Niklas Krütten

Niklas Krütten
Niklas Krütten
	Krütten in 2021
Nationality	German
Born	20 October 2002 (age 23); Trier, Germany
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season	2021
Current team	Cool Racing
Categorisation	FIA Silver (until 2022); FIA Gold (2023–)
Car number	19
Starts	6 (6 entries)
Wins	2
Podiums	4
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	2nd (in LMP3) in 2021
Previous series
2019–2020; 2018–2019; 2018–2019; 2017–2019	Euroformula Open Championship; ADAC Formula 4; Italian F4 Championship; Formula 4 UAE Championship
Championship titles
2023; 2023; 2020	GTWC Europe – Gold; GTWC Europe Sprint Cup – Gold; EF Open – Rookies' championship

Niklas Krütten (born 20 October 2002) is a German racing driver who currently competes in Super GT driving a Ferrari 296 GT3 for Velorex. He has previously raced in single-seaters, LMP3 and LMP2, and was also the 2023 GT World Challenge Europe Gold Cup champion. Krütten is an ADAC Stiftung Sport alumnus.

Career

2023 saw Krütten compete in the GT World Challenge Europe for the first time in his career. He would line up for Team WRT in both the Sprint Cup and Endurance Cup alongside Calan Williams, with Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer joining for the Endurance Cup.^[1]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2017–18	Formula 4 UAE Championship	Mücke Motorsport^[2]	8	0	0	1	1	64	11th
2018	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	BWT Mücke Motorsport^[2]	20	1	0	0	3	108	8th
2018	Italian F4 Championship	BWT Mücke Motorsport^[2]	21	0	0	0	0	43	13th
2019	Formula 4 UAE Championship	Mücke Motorsport	4	1	0	1	1	0	NC†
	ADAC Formula 4 Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing^[3]	11	1	0	0	2	93	10th
	Italian F4 Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing^[3]	11	0	1	0	4	78	11th
	Euroformula Open Championship	Team Motopark^[4]	6	0	0	0	0	14	20th
	FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup	Team Germany^[5]	1	0	0	1	1	N/A	2nd
2020	Euroformula Open Championship	Team Motopark^[6]	18	0	0	0	5	153	5th
2021	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	Cool Racing^[7]	6	2	0	0	4	104	2nd
	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	Cool Racing^[7]	2	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3	WIN Autosport	1	0	0	0	0	854	12th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3	United Autosports	2	0	1	0	0	854	12th
	Nürburgring Endurance Series - M240i	Adrenalin Motorsport Team Alzner Automotive^[8]	2	0	1	0	1	?	?
2022	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Cool Racing^[9]^[10]	6	0	0	0	3	70	5th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Cool Racing^[9]^[10]	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
	ADAC GT Masters	Schubert Motorsport^[11]^[12]	12	2	1	2	2	107	9th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Schubert Motorsport^[11]^[12]	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2023	GT World Challenge Europe	Team WRT	15	0	0	0	1	18.5	29th
	GT World Challenge Europe - Gold Cup		15	4	1	1	9	191.5	1st
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold Cup		5	0	0	0	3	78	5th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		10	0	0	0	1	18.5	9th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Gold Cup		10	4	1	1	6	113.5	1st
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	4	28th
2024	Super GT - GT300	BMW M Team Studie x CRS	8	0	0	0	1	43	5th
2025	International GT Open	Team Motopark	7	0	0	0	0	12	19th
2026	Super GT - GT300	Velorex

^† As Krütten was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Pos	Points
2017-18	Mücke Motorsport	YMC1 1	YMC1 2	YMC1 3	YMC1 4	YMC2 1	YMC2 2	YMC2 3	YMC2 4	DUB1 1	DUB1 2	DUB1 3	DUB1 4	YMC3 1 8	YMC3 2 11	YMC3 3 4	YMC3 4 7	YMC4 1 8	YMC4 2 7	YMC4 3 4	YMC4 4 2	DUB2 1	DUB2 2	DUB2 3	DUB2 4	11th	64
2019	Mücke Motorsport	DUB1 1	DUB1 2	DUB1 3	DUB1 4	YMC1 1	YMC1 2	YMC1 3	YMC1 4	DUB2 1	DUB2 2	DUB2 3	DUB2 4	YMC2 1	YMC2 2	YMC2 3	YMC2 4	DUB3 1 5	DUB3 2 1	DUB3 3 DSQ	DUB3 4 DSQ					NC	—

