Jens Klingmann (born 16 July 1990 in Heidelberg) is a German racing driver and BMW Motorsport works driver.
Racing career
Karting foundation Klingmann began competitive karting in 1998 at the age of eight. Over an eight-year period, he contested various regional and national German junior karting championships before transitioning to single-seaters ahead of the 2006 season.
Open-wheel formula career
Formula BMW ADAC In 2006, Klingmann entered the Formula BMW ADAC championship with Eifelland Racing as an official BMW Junior driver. He recorded four podium finishes over the 18-race season, finishing fourth in the final standings with 121 points and winning the "Rookie of the Year" award. He finished his first FBMW campaign fourth in the Drivers' Championship with 121 points behind fellow German Marco Holzer. He concluded the year with a seventh-place finish at the Formula BMW World Final.
He remained with Eifelland Racing for the 2007 season and won the drivers' championship title. Klingmann won 11 of the 18 races to finish the season with 699 points, ahead of runner-up Daniel Campos-Hull and third-placed Philipp Eng. He also secured a third-place podium finish at the season-ending Formula BMW World Final.
Formula 3 Euro Series Klingmann moved up to the Formula 3 Euro Series in 2008, driving a Dallara F308-Volkswagen for RC Motorsport. He did not score points during the 20-race calendar and finished 27th in the final championship standings. Following the 2008 campaign, he left single-seaters to focus on GT racing.
GT and sports car career
ADAC GT Masters Klingmann entered sports car racing in 2009, contesting several series. In the ADAC GT Masters, he drove an Alpina B6 GT3 and finished 14th in the standings, taking a race win at Oschersleben. He also placed 18th in the FIA GT3 European Championship. For the 2010 season, he joined Abt Sportsline, winning races at the Sachsenring and Hockenheim to finish fifth in the final drivers' championship.
Between 2011 and 2013, Klingmann drove the BMW Z4 GT3 for various customer entries, regularizing his appearances on the Nordschleife. In 2015, he returned to a full-time ADAC GT Masters campaign with Schubert Motorsport alongside Dominik Baumann. The pair won four races, placing Klingmann third in the final points classification.
BMW factory driver appointment Klingmann was promoted to the official BMW M Motorsport factory driver roster at the beginning of 2014. In August 2014, while competing in the Nürburgring Endurance Series (VLN) for Schubert Motorsport, he set a qualifying lap time of 7:59.045 minutes, recording one of the first official sub-eight-minute laps on the 24.358-kilometer Nordschleife layout.
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Klingmann made his first North American appearances in 2015, joining BMW Team RLL for selected IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship events and finishing second in the GTLM class in wet conditions at Petit Le Mans. He moved to Turner Motorsport for a full-time GTD program in 2016, driving the new BMW M6 GT3 to a second-place finish at the 12 Hours of Sebring and an inaugural North American victory at Mosport with Bret Curtis. He finished the 2016 standings in sixth place and remained with the team in 2017, taking another class victory at Road America to finish eleventh in points.
International endurance events In European endurance programs, Klingmann finished second overall at the 2018 24 Hours of Spa driving a Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3. Two years later, he took an overall third-place finish at the 2020 24 Hours of Nürburgring as a driver for BMW Team Schnitzer.
Italian GT Championship Klingmann shifted his seasonal program to the Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup in 2022, finishing his first season as the series runner-up. In 2023, he paired with Bruno Spengler at the BMW Italia Ceccato Racing team, which operated under the administrative management of ROAL Motorsport. Driving a BMW M4 GT3, Klingmann and Spengler won the Italian GT Sprint driver title at the final round in Monza.
He defended his title in the 2024 season to become a consecutive Italian GT Sprint Cup champion. Due to rotational driver schedules, Klingmann registered points alongside changing factory teammates, including Max Hesse, Jake Dennis, and Raffaele Marciello, securing the championship during a double-victory weekend at Monza with 124 points.
In the 2025 season, he remained with Ceccato Racing alongside Jesse Krohn. The duo finished the year as the Sprint Cup championship runner-up, highlighting their campaign with a race win at Mugello while managing development tracking for the updated BMW M4 GT3 Evo package.
He defended his title in the 2024 season to become a consecutive Italian GT Sprint Cup champion. Due to rotational driver schedules, Klingmann registered points alongside changing factory teammates, including Max Hesse, Jake Dennis, and Raffaele Marciello, securing the championship during a double-victory weekend at Monza with 124 points. In the 2025 season, he remained with Ceccato Racing alongside Jesse Krohn, finishing the year as the Sprint Cup championship runner-up with a race win at Mugello for the updated BMW M4 GT3 Evo package.
Recent programs In May 2026, Klingmann joined Schubert Motorsport for the BMW M3 Touring 24H development project at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. He shared the vehicle with Connor De Phillippi, Ugo de Wilde, and Neil Verhagen, finishing fifth overall and winning the custom SPX vehicle class. Concurrently, he was entered by ROWE Racing in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, driving with Tim Tramnitz.
