Tim Tramnitz

2020

Having tested a Formula 4 car for the first time in 2019,^[4] Tramnitz was announced to be making his single-seater debut in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship in 2020, driving with US Racing.^[5][6] Tramnitz had a solid season, starting the season with a podium during the opening round in Lausitzring.^[7] Two rounds later in Hockenheim, Tramnitz returned to the podium in second place.^[8] Throughout the season, Tramnitz scored points in all but one race and stood on the podium on six occasions, one capped off with a win in the final race of the campaign at Oschersleben.^[9] He finished fourth in the standings with 226 points, beating all but one of his teammates and winning the trophy for the best rookie.^[10][11]

2021

In 2021, Tramnitz returned to ADAC F4 and Italian F4, once again competing with US Racing.^[12] He started his ADAC F4 season with a pole and a second place at the Red Bull Ring.^[13][14] After a double third place in Zandvoort,^[15] he took his first ADAC F4 win of the season in Hockenheim after a battle with title rival Oliver Bearman.^[16] Tramnitz gained form over Bearman during the next two rounds, notching up a double win in the Sachsenring and following it up with a further win in the second Hockenheim round.^[17][18][19] Sitting 23 points behind Bearman heading into the season finale at the Nürburgring,^[20] he was able to win the first race despite a clash with the Briton,^[21] but his title chances ended on the opening lap after he was tipped into a spin by Joshua Dufek.^[22] Despite that, Tramnitz finished runner-up in the championship with five wins, five poles and nine podiums.^[23][24]

In the Italian series, competing in a partial campaign, Tramnitz started strongly with a double win in Paul Ricard.^[25][26] After a triple podium in Vallelunga, he returned to dominant ways in Austria with another double win.^[27][28] Despite scoring points in the remaining two rounds, he did not score a podium. However, with four wins and nine podiums, he again finished runner-up in the standings.^[29]

2022

For 2022, Tramnitz progressed to the Formula Regional European Championship, competing for Trident.^[30][31] Pre-season, Tramnitz's preparations were hampered as he suffered a broken veterbrae during a crash in a Formula 4 test at Estoril.^[32] He scored his first points in Imola, with a ninth and seventh place finish.^[33] However, a string of retirements contributed to a points drought then only ended during the second race in Budapest, where he secured his best finish of the season with fourth place.^[34] Having finished in the points three more times, Tramnitz placed 15th in the standings with 35 points, ahead of teammate Roman Biliński but considerably behind Leonardo Fornaroli.

2023

During the pre-season, Tramnitz competed in the final two rounds of Formula Regional Middle East Championship with R-ace GP.^[35] He scored 14 points and finished 20th overall.

For his main campaign, Tramnitz moved over to R-ace GP in the Formula Regional European Championship.^[36] He scored his first pole in the series in the opening Imola round, but retired after a collision with teammate Martinius Stenshorne.^[37] A clean sweep followed in Barcelona where he took his first wins in the category.^[38] In Spa-Francorchamps, Tramnitz lost control at Kemmel-Radillon and crashed, causing a chain reaction multi-car collision of several following cars. One of the drivers involved, Dilano van 't Hoff, was killed in the incident.^[39] A string of podiums followed in the next four rounds where he took a third place from each of the rounds he raced in. He rounded out the season with his third win in the first race of the Hockenheim round, and followed it up with second place the next day.^[40][41] With three wins and ten podiums, Tramnitz finished third in the championship with 239 points.^[42]

2024

Tramnitz partook in the 2023 Formula 3 post-testing sessions with MP Motorsport.^[45][46] In January 2024, he was confirmed to join the Dutch outfit for the 2024 FIA Formula 3 season.^[47] He began his season positively in Bahrain, as following a fifth place finish in the sprint race, Tramnitz made up positions in the feature race from sixth to take third place — his first podium in the category.^[48] However, he had a disappointing round in Melbourne, as he qualified down in 22nd, which limited opportunities to progress up the field.^[49] In Imola, Tramnitz qualified tenth, and secured another podium in the sprint race having been in podium contention throughout the race.^[50] In the feature race, he narrowly missed out on points as he finished in 11th place.^[51] His positive momentum continued in the Monaco sprint race, as he finished in second place once again after gaining a position on Laurens van Hoepen at the first corner.^[52] In the feature race, he improved two positions to finish in eighth place.^[53] A difficult weekend followed in Barcelona, as Tramnitz could only rescue a point during the sprint race.^[54]

Tramnitz achieved his best qualifying in Austria, securing third on the grid.^[55] After taking eighth place in the sprint race, Tramnitz had a messy feature race compounded by a slow start, before a ten-second penalty for contact dropped him out of the points.^[56] A scoreless weekend followed in Silverstone, where he collided with Luke Browning in the sprint race while he was left on the wrong strategy during mixed conditions in the feature race.^[57] He returned to the points during the Hungarian sprint race after multiple attacks from Christian Mansell, but a clutch issue during the formation lap destroyed any chances of a double points finish that weekend.^[58] Tramnitz was set to return to the rostrum during the Spa-Francorchamps sprint race, but he was passed by Noel León on the final lap having held third for much of the race.^[59] In the feature race, he finished in ninth, where he started.^[60] Qualifying on reverse pole in Monza, Tramnitz would proceed to take his first F3 win in the sprint race, as he led every lap from start to finish amidst chaos behind.^[61][62] He concluded the season with sixth place in the feature race.^[63] Tramnitz finished the season ninth in the drivers' standings, scoring 81 points, one win and four podiums.^[64]

2025

Tramnitz would remain with MP Motorsport for the 2025 FIA Formula 3 season.^[65] Tramnitz's season begain slowly in Melbourne where an electric issue in the sprint race left him a few laps down, but redeemed himself in the feature race by taking fifth place.^[66] After qualifying just outside the top-twelve in Bahrain, Tramnitz set on recovery drives during the races, improving to sixth in the sprint before nabbing a third-place podium during the feature race.^[67][68] Tramnitz followed it up with his first win of the season during the Imola sprint race, where he outduelled his teammate Bruno del Pino to take MP Motorsport's first 1-2 finish in the series.^[69][70] He made a strong recovery drive in the feature race, improving five places to finish in sixth place.^[71] His points streak continued in Monaco with a double fifth place in the Principality,^[72][73] but this was interrupted during the Barcelona sprint race following a lap 1 collision with Martinius Stenshorne and Roman Biliński which broke his suspension.^[74] Despite a three-place grid penalty for being at fault of the collision,^[75] he charged forward, eventually finishing the feature race in seventh.^[76]

Tramnitz qualified down in 17th for Austria, but made an excellent late charge in the sprint race, moving forward to finish in sixth place.^[77] He improved even further in the feature race, making up fifteen positions to finish on the podium in second place.^[78] However, this was followed by a run of three consecutive non-scoring rounds, compounded by a wrong tyre choice during the Silverstone feature race and another difficult qualifying in Budapest.^[79][80] In the Monza sprint race, Tramnitz tussled with his rivals for the lead and eventually emerged victorious for his second triumph of the season,^[81][82] but was stripped of it after failing to engage the start setup procedure.^[83] He concluded the season with tenth in the feature race,^[84] meaning he finished fourth in the standings with 93 points, one win and three podiums.^[85]

2026

During pre-season testing in Barcelona, Tramnitz deputised for an injured Michael Shin at Hitech TGR.^[86]

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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