Marvin Kirchhöfer

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Marvin Kirchhöfer
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Kirchhöfer in 2012.
Nationality Germany German
Born (1994-03-19) 19 March 1994 (age 30)
Leipzig, Germany
GP2 Series career
Debut season 2016
Current team Carlin
Car no. 19
Starts 4
Wins 0
Poles 0
Fastest laps 0
Previous series
2014-15
2013
2012
GP3 Series
German Formula Three
ADAC Formel Masters
Championship titles
2013
2012
German Formula Three
ADAC Formel Masters

Marvin Kirchhöfer (born 19 March 1994) is a German racing driver.

Career

Karting

Born in Leipzig, Saxony, Kirchhöfer began karting in 1999 and raced mainly in his native Germany, working his way up from the junior ranks (Bambini-B) to progress through to the KF2 category by 2010. In 2011 he won the German Kart Championship (KF1), winning all five final races.[1]

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Marvin Kirchhöfer during practice at Oschersleben 2012

ADAC Formel Masters - 2012

2012 saw his debut in the ADAC Formel Masters championship with Lotus.[2] He was able to win the first race in Oschersleben[3] and scored two wins from pole position at the following race weekend in Zandvoort.[4] He finished the season with a perfect round at the Hockenheim with 2 poles, 3 fastest laps and 3 wins in the 3 races. This meant he won the championship in his debut year with 9 wins and 329 points.

German Formula 3 - 2013

In 2013 Kirchhöfer debuted in the German Formula 3 championship. He dominated the series taking 25 podiums in 26 races, including 13 wins. He finished on 511 points with second place, team-mate Artem Markelov, on less than 350. His only non podium finish was a 4th place in the 2nd race of the year. He also set the fastest race lap in 17 of the races. His team Lotus won the team's championship while Kirchhöfer won the rookie cup with only 4 races not finishing as the best rookie.

GP3 Series

In 2014, Kirchhöfer debuted in the series with ART Grand Prix. He remained with the team for two seasons, finishing with two consecutive third places and accumulating six wins and fifteen podiums.

GP2 Series

In March 2016, it was announced Kirchhöfer would graduate to GP2 with Carlin.[5]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F.L. Podiums Points Position
2012 ADAC Formel Masters Lotus 23 9 7 8 16 329 1st
2013 German Formula Three Lotus 26 13 13 17 25 511 1st
2014 GP3 Series ART Grand Prix 16 1 2 4 7 161 3rd
2015 GP3 Series ART Grand Prix 18 5 1 1 8 200 3rd
2016 GP2 Series Carlin 4 0 0 0 1 18 9th*

* Season still in progress.

Complete GP3 Series results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2014 ART Grand Prix ESP
FEA

5
ESP
SPR

5
AUT
FEA

5
AUT
SPR

DNS
GBR
FEA

3
GBR
SPR

4
GER
FEA

1
GER
SPR

Ret
HUN
FEA

11
HUN
SPR

9
BEL
FEA

DNS
BEL
SPR

17
ITA
FEA

3
ITA
SPR

3
RUS
FEA

2
RUS
SPR

3
ABU
FEA

2
ABU
SPR

11
3rd 161
2015 ART Grand Prix ESP
FEA

5
ESP
SPR

1
AUT
FEA

6
AUT
SPR

2
GBR
FEA

1
GBR
SPR

8
HUN
FEA

3
HUN
SPR

5
BEL
FEA

3
BEL
SPR

Ret
ITA
FEA

4
ITA
SPR

1
RUS
FEA

9
RUS
SPR

7
BHR
FEA

1
BHR
SPR

6
ABU
FEA

1
ABU
SPR

7
3rd 200

Complete GP2 Series results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2016 Carlin ESP
FEA

15
ESP
SPR

15
MON
FEA

7
MON
SPR

2
EUR
FEA

EUR
SPR

AUT
FEA

AUT
SPR

GBR
FEA

GBR
SPR

HUN
FEA

HUN
SPR

GER
FEA

GER
SPR

BEL
FEA

BEL
SPR

ITA
FEA

ITA
SPR

MAL
FEA

MAL
SPR

ABU
FEA

ABU
SPR

9th* 18*

* Season still in progress.

References

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Sporting positions
Preceded by ADAC Formel Masters
Champion

2012
Succeeded by
Alessio Picariello
Preceded by German Formula Three
Champion

2013
Succeeded by
Markus Pommer