Martin Tomczyk

Martin Tomczyk (born 7 December 1981) is a German former professional racing driver. He is now the motorsports director at ABT Sportsline.

Tomczyk was the DTM champion in 2011, third in 2007, fourth in 2006 and fifth in 2004, having won eight races.

Racing career

After a karting career, Tomczyk raced in Formula BMW and Formula Three, where he finished 12th in 2000.

In 2001, Tomczyk moved up to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. In 2000 his best result was a fourth place on the Nürburgring where he also took the fastest of the race. He took his first pole position in Hockenheim 2002 but he retired from the race. In 2004, he took his first podium in Estoril. During 2004, he also finished second in Zandvoort, Oschersleben and Hockenheim on his way to finish fifth in the championship. Tomczyk took his first win in Catalunya 2006 where he also took pole. In 2007, he took two wins to finish third that season.

Eleven years after his DTM debut, Tomczyk won the championship in 2011, driving for Team Phoenix, after nine races with three wins and a third-place finish in Valencia. In 2012, Tomczyk was signed as a BMW Team RBM driver, moving to Team RMG in 2013.

Tomczyk's father Hermann is president of the Deutscher Motor Sport Bund.

After BMW's DTM program was reduced in 2017, Tomczyk retired from the series and continued driving with the Bavarian manufacturer in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Following his retirement from full-time racing, Tomczyk became the series manager of the DTM Trophy. In 2023, he became the managing director of Abt Sportsline.

Racing record

Career summary ‡ Does not include non-championship races. Season still in progress.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results (key) † Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance. 1 - A non-championship one-off race was held in 2004 at the streets of Shanghai, China.

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar 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 9 10 11 Rank Points Ref 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 7th 284 2018 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 DAY SEB MDO DET WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 58th 17

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps BMW Team MTEK Nicky Catsburg Philipp Eng BMW M8 GTE GTEPro 332 33rd 11th BMW Team MTEK Nicky Catsburg Philipp Eng BMW M8 GTE GTEPro 309 47th 13th