Marlon Stöckinger


Marlon Alexander Stöckinger is a Filipino racing driver, who raced for Status Grand Prix in the 2012 GP3 Series and currently driving for Lotus F1 Team Juniors in the 2013 World Series by Renault. He is the first Filipino to win a formula race in Europe.
Stöckinger is the 2006 Asian Karting Champion, 2007 Philippine Rotax Max Champion and the 2008 Formula BMW Pacific Scholarship Winner.

Early life

Stöckinger was born in Manila, Philippines. He is the son of a Swiss businessman and racing enthusiast, Tom Stöckinger, and Filipina Egin San Pedro; He grew up in the Philippines until he was 17 and then went to Europe to pursue a racing career. In 2013, he was also host for Top Gear Philippines, along with Richard Gomez, Gary Valenciano, Apl.de.ap and Jolina Magdangal.

Racing career

Early career

Prior to joining the Formula Renault series, Stöckinger won titles and honors from international derbies such as the Formula BMW Pacific 2008 Championships, the Senior Rotax Max World Finals 2007, the Asian Karting Championship 2006, the Junior Rotax Max-World Finals 2005 and the Philippine Shell Super Karting Series 2002. He participated at the 2008 Formula BMW Europe season - the championship's maiden season after the merger of the British and German series — as a guest driver, racing at the Hungaroring, Valencia Street Circuit and at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

Formula Renault (2009–2010)

Stöckinger made his debut at the UK championship in 2009 at 18 years of age, joining other newcomers including Harry Tincknell, Matias Laine and Will Stevens. He arrived 20th on his debut at Brands Hatch and eventually finished 25th in the championship with 56 points. His best result was an eleventh place at round eight at Oulton Park.
The following season began at Thruxton on 3 April 2010 and will end on 10 October at Brands Hatch, after twenty rounds held in England, and for the first time since 2006, Scotland. After arriving 10th in his first race of the year, the Filipino-Swiss driver was able to finish third at Rockingham Motor Speedway, his best result ever in two seasons. At the Croft Circuit he started from pole and finished the race first, becoming the first Filipino to have won a formula race in Europe. The performance was then followed by a second place in the same circuit, behind Lewis Williamson.

GP3 Series (2011–2012)

The following year, Stöckinger moved to the GP3 series, where he suited up for Atech CRS Grand Prix in the 2011 GP3 Series season.
Going into his second year in the GP3 Series, the Filipino was assessed by Status Grand Prix during their autumn tests. Stöckinger was regularly featured in the Top 5 of the time sheets at Barcelona, Valencia and Jerez tests, and impressed the team with his performances. In February 2012, Stöckinger left Atech GP and signed to join Status Grand Prix for the 2012 GP3 Series season. Stöckinger collected his first win in the 2012 GP3 Series at Monaco and set his first pole position and the fastest lap of the race.

Formula Renault 3.5 Series (2013-2015)

He became a member of the Lotus F1 Team in February 2013, serving as one of seven junior team drivers. Stöckinger and the other six young drivers will be supported by Lotus in all areas such as driving skills, physical fitness, health and nutrition, social and mental development, business ethics and principals, as well as PR training as a preparation for their future careers.
It was confirmed that Stöckinger will stay and drive for Lotus F1 on 2014 Formula Renault 3.5 season alongside newly recruited Matthieu Vaxivière of France and former French F4 Champion.

GP2 Series (2015)

On 5 March 2015, it was confirmed Stöckinger would reunite with Status as one of their drivers in the 2015 GP2 season.

Racing record

Complete GP3 Series results

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516DCPoints
2011ATECH CRS GPIST
FEA
Ret
IST
SPR
23
CAT
FEA
26
CAT
SPR
Ret
VAL
FEA
14
VAL
SPR
16
SIL
FEA
16
SIL
SPR
Ret
NÜR
FEA
Ret
NÜR
SPR
DNS
HUN
FEA
12
HUN
SPR
17
SPA
FEA
Ret
SPA
SPR
10
MNZ
FEA
19
MNZ
SPR
13
29th0
2012Status Grand PrixCAT
FEA
2
CAT
SPR
19
MON
FEA
8
MON
SPR

1
VAL
FEA
19
VAL
SPR
11
SIL
FEA
16
SIL
SPR
Ret
HOC
FEA
16
HOC
SPR
11
HUN
FEA
9
HUN
SPR
13
SPA
FEA
14
SPA
SPR
16
MNZ
FEA
7
MNZ
SPR
4
10th55

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

YearTeam1234567891011121314151617PosPoints
2013LotusMNZ
1
14
MNZ
2
12
ALC
1
19
ALC
2
DNS
MON
1
Ret
SPA
1
20
SPA
2
17
MSC
1
8
MSC
2
12
RBR
1
8
RBR
2
7
HUN
1
13
HUN
2
7
LEC
1
15
LEC
2
10
CAT
1
Ret
CAT
2
9
18th23
2014LotusMNZ
1
14
MNZ
2
2
ALC
1
4
ALC
2
Ret
MON
1
11
SPA
1
9
SPA
2
11
MSC
1
7
MSC
2
11
NÜR
1
5
NÜR
2
3
HUN
1
15
HUN
2
14
LEC
1
6
LEC
2
13
JER
1
Ret
JER
2
9
9th73
2015LotusALC
1
ALC
2
MON
1
SPA
1
SPA
2
HUN
1
HUN
2
RBR
1
Ret
RBR
2
6
SIL
1
SIL
2
NÜR
1
11
NÜR
2
7
BUG
1
15
BUG
2
11
JER
1
17
JER
2
14
17th14

Complete GP2 Series results

YearEntrant12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
2015Status Grand PrixBHR
FEA
11
BHR
SPR
19
CAT
FEA
Ret
CAT
SPR
20
MON
FEA
19
MON
SPR
18
RBR
FEA
19
RBR
SPR
19
SIL
FEA
19
SIL
SPR
22
HUN
FEA
19
HUN
SPR
23
SPA
FEA
17
SPA
SPR
19
MNZ
FEA
Ret
MNZ
SPR
19
SOC
FEA
Ret
SOC
SPR
Ret
BHR
FEA
13
BHR
SPR
19
YMC
FEA
18
YMC
SPR
C
26th0

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Personal life

, Stöckinger has been romantically involved with Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach. Stöckinger is a practising Catholic. He has twin daughters with model Kit Barraquias.