Maro Engel

Maro Engel

Nation:	Germany
DTM
First race:	Hockenheimring I 2008
Last race:	Hockenheimring II 2017
Teams (manufacturers)
2008–2011 Mücke • 2017 HWA (all Mercedes-Benz )
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 52 1 - -
Podiums:	1
Overall wins:	-
Points:	45

Maro Engel (born August 27, 1985 in Munich ) is a German automobile racing driver . In 2007 he was runner-up in the British Formula 3 Championship . He competes in the DTM from 2008 to 2011 and 2017 . From 2016 to 2018 he drove in the FIA Formula E Championship .

Career

Engel began his motorsport career in karting , where he was active until 2000. In 2001 he switched to the single-seater racing and was immediately third in the German Formula BMW Junior. The following season he competed in the German Formula BMW and finished the championship in eighth place. In 2003 , Engel switched to the Formula 3 Euro Series for Opel Team KMS . After he - unlike his teammate Timo Glock - was without a win or points after the first five events, he was replaced by Hendrik Vieth . In the overall standings he finally finished 31st. In the following seasons, Engel did not find a cockpit for a complete season. In 2004 he took part in two races of the German Formula 3 Cup . In 2005 he competed in five races for Durango in the Italian Formula 3000 . He came in the points four times and finished the season in seventh place overall.

In 2006, Engel moved to Carlin Motorsport in the British Formula 3 Championship . He won a race in Spa-Francorchamps and finished the season with a total of eight podium finishes in fifth place. Within the team, he had to admit defeat to only one of his three teammates, Oliver Jarvis , who was runner-up. In 2007 Engel played his second season for Carlin Motorsport in the British Formula 3 Championship. He won two races and was runner-up behind Marko Asmer with 208 to 293 points .

In 2010 Engel completed his third DTM season for Mücke Motorsport in an AMG-Mercedes C-Class

In 2008 Engel switched to Mücke Motorsport in the DTM and received a previous year's model of the AMG-Mercedes C-Class . In contrast to his team-mate Ralf Schumacher , Engel did not score any points, but kept up with him in terms of performance. In 2009 Engel scored his first points in the DTM and finished the season in twelfth place overall. He left his team-mate Mathias Lauda behind. In 2010 , Engel stayed at Mücke Motorsport for another year and once again got a new team-mate in David Coulthard . He finished the season 15th and was again placed in front of his teammate.

In 2011 Engel contested his fourth DTM season for Mücke Motorsport. Within the team he prevailed with five to one point against Coulthard and finished the season in 13th place overall. After the season, Engel was diagnosed with myocarditis , which had subsided by the end of the year.

For the 2012 DTM season , Engel was no longer in the Mercedes driver line-up and this year he was in a racing series without a permanent commitment. In GT racing, he contested two races each in the International GT Open and the Australian GT Championship, in which he won one race. In 2013 Engel moved to Australia for the International V8 Supercars Championship for the Mercedes team Erebus Motorsport . Engel achieved ninth place as the best result and made it into the top ten only once. While his teammate Lee Holdsworth was 20th with 1361 points, Engel reached 28th overall with 836 points. This made Engel the worst-placed driver who had participated in every race.

In 2014 Engel returned to Europe and competed in the ADAC GT Masters . Together with Jan Seyffarth he started for Rowe Racing . The two racing drivers finished the season on the twelfth championship course. In addition, Engel competed in mass racing and individual races in Mercedes vehicles. He won the Macau GT Cup ahead of his teammate Renger van der Zande .

In 2015 , Engel started for the Mercedes racing team Black Falcon in the Blancpain Endurance Series . He formed a driver trio with Sean Johnston and Oliver Morley . The three achieved a second place in the Pro-Am rating and finished it in 13th place. Furthermore, Engel was again active in grassroots racing and he again won the Macau GT Cup. In 2016 , Engel competed again for Black Falcon in the Blancpain Endurance Series. He stayed without points in the overall standings this season. He also contested two races each in the GT Asia Series , in the Intercontinental GT Challenge and in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship . In addition, he entered again in popular sports races. He won the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring .

For the season 2016/17 returned angel in formula racing back and kicked for the Venturi Grand Prix in the FIA Formula E Championship at. On his debut in Hong Kong , he scored points straight away in ninth place. At the end of the season he finished 17th overall. In addition, Engel received a Mercedes cockpit in the DTM for the 2017 DTM season after a five-year break.

