Luca Stolz (born 29 July 1995) is a German racing driver who currently competes in the ADAC GT Masters and

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Career

Stolz began his racing career in 2007, competing in the Cadet class of the Belgian Karting Championship. He raced in karts until 2010, before moving into single-seaters in 2011. He made his debut in the 2011 ADAC Formel Masters, driving for URD Rennsport. In his maiden season of formula competition, Stolz finished 12th in the championship. The following season, he moved to the German Formula Three Championship, initially competing in the Trophy class for HS Engineering, before stepping up to the overall championship beginning at

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. For 2013, Stolz began competing in

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, joining Land Motorsport for the 2013 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany season. He made his

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debut the following season, driving alongside Lucas Wolf for

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. Despite only competing in half the season, the duo would finish fourth in the Silver Cup class. For 2016, Stolz joined the Lamborghini GT3 Junior Program, which led to a full-season

campaign with

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. Stolz and co-driver

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were crowned Silver Cup champions of the Sprint Cup that season, claiming four class victories in ten races. 2017 saw Stolz join

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Team Black Falcon for the Endurance Cup; the team with which he and co-drivers

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and Maro Engel would claim the 2018 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup title. 2018 also saw Stolz make his

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debut, driving for Keating Motorsports. The team finished 29th overall, and third in the LMGTE Am class. After competing with Black Falcon in 2019 and Haupt Racing Team in 2020, Stolz and Engel joined Toksport WRT for the 2021 season. GT Masters 2021 Spielberg Nr

In 2022, Stolz began competing in the DTM, driving for Haupt Racing Team. Throughout the season, he developed a reputation for staying out of the media limelight, preferring to essentially let his driving do the talking. He claimed his first DTM race win at the Nürburgring, taking victory in the second event of the weekend. 2022 also saw Stolz take victory at the Bathurst 12 Hour with Kenny Habul, Martin Konrad, and Jules Gounon. The following year, Stolz, Habul, and Gounon went back-to-back, winning the

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edition of the race as well.

Racing record

Career summary

^* Season still in progress.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup results

^* Season still in progress.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† As Stolz was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

References

External links

Luca Stolz
at the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
Luca Stolz
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