Franz Engstler
{{short description|German racing driver (born 1961)}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Franz Engstler
| image = Franz engstler spafrancorchamps2014.JPG
| imagesize = 200px
| caption = Engstler at the 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium.
| nationality = {{flag|GER|name=German}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1961|7|25}}
| birth_place = Kempten im Allgäu, Germany
| related to = Luca Engstler (son)
| racing licence = 12px FIA Bronze
| current series = World Touring Car Championship
| first year = 2007
| current team = Engstler Motorsport
| car number = 6
| former teams =
| starts = 164
| wins = 1
| poles = 0
| fastest laps = 0
| best finish = 8th
| year = 2011
| prev series = ADAC Procar
Russian Touring Car Championship
ETCC
Asian Touring Car Series
Produktionswagen Meisterschaft
Dutch Touring Car Championship
V8 Star
European Superproduction
German Touring Car Challenge
Italian Super Touring
German Supertouring
DTM
German F3 Championship
| prev series years = 2006–08
2006
2005, 2008
2005–07
2004
2002
2002
2001
2000–03
1996, 2005
1994, 1996–99
1989–1994
1988–90
| titles = ADAC Procar Division I
ATCS
German Touring Car Challenge
| title years = 2007
2005–06
2000
| awards =
| award years =
}}
Franz Engstler (born 25 July 1961) is a German auto racing driver.
Racing career
File:Franz Engstler 2011 WTCC Race of Japan (Practice 1).jpg in the 2011 WTCC]]
Born in Kempten im Allgäu, Engstler started racing in the European Hillclimbing Championship and the German Long Distance Cup, which he won. From 1988 he competed in German Formula Three, winning the class B title in 1989. In 1993 he switched to Touring car racing, where he was German Touring Car Championship Class 2 champion in an Alfa Romeo 155. Between 1994 and 1999, he raced in the German Super Touring Championship for various teams. He finished first in the 2000 German Touring Car Challenge, with two wins. Two more seasons were spent racing in this series in 2002 and 2003.
After a season in the 2004 German Production Car Championship, he moved to the Asian Touring Car Championship. He dominated the championship, which bought him back to back titles in 2005 and 2006. Another title came in 2007, winning the German ADAC Procar Series for the second year.http://www.fiawtcc.com/fiawtcc/personnews_prs135637.shtml career history at fiawtcc.com
2008 first saw him enter the WTCC. A solid first season saw him finish second in the independents Trophy. The highlight of the year was sixth place overall finish in the final race in Macau.
Before the end of the 2008 season, he won the BMW Sports Trophy for independent drivers, ahead of one hundred and forty other BMW drivers around the world.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110707191846/http://www.automobilsport.com/fia-wtcc-curitiba-engstler-franz-bmw-sports-trophy-munich---38488.html Article title]}} Engstler claims BMW Sports Trophy
Engstler was involved in a bizarre incident at the 2009 WTCC meeting at Pau. Having finished sixth in race one, he started race two from second position. He took the lead from Alain Menu at the start and led the first lap. The safety car was deployed following three separate incidents on the first lap. The safety car jinked left right into the middle of the circuit, and with the nature of the circuit, Engstler was unsighted as he slammed into the safety car causing substantial damage to both cars, ending his race.
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Racing record
=Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" |
Year
! Team ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! 22 ! 23 ! 24 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |
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1989
| ZOL | ZOL | HOC | HOC | NÜR | NÜR | MFA | MFA | AVU | AVU | NÜR | NÜR | NOR | NOR | HOC | HOC | DIE | DIE | NÜR | NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC | | ! NC ! 0 |
1990
| ZOL | ZOL | HOC | HOC | NÜR | NÜR | AVU | AVU | MFA | MFA | WUN | WUN | NÜR | NÜR | NOR | NOR | DIE | DIE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR | HOC | HOC | | ! NC ! 0 |
1991
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AVU |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| AVU |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| WUN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WUN |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| NOR |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| NOR | DIE | DIE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ALE |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ALE |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DON |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON ! NC ! 0 |
1992
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| WUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WUN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AVU |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AVU |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NOR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DIE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DIE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ALE |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ALE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC ! 16th ! 26 |
1993
| ZOL | ZOL | HOC | HOC | NÜR | NÜR | WUN | WUN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| NOR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NOR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DIE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DIE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ALE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ALE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AVU |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AVU |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC | | ! NC ! 0 |
1994
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MUG |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MUG |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NOR | DON | DON | DIE | DIE | NÜR | NÜR | AVU | AVU | ALE | ALE | HOC | HOC ! 20th ! 1 |
=Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year ! Team ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |
1994
! BMW 318i | AVU | WUN | ZOL | ZAN | ÖST | SAL | SPA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR | | | | | | | | | | | | ! 25th ! 0 |
1996
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ASS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ASS |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZWE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZWE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAL |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SAL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AVU |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AVU |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR | | ! 19th ! 135 |
1997
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SAC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZWE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZWE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SAL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SAL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| REG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| REG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR ! 24th ! 57 |
1998
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| REG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| REG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZWE |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZWE |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SAL |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SAL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OSC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OSC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR ! 21st ! 119 |
1999
| SAC | SAC | ZWE | ZWE | OSC | OSC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MIS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MIS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SAL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SAL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OSC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OSC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR ! 20th ! 103 |
=Complete European Super Production Championship results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year ! Team ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! DC ! Pts |
2001
| MNZ | BRN | MAG | SIL | ZOL | HUN | A1R |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR | JAR | EST ! NC ! 0 |
=Complete European Touring Car Championship results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year ! Team ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! DC ! Pts |
2004
! BMW 320i | MNZ | MNZ | VAL | VAL | MAG | MAG | HOC | HOC | BRN | BRN | DON | DON |style="background:#cfcfff;"| SPA |style="background:#efcfff;"| SPA | IMO | IMO |style="background:#cfcfff;"| OSC |style="background:#cfcfff;"| OSC | DUB | DUB ! NC ! 0 |
=Complete World Touring Car Championship results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year ! Team ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! 22 ! 23 ! 24 ! DC ! Pts |
2007
! BMW 320i | BRA | BRA | NED | NED | ESP | ESP | FRA | FRA | CZE | CZE | POR | POR | SWE | SWE | GER | GER | GBR | GBR | ITA | ITA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MAC |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MAC | | ! NC ! 0 |
2008
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| BRA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| BRA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MEX |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MEX |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ESP |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ESP |style="background:#cfcfff;"| FRA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| FRA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CZE |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CZE |style="background:#cfcfff;"| POR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| POR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR |style="background:#efcfff;"| GER |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GER |style="background:#cfcfff;"| EUR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| EUR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| JPN |style="background:#cfcfff;"| JPN |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MAC |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MAC ! 17th ! 3 |
2009
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| BRA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| BRA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MEX |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MEX |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MAR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MAR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| FRA |style="background:#efcfff;"| FRA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ESP |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ESP |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CZE |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CZE |style="background:#cfcfff;"| POR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| POR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| GER |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GER |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#efcfff;"| JPN |style="background:#cfcfff;"| JPN |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MAC |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MAC ! 16th ! 7 |
2010
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| BRA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| BRA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MAR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MAR |style="background:#efcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#ffffff;"| ITA |style="background:#efcfff;"| BEL |style="background:#cfcfff;"| BEL |style="background:#cfcfff;"| POR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| POR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GBR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CZE |style="background:#efcfff;"| CZE |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GER |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GER |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ESP |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ESP |style="background:#cfcfff;"| JPN |style="background:#dfffdf;"| JPN |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MAC |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MAC | | ! 17th ! 5 |
2011
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| BRA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| BRA |style="background:#efcfff;"| BEL |style="background:#cfcfff;"| BEL |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ITA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ITA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| HUN |style="background:#dfffdf;"| HUN |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CZE |style="background:#efcfff;"| CZE |style="background:#cfcfff;"| POR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| POR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| GBR |style="background:#ffdf9f;"| GBR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| GER |style="background:#ffffbf;"| GER |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ESP |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ESP |style="background:#dfffdf;"| JPN |style="background:#cfcfff;"| JPN |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CHN |style="background:#dfffdf;"| CHN |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MAC |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MAC ! 8th ! 88 |
2012
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ITA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ESP |style="background:#dfffdf;"| ESP |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MAR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MAR |style="background:#efcfff;"| SVK |style="background:#cfcfff;"| SVK |style="background:#cfcfff;"| HUN |style="background:#dfffdf;"| HUN |style="background:#cfcfff;"| AUT |style="background:#dfffdf;"| AUT |style="background:#cfcfff;"| POR |style="background:#dfffdf;"| POR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| BRA |style="background:#efcfff;"| BRA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| USA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| USA |style="background:#dfffdf;"| JPN |style="background:#cfcfff;"| JPN |style="background:#dfffdf;"| CHN |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CHN |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MAC |style="background:#dfffdf;"| MAC ! 12th ! 64 |
2013
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ITA |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MAR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| SVK |style="background:#efcfff;"| SVK |style="background:#cfcfff;"| HUN |style="background:#efcfff;"| HUN |style="background:#cfcfff;"| AUT |style="background:#cfcfff;"| AUT |style="background:#cfcfff;"| RUS |style="background:#cfcfff;"| RUS |style="background:#cfcfff;"| POR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| POR |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ARG |style="background:#cfcfff;"| ARG |style="background:#cfcfff;"| USA |style="background:#efcfff;"| USA | JPN | JPN |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CHN |style="background:#cfcfff;"| CHN |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MAC |style="background:#cfcfff;"| MAC ! 20th ! 4 |
2014
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SVK |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SVK |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RUS |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RUS |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BEL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BEL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ARG |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ARG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEI |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BEI |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CHN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CHN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| JPN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JPN |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAC ! 17th ! 8 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
=Complete TCR International Series results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year ! Team ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! 19 ! 20 ! 21 ! 22 ! DC ! Pts |
2015
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MYS |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MYS |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CHN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CHN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP | POR | POR | ITA | ITA | AUT | AUT | RUS | RUS | RBR | RBR | SIN | SIN | THA | THA | MAC | MAC ! 18th ! 16 |
References
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External links
{{Commons category-inline|Franz Engstler}}
- {{Official website|http://www.engstler-motorsport.de/}}
- {{DriverDB driver|franz-engstler}}
- [http://www.safety-car-hunter.com/ Safety Car Hunter by Engstler]
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{{succession box | before = Jürgen Hohenester | title = ADAC Procar Series Champion| years=2000 | after=Markus Gedlich}}
{{succession box | before = Toni Ruokonen | title = Asian Touring Car Championship Champion| years=2005–2006 | after=Fariqe Hairuman}}
{{succession box | before = Vincent Radermecker | title = ADAC Procar Series Champion| years=2007 | after=Phillip Geipel}}
{{succession box | before = James Nash | title = World Touring Car Championship
Independents' Trophy Winner | years=2014 | after=Norbert Michelisz}}
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