Martin Tomczyk

Martin Tomczyk

Nation:	Germany
DTM
First race:	Hockenheim I 2001
Last race:	Hockenheim II 2016
Teams (manufacturers)
2001–2010 Abt • 2011 Phoenix (all Audi ) • 2012–2013 RMG • 2014–2016 Schnitzer (all BMW )
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 177 (179) 7th 7th -
Podiums:	29
Overall wins:	1 ( 2011 )
Points:	492

Martin Georg Tomczyk (born December 7, 1981 in Rosenheim ) is a German automobile racing driver . He is the son of the motorsport official Hermann Tomczyk . He competed in the DTM from 2001 to 2016 , in which he won the drivers' championship with Team Phoenix in 2011 .

Career

Beginnings in motorsport

Tomczyk began his career like most motor sportsmen in karting , in which he was active from 1992 to 1997. In 1998 he moved into the single-seater racing and was immediately behind André Lotterer runner-up of the German Formula BMW Junior. In 1999 Tomczyk switched to the German Formula BMW and became Lotterer's team- mate in the BMW Rookie Team . While Lotterer won the championship, Tomczyk finished the season in fourth place. In addition, Tomczyk competed in the Portuguese Formula BMW and won the championship. In 2000 Tomczyk competed in the German Formula 3 championship for Opel Team KMS . He finished the season in twelfth place while his team-mate Giorgio Pantano became champions.

DTM

2001 Tomczyk joined the DTM into the junior team of Abt Sportsline . Starting in an Abt-Audi TT-R , at the age of 19 he became the youngest DTM driver to date. With a fourth place, which he achieved in his second race at the Nürburgring , the best result, he ended his first DTM season in 13th place overall. In 2002 Tomczyk improved to eleventh place in the championship. His best result, a fifth place, he achieved again at the Nürburgring. In 2003 Tomczyk received a so-called “car of the year” from Abt-Audi and finished 16th in the drivers' standings with one point.

When Audi entered the factory in 2004 , Tomczyk again received a current vehicle model, the Audi A4 DTM , which was used by Abt Sportsline. At the second race at Estoril he achieved his first DTM podium with a third place. Although he was denied a win this year, three second places followed in the further course of the season. As the third-best Audi driver, he finished the season in fifth place in the championship. Tomczyk was the best German DTM driver this season. In 2005 Tomczyk was unable to match the results from the previous year. He finished the season in 13th championship place and was the worst driver who drove a current Audi A4 DTM.

Tomczyk in the Audi A4 DTM 2006

In 2006 Tomczyk managed to score points in nine out of ten races. After two third places, the eighth race of the season at the Circuit de Catalunya saw his first victory in the DTM. Tomczyk, who only had to admit defeat to Tom Kristensen within the brand , finished fourth in the championship at the end of the season. In 2007 he won the races at the Nürburgring and in Zandvoort . Tomczyk was the Audi driver with the most victories this season, but his team-mate Mattias Ekström won the DTM title . Tomczyk finished the season in third place.

Tomczyk at the season opener of the 2009 DTM season

In 2008 Tomczyk failed to match the performance of the previous two seasons. His best result was a second place in Oschersleben and he finished the season in seventh place overall. The 2009 season began for Tomczyk with three races without points. In the further course of the season, however, he finished on the podium four times. He scored his fourth DTM victory at the Nürburgring. As the third-best Audi driver, he finished sixth in the championship. In 2010 Tomczyk contested his tenth DTM season for Abt Sportsline. Tomczyk came into the points in eight of eleven races, but did not manage to place on the podium. At the race in Oschersleben, Tomczyk took part in a DTM race for the 100th time. One race later he made his 100th start in the DTM race in Hockenheim . In the championship, he finished the season in eighth place.

Tomczyk in the Phoenix Audi 2011 in Zandvoort

After ten years at Abt Sportsline, Tomczyk left the racing team for the 2011 season and was replaced by Mike Rockenfeller . Tomczyk switched to Phoenix within the Audi teams , which, unlike Abt Sportsline, use the Audi A4 DTM model, which is one year older. In the second race of the season in Zandvoort, Tomczyk achieved his first podium finish in third place in the new team. He had a chance of second place in the final stages of the race. One race later in Spielberg Tomczyk first achieved pole position and then victory. It was the first win for the Phoenix team since 2000 and the first win for an Audi “year-old car”. One race later, at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz , he achieved his second win of the season. It was the first Audi victory on this track in six years. With the win, Tomczyk became the first “year-old driver” to take the lead in the championship. One race later, at the Norisring , Tomczyk started from tenth place on the grid, but worked his way up to third place. This made him the best Audi driver again. Two races later, he won another race at Brands Hatch and again took the lead in the drivers' championship. With a second place in the subsequent race in Oschersleben, he extended his lead further. Third place in Valencia was enough to win the title early. Tomczyk thus became the first racing driver to become DTM champion in a “year-old car”. At the end of the season he was 72 to 52 points ahead of his brand colleague Ekström. Tomczyk finished in one of the top five places in every DTM race of the 2011 season.

