Fritz Enzinger

Vice President LMP1

“The whole motorsport scene is envious of my team”, boasts Fritz Enzinger. His world has revolved around engines and racing for decades. But he built up this Porsche Motorsport LMP Team completely from scratch.

Enzinger, born on September 15, 1956 in the Austrian town of Oberwölz, began to shape Porsche’s return to top-level motorsport in late 2011. New premises, new personnel, new car. The biggest successes came four years later: The 17th overall victory for Porsche at Le Mans and winning the manufacturer and driver titles in the FIA World Endurance Championship. And in 2016, under his auspices, the triumph could be duplicated across the board.

The success came faster than expected and can be attributed to Enzinger’s considerable experience: He was previously with BMW for thirty years – in corporate strategy, sponsoring, HR structure, team management and driver contracts. He was in positions of responsibility with respect to touring car victories, the overall victory at Le Mans in 1999 and Formula One successes. All of this took place with him as someone in the background, a preference which still applies today. The mechanical engineer’s office door is always open to his staff; he is someone who is more comfortable in jeans and a shirt that in a collar and tie. It wasn’t the prestigious stage that drew him to Porsche. What attracted him was the tremendous opportunity to be able to shape such a large project from its infancy.

When he has a free weekend he returns to his family in Munich. Icelandic horses are the hobby that help him unwind with his wife and daughter.