MPG Competition is an amateur kart team and sim racing team that competes in various IVRC championships. It was founded in 2018 to participate in the Touring Car Championship. MPG Competition's headquarters are located in Ulm, Germany.
Racing History
Touring Car Championship
MPG Competition was founded in 2018 to enter the premier season of IVRC's Touring Car Championship. The team decided to enter with three different cars, with each driver choosing his favourite manufacturer. They later hosted a fourth car, but went back down to three cars after the withdrawal of Martin Jatzek.
At the halfway point of their first season, MPG Competition held the lead in the teams' championship with a huge advantage over the rival teams, while team principal Grimminger was leading the drivers' championship. Unlike Grimminger though, the team kept on their lead to win the inaugural TCC teams' championship.
In season two of the TCC MPG returned with the same line-up, although Jatzek raced only a part-time championship and ever since the withdrawal of Grimminger, they shared the drive. Frau and Volland however were able to bring MPG Competition into first place of the teams' championship at the halfway point again.
Nürburgring Endurance
The team entered the 2018 Nürburgring Endurance race with a 3-driver line-up consisting Volland, Frau and Grimminger, sharing duties in a Ferrari 488 GT3. Due to the limitation of the race distance to 90 minutes, each driver entered on his own. Carlos Frau thus took the first major event win for MPG Competition, but the team even locked out the podium by finishing first, second and third.
Bathurst 200
The team enterd the 2018 Bathurst 200 race with a 3-driver line-up consisting Volland, Jatzek and Frau, each driving a Ford FG X Falcon. The original line-up featured Grimminger, but due to other commitments, the team brought up Jatzek as a replacement, who scored the team's first Bathurst 200 podium.
GT3 World Cup
The team split its entries for the 2018 GT3 World Cup, with Phillip Volland and Carlos Frau and each driving a Mercedes-AMG GT3, while Martin Jatzek and Constantin Grimminger entered with a Nissan GT-R GT3. As the rules forbid multiple car manufacturers within one team, the Mercedes entry was listed as 'MPG Competition Europe', while the Nissan entries raced under the Macau flag and the 'MPG Competition Asia' banner. After ruining his chances on starting 2nd in the Main Race with a last-lap crash, Grimminger then found himself in the way of a spinning Jatzek at the start, taking both Nissans out of contention. Frau however went on to have a brilliant race and finished in second for the 'Europe' squad.
F3 World Cup
The team entered the 2018 F3 World Cup with Martin Jatzek, Constantin Grimminger and Carlos Frau each racing a Volkswagen-powered Dallara F312. After a fulminant drive in the Qualifying Race Grimminger looked set to get a podium during the Main Race, however he crashed out under odd circumstances and gifted Frau the final podium position.
Winter Series
For the 2018–19 Formula E season, which was like all Winter Series seasons intended to be a fun series, MPG Competition entered a conjuction with Swinegel Racing to boost up their numbers. While MPG itself entered with Martin Jatzek and Carlos Frau in the squad's in-house team, Constantin Grimminger entered together with Marc Stwerka as MPG Swinegel Racing. This turned out to be their best shot, as the shared entry went on to win the teams' championship despite not scoring any win; also it brought Grimminger to his first ever drivers' championship title.
World Endurance Championship
For the inaugural World Endurance Championship season MPG planned to enter with all it's drivers in all available classes, however with the cancellation of the LMP2 class just shortly before the season opener, Grimminger and Frau were forced to join the GTE class. As they didn't want to join Volland on his Porsche 911 RSR, they've re-activated MPG Competition Team Asia and entered with two Aston Martin Vantage GTE's, just to end the first two races on a 1-2 for Team Asia. Jatzek himself went into LMP1, driving an Audi R18, on which he finished a respectable third in the first race and even won the second race.
Results
Touring Car Championship
| Year | Team name | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | MPG Competition | SEAT León Cup Racer Peugeot 308 TCR |
 Martin Jatzek
|
14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 163 | 8th | 1st |
 Carlos Frau
|
26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 163 | 9th | ||||
| Opel Astra OPC Cup | Phillip Volland
|
28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 228 | 4th | |||
| Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR | Constantin Grimminger
|
28 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 418 | 2nd | |||
| 2019-1 | MPG Competition | Audi RS3 LMS | Martin Jatzek
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 13th* | 1st* |
| Phillip Volland
|
12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 149 | 3rd* | ||||
| Constantin Grimminger
|
12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 136 | 4th* | ||||
| Carlos Frau
|
15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 239.5 | 2nd* |
- D.C. = Drivers' championship position
- T.C. = Teams' championship position.
† — Drivers competed for various teams over the season.
* — Season still in progress.
Winter Series
| Year | Series | Team name | Car/Engine | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | Formula E | MPG Swinegel Racing | Audi e-Tron FE05 | Marc Stwerka
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 8th | 1st |
| Constantin Grimminger
|
5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 1st | |||||
| MPG eCompetition | Audi e-Tron FE05 | Martin Jatzek
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 6th | 2nd | ||
| Carlos Frau
|
4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 2nd |
- D.C. = Drivers' championship position
- T.C. = Teams' championship position.
* — Season still in progress.
WEC results
| Year | Class | Team name | Car | Drivers | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | D.C. | T.C. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | LMP1 | MPG Competition LMP1 Team | Audi R18 | Martin Jatzek
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40* | 1st* | 1st* |
| GTE | MPG Competition GTE Team | Porsche 911 RSR | Phillip Volland
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12* | 5th* | 4th* | |
| MPG Competition Team Asia | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Constantin Grimminger
|
2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 50* | 1st* | 1st* | ||
| Carlos Frau
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36* | 2nd* |
- D.C. = Drivers' championship position
- T.C. = Teams' championship position.
* — Season still in progress.
Events
Nürburgring Endurance
| Year | Team name | No. | Car | Drivers | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | MPG Competition | 12 | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Phillip Volland
|
SP9 | 10 | 3rd | 3rd |
| Carlos Frau
|
11 | 1st | 1st | |||||
| Constantin Grimminger
|
11 | 2nd | 2nd |
Bathurst 200
| Year | Team name | No. | Car | Drivers | Laps | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | MPG Competition | 11 | Ford FG X Falcon | Martin Jatzek
|
32 | 3rd |
| 13 | Phillip Volland
|
31 | 4th | |||
| 17 | Carlos Frau
|
13 | 6th |
GT3 World Cup
| Year | Team name | No. | Car | Drivers | Laps | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | MPG Competition Asia | 11 | Nissan GT-R GT3 | Martin Jatzek
|
10 | 7th |
| 14 | Constantin Grimminger
|
10 | 6th | |||
| MPG Competition Europe | 13 | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Phillip Volland
|
8 | 8th | |
| 17 | Carlos Frau
|
12 | 2nd |
F3 World Cup
| Year | Team name | No. | Engine | Drivers | Laps | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | MPG Competition | 11 | Volkswagen | Martin Jatzek
|
15 | 4th |
| 14 | Constantin Grimminger
|
15 | 7th | |||
| 17 | Carlos Frau
|
15 | 3rd |
2.4 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team name | No. | Car | Driver | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | MPG Competition LMP1 Team | 11 | Audi R18 | Martin Jatzek
|
LMP1 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| MPG Competition GTE Team | 13 | Porsche 911 RSR | Phillip Volland
|
GTE | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
| MPG Competition Team Asia | 14 | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Constantin Grimminger
|
GTE | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
| 17 | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Carlos Frau
|
GTE | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Timeline
| Current series | |
|---|---|
| TCC | 2018– |
| WEC | 2019– |