Marlon Stöckinger

Marlon Alexander Stöckinger is a Filipino-Swiss racing driver competing under the Philippine flag. He most recently competed in the 2016 GT Series Sprint Cup for ISR Racing. He raced for Status Grand Prix in the 2015 GP2 Series and 2012 GP3 Series, and for Lotus in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series from 2013 to 2015. He is the first Filipino to win a formula race in Europe, winning race 9 of the 2010 [Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship] at the Croft Circuit on 19 June of that year.
Stöckinger was the 2006 Asian Karting Champion, 2007 Philippine Rotax Max Champion and the 2008 Formula BMW Pacific Scholarship Winner.

WWW Official Site 𝕏 imstockinger

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 and moved to Europe at age 17 to pursue a career in auto racing.

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 2.0 UK (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.

FIA 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.

FIA 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. He would go on to score no points and finished 26th in the series standings with a best finish of 11th.

Other ventures

Stöckinger was a presenter for Top Gear Philippines along with Richard Gomez, Gary Valenciano, Apl.de.ap and Jolina Magdangal.

Personal life

Stöckinger is a practising Catholic. He was in a relationship with Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach from 2017 to 2019. He has twin daughters with model Kit Barraquias.

Racing record

Career summary

† Guest driver ineligible to score points

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	DC	Points
2010	Atech Grand Prix	ALC 1	ALC 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	BRN 1	BRN 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	HUN 1 5	HUN 2 8	HOC 1	HOC 2	SIL 1	SIL 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	NC†	0

† As Stöckinger was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points

Complete GP3 Series results

Year

Entrant

Points

2011

ATECH CRS GP

IST
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

29th

2012

Status Grand Prix

CAT
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

10th

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

Year

Team

Pos

Points

2013

Lotus

MNZ
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

18th

2014

Lotus

MNZ
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

9th

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

17th

Complete GP2 Series results

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2015	Status Grand Prix	BHR 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	26th	0