Philipp Eng

Philipp Eng (born 28 February 1990 in Salzburg) is an Austrian professional racing driver, and BMW Motorsport works driver.

Life Eng initially grew up in Salzburg before frequent relocations became necessary due to his involvement in motorsport. At the age of 13, he moved to Italy, where, following victory in the 2004 Italian Open Masters karting championship, he was accepted into the Red Bull Junior Team. With Red Bull, Eng gained his first sponsor, providing the support that enabled him to establish himself in motorsport. In 2009, he relocated to Mannheim, before moving his main residence to Stuttgart in 2011. Before Eng was able to make a sufficient living from motorsport alone, he also worked for a period as an instructor and driver coach.

Since 2021, Eng has appeared regularly on ServusTV, serving as an expert commentator on motorsport events such as Formula One, Formula E and DTM broadcasts.

Eng lives in Austria, is married and has a son. In addition to his television work in motorsport, he is also active as a road cyclist.

Career

Karting Eng started karting in 1998, by competing in Intercontinental A Junior karts, competing in the Andrea Margutti Trophy and the Italian Open Masters. Eng finished 18th in the Margutti Trophy, leading home Marco Wittmann, while he finished 30th in the Italian Open Masters. Eng continued at JICA level in 2004, finishing seventh in the Margutti Trophy, and 31st in the European Championship. One highlight however was that Eng won the Italian Open Masters, holding off Wittmann again by five points. He moved to ICA level in 2005, but only contested the Italian Championship and the Open Masters. Eng finished in the top ten of both series, ranking ninth in the Open Masters and tenth in the Italian Championship. Eng competing at the Hockenheimring during the finale of the 2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany season in which he won the championship.

Formula BMW Eng made his car racing debut for ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg in the Formula BMW ADAC series in 2006. Eng finished tenth in the championship and runner-up behind Jens Klingmann in the Rookie Cup, with a podium coming at the third round at Lausitz. He also competed in a solitary round of the British series for Carlin Motorsport at Silverstone. He finished fourteenth in the second race, having retired from the first. Eng continued in the ADAC series in 2007, and would go on to finish third in the championship behind the Eifelland Racing cars of Klingmann and Daniel Campos-Hull who took twelve of the eighteen race wins between them. Eng did take one win at Barcelona but only after Klingmann was given a ten-second penalty for dangerous driving.

Eng did make up for this in some aspects by winning the end of season World Final from pole position. Having switched to Mücke Motorsport, Eng dominated the race before leading home Wittmann, Klingmann and Sebastián Saavedra. This earned him a test for the BMW Sauber Formula One team, which he undertook in . Eng completed his FBMW career by driving for Mücke in the inaugural season of the Formula BMW Europe championship. As he was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. His best finish came at Spa, when he finished fourth in a wet race.

Formula Three Eng competed in four rounds of the 2008 German Formula Three season with HS Technik at the season-opening round at Hockenheim, and also with Ombra Racing at the season-closing round at Oschersleben. Eng finished eleventh in the championship, including a third-place finish at Oschersleben, and a pole and fastest lap coming at Hockenheim. Eng driving at Brands Hatch during the 2018 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season.

FIA Formula Two 2009 saw Eng move up to the FIA Formula Two Championship, driving car number 33. He finished eighth in the championship, including a win from pole position at Brands Hatch, taking the first win by an Austrian driver since Jo Gartner did so at Pau in .

Eng had a tests in GP2 Series for Ocean Racing Technology, but remained in Formula Two for 2010. On the second race of the opening round at Silverstone Circuit, he started from pole and took his second win. He scored a further two wins, improving his championship position to sixth.

GT Racing In 2011, Eng switched to GT racing, joining Callaway Competition alongside Toni Seiler in the ADAC GT Masters. The pair concluded the season 39th in the drivers’ standings. In 2012, Eng contested only six of the sixteen championship races with Fredy Barth for MRS GT-Racing, but nevertheless managed to score points in one race.

In the following years, 2012 and 2013, Eng competed in the Porsche Carrera Cup for MRS GT-Racing. In 2014 and 2015, he raced for Deutsche Post by Project 1, securing the championship title in both seasons. In 2015, Eng also triumphed in the international Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. He became the first driver to successfully defend his title in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany. For Rowe Racing, Eng drove a BMW M6 GT3 in the 2016 24 Hours of Nürburgring, finishing in fifth place. In the same year, he claimed victory in the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps alongside Alexander Sims and Maxime Martin in the Rowe BMW. In total, Eng has won this 24-hour race three times. After his 2016 success, he added a second victory in 2018 with Tom Blomqvist and Christian Krognes in the Walkenhorst BMW M6 GT3 carrying the number 34, before taking his third win in 2023, partnering Marco Wittmann and Nick Yelloly again in a Rowe BMW. Eng is regarded as the youngest three-time winner in the history of the event.

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters From 2018 to 2020, Eng competed in the Class 1 DTM for BMW. He claimed his first podium in the third round of the 2018 season at the Lausitzring. In 2019, he secured his maiden DTM victory in the fourth race at Zolder in Belgium. In addition, he collected two further podium finishes that year. Eng concluded the 2019 season sixth in the overall standings. In 2022, he returned to the DTM with Schubert Motorsport.

IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Since 2023, Eng has been competing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. In 2024, together with his team-mate Jesse Krohn, he claimed victory in the eighth of nine season races in the GTP class of the North American IMSA series. With this achievement, he became the first Austrian driver to win a top-category race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In 2025, Eng and his team-mate Dries Vanthoor secured BMW's first win of the season in the M Hybrid V8 at the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship round at Road America.

Racing record

Career summary † As Eng was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2009 VAL1 VAL2 BRN1 BRN2 SPA1 SPA2 BRH1 BRH2 DON1 DON2 OSC1 OSC2 IMO1 IMO2 CAT1 CAT2 8th 39 2010 SIL1 SIL2 MAR1 MAR2 MON1 MON2 ZOL1 ZOL2 ALG1 ALG2 BRH1 BRH2 BRN1 BRN2 OSC1 OSC2 VAL1 VAL2 6th 142Source:

Complete ADAC GT Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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 Points 2012 MRS GT-Racing BHR BHR MON ESP GBR GER HUN HUN BEL ITA 13th 41 2013 MRS GT-Racing ESP MON GBR GER HUN BEL ITA UAE UAE NC 0‡ 2014 Team Project 1 ESP MON AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA USA USA 5th 98 2015 Market Leader by Project 1 ESP MON AUT GBR HUN BEL BEL ITA ITA USA USA 1st 145 ‡ Eng was a guest driver, therefore he was ineligible for points.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts 2016 Rowe Racing BMW M6 GT3 Pro MISQR MISCR BRHQR BRHCR NÜRQR NÜRCR HUNQR HUNCR CATQR CATCR 11th 23 2017 Rowe Racing BMW M6 GT3 Pro MISQR MISCR BRHQR BRHCR ZOLQR ZOLCR HUNQR HUNCR NÜRQR NÜRCR 18th 10

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2013 MRS GT Racing Justino Azcarate Carlos Kray Ilya Melnikov McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Pro-Am Cup 121 DNF DNF 2016 ROWE Racing Maxime Martin Alexander Sims BMW M6 GT3 Pro Cup 531 1st 1st 2017 ROWE Racing Maxime Martin Alexander Sims BMW M6 GT3 Pro Cup 498 33rd 19th 2018 Walkenhorst Motorsport Tom Blomqvist Christian Krognes BMW M6 GT3 Pro Cup 511 1st 1st 2020 Walkenhorst Motorsport Nick Catsburg Augusto Farfus BMW M6 GT3 Pro Cup 107 DNF DNF 2023 ROWE Racing Marco Wittmann Nick Yelloly BMW M4 GT3 Pro Cup 537 1st 1st 2024 ROWE Racing Marco Wittmann Nick Yelloly BMW M4 GT3 Pro Cup 71 DNF DNF 2025 ROWE Racing Daniel Harper Max Hesse BMW M4 GT3 EVO Pro Cup 542 29th 11th

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank PointsRef 2014 GB Autosport GTD Porshce 911 GT America Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY SEB LGA DET WGL MOS IMS ELK VIR COA PET 81st 21 2015 Wright Motorsports GTD Porshce 911 GT America Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAY SEB LGA DET WGL LIM ELK VIR COA PET 33rd 31 2018 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 DAY SEB LBH MDO WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 24th 22 2019 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 DAY SEB LBH MDO WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 16th 85 2020 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 DAY DAY SEB ELK VIR ATL MDO CLT PET LGA SEB 15th 26 2021 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 DAY SEB DET WGL WGL LIM ELK LGA LBH VIR PET 7th 1251 2022 BMW M Team RLL GTD Pro BMW M4 GT3 BMW P58 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR PET 20th 542 2023 BMW M Team RLL GTP BMW M Hybrid V8 BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAYSEB LBH LGA WGL MOS ELK IMS PET 8th 2341 2024 BMW M Team RLL GTP BMW M Hybrid V8 BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL ELK IMS PET 7th 2537 2025 BMW M Team RLL GTP BMW M Hybrid V8 BMW P66/3 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL ELK IMS PET 4th 2679 2026 BMW M Team WRT GTP BMW M Hybrid V8 BMW P66/3 4.0 L turbo V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL ELK IMS PET 10th* 1884*Source:

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 Pos Points 2018 BMW Team RMR BMW M4 DTM HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 HUN1 HUN2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPL1 SPL2 HOC1 HOC2 9th 102 2019 BMW Team RMR BMW M4 Turbo DTM HOC1 HOC2 ZOL1 ZOL2 MIS1 MIS2 NOR1 NOR2 ASS1 ASS2 BRH1 BRH2 LAU1 LAU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 6th 144 2020 BMW Team RBM BMW M4 Turbo DTM SPA1 SPA2 LAU1 LAU2 LAU1 LAU2 ASS1 ASS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZOL1 ZOL2 ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC1 HOC2 13th 48 2022 Schubert Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 ALG1 ALG2 LAU1 LAU2 IMO1 IMO2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC1 HOC2 14th 64Sources:

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points 2018–19 BMW Team MTEK LMGTE Pro BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 SPA LMS SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS 34th 4Source: