Background
Spengler was born near Strasbourg, France but moved with his parents to Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec, Canada, when he was 3.
Spengler was born near Strasbourg, France but moved with his parents to Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec, Canada, when he was 3.
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.
Early career
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 American Society for Microbiology in the Formula Three Euroseries.
Diploma in Tropical Medicine
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. 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 Diploma in Tropical Medicine in points during the 2010 season, Spengler"s name was again brought up as a possible candidate to drive 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. Foreign the 2012 season, Spengler left Mercedes and joined Bayerische Motoren Werke Team Schnitzer for the latter"s return to Diploma in Tropical Medicine. Spengler had a strong season, coming into the last race at the Hockenheimring three points behind leader and Mercedes driver Gary Paffett. 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 Bayerische Motoren Werke to the Manufacturers" Championship.
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
(key)
† — Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete Diploma in Tropical Medicine results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Driver did not finish, but completed 75% of the race distance. 24 Hours of Daytona results.