Tomáš Enge (; born 11 September 1976) is a Czech former professional racing driver who has competed in many classes of motorsport, including three races in Formula One and nine appearances at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Career Born in Liberec, Enge started his career at the age of sixteen, entering a Ford Fiesta he bought with his own money in the Czechoslovak Ford Fiesta Cup.
Enge participated in the final three races of the Formula One season, becoming the first, and to date only, driver from the Czech Republic to compete in Formula One. He made his debut at the Italian Grand Prix on 16 September, after being brought in by cash-strapped Prost as a replacement for Luciano Burti, who was recovering from his crash at the previous race in Belgium. Enge left the Prost Grand Prix team before it folded for the 2002 season.
Enge obtained his Formula One break using the sponsorship from the local Coca-Cola subsidiary, which had also funded the Nordic Racing F3000 team he raced for that year. He finished third in the 2001 standings despite missing the final race, and was stripped of the 2002 title due to a positive marijuana test.Enge fails drug test (BBC Sport, 13 Sep 2002) He returned to Formula 3000 in 2004, and then headed to America for 2005, driving for Panther Racing in the IRL, with modest success, although almost winning the race at Sonoma. Among his seventeen career IRL starts was his rookie start in the 2005 Indianapolis 500. He then drove for Team Czech Republic in the 2005-2006 A1GP season. Enge has also been a frequent driver for Prodrive's sportscar teams, driving both their Ferrari 550 Maranello and Aston Martin DBR9 in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2006, he was driver of the No. 007 Aston Martin Racing entry in the American Le Mans Series, but for 2007, switched to the Petersen/White Lightning Ferrari F430.
On 31 March 2007, Enge was injured whilst driving his F430 at the ALMS St. Petersburg race. The car crashed whilst leading the GT2 class, suffering heavy damage to the driver's side and a brief fire. Enge was removed under medical supervision and transported to the local medical centre. He was later revealed to have suffered a shattered elbow, cracked ribs, a partially collapsed lung and a potentially broken ankle, but not to be in any serious danger. On 21 July 2007, Enge was released from his contract with Petersen/White Lightning due to a penalty incurred after crashing into Mika Salo during the ALMS race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing Releases Enge Effective Immediately (21 Jul 2007)
In 2009, Enge drove for Aston Martin Racing in LMP1 in the Le Mans Series and won the championship alongside Stefan Mücke and Jan Charouz. He remained with Aston Martin, as he moved into the FIA GT1 World Championship for the 2010 season, joining Darren Turner at Young Driver AMR. The pairing finished fourth in the championship with three victories. Enge and Turner were split for the 2011 season; Turner was joined by Stefan Mücke, while Enge was partnered by Alex Müller. Enge and Müller achieved two victories as they finished fourth in the championship.
With Young Driver AMR pulling out of the championship to focus on other series, Enge moved to the Reiter Engineering Lamborghini squad for the 2012 season, where he partnered socialite Albert von Thurn und Taxis. The pairing were lying tenth in the championship after four rounds; their best result was a second-place finish at the Slovakia Ring. On 19 June 2012, it was announced that Enge had tested positive for a banned substance at the Navarra round of the championship, and was suspended from racing for 18 months. Enge appealed the decision on the grounds that the positive test was caused by medication he is taking for a chronic cardiovascular condition. In April 2013, the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected Enge's appeal.
Despite his suspension, Reiter Engineering retained Enge as a test and development driver for its Chevrolet Camaro GT3, Lamborghini Gallardo R-EX, and KTM X-Bow GT4 programmes. Enge returned to competition in the 2014 ADAC GT Masters, and continued racing sporadically until 2019, while working for Reiter as sporting director.
In 2020, Enge pivoted his focus to off-road rally raids, signing with Buggyra to compete in cross-country rallying. In January 2021, Enge made his debut in the Dakar Rally, held in Saudi Arabia, competing in the Lightweight Prototype (T3) category driving a Can-Am DV21 chassis. Despite dealing with mechanical setbacks, he finished tenth in class.
Enge is also active in sim racing, and is the founder and team principal of Tomáš Enge SIM Racing.
