Maro Engel

He participated in his first 24 Hours Nürburgring racing for German team ROWE Racing finishing the "Hardest race in the World" in 3rd place together with his teammates Nico Bastian Christian Hohenadel and Michael Zehe.

Engel also competed in various VLN races for ROWE Racing winning the 9th round of the VLN championship.

He also raced in the German ADAC GT Masters series for ROWE Racing.

Maro Engel (born 27 August 1985) is a German professional racing driver based in Monaco.

Born in Munich, Engel competed in karting in Germany and France between 1996 and 1999 and finished 4th in the 2000 European

Junior Karting Championship.

Moving onto Formula BMW, finishing 3rd in the 2001 Junior Cup, before finishing 8th in Formula BMW ADAC the following year.

After short spells in Formula Three in 2003-2004, and Italian Formula 3000 in 2005.

Engel competed in full seasons in British series in 2006 and 2007, in 2006 receiving backing from Direxiv.

He finished fifth with one victory in 2006, and was runner-up to Marko Asmer in 2007 with three wins.

In 2007 he was signed as a Mercedes-Benz Junior driving for Carlin Motorsport.

He is a Mercedes-AMG factory driver since 2008 & brand ambassador since 2017.

In 2008 Engel was signed as a factory driver by AMG Mercedes to drive a one-year-old car run by Mücke Motorsport in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for the 2008 season.

In four years racing in the category, he achieved a best result of sixth place at first round held at the Hockenheimring in 2009.

He went on to finish the 2009 season in twelfth place over all, scoring eight points.

He remained with the team 2011 season.

After leaving DTM, Engel spent the 2012 year making several guest appearances in selected sports car racing championships worldwide as a member of the AMG Customer Sports team, winning the fifth round of the 2012 Australian GT Championship at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, driving a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 prepared by Erebus Racing.

Engel made his V8 Supercar debut in 2013, driving a Mercedes E63 AMG entered by Erebus Motorsport (formerly known as Stone Brothers Racing).

Engel replaced Shane van Gisbergen as the driver of the No. 9 SP Tools entry.

Engel had five race retirements.

His best finish was a ninth place in a hastily prepared under developed car at the third race of the Darwin round.

Next to his commitments in V8 Supercar for Erebus Motorsport he competed in the 2013 Macau GT Cup with a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 scoring pole position and a lap record in qualifying.

Narrowly missing out on the victory due to sustaining a puncture on the front left while leading, 2 laps before the end.

In 2014 Engel resumed his duties as a member of the AMG Customer Sports team racing exclusively with the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3.

Making his debut in the Bathurst 12 Hour racing for Erebus Motorsport together with Bernd Schneider (racing driver) and Nico Bastian Engel scored pole position with a lap record of 2min03.8586 and winning the inaugural Allan Simonsen Pole Position Trophy.

The German trio dominated the race for 9 hours before an issue forced them to pit for repairs dropping them 7 laps down.

Racing for the Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy team in a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Engel returned to Macau winning the 2014 Macau GT Cup ahead of his teammate Renger van der Zande scoring a very popular 1-2 win in the gambling capital against the strong competition of Audi, BMW, Porsche and other factory teams and drivers.

Engel continued racing with and for the AMG Customer Sports team in the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3.

He was also part of the Mercedes-AMG drivers that assisted development of the new Mercedes-AMG GT3.

He is a FIA GT World Cup Champion (2015), Nürburgring 24 hour winner (2016), two time Daytona 24h winner in GTD & GTD Pro (2021, 2023), three time Macau Grand Prix GT Cup winner (2014, 2015, 2022), Petit Le Mans 10h winner in GTD PRO (2023), Suzuka 10h winner (2018), GT World Challenge Endurance Cup Champion (2018 - formerly Blancpain Endurance Series) and DTM race winner.

He is currently racing in the Mercedes-AMG GT3 in DTM, GT World Challenge Europe, IMSA, Intercontinental GT Challenge, FIA GT World Cup.

Over his career he has raced in a variety of different series: in the three eras of the DTM, GT World Challenge, IMSA, Intercontinental GT Challenge, FIA Formula E, V8 Supercars, F3000, and WRC.

Outside of his racing activities Engel holds the Nurburgring Nordschleife Lap record for road-legal cars setting a lap time of 6 minutes 35,183 on October 28, 2022 with the Mercedes-AMG ONE beating the previous record by over 8 seconds.

In 2015 the Macau GT Cup was recognised by the FIA as the FIA GT World Cup lifting its status to the World Cup for GT3 cars.

Engel returned with his Mercedes-AMG Driving Academy team in the successful Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3.

Engel won the 12 lap qualification race from third on the grid after Stefan Mücke was penalised for a Safety car procedure infringement.

Starting from pole position in the 18 lap race around Macau's famous Guia circuit Engel won the race and was crowned the inaugural FIA GT World Cup Champion.

Through Engel's victory combined with the 4th-place finish of his teammate Renger van der Zande Mercedes-Benz won the inaugural FIA GT Manufacturers World Cup.

Racing for Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon in the new Mercedes-AMG GT3, Engel took overall victory at the Nürburgring 24 hours together with his teammates Bernd Schneider (racing driver) Adam Christodoulou and Manuel Metzger.

Engel made the decisive pass to win the race on the last lap.