Philipp Eng

Philipp Eng
Eng in 2008.
Nationality	Austrian
Born	28 February 1990 Salzburg (Austria)
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany career
Debut season	2011
Current team	Deutsche Post by Project 1
Car no.	12
Starts	54
Wins	3
Poles	1
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	1st in 2014
Previous series
2011-12 2009-10 2008 2008 2006–07 2006	ADAC GT Masters FIA Formula Two German F3 Formula BMW Europe Formula BMW ADAC Formula BMW UK
Championship titles
2014	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany

Philipp Eng (born 28 February 1990 in Salzburg) is an Austrian racing driver.

Career

Karting

Eng started karting in 2003, by competing in Intercontinental A Junior karts, competing in the Andrea Margutti Trophy and the Italian Open Masters. Eng finished 18th in the Margutti Trophy, leading home Marco Wittmann, while he finished 30th in the Italian Open Masters. Eng continued at JICA level in 2004, finishing seventh in the Margutti Trophy, and 31st in the European Championship. One highlight however was that Eng won the Italian Open Masters, holding off Wittmann again by five points. He moved to ICA level in 2005, but only contested the Italian Championship and the Open Masters. Eng finished in the top ten of both series, ranking ninth in the Open Masters and tenth in the Italian Championship.

Formula BMW

Eng made his car racing debut for ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg in the Formula BMW ADAC series in 2006. Eng finished tenth in the championship and runner-up behind Jens Klingmann in the Rookie Cup,^[1] with a podium coming at the third round at Lausitz. He also competed in a solitary round of the British series for Carlin Motorsport at Silverstone. He finished fourteenth in the second race, having retired from the first. Eng continued in the ADAC series in 2007, and would go on to finish third in the championship behind the Eifelland Racing cars of Klingmann and Daniel Campos-Hull who took twelve of the eighteen race wins between them. Eng did take one win at Barcelona but only after Klingmann was given a ten-second penalty for dangerous driving.^[2]

Eng did make up for this in some aspects by winning the end of season World Final from pole position. Having switched to Mücke Motorsport, Eng dominated the race before leading home Wittmann, Klingmann and Sebastian Saavedra. This earned him a test for the BMW Sauber Formula One team, which he undertook in 2008. Eng completed his FBMW career by driving for Mücke in the inaugural season of the Formula BMW Europe championship. As he was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. His best finish came at Spa, when he finished fourth in a wet race.

Formula Three

Eng competed in four rounds of the 2008 German Formula Three season with HS Technik at the season-opening round at Hockenheim, and also with Ombra Racing at the season-closing round at Oschersleben. Eng finished eleventh in the championship, including a third place finish at Oschersleben, and a pole and fastest lap coming at Hockenheim.

FIA Formula Two

2009 saw Eng move up to the FIA Formula Two Championship, driving car number 33.^[3] He finished eighth in the championship, including a win from pole position at Brands Hatch, taking the first win by an Austrian driver since Jo Gartner did so at Pau in 1983.

Eng had a tests in GP2 Series for Ocean Racing Technology, but remained in Formula Two for 2010. On the second race of the opening round at Silverstone Circuit, he started from pole and took his second win. He scored a further two wins, improving his championship position to sixth.

ADAC GT Masters

Eng switched to sports car racing for 2011, competing in the German-based ADAC GT Masters series.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2006	Formula BMW ADAC	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	18	0	0	0	1	73	10th
	Formula BMW UK	Carlin Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	26th
2007	Formula BMW ADAC	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	18	1	2	3	9	595	3rd
	Formula BMW World Final	Mücke Motorsport	1	1	1	0	1	N/A	1st
2008	German Formula Three Championship	HS Technik	4	0	1	1	1	18	11th
		Ombra Racing
	Formula BMW Europe	Mücke Motorsport	6	0	0	0	0	0	—†
2009	FIA Formula Two Championship	MotorSport Vision	16	1	1	0	3	39	8th
2010	FIA Formula Two Championship	MotorSport Vision	18	3	2	1	4	142	6th
2011	ADAC GT Masters	Callaway Competition	11	0	0	1	0	0	NC
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	MRS Team PZ Aschaffenburg	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2012	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	MRS GT-Racing	16	0	1	0	1	112.5	10th
	ADAC GT Masters		7	0	1	0	0	1	43rd
	Porsche Supercup		5	0	0	0	0	41	13th
	Dubai 24 Hour		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
2013	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Logiplus MRS-Racing	7	0	0	1	1	55	7th
	Blancpain Endurance Series	MRS GT-Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Dubai 24 Hour		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th

† - Eng was ineligible to score points.

Complete FIA Formula Two results

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

Year	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2009	33	VAL 1 12	VAL 2 3	BRN 1 3	BRN 2 9	SPA 1 Ret	SPA 2 Ret	BRH 1 1	BRH 2 4	DON 1 5	DON 2 10	OSC 1 Ret	OSC 2 Ret	IMO 1 5	IMO 2 10	CAT 1 5	CAT 2 9			8th	39
2010	33	SIL 1 4	SIL 2 1	MAR 1 2	MAR 2 1	MON 1 11	MON 2 Ret	ZOL 1 15	ZOL 2 12	ALG 1 15	ALG 2 6	BRH 1 10	BRH 2 1	BRN 1 6	BRN 2 18	OSC 1 7	OSC 2 9	VAL 1 4	VAL 2 11	6th	142

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2016	Rowe Racing	BMW M6 GT3	Pro	MIS QR 2	MIS CR 3	BRH QR	BRH CR	NÜR QR	NÜR CR	HUN QR	HUN CR	CAT QR	CAT CR	2nd*	21*

^* Season still in progress.

References

1. "Formula BMW Germany — Rounds 17 & 18 - Hockenheim — Race — Season Final". BMW Motorsport (BMW). 2006-10-30. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
2. "Formula BMW Germany — Races 15 + 16 - 21-23.9.2007 - Barcelona.". BMW Motorsport (BMW). 2007-09-25. Retrieved 2009-05-29.
3. "Austrian Philipp Eng confirmed in F2 for 2009". FIA Formula Two Championship. 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2009-05-29.

External links

• Philipp Eng on Twitter
• Philipp Eng career summary at DriverDB.com