Race results
Career summary
Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2006 Formula BMW ADAC Eifelland Racing 18 0 1 0 4 121 4th Formula BMW World Final 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th 2007 Formula BMW ADAC Eifelland Racing 18 10 7 8 15 699 1st Formula BMW World Final 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd 2008 Formula 3 Euro Series RC Motorsport 20 0 0 0 0 0 29th 2009 FIA GT3 European Championship Alpina 8 0 1 0 1 11 26th ADAC GT Masters 6 1 2 2 2 23 14th Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo - Pro Lamborghini München Team Holzer 3 3 1 3 3 38 8th2010 ADAC GT Masters Abt Sportsline142004455th2011 ADAC GT Masters Abt Sportsline160004918th 2012 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 BMW Team Vita4one10000N/A9th 2013 ADAC GT Masters PIXUM Team Schubert211024016th Blancpain Endurance Series Marc VDS Racing Team100000NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 BMW Team Schubert10000N/A6th 2014 ADAC GT Masters PIXUM Team Schubert160111929th Blancpain GT Sprint Series BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert200000NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP910000N/A6th Blancpain Endurance Series TDS Racing100000NC† 2015 ADAC GT Masters BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert144014156 3rd 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP910000N/ADNF United SportsCar Championship - GTLM BMW Team RLL300019113th 24H Series - A6 Walkenhorst Motorsport 2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Rowe Racing200000NC IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport1120232796th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Schubert Motorsport10000N/ADNF 2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Rowe Racing200100NC IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport1210032944th 24H Series - SPX Schubert Motorsport 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP910000N/A12th 2018 ADAC GT Masters MRS GT-Racing1400001727th Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Rowe Racing500012717th IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport100001758th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Falken Motorsports10000N/A15th 2019 ADAC GT Masters MRS GT-Racing1411117114th IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport100002252nd 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Falken Motorsports10000N/A5th 2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Astro Veloce Motorsport200012512th 2020 ADAC GT Masters MRS GT-Racing1010025419th GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Boutsen Ginion Racing300000NC Intercontinental GT Challenge100000NC IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport100002545th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 BMW Team Schnitzer10001N/A 3rd 2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Boutsen Ginion Racing500000NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Schubert Motorsport10000N/A6th 2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport1000014168th Italian GT Championship - Sprint - GT3 BMW Italia Ceccato Motors81345782nd GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Walkenhorst Motorsport100000NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Schubert Motorsport10000N/ADNF2022-23 Middle East Trophy - GT3 MS7 by Team WRT 2023 GT World Challenge Asia - GT3 FIST - Team AAI20000440th GH - Team AAI20000 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Team WRT100000NC Italian GT Championship - Sprint - GT3 BMW Italia Ceccato Racing 8 2 0 0 5 981st IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport1000016164th Michelin Pilot Challenge - GS1000013061st 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Walkenhorst Motorsport10000N/ADNF2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup OQ by Oman Racing5 1 0 0 1 25 11th GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Bronze 1 0 0 2 64 4th IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 185 68th Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT3 BMW Italia Ceccato Racing 8 4 3 3 6 116 1st Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP3T FK Performance Motorsport 24H Series - GT3 Poulsen Motorsport100014618th2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 278 66th GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup AlManar Racing by WRT 5 0 0 0 1 31 10th GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Gold 2 0 0 4 1082nd GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 10 0 0 0 0 3.5 24th GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup – Gold1015884thItalian GT Championship Sprint Cup - GT3BMW Italia Ceccato Racing 8 3 0 0 6 1002nd 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP3TFK Performance Motorsport 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1stInternational GT OpenPoulsen Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 1 45th2026IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTDTurner Motorsport1000027067thNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9Schubert MotorsportNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP-X24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP-X11111N/A 1stGT World Challenge Europe Endurance CupROWE RacingItalian GT Championship Sprint Cup - GT3BMW Italia Ceccato Racing Season still in progress.† As Klingmann was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete Formula BMW ADAC results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos. Points 2006 Eifelland Racing HOC11 HOC12 LAU1 LAU2 NÜR11 NÜR12 OSC11 OSC12 OSC21 OSC22 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR21 NÜR22 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC21 HOC22 4th 121 2007 Eifelland Racing OSC11 OSC12 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR11 NÜR12 ZAN1 ZAN2 OSC21 OSC22 NÜR21 NÜR22 CAT1 CAT2 HOC1 HOC2 1st 699
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos. Points 2008 RC Motorsport Dallara F308/032 Volkswagen HOC1 HOC2 MUG1 MUG2 PAU1 PAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BRH1 BRH2 CAT1 CAT2 LMS1 LMS2 HOC1 HOC2 27th 0
Complete FIA GT3 European Championship 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 Pos. Points 2009 Alpina Alpina B6 GT3 SIL1 SIL2 ADR1 ADR2 OSC1 OSC2 ALG1 ALG2 LEC1 LEC2 ZOL1 ZOL2 26th 11
Complete ADAC GT Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)