Luca Engstler (born 8 March 2000) is a German racing driver currently competing in the WTCR and Champions. Having previously competed in the TCR Middle East Touring Car Series and ADAC Formula 4 amongst others.
Luca Engstler | |
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Nationality | German |
Born | Wiggensbach, Germany | 8 March 2000
Related to | Franz Engstler (father) |
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters career | |
Debut season | 2023 |
Current team | GRT Grasser Racing Team |
Racing licence | FIA Gold |
Car number | 19 |
Former teams | Liqui Moly Team Engstler |
Starts | 16 |
Poles | 0 |
Best finish | 24th in 2023 |
Previous series | |
2017 2017 2015-16 2009-14 | Champions TCR Middle East Series ADAC Formula 4 Karting |
Championship titles | |
2017 2018 2019 2020 | Rookie Champion TCR Germany TCR Middle East Series TCR Asia Series TCR Malaysia Series TCR Asia Series TCR Malaysia Series |
Awards | |
2017 | Rookie of the year |
Engstler began his career in 2009 in Karting, he continued in karting until 2014. In 2015 he switched to the ADAC Formula 4 Series, he continued in the series for 2016 and finished twenty-sixth in the championship standings that year. For 2017 he switched to the Champions, he took his first podiums at the third round of the championship at Oschersleben, where he took two third-place finishes.[1][2][3][4]
In June 2017 it was announced that he would race in the TCR International Series, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for his ADAC TCR Germany team Junior Team Engstler.[5][6]
Since 2017, Engstler has competed in a range of TCR Series including ADAC Germany, Middle East, Asia, Europe, China, Malaysia and the World series. He was the 2019 Middle East champion, 2018 and 2019 TCR Asia champion and 2019 and 2020 TCR Malaysia champion.[7][8][9][10][11]
He also competed in the 2019 World Touring Car Cup as a wildcard entry at the Slovakia Ring and for BRC Racing Team replacing Augusto Farfus in Macau.[12][13]
On 16 March 2020, it was announced that Engstler would be driving for Engstler Motorsport alongside BRC Racing Team in a Hyundai i30 N TCR alongside reigning champion Norbert Michelisz, 2018 champion Gabriele Tarquini and Nick Catsburg.[14]
†Guest driver ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Junior Team Engstler | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | RIM 1 |
RIM 2 |
BHR 1 |
BHR 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
SAL 1 |
SAL 2 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
OSC 1 Ret |
OSC 2 DNS |
CHA 1 |
CHA 2 |
ZHE 1 |
ZHE 2 |
DUB 1 |
DUB 2 |
NC | 0 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Junior Team Engstler | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | OSC 1 17 |
OSC 2 16 |
RBR 1 Ret |
RBR 2 34 |
OSC 1 3 |
OSC 2 3 |
ZAN 1 16 |
ZAN 2 9 |
NÜR 1 15 |
NÜR 2 11 |
SAC 1 19 |
SAC 2 6 |
HOC 1 5 |
HOC 2 20 |
12th | 175 |
2018 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | OSC 1 3 |
OSC 2 4 |
MST 1 6 |
