| Philip Ellis | |
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| Nationality |  Swiss British Germanvia triple nationality |
| Born | (1992-10-09)9 October 1992 (age 33) |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver(until 2021) FIA Gold(2022–)[1] |
| Championship titles | |
| 2024-2025 2024 2017 2011 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Michelin Endurance Cup - GTD Audi Sport TT Cup Formula Lista Junior |
Philip Ellis (born 9 October 1992) is aSwiss-British-German racing driver. He is currently competing forHTP Motorsport in theIMSA SportsCar Championship, having previously competed in theDTM for the same team.
In 2011, Ellis won theFormula Lista Junior, a championship grouping togetherFormula BMWs, with theGU-Racing team. In 2012, he took part in the2012 Formula 3 Euro Series as well as the2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, still with GU Racing, he was aiming for the place of best beginner. In2017, he won theAudi Sport TT Cup. The series was cancelled in 2018, thus making Ellis the final TT Cup champion.[2][3]
Ellis competed in the2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters alongsideLucas Auer. He drove forHTP Winward Motorsport.[4] He returned to theGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for a full season campaign in 2023, joiningIndy Dontje andRussell Ward in the Gold Cup class.[5]
‡ Team standings.
† As Ellis was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
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| 2012 | GU-Racing | Dallara F312/019 | Mercedes | HOC 1 14 | HOC 2 17† | HOC 3 16 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | BRH 3 | RBR 1 14 | RBR 2 15 | RBR 3 13 | NOR 1 Ret | NOR 2 21 | NOR 3 Ret | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 3 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ZAN 3 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | VAL 3 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | HOC 3 | 15th | 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)
| Year | Entrant | 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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| 2012 | GU-Racing | Mercedes | HOC 1 14 | HOC 2 16 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | RBR 1 14 | RBR 2 13 | NOR 1 Ret | NOR 2 Ret | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | 14th | 0 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
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| 2021 | Mercedes-AMGTeam Winward | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 6 | LAU 1 1 | LAU 2 4 | ZOL 1 8 | ZOL 2 16 | NÜR 1 2 | NÜR 2 Ret | RBR 1 3 | RBR 2 4 | ASS 1 7 | ASS 2 12 | HOC 1 7 | HOC 2 4 | NOR 1 10 | NOR 2 10 | 7th | 129 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
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| 2021 | HTP Winward Motorsport | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | DAY 1 | SEB | MDO | DET | WGL | WGL | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | PET 11 | 36th | 598 |
| 2022 | Winward Racing | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 LV8 | DAY 6 | SEB 12 | LBH 14 | LGA 14 | MDO 5 | DET 10 | WGL 11 | MOS 2 | LIM 5 | ELK 1 | VIR 1 | PET 11 | 5th | 2714 |
| 2023 | Winward Racing | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 LV8 | DAY 13 | SEB 18 | LBH 5 | LGA 12 | WGL | MOS 10 | LIM 9 | ELK 15 | VIR 3 | IMS 1 | PET 9 | 12th | 2431 | |
| 2024 | Winward Racing | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 LV8 | DAY 1 | SEB 1 | LBH 7 | LGA 1 | WGL 1 | MOS 2 | ELK 4 | VIR 3 | IMS 5 | PET 8 | 1st | 3266 | ||
| 2025 | Winward Racing | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | DAY 4 | SEB 1 | LBH 4 | LGA 1 | WGL 16 | MOS 2 | ELK 10 | VIR 1 | IMS 5 | PET 5 | 1st | 3103 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position in class) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap in class)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
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| 2023 | 2 Seas Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | GT3 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | SIL 1 | DON 1 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | ALG 1 | BRH 1 | DON 1 10 | 26th | 1.5 |
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Michael Lamotte | Formula Lista Junior Champion 2011 | Succeeded by Levin Amweg |
| Preceded by Joonas Lappalainen | Audi Sport TT Cup Champion 2017 | Succeeded by None (Series ended) |
| Preceded by | IMSA SportsCar Championship GTD Champion 2024-2025 With:Russell Ward | Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by | Michelin Endurance Cup GTD Champion 2024 With:Russell Ward &Indy Dontje | Succeeded by |
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