Marco Wittmann

Marco Wittmann (born 24 November 1989) is a German professional racing driver and BMW Motorsport works driver.

Managed by Gravity throughout his junior career, Wittmann was Formula 3 Euro Series runner-up for Signature in 2010 and 2011. After a season as test driver, Wittmann graduated to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters with BMW. He was crowned DTM champion in 2014 and 2016, tested for Toro Rosso in Formula One in 2015, and won the 24 Hours of Spa in 2023. Wittmann is also a factory driver for BMW's LMDh effort in WEC and IMSA since 2023.

As of August 2026, Wittmann has scored 20 race victories in the DTM.

Early career Having competed in karting since the age of six, notably claiming the 2004 German Junior Karting Championship, Wittmann made his first outing in car racing in 2007, driving for Josef Kaufmann Racing in the Formula BMW ADAC series, under the guidance of Gérard López and Eric Lux's Gravity Sport Management. In a strong debut season, he won two races and finished fifth in the standings. He remained with the team for the 2008 season in the newly-formed Formula BMW Europe, where he scored 11 podiums including one victory, but was beaten to the title by teammate Esteban Gutiérrez. Going into 2009, Wittmann progressed into Formula 3, joining Mücke Motorsport in the Formula 3 Euro Series. After a year of struggle, his lone points finishes would come at the final round in Hockenheim, which helped him to finish 16th in the standings.

Wittmann competing at the second round of the 2010 Formula 3 Euro Series at Hockenheim.

Wittmann switched to Signature in 2010, remaining in the Euro Series. Following a double podium at the opening round, Wittmann won the first race at Hockenheim and put himself into the title hunt. Though this ended up being his only win of the year, he finished the campaign second overall with a total of ten podiums across 18 races. He also finished third in the Masters of Formula 3 event and took home fourth on his Macau Grand Prix debut. In 2013, Wittmann embarked on his third year in the Euro Series, remaining with Signature. Podiums came often that year, as Wittmann scored 13 in 27 races and took five wins, including victories at the Pau Grand Prix and two triumphs at the Norisring. Despite his successes, Wittmann was beaten by the dominant combination of Roberto Merhi and the Prema Powerteam, once again finishing second overall. During the same year he also finished second at the Masters of F3 and scored the pole position for the Macau Grand Prix, though he would only manage to finish third after falling down to fifth due to the slipstream his rivals received following a safety car restart.

DTM career (2012–present) Wittmann conducted multiple DTM tests for BMW at the end of 2011, after which he was signed to be the marque's official test driver for the 2012 season. In addition, he would compete in a number of endurance events in GT3 machinery, most notably at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring where he finished ninth. 2013 would become Wittmann's maiden year in the DTM, as he would be piloting a BMW M3 DTM for Team MTEK. He made a strong impression initially, getting points in his first two starts before finishing second at the Red Bull Ring. He later scored a pole at Zandvoort and finished the season eighth in points, highest of all rookies.

Entering the 2014 season with Team RMG, Wittmann would start out strongly with a win at Hockenheim. An off in the rain at Oschersleben was followed by a dominant victory at the Hungaroring which put him back into the championship lead. After two further points finishes, Wittmann would take control of the title hunt by winning the races in Spielberg and the Nürburgring, before taking the title at the third-to-last event with a sixth place. He capped off the year with a podium at Zandvoort and fifth place in Hockenheim, finishing 50 points ahead of runner-up Mattias Ekström.

Wittmann returned to Team RMG in 2015, once again partnering Maxime Martin. The season, now containing two-race weekends, did not start well, as Wittmann only scored three points finishes in the first six races. He would return to the top step at Zandvoort, defending well against fellow BMW driver António Félix da Costa, but was only able to follow this up with a podium in Moscow and one at Oschersleben, eventually ending up sixth in the standings. During the summer of 2015 meanwhile, Wittmann was able to test the Toro Rosso STR10 Formula One car at the Red Bull Ring, garnering praise from race engineer Phil Charles for his technical feedback, cleanness, and long-run rhythm.

After a mixed first round of 2016, the RMG driver managed to win from pole in Spielberg, before going on a points-scoring streak that lasted for nine races. Wittmann took two huge steps towards a second DTM title by winning race two in Moscow and race one at the Nürburgring, taking both wins in a controlling manner. The title fight would become tighter following a disqualification for a technical infringement in Hungary however, whereafter Wittmann led the standings by just 14 points to Edoardo Mortara. On Saturday in Hockenheim, Wittmann was able to extend the gap by finishing second to Mortara's third, and despite the Italian's victory on Sunday the BMW driver reclaimed the title by finishing fourth.

