Bruno Spengler (born August 23, 1983) is an Alsatian-born Canadian racing driver. A long-term Mercedes-AMG and BMW factory driver, he currently works for Bugatti. He was the 2012 DTM champion.

Career

Early career Spengler was born near Strasbourg, France but moved with his parents to Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec, Canada, when he was three. He went to school in Canada but continued to go back to France where he started competing in kart racing in 1995. Spengler continued karting in both France and Canada and then moved on to competing in the French Formula Renault. Eventually this led to him being signed by Mercedes-Benz motorsport and in 2003 he was racing for ASM in the Formula Three Euroseries.

DTM From 2005 until the end of 2011, Spengler drove a Mercedes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters in Germany. In 2005 he ran with Persson Motorsport and he convinced AMG directors to have an official car in 2006. That year he finished the 2006 season second behind his teammate and five times champion Bernd Schneider.Unknown He completed the 2007 season campaign once again in second place, this time behind Audi driver Mattias Ekström, despite Audi's mass pull-out in Barcelona.

In August 2007, Spengler was mentioned in a possible move to the new Prodrive F1 team for 2008, and possibly for a drive with McLaren. Spengler was a leading candidate for an F1 driver's seat based on his performances and also it was thought to help drive up interest in North America for Formula 1. With Prodrive gone and Heikki Kovalainen signed for McLaren, this did not happen for 2008. While leading the DTM in points during the 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. 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.

For the 2012 season, Spengler left Mercedes and joined BMW Team Schnitzer for the latter's return to DTM. 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.

Formula E Spengler became, alongside Beitske Visser, one of the test and reserve drivers for Andretti Autosport ahead of the 2018–19 Formula E season.

Sportscar racing Spengler left the DTM after the 2019 season and switched focus to endurance racing. He debuted in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2020 for ByKolles Racing, won once for BMW Team RLL in the IMSA SportsCar Championship's GTLM class, and was crowned Italian GT Sprint champion in 2023. After two years in the Japanese Super GT Championship, he parted ways with BMW at the end of 2024.

In 2025, Spengler joined Alsatian sports car manufacturer Bugatti in the role of "Pilote Officiel", taking over from Pierre-Henri Raphanel.

Racing record

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) 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 HOC1 HOC2 ADR1 ADR2 PAU1 PAU2 NOR1 NOR2 LMS1 LMS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 A1R1 A1R2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC3 HOC4 MAG1 MAG2 10th 34 2004 ASL-Mücke Motorsport/ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg Dallara F302/012 Mercedes HOC1 HOC2 EST1 EST2 ADR1 ADR1 PAU1 PAU2 NOR1 NOR1 MAG1 MAG2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 BRN1 BRN2 HOC1 HOC2 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 Points 2005 Persson Motorsport AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004 HOC LAU SPA BRN OSC NOR NÜR ZAN LAU IST HOC 16th 5 2006 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006 HOC LAU OSC BRH NOR NÜR ZAN CAT BUG HOC 2nd 63 2007 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2007 HOC OSC LAU BRH NOR MUG ZAN NÜR CAT HOC 2nd 47 2008 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008 HOC OSC MUG LAU NOR ZAN NÜR BRH CAT BUG HOC 5th 38 2009 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009 HOC LAU NOR ZAN OSC NÜR BRH CAT DIJ HOC 4th 41 2010 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009 HOC VAL LAU NOR NÜR ZAN BRH OSC HOC ADR SHA 3rd 66 2011 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009 HOC ZAN SPL LAU NOR NÜR BRH OSC VAL HOC 3rd 51 2012 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M3 DTM HOC LAU BRH SPL NOR NÜR ZAN OSC VAL HOC 1st 149 2013 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M3 DTM HOC BRH SPL LAU NOR MSC NÜR OSC ZAN HOC 3rd 82 2014 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M4 DTM HOC OSC HUN NOR MSC SPL NÜR LAU ZAN HOC 11th 42 2015 BMW Team MTEK BMW M4 DTM HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SPL1 SPL2 MSC1 MSC2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 5th 123 2016 BMW Team MTEK BMW M4 DTM HOC1 HOC2 SPL1 SPL2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MSC1 MSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 HOC1 HOC2 15th 51 2017 BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 HUN1 HUN2 NOR1 NOR2 MSC1 MSC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPL1 SPL2 HOC1 HOC2 13th 75 2018 BMW Team RBM BMW M4 DTM HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 HUN1 HUN2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPL1 SPL2 HOC1 HOC2 12th 85 2019 BMW Team RMG BMW M4 Turbo DTM HOC1 HOC2 ZOL1 ZOL2 MIS1 MIS2 NOR1 NOR2 ASS1 ASS2 BRH1 BRH2 LAU1 LAU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 9th 106 † Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance.

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 SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR COA PET 21st 33 2016 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M6 GTLM BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 DAY SEB 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 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 DAY SEB ELK VIR ATL MDO CLT PET LGA SEB 4th 313 2021 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 DAY SEB DET WGL WGL LIM ELK LGA LBH VIR PET 7th 1251 2023 Turner Motorsport GTD Pro BMW M4 GT3 BMW P58 3.0 L Turbo I6 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR IMS PET 27th 245

Complete ADAC GT 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 DC Points 2015 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert BMW Z4 GT3OSC1OSC2RBR1RBR2SPA1SPA2LAU1LAU2NÜR1NÜR2SAC1SAC2ZAN1ZAN2HOC1HOC2 25th 30 2023 FK Performance Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 HOC1 HOC2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC1 HOC2 20th 31

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 28th 8 2019–20 ByKolles Racing Team LMP1 ENSO CLM P1/01 Gibson GL458 4.5 L V8 SIL FUJ SHA BHR COA SPA LMS 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 2020 ByKolles Racing Team Oliver Webb 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 FUJ SUZ FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT 21st 8 2024 BMW M Team Studie x CRS BMW M4 GT3 GT300 OKA FUJ SUZ FUJ SUG AUT MOT SUZ 15th 16

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