Engstler Motorsport
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Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
auto racing
Auto racing
Auto racing is a motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition. It is one of the world's most watched televised sports.-The beginning of racing:...
team based in Wiggensbach
Wiggensbach
Wiggensbach is a municipality in Bavaria. It is situated about 7 kilometres west of Kempten, the next greater town.Neighbour municipalities are Altusried in the north and Buchenberg in the south of the village. The municipality consists of Wiggensbach as the main village and Ermengerst and...
, run by driver Franz Engstler
Franz Engstler
Franz Engstler is a German auto racing driver. He currently competes as an independent driver in the FIA World Touring Car Championship in a BMW 320 TC under the Liqui Moly Team Engstler banner...
. It has competed successfully in the Asian Touring Car Championship
Asian Touring Car Championship
The Asian Touring Car Series is a touring car racing series that takes place each year across several Asian nations. It includes events at circuits in Malaysia, China and Indonesia. It ran as the Asian Touring Car Championship between 2000-2001, and 2005-2006.The championship consists of three...
and the ADAC Procar Series
ADAC Procar Series
The ADAC Procar-Serie is a yearly motorsport series organized by German automobile club ADAC in Germany and some surrounding countries. The series has been running since 1995.-Current status:...
. It is sponsored by lubricants company Liqui Moly
Liqui Moly
Liqui Moly GmbH is a German company specializing in oils, lubricants and additives.-Founding:Liqui Moly GmbH was founded in 1957 in Ulm on the river Danube. The patent for production of molybdenum disulfide formed the basis for the company...
and known officially as Liqui Moly Team Engstler.
WTCC
The team made its World Touring Car ChampionshipWorld Touring Car Championship
For the video game, known as World Touring Car Championship in Japan, see TOCA World Touring CarsThe FIA World Touring Car Championship is an international Touring Car championship sanctioned by the FIA.-History:...
debut in the end of season Macau
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
Guia
Guia Circuit
The Guia Circuit, or Circuito da Guia, is a street circuit located at the southeast region of the Macau Peninsula in Macau, China. It is the venue of the prestigious Macau Grand Prix and Guia Race of Macau. The circuit consists of long straights and tight corners, and features the characteristics...
race in 2005, with two BMW 320i
BMW E46
The BMW E46 is the fourth generation of the 3 Series compact executive cars produced by BMW, produced from 1998 when it succeeded the BMW E36 until it was replaced by the BMW E90 in 2005....
s for Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
driver Paul Poon
Paul Poon
Paul Poon Tak-Chun is a racing driver from Hong Kong, China. He is the current Hong Kong Touring Car Championship champion...
and New Zealander Peter Scharmach
Peter Scharmach
Peter Scharmach is an auto racing driver who is of both German and New Zealand nationality, who lives in Christchurch.-Career:...
. While Poon failed to qualify for the race, Scharmach finished 16th in the first race, but retired in the second. The team returned to the WTCC at Macau two years later, running three 320is for Franz Engstler, Andrey Romanov and David Louie
David Louie (racing driver)
-Career:Louie competed in the final round of the 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship at Macau. He drove a BMW 320i prepared by the Engstler Motorsport team. The car was not homologated due to its sequential gearbox, so he was not eligible to score any championship points. He managed a 25th...
. They finished 19th, 24th and 25th respectively in the first race, while in the second race Engstler came home 16th, while Romanov and Louie retired.
2008 season
Engstler and Romanov competed full time in 2008 in BMW 320sisBMW E90
The saloon model was the first model sold of the 5th generation BMW 3 series. Debuting in the US in 2006, the E90 came in two trims, the 325i/xi and 330i/xi models...
, with Engstler scoring three points in the Overall Championship, finishing second in the Independent's Trophy, with Romanov finishing fifth. Japan's Masaki Kano competed in an older 320i model in the final two rounds of the series.
2009 season
Dane Kristian PoulsenKristian Poulsen
Kristian Poulsen is a Danish auto racing driver, who currently competes in touring car racing.-Career:He made his debut in the FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2008 with a part season. For 2009 he will compete a full season in the WTCC with Liqui Moly Team Engstler in a BMW 320si alongside...
was brought in to race alongside Franz Engstler in 2009. Engstler was leading at the end of the first lap of the second race at Pau when he and the safety car collided, taking him out of the race. From Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit near West Kingsdown in Kent, England. First used as a dirt track motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently holds many British and international racing events...
onwards, the team ran a third car for ADAC Procar Series
ADAC Procar Series
The ADAC Procar-Serie is a yearly motorsport series organized by German automobile club ADAC in Germany and some surrounding countries. The series has been running since 1995.-Current status:...
champion Philip Geipel
Philip Geipel
Philip Geipel is a German auto racing driver.In 2004 he entered the German Toyota Yaris Cup, winning the championship in 2005. He has competed in the FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2006 and 2007. Both times he raced in two rounds at Brno for the Yaco Racing Team in a Toyota Corolla...
.