Luca Engstler

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Luca Engstler
Engstler at the Hockenheimring in 2023
NationalityGermany German
Born (2000-03-08) 8 March 2000 (age 24)
Wiggensbach, Germany
Related toFranz Engstler (father)
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters career
Debut season2023
Current teamGRT Grasser Racing Team
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number19
Former teamsLiqui Moly Team Engstler
Starts18 (18 entries)
Wins1
Podiums1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish24th in 2023
Previous series
2022
2019–21
2019
2017–18, 20–21
2015–16		ADAC GT Masters
World Touring Car Cup
TCR Europe Touring Car Series
ADAC TCR Germany
ADAC Formula 4

Luca Engstler (born 8 March 2000) is a German racing driver currently competing in the DTM.[1] Like his father Franz Engstler he made his name in the touring car scene, winning the TCR Asia Series in 2018 and 2019 and taking the 2021 TCR title in Germany.[2]

He is a DTM race winner, having triumphed at Oschersleben in April 2024.[3]

Early career & TCR[edit]

Engstler began his career in 2009 in karting, where he remained until 2014. In 2015 he switched to the ADAC Formula 4 series, spending two years in the championship and scoring a total of two points. For 2017 he switched to the ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship; he took his first podiums at the third round of the championship at Oschersleben, where he finished third twice.[4][5][6][7]

In June 2017 it was announced that he would race in the TCR International Series, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for his ADAC TCR Germany team Junior Team Engstler.[8][9]

Since 2017, Engstler has competed in a range of TCR Series including ADAC Germany, Middle East, Asia, Europe, China, Malaysia and the World series. He was the 2019 Middle East champion, 2018 and 2019 TCR Asia champion and 2019 and 2020 TCR Malaysia champion.[10][11][12][13][14]

The 2019 season saw Engstler compete in the TCR Europe Touring Car Series with the M1RA outfit.[15] He finished the season in ninth place, having taken two podiums, including a controversial win at the Red Bull Ring where he collided with Luca Filippi on the final lap.[16] The German also competed in the World Touring Car Cup as a wildcard entry at the Slovakia Ring, as well as replacing Augusto Farfus in Macau.[17][18][19]

In 2020, Engstler entered the World Touring Car Cup on a full-time basis, driving a Hyundai i30 N TCR for the family team.[20] With a best finish of eighth, the German ended up 16th in the championship. Engstler returned to the series in 2021, this time being joined at Engstler Motorsport by experienced race winner Jean-Karl Vernay.[21] Despite only finishing 15th overall, Engstler managed to score his maiden WTCR podium at the Nordschleife, as well as winning the rookie championship by one point to Gilles Magnus. During the same year, Engstler also managed to clinch the ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, winning the title with two races to spare.[22][23]

GT3 career[edit]

In 2022, Engstler switched to GT racing in the GT3 category, driving for Rutronik Racing in the ADAC GT Masters alongside Patric Niederhauser.[24] The pair started out with a second place at Oschersleben and went on to become regular top-ten finishers, leaving them 14th in the standings by the end of the season.

Engstler progressed to the DTM in 2023, driving an Audi R8 LMS Evo II fielded by the family team.[25] He struggled to score points consistently, ending up with a best race result of seventh and finishing 24th overall.

The same year saw Engstler compete at the 24 Hours of Spa, where he finished third overall with Scherer Sport PHX alongside Kelvin van der Linde and Nicki Thiim.[26]

For the 2024 season, the German remained in the DTM, this time switching to Lamborghini customer GRT.[27] At the opening round in Oschersleben, Engstler qualified fourth on Sunday, a position that turned to first thanks to a fortunately-timed full-course yellow phase. He held off Maro Engel in the closing stages and took his first DTM win, eleven years after his father Franz had scored his lone WTCC victory at the same track.[28][29]

Racing record[edit]

