Marco Holzer

Marco Pascal Holzer (born 30 July 1988) is a German professional racing driver. He has competed in sports car competitions such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Daytona, American Le Mans Series and Le Mans Series as a Porsche works driver.

Career

Born in Bobingen, Bavaria, Holzer graduated from karting in 2003, and raced at the Formula BMW ADAC formula championship from 2004 to 2006. In 2006, he competed at the Formula 3 Euro Series, where he scored no points.

In 2008, Holzer switched to sports car racing, finishing fifth at the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany. He signed as Porsche junior works driver, and raced at the 2009 FIA GT Championship for Prospeed and VLN for Manthey, in both cases driving a Porsche 911.

Holzer became a Porsche works driver in 2010. That year, he resulted vice-champion at the FIA GT3 European Championship for Prospeed with two wins. Also, he raced in several endurance races, such as the VLN for Manthey, the Le Mans Series for Prospeed, Petit Le Mans for Flying Lizard, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans for BMS Scuderia Italia, resulting third in the GT2 class.

Holzer competed partial-time at the 2011 American Le Mans Series for Flying Lizard, the five rounds of the Le Mans Series for Prospeed, and the VLN, where he got an overall win with a hybrid Porsche 911.

In 2012, Holzer raced full-time at the American Le Mans Series for Flying Lizard in the GT class, collecting a best result of fifth at Virginia, and the International GT Open for Manthey, winning three races and resulting vice-champion in the Super GT class. The driver switched to Paul Miller Racing for the 2013 American Le Mans Series, still as Porsche works driver, resulting 13th in the GT class.

Holzer was dropped by Porsche in late 2014.

In 2016, Holzer joined Abt Sportsline to compete at the ADAC GT Masters with a Bentley Continental GT.

Racing record

Career summary † As Holzer was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2010 BMS Scuderia Italia Richard Westbrook Timo Scheider Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 327 14th 3rd 2011 Prospeed Competition Marc Goossens Jaap van Lagen Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTEPro 293 23rd 8th 2012 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTEPro 114 DNF DNF 2014 Porsche Team Manthey Frédéric Makowiecki Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 337 15th 3rd

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points 2014 Porsche Team Manthey LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSRPorsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL SPA LMSCOAFUJSHABHRSÃO9th53 2019–20 Dempsey-Proton Racing LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL FUJ SHA BHR COA SPA LMS BHR 21st 23

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points 2014 Team Falken Tire GTLM Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS IMS ELK VIR COA PET 24th 65 Alex Job Racing GTD Porsche 911 GT America DAYDET 84th 19 2015 Flying Lizard Motorsports GTD Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 DAY SEBLGA DET WGL LIM ELK VIR AUS PET 63rd 1 2022 NTE Sport GTD Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10DAYSEBLBH LGAMDODET WGLMOSLIM ELK VIR PET 18th 1205