After winning the title, Tomczyk switched to BMW as a works driver for the 2012 season . He drove a BMW M3 DTM of Reinhold Motorsport . At the Norisring he lost the lead on the last lap and missed his first win for BMW. At the end of the season he finished eighth overall with two second places as the best results. In 2013 Tomczyk stayed with Reinhold Motorsport in the DTM. At the end of the season he finished 19th overall.

In 2014 Tomczyk switched to Schnitzer Motorsport within the BMW DTM teams . He finished third and improved to sixth place in the drivers' standings. He was the second best BMW driver behind the champion Marco Wittmann . In 2015 Tomczyk stayed with Schnitzer in the DTM. He chose the starting number 77. At the end of the season he finished in 19th place overall with fourth place as the best result. Within BMW, he was beaten by all brand colleagues this year. In 2016 Tomczyk competed once in the DTM with starting number 100 for Schnitzer. A fifth place was his best result and he was beaten again by all other BMW drivers. He finished the season in 21st place in the drivers' championship. At the end of the season, Tomczyk ended his involvement in the DTM after 16 years.

Personal

Martin Tomczyk's signature

He is the son of Hermann Tomczyk , a motorsport official and ADAC sports president. Martin Tomczyk's manager has been his brother Tobias since 1996. Martin Tomczyk has been in a relationship with Christina Surer since 2008 and has been married to her since January 2013. The two have a daughter and a son.

Martin Tomczyk is a trained office administrator and lives in Stephanskirchen .

Others

On November 29, 2008 Tomczyk won the rodeo race at the TV total Stockcar Crash Challenge . In 2007 and 2011 he was ADAC Motorsporter of the Year .

Tomczyk supports the Wings for Life Foundation , which is dedicated to researching and curing paraplegia.

statistics

Career stations

1992–1997: karting 1998: German Formula BMW Junior (2nd place) 1999: German Formula BMW (4th place) 1999: Portuguese Formula BMW (champions) 2000: German Formula 3 (12th place) 2001 : DTM (13th place) 2002 : DTM (9th place)

2003 : DTM (16th place) 2004 : DTM (5th place) 2005 : DTM (13th place) 2006 : DTM (4th place) 2007 : DTM (3rd place) 2008 : DTM (7th place) 2009 : DTM (6th place)

2010 : DTM (8th place) 2011 : DTM (champions) 2012 : DTM (8th place) 2013 : DTM (19th place) 2014 : DTM (6th place) 2015 : DTM (19th place) 2016 : DTM (21st place)

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2018	BMW Team MTEK	BMW M8 GTE	Nicky Catsburg	Philipp Eng	Rank 34
2019	BMW Team MTEK	BMW M8 GTE	Nicky Catsburg	Philipp Eng	Rank 47

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2017	BMW Team RLL	BMW M6 GTLM	John Edwards	Nicky Catsburg	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
2001	Abt Sportsline	Audi	HO1	NÜ1	OSC	SAC	NOR	LAU	NÜ2	SPI	ZAN	HO2									23	13.
			DNF	4th	20th	7th	10	6th	DNF	15th	DNF	16
2002	Abt Sportsline	Audi	HO1	ZOL	DON	SAC	NOR	LAU	ONLY	SPI	ZAN	HO2									7th	9.
			DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNS	9	5	DNF	18th	DNF
2003	Abt Sportsline	Audi	HO1	ADR	NÜ1	LAU	NOR	DON	NÜ2	SPI	ZAN	HO2									1	16.
			12	DNF	18th		18th	DNF	DNF	8th	DNF	13
2004	Abt Sportsline	Audi	HO1	EST	ADR	LAU	NOR	SHA 1	ONLY	OSC	ZAN	BRN	HO2								39	5.
			5	3	8th	14th	5	DNF	DNF	2	2	DNF	2
2005	Abt Sportsline	Audi	HO1	LA1	SPA	BRN	OSC	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	LA2	IS	HO2								10	13.
			DNF	12	6th	14th	DNF	5	11	6th	10	16	DNF
2006	Abt Sportsline	Audi	HO1	LAU	OSC	BRH	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	BAR	LEM	HO2									42	4th
			7th	8th	6th	4th	16	3	3	1	4th	5
2007	Abt Sportsline	Audi	HO1	OSC	LAU	BRH	NOR	MUG	ZAN	ONLY	BAR	HO2									40	3.
			2	5	9	2	DNF	DNF	1	1	DNF	9
2008	Abt Sportsline	Audi	HO1	OSC	MUG	LAU	NOR	ZAN	ONLY	BRH	BAR	LEM	HO2								32	7th
			5	2	17th	4th	DNF	4th	DNF	5	4th	DNF	8th
2009	Abt Sportsline	Audi	HO1	LAU	NOR	ZAN	OSC	ONLY	BRH	BAR	DIJ	HO2									35	6th
			DNF	DNF	11	4th	3	1	3	3	7th	DNF
2010	Abt Sportsline	Audi	HO1	VAL	LAU	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	BRH	OSC	HO2	ADR	SHA								20th	8th.
			DNF	DSQ	6th	8th	13	8th	7th	8th	5	6th	4th
2011	Team Phoenix	Audi	HO1	ZAN	SPI	LAU	NOR	ONLY	BRH	OSC	VAL	HO2									72	1.
			5	3	1	1	3	5	1	2	3	2
2012	BMW Team RMG	BMW	HO1	LAU	BRH	SPI	NOR	ONLY	ZAN	OSC	VAL	HO2									69	8th.
			DNF	7th	4th	2	2	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	14th
2013	BMW Team RMG	BMW	HO1	BRH	SPI	LAU	NOR	MOS	ONLY	OSC	ZAN	HO2									10	19th
			13	14th	DNF	19th	DNF	17th	5	20 *	11	19th
2014	BMW team blunder	BMW	HO1	OSC	HUN	NOR	MOS	SPI	ONLY	LAU	ZAN	HO2									49	6th
			7th	9	13	DNF	13	4th	8th	8th	3	7th
2015	BMW team blunder	BMW	HO1		LAU		NOR		ZAN		SPI		MOS		OSC		ONLY		HO2		27	19th
			DNF	4th	12	11	6th	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	12	17th	DNF	8th	20th	WD	9	16	10
2016	BMW team blunder	BMW	HO1		SPI		LAU		NOR		ZAN		MOS		ONLY		HUN		HO2		16	21st
			12	9	5	19th	DNF	18th	12	10	19th	11	21st	23	16	12	22nd	9	20th	10

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

¹ The race in Shanghai was not part of the championship.

Web links

Commons : Martin Tomczyk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Martin Tomczyk
• Career statistics by Martin Tomczyk (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Driver portrait - Martin Tomczyk" ( Memento from March 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (auto-motor-und-sport.de; accessed on June 25, 2011)
2. ↑ "Audi works driver Martin Tomczyk (D)"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) (audi.at; accessed on June 25, 2011)
3. ^ "Three new additions for Audi in the DTM" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 22, 2011)
4. ↑ "Tomczyk provides entertainment in the annual car" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 15, 2011)
5. ↑ "Strong as a bear: Tomczyk wins in Spielberg" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 5, 2011)
6. ↑ "DTM - Haug: Highlight of a grandiose era" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on June 5, 2011)
7. ↑ "Strike 2! Tomczyk first table leader in the annual car " ( Memento from September 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (magdeburger-nachrichten.de on June 19, 2011)
8. ↑ "BMW confirms: Tomczyk is coming!" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 23, 2011)
9. ↑ "BMW: Team assignments have been announced" (Motorsport-Total.com on February 3, 2012)
10. ↑ Markus Lüttgens and Stefanie Szlapka: "Wittmann secures BMW cockpit". Motorsport-Total.com, December 1, 2012, accessed January 13, 2012 . 
11. ↑ BMW retains seven drivers for 2015, drops Joey Hand. touringcartimes.com, December 6, 2014, accessed January 29, 2015 . 
12. ↑ Ruben Zimmermann: At the end of the season: Martin Tomczyk ends his DTM career. Motorsport-Total.com, September 8, 2016, accessed October 19, 2016 . 
13. ↑ ^{a b c} "Martin Tomczyk" (auto-motor-und-sport.de; accessed on June 25, 2011)
14. ^ "Tobias in the Seat Leon Supercopa in the footsteps of brother Martin Tomczyk" (speed-magazin.de on April 21, 2009)
15. ↑ Allow me, my name is Tomczyk. In: SonntagsBlick from January 5, 2013
16. ↑ "A tailor-made marriage proposal" (schweizer-illustrierte.ch on May 22, 2010)
17. ^ "Martin Tomczyk"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) (speed-academy.de; accessed on June 25, 2011)
18. ↑ Martin Tomczyk drives for BMW Team Schnitzer in the DTM in 2016 (dtm.com on March 10, 2016)
19. ^ "Scheider and Tomczyk win stock car races" ( Memento from May 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (dtm.com on November 30, 2008)
20. ^ "Tomczyk is ADAC Motorsportman of the Year" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 27, 2011)
21. ^ "DTM - Tomczyk is committed" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on June 7, 2011)