Bruno Spengler

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Bruno Spengler
2012
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters

Bruno Spengler (born August 23, 1983) is an

2012 DTM Drivers' Championship.[1]

Career

Early career

Spengler was born near

Formula Three Euroseries.[2]

2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season
.

DTM

From 2005 until the end of 2011, Spengler drove a

2007 season campaign once again in second place, this time behind Audi driver Mattias Ekström, despite Audi's mass pull-out in Barcelona.[5]

In August 2007 he was mentioned in a possible move to the new

2010 season, Spengler's name was again brought up as a possible candidate to drive in F1. Norbert Haug Mercedes motorsports director commented that if Spengler were to win the DTM championship he would earn a ride in F1.[3] However, he lost the championship in the last few races to Paul di Resta who went on to drive for Force India
in the next F1 season.

2014 DTM season
.

For the

2012 season, Spengler left Mercedes and joined BMW Team Schnitzer for the latter's return to DTM.[7] Spengler had a strong season, coming into the last race at the Hockenheimring three points behind leader and Mercedes driver Gary Paffett. He overtook Paffett at the start and held on to win the race. With this victory, his fourth of the season, Spengler took the Driver's Championship by four points and helped Team Schnitzer to the Teams' Championship and BMW to the Manufacturers' Championship.[8]

Formula E

Spengler became, alongside

2018–19 Formula E season.[9]

Racing record

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2003
 ASM F3 Dallara F303/016 Mercedes HOC
1 		HOC
2 		ADR
1 		ADR
2 		PAU
1 		PAU
2 		NOR
1
19† 		NOR
2
Ret 		LMS
1
11 		LMS
2
3 		NÜR
1
16 		NÜR
2
4
A1R
1

3
A1R
2

7
ZAN
1

2
ZAN
2

Ret 		HOC
3
6 		HOC
4
5 		MAG
1
Ret 		MAG
2
21 		10th 34
2004
 ASL-Mücke Motorsport/ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg Dallara F302/012 Mercedes HOC
1
7 		HOC
2
Ret
EST
1

10
EST
2

10 		ADR
1
7 		ADR
1
20 		PAU
1
6 		PAU
2
Ret 		NOR
1
8 		NOR
1
6 		MAG
1
5 		MAG
2
3 		NÜR
1
9 		NÜR
2
7
ZAN
1

13
ZAN
2

11
BRN
1

11
BRN
2

5 		HOC
1
21† 		HOC
2
9 		11th 27

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

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. Pts
2005
 Persson Motorsport AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004 HOC
12
LAU

15† 		SPA
Ret
BRN

11 		OSC
16 		NOR
13† 		NÜR
15
ZAN

9
LAU

6 		IST
8 		HOC
8 		16th 5
2006
 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006 HOC
9
LAU

5 		OSC
2 		BRH
7 		NOR
1 		NÜR
1
ZAN

4
CAT

5
BUG

1 		HOC
1 		2nd 63
2007
 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2007 HOC
14 		OSC
Ret
LAU

3 		BRH
5 		NOR
1 		MUG
4
ZAN

5 		NÜR
2
CAT

2 		HOC
4 		2nd 47
2008
 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008 HOC
4 		OSC
3 		MUG
9
LAU

6 		NOR
2
ZAN

5 		NÜR
7 		BRH
6
CAT

Ret
BUG

7 		HOC
4 		5th 38
2009
 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009 HOC
Ret
LAU

2 		NOR
2
ZAN

5 		OSC
6 		NÜR
6 		BRH
6
CAT

5 		DIJ
3 		HOC
7 		4th 41
2010
 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009 HOC
2
VAL

2
LAU

1 		NOR
3 		NÜR
1
ZAN

7 		BRH
2 		OSC
2 		HOC
Ret 		ADR
3 		SHA
13 		3rd 66
2011
 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009 HOC
1
ZAN

2 		SPL
4
LAU

3 		NOR
1 		NÜR
2 		BRH
7 		OSC
13†
VAL

7 		HOC
9 		3rd 51
2012
 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M3 DTM HOC
Ret
LAU

1 		BRH
2 		SPL
Ret 		NOR
3 		NÜR
1
ZAN

6 		OSC
1
VAL

6 		HOC
1 		1st 149
2013
 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M3 DTM HOC
5 		BRH
2 		SPL
1
LAU

7 		NOR
6 		MSC
19 		NÜR
14 		OSC
21†
ZAN

20 		HOC
3 		3rd 82
2014
 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M4 DTM HOC
6 		OSC
12 		HUN
3 		NOR
11 		MSC
2 		SPL
10 		NÜR
12
LAU

15
ZAN

16 		HOC
12 		11th 42
2015
 BMW Team MTEK BMW M4 DTM HOC
1
11 		HOC
2
9
LAU
1

11
LAU
2

19 		NOR
1
5 		NOR
2
3
ZAN
1

5
ZAN
2

3 		SPL
1
15 		SPL
2
15 		MSC
1
3 		MSC
2
2 		OSC
1
2 		OSC
2
10 		NÜR
1
19† 		NÜR
2
3 		HOC
1
19† 		HOC
2
8 		5th 123
2016
 BMW Team MTEK BMW M4 DTM HOC
1
6 		HOC
2
Ret 		SPL
1
13 		SPL
2
9
LAU
1

