Marvin Dienst
Marvin Christopher Dienst (; born 24 February 1997) is a German racing driver, who last competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Mercedes-AMG Team Mücke Motorsport. Dienst won the Formula BMW Talent Cup in 2012 and the ADAC Formula 4 championship in 2015. Career. Karting and early career. Dienst began karting in 2007, collecting his first major karting victory that year in the ADAC Kart Masters. He also won the Stefan-Bellof Pokal in 2009. He remained in karting until 2011. In 2012 he participated in the Formula BMW Talent Cup, a competition for junior drivers. He won  the competition, earning sponsorship for 2013 for higher-level single-seater racing series'. Formula 4 & 3. In 2013, Dienst graduated to single seaters in ADAC Formel Masters, racing for Neuhauser Racing. He achieved eight podiums, including his first victory at the Automotodróm Slovakia Ring. He ended his debut season in fifth. Dienst went on to race for ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg in his second season, winning three races and achieving seven podiums, improving his championship rank to fourth. In 2015, he participated in the inaugural season of the ADAC Formula 4 Championship, which replaced the ADAC Formel Masters. Racing for the  HTP Junior Team, Dienst won the championship, thus becoming first champion of the German Formula 4 championship. Dienst also started three races in the 2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship for Artline Engineering as a guest driver. Later career. In 2016, Dienst participated in the ADAC GT Masters for Schütz Motorsport. In the penultimate round at the Hockenheimring, he was able to achieve a podium finish for the first time. He scored a total of 51 points, and placed 14th in the drivers' classification and fifth in the junior classification. In 2017, he drove for the Dempsey-Proton Racing team  in the FIA World Endurance Championship, in the LMGTE Am class. In addition, he made a guest appearance for Craft-Bamboo Racing in the GT World Challenge Asia in Shanghai. Here he finished race 1 in 6th place and won race 2 with his teammate Darryl O'Young. This was their first victory with Porsche in the GT3 class. In 2018 he participated in the European Le Mans Series in the GTE class for Proton Competition. Dienst again competed in the ADAC GT Masters in 2019 and 2020. He has since gone on to compete in the ADAC GT4 Germany, Nürburgring  Endurance Series, Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and the Intercontinental GT Challenge. Racing record. Racing career summary. As Dienst was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points. Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results. As Dienst was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.