{{Short description|Dutch racing driver (1944–2026)}} {{Redirect|Engeman|people named ''Engemann''|Engemann}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox racing driver | name = Liane Engeman | image = Liane Engeman 2.jpg | image_size = | caption = Engeman in 1970 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|3|24|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |author = <!-- not stated --> |date = 2026 |title = Liane Engeman, Netherlands |url = https://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/Liane-Engeman-NL.html |website = racingsportscars.com |location = |publisher = Racing Sports Cars |access-date = 13 February 2026}}</ref> | birth_place = Haarlem, North Holland, German-occupied Netherlands | death_date = {{Death date and age|2026|2|12|1944|3|24|df=y}} | death_place = Marbella, Spain | retired = | relatives = | last_series = British Saloon Car Championship | years_active = 1966, 1969, 1971 | teams = H. Wilton<br />D.J. Bond Racing<br />Team Radio Veronica | starts = 7 | wins = 0 | poles = 0 | fastest_laps = 0 | best_finish = 33rd | year = 1971 | prev_series = | prev_series_years = | titles = | title_years = | award_years = }}

'''Liane Engeman''' (24 March 1944 – 12 February 2026) was a Dutch racing car driver born in Haarlem, Netherlands.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://jalopnik.com/how-liane-engeman-became-a-race-car-driver-by-waiting-a-1827406848|title=How Liane Engeman Became A Race Car Driver By Waiting At A Bus Stop|last=Werth|first=Elizabeth|date=|website=jalopnik.com|accessdate=25 August 2018}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Liane Engeman (NL) - Racing Sports Cars |url=http://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/Liane-Engeman-NL.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250811145150/https://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/Liane-Engeman-NL.html |archive-date=11 August 2025 |accessdate=29 August 2018 |website=www.racingsportscars.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Malcevic |first=Marijan |title=Liane Engeman |url=http://www.snaplap.net/driver/liane-engeman/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241202170753/https://www.snaplap.net/driver/liane-engeman/ |archive-date=2 December 2024 |accessdate=29 August 2018 |website=snaplap.net}}</ref>{{efn|The Racing Sports Cars website states she was born on 24 March 1947, although an obituary in the Dutch ''Autosport'' states that she was 81 at the time of her death, suggesting that she was born in 1944.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />}} Having worked for her father's taxi company in Zandvoort, she could already drive at 15 years old. She was introduced to racing by chance when rally driver Rob Slotemaker offered her a lift while she waited at a bus stop. In 1965 she started racing professionally at Formula Vee in the Netherlands. She then went on to compete in the 1969 British Saloon Car Championship for D.J. Bond Racing, driving a Ford Anglia.<ref name="auto" /><ref>{{cite web |last=abusinesstheme |title=historicracing.com |url=http://www.historicracing.com/driver_detail.cfm?driverID=3322 |url-status=dead |accessdate=25 August 2018 |website=www.historicracing.com}}</ref>

Engeman died in Marbella on 12 February 2026, at the age of 81.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=13 February 2026 |title=Retro: In Memory of Liane Engeman (1944-2026) |url=https://autosport.nl/klasse/nieuws/41290/retro-in-memoriam-liane-engeman-1944-2026 |access-date=13 February 2026 |website=Autosport NL}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=18 February 2026 |title=’Blonde pijl’ Liane Engeman (1944-2026) liet met gemak de mannen achter zich, maar een contract in de Formule 1 zat er door een onverwachte zwangerschap niet in |url=https://www.haarlemsdagblad.nl/sport/sport-regionaal/blonde-pijl-liane-engeman-1944-2026-liet-met-gemak-de-mannen-achter-zich-maar-een-contract-in-de-formule-1-zat-er-door-een-onverwachte-zwangerschap-niet-in/133220890.html |access-date=20 February 2026 |website=Haarlems Dagblad |language=nl-NL}} {{subscription}}</ref>

==Racing record==

===Complete British Saloon Car Championship results=== (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%" ! Year ! Team ! Car ! Class ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts ! Class |- | 1966 ! H. Wilton ! Austin Mini Cooper S 970 ! <span style="padding:1px 4px; color:white; background-color:red;">{{Tooltip|A|Class A}}</span> | SNE | GOO | SIL | CRY | BRH | BRH | OUL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH<br><small>Ret^</small> | | | | ! NC ! 0 ! NC |- | 1969 ! D.J. Bond Racing ! Ford Anglia ! <span style="padding:1px 4px; color:white; background-color:red;">{{Tooltip|A|Class A}}</span> |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRH<br><small>19^</small> | SIL | SNE | THR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL<br><small>22</small> |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CRY<br><small>Ret†</small> | MAL | CRO | SIL | OUL | BRH | BRH ! 35th ! 4 ! 8th |- | 1971 ! Team Radio Veronica ! Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior ! <span style="padding:1px 4px; color:white; background-color:blue;">{{Tooltip|B|Class B}}</span> | BRH | SNE | THR | SIL | CRY | SIL | CRO | SIL | OUL | BRH | MAL |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRH<br><small>10</small> ! 33rd ! 4 ! 8th |- !colspan="19"|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref>{{cite web |last1=de Jong |first1=Frank |title=British Saloon Car Championship |url=http://www.touringcarracing.net/Pages/BSCC.html |website=History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993 |access-date=13 November 2022}}</ref>}}}} |} † Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.

^ Race with 2 heats - Aggregate result.

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==External links== * {{IMDb name| 3540768}} {{commons category-inline|Liane Engeman}}

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