Bruno Spengler


Bruno Spengler is an Alsatian-born Canadian racing driver, currently racing for the BMW factory/works team. Nicknamed 'The Secret Canadian', he won the 2012 DTM Drivers' Championship.

Career

Early career

Spengler was born near Strasbourg, France but moved with his parents to Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec, Canada, when he was 3. He went to school in Canada but continued to go back to France where he started competing in kart racing in 1995. Spengler continued karting in both France and Canada and then moved on to competing in the French Formula Renault. Eventually this led to him being signed by Mercedes-Benz motorsport and in 2003 he was racing for ASM in the Formula Three Euroseries.
in the 2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season.

DTM

From 2005 until the end of 2011, Spengler drove a Mercedes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters in Germany. In 2005 he ran with Persson Motorsport and he convinced AMG directors to have an official car in 2006. That year he finished the 2006 season second behind his teammate and five times champion Bernd Schneider. He completed the 2007 season campaign once again in second place, this time behind Audi driver Mattias Ekström, despite Audi's mass pull-out in Barcelona.
In August 2007 he was mentioned in a possible move to the new Prodrive F1 team for 2008, and possibly for a drive with McLaren. Spengler was a leading candidate for an F1 driver's seat based on his performances and also it was thought to help drive up interest in North America for Formula 1. With Prodrive gone and Heikki Kovalainen signed for McLaren, this did not happen for 2008. While leading the DTM in points during the 2010 season, Spengler's name was again brought up as a possible candidate to drive in F1. Norbert Haug Mercedes motorsports director commented that if Spengler were to win the DTM championship he would earn a ride in F1. However, he lost the championship in the last few races to Paul di Resta who went on to drive for Force India in the next F1 season.
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For the 2012 season, Spengler left Mercedes and joined BMW Team Schnitzer for the latter's return to DTM. Spengler had a strong season, coming into the last race at the Hockenheimring three points behind leader and Mercedes driver Gary Paffett. He overtook Paffett at the start and held on to win the race. With this victory, his fourth of the season, Spengler took the Driver's Championship by four points and helped Team Schnitzer to the Teams' Championship and BMW to the Manufacturers' Championship.

Formula E

Spengler became, alongside Beitske Visser, one of the test and reserve drivers for Andretti Autosport ahead of the 2018–19 Formula E season.

Racing record

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617181920DCPoints
2003ASM F3Dallara F303/016MercedesHOC
1		HOC
2		ADR
1		ADR
2		PAU
1		PAU
2		NOR
1
19†		NOR
2
Ret		LMS
1
11		LMS
2
3		NÜR
1
16		NÜR
2
4		A1R
1
3		A1R
2
7		ZAN
1
2		ZAN
2
Ret		HOC
3
6		HOC
4
5		MAG
1
Ret		MAG
2
21		10th34
2004ASL-Mücke Motorsport/ADAC Berlin-BrandenburgDallara F302/012MercedesHOC
1
7		HOC
2
Ret		EST
1
10		EST
2
10		ADR
1
7		ADR
1
20		PAU
1
6		PAU
2
Ret		NOR
1
8		NOR
1
6		MAG
1
5		MAG
2
3		NÜR
1
9		NÜR
2
7		ZAN
1
13		ZAN
2
11		BRN
1
11		BRN
2
5		HOC
1
21†		HOC
2
9		11th27

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

YearTeamCar1234567891011121314151617181920Pts
2005Persson MotorsportAMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004HOC
12		LAU
15†		SPA
Ret		BRN
11		OSC
16		NOR
13†		NÜR
15		ZAN
9		LAU
6		IST
8		HOC
8		16th5
2006HWA TeamAMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006HOC
9		LAU
5		OSC
2		BRH
7		NOR
1		NÜR
1		ZAN
4		CAT
5		BUG
1		HOC
1		2nd63
2007HWA TeamAMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2007HOC
14		OSC
Ret		LAU
3		BRH
5		NOR
1		MUG
4		ZAN
5		NÜR
2		CAT
2		HOC
4		2nd47
2008HWA TeamAMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008HOC
4		OSC
3		MUG
9		LAU
6		NOR
2		ZAN
5		NÜR
7		BRH
6		CAT
Ret		BUG
7		HOC
4		5th38
2009HWA TeamAMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009HOC
Ret		LAU
2		NOR
2		ZAN
5		OSC
6		NÜR
6		BRH
6		CAT
5		DIJ
3		HOC
7		4th41
2010HWA TeamAMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009HOC
2		VAL
2		LAU
1		NOR
3		NÜR
1		ZAN
7		BRH
2		OSC
2		HOC
Ret		ADR
3		SHA
13		3rd66
2011HWA TeamAMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009HOC
1		ZAN
2		SPL
4		LAU
3		NOR
1		NÜR
2		BRH
7		OSC
13†		VAL
7		HOC
9		3rd51
2012BMW Team SchnitzerBMW M3 DTMHOC
Ret		LAU
1		BRH
2		SPL
Ret		NOR
3		NÜR
1		ZAN
6		OSC
1		VAL
6		HOC
1		1st149
2013BMW Team SchnitzerBMW M3 DTMHOC
5		BRH
2		SPL
1		LAU
7		NOR
6		MSC
19		NÜR
14		OSC
21†		ZAN
20		HOC
3		3rd82
2014BMW Team SchnitzerBMW M4 DTMHOC
6		OSC
12		HUN
3		NOR
11		MSC
2		SPL
10		NÜR
12		LAU
15		ZAN
16		HOC
12		11th42
2015BMW Team MTEKBMW M4 DTMHOC
1
11		HOC
2
9		LAU
1
11		LAU
2
19		NOR
1
5		NOR
2
3		ZAN
1
5		ZAN
2
3		SPL
1
15		SPL
2
15		MSC
1
3		MSC
2
2		OSC
1
2		OSC
2
10		NÜR
1
19†		NÜR
2
3		HOC
1
19†		HOC
2
8		5th123
2016BMW Team MTEKBMW M4 DTMHOC
1
6		HOC
2
Ret		SPL
1
13		SPL
2
9		LAU
1
11		LAU
2
9		NOR
1
5		NOR
2
7		ZAN
1
13		ZAN
2
14		MSC
1
15		MSC
2
3		NÜR
1
18		NÜR
2
6		HUN
1
14		HUN
2
12		HOC
1
14		HOC
2
12		15th51
2017BMW Team RBMBMW M4 DTMHOC
1
12		HOC
2
9		LAU
1
14		LAU
2
16		HUN
1
3		HUN
2
14		NOR
1
1		NOR
2
12		MSC
1
12		MSC
2
3		ZAN
1
14		ZAN
2
10		NÜR
1
13		NÜR
2
4		SPL
1
12		SPL
2
16		HOC
1
10		HOC
2
14		13th75
2018BMW Team RBMBMW M4 DTMHOC
1
6		HOC
2
8		LAU
1
5		LAU
2
15		HUN
1
12		HUN
2
DSQ		NOR
1
6		NOR
2
4		ZAN
1
12		ZAN
2
13		BRH
1
17		BRH
2
14		MIS
1
Ret		MIS
2
11		NÜR
1
2		NÜR
2
4		SPL
1
Ret		SPL
2
15		HOC
1
9		HOC
2
6		12th85
2019BMW Team RMGBMW M4 Turbo DTMHOC
1
7		HOC
2
5		ZOL
1
10		ZOL
2
7		MIS
1
4		MIS
2
8		NOR
1
5		NOR
2
1		ASS
1
15		ASS
2
Ret		BRH
1
12		BRH
2
Ret		LAU
1
9		LAU
2
14		NÜR
1
2		NÜR
2
10		HOC
1
8		HOC
2
9		9th106

† Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance.

24 Hours of Daytona results

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

YearEntrantClassMakeEngine1234567891011RankPoints
2015BMW Team RLLGTLMBMW Z4 GTEBMW 4.4 L V8DAY
2		SEBLBHLGAWGLMOSLIMELKVIRCOAPET21st33
2016BMW Team RLLGTLMBMW M6 GTLMBMW 4.4 L V8DAY
5		SEB
2		LBHLGAWGLMOSLIMELKVIRCOAPET18th60
2017BMW Team RLLGTLMBMW M6 GTLMBMW 4.4 L Turbo V8DAY
8		SEBLBHCOAWGLMOSLIMELKVIRLGAPET26th23
2020BMW Team RLLGTLMBMW M8 GTEBMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8DAY
5		DAY
4		SEB
4		ELK
VIR
WGL
LIM
MDO
PET
LGA
SEB
6th*82*

* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine12345678RankPoints
2018–19BMW Team MTEKLMGTE ProBMW M8 GTEBMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8SPALMSSILFUJSHASEB
7		SPALMS28th8