# Nico Menzel

Nico Menzel (born 11 December 1997 in Adenau) is a German racing driver who last raced for Car Collection Motorsport in International GT Open.
He is a Porsche contracted driver and has won the 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia and has also taken two class wins at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring in both 2020 and 2021.

## Early career

Following a career in karts, Menzel made his single-seater debut in 2013, racing in the final edition of the Formula BMW Talent Cup. Having taken one win in the test races, Menzel won race two at the Grand Final held at Oschersleben and finished runner-up to Robin Hansson in the standings.
In 2014, Menzel joined Schiller Motorsport to compete in the final season of the ADAC Formel Masters. Menzel scored a best result of fifth at Zandvoort and concluded the season 12th in points.
Leaving single-seaters after 2014, Menzel moved to Asia for 2015, joining Team StarChase in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. Having taken his maiden win at Sepang, Menzel finished third in the standings in his maiden season in the series.
Returning to Porsche Carrera Cup Asia for 2016, Menzel beat Maxime Jousse to the title despite not scoring any overall wins throughout the season.

## GT Career

During 2016, Menzel joined the BMW Motorsport Junior programme alongside Ricky Collard. Towards the end of the year, Menzel made his debut in GT3 machinery, taking part in the VLN Series, where he scored a best result of second at the final round of the season in just his second race in the category.
Having been set to make his international GT3 debut at the 2017 Bathurst 12 Hour, Menzel's car suffered a crash in qualifying, which damaged the chassis and thus was retired before the race started. Menzel's main program for 2017 was in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, where he competed for Walkenhorst Motorsport alongside Christian Krognes and Mikkel Jensen.
Despite a disappointing season in Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, Menzel retained BMW junior status for 2018, joining RN Vision STS in GT4 European Series alongside Beitske Visser. Taking his maiden GT4 win in race two at Hungaroring, Menzel won race one at Nürburgring and ended the season with a second-place finish in the season finale to end the year ninth in the standings.
Over the following two years, Menzel raced full-time in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, competing for Mühlner Motorsport in the Cayman Cup in 2019, along with a one-off outing with KCMG at that year's 24 Hours of Nürburgring. Whilst in 2020, Menzel primarily competed in the SP7 class of the series with Huber Motorsport, and also competed in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring for the same team, albeit in SP9 Pro-Am, where he won in class and finished 15th overall in the red-flagged race.
In 2021, Menzel stayed with Huber Motorsport to contest the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie in SP9 Pro-Am class. Menzel also made his debut in the 24 Hours of Spa and scored another class win at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring.
Following a class podium at the 2022 24 Hours of Nürburgring, Menzel joined Falken Motorsports for the 2023 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie and that year's edition of the 24 Hours of Nürburgring.
During 2023, Menzel also competed for Huber Motorsport in ADAC GT Masters alongside Jannes Fittje. Menzel won race two at Norisring from pole position and scored four more podiums across the season to finish third in the standings.
Menzel was retained by Falken Motorsports and took two wins, with one of which being in the qualifying races for the 2024 24 Hours of Nürburgring. In late February 2024, Menzel joined Car Collection Motorsport to compete in the International GT Open alongside Gustav Bergström. Scoring a win at Barcelona from pole position, Menzel ended the season sixth in points.
In early March 2025, it was announced that Menzel would remain with Falken Motorsports for another NLS season along with another participation at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring.

## Personal life

Menzel is the son of Porsche Carrera Cup Germany and Porsche Carrera Cup Asia champion Christian Menzel.