Wittmann began his 2017 season with a luckless start, exemplified by a car-related retirement at the Hungaroring with two laps remaining. He would return towards stronger results in the latter half of the campaign, scoring four podiums in the final five events, though he also garnered attention for his repeated critique of Audi's drivers and their driving etiquette over the team radio. Wittmann ended the year by winning at the season finale, which put him fifth in the championship. In 2018, Wittmann was comprehensively beaten in the standings by Gary Paffett, René Rast, and Paul di Resta, coming home fourth overall after winning in Hungary and defending well against Mortara to take the spoils at the Norisring.

Having taken part in the Formula E test after the Marrakesh ePrix with BMW i Andretti Autosport at the start of 2019, Wittmann returned to contest a sixth DTM season as part of Team RMG. It started off positively, as Wittmann triumphed from pole at the Hockenheim season opener and qualified first again at Zolder. He then won again at Misano before going on a small streak during the middle of the year, winning race one at Assen, finishing second in race two despite starting from the back of the grid before winning at Brands Hatch, briefly putting himself into the title fight with René Rast and Nico Müller. Unfortunately for the German, he was only able to score two podiums in the remaining three events while Rast and Müller pulled away with multiple victories; thus, Wittmann ended the season third in points. In 2020, the final season of the DTM "Class 1" era, Wittmann experienced his worst year of his DTM tenure so far, only finishing on the rostrum three times and placing ninth in the standings. In the face of a dominant Audi team, Wittmann stated that he was happy to begin new projects following the 2020 season.

GT career (2021–present) When the DTM moved to adopt the GT3 ruleset ahead of the 2021 campaign, Wittmann went on the move as well, leaving RMG to join Walkenhorst Motorsport. Despite being the team's only driver, Wittmann found himself fourth in the standings after the first half of the season, finishing every race inside the top eight and winning at Zolder. He then started from pole at the Red Bull Ring but narrowly lost victory to Liam Lawson, though he bounced back by taking a victory at Assen and inheriting third place on Sunday after a technical issue for Daniel Juncadella. However, two non-scores at Hockenheim virtually eliminated the German from the title fight and he ended the year fourth overall. Meanwhile, Wittmann would also score his maiden podium at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, finishing second for Rowe Racing alongside Martin Tomczyk, Sheldon van der Linde, and Connor De Phillippi.

Once again driving for Walkenhorst, Wittmann suffered a less fruitful 2022 season. A number of retirements in the first half of the year set him back, and he had only scored one podium going into the final round at Hockenheim. There, Wittmann finished third on Saturday before battling past René Rast on Sunday, eventually taking a dominating win to take himself up to eighth place in the standings.

2023 saw Wittmann's most diverse schedule yet. Not only would he be racing in the DTM at Project 1, but he would partner Nick Yelloly and Philipp Eng at ROWE Racing in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. In addition, he became BMW's third driver for the three endurance events of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, driving the BMW M Hybrid V8 in the new GTP class alongside Eng and Augusto Farfus. The year bore little fruit in the DTM, as Wittmann and the soon-to-be-bankrupt team failed to score a podium and finished 13th in the drivers' championship. In the GTWC Endurance Cup meanwhile, the ROWE trio won the season opener at Monza and came out on top at the prestigious 24 Hours of Spa. They fell behind the AKKodis ASP Team following a weak end to the campaign, taking home the runner-up spot overall. Finally, the three IMSA endurance events did not yield much success, as the No. 24 BMW scored a best result of sixth at Daytona.

Wittmann would be racing on two fronts in 2024, as he became part of Schubert Motorsport in the DTM alongside fellow champions René Rast and Sheldon van der Linde, and was named as one of BMW M Team WRT's six drivers in the Hypercar category of the FIA World Endurance Championship, partnering Raffaele Marciello and Dries Vanthoor in the No. 15.

Racing record

Career summary Season still in progress.

Complete Formula BMW ADAC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos. Points 2007 Josef Kaufmann Racing OSC1 OSC2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 CAT1 CAT2 HOC1 HOC2 5th 570

Complete Formula BMW Europe results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2008 Josef Kaufmann Racing CAT1 CAT2 ZOL1 ZOL2 SIL1 SIL2 HOC1 HOC2 HUN1 HUN2 VSC1 VSC2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 2nd 327

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 DC Points 2009 Mücke Motorsport Mercedes HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BRH1 BRH2 CAT1 CAT2 DIJ1 DIJ2 HOC1 HOC2 16th 6 2010 Signature Volkswagen LEC1 LEC2 HOC1 HOC2 VAL1 VAL2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 BRH1 BRH2 OSC1 OSC2 HOC1 HOC2 2nd 76 2011 Signature Volkswagen LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 2nd 285

