Bruno Spengler
Canadian racecar driver

Bruno Spengler

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Canadian racecar driver
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Birth:
23 August 1983(Schiltigheim)
Star sign:
Virgo
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Introduction

Bruno Spengler (born August 23, 1983) is an Alsatian-born Canadian BMW factory racing driver, 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.

Spengler driving for Mercedes-Benz 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 team mate 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.

Spengler competing in the 2014 DTM season.

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.

Racing record

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2003 ASM F3 Dallara F303/016 Mercedes HOC
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		 10th 34
2004 ASL-Mücke Motorsport/ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg Dallara F302/012 Mercedes HOC
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		 11th 27

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

Complete DTM results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos. Pts
2005 Persson Motorsport AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2004 HOC
12		 LAU
15†		 SPA
Ret		 BRN
11		 OSC
16		 NOR
13†		 NÜR
15		 ZAN
9		 LAU
6		 IST
8		 HOC
8		 16th 5
2006 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2006 HOC
9		 LAU
5		 OSC
2		 BRH
7		 NOR
1		 NÜR
1		 ZAN
4		 CAT
5		 BUG
1		 HOC
1		 2nd 63
2007 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2007 HOC
14		 OSC
Ret		 LAU
3		 BRH
5		 NOR
1		 MUG
4		 ZAN
5		 NÜR
2		 CAT
2		 HOC
4		 2nd 47
2008 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2008 HOC
4		 OSC
3		 MUG
9		 LAU
6		 NOR
2		 ZAN
5		 NÜR
7		 BRH
6		 CAT
Ret		 BUG
7		 HOC
4		 5th 38
2009 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009 HOC
Ret		 LAU
2		 NOR
2		 ZAN
5		 OSC
6		 NÜR
6		 BRH
6		 CAT
5		 DIJ
3		 HOC
7		 4th 41
2010 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009 HOC
2		 VAL
2		 LAU
1		 NOR
3		 NÜR
1		 ZAN
7		 BRH
2		 OSC
2		 HOC
Ret		 ADR
3		 SHA
13		 3rd 66
2011 HWA Team AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2009 HOC
1		 ZAN
2		 SPL
4		 LAU
3		 NOR
1		 NÜR
2		 BRH
7		 OSC
13†		 VAL
7		 HOC
9		 3rd 51
2012 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M3 DTM HOC
Ret		 LAU
1		 BRH
2		 SPL
Ret		 NOR
3		 NÜR
1		 ZAN
6		 OSC
1		 VAL
6		 HOC
1		 1st 149
2013 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M3 DTM HOC
5		 BRH
2		 SPL
1		 LAU
7		 NOR
6		 MSC
19		 NÜR
14		 OSC
21†		 ZAN
20		 HOC
3		 3rd 82
2014 BMW Team Schnitzer BMW M4 DTM HOC
6		 OSC
12		 HUN
3		 NOR
11		 MSC
2		 SPL
10		 NÜR
12		 LAU
15		 ZAN
16		 HOC
12		 11th 42
2015 BMW Team MTEK BMW M4 DTM HOC
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		 5th 123
2016 BMW Team MTEK BMW M4 DTM HOC
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		 15th 51

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

24 Hours of Daytona results

Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2015 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen
Germany Dirk Werner
Brazil Augusto Farfus		 BMW Z4 GTLM GTLM 725 5th 2nd
2016 United States BMW Team RLL United States Bill Auberlen
Germany Dirk Werner
Brazil Augusto Farfus		 BMW M6 GTLM GTLM 721 11th 5th