🇩🇪 Mario Farnbacher

Racing driver from Germany. IMSA Pilot Challenge, Magnus Racing. Two-time champion.

Driver facts

Full name

Mario Farnbacher

Born

14 May 1992(b. 1992)

Nationality

Germany

Current team

Magnus Racing

Series

IMSA Pilot Challenge

Status

Active

Championships

22019, 2020

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

3,554

Source · Wikimedia Commons

Racer Rating

3,554

RANK 846 / 13,628 INDEXED · -424 SEASON

FIA Categorisation

Gold

DRIVER CATEGORISATION · FIA
SOURCE · FIA.COM

SYNTHESIZED FROM 1 SOURCE · UPDATED 27H AGO

Mario Farnbacher is an American driver competing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Magnus Racing. Across a career spanning 20 starts, Farnbacher has yet to secure a series win, though he has recorded one career podium. He has not claimed a championship title to date. Within Racer DB's rating system, Farnbacher holds a Racer Rating of 3,724, placing him 633rd among active drivers on a scale where the highest-rated competitors in the world reach figures between 10,000 and 11,500.[1]

Farnbacher remains active in competition heading into the 2026 season, where he has made one start for Magnus Racing without recording a win or podium finish, leaving him 242nd in the standings so far. His body of work with the team continues to be tracked within IMSA WeatherTech competition, with his overall career statistics reflecting a driver still building toward his first series victory.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS

SYNTHESIZED FROM 1 SOURCE · UPDATED 0H AGO

Mario Farnbacher is a racing driver from Germany who competes in IMSA Pilot Challenge for Magnus Racing. Farnbacher is a two-time champion (2019, 2020), with 5 wins and 16 podiums from 74 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,554 ranks Farnbacher 846th of 13,628 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS

2026 form

LAST 20 RACES · FINISH POSITION, HIGHER IS BETTER

RACERDB · REFERENCE FOR EVERY RACING SERIESAGGREGATED FROM 1 SOURCES · SYNCED 5H AGO

SYNTHESIZED FROM 1 SOURCE · UPDATED 27H AGO

SOURCES: [1] INDEXED RACE CLASSIFICATIONS

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Podiums	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
2026	IMSA Pilot Challenge	Pegram Racing	4	0	0	P113	−312	3,554
	IMSA WeatherTech	Magnus Racing	2	0	0	P249	−113
2025	IMSA WeatherTech	Forte Racing	10	0	1	P194	−182	3,978
2024	IMSA WeatherTech	Heart of Racing Team	6	0	0	P104	+109	4,160
2023	IMSA WeatherTech	Racers Edge Motorsports with WTR	2	0	0	P121	+34	4,052
	IMSA Pilot Challenge	HART	1	0	0	P100	−87
2022	IMSA WeatherTech	Gradient Racing	5	1	2	P218	+120	4,105
2021	IMSA WeatherTech	Gradient Racing	8	0	0	P158	−382	3,985
2020	IMSA WeatherTech	Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian	10	2	6	P108	+343	4,225
	GT World Challenge Europe	Team Honda Racing	1	0	0	P183	+23
2019	IMSA WeatherTech	Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	11	1	5	P97	+244	4,126
	GT World Challenge Europe	Honda Team Motul	1	0	0	P180	+25
2018	IMSA WeatherTech	Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian	5	1	2	P72	+131	3,909
2017	IMSA WeatherTech	Riley Motorsports - Team AMG	2	0	0	P102	+32	3,715
2016	IMSA WeatherTech	Team Seattle / Alex Job Racing	6	0	0	P35	−131	3,562

Head-to-head

MOST-RACED RIVALS · TIMES FARNBACHER FINISHED AHEAD VS BEHIND

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🇺🇸 Robby Foley	4,620	51	24	27	47%
🇬🇧 Jack Hawksworth	4,234	51	24	27	47%
🇺🇸 Bryan Sellers	4,775	48	23	25	48%
🇺🇸 Frankie Montecalvo	3,819	47	26	21	55%
🇺🇸 Andy Lally	3,400	45	26	19	58%
🇺🇸 John Potter	3,078	45	27	18	60%
🇺🇸 Madison Snow	4,405	38	17	21	45%
🇺🇸 Bill Auberlen	3,362	37	19	18	51%
🇨🇦 Zacharie Robichon	4,491	32	11	21	34%
🇺🇸 Patrick Long	4,212	32	17	15	53%

WHEEL-TO-WHEEL ONLY · SAME CLASS, DIFFERENT CAR · TEAM-MATES EXCLUDED