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Tomáš Enge
Enge in 2021
Born (1976-09-11) 11 September 1976 (age 48)
Liberec, Czechoslovakia
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityCzech Republic Czech
Active years2001
TeamsProst
Entries3
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry2001 Italian Grand Prix
Last entry2001 Japanese Grand Prix
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years2002–2010
TeamsProdrive, Aston Martin Racing, Young Driver AMR
Best finish4th (2009)
Class wins1 (2003) (LMGTS)

Tomáš Enge (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈɛŋɡɛ]; born 11 September 1976) is a Czech former professional racing driver who has competed in many classes of motorsport, including three races in Formula One.

Career

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Born in Liberec, Enge started his career at the age of 16, entering a Ford Fiesta he bought with his own money in the Czechoslovakian Ford Fiesta Cup.

Enge driving for Prost at the 2001 United States Grand Prix.

Enge participated in the final three races of the 2001 Formula One season, becoming the first, and to date only, driver from the Czech Republic to compete in Formula One. He made his debut at the Italian Grand Prix on 16 September, after being brought in by Prost as a replacement for Luciano Burti, who was recovering from his crash at the previous race in Belgium.[1] Enge left the Prost Grand Prix team before it folded for the 2002 season.[2]

He obtained his Formula One break using the sponsorship from the local Coca-Cola subsidiary, which had also funded the Nordic Racing F3000 team he raced for that year. He finished third in the 2001 standings despite missing the final race, and was stripped of the 2002 title due to a positive marijuana test.[3] He returned to Formula 3000 in 2004, and then headed to America for 2005, driving for Panther Racing in the IRL, with modest success, although almost winning the race at Sonoma. Among his 17 career IRL starts was his rookie start in the 2005 Indianapolis 500. He then drove for Team Czech Republic in the 2005-2006 A1GP season. Enge has also been a frequent driver for Prodrive's sportscar teams, driving both their Ferrari 550 Maranellos and Aston Martin DBR9s in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 2006 he was driver of the #007 Aston Martin Racing entry in the American Le Mans Series, but for 2007 switched to the Petersen/White Lightning Ferrari F430.

On 31 March 2007, Enge was injured whilst driving his F430 at the ALMS St. Petersburg race. The car crashed whilst leading the GT2 class, suffering heavy damage to the driver's side and a brief fire. Enge was removed under medical supervision and transported to the local medical centre.[4] He was later revealed to have suffered a shattered elbow, cracked ribs, a partially collapsed lung and a potentially broken ankle, but not to be in any serious danger.[5]

On 21 July 2007, Enge was released from his contract with Peterson Motorsports/White Lightning Racing due to a penalty incurred after crashing into Mika Salo during the Acura Sports Car Challenge ALMS race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.[6]

In 2009 he drove for Aston Martin Racing in the Le Mans Series and won the championship alongside Stefan Mücke and Jan Charouz. He remained with Aston Martin, as he moved into the FIA GT1 World Championship for the 2010 season, joining Darren Turner at Young Driver AMR. The pairing finished fourth in the championship with three victories. Enge and Turner were split for the 2011 season; Turner was joined by Stefan Mücke, while Enge was partnered by Alex Müller. Enge and Müller achieved two victories as they finished fourth in the championship.

With Young Driver AMR pulling out of the championship to focus on other series, Enge moved to the Reiter Engineering Lamborghini squad for the 2012 season, where he partnered socialite Albert von Thurn und Taxis.[7] The pairing were lying tenth in the championship after four rounds; their best result was a second-place finish at the Slovakia Ring. On 19 June 2012, it was announced that Enge had tested positive for a banned substance at the Navarra round of the championship, and was suspended from racing.[8] At the beginning of August, it was announced that Enge was to be suspended from racing for 18 months. Enge appealed the decision on the grounds that the positive test was caused by medication he is taking for a chronic cardiovascular condition.[9] In April 2013 the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected Enge's appeal.[10]

