Marco Holzer
Introduction '''Marco Holzer''' (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 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.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.The German 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 3rd in the GT2 class.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.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 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.Holzer was dropped by Porsche in late 2014.In 2016, the German joined Abt Sportsline to compete at the ADAC GT Masters with a Bentley Continental GT.
Racing record ===Career summary===SeasonSeriesTeamRaceswinsPolesFast lapsPointsPos.2004Formula BMW ADACAM-Holzer Rennsport19000420th 2005Formula BMW ADACAM-Holzer Rennsport190004113thFormula BMW World FinalAM-Holzer Rennsport1100N/A '''1st''' 2006Formula BMW ADACAM-Holzer Rennsport18323129 '''3rd'''Formula OneBMW Sauber Test driver2007Formula 3 Euro SeriesAM-Holzer Rennsport20000019th===24 Hours of Le Mans results=== Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps   2010  BMS Scuderia Italia  Richard Westbrook Timo Scheider Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GT2 327 14th '''3rd''' 2011  Prospeed Competition  Marc Goossens Jaap van Lagen Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTEPro 293 23rd 8th 2012  Flying Lizard Motorsports  Jörg Bergmeister Patrick Long Porsche 997 GT3-RSR GTEPro 114 DNF DNF 2014  Porsche Team Manthey  Frédéric Makowiecki Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 337 15th '''3rd'''===Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results===(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  Points 2022 NTE Sport GTD Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK   VIR PET  -* 0*
References
External links * * *  Marco Holzer at the Porsche website