## Racing record
### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2013 | Formula BMW Talent Cup | N/A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 2nd |
| 2014 | ADAC Formel Masters | Schiller Motorsport | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 12th |
| 2015 | Porsche Carrera Cup Asia | PICC Team Starchase | 14 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 192 | 3rd |
| 2015 | Porsche Supercup | Market Leader by Project 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30th |
| 2016 | Porsche Carrera Cup Asia | PICC Team Starchase | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 208 | 1st |
| 2016 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | Rookie Team Deutsche Post by Project 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2016 | VLN Series – SP9 | BMW Team RBM | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC |
| 2017 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | Walkenhorst Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2017 | Bathurst 12 Hour – APP | Walkenhorst Motorsport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNS |
| 2017 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | Walkenhorst Motorsport | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2017 | Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Pro-Am | Walkenhorst Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21st |
| 2017 | VLN Series – SP9 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2017 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2017 | Blancpain GT Series Asia | FIST - Team AAI | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2017 | 24H Series – A6Pro | Wochenspiegel Team Monschau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | NC |
| 2018 | GT4 European Series – Silver | RN Vision STS | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 9th |
| 2018 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP8T | Securtal Sorg Rennsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 6th |
| 2018 | 24H GT Series – A6Pro | Wochenspiegel Team Monschau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2018 | VLN Series – SP9 Pro | Wochenspiegel Team Monschau | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.75 | 40th |
| 2019 | VLN Series – Cayman GT4 | Mühlner Motorsport | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 55.26 | 3rd |
| 2019 | VLN Series – SP9 Pro | KCMG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.25 | 75th |
| 2019 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 | KCMG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| 2019 | 24H GT Series – A6 | Wochenspiegel Team Monschau | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26th |
| 2020 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP7 | Huber Motorsport | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24.53 | 5th |
| 2020 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am | Huber Motorsport | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st |
| 2021 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro-Am | Huber Motorsport | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | NC |
| 2021 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | Huber Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2021 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Am | Huber Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2021 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am | Huber Motorsport | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st |
| 2022 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro-Am | Huber Motorsport | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC |
| 2022 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am | Huber Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd |
| 2022 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Pro-Am | Herberth Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 8th |
| 2023 | ADAC GT Masters | Huber Motorsport | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 165 | 3rd |
| 2023 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro | Falken Motorsports | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2023 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro | Falken Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 8th |
| 2023 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Pro-Am | Car Collection Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 9th |
| 2023 | Italian GT Endurance Championship – GT Cup | Centro Porsche Ticino | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC |
| 2024 | Le Mans Cup – GT3 | High Class Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 16th |
| 2024 | Intercontinental GT Challenge | Falken Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21st |
| 2024 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro | Falken Motorsports | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | NC |
| 2024 | 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro | Falken Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 9th |
| 2024 | International GT Open | Car Collection Motorsport | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 86 | 6th |
| 2024–25 | Asian Le Mans Series – GT | Car Collection Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 22nd |
| 2025 | 6 Hour of Portimão | A-Workx | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 5th |
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### Complete ADAC Formel Masters 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 | DC | Points |
| 2014 | Schiller Motorsport | OSC 1 9 | OSC 2 11 | OSC 3 Ret | ZAN 1 Ret | ZAN 2 Ret | ZAN 3 5 | LAU 1 13 | LAU 2 9 | LAU 3 11 | RBR 1 7 | RBR 2 8 | RBR 3 11 | SVK 1 11 | SVK 2 11 | SVK 3 10 | NÜR 1 11 | NÜR 2 11 | NÜR 3 8 | SAC 1 12 | SAC 2 Ret | SAC 3 9 | HOC 1 10 | HOC 2 7 | HOC 3 8 | 12th | 36 |

### Complete Porsche Supercup 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 | Pos. | Pts |
| 2015 | Market Leader by Project 1 | CAT | MON | RBR | SIL | HUN DSQ | SPA 31† | SPA 25 | MNZ | MNZ | USA | USA | 30th | 0 |

### 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 | DC | Points |
| 2023 | Huber Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | HOC1 1 3 | HOC1 2 6 | NOR 1 2$^2$ | NOR 2 1$^1$ | NÜR 1 9 | NÜR 2 11 | SAC 1 8$^3$† | SAC 2 7 | RBR 1 3 | RBR 2 4 | HOC2 1 3$^3$ | HOC2 2 4 | 3rd | 165 |