Luca Engstler (born 8 March 2000) is a German racing driver currently competing in the WTCR and

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. Having previously competed in the TCR Middle East Touring Car Series and

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amongst others.

Racing career

Engstler began his career in 2009 in Karting, he continued in karting until 2014. In 2015 he switched to the

Series, he continued in the series for 2016 and finished twenty-sixth in the championship standings that year. For 2017 he switched to the

, he took his first podiums at the third round of the championship at Oschersleben, where he took two third-place finishes. In June 2017 it was announced that he would race in the TCR International Series, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for his ADAC TCR Germany team Junior Team Engstler. Since 2017, Engstler has competed in a range of TCR Series including ADAC Germany, Middle East, Asia, Europe, China, Malaysia and the

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. He was the 2019 Middle East champion,

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and 2019 TCR Asia champion and

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and 2020 TCR Malaysia champion. He also competed in the

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as a wildcard entry at the

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and for BRC Racing Team replacing Augusto Farfus in Macau. On 16 March 2020, it was announced that Engstler would be driving for

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alongside BRC Racing Team in a

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alongside reigning champion

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, 2018 champion

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and

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Racing record