# 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.

## 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.

## Racing record
### Racing career summary

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