Daniel Keilwitz

Daniel Keilwitz (born 3 August 1989) is a German racing driver. A veteran of the GT3 scene, Keilwitz's most notable accolades include the 2010 FIA GT3 European Championship and 2013 ADAC GT Masters, as well as being the lap record holder at the Nürburgring 24 Hours.^[1] He has also won the 2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup in the Pro-Am class.^[2]

Daniel Keilwitz
Keilwitz in 2011
Nationality	German
Born	(1989-08-03) 3 August 1989 (age 36) Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Championship titles
2013 2010	ADAC GT Masters FIA GT3 European Championship

Having followed a runner-up finish in the ADAC Procar series in 2006 up with three race-winning seasons in the Mini Challenge Germany, Keilwitz entered the ADAC GT Masters in 2009 with Leipert Motorsport. He went on to triumph in the FIA GT3 European Championship the following year, winning four races at Callaway Competition alongside Christian Hohenadel.^[3][4] Keilwitz and the team migrated to GT Masters from 2011 onward, finishing second in 2012 before triumphing overall in 2013.^[5] He competed in the series until 2021, finishing third thrice and helping Jules Gounon to the title in 2017.

Since 2022, Keilwitz has been driving for Rinaldi Racing in the LMP3 class of the Michelin Le Mans Cup.^[6]

During his career, the German has taken part in the Nürburgring 24 Hours on a number of occasions. Aside from his record lap in 2023, Keilwitz finished second in the SP8 class in 2011 and won the 2023 contest whilst driving in the SP9 Pro-Am category in a Ferrari 296 GT3 fielded by WTM by Rinaldi Racing.^[7]

Keilwitz's WTM by Rinaldi Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 in 2022.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2005	German Production Car Championship - Diesel	N/A	4	0	0	0	0	15	10th
2006	ADAC Procar - Division III	N/A	13	4	3	?	8	80	2nd
2007	Mini Challenge Germany	Schubert Motorsport	13	1	0	2	1	127	11th
2008	Mini Challenge Germany	Schubert Motorsport	15	2	2	0	3	209	5th
2009	Mini Challenge Germany	ORMS Racing	15	2	1	1	5	242	5th
	ADAC GT Masters	Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 1	8	0	0	0	1	12	17th
2010	FIA GT3 European Championship	Callaway Competition	12	4	2	0	8	183	1st
	VLN Series	N/A	?	?	?	?	?	39.6	135th
2011	ADAC GT Masters	Callaway Competition	16	0	1	4	2	64	17th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP8	Team Tobias Guttroff	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2012	ADAC GT Masters	Callaway Competition	16	3	1	1	6	153	2nd
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Haribo Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2013	ADAC GT Masters	Callaway Competition	16	5	0	2	5	179	1st
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Black Falcon	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	15th
	FIA GT Series	Dörr Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	1	21st
		Callaway Competition	0	0	0	0	0
2014	ADAC GT Masters	Callaway Competition	16	6	3	1	7	184	3rd
	International GT Open - GT3 Pro-Am	V8 Racing	4	0	0	1	1	6	24th
	Porsche Supercup	Fach Auto Tech	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Blancpain GT Sprint Series	Callaway – RWT	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2015	ADAC GT Masters	Callaway Competition	16	0	0	1	4	104	7th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Walkenhorst Motorsport powered by Dunlop	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
	Italian GT Championship - GT3	Solaris Motorsport	2	0	0	0	1	18	27th
2016	ADAC GT Masters	Callaway Competition	14	3	0	0	4	152	3rd
	VLN Langstrecken Serie - SP9	Mann Filter Team Zakspeed	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Black Pearl Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany - Class A	Wiesmann Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2017	ADAC GT Masters	Callaway Competition	8	2	0	0	5	123	2nd
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Rinaldi Racing	10	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Pro-Am			7	1	3	8	144	1st
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am			0	0	1	1	30	16th
	VLN Langstrecken Serie - SP9	Frikadelli Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Wochenspiegel Team Monschau	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
	DMV Gran Turismo TCC - Class 1	N/A	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2018	ADAC GT Masters	Callaway Competition	14	3	1	0	5	123	3rd
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Rinaldi Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am			1	1	1	1	60	4th
	International GT Open - Pro-Am		4	0	0	0	1	6	16th
	24H GT Series - Continents' - A6	Lambda Performance	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	VLN Langstrecken Serie - SP9	Wochenspiegel Team Monschau	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Pirelli World Challenge	Callaway Competition USA	3	0	0	1	1	48	26th
2019	ADAC GT Masters	PROpeak Performance	8	0	0	0	0	66	17th
		Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing	4	0	0	0	1
	VLN Langstrecken Serie - SP9	Team Zakspeed	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Wochenspiegel Team Monschau	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
	24H GT Series - Europe - A6		2	0	0	0	0	12	24th
	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1	Mishumotors	1	0	0	0	0	58	35th
2020	ADAC GT Masters	Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing	8	0	0	0	0	17	31st
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Rinaldi Racing	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am			0	0	0	0	36	11th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Le Mans Cup - LMP3		2	0	0	0	0	2	30th
2021	ADAC GT Masters	Aust Motorsport	12	0	0	0	0	15	34th
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Pro-Am	WTM Powered by Phoenix	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro-Am		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
	24H GT Series - GT3		1	0	1	0	0	0	NC
2022	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	Rinaldi Racing	7	0	0	1	0	12	19th
	24H GT Series - GT3	WTM Racing	4	1	0	1	3	0	NC†
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro	Lamborghini Stuttgart by Target	2	0	0	0	2	0	NC†
2023	Le Mans Cup - LMP3	Rinaldi Racing	7	0	0	0	0	14	15th
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	WTM by Rinaldi Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro-Am		1	1	0	1	1	N/A	1st
2024	Prototype Winter Series - LMP3	Rinaldi Racing	7	0	1	1	3	25.935	4th
	Le Mans Cup - LMP3		5	0	0	1	0	7	24th
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Frikadelli Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	*	*
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th

