Bruno Spengler

Bruno Spengler (born August 23, 1983) is an Alsatian-born Canadian racing driver. A long-term Mercedes-AMG and BMW factory driver, he currently works for Bugatti. He was the 2012 DTM champion.

Career

Early career Spengler was born near Strasbourg, France but moved with his parents to Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec, Canada, when he was three. He completed the 2007 season campaign once again in second place, this time behind Audi driver Mattias Ekström, despite Audi's mass pull-out in Barcelona.

In August 2007, Spengler was mentioned in a possible move to the new Prodrive F1 team for 2008, and possibly for a drive with McLaren. Spengler was a leading candidate for an F1 driver's seat based on his performances and also it was thought to help drive up interest in North America for Formula 1. However, he lost the championship in the last few races to Paul di Resta who went on to drive for Force India in the next F1 season.

For the 2012 season, Spengler left Mercedes and joined BMW Team Schnitzer for the latter's return to DTM. Spengler had a strong season, coming into the last race at the Hockenheimring three points behind leader and Mercedes driver Gary Paffett. He overtook Paffett at the start and held on to win the race. With this victory, his fourth of the season, Spengler took the Driver's Championship by four points and helped Team Schnitzer to the Teams' Championship and BMW to the Manufacturers' Championship.

Formula E Spengler became, alongside Beitske Visser, one of the test and reserve drivers for Andretti Autosport ahead of the 2018–19 Formula E season.

Sportscar racing Spengler left the DTM after the 2019 season and switched focus to endurance racing. He debuted in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2020 for ByKolles Racing, won once for BMW Team RLL in the IMSA SportsCar Championship's GTLM class, and was crowned Italian GT Sprint champion in 2023. After two years in the Japanese Super GT Championship, he parted ways with BMW at the end of 2024.

In 2025, Spengler joined Alsatian sports car manufacturer Bugatti in the role of "Pilote Officiel", taking over from Pierre-Henri Raphanel.

Racing record

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 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 Points 2005 Persson Motorsport AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004 HOC LAU SPA BRN OSC NOR NÜR ZAN LAU IST HOC 16th 5 2006 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006 HOC LAU OSC BRH NOR NÜR ZAN CAT BUG HOC 2nd 63 2007 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2007 HOC OSC LAU BRH NOR MUG ZAN NÜR CAT HOC 2nd 47 2008 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008 HOC OSC MUG LAU NOR ZAN NÜR BRH CAT BUG HOC 5th 38 2009 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009 HOC LAU NOR ZAN OSC NÜR BRH CAT DIJ HOC 4th 41 2010 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009 HOC VAL LAU NOR NÜR ZAN BRH OSC HOC ADR SHA 3rd 66 2011 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009 HOC ZAN SPL LAU NOR NÜR BRH OSC VAL HOC 3rd 51 2012 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M3 DTM HOC LAU BRH SPL NOR NÜR ZAN OSC VAL HOC 1st 149 2013 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M3 DTM HOC BRH SPL LAU NOR MSC NÜR OSC ZAN HOC 3rd 82 2014 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M4 DTM HOC OSC HUN NOR MSC SPL NÜR LAU ZAN HOC 11th 42 2015 BMW Team MTEK BMW M4 DTM HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SPL1 SPL2 MSC1 MSC2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 5th 123 2016 BMW Team MTEK BMW M4 DTM HOC1 HOC2 SPL1 SPL2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MSC1 MSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 HOC1 HOC2 15th 51 2017 BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 HUN1 HUN2 NOR1 NOR2 MSC1 MSC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPL1 SPL2 HOC1 HOC2 13th 75 2018 BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 HUN1 HUN2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPL1 SPL2 HOC1 HOC2 12th 85 2019 BMW Team RMG BMW M4 Turbo DTM HOC1 HOC2 ZOL1 ZOL2 MIS1 MIS2 NOR1 NOR2 ASS1 ASS2 BRH1 BRH2 LAU1 LAU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 9th 106 † Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points 2015 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW Z4 GTE BMW 4.4 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR COA PET 21st 33 2016 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M6 GTLM BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR COA PET 18th 60 2017 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M6 GTLM BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 DAY SEB LBH COA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 26th 23 2020 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY DAY SEB ELK VIR ATL MDO CLT PET LGA SEB 4th 313 2021 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY SEB DET WGL WGL LIM ELK LGA LBH VIR PET 7th 1251 2023 Turner Motorsport GTD Pro BMW M4 GT3 BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR IMS PET 27th 245

Complete ADAC GT 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) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points 2018–19 BMW Team MTEK LMGTE Pro BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 SPA LMS SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS 28th 8 2019–20 ByKolles Racing Team LMP1 ENSO CLM P1/01 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 SIL FUJ SHA BHR COA SPA LMS BHR NC† 0† † As Spengler was a guest driver he was ineligible to score points.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2020 ByKolles Racing Team Oliver Webb Tom Dillmann ENSO CLM P1/01-Gibson LMP1 97 DNF DNF

Complete Super GT results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points 2023 BMW Team Studie x CRS BMW M4 GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 21st 8 2024 BMW M Team Studie x CRS BMW M4 GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUG AUT MOT SUZ 15th 16