Career Summary[edit]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2015 ADAC Formula 4 Championship Engstler Motorsport 24 0 0 0 0 0 39th
2016 ADAC Formula 4 Championship Liqui Moly Team Engstler 24 0 0 0 0 2 26th
2017 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship Junior Team Engstler 14 0 1 0 2 175 12th
TCR International Series 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
TCR Europe Trophy Liqui Moly Team Engstler 2 0 0 0 0 12 8th
TCR Middle East Series 6 1 1 0 3 79 3rd
2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship Liqui Moly Team Engstler 6 0 0 0 2 414 2nd
Hyundai Team Engstler 8 3 1 1 4
TCR Asia Series Liqui Moly Team Engstler 10 4 3 4 7 197 1st
TCR Middle East Series 5 3 2 3 5 119 1st
24H TCE Series - TCR
2019 World Touring Car Cup BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Racing Team 3 0 0 0 0 2 28th
Hyundai Team Engstler 3 0 0 0 0
TCR Asia Series Liqui Moly Team Engstler 10 6 4 8 9 221 1st
24 Hours of Nürburgring - VT2 Hyundai Team Engstler 1 0 1 0 1 N/A 3rd
FIA Motorsport Games Touring Car Cup Team Germany 2 0 1 0 0 0 20th
TCR Europe Touring Car Series M1RA 14 1 0 1 2 192 9th
2020 World Touring Car Cup Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team Engstler 14 0 0 0 0 59 16th
ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship Hyundai Team Engstler 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship 6 4 2 3 4 121 1st
24 Hours of Nürburgring - TCR Hyundai Motorsport N 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2021 World Touring Car Cup Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team 16 0 0 0 1 86 15th
ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship Hyundai Team Engstler 12 6 4 5 10 337 1st
Nürburgring Endurance Series - VT2 ROJA Motorsport by ASL Lichtblau 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
24 Hours of Nürburgring - TCR Hyundai Motorsport N 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
2022 ADAC GT Masters Rutronik Racing 14 0 1 0 1 104 14th
Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9 Scherer Sport Team Phoenix 1 1 0 0 1 0 NC†
Nürburgring Endurance Series - TCR Scherer Sport 1 1 1 1 1 0 NC†
24H GT Series - GT3 Attempto Racing
24 Hours of Nürburgring - Cup2 IronForce Racing by Phoenix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Liqui Moly Team Engstler 16 0 0 0 0 18 24th
International GT Open 4 0 0 0 0 4 29th
GT Winter Series ? ? ? ? ? 30.75 31st
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Scherer Sport PHX 1 0 0 0 1 24 12th
Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9 Audi Sport Team Car Collection 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 13th
2024 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Lamborghini Team Liqui Moly by GRT 2 1 0 0 1 30* 1st*
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Liqui Moly Team Engstler by One Group

†Guest driver ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress.

Complete TCR International Series results[edit]

(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 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2017 Junior Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR RIM
1 		RIM
2 		BHR
1 		BHR
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		SAL
1 		SAL
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		OSC
1
Ret 		OSC
2
DNS 		CHA
1 		CHA
2 		ZHE
1 		ZHE
2 		DUB
1 		DUB
2 		NC 0

Complete TCR ADAC Germany Touring Car Championship results[edit]

(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 DC Points
2017 Junior Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR OSC
1
17 		OSC
2
16 		RBR
1
Ret 		RBR
2
34 		OSC
1
3 		OSC
2
3 		ZAN
1
16 		ZAN
2
9 		NÜR
1
15 		NÜR
2
11 		SAC
1
19 		SAC
2
6 		HOC
1
5 		HOC
2
20 		12th 175
2018 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR OSC
1
3 		OSC
2
4 		MST
1
6 		MST
2
3 		RBR
1
7 		RBR
2
4 		2nd 414
Hyundai i30 N TCR NÜR
1
9 		NÜR
2
6 		ZAN
1
5 		ZAN
2
1 		SAC
1
1 		SAC
2
1 		HOC
1
3 		HOC
2
4

Complete TCR Middle East Series results[edit]

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 DC Points
2018 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR YMC
1
3 		YMC
2
1 		DUB
1
1 		DUB
2
3 		BHR
1
1 		BHR
2
C 		1st 119

Complete TCR Asia Series results[edit]

(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 DC Points
2018 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR SEP
1
11 		SEP
2
3 		BUR
1
Ret1 		BUR
2
2 		BNS
1
61 		BNS
2
Ret 		YEO
1
21 		YEO
2
1 		SHA
1
12 		SHA
1
2 		1st 197
2019 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Hyundai i30 N TCR SEP
1
11 		SEP
2
Ret 		BUR
1
11 		BUR
2
1 		BUR
1
23 		BUR
2
1 		BUR
1
11 		BUR
2
3 		BNS
1
21 		BNS
2
3 		1st 221

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results[edit]

(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 DC Points
2019 M1RA Hyundai i30 N TCR HUN
1
18 		HUN
2
12 		HOC
1
2 		HOC
2
7 		SPA
1
9 		SPA
2
7 		RBR
1
5 		RBR
2
1 		OSC
1
Ret 		OSC
2
7 		CAT
1
Ret 		CAT
2
11 		MNZ
1
Ret 		MNZ
2
12 		9th 192

Complete TCR China Touring Car Championship results[edit]

(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 DC Points
2019 Hyundai Team Engstler Hyundai i30 N TCR ZHU
1
 ZHU
2
 SHA
1
 SHA
2
 ZHE
1
 ZHE
2
 NIN
1
1 		NIN
2
1 		ZHZ
1
1 		ZHZ
2
2 		5th 73

Complete TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship results[edit]

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 DC Points
2019 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Hyundai i30 N TCR SEP1
1
1 		SEP1
2
1 		SEP2
1
1 		SEP2
2
1 		SEP3
1
2 		SEP3
2
1 		1st 142.5
2020 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Hyundai i30 N TCR SEP1
1
1 		SEP1
2
7 		SEP2
1
1 		SEP2
2
Ret 		SEP3
1
1 		SEP3
2
1 		1st 121

* Season still in progress.

Complete World Touring Car Cup results[edit]

(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 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2019 Hyundai Team Engstler Hyundai i30 N TCR MAR
1 		MAR
2 		MAR
3 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		HUN
3 		SVK
1
10‡ 		SVK
2
Ret 		SVK
3
10‡ 		NED
1 		NED
2 		NED
3 		GER
1 		GER
2 		GER
3 		POR
1 		POR
2 		POR
3 		CHN
1 		CHN
2 		CHN
3 		JPN
1 		JPN
2 		JPN
3 		NC‡ 0‡
BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Racing Team MAC
1
16 		MAC
2
Ret 		MAC
3
14 		MAL
1 		MAL
2 		MAL
3 		28th 2
2020 Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team Hyundai i30 N TCR BEL
1
12 		BEL
2
10 		GER
1
DNP 		GER
2
DNP 		SVK
1
22† 		SVK
2
10 		SVK
3
9 		HUN
1
8 		HUN
2
Ret 		HUN
3
16 		ESP
1
8 		ESP
2
9 		ESP
3
Ret 		ARA
1
13 		ARA
2
11 		ARA
3
14 		16th 59
2021 Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR GER
1
17 		GER
2
2 		POR
1
12 		POR
2
Ret 		ESP
1
13 		ESP
2
8 		HUN
1
11 		HUN
2
15 		CZE
1
12 		CZE
2
7 		FRA
1
9 		FRA
2
11 		ITA
1
15 		ITA
2
10 		RUS
1
13 		RUS
2
10 		15th 86

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. ‡ As Engstler was a Wildcard entry, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete ADAC GT Masters results[edit]

(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 DC Points
2022 Rutronik Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II OSC
1
9 		OSC
2
21 		RBR
1
9 		RBR
2
10 		ZAN
1
10 		ZAN
2
18† 		NÜR
1
4 		NÜR
2
12 		LAU
1
42 		LAU
2
7 		SAC
1
6 		SAC
2
Ret 		HOC
1
13 		HOC
2
Ret 		14th 104

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results[edit]

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

Year Entrant Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
2023 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Audi R8 LMS Evo II OSC
1
17 		OSC
2
DSQ 		ZAN
1
14 		ZAN
2
14 		NOR
1
Ret 		NOR
2
19 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
7 		LAU
1
DSQ 		LAU
2
15 		SAC
1
19 		SAC
2
Ret 		RBR
1
12 		RBR
2
Ret 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
22 		24th 18
2024 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 OSC
1
11 		OSC
2
1 		LAU
1 		LAU
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		NOR
1 		NOR
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		SAC
1 		SAC
2 		RBR
1 		RBR
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		1st* 30*

References[edit]

  1. ^ "DTM - Luca Engstler". dtm.com. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  2. ^ "24.10.2021 - Hyundai Team Engstler gewinnt mit Luca Engstler den TCR-Titel | News | Engstler Motorsport GmbH". www.engstler-motorsport.de. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  3. ^ Goodwin, Graham (28 April 2024). "Luca Engstler Claims First DTM Win In Race 2 At Oschrsleben". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Luca Engstler career statistics". Driver Database. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  5. ^ "16-year-old Luca Engstler confirmed to drive in the 2017 ADAC TCR Germany". TouringCarTimes. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  6. ^ Hudson, Neil (8 July 2017). "Moritz Oestreich wins the first race of the weekend at Oschersleben". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  7. ^ Hudson, Neil (9 July 2017). "Niels Langeveld takes controversial win in Race 2 at Oschersleben". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Luca Engstler will make TCR International Series debut at Oschersleben". TouringCarTimes. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Luca Engstler ready for International Series debut". tcr-series.com. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Luca Engstler seals 2018 TCR Middle East title with Bahrain Race 1 win". TouringCarTimes. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Luca Engstler doubles up in Shanghai to secure TCR Asia title". TouringCarTimes. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Luca Engstler clinches second TCR Asia title as Diego Moran wins opening race". TouringCarTimes. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Mitchell Cheah wins Race 1 as Luca Engstler secures the title". TouringCarTimes. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  14. ^ "Luca Engstler claims TCR Malaysia title on equal points as Dan Lloyd". TouringCarTimes. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  15. ^ "M1RA return with two Hyundais for Luca Engstler and Dániel Nagy". TouringCarTimes. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
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  17. ^ "Luca Engstler secures Slovakia wild card". TouringCarTimes. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
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  19. ^ Boer, Rene de (17 November 2019). "Macau Post-Race Notebook – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
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External links[edit]

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Tom Lautenschlager
(Junior)
 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship
Rookie Champion
2017 		Succeeded by
Max Hesse
Preceded by TCR Middle East Series
Champion
2018 		Succeeded by
Preceded by TCR Asia Series
Champion
2018
2019 		Succeeded by
Jason Zhang
Preceded by
Inaugural
 TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship
Champion
2019
2020 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship
Champion
2021 		Succeeded by
Martin Andersen
Preceded by World Touring Car Cup
Junior Champion
2021 		Succeeded by
None
(Class discontinued)
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