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2012 BMW Team Vita4One Richard Göransson Jens Klingmann Pedro Lamy BMW Z4 GT3 SP9 GT3 150 9th 9th 2014 BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS Uwe Alzen Maxime Martin Jörg Müller BMW Z4 GT3 SP9 GT3 60 DNF DNF 2015 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert Dirk Müller Alexander Sims Dirk Werner BMW Z4 GT3 SP9 GT3 47 DNF DNF 2016 Schubert Motorsport Augusto Farfus Jesse Krohn Jörg Müller BMW M6 GT3 SP9 60 NC NC 2017 BMW Team Schnitzer Tom Blomqvist Augusto Farfus Martin Tomczyk BMW M6 GT3 SP9 158 4th 4th 2019 Rowe Racing Nicky Catsburg John Edwards Jesse Krohn BMW M6 GT3 SP9 8 DNF DNF 2020 Rowe Racing Lucas Auer Tom Blomqvist Philipp Eng BMW M6 GT3 SP9 85 4th 4th 2021 Rowe Racing Connor De Phillippi Martin Tomczyk Sheldon van der Linde BMW M6 GT3 SP9 59 2nd 2nd 2022 Rowe Racing Nicky Catsburg John Edwards Sheldon van der Linde BMW M4 GT3 SP9 Pro 47 DNF DNF 2023 Rowe Racing Maxime Martin Sheldon van der Linde Dries Vanthoor BMW M4 GT3 SP9 Pro 162 2nd 2nd 2024 Rowe Racing Augusto Farfus Raffaele Marciello Maxime Martin BMW M4 GT3 SP9 Pro 50 7th 7th 2026 Schubert Motorsport Philipp Eng Robin Frijns Charles Weerts BMW M4 GT3 Evo SP9 Pro 154 8th 7th

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 2013 BMW Team MTEK BMW M3 DTM HOC BRH SPL LAU NOR MSC NÜR OSC ZAN HOC 8th 49 2014 BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM HOC OSC HUN NOR MSC SPL NÜR LAU ZAN HOC 1st 156 2015 BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SPL1 SPL2 MSC1 MSC2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 6th 112 2016 BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM HOC1 HOC2 SPL1 SPL2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MSC1 MSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 HOC1 HOC2 1st 206 2017 BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 HUN1 HUN2 NOR1 NOR2 MSC1 MSC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPL1 SPL2 HOC1 HOC2 5th 160 2018 BMW Team RMG BMW M4 DTM HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 HUN1 HUN2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPL1 SPL2 HOC1 HOC2 4th 164 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 3rd 202 2020 BMW Team RMG BMW M4 Turbo DTM SPA1 SPA2 LAU1 LAU2 LAU1 LAU2 ASS1 ASS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZOL1 ZOL2 ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC1 HOC2 9th 95 2021 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 MNZ1 MNZ2 LAU1 LAU2 ZOL1 ZOL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 RBR1 RBR2 ASS1 ASS2 HOC1 HOC2 NOR1 NOR2 4th 171 2022 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 ALG1 ALG2 LAU1 LAU2 IMO1 IMO2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC1 HOC2 8th 98 2023 Project 1 Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 OSC1 OSC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LAU1 LAU2 SAC1 SAC2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC1 HOC2 13th 91 2024 Schubert Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 OSC1 OSC2 LAU1 LAU2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC1 HOC2 12th 110 2025 Schubert Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 Evo OSC1 OSC2 LAU1 LAU2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC1 HOC2 5th 170 2026 Schubert Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 Evo RBR1 RBR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 5th* 135* † Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance. Season still in progress.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2017 BMW Team SRM Steven Richards Mark Winterbottom BMW M6 GT3 APP 281 14th 7th 2018 BMW Team Schnitzer Augusto Farfus Chaz Mostert BMW M6 GT3 APP 217 DNF DNF

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2018 Rowe Racing Ricky Collard Jesse Krohn BMW M6 GT3 Pro 194 DNF DNF 2021 Walkenhorst Motorsport David Pittard Sheldon van der Linde BMW M6 GT3 Pro 221 DNF DNF 2023 ROWE Racing Philipp Eng Nick Yelloly BMW M4 GT3 Pro 537 1st 1st 2024 ROWE Racing Philipp Eng Nick Yelloly BMW M4 GT3 Pro 71 DNF DNF 2025 Team WRT Dries Vanthoor Sheldon van der Linde BMW M4 GT3 Evo Pro 548 8th 8th

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points 2024 BMW M Team WRT Hypercar BMW M Hybrid V8 BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 QAT IMO SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ BHR 14th 39 2025 BMW M Team WRT Hypercar BMW M Hybrid V8 BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 QAT IMO SPA LMS SÃO COA FUJ BHR 24th 10

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2024 BMW M Team WRT Raffaele Marciello Dries Vanthoor BMW M Hybrid V8 Hypercar 102 DNF DNF