Maro Engel | |
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Nationality | German |
Born |
Munich, West Germany |
27 August 1985
GT Racing career | |
Current team |
Mercedes-AMG AMG Team Black Falcon |
Formula E career | |
Debut season | 2016–17 |
Current team | Venturi Grand Prix |
Car no. | 5 |
Starts | 4 |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Previous series | |
2001–2002 2003–2004 2005 2006–2007 2008–2011 2012 2013 |
Formula BMW Recaro F3 Cup Italian Formula 3000 British F3 Championship Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Various GT championships V8 Supercars |
Mercedes-AMG AMG Team Black Falcon
Maro Engel (born 27 August 1985) is a German professional racing driver. He is a long-time Mercedes-AMG works driver, currently racing in Formula E and the FIA GT World Cup. He has previously raced in the DTM, V8 Supercars, F3000 and F3.
Born in Munich, Maro competed in karting in Germany and France between 1996 and 1999 and finished 4th in the 2000 European Junior Karting Championship. He then moved onto Formula BMW, finishing 3rd in the 2001 Junior Cup, before finishing 8th in Formula BMW ADAC the following year.
He moved onto Formula Three in 2003 as a factory Opel driver, and raced in the Recaro F3 Cup in 2004, and Italian Formula 3000 in 2005. He returned to F3 for the British series in 2006 and 2007, in 2006 receiving backing from Direxiv. In 2007 he was signed as a Mercedes-Benz Junior driving for Carlin Motorsport. He finished fifth with one victory in 2006, and was runner-up to Marko Asmer in 2007 with three wins.
He was signed by AMG Mercedes to drive a one-year-old car run by Mücke Motorsport in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for the 2008 season. He remained with the team 2011 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.