Franz Engstler

Franz Engstler (born 25 July 1961) is a German auto racing driver.

Franz Engstler
Nationality German
Born (1961-07-25) 25 July 1961 (age 62)
Kempten im Allgäu, Germany
Related toLuca Engstler (son)
World Touring Car Championship career
Debut season2007
Current teamEngstler Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Bronze
Car number6
Starts164
Wins1
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish8th in 2011
Previous series
2006–08
2006
2005, 2008
2005–07
2004
2002
2002
2001
2000–03
1996, 2005
1994, 1996–99
1989–1994
1988–90
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
Championship titles
2007
2005–06
2000
ADAC Procar Division I
ATCS
German Touring Car Challenge

Racing career edit

Engstler at Suzuka 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.[1]

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.[2]

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.

Racing record edit

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324Pos.Pts
1989BMW M Team LinderBMW M3 EvoZOL
1
ZOL
2
HOC
1
HOC
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
MFA
1
MFA
2
AVU
1
AVU
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
NOR
1
NOR
2
HOC
1
HOC
2
DIE
1
DIE
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
HOC
1

21
HOC
2

Ret
NC0
1990BMW M Team LinderBMW M3 Sport EvolutionZOL
1
ZOL
2
HOC
1
HOC
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
AVU
1
AVU
1
MFA
1
MFA
2
WUN
1
WUN
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
NOR
1
NOR
2
DIE
1
DIE
2
NÜR
1

14
NÜR
2

Ret
HOC
1
HOC
2
NC0
1991Opel Team IrmscherOpel Omega 3000 Evo 500ZOL
1

Ret
ZOL
2

16
HOC
1

29
HOC
2

Ret
NÜR
1

21
NÜR
2

18
AVU
1

Ret
AVU
2

DNS
WUN
1

15
WUN
2

Ret
NOR
1

DNQ
NOR
2

DNQ
DIE
1
DIE
2
NÜR
1

17
NÜR
2

Ret
ALE
1

Ret
ALE
2

Ret
HOC
1

Ret
HOC
2

20
BRN
1

24
BRN
2

14
DON
1

Ret
DON
2

18
NC0
1992Valier MotorsportBMW M3 Sport EvolutionZOL
1

17
ZOL
2

8
NÜR
1

15
NÜR
2

Ret
WUN
1

14
WUN
2

10
AVU
1

Ret
AVU
2

10
HOC
1

Ret
HOC
2

Ret
NÜR
1

22
NÜR
2

Ret
NOR
1

13
NOR
2

Ret
BRN
1

6
BRN
2

8
DIE
1

13
DIE
2

12
ALE
1

9
ALE
2

Ret
NÜR
1

15
NÜR
2

11
HOC
1

11
HOC
2

4
16th26
1993Engstler MotorsportAlfa Romeo 155 TSZOL
1
ZOL
2
HOC
1
HOC
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
WUN
1
WUN
2
NÜR
1

21
NÜR
2

20
NOR
1

DNQ
NOR
2

18
DON
1

20
DON
2

20
DIE
1

Ret
DIE
2

17
ALE
1

18
ALE
2

16
AVU
1

19
AVU
2

19
HOC
1

19
HOC
2

17
NC0
1994Engstler MotorsportAlfa Romeo 155 V6 TiZOL
1

Ret
ZOL
2

12
HOC
1

11
HOC
2

Ret
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

12
MUG
1

11
MUG
2

6
NÜR
1

DNS
NÜR
2

DNS
NOR
1

10
NOR
2

Ret
DON
1
DON
2
DIE
1
DIE
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
AVU
1
AVU
2
ALE
1
ALE
2
HOC
1
HOC
2
20th1

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920Pos.Pts
1994BMW Team SchneiderBMW 318iAVUWUNZOLZANÖSTSALSPANÜR
12
25th0
1996Alfa Team EngstlerAlfa Romeo 155ZOL
1

14
ZOL
2

Ret
ASS
1

16
ASS
2

13
HOC
1

21
HOC
2

Ret
SAC
1

11
SAC
2

15
WUN
1

17
WUN
2

16
ZWE
1

16
ZWE
2

10
SAL
1

15
SAL
2

DNS
AVU
1

13
AVU
2

14
NÜR
1

17
NÜR
2

15
19th135
1997Cool Fire Team EngstlerAlfa Romeo 155 TSHOC
1

21
HOC
2

Ret
ZOL
1

22
ZOL
2

17
NÜR
1

22
NÜR
2

21
SAC
1

21
SAC
2

15
NOR
1

23
NOR
2

15
WUN
1

19
WUN
2

18
ZWE
1

20
ZWE
2

23
SAL
1

21
SAL
2

22
REG
1

18
REG
2

17
NÜR
1

20
NÜR
2

20
24th57
1998Irmscher MotorsportOpel VectraHOC
1

14
HOC
2

19
NÜR
1

18
NÜR
2

18
SAC
1

10
SAC
2

14
NOR
1

16
NOR
2

15
REG
1

17
REG
2

14
WUN
1

12
WUN
2

15
ZWE
1

20
ZWE
2

Ret
SAL
1

21
SAL
2

DNS
OSC
1

24
OSC
2

19
NÜR
1

18
NÜR
2

16
21st119
1999ER MotorsportAlfa Romeo 155SAC
1
SAC
2
ZWE
1
ZWE
2
OSC
1
OSC
2
NOR
1

14
NOR
2

12
MIS
1

13
MIS
2

13
NÜR
1

12
NÜR
2

11
SAL
1

Ret
SAL
2

Ret
OSC
1

12
OSC
2

Ret
HOC
1

19
HOC
2

DNS
NÜR
1

19
NÜR
2

15
20th103

Complete European Super Production Championship results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar12345678910DCPts
2001Engstler Centro SportivoAlfa Romeo 147MNZBRNMAGSILZOLHUNA1RNÜR
Ret
JARESTNC0