11
LAU
2

9 		NOR
1
5 		NOR
2
7
ZAN
1

13
ZAN
2

14 		MSC
1
15 		MSC
2
3 		NÜR
1
18 		NÜR
2
6 		HUN
1
14 		HUN
2
12 		HOC
1
14 		HOC
2
12 		15th 51
2017 BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM HOC
1
12 		HOC
2
9
LAU
1

14
LAU
2

16 		HUN
1
3 		HUN
2
14 		NOR
1
1 		NOR
2
12 		MSC
1
12 		MSC
2
3
ZAN
1

14
ZAN
2

10 		NÜR
1
13 		NÜR
2
4 		SPL
1
12 		SPL
2
16 		HOC
1
10 		HOC
2
14 		13th 75
2018 BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM HOC
1
6 		HOC
2
8
LAU
1

5
LAU
2

15 		HUN
1
12 		HUN
2
DSQ 		NOR
1
6 		NOR
2
4
ZAN
1

12
ZAN
2

13 		BRH
1
17 		BRH
2
14 		MIS
1
Ret 		MIS
2
11 		NÜR
1
2 		NÜR
2
4 		SPL
1
Ret 		SPL
2
15 		HOC
1
9 		HOC
2
6 		12th 85
2019 BMW Team RMG
BMW M4 Turbo DTM
 HOC
1
7 		HOC
2
5 		ZOL
1
10 		ZOL
2
7 		MIS
1
4 		MIS
2
8 		NOR
1
5 		NOR
2
1 		ASS
1
15 		ASS
2
Ret 		BRH
1
12 		BRH
2
Ret
LAU
1

9
LAU
2

14 		NÜR
1
2 		NÜR
2
10 		HOC
1
8 		HOC
2
9 		9th 106

† Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance.

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2015 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen
Germany Dirk Werner
Brazil Augusto Farfus
BMW Z4
GTLM 		GTLM 725 5th 2nd
2016 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen
Germany Dirk Werner
Brazil Augusto Farfus 		BMW M6 GTLM GTLM 721 11th 5th
2017 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen
United Kingdom Alexander Sims
Brazil Augusto Farfus 		BMW M6 GTLM GTLM 651 12th 8th

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 Points
2015
 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW Z4 GTE BMW 4.4 L V8 DAY
2 		SEB
LBH
LGA
 WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR COA PET 21st 33
2016
 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M6 GTLM BMW 4.4 L V8 DAY
5 		SEB
2
LBH
LGA
 WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR COA PET 18th 60
2017
 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M6 GTLM BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 DAY
8 		SEB LBH COA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR
LGA
 PET 26th 23
2020
 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE
BMW S63
4.0 L Turbo V8 		DAY
5 		DAY
4
SEB

4
ELK

6
VIR

2
ATL

1
MDO

3
CLT

3 		PET
6
LGA

5 		SEB
4 		4th 313
2021
 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE
BMW S63
4.0 L Turbo V8 		DAY
5 		SEB
2
DET
 WGL
3 		WGL LIM ELK
LGA
 LBH VIR PET
5 		7th 1251
2023 Turner Motorsport GTD Pro BMW M4 GT3
I6
 DAY
9 		SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR IMS PET 27th 245

* Season still in progress.

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
7 		SPA LMS 28th 8
2019–20 ByKolles Racing Team LMP1 ENSO CLM P1/01 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8
SIL
 FUJ SHA BHR
COA
 SPA
11 		LMS
Ret 		BHR NC† 0†

† As Spengler was a guest driver he was ineligible to score points.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2020 Austria ByKolles Racing Team United Kingdom Oliver Webb
France Tom Dillmann 		ENSO CLM P1/01-Gibson LMP1 97 DNF DNF

Complete Super GT results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points
2023 BMW Team Studie x CRS BMW M4 GT3 GT300 OKA
6 		FUJ
SUZ
 FUJ
SUZ

16
SUG

13 		AUT
8 		MOT
12 		21st 8
2024 BMW M Team Studie x CRS BMW M4 GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ
11
SUZ

7 		FUJ
SUZ
SUG

 AUT
 MOT
 14th* 4*

* Season still in progress.

References

  1. ^ "DTM | Bruno Spengler claims DTM championship crown with victory". Archived from the original on 2014-01-18. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  2. ^ a b c d e "The case for Bruno Spengler". F1 News. November 6, 2007. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
  3. ^ a b Jeff Pappone (November 9, 2010). "Spengler now closer to his Formula One dream". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
  4. ^ http://racing.auto123.com/en/racing/news/index,view.spy?artid=72368[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "DTM Barcelona: Scandal as Audi withdraw — Maximum Motorsport". Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. Retrieved 2007-12-23.
  6. ^ http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns19837.html
  7. ^ "Bruno Spengler to drive for BMW in the DTM from 2012". Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. ITR e.V. 26 October 2011. Archived from the original on 30 November 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  8. ^ Johan Meissner (October 21, 2012). ""Sensational" triple title for BMW and Bruno Spengler". Touring Car Times. Retrieved 2012-10-21.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "VISSER, SPENGLER NAMED BMW ANDRETTI 2018/19 FORMULA E RESERVE". FormulaRapida.net. Retrieved 8 December 2018.

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