Philipp Eng (born 28 February 1990 in

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) is an

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n professional racing driver, and

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works 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

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, 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. 2014 Porsche Carrera Cup HockenheimringII Philipp Eng by 2eight 8SC2880

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Formula BMW

Eng made his car racing debut for ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg in the

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series in 2006. Eng finished tenth in the championship and runner-up behind

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in the Rookie Cup, with a podium coming at the third round at

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. He also competed in a solitary round of the British series for

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. 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

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who took twelve of the eighteen race wins between them. Eng did take one win at

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but only after Klingmann was given a ten-second penalty for dangerous driving. 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

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. This earned him a test for the

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team, which he undertook in . Eng completed his FBMW career by driving for Mücke in the

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season of the

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championship. As he was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. His best finish came at

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, when he finished fourth in a wet race.

Formula Three

Eng competed in four rounds of the

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with HS Technik at the season-opening round at

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, and also with Ombra Racing at the season-closing round at

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. 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

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saw Eng move up to the FIA Formula Two Championship, driving car number 33. He finished eighth in the championship, including a win from pole position at

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, taking the first win by an Austrian driver since

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did so at Pau in . Eng had a tests in

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for

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, but remained in Formula Two for 2010. On the second race of the opening round at

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, he started from pole and took his second win. He scored a further two wins, improving his championship position to sixth.

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Eng switched to

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for 2018, competing in the German-based

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series with

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for three seasons. Then competed in his last season in 2022 with

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and contributed to winning the team championship.

GT Racing

From 2011 Eng has been active in

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, taking part in various GT racing series including the

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and the

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. Since 2023 he has been part of BMW's

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programme since, driving the

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) in the

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. In addition to his full-time season commitments, as a BMW works driver, Eng supported BMW customer teams at individual races such as the

Nürburgring 24 Hours The Nürburgring 24 Hours is a 24-hour annual touring car racing, touring car and Grand tourer, GT Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance racing event that takes place on a combination of the Nordschleife ("North Loop") and the GP-Strecke ("Gr ...

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, and select races in different racing series. He has won the Spa 24 Hours three times.

Racing record

Career summary

^† As Eng was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. ^* Season still in progress.

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) ^‡ Eng was a guest driver, therefore he was ineligible for points.

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup results

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

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

References

External links

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