Racing record Complete German Formula Three Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) Year Team Chassis Engine Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 1997 Opel Team BSR Dallara F397 Opel A HOC1 HOC2 NÜR11 NÜR12 SAC1 SAC2 NOR1 NOR2 WUN1 WUN2 ZWE1 ZWE2 SAL1 SAL2 LAH1 LAH2 NÜR21 NÜR22 12th 30 1998 Opel Team BSR Martini MK73 Opel A HOC1 HOC2 NÜR11 NÜR12SAC1SAC2 NOR1 NOR2 LAH1 LAH2WUN1WUN2ZWE1ZWE2SAL1SAL2OSC1OSC2NÜR21NÜR22 20th 3
Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points 1998 Auto Sport Racing OSC IMO CAT SIL MON PAU A1R HOC HUN SPA PER NÜR 22nd 1 1999 WRT Fina IMO MON CAT MAG SIL A1R HOC HUN SPA NÜR 11th 6 2000 MySAP.com IMO SIL CAT NÜR MON MAG A1R HOC HUN SPA 6th 15 2001 Coca-Cola Nordic Racing INT IMO CAT A1R MON NÜR MAG SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ 3rd 39 2002 Arden International INT IMO CAT A1R MON NÜRSIL MAG HOC HUN SPA MNZ 3rd 50 2004 Ma-Con Engineering IMO CAT MON NÜR MAG SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ 4th 38
Complete Formula One results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Points Prost Acer Prost AP04 Acer V10 AUS MAL BRA SMR ESP AUT MON CAN EUR FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA USA JPN 24th 0
Complete American Le Mans Series results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points Ref 1999 Team Rafanelli SRL LMP Riley & Scott Mk III Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 SEB ATL MOS SON POR PET MON LSV 64th 14 2002 Prodrive GTS Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari 5.9 L V12 SEB SON MID AME WAS TRO MOS MON MIA PET 13th 94 2003 Veloqx Prodrive Racing GTS Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari 5.9 L V12 SEB ATL SON TRO MOS AME MONDSQ MIA PET 7th 97 2005 Aston Martin Racing GT1 Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 SEB ATL MID LIM SON POR AME MOS PET MON 14th 14 2006 Aston Martin Racing GT1 Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0l V12 SEB LST LMO NEN UTA POR AME MOS PET MON 3rd 159
Complete European Le Mans Series results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points 2001 Lanesra LMP900 Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 SEB DON JAR EST MOS VAL PLM 17th 21 2004 Larbre Compétition GTS Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari 5.9L V12 MNZ NUR SIL SPA 10th 8 2005 MenX GT1 Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari 5.9L V12 SPA MNZ SIL NUR IST 12th 8 2008 Team Modena GT1 Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 CAT MNZ SPA NUR SIL 3rd 36 2009 AMR Eastern Europe LMP1 Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 CAT SPA ALG NUR SIL 1st 39 2011 Young Driver AMR GTE Pro Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 PLR SPA IMO SIL EST NC 0
Rolex Sports Car Series career (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref 2007 SAMAX R24 MEX MIA VIR LAG WG6 MOH DAY IOW BAR MON WGI SON SLC 35th 93 2008 Peter Baron R24 MIA MEX VIR LAG WG6 MOH DAY BAR MON WGI SON NJ SLC NC 0 2009 Alegra Motorsports R24 VIR NJ LAG WG6 MOH DAY BAR WGI MON SLC MIA 44th 35 2011 Starworks Motorsport R24 MIA BAR VIR LIM WG6 ROA LAG NJ WGS LAG MON MOH NC 0
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Prodrive Rickard Rydell Alain Menu Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello GTS 174 DNF DNF Veloqx Prodrive Racing Peter Kox Jamie Davies Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello GTS 336 10th 1st Prodrive Racing Peter Kox Alain Menu Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello GTS 325 11th 4th Aston Martin Racing Peter Kox Pedro Lamy Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 327 DNF DNF Aston Martin Racing Darren Turner Andrea Piccini Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 350 6th 2nd Aston Martin Racing Johnny Herbert Peter Kox Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 337 9th 4th Charouz Racing System Aston Martin Racing Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke Lola B08/60-Aston Martin LMP1 354 9th 9th AMR Eastern Europe Jan Charouz Stefan Mücke Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 LMP1 373 4th 4th Young Driver AMR Christoffer Nygaard Peter Kox Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 311 22nd 3rd
