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He finished first in the 2000 German Touring Carolina Challenge, with two wins.
He finished first in the 2000 German Touring Carolina Challenge, with two wins.
He currently competes as an independent driver in the FIA World Touring Carolina Championship in a Bayerische Motoren Werke 320 TC under the Liqui Moly Team Engstler banner. From 1988 he competed in German Formula Three, winning the class B title in 1989. Between 1994 and 1999, he raced in the German Super Touring Championship for various teams.
Two more seasons were spent racing in this series in 2002 and 2003.
After a season in the 2004 German Production Carolina Championship, he moved to the Asian Touring Carolina Championship. He dominated the championship, which bought him back to back titles in 2005 and 2006.
Another title came in 2007, winning the German Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club Procar Series for the second year. 2008 first saw him enter the WTCC. A solid first season saw him finish second in the independents Trophy.
The highlight of the year was sixth place overall finish in the final race in Macau.
Engstler was involved in a bizarre incident at the 2009 WTCC meeting at Pau. Having finished sixth in race one, he started race two from second position. He took the lead from Alain Menu at the start and led the first lap.
The safety car was deployed following three separate incidents on the first lap.
The safety car jinked left right into the middle of the circuit, and with the nature of the circuit, Engstler was unsighted as he slammed into the safety car causing substantial damage to both cars, ending his race. Complete World Touring Carolina Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete TCR International Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap).