Philipp Eng

Philipp Eng

Nation:	Austria
DTM
First race:	Hockenheim I 2018
Teams (manufacturers)
2018-2019 Team RBM (BMW)
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 38 1 2 5
Podiums:	5
Overall wins:	-
Points:	246
As of October 11, 2019

Philipp Eng (born February 28, 1990 in Salzburg ) is an Austrian racing driver .

Career

Eng began his motorsport career in 2003 in karting , which he practiced until 2005. 2006 Eng made in the German Formula BMW his first experience in Formula racing and finished tenth in the standings. He also took part in two British Formula BMW races. In 2007, Eng stayed in the German Formula BMW and finished third in the overall standings with a victory. Eng also won the Formula BMW world final and a Formula 1 test drive with BMW Sauber , which he completed in December 2008. In the 2008 season, Eng was active in the German Formula 3 Cup and finished eleventh overall. He also made guest appearances in the European Formula BMW.

Philipp Eng at the 2012 season finale in Hockenheim

In 2009 , Eng started in the revived Formula 2 . After finishing on the podium twice on the first two race weekends, he won his first race in the championship at Brands Hatch . In the overall standings he finished eighth overall at the end of the season. In 2010 Eng returned to Formula 2 and was one of the title favorites before the season. Although he started the new season well with two wins on the first two race weekends, in the further course of the season he no longer lived up to his role as a favorite and only scored one more victory. He finished his second season in Formula 2 in sixth place in the overall standings.

In 2011 , Eng switched to GT racing and started for Callaway Competition together with Toni Seiler in the ADAC GT Masters . The two finished the season in 39th place in the drivers' championship. In 2012, Eng only drove in six of sixteen championship races with Fredy Barth for MRS GT-Racing, but still finished one race in the points.

Eng has been driving in the DTM for BMW since 2018 . He came on the podium for the first time in the third championship round at the Lausitzring . In the 2019 season, he won his first DTM victory in round four in Zolder, Belgium . He was also on the podium two more times. He finished the 2019 season in sixth place overall. In December 2019 it was announced that he will also be part of the BMW driver line-up for the 2020 season.

statistics

Career stations

2003-2005: karting 2006: German Formula BMW (10th place) 2006: British Formula BMW 2007: German Formula BMW (3rd place) 2008: German Formula 3 (11th place)

2009 : Formula 2 (8th place) 2010 : Formula 2 (6th place) 2011 : ADAC GT Masters (39th place) 2012 : Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (10th place) 2013 : Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (5th place)

2014 : Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (1st place) 2015 : Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (1st place) 2015: Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup (1st place) 2018 : DTM 2019 : DTM

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2016	Dempsey-Proton Racing	Porsche 911 RSR	Richard Lietz	Michael Christensen	Rank 31st
2018	BMW Team MTEK	BMW M8 GTE	Nicky Catsburg	Martin Tomczyk	Rank 34
2019	BMW Team MTEK	BMW M8 GTE	Nicky Catsburg	Martin Tomczyk	Rank 47

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2019	BMW Team RLL	BMW M8 GTE	Jesse Krohn	John Edwards	Rank 13

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	19th	20th	Points	rank
2018	BMW Team RBM	BMW	HO1		LAU		HUN		NOR		ZAN		BRH		MIS		ONLY		SPI		HO2		102	9.
			16	14th	3	7th	18th	3	5	11	14th	4th	5	7th	8th	16	16	8th	8th	9	12	8th
2019	BMW Team RBM	BMW	HO1		ZOL		MIS		NOR		ASS		BRH		LAU		ONLY		HO2				144	6th
			14th	4th	1	2	7th	2	7th	5	4th	13	6th	5	5	10	13	8th	DNF	14th

Web links

Commons : Philipp Eng  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Career statistics from Philipp Eng (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Eng:" It was just awesome "" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 7, 2008)