Fabian Schiller (born 24 May 1997) is a German racing driver who currently competes in the

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Career

Junior formula

Schiller began his racing career in karting at the age of 12, competing in the ADAC Kart Masters series. In 2012, he began competing in single-seater formula cars, taking part in the Formula BMW Talent Cup. The following season, Schiller stepped up to compete in the

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championship, competing for the Schiller Motorsport team run by his father and uncle. He would finish 11th in his first season in the competition, scoring his first victory at the

Lausitzring The Lausitzring (formally known as the Dekra Lausitzring for ownership reasons) is a race track located near Klettwitz (a civil parish of Schipkau, Oberspreewald-Lausitz district) in the state of Brandenburg in northeast Germany, near the bo ...

. After two years of competition and three race victories in the series, Schiller graduated to the

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, signing with

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for the 2015 season. However, with three races remaining in the season, Schiller was removed from his seat due to unsatisfactory performances. Fabian Schiller, Formel 3 2015

Sports cars

In March 2016, Schiller joined

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for the

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edition of the Renault Sport Trophy. Schiller found much success over the course of the season, winning both the individual AM class championship and the Endurance Trophy alongside co-driver

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. That same year, Schiller made his first appearance at the

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, competing in the SP7 class. The team would finish sixth in class, completing 85 of the leader's 124 laps. At the end of 2016, Schiller announced that he'd be competing for Race Performance in the LMP2 class of the

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. After winning his first race in the series at

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, the team finished fourth at Buriram and second at Sepang, finishing fourth in points. For 2017, Schiller raced in the

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, winning the Silver Cup title with co-driver

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. Two years later, Schiller made his debut in the

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at the

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, driving for P1 Motorsports. After retiring, the entry finished 19th in class. Two seasons later, Schiller returned to the series, competing with

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in the LMP2 class. The team finished on the podium in class, four laps behind the second-placed Tower Motorsport by Starworks entry. In 2022, Schiller joined Valentin Pierburg in Team Germany's entry into the GT Relay competition at the 2022 FIA Motorsport Games. The duo swept the two qualifying races, before finishing as runners-up in the medal race. Schiller closed nearly 30 seconds to the leading car of Eric Debard before a late safety car ended the race under full-course yellow conditions.

Racing record

Career summary

* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

References

External links

Fabian Schiller
at IMSA
Fabian Schiller
at Racing Reference {{DEFAULTSORT:Schiller, Fabian 1997 births Living people German racing drivers 24 Hours of Daytona drivers WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers Blancpain Endurance Series drivers FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers ADAC Formel Masters drivers People from Troisdorf Sportspeople from Cologne (region) Racing drivers from North Rhine-Westphalia Euroformula Open Championship drivers Asian Le Mans Series drivers 24H Series drivers ADAC GT Masters drivers International GT Open drivers Mercedes-AMG Motorsport drivers Team West-Tec drivers DragonSpeed drivers Formula BMW drivers Schnitzer Motorsport drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers FIA Motorsport Games drivers