Mario Farnbacher began his 2026 motorsport season on familiar ground at Daytona International Speedway, but with a brand-new challenge. The German joined Pegram Racing for his first outing of the year in the team’s Honda Civic Type R TCR. The four-hour endurance race at Daytona International Speedway saw a bumper 51-car field take to the…
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Mario Farnbacher signs off challenging 2025 with resolute drive at Petit Le Mans
Mario Farnbacher brought his 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season to a close with a fighting if frustrating performance at Road Atlanta. The two-time GTD-class IMSA champion looked to close out his maiden season with Forte Racing with a strong result at the 10-hour Petit Le Mans, an event the German native has twice won…
Mario Farnbacher ends challenging IMSA Indianapolis weekend with points finish
Mario Farnbacher completed a resilient drive at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to bank further valuable points towards his 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship campaign.
Mario Farnbacher closes in on first IMSA podium of 2025 at Mosport
A needless on-track incident was all that stood between Mario Farnbacher and his first podium finish with Forte Racing at the recent IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship event at Mosport.
Tough day at the office for Mario Farnbacher at Watkins Glen
A resilient drive by Mario Farnbacher at the end of a challenging weekend at Watkins Glen helped bank valuable points towards his IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship campaign, and also demonstrated the ever-improving pace of Forte Racing’s Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2.
Fifth for Farnbacher! Strong showing at Laguna Seca
Mario Farnbacher completed one of his most successful rounds of the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season yet with a fighting fifth in class at the Laguna Seca Raceway.
Tough Long Beach weekend, but high hopes for Laguna Seca
Mario Farnbacher is already looking ahead to a strong event at Laguna Seca following a consistent albeit difficult IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship weekend around the notoriously tight and twisting streets of Long Beach. Farnbacher, teaming only with Misha Goikhberg at this past weekend’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, finished a points-paying twelfth with Forte Racing. The #78 Lamborghini Huracán…
Down but not out! Another points-paying performance for Mario Farnbacher at Sebring 12 Hours
Mario Farnbacher continued his IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season with a fighting drive to twelfth in-class at the 73rd 12 Hours of Sebring. Competing once again aboard the Forte Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 alongside Misha Goikhberg and Parker Kligerman, Farnbacher entered his eleventh 12 Hours of Sebring this past weekend, an event at which the…
About me
Motorsport is in Mario’s blood – and just like his father and brother, he is living his passion.
Already at the age of six, he appeared at the karting tracks, and it didn’t take long for him to claim the first successes. Competing in the Bambini Class, he celebrated victories and titles in Bavaria before he also left a remaining impression in the Junior Classes in 2005.
With ambition and discipline, the highly talented race driver made his way up, and over the years, he proved to be a serious and tough rival for his opponents. The Franconian proved his skills in various racing series – including the ADAC GT Masters, the Nürburgring Endurance Series (formerly VLN) and the International GT Open.
In 2014, he competed in America, where he was to celebrate his greatest sporting triumphs in the years that ensued. Following the season with Alex Job Racing and Porsche in the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship, he switched to Mercedes-AMG in 2017. Together with Riley Motorsport, Mario celebrated his first title in the Michelin Endurance Cup.
With Acura, more championship titles rolled in from 2018 onwards. After starting out with a few selected races, the Ansbach native established himself as a regular driver in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2019. What then followed were two successful years with Meyer Shank Racing, in which Mario was crowned champion twice in the GTD class.
In 2022, he won the title in the ProAm class in the GT World Challenge America together with Racers Edge Motorsports. The following year, he and the team celebrated the runner-up title in the Pro category. The year 2024 marked Mario’s return to Heart of Racing, where he drove an Aston Martin Vantage GT3 in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
2025 will see Farnbacher teamed up with Misha Goikhberg behind the wheel of Forte Racing’s GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 for a full season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Steckbrief Mario Farnbacher
Date of Birth: 14th May 1992
Place of Birth: Ansbach
Nationality: german
Marital Status: single
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 73 kg
Education: qualified Secondary School
Profession: Race driver & CEO Autohaus Farnbacher
Hobbies: Snowboard, CrossFit, Music and Friends
2024
» 4th place (Pro class) Daytona 24 Hours (Acura)
2023
» Vice champion (Pro class) GT World Challenge America (Acura)
2022
» Champion (ProAm class) GT World Challenge America (Acura)
2020
» Champion (GTD class) IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (Acura)
2019
» Champion (GTD class) IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (Acura)
» Intercontinental GT Challenge (Honda)
2018
» IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (Acura)
2017
» IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (Mercedes-AMG)
» Champion (GTD class) IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup
» International GT Open (Lexus)
2015 – 2016
» IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (Porsche)
» VLN Nürburgring (Lexus)
2014
» 10th place (GTD class) TUDOR United SportsCar Championship
» Victory 12H Sebring
2012 – 2013
» ADAC GT Masters
2011
» ADAC Formula Masters – 6th place overall
» Scholarship ADAC and Deutsche Post Speed Academy
2010
» ADAC Formula Masters – 3rd place overall / Rookie of the Year
1998 – 2009
» Karting
Racing
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship offers sports car racing at the highest level. The series was created in 2013 from the merger of the American Le Mans Series and the Grand-Am Sports Car Series and forms the highest American sports car series. The series includes several Sprint and Endurance races, held on different racetracks in North America.
In 2025, Mario and Misha Goikhberg will be driving a GTD Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 from Forte Racing.
Dates
| 26/01/2025 | Rolex 24 At Daytona |
| 15/03/2025 | Twelve Hours Of Sebring |
| 12/04/2025 | Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach |
| 11/05/2025 | Laguna Seca |
| 22/06/2025 | Sahlen’s Six hours of the Glen |
| 13/07/2025 | Chevrolet Grand Prix |
| 03/08/2025 | IMSA Sportscar Weekend |
| 24/08/2025 | VIRginia International Raceway |
| 21/09/2025 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
| 11/10/2025 | Petit Le Mans |
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