At the beginning of the 2018 season it was announced that Engel would vacate his cockpit in the DTM in order to concentrate on GT racing and his involvement with Venturi in the FIA ​​Formula E championship. He finished the 2017/18 season with fourth place as the best result in twelfth place overall. For the new season he no longer received a contract as a regular driver.

Personal

Engel grew up in Monte Carlo , Monaco . Engel went to school with Nico Rosberg and is friends with him. Keke Rosberg is responsible for Engel's first motorsport experience because he persuaded Engel's father to give him a kart for his sixth birthday. Previously, Nico Rosberg, who was two months older, had already received a kart. Michael Schumacher is a good friend of Engel's parents.

statistics

Career stations

until 2000: karting 2001: German Formula BMW Junior (3rd place) 2002: German Formula BMW (8th place) 2003 : Formula 3 Euro Series (31st place) 2004: German Formula 3 (15th place) 2005: Italian Formula 3000 (7th place) 2006: British Formula 3 (5th place) 2007: British Formula 3 (2nd place) 2008 : DTM

2009 : DTM (12th place) 2010 : DTM (15th place) 2011 : DTM (13th place) 2012: International GT Open 2012: Australian GT 2013: V8 Supercars (28th place) 2014 : ADAC GT Masters (12th place) 2014: GT Asia Series , GT3 2015 : Blancpain Endurance Series , Pro-Am (13th place)

2016 : Blancpain Endurance Series 2016: Intercontinental GT Challenge (15th place) 2016: GT Asia Series, GT3 2016 : IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship , PC (27th place) 2017 : Formula E (17th place) 2017 : DTM 2018 : Formula E (12th place)

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	Points	rank
2016/17	Venturi Formula E team	HKG	MAR	BUE	MEX	MON	PAR	BER		NYC		MTR		16	17th
		9	NC	NC	DNF	5		9	NC	NC	DNF	12	18th
2017/18	Venturi Formula E team	HKG		MAR	SAN	MEX	PUN	ROME	PAR	BER	ZUR	NYC		31	12.
		13	7th	12	DNF	16	10	8th	4th	8th	11	8th	DNF

( Legend )

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2016	Starworks Motorsport	Oreca FLM09	Sean Johnston	Michael Lyons	failure	accident

Individual results in the DTM

season	team	Manufacturer	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2008	Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	HO1	OSC	MUG	LAU	NOR	ZAN	ONLY	BRH	BAR	LEM	HO2								-	-
			17th	DNF	11	11	9	14th	DNF	17th	15th	14th	12
2009	Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	HO1	LAU	NOR	ZAN	OSC	ONLY	BRH	BAR	DIJ	HO2									8th	12.
			6th	8th	DNF	7th	7th	12	10	10	12	10
2010	Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	HO1	VAL	LAU	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	BRH	OSC	HO2	ADR	SHA								3	15th
			16	11	15th	9	8th	DNF	11	12	9	7th	16
2011	Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	HO1	ZAN	SPI	LAU	NOR	ONLY	BRH	OSC	VAL	HO2									5	13.
			8th	7th	14th	10	9	15th	10	7th	15th	14th
2017	HWA	Mercedes	HO1		LAU		HUN		NOR		MOS		ZAN		ONLY		SPI		HO2		29	15th
			17th	10	9	12	13	15th	14th	14th	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Maro Engel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Maro Engel
• Career Stats Maro Engel (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Maro Engel. Motorsport-Total.com, accessed June 26, 2011 . 
2. ↑ Mercedes gets Vietoris and van der Zande. Motorsport-Total.com, accessed April 7, 2011 . 
3. ↑ DTM - Engel had health problems. Motorsport-Magazin.com, accessed February 11, 2012 . 
4. ↑ Jamie O'Leary: Maro Engel to race Erebus Mercedes V8 Supercar. autosport.com, February 6, 2013, accessed October 3, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Gerald Dirnbeck: Maro Engel drives the entire Formula E season for Venturi. Motorsport-Total.com, August 8, 2016, accessed August 8, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Mitchell Adam: Mercedes DTM team drops four drivers in 2017 shake-up. autosport.com, January 26, 2017, accessed February 18, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Second farewell to the DTM: Maro Engel 2018 not there . In: Motorsport-Total.com . ( motorsport-total.com [accessed on February 6, 2018]).
8. ↑ ^{a b c} Maro Engel. autobild.de, accessed on June 26, 2011 . 
9. ^ Mücke Motorsport - Maro Engel. (No longer available online.) Speed-academy.de, formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 26, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )