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| Maro Engel | |
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 Engel in 2025 | |
| Nationality |  German |
| Born | (1985-08-27)27 August 1985 (age 40) |
| Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters career | |
| Current team | Mercedes-AMGTeam Winward |
| Racing licence |  FIA Platinum |
| Formula E career | |
| Debut season | 2016–17 |
| Current team | Venturi Grand Prix |
| Car number | 5 |
| Starts | 23 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 12th in2017–18 |
| Finished last season | 12th |
Maro René Engel (born 27 August 1985)[1] is aGerman professional racing driver. He is aMercedes-AMG factory driver since 2008 and abrand ambassador since 2017.
Engel has won theMacau Grand Prix GT Cup four times (2014,2015, 2022,2024), theFIA GT World Cup twice (2015, 2024), and theNürburgring 24 Hours (2016), theSuzuka 10 Hours (2018), andBlancpain GT Series Endurance Cup once (2018). He is also a two timeDeutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) race winner.
Engel is currently racing in DTM,GT World Challenge Europe,IMSA,Intercontinental GT Challenge and the FIA GT World Cup. Over his career he has raced in a variety of different series: in the three eras of the DTM, GT World Challenge, IMSA, Intercontinental GT Challenge,FIA Formula E,V8 Supercars andFormula 3000.
Engel also holds theNürburgring Nordschleife lap record for road-legal production cars since September 2024, setting a lap time of 6:29.090 driving the Mercedes-AMG ONE, surpassing the previous record by over six seconds.[2]
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Born inMunich, Engel competed inkarting in Germany and France between 1996 and 1999 and finished fourth in the 2000 EuropeanJunior Karting Championship. He then moved ontoFormula BMW, finishing third in the 2001 Junior Cup, before finishing eighth in Formula BMW ADAC the following year.
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After short spells inFormula Three in 2003-2004, andItalian Formula 3000 in 2005, Engel competed in full seasons inBritish series in 2006 and 2007, in 2006 receiving backing fromDirexiv. In 2007, he was signed as aMercedes-Benz Junior driving forCarlin Motorsport. He finished fifth with one victory in 2006, and was runner-up toMarko Asmer in 2007 with three wins.
In 2008, Engel was signed as a factory driver byAMG Mercedes to drive a one-year-old car run byMücke Motorsport in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for the2008 season. He remained with the team2011 season.[3] In four years racing in the category, he achieved a best result of sixth place at first round held at theHockenheimring in2009. He went on to finish the 2009 season in twelfth place over all, scoring eight points.[citation needed]
After leaving DTM, Engel spent the 2012 year making several guest appearances in selectedsports car racing championships worldwide as a member of theAMG Customer Sports team, winning the fifth round of the2012Australian GT Championship at thePhillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, driving aMercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 prepared byErebus Racing.[4]
Engel made hisV8 Supercar debut in2013, driving aErebus Mercedes E63 AMG entered byErebus Motorsport (formerly known asStone Brothers Racing).[5] Engel replacedShane van Gisbergen as the driver of the No. 9 SP Tools entry. Engel had five race retirements. His best finish was a ninth place in a hastily prepared under developed car at the third race of the Darwin round.[citation needed]
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Next to his commitments inV8 Supercar forErebus Motorsport, Engel competed in the 2013 Macau GT Cup with aMercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 scoring pole position and a lap record in qualifying. Narrowly missing out on the victory due to sustaining a puncture on the front left while leading, two laps before the end.
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In 2014, Engel resumed his duties as a member of theAMG Customer Sports team racing exclusively with theMercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3.Making his debut in theBathurst 12 Hour racing forErebus Motorsport together withBernd Schneider (racing driver) and Nico Bastian, Engel scored pole position with a lap record of 2min03.8586 and winning the inauguralAllan Simonsen Pole Position Trophy. The German trio dominated the race for nine hours before an issue forced them to pit for repairs dropping them seven laps down.He participated in his first24 Hours Nürburgring racing for German teamROWE Racing finishing the "Hardest race in the World" in third place together with his teammates Nico BastianChristian Hohenadel and Michael Zehe.
Engel also competed in variousVLN races forROWE Racing winning the ninth round of the VLN championship. He also raced in the GermanADAC GT Masters series forROWE Racing.
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Racing for theMercedes-AMG Driving Academy team in aMercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Engel returned to Macau winning the 2014Macau GT Cup ahead of his teammateRenger van der Zande scoring a very popular 1-2 win in the gambling capital against the strong competition ofAudi,BMW,Porsche and other factory teams and drivers.
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Engel continued racing with and for theAMG Customer Sports team in theMercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. He was also part of theMercedes-AMG drivers that assisted development of the new Mercedes-AMG GT3.
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In 2015, theMacau GT Cup was recognised by theFIA as theFIA GT World Cup lifting its status to the World Cup forGT3 cars. Engel returned with hisMercedes-AMG Driving Academy team in the successfulMercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. Engel won the twelve-lap qualification race from third on the grid afterStefan Mücke was penalised for a Safety car procedure infringement. Starting from pole position in the eighteen-lap race, Engel won the race and was crowned the inauguralFIA GT World Cup Champion. Through Engel's victory combined with the fourth-place finish of his teammateRenger van der Zande,Mercedes-Benz won the inaugural FIA GT Manufacturers World Cup.
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Racing for Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon in the new Mercedes-AMG GT3, Engel took overall victory at the Nürburgring 24 hours together with his teammatesBernd Schneider (racing driver)Adam Christodoulou and Manuel Metzger. Engel made the decisive pass to win the race on the last lap. His winning margin was the tightest in the history of the race with merely 5,6s separating the first two cars. Engel was also the first winner of the SCG Pole position trophy after scoring pole position for the Nürburgring 24 hour race in drying track conditions with a lap of 8 minutes 14.563 in the No. 9 Mercedes-AMG GT3 with which Engel also raced performing a double start duty and finishing the race in fourth position with this second car.
Following two victories in 2014 and 2015 in Macau, Engel finished third at the 2016 FIA GT World Cup,
In August 2016, Engel joinedVenturi Grand Prix to make his debut in the2016-17 season.[6] In his second season, Engel finished 12th in the driver standings, scoring a best result of fourth at the Paris ePrix.[citation needed]
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In 2017, Engel rejoined the DTM with Mercedes-Benz taking his maiden DTM win at theMoscow Raceway.
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In 2018, racing for Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon, Engel went on to win the prestigious Blancpain Endurance Series title with his co-drivers, Luca Stolz and Yelmer Buurmann. Racing for Mercedes-AMG Team GruppeM, he went on to win the Suzuka 10h Intercontinental GT Challenge round sharing the car with Raffaele Marciello and Tristan Vautier.
Racing for Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon, Engel finished second at the Nurburgring 24h with his team mates Adam Christodoulou, Manuel Metzger and Dirk Mueller.
At the FIA GT World Cup in Macau, Engel finished second with his Mercedes-AMG GT3 behind the winning BMW M6 GT3 of Augusto Farfus.
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In 2019, Engel finished runner up in the Blancpain GT Series, Overall and Sprint championships as well as third in the Endurance championship racing for Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon with his team mates Luca Stolz (sprint & endurance) and Yelmer Buurmann (endurance). He also scored Pole Position for the Nurburgring and Spa 24h races, a feat which had not been done by any current GT driver scoring pole position for the two biggest GT only Sportscar races in the world in the same year.Together with Yelmer Buurmann and Luca Stolz, he finished the Spa 24h race in third place.
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In 2020, Engel finished third in the ADAC GT Masters championship racing for Mercedes-AMG team Toksport and sharing the car with his team mate Luca Stolz, they were in contention for the title until the final race but had to contend with third place in the final rankings. Engel also scored his second consecutive pole position for the Nurburgring 24h race scoring his third SCG Pole Position award making him the driver with the most pole awards since its inception.
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In 2021, Engel won the Daytona 24h race in the GTD class racing for Winward Racing together with Philipp Ellis, Indy Dontje and team owner Russell Ward. It marked the first class win for Mercedes-AMG at the legendary Daytona 24h race.
Racing for Mercedes-AMG team Toksport (sprint) and Mercedes-AMG team HRT (endurance), Engel finished runner up in the GT World Challenge sprint championship and third in the GT World Challenge Overall championship together with his team mate Luca Stolz.
In the ADAC GT Masters championship in a repeat scenario from the previous year, Engel and team mate Luca Stolz racing for Mercedes-AMG team Toksport were in contention until the final race but had to contend with third in the final rankings after a controversial penalty in the final race while leading and on course to take the championship.
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In 2022, Engel won his third Macau Gran Prix GT Cup racing for Mercedes-AMG team Craft Bamboo. He also finished second at the Bathurst 12h with team mates Daniel Juncadella and Kevin Tse. At the Nurburgring 24h, Engel finished third racing for Mercedes-AMG team Getspeed together with his team mates Daniel Juncadella and Jules Gounon. At the Sebring 12h, Engel finished third in GTD PRO racing with Jules Gounon and Cooper McNeil for Weathertech Racing. After a five year break, Engel returned to DTM in under its new GT3 regulations scoring one pole position and two podiums.
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In 2023, Engel took his second class win in the Daytona 24h winning the GTD Pro class for Weathertech Racing together with team mates Jules Gounon, Daniel Juncadella and team owner Cooper McNeil. Later that year. he also took the class win at the Petit Le Mans 10h and third at the Sebring 12h in GTD PRO for Weathertech Racing, once again with Gounon and Juncadella.
At the Bathurst 12h, Engel scored Pole Position setting a new qualifying track record of 2min00,8819 on the way to taking his second Allan Simonsen Pole award driving for Mercedes-AMG team GruppeM. In the race the following day together with team mates Raffaele Marciello and Mikael Grenier he finished in third place after the crew was forced to change a organizer supplied modem at the last pitstop which stopped working, dropping them from a comfortable lead to second place. In the final stint, Engel collided with his Daytona winning team mate Jules Gounon while fighting to regain the lead. Following the contact, Engel received a drive through penalty and dropped to third place. In the remaining 30 minutes, Engel closed down the gap to the leaders and the finish was the closest finish in Bathurst 12h history with the top three cars covered by 1,4177s.
In DTM, Engel took one pole position and one win in what was a difficult year for the Mercedes-AMG cars as a whole.
In GT World Challenge Endurance, Engel finished third in the Endurance championship racing for Mercedes-AMG team Getspeed (season except Spa 24h)and Mercedes-AMG team GruppeM (Spa 24h).
At the FIA GT World Cup in Macau, racing for Mercedes-AMG team Craft Bamboo, Engel qualified in third place and finished the qualifying race in second place behind brand mate Raffaele Marciello. In the main race, Engel suffered a shifting issue while running in second place which forced him to retire from the race.
Engel is a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a group of 80 famous elite athletes includingNovak Djokovic andSergey Bubka among others, committed to serving peace in the world through sport, created byPeace and Sport, aMonaco-based international organization.[7]
† Guest driver ineligible to score points.* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
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| 2003 | Opel Team KMS | Dallara F302/009 | Spiess-Opel | HOC 1 12 | HOC 2 16 | ADR 1 23 | ADR 2 24 | PAU 1 | PAU 2 | NOR 1 Ret | NOR 2 14 | LMS 1 20 | LMS 2 20 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | A1R 1 | A1R 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | MAG 1 | MAG 2 | 31st | 0 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
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| Year | Team | No. | 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 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | Pos. | Pts | |||
| 2013 | Erebus Motorsport | 9 | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG | ADE R1 24 | ADE R2 Ret | SYM R3 Ret | SYM R4 24 | SYM R5 23 | PUK R6 24 | PUK R7 21 | PUK R8 20 | PUK R9 21 | BAR R10 25 | BAR R11 26 | BAR R12 Ret | COA R13 23 | COA R14 Ret | COA R15 24 | COA R16 25 | HID R17 16 | HID R18 22 | HID R19 9 | TOW R20 19 | TOW R21 27 | QLD R22 19 | QLD R23 27 | QLD R24 17 | WIN R25 18 | WIN R26 17 | WIN R27 19 | SAN R28 25 | BAT R29 20 | SUR R30 21 | SUR R31 22 | PHI R32 21 | PHI R33 22 | PHI R34 19 | SYD R35 Ret | SYD R36 20 | 28th | 836 | |||
| Year | No. | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
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| 2013 | 9 | Erebus Motorsport | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG |  Steven Johnson | 20th | 160 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)
† Engel did not complete sufficient laps to score full points.* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Chassis | Powertrain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Points |
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| 2016–17 | Venturi Formula E Team | SparkSRT01-e | Venturi VM200-FE-02 | HKG 9 | MRK NC | BUE NC | MEX Ret | MCO 5 | PAR | BER 9 | BER NC | NYC NC | NYC Ret | MTL 12 | MTL 18 | 17th | 16 |
| 2017–18 | Venturi Formula E Team | SparkSRT01-e | Venturi VM200-FE-03 | HKG 13 | HKG 7 | MRK 12 | SCL Ret | MEX 16 | PDE 10 | RME 8 | PAR 4 | BER 8 | ZUR 11 | NYC 8 | NYC Ret | 12th | 31 |
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
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| 2014 | Erebus Motorsport | Nico BastianBernd Schneider | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG | A | 291 | 7th | 7th |
| 2016 | Erebus Motorsport |  Austin CindricBernd Schneider | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG | AP | 219 | DNF | |
| 2017 | Scott Taylor Motorsports |  Craig BairdShane van Gisbergen | Mercedes AMG GT3 | AA | 283 | DNF | |
| 2019 |  Craft-Bamboo Racing |  Gary PaffettLuca Stolz | Mercedes AMG GT3 | APP | 185 | DNF | |
| 2020 | Craft-Bamboo Racing |  Yelmer BuurmanLuca Stolz | Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | 314 | 5th | 5th |
| 2022 | Craft-Bamboo Racing |  Daniel Juncadella Kevin Tse | Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo | APA | 291 | 2nd | 2nd |
| 2023 | GruppeM Racing |  Mikaël Grenier Raffaele Marciello | Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | 323 | 3rd | 3rd |
| 2024 | GruppeM Racing |  Felipe FragaDavid Reynolds | Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | 275 | 8th | 8th |
| 2025 | Mercedes-AMG TeamGMR | Mikaël Grenier Maxime Martin | Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | 170 | DNF | |
| 2026 | Mercedes-AMG TeamGMR | Mikaël GrenierMaxime Martin | Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | 262 | 1st | 1st |
(Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
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| 2019 | Black Falcon | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Pro | BRH 1 2 | BRH 2 1 | MIS 1 3 | MIS 2 4 | ZAN 1 4 | ZAN 2 4 | NÜR 1 8 | NÜR 2 4 | HUN 1 2 | HUN 2 3 | 2nd | 92.5 |
| 2020 | Haupt Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | MIS 1 4 | MIS 2 2 | MIS 3 4 | MAG 1 1 | MAG 2 3 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | CAT 1 5 | CAT 2 17 | CAT 3 Ret | 6th | 60 |
| 2021 | Toksport WRT | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | MAG 1 25 | MAG 2 1 | ZAN 1 7 | ZAN 2 Ret | MIS 1 2 | MIS 2 24 | BRH 1 2 | BRH 2 1 | VAL 1 1 | VAL 2 1 | 2nd | 95 |
| 2024 | Winward Racing Team Mann-Filter | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | BRH 1 3 | BRH 2 1 | MIS 1 5 | MIS 2 2 | HOC 1 1 | HOC 2 3 | MAG 1 2 | MAG 2 1 | CAT 1 3 | CAT 2 4 | 1st | 107 |
| 2025 | Winward Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Pro | BRH 1 6 | BRH 2 1 | ZAN 1 3 | ZAN 2 9 | MIS 1 4 | MIS 2 2 | MAG 1 4 | MAG 2 7 | VAL 1 3 | VAL 2 6 | 4th | 76.5 |
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| Preceded by | Macau GT Cup/FIA GT World Cup Winner 2014-2015 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Champion 2018 With:Yelmer Buurman &Luca Stolz | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Macau GT Cup Winner 2022 | Succeeded by Raffaele Marciello (FIA GT World Cup) |
| Preceded by | GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Champion 2024 With:Lucas Auer | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | FIA GT World Cup Winner 2024 | Succeeded by Incumbent |
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| Preceded by | Allan Simonsen Trophy (Pole positionBathurst 12 Hour) 2023 | Succeeded by |
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