Martin Tomczyk (born 7 December 1981) is a German former professional racing driver. He is now the motorsports director at ABT Sportsline.

Tomczyk was the DTM champion in 2011, third in 2007, fourth in 2006 and fifth in 2004, having won eight races.

Racing career

After a karting career, Tomczyk raced in Formula BMW and Formula Three, where he finished 12th in 2000.

In 2001, Tomczyk moved up to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. In 2000 his best result was a fourth place on the Nürburgring where he also took the fastest of the race. He took his first pole position in Hockenheim 2002 but he retired from the race. In 2004, he took his first podium in Estoril. During 2004, he also finished second in Zandvoort, Oschersleben and Hockenheim on his way to finish fifth in the championship. Tomczyk took his first win in Catalunya 2006 where he also took pole. In 2007, he took two wins to finish third that season.

Eleven years after his DTM debut, Tomczyk won the championship in 2011, driving for Team Phoenix, after nine races with three wins and a third-place finish in Valencia. In 2012, Tomczyk was signed as a BMW Team RBM driver, moving to Team RMG in 2013.

Tomczyk's father Hermann is president of the Deutscher Motor Sport Bund.

After BMW's DTM program was reduced in 2017, Tomczyk retired from the series and continued driving with the Bavarian manufacturer in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

Following his retirement from full-time racing, Tomczyk became the series manager of the DTM Trophy. In 2023, he became the managing director of Abt Sportsline.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 1998 Formula BMW Junior?????2242nd 1999 Formula BMW ADAC BMW Rookie Team1600?91594th 2000 German Formula 3 Championship Opel Team KMS 18 0 0 0 0 49 12th 2001 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Abt Sportsline Junior 20 0 0 1 1 23 13th 2002 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Abt Sportsline 18 1 1 0 2 7 9th 2003 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Abt Sportsline Junior 9 0 0 0 0 1 16th 2004 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Abt Sportsline 10 0 2 0 4 39 5th 2005 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Abt Sportsline 11 0 0 1 0 10 13th 2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Abt Sportsline 10 1 1 0 3 42 4th 2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Abt Sportsline 10 2 2 2 4 40 3rd 2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Abt Sportsline 11 0 0 1 1 32 7th 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Abt Sportsline 10 1 1 0 4 35 6th 2010 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Abt Sportsline 11 0 0 0 0 20 8th 2011 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Team Phoenix 10 3 1 1 8 72 1st 2012 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team RMG 10 0 0 1 3 69 8th 2013 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team RMG 10 0 0 0 0 10 19th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 BMW Team Schubert10000N/A6th 2014 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team Schnitzer 10 0 0 1 1 49 6th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert10000N/A6th 2015 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team Schnitzer 17 0 0 0 0 27 19th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert10000N/ADNF 2016 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters BMW Team Schnitzer 18 0 0 0 0 16 21st ADAC GT Masters Schubert Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 14 35th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP910000N/ADNF Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup BMW Team Italia 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Rowe Racing 1 0 0 0 0 2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM BMW Team RLL 11 1 0 0 4 284 7th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 BMW Team Schnitzer10000N/A4th 2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 17 58th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro BMW Team MTEK 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 11th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Rowe Racing10000N/ADNF 2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro BMW Team MTEK 8 0 0 0 1 53 14th 2019 Intercontinental GT Challenge BMW Team Schnitzer 5 0 1 0 0 38 12th Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 1 0 0 0 0 4 30th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP910000N/ADNF 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro BMW Team MTEK 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 13th 2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge Walkenhorst Motorsport 3 0 0 0 1 26 9th GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 BMW Team Schnitzer10001N/A3rd 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Walkenhorst Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0 9 22nd 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Rowe Racing10001N/A2nd 2023 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Audi Sport Team Scherer PHX10000N/A12th ‡ Does not include non-championship races. * Season still in progress.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results (key) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts 2001 Abt Sportsline Junior Abt-Audi TT-R HOCQR HOCCR NÜRQR NÜRCR OSCQR OSCCR SACQR SACCR NORQR NORCR LAUQR LAUCR NÜRQR NÜRCR A1RQR A1RCR ZANQR ZANCR HOCQR HOCCR 13th 23 2002 Abt Sportsline Abt-Audi TT-R HOCQR HOCCR ZOLQR ZOLCR DONQR DONCR SACQR SACCR NORQR NORCR LAUQR LAUCR NÜRQR NÜRCR A1RQR A1RCR ZANQR ZANCR HOCQR HOCCR 11th 7 2003 Abt Sportsline Junior Abt-Audi TT-R 2002 HOC ADR NÜR LAU NOR DON NÜR A1R ZAN HOC 16th 1 2004 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2004 HOC EST ADR LAU NOR SHA1 NÜR OSC ZAN BRN HOC 5th 39 2005 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2005 HOC LAU SPA BRN OSC NOR NÜR ZAN LAU IST HOC 13th 10 2006 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2006 HOC LAU OSC BRH NOR NÜR ZAN CAT BUG HOC 4th 42 2007 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2007 HOC OSC LAU BRH NOR MUG ZAN NÜR CAT HOC 3rd 40 2008 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2008 HOC OSC MUG LAU NOR ZAN NÜR BRH CAT BUG HOC 7th 32 2009 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2009 HOC LAU NOR ZAN OSC NÜR BRH CAT DIJ HOC 6th 35 2010 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2009 HOC VAL LAU NOR NÜR ZAN BRH OSC HOC ADR SHA 8th 20 2011 Team Phoenix Audi A4 DTM 2008 HOC ZAN SPL LAU NOR NÜR BRH OSC VAL HOC 1st 72 2012 BMW Team RMG BMW M3 DTM HOC LAU BRH SPL NOR NÜR ZAN OSC VAL HOC 8th 69 2013 BMW Team RMG BMW M3 DTM HOC BRH SPL LAU NOR MSC NÜR OSC ZAN HOC 19th 10 2014 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M4 DTM HOC OSC HUN NOR MSC SPL NÜR LAU ZAN HOC 6th 49 2015 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M4 DTM HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SPL1 SPL2 MSC1 MSC2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 19th 27 2016 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M4 DTM HOC1 HOC2 SPL1 SPL2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MSC1 MSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 HOC1 HOC2 21st 16 † Retired, but was classified as he completed 90% of the winner's race distance. 1 - A non-championship one-off race was held in 2004 at the streets of Shanghai, China.

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points Ref 2017 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M6 GTLM BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 DAY SEB LBH COA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 7th 284 2018 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW M6 GT3 BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 DAY SEB MDO DET WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 58th 17

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 SPA LMS 14th 53

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps BMW Team MTEK Nicky Catsburg Philipp Eng BMW M8 GTE GTEPro 332 33rd 11th BMW Team MTEK Nicky Catsburg Philipp Eng BMW M8 GTE GTEPro 309 47th 13th

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