Racing record

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Complete International Formula 3000 results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
1998 Auto Sport Racing OSC IMO CAT SIL MON PAU A1R HOC
15 		HUN
12 		SPA
7 		PER
Ret 		NÜR
6 		23rd 1
1999 WRT Fina IMO
DNQ 		MON
DNQ 		CAT
14 		MAG
2 		SIL
17 		A1R
11 		HOC
Ret 		HUN
14 		SPA
11 		NÜR
Ret 		11th 6
2000 MySAP.com IMO
5 		SIL
13 		CAT
Ret 		NÜR
Ret 		MON
DNQ 		MAG
5 		A1R
16 		HOC
1 		HUN
17 		SPA
6 		6th 15
2001 Coca-Cola Nordic Racing INT
12 		IMO
3 		CAT
1 		A1R
3 		MON
7 		NÜR
1 		MAG
3 		SIL
5 		HOC
5 		HUN
11 		SPA
4 		MNZ 3rd 39
2002 Arden International INT
Ret 		IMO
6 		CAT
2 		A1R
1 		MON
3 		NÜR
13 		SIL
1 		MAG
1 		HOC
Ret 		HUN
DSQ 		SPA
4 		MNZ
2 		3rd 50
2004 Ma-Con Engineering IMO
5 		CAT
Ret 		MON
14 		NÜR
7 		MAG
2 		SIL
3 		HOC
Ret 		HUN
4 		SPA
4 		MNZ
2 		4th 38
Sources:[11][12]

Complete Formula One results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Points
2001 Prost Acer Prost AP04 Acer V10 AUS MAL BRA SMR ESP AUT MON CAN EUR FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA
12 		USA
14 		JPN
Ret 		24th 0
Sources:[11][13]

Complete American Le Mans Series results

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Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points Ref
1999 Team Rafanelli SRL LMP Riley & Scott Mk III Judd GV4 4.0 L V10 SEB
Ret 		ATL MOS SON POR PET
6 		MON LSV 64th 14 [14]
2002 Prodrive GTS Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari 5.9 L V12 SEB
6 		SON MID AME WAS TRO MOS MON
1 		MIA
3 		PET
2 		13th 94 [15]
2003 Veloqx Prodrive Racing GTS Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari 5.9 L V12 SEB
Ret 		ATL
2 		SON
4 		TRO
Ret 		MOS
2 		AME
3 		MON
DSQ 		MIA
2 		PET
1 		7th 97 [16]
2005 Aston Martin Racing GT1 Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 SEB ATL MID LIM SON POR AME MOS PET
5 		MON 14th 14 [17]
2006 Aston Martin Racing GT1 Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0l V12 SEB
3 		LST
3 		LMO
3 		NEN
3 		UTA
1 		POR
2 		AME
3 		MOS
3 		PET
1 		MON
3 		3rd 159 [18]
Source:[19]

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points
2001 Lanesra LMP900 Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S Élan 6L8 6.0L V8 SEB DON JAR EST MOS
2 		VAL PLM 17th 21
2004 Larbre Compétition GTS Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari 5.9L V12 MNZ NUR SIL SPA
2 		10th 8
2005 MenX GT1 Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari 5.9L V12 SPA
Ret 		MNZ
2 		SIL NUR IST 12th 8
2008 Team Modena GT1 Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 CAT
Ret 		MNZ
1 		SPA
3 		NUR
1 		SIL
1 		3rd 36
2009 AMR Eastern Europe LMP1 Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 Aston Martin 6.0 L V12 CAT
1 		SPA
3 		ALG
2 		NUR
1 		SIL
3 		1st 39
2011 Young Driver AMR GTE Pro Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 PLR
Ret 		SPA IMO SIL EST NC 0
Sources:[11][19]

Rolex Series career

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref
2007 SAMAX R24
6 		MEX MIA VIR LAG WG6
Ret 		MDO DAY IOW BAR MON WGI
Ret 		SON
Ret 		SLC
2 		35th 93 [20]
2008 Peter Baron R24
Ret 		MIA MEX VIR LAG WG6 MDO DAY BAR MON WGI SON NJ SLC NC 0 [21]
2009 Alegra Motorsports R24
Ret 		VIR NJ LAG WG6 MDO DAY BAR WGI MON SLC MIA
12 		44th 35 [22]
2011 Starworks Motorsport R24
Ret 		MIA BAR VIR LIM WG6 ROA LAG NJ WGS LAG MON MDO NC 0 [23]
Sources:[11][19]

