Marcel Schrötter

Marcel Schrötter (born 2 January 1993) is a German motorcycle racer, currently competing in the European Euro Moto 2026 championship.

Born in Vilgertshofen, Schrötter started out in the German 125cc National Championship in 2007 and finished fifth in his debut campaign, before he took back-to-back titles in 2008 and 2009. In the 2008 season, he made his World Championship debut as a wildcard rider at the Sachsenring, before three further races in 2009, with a highly impressive fifth place in the final round of the season at Valencia. In 2009, he also won the European 125cc Championship. He has been racing in the Moto2 class for ten years, scoring five podiums.

Career Early career Schrötter contested his first race in 2002, at the age of nine, when he won the DMSB/dmsj pocket bike junior cup. In 2003, Schrötter switched to the ADAC Mini Bike Cup, where he competed for two years. In 2005, the Bavarian was invited by five-time world champion Toni Mang to his motorcycle training sessions at the Hockenheim and Salzburgring circuits, where he impressed. In the same year, he finished third in the with one race win, and in 2006 Schrötter achieved four race wins, improving to second place in the overall standings.

National championship Since 2007, Schrötter has been coached and supported by Toni Mang, who takes care of sporting and technical matters, as well as finding sponsors. Sepp Schlögl and Adi Stadler are in charge of the motorbike and business decisions. Schrötter competed for the Toni Mang team on Honda RS125 in the 125cc class of the International German Motorcycle Championship (IDM). In his very first race in this class at the Lausitzring, at the age of 14, he took second place behind the eventual German champion Georg Fröhlich. Schrötter finished the 2007 season in fifth place overall.

In the 2008 season, Schrötter celebrated his first IDM victory at the first round of the season at the Lausitzring. As the season progressed, Schrötter achieved a further four victories, narrowly beating Dutchman Joey Litjens in the overall standings to win the eight-liter title. He also competed sporadically in the Spanish championship, where he won the first round of the season in Valencia. He was a steady points finisher throughout the year, scoring points in 15 races. He finished the season tenth in the standings, with 80 points in total.

Staying with Tech3 for the 2015 season as well, Schrötter's performance declined. He scored points in only nine races, and ended the year with 32 total points, only good enough for 20th in the rider's championship.

AGR Team (2016) Needing a change of scenery, Schrötter was signed by AGR Team, to partner Axel Pons in the 2016 Moto2 World Championship. He had a better year than prior, with the highlight of the season being a 5th place finish in Spielberg, Austria. He scored points in twelve races, finishing 14th in the standings with 64 total points.

Intact GP (2017–2022) With Jonas Folger moving up to the MotoGP class, a spot opened up next to Sandro Cortese on the other Dynavolt Intact GP bike. The German team wanted two German riders, and so Schrötter was signed for the 2017 Moto2 World Championship. Folger had a win, two second places, and two third places in 2016, something which Schrötter could not replicate in 2017. He ended the year 17th in the championship, with 50 points, seven more than teammate Cortese.

The 2018 season was Schrötter's breakthrough year in the intermediate class, regular top-tens at the beginning of the season, and three fourth places in France, Catalonia, and the Netherlands meant that he was closer to that first podium than ever before. Following a sixth place in Germany, a seventh place in Czechia, and a seventh place in Austria, Schrötter scored his maiden Moto2 podium in Rimini, a third place behind Francesco Bagnaia and Miguel Oliveira, the top-two in the championship. Schrötter finished the year eighth in the standings, with 147 points.

Staying with Intact GP for 2019, Schrötter would have the best start to the season in his career. Starting from pole position for the first time in his career, he finished third in the opening GP in Qatar, and then fifth in Argentina. He also scored another pole-position in the United States, and finished the race in second, which meant that he scored more podiums in three races, then he did in the prior seven seasons combined. He would add one more podium during the year, at his home German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring, finishing behind Álex Márquez and Brad Binder, the first two riders in the standings, fighting for the title. Schrötter finished the season eighth in the championship, with 137 points.

Schrötter would score his final podium up-to-date in the 2020 season of the Moto2 class Austrian GP, finishing behind Jorge Martín and Luca Marini. He was a regular point scorer throughout the COVID-19 shortened season, finishing ninth in the standings, with 81 total points.

Schrötter had an average 2021 season, a season's best result of fifth coming in Mugello. He finished the year tenth in the championship, with 98 points.

The 2022 season would not start the best for Schrötter, with a tenth, a 16th and a 12th place in Qatar, Indonesia and Argentina respectively, but the following seven races were superb from the Bavarian. fourth in Austin, fourth in Portimao, fifth in Jerez, sixth in Le Mans, ninth in Mugello, fifth in Barcelona, and a fourth place at his home German GP meant that he was steadily in the top-ten of the championship. On September 3 however, shortly after the end of the summer break, Schrötter announced that this was his last season with the Intact GP Team, and he will be looking for a new challenge in 2023.

Supersport World Championship

MV Agusta Reparto Corse (2022) In 2022, Schrötter made his World Superbike debut in Australia round with the MV Agusta Reparto Corse.

EuroMoto In 2026, Schrötter will race alongside Toni Finsterbusch and Jan-Ole Jähnig in the GERT56 Team in the EuroMoto Superbike Championship.

Career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing By season

By class

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed. Season still in progress.

Supersport World Championship

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 MV Agusta SPA SPA NED NED POR POR ITA ITA GBR GBR CZE CZE FRA FRA SPA SPA POR POR ARG ARG INA INA AUS AUS 29th 9 MV Agusta AUS AUS INA INA NED NED SPA SPA EMI EMI GBR GBR ITA ITA CZE CZE FRA FRA SPA SPA POR POR ARG ARG 3rd 294 MV Agusta AUS AUS SPA SPA NED NED EMI EMI GBR GBR CZE CZE POR POR FRA FRA ITA ITA SPA SPA POR POR SPA SPA 5th 228 Ducati AUS AUS POR POR NED NED ITA ITA CZE CZE EMI EMI GBR GBR HUN HUN FRA FRA ARA ARA EST EST SPA SPA 10th 112

Australian Superbike Championship

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 2022 Yamaha PHI PHI QUE QUE WAK WAK HID HID HID MOR MOR PHI PHI PHI BEN BEN 33rd 11

Suzuka 8 Hours results Year Class Team Co-riders Bike Pos 2025 EWC SDG-Ducati Team Kagayama Leon Haslam Ryo Mizuno Ducati Panigale V4 29th 2026 EWC ERC Endurance #6 Kenny Foray Jan-Ole Jähnig BMW M1000RR TBD

EuroMoto Championship By season Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd 2026 Superbike BMW GERT56 by RS Speedbikes 2* 0* 1* 0* 0* 33* 2nd*