^† As Keilwitz was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
^* Season still in progress.

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	15	16	DC	Points
2009	Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 1	Ascari KZ1R GT3	OSC1 1	OSC1 2	ASS 1	ASS 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	LAU 1 6	LAU 2 3	NÜR 1 12	NÜR 2 10	SAC 1 6	SAC 2 Ret	OSC2 1 Ret	OSC2 2 19			17th	12
2011	Callaway Competition	Corvette Z06.R GT3	OSC 1 2	OSC 2 4	SAC 1 Ret	SAC 2 Ret	ZOL 1 Ret	ZOL 2 Ret	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 6	RBR 1 Ret	RBR 2 19	LAU 1 2	LAU 2 Ret	ASS 1 21	ASS 2 Ret	HOC 1 18	HOC 2 6	17th	64
2012	Callaway Competition	Corvette Z06.R GT3	OSC 1 Ret	OSC 2 3	ZAN 1 1	ZAN 2 6	SAC 1 1	SAC 2 4	NÜR1 1 33	NÜR1 2 Ret	RBR 1 6	RBR 2 26	LAU 1 26	LAU 2 3	NÜR2 1 2	NÜR2 2 1	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 9	2nd	153
2013	Callaway Competition	Corvette Z06.R GT3	OSC 1 14	OSC 2 1	SPA 1 8	SPA 2 14	SAC 1 15	SAC 2 13	NÜR 1 4	NÜR 2 5	RBR 1 1	RBR 2 1	LAU 1 1	LAU 2 5	SVK 1 14	SVK 2 1	HOC 1 5	HOC 2 6	1st	179
2014	Callaway Competition	Corvette Z06.R GT3	OSC 1 Ret	OSC 2 Ret	ZAN 1 8	ZAN 2 9	LAU 1 3	LAU 2 9	RBR 1 1	RBR 2 1	SLO 1 4	SLO 2 1	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 1	SAC 1 Ret	SAC 2 13	HOC 1 1	HOC 2 1	3rd	184
2015	Callaway Competition	Corvette Z06.R GT3	OSC 1 4	OSC 2 14	RBR 1 2	RBR 2 12	SPA 1 12	SPA 2 2	LAU 1 9	LAU 2 2	NÜR 1 19	NÜR 2 Ret	SAC 1 3	SAC 2 10	ZAN 1 7	ZAN 2 Ret	HOC 1 5	HOC 2 9	7th	104
2016	Callaway Competition	Corvette C7 GT3-R	OSC 1 7	OSC 2 Ret	SAC 1 4	SAC 2 1	LAU 1 4	LAU 2 1	RBR 1 3	RBR 2 1	NÜR 1 5	NÜR 2 Ret	ZAN 1 8	ZAN 2 5	HOC 1 6	HOC 2 Ret			3rd	152
2017	Callaway Competition	Corvette C7 GT3-R	OSC 1 Ret	OSC 2 2	LAU 1 5	LAU 2 4	RBR 1 1	RBR 2 3	ZAN 1	ZAN 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	SAC 1	SAC 2	HOC 1 1	HOC 2 2			2nd	123
2018	Callaway Competition	Corvette C7 GT3-R	OSC 1 19	OSC 2 18	MST 1 2	MST 2 2	RBR 1 1	RBR 2 1	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 Ret	ZAN 1 17	ZAN 2 13	SAC 1 Ret	SAC 2 7	HOC 1 1	HOC 2 7			3rd	123
2019	PROpeak Performance	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	OSC 1 DSQ	OSC 2 DSQ	MST 1 10	MST 2 19	RBR 1 23	RBR 2 9	ZAN 1 21	ZAN 2 29	NÜR 1	NÜR 2							17th	66
	Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3											HOC 1 4	HOC 2 9	SAC 1 4	SAC 2 2
2020	Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	LAU1 1 25	LAU1 2 9	NÜR 1 11	NÜR 2 32	HOC 1 16	HOC 2 14	SAC 1 14	SAC 2 Ret	RBR 1 WD	RBR 2 WD	LAU2 1	LAU2 2	OSC 1	OSC 2			31st	160
2021	Aust Motorsport	Audi R8 LMS Evo	OSC 1 16	OSC 2 17	RBR 1 22	RBR 2 19	ZAN 1 Ret	ZAN 2 17	LAU 1 12	LAU 2 10	SAC 1 Ret	SAC 2 DNS	HOC 1 16	HOC 2 11	NÜR 1 21	NÜR 2 17			34th	15