Connor De Phillippi
De Phillippi at the2017 24 Hours of Daytona.
Nationality	American
Born	(1992-12-25)December 25, 1992 (age 32)
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2014
Current team	BMW Team RLL
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	25
Previous series
2016-2017 2013-2015 2013 2010-2012 2010 2009 2008	ADAC GT Masters Porsche Carrera Cup Germany VLN Series Star Mazda Championship Legends Silver State Championship Skip Barber National Championship Skip Barber West Coast Series
Championship titles
2008 2009 2009 2016	Skip Barber West Coast Series Skip Barber National Championship Legends Silver State Championship ADAC GT Masters
Awards
2008 2009 2009 2010 2013 2013	Skip Barber Shoot-Out Winner Team USA Scholarship Winner Walter Hayes Trophy Award Star Mazda Rookie of the Year Porsche Junioren Recipient Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Rookie of the Year

Connor De Phillippi (born December 25, 1992) is anAmerican professional racing driver and gold rated^[1]BMW Motorsport works driver.

De Phillippi begankarting at the age of 5 years old and by the time he was 14 years old, he had won 21 national titles, including the only person to ever win 4SKUSA SuperNationals titles. In 2007, at the age of 14, De Phillippi was selected as a member of Team USA to participate in the prestigious Brazilian Granja Viana 500 mile kart race. With a field of 70 karts and star racers likeRubens Barrichello,Felipe Massa,Tony Kanaan,Nelson Piquet Jr. and a host of otherFormula 1,Champ Car andIndy Racing League (now theIndyCar Series) drivers, De Phillippi worked Team USA up into 2nd place. After handing the kart off to a teammate, a late night incident with lapped traffic ended Team USA’s chance at the podium.

In 2008, he made the move from karting to open wheel racing, winning the Skip Barber West Coast Series championship and Rookie of the Year honors. De Phillippi also participated in the Skip Barber National Series Racing Shoot-out, beating out 50 other competitors and earning him a full ride in the Skip Barber National Championship for 2008, as part of the MAZDASPEED driver development ladder. Connor finished sixth in his first national open wheel series and was awarded the Rising Star Award by eFormulaCarNews.com and their readers.

In 2009, he won the Skip Barber National Championship, winning a record 7 of the 14 races. By winning the Skip Barber National Championship, De Phillippi won a full-ride for the 2010Star Mazda Championship as part of the MazdaRoad to Indy Program. He also participated in theFormula Ford Festival atSilverstone Circuit after winning the Team USA Scholarship, where he became the youngest and only second American to ever win the Walter Hayes Trophy. De Phillippi also won the 2009 Silver State Championship in the U.S. Legends Series.

In2010, De Phillippi moved up to theStar Mazda Championship forJDC MotorSports, finishing third in points, capturing his first victory in the final race of the season atRoad America, and Rookie of the Year honors.^[2]

In2011, De Phillippi returned to the Star Mazda Championship, driving this time for formerIndyCar Series owner Dale Pelfrey and his revitalized Team Pelfrey.^[3] He started off the 2011 season opener just as he finished the 2010 season, with a win at theHonda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.^[4] He also won theNight Before the 500 atLucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, setting the track record (19.999 seconds), starting from pole, and leading all 85 laps.^[5] De Phillippi went on to win 2 more races atCircuit Trois-Rivières andMazda Raceway Laguna Seca. He was the runner up in the championship toTristan Vautier, capturing a season-leading 4 wins, while helping Team Pelfrey win the series team championship.

While De Phillippi had plans of moving up to theIndy Lights series, a last-second deal fell through.^{[citation needed]} He was able to secure a seat for the2012 Star Mazda season, this time driving for Ricardo Juncos and Juncos Racing, who won the 2010 Star Mazda Championship withConor Daly. Just as the 2011 season began, De Phillippi took victory at St. Petersburg.^[6] During round 5, De Phillippi again dominated the Night Before the 500, taking pole position, leading every lap, and recording the fastest lap of the race.^[7] He finished the season fourth in points, losing a tie-breaker for third withSage Karam by winning two races compared to Karam's three.

