Markus Pommer

Markus Pommer
Markus Pommer
	Markus Pommer on the F3 grid at Spa-Francorchamps 2015.
Nationality	German
Born	27 January 1991 (age 33); Heilbronn (Germany)
FIA Formula 3 European Championship career
Debut season	2015
Current team	Motopark
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	34
Starts	33
Wins	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	9th in 2015
Previous series
2014; 2009-11, 14; 2013; 2012; 2008; 2007	Auto GP; German Formula Three; Porsche Supercup; FIA Formula Two Championship; ADAC Formel Masters; Formula BMW ADAC
Championship titles
2024; 2023; 2014	Prototype Cup Germany; Prototype Cup Germany ; German Formula Three

Markus Pommer (German: [ˈmaʁkʊs ˈpɔmɐ] ^ⓘ; born 27 January 1991) is a German racing driver.

Career

Born in Heilbronn, Pommer began his racing career in karting 1999.^[1] He remained in karting until 2006. Amongst others he won 2004 the Southern German ADAC Kart Cup – ICA Junior. 2007 he began his formula racing career. He competed in the Formula BMW ADAC for Mücke Motorsport. He concluded the season behind his teammates Philipp Eng and Kevin Mirocha on the tenth position in the championship. After the fusion of the Formula BMW ADAC and the Formula BMW UK to the Formula BMW Europe, Pommer switched to Abt Sportsline in the ADAC Formel Masters 2008. Pommer won one race and finished five times on the podium. He finished the season in front of his teammate Daniel Abt on the fifth position in the championship.

In 2009 Pommer started in the German Formula Three Championship for Zettl Sportsline Motorsport. He won no races and scored two second place as his best results. He concluded the season behind Laurens Vanthoor and Stef Dusseldorp on the third position. Pommer was the best driver with an engine of Mercedes. In 2010 he remained in the German Formula Three Championship. He drove for Brandl Motorsport in this season. With a second place as his best result, he remains without a race win. He finished eighth in the championship and became the best driver with a Mercedes engine for the second time. In 2011 he competes his third season in the German Formula Three Championship. He started for Motopark Academy first.^[2] After he had scored only one point out of the first three rounds, he switched to Jo Zeller Racing. In his second race he already achieved the first podium position with a second place.^[3] After the fourth round he is on the tenth position in the championship.

Prototype Cup Germany

Following a pair of seasons racing in the European Le Mans Series, Pommer would pair up with Gary Hauser in 2023, driving for Racing Experience in the Prototype Cup Germany.^[4] A win and a second place during the season opener in Hockenheim pulled the pair into the championship battle, which they would remain in over the coming rounds, with another pair of podiums coming at Oschersleben.^[5] The round at Norisring heralded further success, as Pommer and Hauser took another victory to extend their advantage.^[6] At the penultimate round in Assen, the duo won on Saturday, with Pommer having taken pole position and set the fastest lap, before a second place on Sunday ended up being enough to prematurely clinch the title.^[7]^[8] The season ended with one further win at the Nürburgring, as Pommer repeated his qualifying performance from the previous round.^[9]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2007	Formula BMW ADAC	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	18	0	0	0	0	336	10th
2008	ADAC Formel Masters	Team Abt Sportsline	16	1	1	0	5	108	5th
2009	German Formula 3 Championship	Zettl Sportsline Motorsport	18	0	1	0	2	67	3rd
2010	German Formula 3 Championship	Brandl Motorsport	18	0	0	0	2	40	8th
2011	German Formula 3 Championship	Motopark Academy	17	0	1	2	4	52	7th
2012	FIA Formula Two Championship	MotorSport Vision	16	3	4	2	5	169	4th
2013	Porsche Supercup	Lechner Racing Academy	9	0	0	0	0	25	15th
2014	German Formula 3 Championship	Lotus	23	14	11	10	17	424	1st
2014	Auto GP	Super Nova International	16	2	4	4	7	179	3rd
2015	FIA Formula 3 European Championship	Motopark	33	1	0	1	2	116.5	9th
	Masters of Formula 3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	18th
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2016	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Phoenix Racing	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	ADAC GT Masters	Phoenix Racing	8	0	0	1	0	30	25th
		Aust Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0
		HB Racing WDS Bau	2	0	0	0	0
2017	ADAC GT Masters	Aust Motorsport	12	1	0	0	2	87	10th
2017	FIA GT World Cup	Aust Motorsport	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNS
2018	ADAC GT Masters	MANN-FILTER Team HTP Motorsport	14	1	2	1	4	117	4th
2018	Blancpain GT Series Asia	GruppeM Racing Team	4	1	1	0	2	50	14th
2019	ADAC GT Masters	Callaway Competition	12	3	1	2	3	105	8th
	ADAC GT Masters	Aust Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	105	8th
	24H GT Series - A6	Car Collection Motorsport
2020	ADAC GT Masters	Callaway Competition	14	1	0	0	1	61	15th
2021	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	BHK Motorsport	6	0	0	0	0	6	27th
2021	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	Mühlner Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0.5	40th
2022	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	BHK Motorsport	6	0	0	0	0	0	25th
2023	Prototype Cup Germany	Racing Experience	12	4	2	2	9	223	1st
2024	Prototype Cup Germany	Gebhardt Motorsport	12	3	2	0	10	206	1st
2024	IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge - LMP3	Gebhardt Intralogistics Motorsports	2	0	0	0	1	600	14th

