Philip Ellis (racing driver)

Philip Ellis
NationalitySwitzerland Swiss
United Kingdom British
Germany German
via triple nationality
Born (1992-10-09) 9 October 1992 (age 32)
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Racing licence FIA Gold
Championship titles
2024

2024
2017
2011		IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD
Michelin Endurance Cup - GTD
Audi Sport TT Cup
Formula Lista Junior

Philip Ellis (born 9 October 1992) is a Swiss-British-German racing driver. He is currently competing for HTP Motorsport in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, having previously competed in the DTM for the same team.

Career

In 2011, Ellis won the Formula Lista Junior, a championship grouping together Formula BMWs, with the GU-Racing team. In 2012, he took part in the 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series as well as the 2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, still with GU Racing, he was aiming for the place of best beginner. In 2017, he won the Audi Sport TT Cup. The series was cancelled in 2018, thus making Ellis the final TT Cup champion.[1][2]

Ellis competed in the 2021 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters alongside Lucas Auer. He drove for HTP Winward Motorsport.[3] He returned to the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for a full season campaign in 2023, joining Indy Dontje and Russell Ward in the Gold Cup class.[4]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2011 Formula Lista Junior GU-Racing 10 5 6 5 8 178 1st
2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship GU-Racing 6 0 0 0 0 0 14th
Formula 3 Euro Series 9 0 0 0 0 0 15th
2016 Audi Sport TT Cup N/A 14 0 0 0 1 170 6th
2017 Audi Sport TT Cup N/A 13 5 4 3 11 259 1st
Touring Car Endurance Series - TCR Bonk Motorsport 1 0 0 1 0 0 NC
2018 ADAC GT Masters Phoenix Racing 14 1 1 0 1 39 16th
24H GT Series - GT4 1 1 1 0 1 0 NC
Super Taikyu - ST-X Phoenix Racing Asia 1 0 0 0 0 19‡ 9th‡
2019 ADAC GT Masters Mann-Filter Team HTP 13 0 0 0 1 40 21st
24H GT Series - A6 Winward Racing/HTP Motorsport
24H GT Series - GT4 Winward Racing
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 GetSpeed Performance 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
2020 24H GT Series - GT3 Pro Toksport WRT 1 0 0 0 0 12 12th
HTP Winward Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0
Michelin Pilot Challenge - GT4 Winward Racing/HTP Motorsport 4 0 0 2 1 79 31st
ADAC GT Masters Knaus Team HTP Winward 14 1 1 0 2 112 6th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT Bilstein 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th
2021 GT World Challenge America - Pro Winward Racing 7 0 1 1 4 78 5th
Intercontinental GT Challenge 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD HTP Winward Motorsport 3 1 0 0 1 598 36th
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Mercedes-AMG Team Winward 16 1 1 0 3 129 7th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver Cup Winward Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0 30 16th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP-X Space Drive Racing 1 1 0 1 1 N/A 1st
2022 GT World Challenge America - Pro Winward Racing 7 3 2 2 6 154 6th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD 12 2 3 2 3 2714 5th
Intercontinental GT Challenge 3 0 0 0 1 25 11th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup SunEnergy1 Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Mercedes-AMG Team Bilstein by HRT 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th
2023 ADAC GT Masters Haupt Racing Team 2 0 0 0 1 26 22nd
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Winward Racing 10 1 0 1 2 2431 12th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold Cup 0 1 1 1 49 7th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Mercedes-AMG Craft-Bamboo Racing 1 0 0 0 0 9 25th
Winward Racing 1 0 0 0 0
DXDT Racing 1 0 0 0 0
SunEnergy1 Racing 1 0 0 0 0
GT World Challenge America - Pro-Am DXDT Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
British GT Championship - GT3 2 Seas Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 1.5 26th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Mercedes-AMG Team Bilstein by HRT 1 0 1 0 1 N/A 3rd
2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Winward Racing 10 4 0 0 6 3266 1st
GT World Challenge America - Pro-Am DXDT Racing 2 0 0 0 0 187 3rd
Regulator Racing 11 2 2 5 6
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Mercedes-AMG Team GetSpeed 2 0 0 0 0 * *
Intercontinental GT Challenge
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup AlManar Racing by GetSpeed
Boutsen VDS
International GT Open Scuderia Villorba Corse 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†

‡ Team standings.
† As Ellis was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2012 GU-Racing Dallara F312/019 Mercedes HOC
1
14 		HOC
2
17† 		HOC
3
16 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		RBR
1
14 		RBR
2
15 		RBR
3
13 		NOR
1
Ret 		NOR
2
21 		NOR
3
Ret 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		NÜR
3 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		ZAN
3 		VAL
1 		VAL
2 		VAL
3 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		HOC
3 		15th 0

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2012 GU-Racing Mercedes HOC
1
14 		HOC
2
16 		LEC
1 		LEC
2 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		RBR
1
14 		RBR
2
13 		NOR
1
Ret 		NOR
2
Ret 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		VAL
1 		VAL
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		14th 0

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2021 Mercedes-AMG Team Winward Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo MNZ
1
Ret 		MNZ
2
6 		LAU
1
1 		LAU
2
4 		ZOL
1
8 		ZOL
2
16 		NÜR
1
2 		NÜR
2
Ret 		RBR
1
3 		RBR
2
4 		ASS
1
7 		ASS
2
12 		HOC
1
7 		HOC
2
4 		NOR
1
10 		NOR
2
10 		7th 129

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points
2021 HTP Winward Motorsport GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 DAY
1 		SEB MDO DET WGL WGL LIM ELK LGA LBH VIR PET
11 		36th 598
2022 Winward Racing GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 DAY
6 		SEB
12 		LBH
14 		LGA
14 		MDO
5 		DET
10 		WGL
11 		MOS
2 		LIM
5 		ELK
1 		VIR
1 		PET
11 		5th 2714
2023 Winward Racing GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 DAY
13 		SEB
18 		LBH
5 		LGA
12 		WGL MOS
10 		LIM
9 		ELK
15 		VIR
3 		IMS
1 		PET
9 		12th 2431
2024 Winward Racing GTD Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 DAY
1 		SEB
1 		LBH
7 		LGA
1 		WGL
1 		MOS
2 		ELK
4 		VIR
3 		IMS
5 		PET
8 		1st 3266

Complete British GT Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap in class)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points
2023 2 Seas Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo GT3 OUL
1 		OUL
2 		SIL
1 		DON
1 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		ALG
1 		BRH
1 		DON
1
10 		26th 1.5

References

  1. ^ Motorsport-Magazin – Internetseite: "DTM 2018: Audi Sport ABT TT Cup kurzfristig abgesagt". www.motorsport-magazin.com. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. ^ Motorsport-Total – Internetseite: "Geringes Interesse: Abt Audi TT Cup 2018 abgesagt". www.motorsport-total.com. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  3. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (8 March 2021). "Winward Joins with Mercedes-AMGs for Auer, Ellis". sportscar365.com. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  4. ^ Euwema, Davey (1 March 2023). "Winward Expands to Two-Car Endurance Cup Effort". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Michael Lamotte
 Formula Lista Junior
Champion
2011 		Succeeded by
Levin Amweg
Preceded by
Joonas Lappalainen
 Audi Sport TT Cup
Champion
2017 		Succeeded by
None
(Series ended)
Preceded by IMSA SportsCar Championship
GTD Champion
2024
With: Russell Ward 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Michelin Endurance Cup
GTD Champion
2024
With: Russell Ward & Indy Dontje 		Succeeded by
Incumbent

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