Markus Pommer

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Markus Pommer in Spa-Francorchamps in the European Formula 3 Championship 2015

Markus Pommer (born January 27, 1991 in Heilbronn ) is a German automobile racing driver . In 2014 he won the German Formula 3 Cup . He started in the European Formula 3 championship in 2015 .

Career

Pommer at the Porsche Supercup race weekend in Belgium 2013

Pommer began his motorsport career in karting in 1999 , where he was active until 2006. Among other things, he won the South German ICA Junior Kart Cup in 2004 . In 2007 he switched to formula racing and competed for Mücke Motorsport in the German Formula BMW . Behind his teammates Philipp Eng and Kevin Mirocha , he finished his first season in tenth place in the championship. After the German Formula BMW was discontinued, Pommer switched to the newly founded ADAC Formula Masters for Team Abt Sportsline in 2008 . He won a race and was on the podium five times. He finished the season ahead of his teammate Daniel Abt in fifth place in the championship.

In 2009 Pommer switched to the German Formula 3 Cup and competed for Zettl Motorsport . He didn't win a race and two second places were his best results. He finished the season behind Laurens Vanthoor and Stef Dusseldorp in third place in the championship and was the best driver with a Mercedes engine. In 2010 he stayed in German Formula 3 and switched to Brandl Motorsport . With a second place as the best result, he was again denied a victory. As in the previous year, Pommer, who finished eighth overall, was the best Mercedes driver. In 2011 , Pommer contested his third season in the German Formula 3 Cup. At first he drove a Volkswagen engine for Motopark Academy . After scoring just one point on the first three race weekends, he switched to Jo Zeller Racing , who use Mercedes engines, for the fourth race weekend . In his second race for the new team, he achieved the first podium finish of the season in second place. With a total of four podium finishes, he finished the season in seventh place in the drivers' standings. He was the best German pilot.

In 2012 Pommer switched to the FIA Formula 2 championship . With three wins, only the champion Luciano Bacheta had won more races than Pommer. In the overall ranking he reached fourth place. In the winter of 2012/13, Pommer initially started two races in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East. Then Pommer started in 2013 for Lechner Racing Academy in the Porsche Supercup . He finished the season with a seventh place as the best result in 15th place in the drivers' standings.

In 2014 Pommer returned to Formula racing at Motopark Academy in the German Formula 3 Cup and competed for their Lotus team. He won 14 races and decided the championship with 424 to 277 points against Nabil Jeffri by a clear margin . At the same time, Pommer started for Super Nova International in the Auto GP in 2014 . He won twice and was on the podium seven times. He reached third place in the drivers' championship. In 2015 , Pommer stayed with Motopark and switched to the European Formula 3 championship . He won a race in Zandvoort . As the best driver in his racing team, he finished the season in tenth place overall.

statistics

Career stations

  • 2010 : German Formula 3 (8th place)
  • 2011 : German Formula 3 (7th place)
  • 2012 : Formula 2 (4th place)
  • 2013: Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Middle East (19th place)

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year team engine 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23 24 25th 26th 27 28 29 30th 31 32 33 Points rank
2015 Motopark Volkswagen United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL GermanyGermany HO1 FranceFrance PAU ItalyItaly MNZ BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany NOR NetherlandsNetherlands ZAN AustriaAustria SPI PortugalPortugal POR GermanyGermany ONLY GermanyGermany HO2 116.5 10.
5 DNF 7th DSQ 17th 7th 23 8th 20th DNF 8th 10 19th 28 DSQ 9 11 12 3 21st 1 17th 6th 4th 5 11 DNF 6th 13 6th 9 9 22nd

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Formula 3 Cup - Motopark Academy Team complete" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on April 15, 2011)
  2. ↑ "ATS Formula 3 Cup: Team change brings Markus Pommer back on the road to success" (Motorsport-Server.de on June 7, 2011)
  3. ↑ "Pommer joins Formula 2" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 19, 2012)
  4. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Motopark take German F3 champion Pommer to FIA F3. paddockscout.com, February 13, 2015, accessed March 7, 2015 .

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personal data
SURNAME Pommer, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German automobile racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Heilbronn , Germany