Complete European Touring Car Championship results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920DCPts
2004Engstler MotorsportBMW 320iMNZ
1
MNZ
2
VAL
1
VAL
2
MAG
1
MAG
2
HOC
1
HOC
2
BRN
1
BRN
2
DON
1
DON
2
SPA
1

21
SPA
2

Ret
IMO
1
IMO
2
OSC
1

13
OSC
2

19
DUB
1
DUB
2
NC0

Complete World Touring Car Championship results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPts
2007Engstler MotorsportBMW 320iBRA
1
BRA
2
NED
1
NED
2
ESP
1
ESP
2
FRA
1
FRA
2
CZE
1
CZE
2
POR
1
POR
2
SWE
1
SWE
2
GER
1
GER
2
GBR
1
GBR
2
ITA
1
ITA
2
MAC
1

19
MAC
2

16
NC0
2008Liqui Moly Team EngstlerBMW 320siBRA
1

10
BRA
2

17
MEX
1

18
MEX
2

16
ESP
1

17
ESP
2

17
FRA
1

19
FRA
2

15
CZE
1

16
CZE
2

23
POR
1

18
POR
2

18
GBR
1

17
GBR
2

13
GER
1

Ret
GER
2

15
EUR
1

16
EUR
2

14
ITA
1

13
ITA
2

16
JPN
1

14
JPN
2

11
MAC
1

15
MAC
2

6
17th3
2009Liqui Moly Team EngstlerBMW 320siBRA
1

12
BRA
2

16
MEX
1

14
MEX
2

11
MAR
1

11
MAR
2

7
FRA
1

6
FRA
2

Ret
ESP
1

16
ESP
2

16
CZE
1

11
CZE
2

14
POR
1

20
POR
2

11
GBR
1

NC
GBR
2

19
GER
1

7
GER
2

25
ITA
1

11
ITA
2

13
JPN
1

Ret
JPN
2

15
MAC
1

16
MAC
2

14
16th7
2010Liqui Moly Team EngstlerBMW 320siBRA
1

14
BRA
2

11
MAR
1

12
MAR
2

12
ITA
1

Ret
ITA
2

DNS
BEL
1

Ret
BEL
2

16
POR
1

13
POR
2

14
GBR
1

14
GBR
2

13
CZE
1

13
CZE
2

Ret
GER
1

13
GER
2

15
ESP
1

15
ESP
2

14
JPN
1

13
JPN
2

10
MAC
1

9
MAC
2

10
17th5
2011Liqui Moly Team EngstlerBMW 320 TCBRA
1

9
BRA
2

9
BEL
1

Ret
BEL
2

12
ITA
1

9
ITA
2

9
HUN
1

15
HUN
2

6
CZE
1

16
CZE
2

Ret
POR
1

11
POR
2

8
GBR
1

6
GBR
2

3
GER
1

16
GER
2

1
ESP
1

NC
ESP
2

10
JPN
1

10
JPN
2

11
CHN
1

12
CHN
2

8
MAC
1

6
MAC
2

7
8th88
2012Liqui Moly Team EngstlerBMW 320 TCITA
1

12
ITA
2

6
ESP
1

8
ESP
2

5
MAR
1

6
MAR
2

8
SVK
1

Ret
SVK
2

13
HUN
1

NC
HUN
2

9
AUT
1

11
AUT
2

9
POR
1

12
POR
2

9
BRA
1

17
BRA
2

Ret
USA
1

7
USA
2

10
JPN
1

10
JPN
2

11
CHN
1

9
CHN
2

15
MAC
1

7
MAC
2

6
12th64
2013Liqui Moly Team EngstlerBMW 320 TCITA
1

19†
ITA
2

13
MAR
1

17
MAR
2

8
SVK
1

19
SVK
2

Ret
HUN
1

13
HUN
2

Ret
AUT
1

19†
AUT
2

14
RUS
1

19
RUS
2

15
POR
1

21†
POR
2

18
ARG
1

19
ARG
2

15
USA
1

17
USA
2

Ret
JPN
1
JPN
2
CHN
1

13
CHN
2

28†
MAC
1

14
MAC
2

14
20th4
2014Liqui Moly Team EngstlerBMW 320 TCMAR
1

12
MAR
2

7
FRA
1

16
FRA
2

16
HUN
1

16
HUN
2

15
SVK
1

17
SVK
2

C
AUT
1

15
AUT
2

11
RUS
1

16
RUS
2

13
BEL
1

18
BEL
2

16
ARG
1

15
ARG
2

14
BEI
1

10
BEI
2

14
CHN
1

13
CHN
2

14
JPN
1

15
JPN
2

Ret
MAC
1

14
MAC
2

10
17th8

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete TCR International Series results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPts
2015Liqui Moly Team EngstlerAudi TT CupMYS
1

Ret
MYS
2

Ret
CHN
1

6
CHN
2

7
ESP
1

Ret
ESP
2

Ret
POR
1
POR
2
ITA
1
ITA
2
AUT
1
AUT
2
RUS
1
RUS
2
RBR
1
RBR
2
SIN
1
SIN
2
THA
1
THA
2
MAC
1
MAC
2
18th16

References edit

External links edit

Media related to Franz Engstler at Wikimedia Commons

Sporting positions
Preceded by ADAC Procar Series Champion
2000
Succeeded by
Preceded by Asian Touring Car Championship Champion
2005–2006
Succeeded by
Preceded by ADAC Procar Series Champion
2007
Succeeded by
Preceded by World Touring Car Championship
Independents' Trophy Winner

2014
Succeeded by