Marco Pascal Holzer (born 30 July 1988) is a German professional racing driver. He has competed in sports car competitions such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Daytona, American Le Mans Series and Le Mans Series as a Porsche works driver.

Career

Born in Bobingen, Bavaria, Holzer graduated from karting in 2003, and raced at the Formula BMW ADAC formula championship from 2004 to 2006. In 2006, he competed at the Formula 3 Euro Series, where he scored no points.[citation needed]

In 2008, Holzer switched to sports car racing, finishing fifth at the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany. He signed as Porsche junior works driver, and raced at the 2009 FIA GT Championship for Prospeed and VLN for Manthey, in both cases driving a Porsche 911.[citation needed]

Holzer became a Porsche works driver in 2010. That year, he resulted vice-champion at the FIA GT3 European Championship for Prospeed with two wins. Also, he raced in several endurance races, such as the VLN for Manthey, the Le Mans Series for Prospeed, Petit Le Mans for Flying Lizard, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans for BMS Scuderia Italia, resulting third in the GT2 class.[citation needed]

Holzer competed partial-time at the 2011 American Le Mans Series for Flying Lizard, the five rounds of the Le Mans Series for Prospeed, and the VLN, where he got an overall win with a hybrid Porsche 911.

In 2012, Holzer raced full-time at the American Le Mans Series for Flying Lizard in the GT class, collecting a best result of fifth at Virginia, and the International GT Open for Manthey, winning three races and resulting vice-champion in the Super GT class. The driver switched to Paul Miller Racing for the 2013 American Le Mans Series, still as Porsche works driver, resulting 13th in the GT class.[citation needed]

Holzer was dropped by Porsche in late 2014.[citation needed]

In 2016, Holzer joined Abt Sportsline to compete at the ADAC GT Masters with a Bentley Continental GT.[citation needed]

Racing record

Career summary

SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesFLapsPodiumsPointsPosition
2004Formula BMW ADACAM-Holzer Rennsport190000420th
2005Formula BMW ADACAM-Holzer Rennsport1900014113th
Formula BMW World Final11001N/A1st
2006Formula BMW ADACAM-Holzer Rennsport1832361293rd
Formula OneBMW SauberTest driver
2007Formula 3 Euro SeriesAM-Holzer Rennsport200000019th
2008Porsche SupercupUPS Porsche Junior Team600000NC†
2009Asian Le Mans Series - GT2Team Felbermayr-Proton20102135th
Rolex Sports Car Series - GTRiegel/Stanton/The Racer's Group100003255th
Farnbacher-Loles Racing10000
FIA GT Championship - GT2Brixia Racing10000238th
Prospeed Competition71001
FIA GT3 European Championship20000633th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9Manthey Racing10000N/A5th
2010American Le Mans Series - GTFlying Lizard Motorsports100021332th
Le Mans Series - GT2Prospeed Competition500011914th
FIA GT3 European Championship122??61372nd
24 Hours of Le Mans - GT2BMS Scuderia Italia10001N/A3rd
24 Hours of Nürburgring - E1-XP HybridManthey Racing10000N/ADNF
2011American Le Mans Series - GTFlying Lizard Motorsports600005310th
Rolex Sports Car Series - GTMagnus Racing10000163th
Le Mans Series - LMGTE ProProspeed Competition50000257th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro10001N/A8th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - E1-XP HybridManthey Racing11001N/A1st
2012American Le Mans Series - GTFlying Lizard Motorsports900004611th
24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Pro10000N/ADNF
Rolex Sports Car Series - GTAlex Job Racing1000016110th
International GT Open - Super GTManthey Racing163???842nd
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP910000N/ADNF
2013American Le Mans Series - GTPaul Miller Racing1000004413th
Rolex Sports Car Series - GTAlex Job Racing100002566th
FIA GT Series - ProTrackspeed200000NC†
Blancpain Endurance Series - ProProspeed Competition100000NC
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9Manthey Racing10000N/A10th
2014United SportsCar Championship - GTLMTeam Falken Tire1010026524th
United SportsCar Championship - GTDAlex Job Racing100001984th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE ProPorsche Team Manthey31012539th
24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Pro10001N/A3rd
Blancpain Sprint Series - ProSchütz Motorsport200001220th
2015United SportsCar Championship - GTDPaul Miller Racing10000163th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9Haribo Racing Team10000N/ADNF
2016ADAC GT MastersBentley Team Abt700000NC
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9Bentley Abt10000N/A16th
2019ADAC GT MastersIronForce Racing80000933th
Blancpain GT World Challenge America - ProAlegra Motorsports90002869th
2019-20FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE AmDempsey-Proton Racing100112321st
2020ADAC GT MastersJoos Sportwagentechnik200000NC
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro-AmHuber Motorsport11001N/A1st
2021ADAC GT MastersJoos Sportwagentechnik600005816th
KÜS Team Bernhard20001
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 ProKCMG10000N/A22th
2022IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTDNTE Sport50000120518th
202424 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 ProDinamic GT10000N/A12th
202524 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro-AmHankook Competition10000N/A4th
2026Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - AT2Manthey Racing
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP-Pro

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

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class Pos.
2010Italy BMS Scuderia ItaliaUnited Kingdom Richard Westbrook Germany Timo ScheiderPorsche 997 GT3-RSRGT232714th3rd
2011Belgium Prospeed CompetitionBelgium Marc Goossens Netherlands Jaap van LagenPorsche 997 GT3-RSRGTE Pro29323rd8th
2012United States Flying Lizard MotorsportsGermany Jörg Bergmeister United States Patrick LongPorsche 997 GT3-RSRGTE Pro114DNFDNF
2014Germany Porsche Team MantheyFrance Frédéric Makowiecki Austria Richard LietzPorsche 911 RSRGTE Pro33715th3rd

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearTeamClassCarEngine12345678Pos.Points
2014Porsche Team MantheyLMGTE ProPorsche 911 RSRPorsche 4.0 L Flat-6SIL 1SPA 9LMS 2COAFUJSHABHRSÃO9th53
2019–20Dempsey-Proton RacingLMGTE AmPorsche 911 RSRPorsche 4.0 L Flat-6SILFUJSHABHRCOASPALMSBHR 321st23

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

YearTeamClassMakeEngine123456789101112Pos.Points
2014Team Falken TireGTLMPorsche 911 RSRPorsche 4.0 L Flat-6SEB 5LBH 8LGA 4WGL 9MOS 8IMS 9ELK 9VIR 2COA 8PET 124th65
Alex Job RacingGTDPorsche 911 GT AmericaDAY 15DET84th19
2015Flying Lizard MotorsportsGTDAudi R8 LMS ultraAudi DAR 5.2 L V10DAYSEB 14LGADETWGLLIMELKVIRAUSPET63th1
2022NTE SportGTDLamborghini Huracán GT3 EvoLamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10DAYSEBLBHLGA 6MDODETWGL 12MOSLIMELK 5VIR 13PET 918th1205

External links

  • career summary at DriverDB.com
Sporting positions
Preceded byNoneFormula BMW World Final Winner 2005Succeeded byChristian Vietoris