Connor De Phillippi

Connor De Phillippi (born December 25, 1992) is an American professional racing driver and gold rated BMW Motorsport works driver.

Racing career

Early career

De Phillippi began karting at the age of five and had won 21 national titles by the age of 14, including four SKUSA SuperNationals titles. In 2007, he was selected as a member of Team USA for the Brazilian Granja Viana 500-mile kart race. The field included Rubens Barrichello, Felipe Massa, Tony Kanaan and Nelson Piquet Jr., among other drivers. Team USA reached second place during De Phillippi's stint before an incident involving lapped traffic later in the race ended the team's chances of a podium finish.

2008–2009 Skip Barber

In 2008, De Phillippi moved from karting to open-wheel racing and won the Skip Barber West Coast Series championship and Rookie of the Year award. He also participated in the Skip Barber National Series Racing Shoot-out and received a full-season entry in the Skip Barber National Championship as part of the MAZDASPEED driver development program. He finished sixth in the national series and received the Rising Star Award from eFormulaCarNews.com and its readers.

Skip Barber National Championship and Team USA Scholarship

In 2009, De Phillippi won the Skip Barber National Championship with seven victories in 14 races. The championship earned him a place in the 2010 Star Mazda Championship as part of the Mazda Road to Indy program. After receiving the Team USA Scholarship, he competed in the Formula Ford Festival at Silverstone Circuit and won the Walter Hayes Trophy, becoming its youngest winner and the second American to win the event. He also won the 2009 Silver State Championship in the U.S. Legends Series.

Star Mazda Championship Series

In 2010, De Phillippi competed in the Star Mazda Championship for JDC MotorSports, finishing third in points. He won the final race of the season at Road America and received Rookie of the Year honors.

In 2011, De Phillippi returned to the Star Mazda Championship with Team Pelfrey. He won the season-opening race at the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. He also won the Night Before the 500 at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, setting a track record of 19.999 seconds, starting from pole position and leading all 85 laps. De Phillippi won two additional races at Circuit Trois-Rivières and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. He finished second in the championship behind Tristan Vautier with four victories, while Team Pelfrey won the series team championship.

De Phillippi planned to move to the Indy Lights series, but the proposed deal did not materialize. He instead returned to the Star Mazda Championship with Juncos Racing and won the opening race at St. Petersburg. During round five, he took pole position for the Night Before the 500, led every lap and recorded the fastest lap of the race. He finished fourth in the championship, losing the tie-breaker for third to Sage Karam, who recorded three victories to De Phillippi's two.

Porsche Junior factory driver On November 27, 2012, De Phillippi was announced as a Porsche Junioren factory driver for the 2013 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany.

De Phillippi was the second American to receive Porsche AG funding, after Patrick Long.

2013

For the 2013 season, De Phillippi joined FÖRCH Racing by Lukas Motorsport and competed in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany.

The season was De Phillippi's first competing in a closed-cockpit car. He finished every race before retiring from the final round at the Hockenheimring and was named the 2013 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Rookie of the Year.

De Phillippi also competed with Manthey Racing in two rounds of the VLN at the Nürburgring Nordschleife.

2014

In January 2014, De Phillippi competed in the Dubai 24 Hour with FACH Auto Tech, sharing a Porsche 997 GT3 R with Sebastian Asch, Martin Ragginger and Otto Klohs. A mechanical failure required repairs during the race, and the team finished tenth in class.

Later that month, De Phillippi made his debut in the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the opening event of the inaugural Tudor United SportsCar Championship. He shared the No. 73 Park Place Motorsports Porsche GT3 America with Patrick Lindsey, Kevin Estre, Jason Hart and Mike Vess. The team completed 645 laps and finished 13th in class.

2021 During the 2021 Mobil 1 Sebring 12 Hours, De Phillippi made contact with the class-leading Corvette Racing C8.R with less than ten minutes remaining. IMSA assessed him a drive-through penalty for avoidable contact.

Land Motorsport Audi R8 shared by Connor De Phillippi and Christopher Mies. Racing record

Racing career summary Season still in progress.

Star Mazda Championship Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank PointsRef 2010 JDC MotorSports SEB STP LAG ORP IOW NJ1 NJ2 ACC ACC TRO ROA MOS ATL 3rd 417 2011 Team PelfreySTPBARINDMILIOWMOSTROTROSONBALLAG 2nd401 2012 Juncos Racing STP STP BAR BAR IND IOW TOR TOR EDM EDM TRO TRO BAL BAL LAG LAG ATL 4th 325

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 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 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points 2013 FÖRCH Racing by Lukas Motorsport HOC1 HOC2 NNS RBR1 RBR2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 OSC1 OSC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC1 HOC2 9th 116 2014 FÖRCH Racing by Lukas Motorsport HOC1 HOC2 OSC1 OSC2 HUN1 HUN2 NOR1 NOR2 RBR1 RBR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LAU1 LAU2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 8th 121 2015 Land Motorsport HOC1 HOC2 NNS LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 RBR1 RBR2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 10th 124

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 Pts 2014 FÖRCH Racing by Lukas Motorsport ESP MON AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITAUSAUSA 11th 54 2015 VERVA Lechner Racing Team ESP MON AUT GBR HUN BEL BEL ITA ITA USA USA12th53

Complete ADAC GT 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 Rank Points 2016 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport Audi R8 LMS OSC1 OSC2 SAC1 SAC2 LAU1 LAU2 RBR1 RBR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC1 HOC2 1st 168 2017 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport Audi R8 LMS OSC1 OSC2 LAU1 LAU2 RBR1 RBR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 3rd 120

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) 1 The No. 18 of Mühlner Motorsports America withdrew from the 12 Hours of Sebring before Practice. † De Phillippi did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2016 Montaplast By Land-Motorsport Marc Basseng Mike Rockenfeller Timo Scheider Audi R8 LMS SP9 67 DNF DNF 2017 Audi Sport Team Land Christopher Mies Kelvin van der Linde Markus Winkelhock Audi R8 LMS SP9 158 1st 1st 2018 ROWE Racing Jesse Krohn Alexander Sims Martin Tomczyk BMW M6 GT3 SP9 16 DNF DNF 2019 ROWE Racing Tom Blomqvist Philipp Eng Mikkel Jensen BMW M6 GT3 SP9 22 DNF DNF 2021 ROWE Racing Martin Tomczyk Sheldon van der Linde Marco Wittmann BMW M6 GT3 SP9 59 2nd 2nd 2022 ROWE Racing Philipp Eng Augusto Farfus Nick Yelloly BMW M4 GT3 SP9 18 DNF DNF 2023 ROWE Racing Philipp Eng Augusto Farfus Nick Yelloly BMW M4 GT3 SP9 83 DNF DNF 2026 Schubert Motorsport Jens Klingmann Neil Verhagen Ugo de Wilde BMW M3 Touring 24H SP-X 156 4th 1st

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Results