Marius Zug (born 6 February 2003) is a German racing driver who currently competes in the

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup The GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, formerly for sponsorship reasons the Blancpain Endurance Series from 2011 to 2015 and Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup from 2016 to 2019, is a sports car racing series developed by Stéphane Ratel Or ...

for

Winward Racing HTP Winward Motorsport also known as HTP Motorsport and Winward Racing is a German-American-based auto racing team. The team mainly competes in GT3 based series such as the GT World Challenge Europe. The team was founded after HTP Investment BV ...

Career

Karting

Marius Zug began karting in 2013. In 2017 he became Junior champion in the ADAC Kart Masters. In the fall of 2017 he tested

Formula 4 FIA Formula 4 (F4) is an open-wheel racing car category intended for junior drivers. There is no global championship, but rather individual nations or regions can host their own championships in compliance with a universal set of rules and speci ...

cars but decided to stay in karting for 2018.

Sports car racing

In 2019 he made his debut in GT racing. He joined RN Vision STS in the

GT4 European Series The GT4 European Series is a sports car championship created and organised by SRO Motorsports Group. It is a pro/am championship which utilizes SRO GT4 class cars, and runs alongside the GT World Challenge Europe as a support series. History ...

, driving a BMW M4 GT4. He won in the Pro-Am Cup in the first race of the season at

Monza Monza (, ; ; , locally ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the Lambro, River Lambro, a tributary of the Po (river), River Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capital of the province of Mo ...

together with his teammate Gabriele Piana. This win was followed by a win at Misano, a win at

Zandvoort Zandvoort () is a municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is one of the major beach resorts of the Netherlands; it has a long sandy beach. It is bordered by coastal dunes of Zuid-Kennemerland National Park and the Amsterdam ...

and two wins at the

Nürburgring The () is a 150,000-person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It features a Grand Prix motor racing, Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a long configuration, built in the 1920s ...

. Zug and Piana became vice-champions of the Pro-Am Cup. Zug also became the Junior champion. In addition to the GT4 European Series the duo also drove in the

ADAC GT4 Germany The ADAC GT4 Germany is a grand tourer-based auto racing series that is largely held in Germany. The races are held as part of the ADAC GT Masters, and GT4 vehicles are used. The championship took place for the first time in 2019. History On 27 J ...

. They won the first race of the season at

Oschersleben Oschersleben () is a town in the Börde district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The population in 1905 was 13,271, in 2020 about 19,000. History On November 23, 994 Oschersleben was first mentioned in a document by the Emperor Otto III. In 1235 ...

and the first race at Zandvoort. Zug and Piana became vice-champions once more. In October 2019 Zug also completed his first race in a GT3 car. He competed in the final round of the

Italian GT Championship The Italian GT Championship (''Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo'') is an Italian sports car series founded in 2003 and organized by the Automobile Club d'Italia (ACI) and the Commissione Sportiva Automobilistica Italiana (CSAI). It replaced a ...

for MRS GT Racing driving a BMW M6 GT3. In 2020 Zug stayed in the

driving for BMW Team Italia. At the sixth round at Monza he claimed his first pole position and his first victory in the

together with his teammate Stefano Comandini. For

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he stayed with the same team, which had rebranded to Ceccato Racing. For the Sprint races he once again shared the car with Stefano Comabdini. For the Endurance races the pair were joined by

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. His best finish of the season was a third place which he achieved came in the second sprint race at

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. In 2022 Zug will drive for Attempto Racing in Audi R8 LMS GT3 Evo II competing in both the

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, commonly abbreviated as the DTM, is a sports car racing series sanctioned by ADAC. The series is based in Germany, with rounds elsewhere in Europe. The series currently races a modified version of Group GT3 gra ...

and the

. After finishing runner-up in the Silver Cup class, Zug changed teams for 2023. The new season saw him join

, driving alongside Miklas Born and David Schumacher in the Gold Cup class.

Personal life

Marius was born in

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...

and currently resides in

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm (, ; Central Bavarian: ''Pfahofa an da Uim'') is a municipality in Bavaria, Germany, capital of the district Pfaffenhofen. It is located on the river Ilm, and had a population of 23,282 in 2004. As of a press release in ...

. He lists Simracing,

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and

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as his hobbies and names

Juan Manuel Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio (, ; 24 June 1911 – 17 July 1995) was an Argentine racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Nicknamed "el Chueco" and "el Maestro", Fangio won five Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles and—at the ti ...

as a rolemodel. His younger sister Lilly is also a racing driver who competed in the Tourenwagen Junior Cup.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Complete GT World Challenge results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^*Season still in progress.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zug, Marius 2003 births Living people German racing drivers Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers Racing drivers from Bavaria Racing drivers from Munich BMW M drivers GT4 European Series drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers 21st-century German sportsmen