Luca Engstler

Luca Engstler (born 8 March 2000) is a German racing driver currently competing in the WTCR and ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship. Having previously competed in the TCR Middle East Touring Car Series and ADAC Formula 4 amongst others.

Luca Engstler
Engstler at the Hockenheimring in 2023
NationalityGermany German
Born (2000-03-08) 8 March 2000
Wiggensbach, Germany
Related toFranz Engstler (father)
FIA WTCR career
Debut season2019
Current teamEngstler Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number8
Starts16
Poles0
Best finish2nd in 2021
Previous series
2017

2017
2015-16
2009-14		ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship
TCR Middle East Series
ADAC Formula 4
Karting
Championship titles
2017
2018

2019

2020		Rookie Champion TCR Germany
TCR Middle East Series
TCR Asia Series
TCR Malaysia Series
TCR Asia Series
TCR Malaysia Series
Awards
2017Rookie of the year

Racing career

Engstler began his career in 2009 in Karting, he continued in karting until 2014. In 2015 he switched to the ADAC Formula 4 Series, he continued in the series for 2016 and finished twenty-sixth in the championship standings that year. For 2017 he switched to the ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship, he took his first podiums at the third round of the championship at Oschersleben, where he took two third-place finishes.[1][2][3][4]

In June 2017 it was announced that he would race in the TCR International Series, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for his ADAC TCR Germany team Junior Team Engstler.[5][6]

Since 2017, Engstler has competed in a range of TCR Series including ADAC Germany, Middle East, Asia, Europe, China, Malaysia and the World series. He was the 2019 Middle East champion, 2018 and 2019 TCR Asia champion and 2019 and 2020 TCR Malaysia champion.[7][8][9][10][11]

He also competed in the 2019 World Touring Car Cup as a wildcard entry at the Slovakia Ring and for BRC Racing Team replacing Augusto Farfus in Macau.[12][13]

On 16 March 2020, it was announced that Engstler would be driving for Engstler Motorsport alongside BRC Racing Team in a Hyundai i30 N TCR alongside reigning champion Norbert Michelisz, 2018 champion Gabriele Tarquini and Nick Catsburg.[14]

Racing record

Career Summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2015 ADAC Formula 4 Championship Engstler Motorsport 24 0 0 0 0 0 39th
2016 ADAC Formula 4 Championship Liqui Moly Team Engstler 24 0 0 0 0 2 26th
2017 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship Junior Team Engstler 14 0 1 0 2 175 12th
TCR International Series 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
TCR Europe Trophy Liqui Moly Team Engstler 2 0 0 0 0 12 8th
TCR Middle East Series 6 1 1 0 3 79 3rd
2018 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship Liqui Moly Team Engstler 6 0 0 0 2 414 2nd
Hyundai Team Engstler 8 3 1 1 4
TCR Asia Series Liqui Moly Team Engstler 10 4 3 4 7 197 1st
TCR Middle East Series 5 3 2 3 5 119 1st
2019 World Touring Car Cup BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Racing Team 3 0 0 0 0 2 28th
Hyundai Team Engstler 3 0 0 0 0
TCR Asia Series Liqui Moly Team Engstler 10 6 4 8 9 221 1st
24 Hours of Nürburgring - VT2 Hyundai Team Engstler 1 0 1 0 1 N/A 3rd
FIA Motorsport Games Touring Car Cup Team Germany 2 0 1 0 0 0 20th
TCR Europe Touring Car Series M1RA 14 1 0 1 2 192 9th
2020 World Touring Car Cup Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team Engstler 14 0 0 0 0 59 16th
ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship Hyundai Team Engstler 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship 6 4 2 3 4 121 1st
24 Hours of Nürburgring - TCR Hyundai Motorsport N 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2021 World Touring Car Cup Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team 16 0 0 0 1 86 15th
ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship Hyundai Team Engstler 12 6 4 5 10 337 1st
24 Hours of Nürburgring - TCR Hyundai Motorsport N 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd
2022 ADAC GT Masters Rutronik Racing 14 0 1 0 1 104 14th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - Cup2 IronForce Racing by Phoenix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Liqui Moly Team Engstler 16 0 0 0 0 18 24th
International GT Open 4 0 0 0 0 4 22nd*
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Scherer Sport PHX 1 0 0 0 1 24 12th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Audi Sport Team Car Collection 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 13th

†Guest driver ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress.

Complete TCR International Series results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2017 Junior Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR RIM
1		 RIM
2		 BHR
1		 BHR
2		 SPA
1		 SPA
2		 MNZ
1		 MNZ
2		 SAL
1		 SAL
2		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 OSC
1
Ret		 OSC
2
DNS		 CHA
1		 CHA
2		 ZHE
1		 ZHE
2		 DUB
1		 DUB
2		 NC 0

Complete TCR ADAC Germany Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2017 Junior Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR OSC
1
17		 OSC
2
16		 RBR
1
Ret		 RBR
2
34		 OSC
1
3		 OSC
2
3		 ZAN
1
16		 ZAN
2
9		 NÜR
1
15		 NÜR
2
11		 SAC
1
19		 SAC
2
6		 HOC
1
5		 HOC
2
20		 12th 175
2018 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR OSC
1
3		 OSC
2
4		 MST
1
6		 MST
2
3		 RBR
1
7		 RBR
2
4		 2nd 414
Hyundai i30 N TCR NÜR
1
9		 NÜR
2
6		 ZAN
1
5		 ZAN
2
1		 SAC
1
1		 SAC
2
1		 HOC
1
3		 HOC
2
4

Complete TCR Middle East Series results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 DC Points
2018 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR YMC
1
3		 YMC
2
1		 DUB
1
1		 DUB
2
3		 BHR
1
1		 BHR
2
C		 1st 119

Complete TCR Asia Series results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points
2018 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR SEP
1
11		 SEP
2
3		 BUR
1
Ret1		 BUR
2
2		 BNS
1
61		 BNS
2
Ret		 YEO
1
21		 YEO
2
1		 SHA
1
12		 SHA
1
2		 1st 197
2019 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Hyundai i30 N TCR SEP
1
11		 SEP
2
Ret		 BUR
1
11		 BUR
2
1		 BUR
1
23		 BUR
2
1		 BUR
1
11		 BUR
2
3		 BNS
1
21		 BNS
2
3		 1st 221

Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2019 M1RA Hyundai i30 N TCR HUN
1
18		 HUN
2
12		 HOC
1
2		 HOC
2
7		 SPA
1
9		 SPA
2
7		 RBR
1
5		 RBR
2
1		 OSC
1
Ret		 OSC
2
7		 CAT
1
Ret		 CAT
2
11		 MNZ
1
Ret		 MNZ
2
12		 9th 192

Complete TCR China Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Points
2019 Hyundai Team Engstler Hyundai i30 N TCR ZHU
1
 ZHU
2
 SHA
1
 SHA
2
 ZHE
1
 ZHE
2
 NIN
1
1		 NIN
2
1		 ZHZ
1
1		 ZHZ
2
2		 5th 73

Complete TCR Malaysia Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 DC Points
2019 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Hyundai i30 N TCR SEP1
1
1		 SEP1
2
1		 SEP2
1
1		 SEP2
2
1		 SEP3
1
2		 SEP3
2
1		 1st 142.5
2020 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Hyundai i30 N TCR SEP1
1
1		 SEP1
2
7		 SEP2
1
1		 SEP2
2
Ret		 SEP3
1
1		 SEP3
2
1		 1st 121

* Season still in progress.

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2019 Hyundai Team Engstler Hyundai i30 N TCR MAR
1		 MAR
2		 MAR
3		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 HUN
3		 SVK
1
10‡		 SVK
2
Ret		 SVK
3
10‡		 NED
1		 NED
2		 NED
3		 GER
1		 GER
2		 GER
3		 POR
1		 POR
2		 POR
3		 CHN
1		 CHN
2		 CHN
3		 JPN
1		 JPN
2		 JPN
3		 NC‡ 0‡
BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Racing Team MAC
1
16		 MAC
2
Ret		 MAC
3
14		 MAL
1		 MAL
2		 MAL
3		 28th 2
2020 Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team Hyundai i30 N TCR BEL
1
12		 BEL
2
10		 GER
1
DNP		 GER
2
DNP		 SVK
1
22†		 SVK
2
10		 SVK
3
9		 HUN
1
8		 HUN
2
Ret		 HUN
3
16		 ESP
1
8		 ESP
2
9		 ESP
3
Ret		 ARA
1
13		 ARA
2
11		 ARA
3
14		 16th 59
2021 Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team Hyundai Elantra N TCR GER
1
17		 GER
2
2		 POR
1
12		 POR
2
Ret		 ESP
1
13		 ESP
2
8		 HUN
1
11		 HUN
2
15		 CZE
1
12		 CZE
2
7		 FRA
1
9		 FRA
2
11		 ITA
1
15		 ITA
2
10		 RUS
1
13		 RUS
2
10		 15th 86

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. ‡ As Engstler was a Wildcard entry, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Year Entrant Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
2023 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Audi R8 LMS Evo II OSC
1
17		 OSC
2
DSQ		 ZAN
1
14		 ZAN
2
14		 NOR
1
Ret		 NOR
2
19		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
7		 LAU
1
DSQ		 LAU
2
15		 SAC
1
19		 SAC
2
Ret		 RBR
1
12		 RBR
2
Ret		 HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
22		 24th 18

References
  1. "Luca Engstler career statistics". Driver Database. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  2. "16-year-old Luca Engstler confirmed to drive in the 2017 ADAC TCR Germany". TouringCarTimes. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  3. Hudson, Neil (8 July 2017). "Moritz Oestreich wins the first race of the weekend at Oschersleben". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  4. Hudson, Neil (9 July 2017). "Niels Langeveld takes controversial win in Race 2 at Oschersleben". TouringCarTimes. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  5. "Luca Engstler will make TCR International Series debut at Oschersleben". TouringCarTimes. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  6. "Luca Engstler ready for International Series debut". tcr-series.com. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  7. "Luca Engstler seals 2018 TCR Middle East title with Bahrain Race 1 win". TouringCarTimes. 24 February 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  8. "Luca Engstler doubles up in Shanghai to secure TCR Asia title". TouringCarTimes. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  9. "Luca Engstler clinches second TCR Asia title as Diego Moran wins opening race". TouringCarTimes. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  10. "Mitchell Cheah wins Race 1 as Luca Engstler secures the title". TouringCarTimes. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  11. "Luca Engstler claims TCR Malaysia title on equal points as Dan Lloyd". TouringCarTimes. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  12. "Luca Engstler secures Slovakia wild card". TouringCarTimes. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  13. "Luca Engstler steps in for Augusto Farfus at Macau". TouringCarTimes. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  14. "Hyundai confirm Michelisz, Tarquini, Catsburg and Engstler". TouringCarTimes. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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