^* Season still in progress.

Complete ADAC Formel Masters results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2008	Team Abt Sportsline	OSC1 1 3	OSC1 2 3	NÜR1 1 5	NÜR1 2 9	ASS 1 6	ASS 2 Ret	NÜR2 1 1	NÜR2 2 15	LAU 1 Ret	LAU 2 9	SAC 1 3	SAC 2 7	OSC2 1 5	OSC2 2 7	HOC 1 2	HOC 2 Ret	5th	108

Complete FIA Formula Two Championship results

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

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pos	Points
2012	SIL 1 8	SIL 2 7	ALG 1 4	ALG 2 3	NÜR 1 9	NÜR 2 4	SPA 1 1	SPA 2 2	BRH 1 5	BRH 2 5	LEC 1 5	LEC 2 1	HUN 1 NC	HUN 2 1	MNZ 1 8	MNZ 2 14	4th	169

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2013	Lechner Racing Academy	ESP 19	MON 17	GBR 14	GER 16	HUN 7	BEL 20	ITA 22	UAE 12	UAE 13	15th	25

Complete Auto GP results

(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	Pos	Points
2014	Super Nova International	MAR 1 8	MAR 2 1	LEC 1 2	LEC 2 4	HUN 1 9	HUN 2 6	MNZ 1 1	MNZ 2 3	IMO 1 Ret	IMO 2 5	RBR 1 5	RBR 2 Ret	NÜR 1 3	NÜR 2 2	EST 1 3	EST 2 5	3rd	180

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	DC	Points
2015	Motopark	Volkswagen	SIL 1 5	SIL 2 Ret	SIL 3 7	HOC 1 DSQ	HOC 2 17	HOC 3 7	PAU 1 23	PAU 2 8	PAU 3 20	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 8	MNZ 3 10	SPA 1 19	SPA 2 28	SPA 3 DSQ	NOR 1 9	NOR 2 11	NOR 3 12	ZAN 1 3	ZAN 2 21	ZAN 3 1	RBR 1 17	RBR 2 6	RBR 3 4	ALG 1 5	ALG 2 11	ALG 3 Ret	NÜR 1 6	NÜR 2 13	NÜR 3 6	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 9	HOC 3 22	9th	116.5

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2016	Phoenix Racing	Audi R8 LMS	Silver	MIS QR 19	MIS CR 15	BRH QR 19	BRH CR Ret	NÜR QR 20	NÜR CR 15	HUN QR	HUN CR	CAT QR	CAT CR	5th	61

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2021	BHK Motorsport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT 13	RBR 15	LEC 11	MNZ 18	SPA 9	ALG 9	27th	6
2022	BHK Motorsport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 14	IMO 16	MNZ 14	CAT 15	SPA 13	ALG 12	25th	0

Complete Prototype Cup Germany results

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

Year	Team	Car	Engine			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Points
2023	Racing Experience	Duqueine M30 - D08	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8			HOC 1 2	HOC 2 1	OSC 1 2	OSC 2 3	ZAN 1 5	ZAN 2 4	NOR 1 1	NOR 2 3	ASS 1 1	ASS 2 2	NÜR 1 1	NÜR 2 10	1st	223
2024	Gebhardt Motorsport	Duqueine M30 - D08	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	SPA 1 C	SPA 2 C	LAU 1 1	LAU 2 3	LAU 3 2	ZAN 1 3	ZAN 2 5	HOC 1 DNS	HOC 2 2	HOC 3 3	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 2	SAC 1 1	SAC 2 3	1st	206

References

^ „Erfolge“ (markus-pommer.de; Retrieved 25 November 2010)^{[dead link‍]}
^ „Formel 3 Cup – Motopark Academy Team komplett“ (Motorsport-Magazin.com on 15 April 2011)
^ „ATS Formel 3 Cup: Teamwechsel bringt Markus Pommer zurück in die Erfolgsspur“ (Motorsport-Server.de on 7 June 2011)
^ "Prototype Cup Germany mit ehemaligem Formel-3-Champion Markus Pommer | Prototype Cup Germany". adac-motorsport.de (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2023.
^ "Sieg für Hauser/Pommer im Sonntagsrennen | Prototype Cup Germany". adac-motorsport.de (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2023.
^ "Markus Pommer / Gary Hauser triumphieren auf dem Norisring | Prototype Cup Germany". adac-motorsport.de (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2023.
^ "Assen: Markus Pommer holt Pole-Position für Rennen am Samstag | Prototype Cup Germany". adac-motorsport.de (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2023.
^ "Hauser und Pommer krönen sich zum Champion 2023 | Prototype Cup Germany". adac-motorsport.de (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2023.
^ "Champions Pommer/Hauser fahren auch auf dem Nürburgring zum Sieg | Prototype Cup Germany". adac-motorsport.de (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2023.

External links

Official website
Markus Pommer career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jimmy Eriksson	German Formula Three Champion 2014	Succeeded by None (Series ended)

[1] „Erfolge“ (markus-pommer.de; Retrieved 25 November 2010)^{[dead link‍]}

[2] „Formel 3 Cup – Motopark Academy Team komplett“ (Motorsport-Magazin.com on 15 April 2011)

[3] „ATS Formel 3 Cup: Teamwechsel bringt Markus Pommer zurück in die Erfolgsspur“ (Motorsport-Server.de on 7 June 2011)

[4] "Prototype Cup Germany mit ehemaligem Formel-3-Champion Markus Pommer | Prototype Cup Germany". adac-motorsport.de (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2023.

[5] "Sieg für Hauser/Pommer im Sonntagsrennen | Prototype Cup Germany". adac-motorsport.de (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2023.

[6] "Markus Pommer / Gary Hauser triumphieren auf dem Norisring | Prototype Cup Germany". adac-motorsport.de (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2023.

[7] "Assen: Markus Pommer holt Pole-Position für Rennen am Samstag | Prototype Cup Germany". adac-motorsport.de (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2023.

[8] "Hauser und Pommer krönen sich zum Champion 2023 | Prototype Cup Germany". adac-motorsport.de (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2023.

[9] "Champions Pommer/Hauser fahren auch auf dem Nürburgring zum Sieg | Prototype Cup Germany". adac-motorsport.de (in German). Retrieved 30 October 2023.

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