Thomas Preining

Thomas Preining (born 21 July 1998) is an Austrian racing driver who is the 2018 German Porsche Carrera Cup champion.

Thomas Preining
Preining in 2019
Nationality Austria
Born (1998-07-21) 21 July 1998
Linz, Austria
FIA WEC career
Debut season2019-20
Current teamDempsey-Proton Racing
Car number88
Former teamsGulf Racing
Starts10
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish11th in 2018-19
Previous series
2019
2019
2017-18
2015-16
2015-16		ADAC GT Masters
European Le Mans Series
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
Italian F4 Championship
ADAC Formula 4
Championship titles
2018Porsche Carrera Cup Germany

Career

Formula 4

Preining's first season in single seaters was in 2015 with German team ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg where he competed at the first two rounds in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship where he got a podium in only his third race at this level at Oschersleben. Preining finished the season with 16 points.[1] Preining competed in another F4 championship in 2015 where he raced at the first round in the Italian F4 Championship at Vallelunga with German team Mücke Motorsport.[2] His best finish was 10th.

In 2016 he returned to the ADAC F4 grid for the full season but this time racing for Austrian team Lechner Racing. Preining would go on to finished the season with two wins and a further 4 podiums, this helped him to 4th in the championship with 180.5 points. Championship winner, Joey Mawson, finished 193.5 points ahead of Preining.[3] Like with the German championship, Preining returned to race in the Italian F4 Championship in 2016.[4] He only competed one round and his best result was 12th.

Porsche Carrera Cup Germany

In 2017 Preining made the switch from single seater to Sports car where he competed in the 2017 Porsche Carrera Cup in Germany racing for Konrad Motorsport. Preining won two races meaning he finished 5 points behind Christian Engelhart in 7th. Preining made the switch to his former team Lechner Racing for 2018 where he dominated the season, winning 10 of 14 races and only failing to finish on the podium twice. He won the championship by 37 points over Michael Ammermüller.

Formula E

Due to Preining's affiliation with Porsche, their Formula E team offered him a drive in the Rookie test at Marrakech. He partnered experienced French driver Frédéric Makowiecki. Preining's fastest time 1:19.374 which was almost 3 seconds slower than Nick Cassidy's fastest time of a 1:16.467.

Racing record

Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2015 ADAC Formula 4 Championship ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg 6 0 0 0 1 16 21st
Italian F4 Championship Mücke Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 0 29th
2016 ADAC Formula 4 Championship Lechner Racing 24 2 2 0 6 180.5 5th
Italian F4 Championship 3 0 0 0 0 0 37th
2017 Porsche GT3 Cup Brasil 1 0 0 0 0 29 23rd
Porsche Supercup Konrad Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 22 19th
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 14 1 0 0 2 130 7th
2018 Porsche Supercup Lechner Racing 10 4 3 3 5 135 3rd
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 14 10 11 11 12 279 1st
24H GT Series - 911 Class Fach Auto Tech 1 0 0 1 1 - -
2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am Gulf Racing UK 5 0 3 0 0 53 11th
2019 International GT Open Frikadelli Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
European Le Mans Series Proton Competition 3 1 0 2 1 32 10th
ADAC GT Masters Precote Herberth Motorsport 14 1 0 0 1 79 13th
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am Dempsey-Proton Racing 5 0 0 0 0 12.5 15th
2020 Intercontinental GT Challenge Absolute Racing 1 0 0 0 0 8 6th*

* Season still in progress.

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References
  1. David, Gruz (April 8, 2015). "Dienst, Preining, Zhou headline ADAC F4 entry list".
  2. "Entry list" (PDF). acisportitalia.i. 2015. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  3. "Thomas Preining: Kein Geld für die Formel-3-EM / Formel 1 SPEEDWEEK.COM". www.speedweek.com.
  4. Allen, Peter (April 7, 2016). "Italian and German F4 series get 40+ cars, qualifying races".
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Dennis Olsen		 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany
Winner
2018		 Succeeded by
Julien Andlauer
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