Marco Holzer (born 30 July 1988) is a German professional racing driver. He has competed in sports car competitions such as the

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and

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as a

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works driver.

Career

Born in

Bobingen Bobingen (Swabian: ''Boobenge'') is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It lies on the rivers Wertach and Singold, on the edge of the Augsburg-Westliche Wälder Nature Park, in Augsburg District, some 13 km south of Augsburg itself. History The ...

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, 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

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, where he scored no points. In 2008, Holzer switched to sports car racing, finishing fifth at the

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. He signed as Porsche junior works driver, and raced at the 2009

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for Prospeed and VLN for Manthey, in both cases driving a

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. The German became a Porsche works driver in 2010. That year, he resulted vice-champion at the

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for Prospeed with two wins. Also, he raced in several endurance races, such as the VLN for Manthey, the

for Prospeed,

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for Flying Lizard, and the

for

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, resulting 3rd in the GT2 class. Holzer competed partial-time at the 2011

for Flying Lizard, the five rounds of the

for Prospeed, and the VLN, where he got an overall win with a hybrid Porsche 911.Porsche celebrates historic Hybrid victory
- VLN, 29 May 2011 In 2012, he raced full-time at the American Le Mans Series for Flying Lizard in the GT class, collecting a best result of 5th at Virginia, and the

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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. Holzer was dropped by Porsche in late 2014. In 2016, the German joined Abt Sportsline to compete at the ADAC GT Masters with a

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Racing record

Career summary

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(

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

References

External links

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Marco Holzer at the Porsche website
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