Patrick Schranner (born 30 March 1991 in

Ingolstadt Ingolstadt (; Austro-Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian: ) is an Independent city#Germany, independent city on the Danube, in Upper Bavaria, with 142,308 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2023). Around half a million people live in the metropolitan ...

) is a German

racing driver Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. In North America, the term is commonly used to describe all forms of automobile sport including non ...

Career

Schranner began his racing career in karting in 2000. He remained in karting until 2008. Amongst others he won 2007 the ''ADAC Kart Masters - KF2'' and became runner-up in the ''German Challenger Kart Championship''. In

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

he began his

formula racing Formula racing, also known as open-wheel racing in North America, is any of several forms of open-wheeled single-seater motorsport. A "formula", first devised by FIA for its post–World War II single-seater races, is a set of regulations for ...

career. He competed 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 ...

for KUG Motorsport.„Patrick Schranner“
(kug-motorsport.de; Retrieved 27 February 2011) In addition he was supported by the ''ADAC Stiftung Sport''. Schranner remained with KUG Motorsport for

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

and participated in the ADAC Formel Masters for the second season. He won five races and became runner-up with 255 points to 315 behind

Richie Stanaway Richard Stanaway (born 24 November 1991) is a racing car driver from New Zealand. He currently competes full-time in the Supercars Championship, driving the No. 62 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation), Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for PremiAir Racing. ...

, who dominated the season. As of

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

Schranner competes 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 ...

, driving for

HS Engineering HS Engineering is an Austrian motor racing team. It was founded in 2003 by Michael Hascic. HS Engineering always focussed on regional and continental championships in Germany and Europe. Until 2011, the team was known as HS Technik. The team ga ...

.„Erfahrung trifft Neuling“
(formel3.de; 16 March 2011)

Personal life

Schranner was trained as an

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Racing record

Career summary

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schranner, Patrick 1991 births Living people German racing drivers ADAC Formel Masters drivers German Formula Three Championship drivers Sportspeople from Ingolstadt Racing drivers from Bavaria