Markus Pommer (; born 27 January 1991) is a German

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Career

Born in

Heilbronn Heilbronn () is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany, surrounded by Heilbronn District. With over 126,000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state. From the late Middle Ages, it developed into an important trading centre. A ...

, Pommer began his racing career in karting 1999. He remained in karting until 2006. Amongst others he won 2004 the ''Southern German ADAC Kart Cup – ICA Junior''.

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he began his

formula racing Formula racing (known as open-wheel racing in North America) is any of several forms of open-wheeled single-seater motorsport. The origin of the term lies in the nomenclature that was adopted by the FIA for all of its post-World War II single ...

career. He competed in the Formula BMW ADAC for

Mücke Motorsport Mücke Motorsport is an auto racing team based in Germany, which is also known as ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg. History Single-seaters Mücke Motorsport was formed by Peter Mücke in 1998 to run his son Stefan Mücke in the German Formula BMW AD ...

. He concluded the season behind his teammates

Philipp Eng Philipp Eng (born 28 February 1990 in Salzburg) is an Austrian professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver. Career Karting Eng started karting in 2003, by competing in Intercontinental A Junior karts, competing in the Andrea Mar ...

and Kevin Mirocha on the tenth position in the championship. After the fusion of the Formula BMW ADAC and the Formula BMW UK to the Formula BMW Europe, Pommer switched to Abt Sportsline in the

ADAC Formel Masters ADAC Formel Masters was an ADAC sanctioned open wheel racing series based in Germany, held annually from 2008 to 2014. It was replacement of the local Formula BMW championship. The first season was in 2008 and is the main feeder series to the ATS F ...

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. Pommer won one race and finished five times on the podium. He finished the season in front of his teammate

Daniel Abt Daniel Johannes Abt (born 3 December 1992) is a German former racing driver. He has competed in such series as the German Formula Three Championship, the GP3 Series, the GP2 Series, and won the 2009 ADAC Formel Masters championship. He competed i ...

on the fifth position in the championship. In

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Pommer started in the

German Formula Three Championship The German Formula Three Championship was the national Formula Three championship of Germany, and the former West Germany, from 1950 to 2002, then as Formel 3 until 2014. In 2003, the series had merged with the French Formula Three Championship t ...

for

Zettl Sportsline Motorsport Zettl is a German-language surname. It may refer to: *Alex Zettl Alex Zettl is an American professor of experimental condensed-matter physics. His research involving the properties of novel materials has produced significant advances in the fiel ...

. He won no races and scored two second place as his best results. He concluded the season behind

Laurens Vanthoor Laurens Vanthoor (; born 8 May 1991) is a Belgian professional racing driver currently racing for Porsche Motorsport as a factory driver in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. He currently resides in Waiblingen outside of Stuttgart. ...

and

Stef Dusseldorp Stef Dusseldorp (born 27 September 1989 in Winterswijk, Gelderland) is a Dutch racing driver. He started a career in formula cars in 2007, having competed in series such as Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup (5th in 2008) and the German F ...

on the third position. Pommer was the best driver with an engine of Mercedes. In

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he remained in the German Formula Three Championship. He drove for

Brandl Motorsport Brandl is a surname of German origin. People with that surname include: * David Brandl (born 1987), Austrian swimmer * Johann Brandl (1835–1913), Austrian composer * Johann Evangelist Brandl (1760–1837), German composer * John Brandl (19372008), ...

in this season. With a second place as his best result, he remains without a race win. He finished eighth in the championship and became the best driver with a Mercedes engine for the second time. In 2011 he competes his third season in the German Formula Three Championship. He started for

Motopark Academy Motopark Academy (raced under Lotus moniker from 2012 to 2014) is an auto racing team based in Oschersleben, Germany, next to the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben race track. In 2013, the team competed in the GP2 Series under the name Russian Time ...

first. After he had scored only one point out of the first three rounds, he switched to

Jo Zeller Racing Jo Zeller Racing is a Swiss motor racing team. It was founded in the early 1990s by Jo Zeller Jo Zeller (born 17 July 1955 in Männedorf) is a Swiss racing driver. He has raced in such series as Austria Formula 3 Cup and is a twelve-time Swi ...

. In his second race he already achieved the first podium position with a second place.„ATS Formel 3 Cup: Teamwechsel bringt Markus Pommer zurück in die Erfolgsspur“
(Motorsport-Server.de on 7 June 2011) After the fourth round he is on the tenth position in the championship.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

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

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

Complete Auto GP results

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

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pommer, Markus 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Heilbronn Racing drivers from Baden-Württemberg German racing drivers Formula BMW ADAC drivers ADAC Formel Masters drivers German Formula Three Championship drivers FIA Formula Two Championship drivers Porsche Supercup drivers Auto GP drivers FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers ADAC GT Masters drivers 24H Series drivers European Le Mans Series drivers Mücke Motorsport drivers Abt Sportsline drivers Motopark Academy drivers Walter Lechner Racing drivers Phoenix Racing drivers Jo Zeller Racing drivers Audi Sport drivers Super Nova Racing drivers Le Mans Cup drivers