Philipp Eng
Quick Facts
Biography
Philipp Eng (born 28 February 1990 in Salzburg) is an Austrian racing 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 Marco Wittmann, 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.
Formula BMW
Eng made his car racing debut for ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg in the Formula BMW ADAC series in 2006. Eng finished tenth in the championship and runner-up behind Jens Klingmann in the Rookie Cup, with a podium coming at the third round at Lausitz. He also competed in a solitary round of the British series for Carlin Motorsport at Silverstone. 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 Daniel Campos-Hull who took twelve of the eighteen race wins between them. Eng did take one win at Barcelona 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 Sebastian Saavedra. This earned him a test for the BMW Sauber Formula One team, which he undertook in 2008. Eng completed his FBMW career by driving for Mücke in the inaugural season of the Formula BMW Europe championship. As he was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. His best finish came at Spa, when he finished fourth in a wet race.
Formula Three
Eng competed in four rounds of the 2008 German Formula Three season with HS Technik at the season-opening round at Hockenheim, and also with Ombra Racing at the season-closing round at Oschersleben. 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
2009 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 Brands Hatch, taking the first win by an Austrian driver since Jo Gartner did so at Pau in 1983.
Eng had a tests in GP2 Series for Ocean Racing Technology, but remained in Formula Two for 2010. On the second race of the opening round at Silverstone Circuit, he started from pole and took his second win. He scored a further two wins, improving his championship position to sixth.
ADAC GT Masters
Eng switched to sports car racing for 2011, competing in the German-based ADAC GT Masters series.
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2006 | Formula BMW ADAC | ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 10th |
Formula BMW UK | Carlin Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th | |
2007 | Formula BMW ADAC | ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 595 | 3rd |
Formula BMW World Final | Mücke Motorsport | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st | |
2008 | German Formula Three | HS Technik Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 11th |
Ombra Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Formula BMW Europe | Mücke Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
2009 | FIA Formula Two Championship | MotorSport Vision | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 8th |
2010 | FIA Formula Two Championship | MotorSport Vision | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 142 | 6th |
2011 | ADAC GT Masters | Callaway Competition | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | NC |
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | MRS Team PZ Aschaffenburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
2012 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | MRS GT-Racing | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 112.5 | 10th |
ADAC GT Masters | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43rd | ||
Porsche Supercup | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 13th | ||
Dubai 24 Hour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 10th | ||
2013 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | Logiplus MRS-Racing | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 166 | 5th |
Blancpain Endurance Series | MRS GT-Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
Porsche Supercup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC† | ||
Dubai 24 Hour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 12th | ||
2014 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | Team Deutsche Post by Project 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 233 | 1st |
Porsche Supercup | Team Project 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 98 | 5th | |
2015 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | Deutsche Post by Project 1 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 268 | 1st |
Porsche Supercup | Market Leader Team by Project 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 145 | 1st | |
ADAC GT Masters | Schütz Motorsport | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 26th | |
2016 | Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup | Rowe Racing | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 11th |
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 4th | ||
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro | Dempsey-Proton Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 8th | |
2017 | ADAC GT Masters | BMW Team Schnitzer | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 89 | 2nd* |
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup | Rowe Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17th* | |
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23rd* |
† Eng 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)
Year | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Points |
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2009 | 33 | VAL 1 12 | VAL 2 3 | BRN 1 3 | BRN 2 9 | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 Ret | BRH 1 1 | BRH 2 4 | DON 1 5 | DON 2 10 | OSC 1 Ret | OSC 2 Ret | IMO 1 5 | IMO 2 10 | CAT 1 5 | CAT 2 9 | 8th | 39 | ||
2010 | 33 | SIL 1 4 | SIL 2 1 | MAR 1 2 | MAR 2 1 | MON 1 11 | MON 2 Ret | ZOL 1 15 | ZOL 2 12 | ALG 1 15 | ALG 2 6 | BRH 1 10 | BRH 2 1 | BRN 1 6 | BRN 2 18 | OSC 1 7 | OSC 2 9 | VAL 1 4 | VAL 2 11 | 6th | 142 |
Complete Porsche Supercup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos. | Pts |
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2012 | MRS GT-Racing | BHR | BHR | MON | ESP 5 | GBR | GER 7 | HUN 6 | HUN Ret | BEL | ITA 6 | 13th | 41 | |
2013 | MRS GT-Racing | ESP | MON | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA 14 | UAE | UAE | NC | 0‡ | ||
2014 | Team Project 1 | ESP 2 | MON 2 | AUT Ret | GBR 10 | GER 15 | HUN 9 | BEL 5 | ITA 8 | USA 5 | USA 3 | 5th | 98 | |
2015 | Market Leader by Project 1 | ESP 4 | MON 2 | AUT 2 | GBR 1 | HUN 6 | BEL 2 | BEL 1 | ITA 6 | ITA 7 | USA C | USA 8 | 1st | 145 |
‡ Eng was a guest driver, therefore he was ineligible for points.
Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Rowe Racing | BMW M6 GT3 | Pro | MIS QR 2 | MIS CR 3 | BRH QR Ret | BRH CR 16 | NÜR QR 7 | NÜR CR 9 | HUN QR 21 | HUN CR 13 | CAT QR 8 | CAT CR 24 | 11th | 23 |
2017 | Rowe Racing | BMW M6 GT3 | Pro | MIS QR 16 | MIS CR 6 | BRH QR 5 | BRH CR Ret | ZOL QR 14 | ZOL CR Ret | HUN QR 12 | HUN CR 11 | NÜR QR | NÜR CR | 17th* | 10* |
* Season still in progress.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | Michael Christensen Richard Lietz | Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Pro | 329 | 31st | 8th |