Marco Holzer
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| Nationality |  German | ||||||||||
| Born | 30 July 1988 | ||||||||||
| FIA GT3 European Championship career | |||||||||||
| Current team | Paul Miller Racing | ||||||||||
| Racing licence |  FIA Gold (until 2012, 2019–) FIA Platinum (2013–2018)[1] | ||||||||||
| Car number | 48 | ||||||||||
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Marco Pascal Holzer[2] (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
[edit]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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
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.[3]
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.[citation needed]
Holzer was dropped by Porsche in late 2014.[citation needed]
In 2016, Holzer joined Abt Sportsline to compete at the ADAC GT Masters with a Bentley Continental GT.[citation needed]
Racing record
[edit]Career summary
[edit]† As Holzer was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
[edit]| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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| 2010 |  BMS Scuderia Italia
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 Richard Westbrook Timo Scheider
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Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GT2 | 327 | 14th | 3rd |
| 2011 |  Prospeed Competition
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Marc Goossens Jaap van Lagen
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Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GTE Pro |
293 | 23rd | 8th |
| 2012 |  Flying Lizard Motorsports
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Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long
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Porsche 997 GT3-RSR | GTE Pro |
114 | DNF | DNF |
| 2014 | Porsche Team Manthey
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 Frédéric Makowiecki Richard Lietz
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Porsche 911 RSR | GTE Pro |
337 | 15th | 3rd |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
[edit]| Year | Team | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Points |
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| 2014 | Porsche Team Manthey | LMGTE Pro | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL 1 |
SPA 9 |
LMS 2 |
COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR | SÃO | 9th | 53 |
| 2019–20 | Dempsey-Proton Racing | LMGTE Am | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL | FUJ | SHA | BHR | COA | SPA | LMS | BHR 3 |
21st | 23 |
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
[edit](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 | Pos. | Points |
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| 2014 | Team Falken Tire | GTLM | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SEB 5 |
LBH 8 |
LGA 4 |
WGL 9 |
MOS 8 |
IMS 9 |
ELK 9 |
VIR 2 |
COA 8 |
PET 1 |
24th | 65 | ||
| Alex Job Racing | GTD | Porsche 911 GT America | DAY 15 |
DET | 84th | 19 | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Flying Lizard Motorsports | GTD | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Audi DAR 5.2 L V10 | DAY | SEB 14 |
LGA | DET | WGL | LIM | ELK |
VIR | AUS |
PET |
63th | 1 | ||
| 2022 | NTE Sport | GTD | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Lamborghini DGF 5.2 L V10 | DAY | SEB | LBH | LGA 6 |
MDO | DET | WGL 12 |
MOS | LIM | ELK 5 |
VIR 13 |
PET 9 |
18th | 1205 |
References
[edit]- ^ "2013 FIA WEC - Liste des catégorisations des pilotes" (PDF). nextgen-auto.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
- ^ "2024 IGTC ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nurburgring Entry List" (PDF). Intercontinental GT Challenge. SRO Motorsports Group. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ Porsche celebrates historic Hybrid victory Archived 2013-12-25 at the Wayback Machine - VLN, 29 May 2011
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Marco Holzer career summary at DriverDB.com
- Marco Holzer at the Porsche website
- 1988 births
- Living people
- People from Augsburg (district)
- Racing drivers from Swabia (Bavaria)
- German racing drivers
- Formula BMW ADAC drivers
- Formula 3 Euro Series drivers
- FIA GT Championship drivers
- European Le Mans Series drivers
- 24 Hours of Daytona drivers
- American Le Mans Series drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- Rolex Sports Car Series drivers
- Porsche Supercup drivers
- International GT Open drivers
- GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers
- WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
- FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
- 24 Hours of Spa drivers
- Asian Le Mans Series drivers
- GT World Challenge America drivers
- Porsche Motorsports drivers
- ADAC GT Masters drivers
- Abt Sportsline drivers
- KCMG drivers
- Walker Racing drivers
- Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers
- 24H Series drivers
- Manthey Racing drivers
- Proton Competition drivers
- GT2 European Series drivers
- Paul Miller Racing drivers
- IMSA Performance drivers
- Prospeed Competition drivers
- GT World Challenge Asia drivers
- Intercontinental Le Mans Cup drivers
- Lionspeed GP drivers
- Rutronik Racing drivers
- Magnus Racing drivers
- 12 Hours of Sebring drivers
- Heart of Racing Team drivers