Quick Facts
Biography
Martin Tomczyk (born 7 December 1981) is a German auto racing driver in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for BMW Motorsport factory team Schnitzer. He was the DTM champion in 2011, third in 2007, fourth in 2006 and fifth in 2004, having won eight races.
Racing career
After a karting career, he raced in Formula BMW and Formula Three, where he finished 12th in 2000.
In 2001 he moved up to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. In 2000 his best result was a fourth place on the Nürburgring where he also took the fastest of the race. He took his first pole position in Hockenheim 2002 but he retired from the race. In 2004 he took his first podium in Estoril. During 2004 he also finished second in Zandvoort, Oschersleben and Hockenheim on his way to finish fifth in the championship. Tomczyk took his first win in Catalunya 2006 where he also took pole. In 2007 he took two wins to finish third that season.
Eleven years after his DTM debut, he won the championship in 2011, driving for Team Phoenix, after nine races with three wins and a third-place finish in Valencia. In 2012, Tomczyk was signed as a BMW Team RBM driver, moving to Team RMG in 2013.
His father Hermann is president of the Deutscher Motor Sport Bund.
After BMW's DTM program was reduced in 2017, Tomczyk retired from the series and continued driving with the Bavarian manufacturer in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Racing record
Career Statistics
| Season | Series | Team | Car No. | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Points | Position |
| 2000 | German Formula Three | Opel Team KMS | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 12th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Abt Sportsline Jr | 22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 13th |
| 2002 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Abt Sportsline | 23 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 9th |
| 2003 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Abt Sportsline Jr | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16th |
| 2004 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Abt Sportsline | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 5th |
| 2005 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Abt Sportsline | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 13th |
| 2006 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Abt Sportsline | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 4th |
| 2007 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Abt Sportsline | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 3rd |
| 2008 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Abt Sportsline | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 7th |
| 2009 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Abt Sportsline | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 6th |
| 2010 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Abt Sportsline | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8th |
| 2011 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | Team Phoenix | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 1st |
| 2012 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | BMW Team RMG | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 8th |
| 2013 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | BMW Team RMG | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19th |
| 2014 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | BMW Team Schnitzer | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 6th |
| 2015 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | BMW Team Schnitzer | 77 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 19th |
| 2016 | Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | BMW Team Schnitzer | 100 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 21st |
| ADAC GT Masters | Schubert Motorsport | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 35th | |
| Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | BMW Team Italia | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| Rowe Racing | 98 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTLM | BMW Team RLL | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 227 | 7th* |
| 24 Hours of Daytona - GTLM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
Notes:
- † - Season still in progress.
- ‡ - Does not include non-championship races.
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
(key)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Abt Sportsline Junior | Abt-Audi TT-R | HOC QR 20 | HOC CR Ret | NÜR QR 2 | NÜR CR 4 | OSC QR 10 | OSC CR 20† | SAC QR 21 | SAC CR 7 | NOR QR 16 | NOR CR 10 | LAU QR Ret | LAU CR 6 | NÜR QR 9 | NÜR CR Ret | A1R QR 6 | A1R CR Ret | ZAN QR 16 | ZAN CR Ret | HOC QR Ret | HOC CR 16 | 13th | 23 |
| 2002 | Abt Sportsline | Abt-Audi TT-R | HOC QR 1 | HOC CR Ret | ZOL QR 21† | ZOL CR Ret | DON QR 2 | DON CR Ret | SAC QR 4 | SAC CR Ret | NOR QR DNS | NOR CR DNS | LAU QR 5 | LAU CR 9 | NÜR QR 10 | NÜR CR 5 | A1R QR 6 | A1R CR Ret | ZAN QR 11 | ZAN CR 18 | HOC QR Ret | HOC CR Ret | 11th | 7 |
| 2003 | Abt Sportsline Junior | Abt-Audi TT-R 2002 | HOC 12 | ADR Ret | NÜR 18 | LAU DNS | NOR 18 | DON Ret | NÜR Ret | A1R 8 | ZAN Ret | HOC 13 | 16th | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2004 | Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 DTM 2004 | HOC 5 | EST 3 | ADR 8 | LAU 14 | NOR 5 | SHA1 Ret | NÜR Ret | OSC 2 | ZAN 2 | BRN Ret | HOC 2 | 5th | 39 | |||||||||
| 2005 | Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 DTM 2005 | HOC Ret | LAU 12 | SPA 6 | BRN 14 | OSC Ret | NOR 5 | NÜR 11 | ZAN 6 | LAU 10 | IST 16† | HOC Ret | 13th | 10 | |||||||||
| 2006 | Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 DTM 2006 | HOC 7 | LAU 8 | OSC 6 | BRH 4 | NOR 16† | NÜR 3 | ZAN 3 | CAT 1 | BUG 4 | HOC 5 | 4th | 42 | ||||||||||
| 2007 | Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 DTM 2007 | HOC 2 | OSC 5 | LAU 9 | BRH 2 | NOR Ret | MUG Ret | ZAN 1 | NÜR 1 | CAT Ret | HOC 9 | 3rd | 40 | ||||||||||
| 2008 | Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 DTM 2008 | HOC 5 | OSC 2 | MUG 17 | LAU 4 | NOR Ret | ZAN 4 | NÜR Ret | BRH 5 | CAT 4 | BUG Ret | HOC 8 | 7th | 32 | |||||||||
| 2009 | Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 DTM 2009 | HOC Ret | LAU Ret | NOR 11 | ZAN 4 | OSC 3 | NÜR 1 | BRH 3 | CAT 3 | DIJ 7 | HOC Ret | 6th | 35 | ||||||||||
| 2010 | Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 DTM 2009 | HOC 17† | VAL DSQ | LAU 6 | NOR 8 | NÜR 13 | ZAN 8 | BRH 7 | OSC 8 | HOC 5 | ADR 6 | SHA 4 | 8th | 20 | |||||||||
| 2011 | Team Phoenix | Audi A4 DTM 2008 | HOC 5 | ZAN 3 | SPL 1 | LAU 1 | NOR 3 | NÜR 5 | BRH 1 | OSC 2 | VAL 3 | HOC 2 | 1st | 72 | ||||||||||
| 2012 | BMW Team RMG | BMW M3 DTM | HOC Ret | LAU 7 | BRH 4 | SPL 2 | NOR 2 | NÜR 3 | ZAN Ret | OSC Ret | VAL Ret | HOC 14 | 8th | 69 | ||||||||||
| 2013 | BMW Team RMG | BMW M3 DTM | HOC 13 | BRH 14 | SPL Ret | LAU 19 | NOR Ret | MSC 17 | NÜR 5 | OSC 20† | ZAN 11 | HOC 19 | 19th | 10 | ||||||||||
| 2014 | BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW M4 DTM | HOC 7 | OSC 9 | HUN 13 | NOR Ret | MSC 13 | SPL 4 | NÜR 8 | LAU 8 | ZAN 3 | HOC 7 | 6th | 49 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW M4 DTM | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 4 | LAU 1 12 | LAU 2 11 | NOR 1 6 | NOR 2 11 | ZAN 1 Ret | ZAN 2 Ret | SPL 1 Ret | SPL 2 12 | MSC 1 17 | MSC 2 Ret | OSC 1 8 | OSC 2 20 | NÜR 1 WD | NÜR 2 9 | HOC 1 15 | HOC 2 10 | 19th | 27 | ||
| 2016 | BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW M4 DTM | HOC 1 12 | HOC 2 9 | SPL 1 5 | SPL 2 19 | LAU 1 Ret | LAU 2 18 | NOR 1 12 | NOR 2 10 | ZAN 1 19 | ZAN 2 11 | MSC 1 21 | MSC 2 23 | NÜR 1 16 | NÜR 2 12 | HUN 1 23 | HUN 2 9 | HOC 1 20 | HOC 2 10 | 21st | 16 |
† Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance. 1 - A non-championship one-off race was held in 2004 at the streets of Shanghai, China.