Mario_Farnbacher

Mario Farnbacher
Mario Farnbacher
Nationality	German
Born	14 May 1992 (age 31); Ansbach, Germany
Related to	Dominik Farnbacher (brother)
IMSA SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Heart of Racing Team
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	23
Former teams	NGT Motorsport ; Burtin Racing / Goldcrest Motorsports ; Alex Job Racing ; Riley Motorsports ; 3GT Racing ; Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian ; Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports ; Compass Racing; Gradient Racing
Previous series
	American Le Mans Series; Rolex Sports Car Series
Championship titles
2019, 2020; 2022	IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD class; GT World Challenge America – Pro-Am

Mario Farnbacher

German racing driver

Mario Farnbacher (born 14 May 1992) is a German racecar driver who currently competes in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.^[1]

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Career

Farnbacher competing at the Nürburgring in 2012

Farnbacher began competing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2014 with Team Seattle, driving a Porsche 911 GT America. He scored his first class victory the following season, winning the GTD class at the 2015 12 Hours of Sebring.^[2]

In 2019, Farnbacher won the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD class championship with co-driver Trent Hindman.^[3] The duo claimed one race win during the season, taking class victory at the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen.^[4] The following season, Farnbacher scored his second consecutive GTD class championship, this time with co-driver Matt McMurry.^[5]

With MSR's move to the DPi class for 2021, Farnbacher found himself initially without a ride. In January, however, it was announced that he would compete with Magnus Racing in their new Acura NSX GT3 at the 24 Hours of Daytona.^[6] For the remainder of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup, beginning at Mid-Ohio, he joined Compass Racing, driving alongside Jeff Kingsley.^[7] Following an injury suffered by Marc Miller prior to the round at VIR, Farnbacher also competed with Gradient Racing, finishing 15th in the GTD class following an accident.^[8]

For the 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship season, Farnbacher embarked upon a Michelin Endurance Cup-only campaign with Gradient Racing,^[9] alongside a full-season effort in the GT World Challenge America with HPD Academy graduate Ashton Harrison.^[10] Following a second-place finish at the Indianapolis 8 Hour, the duo claimed the Pro-Am class title.^[11]

Farnbacher began 2023 by taking part in the Michelin Pilot Challenge event at Daytona, driving for HART. It was his first time piloting a TCR touring car.^[12] The remainder of Farnbacher's season involved a second season in the GT World Challenge America alongside Harrison, this time in the Pro class.^[13] The pair were involved in the title fight all season long, claiming a class victory early in the season at Sonoma before adding an overall victory at COTA.^[14] Ultimately, they would settle for second in the championship, 44 points behind champions Eric Filgueiras and Stevan McAleer.

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Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2010	ADAC Formel Masters	ma-con Motorsport	21	3	1	2	12	231	3rd
2011	ADAC Formel Masters	ma-con Motorsport	3	0	0	1	0	173	6th
	ADAC Formel Masters	Motopark Academy	20	1	0	2	4	173	6th
	Toyota Racing Series	ETEC Motorsport	12	0	0	0	1	397	12th
	ADAC GT Masters	Farnbacher ESET Racing	2	0	0	0	1	26	26th
2012	ADAC GT Masters	Farnbacher ESET Racing	14	1	1	0	2	54	14th
2012	American Le Mans Series - GTC	NGT Motorsport	1	1	0	0	1	24	18th
2013	ADAC GT Masters	Farnbacher Racing	16	0	1	0	3	84	12th
	Rolex Sports Car Series - GT	Burtin Racing / Goldcrest Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	21	57th
	American Le Mans Series - GTC	NGT Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9	Haribo Racing Team	1	0	?	?	0	?	?
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP7	Haribo Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	?
	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia	Team BetterLife	1	0	?	?	0	?	?
2014	United SportsCar Championship - GTD	Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing	11	0	0	0	2	259	10th
2014	ADAC GT Masters	Farnbacher Racing	10	0	0	0	0	3	40th
2015	United SportsCar Championship - GTD	Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing	10	2	0	1	4	267	4th
2016	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing	10	1	5	2	2	285	5th
2016	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP7	Black Falcon Team TMD Friction	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
2017	International GT Open - GT3 Pro	Farnbacher Racing	11	2	?	?	5	69	8th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Riley Motorsports	4	1	0	0	2	115	24th
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - SP9	Haribo Racing Team	1	0	1	?	1	?	?
2018	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	5	1	0	0	2	182	13th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	3GT Racing	2	0	1	0	0	182	13th
	Pirelli World Challenge - GT	HART	2	0	0	0	0	26	14th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP8	Ring Racing with Novel	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2019	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	10	1	2	2	5	283	1st
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Honda Team Motul	2	0	1	0	0	10	25th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Honda Team Motul	1	0	0	0	0	11	20th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP6	SetupWizzard Racing	1	0	1	1	1	N/A	2nd
2020	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian	10	2	2	1	6	286	1st
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Team Honda Racing	4	0	1	0	1	31	5th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Team Honda Racing	1	0	0	0	0	5	26th
2021	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Compass Racing	7	0	0	1	0	1575	15th
		Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0
		Gradient Racing	1	0	0	0	0
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP7	Krohn Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	Ret
2022	GT World Challenge America - Pro-Am	Racers Edge Motorsports	13	4	4	2	8	212	1st
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Gradient Racing	5	1	0	0	2	1003	26th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - Cup2	Krohn Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	Ret
2023	GT World Challenge America - Pro	Racers Edge Motorsports	13	2	3	2	6	192	2nd
	Michelin Pilot Challenge - TCR	HART	1	0	0	0	0	190	33rd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Gradient Racing	1	0	0	0	0	579	40th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR Andretti	1	0	0	0	0	579	40th
2024	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Heart of Racing Team	2	0	0	0	0	592*	6th*

