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.

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.

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.

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.Porsche celebrates historic Hybrid victory - VLN, 29 May 2011

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.

Holzer was dropped by Porsche in late 2014.

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

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position2004Formula BMW ADACAM-Holzer Rennsport190000420th 2005Formula BMW ADACAM-Holzer Rennsport1900014113thFormula BMW World Final11001N/A 1st 2006Formula BMW ADACAM-Holzer Rennsport183236129 3rdFormula OneBMW Sauber Test driver2007Formula 3 Euro SeriesAM-Holzer Rennsport200000019th2008Porsche SupercupUPS Porsche Junior Team600000NC†2009Asian Le Mans Series - GT2Team Felbermayr-Proton20102135thRolex Sports Car Series - GT Riegel/Stanton/The Racer's Group100003255th Farnbacher-Loles Racing10000FIA GT Championship - GT2 Brixia Racing10000238th Prospeed Competition71001FIA GT3 European Championship20000633rd24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Manthey Racing10000N/A5th2010American Le Mans Series - GTFlying Lizard Motorsports100021332ndLe Mans Series - GT2Prospeed Competition500011914thFIA GT3 European Championship122??6137 2nd24 Hours of Le Mans - GT2 BMS Scuderia Italia10001N/A 3rd24 Hours of Nürburgring - E1-XP Hybrid Manthey Racing10000N/ADNF2011American Le Mans Series - GTFlying Lizard Motorsports600005310thRolex Sports Car Series - GTMagnus Racing10000163rdLe Mans Series - LMGTE ProProspeed Competition50000257th24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro10001N/A8th24 Hours of Nürburgring - E1-XP Hybrid Manthey Racing11001N/A 1st2012American Le Mans Series - GTFlying Lizard Motorsports900004611th24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Pro10000N/ADNFRolex Sports Car Series - GTAlex Job Racing1000016110thInternational GT Open - Super GT Manthey Racing163???84 2nd24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP910000N/ADNF2013American Le Mans Series - GTPaul Miller Racing1000004413thRolex Sports Car Series - GTAlex Job Racing100002566thFIA GT Series - ProTrackspeed200000NC†Blancpain Endurance Series - ProProspeed Competition100000NC24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Manthey Racing10000N/A10th2014United SportsCar Championship - GTLMTeam Falken Tire1010026524thUnited SportsCar Championship - GTDAlex Job Racing100001984thFIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE ProPorsche Team Manthey31012539th24 Hours of Le Mans - GTE Pro10001N/A 3rdBlancpain Sprint Series - ProSchütz Motorsport200001220th2015United SportsCar Championship - GTDPaul Miller Racing10000163rd24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Haribo Racing Team10000N/ADNF2016ADAC GT MastersBentley Team Abt700000NC24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9Bentley Abt10000N/A16th2019ADAC GT MastersIronForce Racing80000933rdBlancpain GT World Challenge America - ProAlegra Motorsports90002869th2019-20FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE AmDempsey-Proton Racing100112321st2020ADAC GT MastersJoos Sportwagentechnik200000NC24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro-AmHuber Motorsport11001N/A 1st2021ADAC GT MastersJoos Sportwagentechnik600005816thKÜS Team Bernhard2000124 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 ProKCMG10000N/A22nd2022IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTDNTE Sport50000120518th202424 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 ProDinamic GT10000N/A12th202524 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro-AmHankook Competition10000N/A4th2026Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - AT2Manthey RacingNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP-Pro24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP-ProManthey Team eFuel Griesemann 1 1 1 1 1 N/A 1stNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP7W&S Motorsport † As Holzer was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2010 BMS Scuderia Italia Richard Westbrook Timo Scheider Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 327 14th 3rd 2011 Prospeed Competition Marc Goossens Jaap van Lagen Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTEPro 293 23rd 8th 2012 Flying Lizard Motorsports Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTEPro 114 DNF DNF 2014 Porsche Team Manthey Frédéric Makowiecki Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 337 15th 3rd

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points 2014 Porsche Team Manthey LMGTE Pro Porsche 911 RSRPorsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL SPA LMSCOAFUJSHABHRSÃO9th53 2019–20 Dempsey-Proton Racing LMGTE Am Porsche 911 RSR Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SIL FUJ SHA BHR COA SPA LMS BHR 21st 23

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points 2014 Alex Job Racing GTD Porsche 911 GT America Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DAYDET 84th 19 Team Falken Tire GTLM Porsche 911 RSR SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS IMS ELK VIR COA PET 24th 65 2015 Flying Lizard Motorsports GTD Audi R8 LMS ultra Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 DAY SEBLGA DET WGL LIM ELK VIR COA PET 63rd 1 2022 NTE Sport GTD Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10DAYSEBLBH LGAMDODET WGLMOSLIM ELK VIR PET 18th 1205

References

External links

Marco Holzer at the Porsche website