Marc Gindorf

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Marc Gindorf
Marc Gindorf's DTM BMW from the 1993 season
Nation: GermanyGermany Germany
DTM
First race: Nürburgring 1993
Teams (manufacturers)
1993  Auto Maass (BMW), 1994  Persson Motorsport (Mercedes-Benz)
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR
31 (18) - - -
Podiums: -
Overall wins: -
Points: -
Template: Infobox DTM driver / maintenance / old parameters

Markus Roger "Marc" Gindorf (born April 16, 1957 in Dillingen ) is a German racing car driver and entrepreneur based in Monaco.

Career

Gindorf began his career in karting . In 1990 he drove in the German Renault 5 Turbo Cup. In 1991 he competed in the German Renault Clio Cup, as well as in the Renault Clio Eurocup, which he won. In 1992 he also won the German Renault Clio Cup and the Mil Milhas Brasileiras .

In 1993 he contested several DTM races in a BMW M3 Sport Evo for Team Auto Maass . In 1994 he switched to Persson Motorsport within the DTM , for which he contested the entire season this time in an AMG Mercedes 190 E. In 1995 he switched to the Super Touring Car Cup , where he was 17th in his debut season and runner-up in the privateer driver championship. He stayed there in 1996 and 1997 .

In 1998 he competed in the Porsche Supercup and in 1999 in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany . There he also drove sporadically in 2001 and 2002 , and in 2002 he started again in the Porsche Supercup.

In 2008 he drove a race in the ADAC GT Masters and in the VLN. He also started the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring and finished fifth in the overall standings. In 2009 he competed in the FIA GT3 European Championship and again in the ADAC GT Masters . In recent years he started in the VLN and achieved a total of 9 class wins and 3 group wins.

In 2006, Gindorf was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment for criminal advertising by the Mannheim Regional Court in a process involving massive profit promises made by his company, which were intended to encourage older people in particular with a low level of education to order from a product catalog. Today Gindorf is a co-owner of the Formula E Venturi team .

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Career stations

Web links

Commons : Marc Gindorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. gol: suspended sentences for non-kept profit promises . June 15, 2006 ( welt.de [accessed August 19, 2019]).
  2. BGH confirms the ODD prison sentences. Retrieved August 19, 2019 .
  3. Venturi. e-formel.de, accessed on April 1, 2016 .