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Rank	Points	Ref
2012	NGT Motorsport	GTC	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SEB	LBH	LGA	LIM	MOS	MDO	ELK	BAL	VIR	PET 1	18th	24	^[15]
2013	NGT Motorsport	GTC	Porsche 997 GT3 Cup	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	SEB 10	LBH	LGA	LIM	MOS	ELK	BAL	COT	VIR	PET	NC	0	^[16]

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points	Ref
2014	Team Seattle	GTD	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 15	SEB 3	LGA 8	DET 2	WGL 16	MOS 6	IMS 6	ELK 6	VIR 15	COA 18	PET 5		10th	291	^[18]
2015	Team Seattle	GTD	Porsche 911 GT America	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 18	SEB 1	LGA 3	DET 1	WGL 7	LIM 4	ELK 8	VIR 3	COA 4	PET 7			4th	267	^[19]
2016	Team Seattle	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 8	SEB 4	LGA 1	BEL 4	WGL 3	MOS 12	LIM 14	ELK 12	VIR 4	AUS 7	PET 8		5th	285	^[20]
2017	Riley Motorsports - Team AMG	GTD	Mercedes-AMG GT3	Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8	DAY 3	SEB 1	LBH	AUS	DET	WGL 10	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET 4	24th	115	^[21]
2018	Michael Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	GTD	Acura NSX GT3	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 11	SEB 7	MOH	BEL 1		MOS		ELK	VIR 3	LGA	PET 12		13th	182	^[22]
2018	3GT Racing	GTD	Lexus RCF GT3	Lexus 5.0 L V8					WGL 4		LIM 5						13th	182	^[22]
2019	Michael Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	GTD	Acura NSX GT3 Evo	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 4	SEB 7	MDO 2	DET 11	WGL 1	MOS 2	LIM 2	ELK 5	VIR 2	LGA 8	PET 12		1st	283	^[23]
2020	Michael Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	GTD	Acura NSX GT3 Evo	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 10	DAY 3	SEB	ELK 2	VIR 2	ATL 1	MDO 5	CLT 7	PET 10	LGA 1	SEB 3		1st	288	^[24]
2021	Magnus Racing with Archangel Motorsports	GTD	Acura NSX GT3 Evo	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 11	SEB											15th	1575	^[25]
	Richard Mille - Compass Racing						MDO 5	DET 9	WGL1	WGL2 9	LIM 9	ELK 12	LGA 13	LBH 11
	Gradient Racing														VIR 15	PET
2022	Gradient Racing	GTD	Acura NSX GT3 Evo22	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 13	SEB 11	LBH 2	LGA	MDO	DET	WGL 9	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET 1	26th	1003	^[26]
2023	Gradient Racing	GTD	Acura NSX GT3 Evo22	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6	DAY 4	SEB											40th	579	^[27]
2023	Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR	GTD	Acura NSX GT3 Evo22	Acura 3.5 L Turbo V6			LBH DNS	MON	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK 8	VIR	IMS	PET		40th	579	^[27]
2024	Heart of Racing Team	GTD Pro	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 4	SEB 5	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	ATL			6th*	592*	^[28]
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Bryan Sellers Madison Snow	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD Champion 2019 With: Trent Hindman	Succeeded by Mario Farnbacher Matt McMurry
Preceded by Mario Farnbacher Trent Hindman	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTD Champion 2020 With: Matt McMurry	Succeeded by Zach Robichon Laurens Vanthoor
Preceded by Jan Heylen Fred Poordad	GT World Challenge America Pro-Am Champion 2022 With: Ashton Harrison	Succeeded by Colin Braun George Kurtz

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Mario Farnbacher

Career

Racing record

Career summary

Complete American Le Mans Series results

Complete Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series results

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

Complete Bathurst 12 Hours results

References

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