Karting Preining began karting on a holiday in
Mallorca at the age of 7. A mainstay of
Rotax Max Challenge competitions from 2009 through 2015, he won five international karting titles, most notably the 2013
SKUSA SuperNationals and the 2014 RMC Euro Trophy at Rotax Junior level. Having alternated karting and
Formula 4 in early 2015, the loss of a sponsor effectively put Preining's career on hold. Reflecting on it years later, he described it as "a defining time" where he "learned a lot about myself".
Formula 4 Preining's first season in single seaters was in
2015 with German team
ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg where he competed at the first two rounds in the
ADAC Formula 4 Championship where he got a podium in only his third race at this level at
Oschersleben. Preining finished the season with 16 points. Preining competed in another F4 championship in
2015 where he raced at the first round in the
Italian F4 Championship at
Vallelunga with German team
Mücke Motorsport. His best finish was tenth. In
2016, Preining returned to the
ADAC F4 grid for the full season but this time racing for Austrian team
Lechner Racing. Preining would go on to finished the season with two wins and a further four podiums, this helped him to fourth in the championship with 180.5 points. Championship winner,
Joey Mawson, finished 193.5 points ahead of Preining. Like with the German championship, Preining returned to race in the
Italian F4 Championship in
2016. He only competed one round and his best result was 12th.
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany In 2017, Preining made the switch from single seater to
Sports car where he competed in the
2017 Porsche Carrera Cup in Germany racing for
Konrad Motorsport. Preining won two races meaning he finished five points behind
Christian Engelhart in seventh. Preining made the switch to his former team Lechner Racing for
2018 where he dominated the season, winning ten of fourteen races and only failing to finish on the podium twice. He won the championship by 37 points over
Michael Ammermüller.
Formula E Due to Preining's affiliation with
Porsche, their
Formula E team offered him a drive in the 2020 Rookie test at
Marrakech. He partnered experienced French driver
Frédéric Makowiecki. Preining's fastest time 1:19.374, which was almost three seconds slower than
Nick Cassidy's fastest time of a 1:16.467. In May 2024, Preining would again drive for Porsche in the Rookie Test at
Berlin. Just a year later on February, Preining returned to Formula E during the
2025 Jeddah ePrix rookie practice session with Porsche.
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters In December 2021, it was confirmed that Preining would race full-time in the
2022 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters by driving the only Porsche 911 GT3 R car fielded by
KÜS Team Bernhard. In the first race of the fourth round at the
Norisring, Preining scored his first win in the DTM, which was also the first win for a Porsche car in the series. His second win in the DTM came in the second race of the seventh round at the
Red Bull Ring, which saw him starting from seventh position and making several overtakes on a wet track, before being able to maintain the lead as the track began to dry. Ahead of the eighth and final round at the
Hockenheimring, Preining was one of the five drivers who had a chance of winning the championship title. However, he was in one of the cars that were involved in a major crash during the Saturday race. Although he was able to extract himself from his badly damaged car, the doctors eventually declared him unfit to participate in the Sunday race. This left him in fifth place in the drivers' standings, with a total of 116 points. in 2025 In 2023, Preining returned to the series for a second consecutive season, moving to fellow Porsche outfit
Manthey EMA. In addition, Preining competed in the
2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with
Rutronik Racing, sharing a Pro class entry with
Laurin Heinrich and DTM teammate
Dennis Olsen. ==Racing record==