Niklas Krütten

Niklas Krütten (born 20 October 2002) is a German racing driver who currently competes in the European Le Mans Series driving an Oreca 07 LMP2 for Cool Racing as well as in the ADAC GT Masters driving a BMW M4 GT3 for Schubert Motorsport. He is the 2021 European Le Mans Series LMP3 runner-up and the 2020 Euroformula Open rookies' champion. He won the silver medal in the Formula 4 Cup at the 2019 FIA Motorsport Games, and previously raced in the Italian, ADAC and UAE Formula 4 championships. Krütten is an ADAC Stiftung Sport alumni.

Niklas Krütten
Krütten in 2021
Nationality	German
Born	(2002-10-20) 20 October 2002 (age 22) Trier, Germany
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season	2021
Current team	Cool Racing
Racing licence	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
2020	EF Open - Rookies' Championship

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
	Italian F4 Championship		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		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		2	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3	WIN Autosport	1	0	0	0	0	854	12th
		United Autosports	2	0	1	0	0
	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		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		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			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			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			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

^† 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 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

^* Season still in progress.