Tomáš Enge

Tomáš Enge
Formula One World Championship career
Enge in 2007
Born	(1976-09-11) 11 September 1976 Liberec, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Czech
Active years	2001
Teams	Prost
Entries	3
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	2001 Italian Grand Prix
Last entry	2001 Japanese Grand Prix

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	2002–2010
Teams	Prodrive, Aston Martin Racing, Young Driver AMR
Best finish	4th (2009)
Class wins	1 (2003) (LMGTS)

Tomáš Enge (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈɛŋɡɛ]) (born 11 September 1976) is a professional racing driver from the Czech Republic, who has competed in many classes of motorsport, including three races in Formula One.

Career

Born in Liberec, Enge started his career at the age of 16, entering a Ford Fiesta he bought with his own money in the Czechoslovakian Ford Fiesta Cup. He participated in the final three races of the 2001 Formula One season, debuting on 16 September at the Italian Grand Prix. Enge was brought in as a replacement for Luciano Burti after the latter's crash in the Belgian race, becoming his country's first Formula One driver. The Prost team folded before the start of the 2002 season, leaving Enge without a drive.

He obtained his Formula One break using the sponsorship from the local Coca-Cola subsidiary, which had also funded the Nordic Racing F3000 team he raced for that year. He finished third in the 2001 standings despite missing the final race, and was stripped of the 2002 title due to a positive marijuana test.^[1] He returned to Formula 3000 in 2004, and then headed to America for 2005, driving for Panther Racing in the IRL, with modest success. Among his 17 career IRL starts was his rookie start in the 2005 Indianapolis 500. He then drove for Team Czech Republic in the 2005-2006 A1GP season. Enge has also been a frequent driver for Prodrive's sportscar teams, driving both their Ferrari 550 Maranellos and Aston Martin DBR9s in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2006 he was driver of the #007 Aston Martin Racing entry in the American Le Mans Series, but for 2007 will switch to the Petersen/White Lightning Ferrari F430.

On 31 March 2007, Enge was injured whilst driving his F430 at the ALMS St. Petersburg race. The car crashed whilst leading the GT2 class, suffering heavy damage to the driver's side and a brief fire. Enge was removed under medical supervision and transported to the local medical centre.^[2] He was later revealed to have suffered a shattered elbow, cracked ribs, a partially collapsed lung and a potentially broken ankle, but not to be in any serious danger.^[3]

On 21 July 2007, Enge was released from his contract with Peterson Motorsports/White Lightning Racing due to a penalty incurred after crashing into Mika Salo during the Acura Sports Car Challenge ALMS race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.^[4]

In 2009 he drove for Aston Martin Racing in the Le Mans Series and won the championship alongside Stefan Mücke and Jan Charouz. He remained with Aston Martin, as he moved into the FIA GT1 World Championship for the 2010 season, joining Darren Turner at Young Driver AMR. The pairing finished fourth in the championship with three victories. Enge and Turner were split for the 2011 season; Turner was joined by Stefan Mücke, while Enge was partnered by Alex Müller. Enge and Müller achieved two victories as they finished fourth in the championship.

With Young Driver AMR pulling out of the championship to focus on other series, Enge moved to the Reiter Engineering Lamborghini squad for the 2012 season, where he partnered socialite Albert von Thurn und Taxis.^[5] The pairing were lying tenth in the championship after four rounds; their best result was a second-place finish at the Slovakia Ring. On 19 June 2012, it was announced that Enge had tested positive for a banned substance at the Navarra round of the championship, and was suspended from racing.^[6] At the beginning of August, it was announced that Enge was to be suspended from racing for 18 months. Enge is appealing the decision on the grounds that the positive test was caused by medication he is taking for a chronic cardiovascular condition.^[7]

Racing record

Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
1998	Auto Sport Racing	OSC	IMO	CAT	SIL	MON	PAU	A1R	HOC 15	HUN 12	SPA 7	PER Ret	NÜR 6	23rd	1
1999	WRT Fina	IMO DNQ	MON DNQ	CAT 14	MAG 2	SIL 17	A1R 11	HOC Ret	HUN 14	SPA 11	NÜR Ret			11th	6
2000	MySAP.com	IMO 5	SIL 13	CAT Ret	NÜR Ret	MON DNQ	MAG 5	A1R 16	HOC 1	HUN 17	SPA 6			6th	15
2001	Coca-Cola Nordic Racing	INT 12	IMO 3	CAT 1	A1R 3	MON 7	NÜR 1	MAG 3	SIL 5	HOC 5	HUN 11	SPA 4	MNZ	3rd	39
2002	Arden International	INT Ret	IMO 6	CAT 2	A1R 1	MON 3	NÜR 13	SIL 1	MAG 1	HOC Ret	HUN DSQ	SPA 4	MNZ 2	3rd	50
2004	Ma-Con Engineering	IMO 5	CAT Ret	MON 14	NÜR 7	MAG 2	SIL 3	HOC Ret	HUN 4	SPA 4	MNZ 2			4th	38

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
2001	Prost Grand Prix	Prost AP04	Acer V10	AUS	MAL	BRA	SMR	ESP	AUT	MON	CAN	EUR	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA 12	USA 14	JPN Ret	24th	0