On November 27, 2012, it was announced that De Phillippi had won a spot as aPorsche Junioren factory driver and will compete as a fully funded factory driver in thePorsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2013.^[8]

De Phillippi is only the second American to receivePorsche AG funding. The first wasPatrick Long, who is currently one of 15 Porsche Works drivers.

As a new member of thePorsche Motorsport family for the 2013 season, De Phillippi joined the experienced FÖRCH Racing by Lukas Motorsport team, based in Poland and completed a full season in thePorsche Carrera Cup Germany.

Despite this being De Phillippi's first year racing a closed cockpit car and racing circuits he had never raced on, he managed to adapt very quickly. In a field of drivers with vast experience on these circuits and in thePorsche 911 GT3 Cup car, De Phillippi showed immediate pace and excellent consistency. Up until the final round of the season at the legendaryHockenheimring, De Phillippi was the only driver in the field to finish every single race. Despite a last round DNF, the consistency paid off and De Phillippi was crowned the 2013Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Rookie of the Year.

In addition to competing in thePorsche Carrera Cup Germany Championship, De Phillippi also teamed up withManthey Racing for two rounds of theVeranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring, which is more widely known as the VLN Endurance Racing Championship Nürburgring. All VLN races are 4 or 6 hour endurance races and are held at the famousNürburgring Nordschleife, widely considered the most technically challenging race track on the planet.

2014 began with a month of firsts for De Phillippi. He joined up with Swiss squad FACH Auto Tech in one of their Porsche 997 GT3R's, along with a trio of experienced racers inSebastian Asch, Martin Ragginger and Otto Klohs for the 9th running of theDubai 24 Hour endurance race. It took place at theDubai Autodrome inDubai, United Arab Emirates. After the half way point of the race, De Phillippi had the team in what looked to be podium contention, however they were struck by bad luck after a mechanical failure. After a lengthy repair, they were back on track and ended up finishing 10th in class.

Just a couple weeks after theDubai 24 Hour race, De Phillippi took part in the 52nd running of theRolex 24 at Daytona, his first 24 at Daytona race. This was the first event of the inaugural TudorUnited SportsCar Championship, the result of a merger between theAmerican Le Mans Series andRolex Sports Car Series. He teamed up with co-drivers Patrick Lindsey, Kevin Estre (the 2013Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Champion), Jason Hart and Mike Vess in the #73 Park Place Motorsports Porsche GT3 America. The team ended up finishing the race 13th in class, while completing 645 laps.

During the 2021 Mobil 1 Sebring 12 Hours, De Phillippi wrecked the class-leading Corvette Racing C8.R with less than 10 minutes to go. IMSA decided that he had initiated avoidable contact that warranted a drive-through penalty.^[9][10]

^* Season still in progress.

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)

¹ The No. 18 ofMühlner Motorsports America withdrew from the 12 Hours of Sebring before Practice.
^† De Phillippi did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2016	Montaplast By Land-Motorsport	Marc Basseng Mike Rockenfeller Timo Scheider	Audi R8 LMS	SP9	67	DNF	DNF
2017	Audi Sport Team Land	Christopher Mies Kelvin van der Linde Markus Winkelhock	Audi R8 LMS	SP9	158	1st	1st
2018	ROWE Racing	Jesse Krohn Alexander Sims Martin Tomczyk	BMW M6 GT3	SP9	16	DNF	DNF
2019	ROWE Racing	Tom Blomqvist Philipp Eng Mikkel Jensen	BMW M6 GT3	SP9	22	DNF	DNF
2021	ROWE Racing	Martin Tomczyk Sheldon van der Linde Marco Wittmann	BMW M6 GT3	SP9	59	2nd	2nd
2022	ROWE Racing	Philipp Eng Augusto Farfus Nick Yelloly	BMW M4 GT3	SP9	18	DNF	DNF
2023	ROWE Racing	Philipp Eng Augusto Farfus Nick Yelloly	BMW M4 GT3	SP9	83	DNF	DNF

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