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2002 United Kingdom Prodrive Sweden Rickard Rydell
Switzerland Alain Menu 		Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello GTS 167 DNF DNF
2003 United Kingdom Veloqx Prodrive Racing Netherlands Peter Kox
United Kingdom Jamie Davies 		Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello GTS 336 10th 1st
2004 United Kingdom Prodrive Racing Netherlands Peter Kox
Switzerland Alain Menu 		Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello GTS 325 11th 4th
2005 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Netherlands Peter Kox
Portugal Pedro Lamy 		Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 327 DNF DNF
2006 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Darren Turner
Italy Andrea Piccini 		Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 350 6th 2nd
2007 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing United Kingdom Johnny Herbert
Netherlands Peter Kox 		Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 337 9th 4th
2008 Czech Republic Charouz Racing System
United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing 		Czech Republic Jan Charouz
Germany Stefan Mücke 		Lola B08/60-Aston Martin LMP1 354 9th 9th
2009 Czech Republic AMR Eastern Europe Czech Republic Jan Charouz
Germany Stefan Mücke 		Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 LMP1 373 4th 4th
2010 Germany Young Driver AMR Denmark Christoffer Nygaard
Netherlands Peter Kox 		Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 311 22nd 3rd
Sources:[19][24]

American Open-Wheel

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IndyCar Series

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Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Rank Points Ref
2004 Patrick Racing Dallara IR-04 20 Chevrolet Indy V8 HMS PHX MOT INDY TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MIS KTY PPIR NZR CHI FON
16 		TX2
13 		27th 31 [25]
2005 Panther Racing Dallara IR-05 2 HMS
21 		PHX
20 		STP
16 		MOT
DNS 		INDY
19 		TXS
19 		RIR
7 		KAN
11 		NSH
23 		MIL MIS KTY
11 		PPIR
6 		SNM
5 		CHI
20 		WGL
13 		FON
8 		16th 261 [26]
2006 Cheever Racing 51 Honda HI6R V8 HMS STP MOT
19 		INDY WGL TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MIS KTY SNM CHI 32nd 12 [27]

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points Ref
2005–06 Czech Republic GBR
SPR 		GBR
FEA 		GER
SPR
11 		GER
FEA
Ret 		POR
SPR
5 		POR
FEA
9 		AUS
SPR
Ret 		AUS
FEA
Ret 		MYS
SPR
16 		MYS
FEA
3 		UAE
SPR
3 		UAE
FEA
Ret 		RSA
SPR
5 		RSA
FEA
Ret 		IDN
SPR
10 		IDN
FEA
13 		MEX
SPR
5 		MEX
FEA
7 		USA
SPR
18 		USA
FEA
Ret 		CHN
SPR
6 		CHN
FEA
1 		12th 56 [28]
2006–07 NED
SPR 		NED
FEA 		CZE
SPR
5 		CZE
FEA
2 		BEI
SPR
8 		BEI
FEA
6 		MYS
SPR
Ret 		MYS
FEA
14 		IDN
SPR 		IDN
FEA 		NZL
SPR
17 		NZL
FEA
12 		AUS
SPR
9 		AUS
FEA
5 		RSA
SPR
11 		RSA
FEA
Ret 		MEX
SPR 		MEX
FEA 		SHA
SPR 		SHA
FEA 		GBR
SPR 		GBR
SPR 		12th 27 [29]
2007–08 NED
SPR 		NED
FEA 		CZE
SPR 		CZE
FEA 		MYS
SPR 		MYS
FEA 		ZHU
SPR
5 		ZHU
FEA
8 		NZL
SPR
Ret 		NZL
FEA
11 		AUS
SPR
18 		AUS
FEA
15 		RSA
SPR 		RSA
FEA 		MEX
SPR 		MEX
FEA 		SHA
SPR 		SHA
FEA 		GBR
SPR 		GBR
SPR 		19th 10 [30]
Source:[12]