American Open-Wheel (key)
IndyCar Series Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref 2004 Patrick Racing Dallara IR-04 20 Chevrolet Indy V8HMSPHXMOTINDYTXSRIRKANNSHMILMISKTYPPIRNZRCHIFONTX2 27th 31 2005 Panther Racing Dallara IR-05 2HMSPHXSTPMOTINDYTXSRIRKANNSHMILMISKTYPPIRSNMCHIWGLFON 16th 261 2006 Cheever Racing 51 Honda HI6R V8HMSSTPMOTINDYWGLTXSRIRKANNSHMILMISKTYSNMCHI 32nd 12
Complete A1 Grand Prix results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points Ref 2005–06 Czech Republic GBRSPR GBRFEA GERSPR GERFEA PORSPR PORFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA UAESPR UAEFEA RSASPR RSAFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA USASPR USAFEA CHNSPR CHNFEA12th56 2006–07 NEDSPR NEDFEA CZESPR CZEFEA BEISPR BEIFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA IDNSPR IDNFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA RSASPR RSAFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA SHASPR SHAFEA GBRSPR GBRSPR 12th 27 2007–08 NEDSPR NEDFEA CZESPR CZEFEA MYSSPR MYSFEA ZHUSPR ZHUFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA AUSSPR AUSFEA RSASPR RSAFEA MEXSPR MEXFEA SHASPR SHAFEA GBRSPR GBRSPR 19th 10
Complete FIA GT Championship results Year Team Chassis Engine Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points 2001 Coca-Cola Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 N-GT MNZ BRN MAG MNZ ZOL DIL BUD SPA A1 NUR JAR EST 31st 4 2002 BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari 5.9L V12 GT MAG SIL BRN JAR AND OSC SPA PER DON EST NC 0 2003 MenX Ferrari 360 Modena GT Ferrari 3.6L V8 N-GT BAR MAG PER BRN DON SPA AND OSC EST MNZ 37th 7 2006 Aston Martin Racing BMS Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 GT1 SIL BRN OSC SPA RIC DIJ MUG HUN ADR DUB 30th 5.5 2007 Scuderia Ecosse Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0L V8 GT2 ZHU SIL BUC MNZ OSC SPA ADR 18th 9 RBImmo Racing TeamKonrad Motorsport Saleen S7R Ford 7.0L V8 GT1 BRN NOG ZOL NC 0 2008 IPB Spartak RacingReiter Engineering Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Lamborghini 6.0 L V12 GT2 SIL MNZ ADR OSC SPA BUC BRN 16th 8 Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 G2 NOG ZOL SAN NC 0
Complete GT1 World Championship results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points 2010 Young Driver AMR Aston Martin DBR9 ABUQR ABUCR SILQR SILCR BRNQR BRNCR PRIQR PRICR SPAQR SPACR NÜRQR NÜRCR ALGQR ALGCR NAVQR NAVCR INTQR INTCR SANQR SANCR 4th 104 2011 Young Driver AMR Aston Martin DBR9 ABUQR ABUCR ZOLQR ZOLCR ALGQR ALGCR SACQR SACCR SILQR SILCR NAVQR NAVCR PRIQR PRICR ORDQR ORDCR BEIQR BEICR SANQR SANCR 4th 103 2012 Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3 NOGQR NOGCR ZOLQR ZOLCR NAVQR NAVQR SVKQR SVKCR ALGQR ALGCR SVKQR SVKCR MOSQR MOSCR NURQR NURCR DONQR DONCR 19th 18
Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points 2014 Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 Pro NOGQR NOGCR 18th 16 Reiter Engineering BRHQR BRHCR ZANQR ZANCR SVKQR SVKCR G-Drive Racing ALGQR ALGCR ZOLQR ZOLCR BAKQR BAKCR
Dakar Rally results
YearClassTeamVehiclePositionRef2021Light Prototypes (T3)Buggyra Zero Mileage RacingCan-Am DV 2110th
See also 24 Hours of Le Mans 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
References
External links
Biography of Tomáš Enge