Philip Ellis (racing driver)
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Born | Munich, Bavaria, Germany | 9 October 1992
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2011 2017 | Formula Lista Junior Audi Sport TT Cup |
Philip Ellis (born 9 October 1992) is a Swiss-British-German racing driver. He is currently competing for HTP Motorsport in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, having previously competed in the DTM for the same team.
Career
[edit]In 2011, Ellis won the Formula Lista Junior, a championship grouping together Formula BMWs, with the GU-Racing team. In 2012, he took part in the 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series as well as the 2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, still with GU Racing, he was aiming for the place of best beginner. In 2017, he won the Audi Sport TT Cup. The series was cancelled in 2018, thus making Ellis the final TT Cup champion.[1][2]
Ellis competed in the 2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters alongside Lucas Auer. He drove for HTP Winward Motorsport.[3] He returned to the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for a full season campaign in 2023, joining Indy Dontje and Russell Ward in the Gold Cup class.[4]
Racing record
[edit]Career summary
[edit]‡ Team standings. * Season still in progress.
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
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2012 | GU-Racing | Dallara F312/019 | Mercedes | HOC 1 14 | HOC 2 17† | HOC 3 16 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | BRH 3 | RBR 1 14 | RBR 2 15 | RBR 3 13 | NOR 1 Ret | NOR 2 21 | NOR 3 Ret | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 3 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | ZAN 3 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | VAL 3 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | HOC 3 | 15th | 0 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Points |
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2012 | GU-Racing | Mercedes | HOC 1 14 | HOC 2 16 | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | BRH 1 | BRH 2 | RBR 1 14 | RBR 2 13 | NOR 1 Ret | NOR 2 Ret | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | ZAN 1 | ZAN 2 | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | 14th | 0 |
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos | Points |
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2021 | Mercedes-AMG Team Winward | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 6 | LAU 1 1 | LAU 2 4 | ZOL 1 8 | ZOL 2 16 | NÜR 1 2 | NÜR 2 Ret | RBR 1 3 | RBR 2 4 | ASS 1 7 | ASS 2 12 | HOC 1 7 | HOC 2 4 | NOR 1 10 | NOR 2 10 | 7th | 129 |
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
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2021 | HTP Winward Motorsport | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | DAY 1 | SEB | MDO | DET | WGL | WGL | LIM | ELK | LGA | LBH | VIR | PET 11 | 36th | 598 |
2022 | Winward Racing | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | DAY 6 | SEB 12 | LBH 14 | LGA 14 | MDO 5 | DET 10 | WGL 11 | MOS 2 | LIM 5 | ELK 1 | VIR 1 | PET 11 | 5th | 2714 |
2023 | Winward Racing | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | DAY 13 | SEB 18 | LBH 5 | LGA 12 | WGL | MOS 10 | LIM 9 | ELK 15 | VIR 3 | IMS 1 | PET 9 | 12th | 2431 | |
2024 | Winward Racing | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | DAY 1 | SEB 1 | LBH 7 | LGA 1 | WGL 1 | MOS 2 | ELK 4 | VIR | IMS | PET | 1st* | 2396* |
* Season still in progress.
Complete British GT Championship results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap in class)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
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2023 | 2 Seas Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | GT3 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | SIL 1 | DON 1 | SNE 1 | SNE 2 | ALG 1 | BRH 1 | DON 1 10 | 26th | 1.5 |
References
[edit]- ^ Motorsport-Magazin – Internetseite: "DTM 2018: Audi Sport ABT TT Cup kurzfristig abgesagt". www.motorsport-magazin.com. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ Motorsport-Total – Internetseite: "Geringes Interesse: Abt Audi TT Cup 2018 abgesagt". www.motorsport-total.com. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ^ Lloyd, Daniel (8 March 2021). "Winward Joins with Mercedes-AMGs for Auer, Ellis". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ Euwema, Davey (1 March 2023). "Winward Expands to Two-Car Endurance Cup Effort". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
External links
[edit]- Philip Ellis career summary at DriverDB.com