - Pro	Winward Racing	7	3	2	2	6	154	6th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD		12	2	3	2	3	2714	5th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		3	0	0	0	1	25	11th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	SunEnergy1 Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team Bilstein by HRT	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
2023	ADAC GT Masters	Haupt Racing Team	2	0	0	0	1	26	22nd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Winward Racing	10	1	0	1	2	2431	12th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold Cup			0	1	1	1	49	7th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Mercedes-AMG Craft-Bamboo Racing	1	0	0	0	0	9	25th
		Winward Racing	1	0	0	0	0
		DXDT Racing	1	0	0	0	0
		SunEnergy1 Racing	1	0	0	0	0
	GT World Challenge America - Pro-Am	DXDT Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	British GT Championship - GT3	2 Seas Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	1.5	26th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team Bilstein by HRT	1	0	1	0	1	N/A	3rd
2024	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Winward Racing	10	4	0	0	6	3266	1st
	Michelin Pilot Challenge - GS		1	0	0	0	1	320	44th
	GT World Challenge America - Pro-Am	DXDT Racing	2	0	0	0	0	187	3rd
		Regulator Racing	11	2	2	5	6
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed	2	0	0	0	0	*	*
	Intercontinental GT Challenge
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	AlManar Racing by GetSpeed	1	0	0	0	0	12	20th
		Boutsen VDS	1	0	0	0	0
	International GT Open	Scuderia Villorba Corse	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2025	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Winward Racing	1	0	0	0	0	312	4th*

‡ Team standings.
^† As Ellis was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2012	GU-Racing	Dallara F312/019	Mercedes	HOC 1 14	HOC 2 17†	HOC 3 16	BRH 1	BRH 2	BRH 3	RBR 1 14	RBR 2 15	RBR 3 13	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 21	NOR 3 Ret	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	NÜR 3	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	ZAN 3	VAL 1	VAL 2	VAL 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	15th	0

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2012	GU-Racing	Mercedes	HOC 1 14	HOC 2 16	LEC 1	LEC 2	BRH 1	BRH 2	RBR 1 14	RBR 2 13	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 Ret	SPA 1	SPA 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	14th	0

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 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	Pos	Points
2021	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 6	LAU 1 1	LAU 2 4	ZOL 1 8	ZOL 2 16	NÜR 1 2	NÜR 2 Ret	RBR 1 3	RBR 2 4	ASS 1 7	ASS 2 12	HOC 1 7	HOC 2 4	NOR 1 10	NOR 2 10	7th	129

Complete IMSA 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	11	12	Pos.	Points
2021	HTP Winward Motorsport	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 1	SEB	MDO	DET	WGL	WGL	LIM	ELK	LGA	LBH	VIR	PET 11	36th	598
2022	Winward Racing	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 6	SEB 12	LBH 14	LGA 14	MDO 5	DET 10	WGL 11	MOS 2	LIM 5	ELK 1	VIR 1	PET 11	5th	2714
2023	Winward Racing	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 13	SEB 18	LBH 5	LGA 12	WGL	MOS 10	LIM 9	ELK 15	VIR 3	IMS 1	PET 9		12th	2431
2024	Winward Racing	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 1	SEB 1	LBH 7	LGA 1	WGL 1	MOS 2	ELK 4	VIR 3	IMS 5	PET 8			1st	3266
2025	Winward Racing	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 4	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET			4th*	312*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete British GT Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2023	2 Seas Motorsport	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	GT3	OUL 1	OUL 2	SIL 1	DON 1	SNE 1	SNE 2	ALG 1	BRH 1	DON 1 10	26th	1.5

References

1. Goodwin, Graham (10 November 2021). "Updated 2022 Provisional FIA Driver Rankings Published". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
2. Motorsport-Magazin – Internetseite: "DTM 2018: Audi Sport ABT TT Cup kurzfristig abgesagt". www.motorsport-magazin.com. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
3. Motorsport-Total – Internetseite: "Geringes Interesse: Abt Audi TT Cup 2018 abgesagt". www.motorsport-total.com. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
4. Lloyd, Daniel (8 March 2021). "Winward Joins with Mercedes-AMGs for Auer, Ellis". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
5. Euwema, Davey (1 March 2023). "Winward Expands to Two-Car Endurance Cup Effort". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

External links

• Philip Ellis career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Michael Lamotte	Formula Lista Junior Champion 2011	Succeeded by Levin Amweg
Preceded by Joonas Lappalainen	Audi Sport TT Cup Champion 2017	Succeeded by None (Series ended)
Preceded by Brian Sellers Madison Snow	IMSA SportsCar Championship GTD Champion 2024 With: Russell Ward	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Mikaël Grenier Mike Skeen Kenton Koch	Michelin Endurance Cup GTD Champion 2024 With: Russell Ward & Indy Dontje	Succeeded by Incumbent