MST 2 3 |
RBR 1 7 |
RBR 2 4 |
2nd | 414 | ||||||||
Hyundai i30 N TCR | NÜR 1 9 |
NÜR 2 6 |
ZAN 1 5 |
ZAN 2 1 |
SAC 1 1 |
SAC 2 1 |
HOC 1 3 |
HOC 2 4 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | YMC 1 3 |
YMC 2 1 |
DUB 1 1 |
DUB 2 3 |
BHR 1 1 |
BHR 2 C |
1st | 119 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | SEP 1 11 |
SEP 2 3 |
BUR 1 Ret1 |
BUR 2 2 |
BNS 1 61 |
BNS 2 Ret |
YEO 1 21 |
YEO 2 1 |
SHA 1 12 |
SHA 1 2 |
1st | 197 |
2019 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Hyundai i30 N TCR | SEP 1 11 |
SEP 2 Ret |
BUR 1 11 |
BUR 2 1 |
BUR 1 23 |
BUR 2 1 |
BUR 1 11 |
BUR 2 3 |
BNS 1 21 |
BNS 2 3 |
1st | 221 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | M1RA | Hyundai i30 N TCR | HUN 1 18 |
HUN 2 12 |
HOC 1 2 |
HOC 2 7 |
SPA 1 9 |
SPA 2 7 |
RBR 1 5 |
RBR 2 1 |
OSC 1 Ret |
OSC 2 7 |
CAT 1 Ret |
CAT 2 11 |
MNZ 1 Ret |
MNZ 2 12 |
9th | 192 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Hyundai Team Engstler | Hyundai i30 N TCR | ZHU 1 |
ZHU 2 |
SHA 1 |
SHA 2 |
ZHE 1 |
ZHE 2 |
NIN 1 1 |
NIN 2 1 |
ZHZ 1 1 |
ZHZ 2 2 |
5th | 73 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Hyundai i30 N TCR | SEP1 1 1 |
SEP1 2 1 |
SEP2 1 1 |
SEP2 2 1 |
SEP3 1 2 |
SEP3 2 1 |
1st | 142.5 |
2020 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Hyundai i30 N TCR | SEP1 1 1 |
SEP1 2 7 |
SEP2 1 1 |
SEP2 2 Ret |
SEP3 1 1 |
SEP3 2 1 |
1st | 121 |
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Hyundai Team Engstler | Hyundai i30 N TCR | MAR 1 |
MAR 2 |
MAR 3 |
HUN 1 |
HUN 2 |
HUN 3 |
SVK 1 10‡ |
SVK 2 Ret |
SVK 3 10‡ |
NED 1 |
NED 2 |
NED 3 |
GER 1 |
GER 2 |
GER 3 |
POR 1 |
POR 2 |
POR 3 |
CHN 1 |
CHN 2 |
CHN 3 |
JPN 1 |
JPN 2 |
JPN 3 |
NC‡ | 0‡ | ||||||
BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Racing Team | MAC 1 16 |
MAC 2 Ret |
MAC 3 14 |
MAL 1 |
MAL 2 |
MAL 3 |
28th | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team | Hyundai i30 N TCR | BEL 1 12 |
BEL 2 10 |
GER 1 DNP |
GER 2 DNP |
SVK 1 22† |
SVK 2 10 |
SVK 3 9 |
HUN 1 8 |
HUN 2 Ret |
HUN 3 16 |
ESP 1 8 |
ESP 2 9 |
ESP 3 Ret |
ARA 1 13 |
ARA 2 11 |
ARA 3 14 |
16th | 59 | ||||||||||||||
2021 | Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team | Hyundai Elantra N TCR | GER 1 17 |
GER 2 2 |
POR 1 12 |
POR 2 Ret |
ESP 1 13 |
ESP 2 8 |
HUN 1 11 |
HUN 2 15 |
CZE 1 12 |
CZE 2 7 |
FRA 1 9 |
FRA 2 11 |
ITA 1 15 |
ITA 2 10 |
RUS 1 13 |
RUS 2 10 |
15th | 86 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
‡ As Engstler was a Wildcard entry, he was ineligible to score points.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | OSC 1 17 |
OSC 2 DSQ |
ZAN 1 14 |
ZAN 2 14 |
NOR 1 Ret |
NOR 2 19 |
NÜR 1 Ret |
NÜR 2 7 |
LAU 1 DSQ |
LAU 2 15 |
SAC 1 19 |
SAC 2 Ret |
RBR 1 12 |
RBR 2 Ret |
HOC 1 Ret |
HOC 2 22 |
24th | 18 |
2024 | GRT Grasser Racing Team | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 | OSC 2 |
OSC 2 |
LAU 1 |
LAU 2 |
ZAN 1 |
ZAN 2 |
NOR 1 |
NOR 2 |
NÜR 1 |
NÜR 2 |
SAC 1 |
SAC 2 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |