Marvin Kirchhöfer

Marvin Kirchhöfer (born 19 March 1994) is a German racing driver.

Marvin Kirchhöfer
Kirchhöfer in 2012.
Nationality	German
Born	19 March 1994 Leipzig, Germany
GP2 Series career
Debut season	2016
Current team	Carlin
Car number	19
Starts	20
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	17th in 2016
Previous series
2014-15 2013 2012	GP3 Series German Formula Three ADAC Formel Masters
Championship titles
2013 2012	German Formula Three ADAC Formel Masters

Career

Karting

Born in Leipzig, Saxony, Kirchhöfer began karting in 1999 and raced mainly in his native Germany, working his way up from the junior ranks (Bambini-B) to progress through to the KF2 category by 2010. In 2011 he won the German Kart Championship (KF1), winning all five final races.[1]

Marvin Kirchhöfer during practice at Oschersleben 2012

ADAC Formel Masters - 2012

2012 saw his debut in the ADAC Formel Masters championship with Lotus.[2] He was able to win the first race in Oschersleben[3] and scored two wins from pole position at the following race weekend in Zandvoort.[4] He finished the season with a perfect round at the Hockenheim with 2 poles, 3 fastest laps and 3 wins in the 3 races. This meant he won the championship in his debut year with 9 wins and 329 points.

German Formula 3 - 2013

In 2013 Kirchhöfer debuted in the German Formula 3 Championship. He dominated the series taking 25 podiums in 26 races, including 13 wins. He finished on 511 points with second place, team-mate Artem Markelov, on less than 350. His only non podium finish was a 4th place in the 2nd race of the year. He also set the fastest race lap in 17 of the races. His team Lotus won the team's championship while Kirchhöfer won the rookie cup with only 4 races not finishing as the best rookie.

GP3 Series

In 2014, Kirchhöfer debuted in the series with ART Grand Prix. He remained with the team for two seasons, finishing with two consecutive third places and accumulating six wins and fifteen podiums.

GP2 Series

In March 2016, it was announced Kirchhöfer would graduate to GP2 with Carlin.[5]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Podiums	Points	Position
2012	ADAC Formel Masters	Lotus	23	9	7	8	16	329	1st
2013	German Formula 3 Championship	Lotus	26	13	13	17	25	511	1st
2014	GP3 Series	ART Grand Prix	16	1	2	4	7	161	3rd
	British Formula 3 Championship	Fortec Motorsports	3	2	0	2	3	54	8th
2015	GP3 Series	ART Grand Prix	18	5	1	1	8	200	3rd
2016	GP2 Series	Carlin	20	0	0	0	1	21	17th
2017	ADAC GT Masters	Mercedes-AMG Team HTP Motorsport	13	0	0	0	2	60	15th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Black Falcon	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am		2	1	0	0	1	47	7th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Mercedes-AMG	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2018	ADAC GT Masters	Callaway Competition	14	3	2	2	5	123	3rd
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	R-Motorsport	5	0	1	0	0	13	32nd
2019	ADAC GT Masters	Callaway Competition	12	3	1	2	3	105	8th
	Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe	R-Motorsport	10	1	0	1	1	39.5	8th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		4	0	0	1	1	38	6th
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Garage 59	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am		1	1	0	0	1	33	13th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Aston Martin	0	0	0	0	0	0	NC

Complete GP3 Series 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	17	18	Pos	Points
2014	ART Grand Prix	CAT FEA 5	CAT SPR 5	RBR FEA 5	RBR SPR DNS	SIL FEA 3	SIL SPR 4	HOC FEA 1	HOC SPR Ret	HUN FEA 11	HUN SPR 9	SPA FEA DNS	SPA SPR 17	MNZ FEA 3	MNZ SPR 3	SOC FEA 2	SOC SPR 3	YMC FEA 2	YMC SPR 11	3rd	161
2015	ART Grand Prix	CAT FEA 5	CAT SPR 1	RBR FEA 6	RBR SPR 2	SIL FEA 1	SIL SPR 8	HUN FEA 3	HUN SPR 5	SPA FEA 3	SPA SPR Ret	MNZ FEA 4	MNZ SPR 1	SOC FEA 9	SOC SPR 7	BHR FEA 1	BHR SPR 6	YMC FEA 1	YMC SPR 7	3rd	200

Complete GP2 Series 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	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2016	Carlin	CAT FEA 15	CAT SPR 15	MON FEA 7	MON SPR 2	BAK FEA Ret	BAK SPR 10	RBR FEA Ret	RBR SPR 19	SIL FEA 12	SIL SPR 8	HUN FEA 14	HUN SPR 13	HOC FEA 10	HOC SPR 14	SPA FEA Ret	SPA SPR 14	MNZ FEA 18	MNZ SPR 8	SEP FEA 15	SEP SPR 11	YMC FEA	YMC SPR	17th	21

Complete Blancpain GT World Challenge Europe results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2019	R-Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Pro	BRH 1 7	BRH 2 5	MIS 1 4	MIS 2 13	ZAN 1 7	ZAN 2 18	NÜR 1 7	NÜR 2 1	HUN 1 10	HUN 2 19	8th	39.5

References

1. "Erfolge" (in German). cmv-sportmedia.de. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
2. "Kirchhöfer is official Lotus junior driver" (in German). cmv-sportmedia.de. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
3. "Kirchhöfer wins first race" (in German). adac-formel-masters.de. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
4. "Kirchhöfer wins second race in Zandvoort" (in German). adac-formel-masters.de. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
5. "Marvin Kirchhofer joins 2016 GP2 grid with Carlin". 8 March 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Marvin Kirchhöfer career summary at DriverDB.com