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2018	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	OSC 1 9	OSC 2 9	OSC 3 5	HOC1 1 Ret	HOC1 2 8	HOC1 3 2	LAU 1 Ret	LAU 2 12	LAU 3 8	RBR 1 12	RBR 2 7	RBR 3 3	HOC2 1 Ret	HOC2 2 9	NÜR 1 9	NÜR 2 7	NÜR 3 1	HOC3 1 12	HOC3 2 8	HOC3 3 7	8th	108
2019	Van Amersfoort Racing	OSC 1 4	OSC 2 1	OSC 3 8	RBR 1 8	RBR 2 8	RBR 3 2	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 7	ZAN 1 8	ZAN 2 9	ZAN 3 4	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	NÜR 3	HOC 1	HOC 2	HOC 3	SAC 1	SAC 2	SAC 3	10th	93

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Pos	Points
2018	BWT Mücke Motorsport	ADR 1 22	ADR 2 Ret	ADR 3 11	LEC 1 8	LEC 2 29	LEC 3 16	MNZ 1 10	MNZ 2 Ret	MNZ 3 7	MIS 1 Ret	MIS 2 9	MIS 3 21	IMO 1 7	IMO 2 8	IMO 3 7	VLL 1 6	VLL 2 15	VLL 3 12	MUG 1 7	MUG 2 Ret	MUG 3 11		13th	43
2019	Van Amersfoort Racing	VLL 1 27	VLL 2 8	VLL 3 30	MIS 1 3	MIS 2 2	MIS 3 C	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 8	HUN 3 10	RBR 1 2	RBR 2 2	RBR 3 27	IMO 1	IMO 2	IMO 3	IMO 4	MUG 1	MUG 2	MUG 3	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	MNZ 3	11th	78

Complete FIA Motorsport Games results

Year	Entrant	Cup	Qualifying	Quali Race	Main race
2019	Team Germany	Formula 4	4th	3rd	2nd

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2019	Team Motopark	LEC 1	LEC 2	PAU 1	PAU 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	SIL 1 8	SIL 2 8	CAT 1 12	CAT 2 11	MNZ 1 8	MNZ 2 11	20th	14
2020	Team Motopark	HUN 1 8	HUN 2 (10)	LEC 1 5	LEC 2 6	RBR 1 8	RBR 2 3	MNZ 1 3	MNZ 2 3	MNZ 3 3	MUG 1 4	MUG 2 4	SPA 1 12	SPA 2 6	SPA 3 5	CAT 1 3	CAT 2 7	CAT 3 8	CAT 4 (9)	5th	153

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2021	WIN Autosport	LMP3	Duqueine M30 - D08	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	DAY	SEB 6	MDO					12th	854
2021	United Autosports	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8				WGL 5	WGL	ELK	PET 6	12th	854

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2021	Cool Racing	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	CAT 1	RBR 1	LEC 2	MNZ 4	SPA 2	ALG 8	2nd	104
2022	Cool Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC 5	IMO 3	MNZ 8	CAT 3	SPA 5	ALG 3	5th	70

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2022	Cool Racing	Ricky Taylor Yifei Ye	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	367	11th	7th

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2022	Schubert Motorsport	BMW M4 GT3	OSC 1 10	OSC 2 16	RBR 1 1³	RBR 2 1¹	ZAN 1 18†	ZAN 2 11	NÜR 1 10	NÜR 2 11²	LAU 1 11	LAU 2 9	SAC 1	SAC 2	HOC 1 7	HOC 2 9	9th	107

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2023	BMW M Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3	Gold	MNZ 12	LEC Ret	SPA 6H 20	SPA 12H 18	SPA 24H 14	NÜR 16	CAT 21	5th	78

^* Season still in progress.