Complete FIA GT Championship results

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Year Team Chassis Engine Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points
2001 Coca-Cola Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 N-GT MNZ BRN
7 		MAG
3 		MNZ ZOL DIL BUD SPA A1 NUR JAR EST 31st 4
2002 BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari 5.9L V12 GT MAG SIL BRN
Ret 		JAR AND OSC SPA PER DON EST NC 0
2003 MenX Ferrari 360 Modena GT Ferrari 3.6L V8 N-GT BAR
6 		MAG
Ret 		PER
Ret 		BRN
5 		DON SPA AND OSC
10 		EST MNZ 37th 7
2006 Aston Martin Racing BMS Aston Martin DBR9 Aston Martin 6.0L V12 GT1 SIL BRN OSC SPA
4 		RIC DIJ MUG HUN ADR DUB 30th 5.5
2007 Scuderia Ecosse Ferrari F430 GT2 Ferrari 4.0L V8 GT2 ZHU
3 		SIL BUC MNZ
7 		OSC SPA
Ret 		ADR 18th 9
RBImmo Racing Team
Konrad Motorsport 		Saleen S7R Ford 7.0L V8 GT1 BRN
13 		NOG ZOL NC 0
2008 IPB Spartak Racing
Reiter Engineering 		Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Lamborghini 6.0 L V12 GT2 SIL MNZ ADR OSC SPA
5 		BUC BRN 16th 8
Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin V8 Vantage GT2 Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 G2 NOG
1 		ZOL
1 		SAN NC 0
Source:[11]

Complete GT1 World Championship results

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Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2010 Young Driver AMR Aston Martin DBR9 ABU
QR
Ret 		ABU
CR
11 		SIL
QR
4 		SIL
CR
EX 		BRN
QR
2 		BRN
CR
2 		PRI
QR
10 		PRI
CR
16 		SPA
QR
10 		SPA
CR
6 		NÜR
QR
1 		NÜR
CR
1 		ALG
QR
4 		ALG
CR
10 		NAV
QR
Ret 		NAV
CR
4 		INT
QR
2 		INT
CR
10 		SAN
QR
10 		SAN
CR
15 		4th 104
2011 Young Driver AMR Aston Martin DBR9 ABU
QR
Ret 		ABU
CR
6 		ZOL
QR
3 		ZOL
CR
3 		ALG
QR
Ret 		ALG
CR
Ret 		SAC
QR
10 		SAC
CR
Ret 		SIL
QR
1 		SIL
CR
2 		NAV
QR
Ret 		NAV
CR
13 		PRI
QR
2 		PRI
CR
3 		ORD
QR
16 		ORD
CR
14 		BEI
QR
1 		BEI
CR
2 		SAN
QR
5 		SAN
CR
10 		4th 103
2012 Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo LP600+ GT3 NOG
QR
3 		NOG
CR
8 		ZOL
QR
Ret 		ZOL
CR
8 		NAV
QR
12 		NAV
QR
14 		SVK
QR
2 		SVK
CR
Ret 		ALG
QR 		ALG
CR 		SVK
QR 		SVK
CR 		MOS
QR 		MOS
CR 		NUR
QR 		NUR
CR 		DON
QR 		DON
CR 		19th 18
Source:[19]

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results

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Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points
2014 Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 Pro NOG
QR
9 		NOG
CR
16 		18th 16
Reiter Engineering BRH
QR
9 		BRH
CR
Ret 		ZAN
QR 		ZAN
CR 		SVK
QR
Ret 		SVK
CR
DNS
G-Drive Racing ALG
QR
6 		ALG
CR
4 		ZOL
QR
13 		ZOL
CR
9 		BAK
QR 		BAK
CR
Sources:[11][19]

Dakar Rally results

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Year Class Team Vehicle Position Ref
2021 Light Prototypes (T3) Buggyra Zero Mileage Racing Can-Am DV 21 10th [31]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Enge quits Prost to return to F3000". motorsport.com. 17 January 2002. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. ^ Enge fails drug test (BBC Sport, 13 Sep 2002)
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  7. ^ "Lineup of the Reiter Engineering Pilots for the GT1 World Championship Has Been Set". Reiter Engineering. Reiter Engineering GmbH & Co KG. 12 March 2012. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
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  27. ^ "Tomáš Enge – 2006 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  28. ^ "Tomas Enge – 2005 A1 Grand Prix Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  29. ^ "Tomas Enge – 2006 A1 Grand Prix Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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