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
NationalityGermany German
Born (2002-10-20) 20 October 2002
Trier, Germany
European Le Mans Series career
Debut season2021
Current teamCool Racing
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number19
Starts6 (6 entries)
Wins2
Podiums4
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish2nd (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
2020EF 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 Endurance Cup Team WRT 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold 1 0 0 0 1 15* 3rd*
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 10 0 0 0 1 18.5 9th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Gold 2 0 0 0 1 24* 2nd*
Intercontinental GT Challenge

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

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 FIA Motorsport Games results
Year Entrant Cup Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2019 Germany 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 Switzerland Cool Racing United States Ricky Taylor
China Ye Yifei		 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

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		 MIS
2		 HOC
1		 HOC
2		 VAL
1		 VAL
2		 ZAN
1		 ZAN
2		 2nd* 24*

* Season still in progress.

References
  1. Goodwin, Graham (28 February 2023). "Team WRT Confirm Two More BMW M4 GT3s For Sprint & Endurance Cup". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  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. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
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  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.
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  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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