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2023	BMW M Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3	Gold	BRH 1 15	BRH 2 7	MIS 1 11	MIS 2 11	HOC 1 5	HOC 2 30	VAL 1 Ret	VAL 2 18	ZAN 1 13	ZAN 2 3	1st	113.5

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Super GT results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Points
2024	BMW M Team Studie × CRS	BMW M4 GT3	GT300	OKA 3	FUJ 11	SUZ 7	FUJ 7	SUG 4	AUT 4	MOT 5²	SUZ 13	5th	43
2026	Velorex	Ferrari 296 GT3	GT300	OKA	FUJ	SEP	FUJ	SUZ	SUG	AUT	MOT

^* Season still in progress.

Complete International GT Open results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2025	Team Motopark	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Pro	PRT 1 9	PRT 2 13	SPA 6	HOC 1 17	HOC 2 Ret	HUN 1 12	HUN 2 15	LEC 1	LEC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	MNZ	19th	12

References

↑ Goodwin, Graham (28 February 2023). "Team WRT Confirm Two More BMW M4 GT3s For Sprint & Endurance Cup". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
1 2 "NIKLAS KRÜTTEN JOINS BWT MÜCKE MOTORSPORT". DriveTribe. 8 November 2017. Archived from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
↑ Waring, Bethonie (29 November 2018). "Niklas Krutten joins Van Amersfoort for ADAC and Italian F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
↑ Wood, Ida (5 September 2019). "Enaam Ahmed set for Euroformula Open return at Silverstone". Formula Scout. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
↑ "Motorsport Games - Italy beats Germany and Finland to Formula 4 Cup gold". AutoMobilSport.com. 3 November 2019. Archived from the original on September 30, 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
↑ Simmons, Marcus (7 May 2020). "Maldonado's cousin handed Motopark Euroformula drive". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
↑ "Matt Bell & Niklas Krütten Join Nicolas Maulini For COOL Racing ELMS LMP3 Attack". dailysportscar.com. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
↑ "NLS8 Sees Return Of Black Falcon To GT3, Aston Works GT3 Entry To Be Confirmed Tomorrow?". dailysportscar.com. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
↑ Glo, Valentin (11 February 2022). "COOL Racing avec Nicolas Lapierre, Yifei Ye et Niklas Krütten". AutoHebdo (in French). Retrieved 11 February 2022.
↑ "Trierer Krütten startet bei den 24 Stunden von Le Mans". Volksfreund (in German). 15 February 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
↑ "Two BMW works drivers, two youngsters: strong line-up for Schubert Motorsport". ADAC. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
↑ "Niklas Krütten aus Trier: Willkommen in der Liga der Supersportwagen". Volksfreund (in German). 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

External links

Official website
Niklas Krütten career summary at DriverDB.com

[1] Goodwin, Graham (28 February 2023). "Team WRT Confirm Two More BMW M4 GT3s For Sprint & Endurance Cup". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

[Mücke2018-2] 1 2 "NIKLAS KRÜTTEN JOINS BWT MÜCKE MOTORSPORT". DriveTribe. 8 November 2017. Archived from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

[3] Waring, Bethonie (29 November 2018). "Niklas Krutten joins Van Amersfoort for ADAC and Italian F4". Formula Scout. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

[4] Wood, Ida (5 September 2019). "Enaam Ahmed set for Euroformula Open return at Silverstone". Formula Scout. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

[5] "Motorsport Games - Italy beats Germany and Finland to Formula 4 Cup gold". AutoMobilSport.com. 3 November 2019. Archived from the original on September 30, 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

[6] Simmons, Marcus (7 May 2020). "Maldonado's cousin handed Motopark Euroformula drive". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

[ELMS2021-7] "Matt Bell & Niklas Krütten Join Nicolas Maulini For COOL Racing ELMS LMP3 Attack". dailysportscar.com. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

[8] "NLS8 Sees Return Of Black Falcon To GT3, Aston Works GT3 Entry To Be Confirmed Tomorrow?". dailysportscar.com. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

[9] Glo, Valentin (11 February 2022). "COOL Racing avec Nicolas Lapierre, Yifei Ye et Niklas Krütten". AutoHebdo (in French). Retrieved 11 February 2022.

[10] "Trierer Krütten startet bei den 24 Stunden von Le Mans". Volksfreund (in German). 15 February 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

[11] "Two BMW works drivers, two youngsters: strong line-up for Schubert Motorsport". ADAC. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

[12] "Niklas Krütten aus Trier: Willkommen in der Liga der Supersportwagen". Volksfreund (in German). 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.

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