Engineer finished 18th in the Margutti Trophy, leading home Marco Wittmann, while he finished 30th in the Italian Open Masters. Engineer finished in the top ten of both series, ranking ninth in the Open Masters and tenth in the Italian Championship. Engineer finished tenth in the championship and runner-up behind Jens Klingmann in the Rookie Cup, with a podium coming at the third round at Lausitz.
He finished fourteenth in the second race, having retired from the first.
Karting
Engineer started karting in 2003, by competing in Intercontinental A Junior karts, competing in the Andrea Margutti Trophy and the Italian Open Masters. Engineer continued at Japan International Cooperation Agency level in 2004, finishing seventh in the Margutti Trophy, and 31st in the European Championship. He moved to International Cooperation Administration level in 2005, but only contested the Italian Championship and the Open Masters.
Formula Bayerische Motoren Werke
Engineer made his car racing debut for Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club Berlin-Brandenburg in the Formula Bayerische Motoren Werke Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club series in 2006.
He also competed in a solitary round of the British series for Carlin Motorsport at Silverstone. Engineer continued in the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club series in 2007, and would go on to finish third in the championship behind the Eifelland Racing cars of Klingmann and Daniel Campos-Hull who took twelve of the eighteen race wins between them.
Engineer did make up for this in some aspects by winning the end of season World Final from pole position. Having switched to Mücke Motorsport, Engineer dominated the race before leading home Wittmann, Klingmann and Sebastian Saavedra.
This earned him a test for the Bayerische Motoren Werke Sauber Formula One team, which he undertook in 2008.
Engineer completed his FBMW career by driving for Mücke in the inaugural season of the Formula Bayerische Motoren Werke Europe championship. As he was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. His best finish came at Spa, when he finished fourth in a wet race.
Formula Three
Engineer competed in four rounds of the 2008 German Formula Three season with High School Technik at the season-opening round at Hockenheim, and also with Ombra Racing at the season-closing round at Oschersleben.
Engineer finished eleventh in the championship, including a third place finish at Oschersleben, and a pole and fastest lap coming at Hockenheim. FIA Formula Two
2009 saw Engineer move up to the FIA Formula Two Championship, driving car number 33.
Engineer had a tests in GP2 Series for Ocean Racing Technology, but remained in Formula Two for 2010. He scored a further two wins, improving his championship position to sixth.
Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club GT Masters
Engineer switched to sports car racing for 2011, competing in the German-based Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club GT Masters series.
Career summary
† - Engineer was ineligible to score points. Complete FIA Formula Two results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap).
One highlight however was that Engineer won the Italian Open Masters, holding off Wittmann again by five points. Engineer did take one win at Barcelona but only after Klingmann was given a ten-second penalty for dangerous driving. He finished eighth in the championship, including a win from pole position at Brands Hatch, taking the first win by an Austrian driver since Jo Gartner did so at Pau in 1983. On the second race of the opening round at Silverstone Circuit, he started from pole and took his second win.