Complete American Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points
2006	Aston Martin Racing	GT1	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0l V12	SEB 3	LST 3	LMO 3	NEN 3	UTA 1	POR 2	AME 3	MOS 3	PET 1	MON 3	4th	159

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2002	Prodrive	Rickard Rydell Alain Menu	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	GTS	167	DNF	DNF
2003	Veloqx Prodrive Racing	Peter Kox Jamie Davies	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	GTS	336	10th	1st
2004	Prodrive Racing	Peter Kox Alain Menu	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	GTS	325	11th	4th
2005	Aston Martin Racing	Peter Kox Pedro Lamy	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	327	DNF	DNF
2006	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner Andrea Piccini	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	350	6th	2nd
2007	Aston Martin Racing	Johnny Herbert Peter Kox	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	337	9th	4th
2008	Charouz Racing System Aston Martin Racing	Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke	Lola B08/60-Aston Martin	LMP1	354	9th	9th
2009	AMR Eastern Europe	Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke	Lola-Aston Martin B09/60	LMP1	373	4th	4th
2010	Young Driver AMR	Christoffer Nygaard Peter Kox	Aston Martin DBR9	GT1	311	22nd	3rd

American Open-Wheel

(key)

IRL IndyCar Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
2004	Patrick Racing	Dallara IR-04	Chevrolet Indy V8	HMS	PHX	MOT	INDY	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	PPIR	NZR	CHI	FON Ret	TX2 13		27th	31
2005	Panther Racing	Dallara IR-05	Chevrolet Indy V8	HMS Ret	PHX Ret	STP Ret	MOT DNS	INDY Ret	TXS 19	RIR 7	KAN 11	NSH Ret	MIL	MIS	KTY 11	PPIR 6	SNM 5	CHI Ret	WGL Ret	FON 8	16th	261
2006	Cheever Racing	Dallara IR-05	Honda HI6R V8	HMS	STP	MOT Ret	INDY	WGL	TXS	RIR	KAN	NSH	MIL	MIS	KTY	SNM	CHI				33rd	12

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2005–06	Czech Republic	GBR SPR	GBR FEA	GER SPR 11	GER FEA Ret	POR SPR 5	POR FEA 9	AUS SPR Ret	AUS FEA Ret	MYS SPR 16	MYS FEA 3	UAE SPR 3	UAE FEA Ret	RSA SPR 5	RSA FEA Ret	IDN SPR 10	IDN FEA 13	MEX SPR 5	MEX FEA 7	USA SPR 18	USA FEA Ret	CHN SPR 6	CHN FEA 1	12th	56
2006–07		NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR 5	CZE FEA 2	BEI SPR 8	BEI FEA 6	MYS SPR Ret	MYS FEA 14	IDN SPR	IDN FEA	NZL SPR 17	NZL FEA 12	AUS SPR 9	AUS FEA 5	RSA SPR 11	RSA FEA Ret	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	SHA SPR	SHA FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR	12th	27
2007–08		NED SPR	NED FEA	CZE SPR	CZE FEA	MYS SPR	MYS FEA	ZHU SPR 5	ZHU FEA 8	NZL SPR Ret	NZL FEA 11	AUS SPR 18	AUS FEA 15	RSA SPR	RSA FEA	MEX SPR	MEX FEA	SHA SPR	SHA FEA	GBR SPR	GBR SPR			19th	10

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2010	Young Driver AMR	Aston Martin	ABU QR Ret	ABU CR 11	SIL QR 4	SIL CR EX	BRN QR 2	BRN CR 2	PRI QR 10	PRI CR 16	SPA QR 10	SPA CR 6	NÜR QR 1	NÜR CR 1	ALG QR 4	ALG CR 10	NAV QR Ret	NAV CR 4	INT QR 2	INT CR 10	SAN QR 10	SAN CR 15	4th	104
2011	Young Driver AMR	Aston Martin	ABU QR Ret	ABU CR 6	ZOL QR 3	ZOL CR 3	ALG QR Ret	ALG CR Ret	SAC QR 10	SAC CR Ret	SIL QR 1	SIL CR 2	NAV QR Ret	NAV CR 13	PRI QR 2	PRI CR 3	ORD QR 16	ORD CR 14	BEI QR 1	BEI CR 2	SAN QR 5	SAN CR 10	4th	103
2012	Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini	NOG QR 3	NOG CR 8	ZOL QR Ret	ZOL CR 8	NAV QR 12	NAV QR 14	SVK QR 2	SVK CR Ret	ALG QR	ALG CR	SVK QR	SVK CR	MOS QR	MOS CR	NUR QR	NUR CR	DON QR	DON CR			19th	18

Complete Blancpain Endurance Series results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	Pos	Points
2014	Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini Gallardo FL2	MNZ 16	SIL	PRI	SPA	NUR	22nd	1

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Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2014	Grasser Racing Team	Lamborghini Gallardo FL2	Pro	NOG QR 9	NOG CR 16													18th	16
	Reiter Engineering					BRH QR 9	BRH CR Ret	ZAN QR	ZAN CR	SVK QR Ret	SVK CR DNS
	G-Drive Racing											ALG QR 6	ALG CR 4	ZOL QR 13	ZOL CR 9	BAK QR	BAK CR