Nico Menzel (born 11 December 1997) is a German racing driver who competes in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for Dunlop Motorsport, and previously for Falken Motorsports.
Menzel is a Porsche contracted driver, and has won Porsche Carrera Cup Asia in 2016, as well as the 24 Hours of Nürburgring in class 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 SP9 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 main Porsche customer 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. Running on a part-time schedule in NLS, Menzel scored a lone overall win at the NLS10 alongside Dorian Boccolacci. During 2025, Menzel also competed in GT World Challenge Asia for GTO Racing Team, scoring a Pro-Am win in Beijing to end the year 11th in the class standings. Menzel returned to the NLS for 2026, as he remained with Schnabl Engineering under the Dunlop Motorsport brand.
Personal life Menzel is the son of 1998 Nürburgring 24 Hours winner Christian Menzel.
Racing record Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 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 12th2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia PICC Team Starchase 14 2 2 3 6 192 3rd Porsche Supercup Market Leader by Project 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 30th2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia PICC Team Starchase 12 0 1 0 8 208 1st Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Rookie Team Deutsche Post by Project 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC† VLN Series – SP9 BMW Team RBM 1 0 1 0 1 0 NC2017 Intercontinental GT Challenge Walkenhorst Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Bathurst 12 Hour – APP 0 0 0 0 0 DNS Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 0 21 21st VLN Series – SP9 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 1 0 0 0 0 DNF Blancpain GT Series Asia – Pro-Am FIST - Team AAI 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 24H Series – A6Pro Wochenspiegel Team Monschau 1 0 0 0 1 33 NC2018 GT4 European Series – Silver RN Vision STS 10 2 0 0 3 92 9th 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP8T Securtal Sorg Rennsport 1 0 0 0 0 6th 24H GT Series – A6 Pro Wochenspiegel Team Monschau 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC† VLN Series – SP9 Pro 6 0 0 0 1 8.75 40th2019 VLN Series – Cayman GT4 Mühlner Motorsport 8 5 0 0 6 55.26 3rd VLN Series – SP9 Pro KCMG 1 0 0 1 0 4.25 75th 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 1 0 0 0 0 DNF 24H GT Series – A6 Wochenspiegel Team Monschau 2 0 0 0 0 6 26th2020 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP7 Huber Motorsport 5 1 0 0 3 24.53 5th 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am 1 1 0 0 1 1st2021 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro-Am Huber Motorsport 5 3 2 0 4 0 NC Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Am 1 0 0 0 1 362nd 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am 1 1 0 0 1 1st2022 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro-Am Huber Motorsport 1 1 0 0 1 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 1 3rd GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Pro-Am Herberth Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 34 8th2023 ADAC GT Masters Huber Motorsport 12 1 1 0 5 165 3rd Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro Falken Motorsports 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro 1 0 0 0 0 8th GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Pro-Am Car Collection Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 39 9th Italian GT Endurance Championship – GT Cup Centro Porsche Ticino 2 1 0 0 1 0 NC2024 Le Mans Cup – GT3 High Class Racing 1 0 0 0 0 12 16th Intercontinental GT Challenge Falken Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 6 21st Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro 3 2 0 0 2 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro 1 0 0 0 0 9th 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 22nd2025 6 Hour of Portimão A-Workx 1 0 0 0 0 5th GT World Challenge Asia GTO Racing Team12 0 0 0 1 28 22nd GT World Challenge Asia – Pro-Am 1 0 0 1 67 11th Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Pro Falken Motorsports 5 1 1 1 3 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro 1 0 0 0 0 DNF Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 00NC Phantom Global Racing 1 0 0 0 02026 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro Dunlop Motorsports 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro 1 0 0 0 0 DNF Intercontinental GT Challenge China GT Championship – GT3Phantom Global Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Tsunami RT Boutsen VDS GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Gold Boutsen VDS Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro-Am Goroyan RT by Car Collection Sources:
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 OSC1 OSC2 OSC3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 LAU1 LAU2 LAU3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 SVK1 SVK2 SVK3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 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 Pts 2015 Market Leader by Project 1 CAT MON RBR SIL HUN SPA SPA MNZ MNZ USA USA 30th 0
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 2017 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M6 GT3 Pro MNZ SIL LEC CAT NC 0 Pro-Am SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H 21st 21 2021 Huber Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Am MNZ LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR CAT2nd36 2022 Herberth Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R Pro-Am IMO LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H HOC CAT 8th 34 2023 Car Collection Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Pro-Am MNZ LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR CAT 9th 39 2026 Tsunami RT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Pro-Am LEC MNZ SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NC 0 Boutsen VDS Gold NÜR ALG 15th* 18*
24 Hours of Nürburgring results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2017 Walkenhorst Motorsport Michele Di Martino Matias Henkola Christian Krognes BMW M6 GT3 SP9 0 DNS DNS 2018 Securtal Sorg Rennsport Dirk Adorf Tom Coronel Beitske Visser BMW M4 GT4 SP8T 92 102nd 6th 2019 KCMG Christer Jöns Edoardo Liberati Matthieu Vaxivière Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 SP9 65 DNF DNF 2020 Huber Motorsport Marco Holzer Patrick Kolb Lorenzo Rocco Di Torrepadula Porsche 911 GT3 R SP9Pro-Am 82 15th 1st 2021 Huber Motorsport Stefan Aust Philipp Neuffer Marco Seefried Porsche 911 GT3 R SP9Pro-Am 59 8th 1st 2022 Huber Motorsport Lars Kern Klaus Rader Joachim Thyssen Porsche 911 GT3 R SP9Pro-Am 156 11th 3rd 2023 Falken Motorsports Joel Eriksson Tim Heinemann Martin Ragginger Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) SP9Pro 160 10th 8th 2024 Falken Motorsports Joel Eriksson Tim Heinemann Martin Ragginger Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) SP9Pro 50 10th 9th 2025 Falken Motorsports Julien Andlauer Sven Müller Alessio Picariello Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) SP9Pro 23 DNF DNF 2026 Dunlop Motorsport Julien Andlauer Dorian Boccolacci Alessio Picariello Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) SP9Pro 62 DNF DNF
Complete GT World Challenge Asia 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 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points 2017 FIST - Team AAI BMW M6 GT3 Pro-AmSEP1SEP2BUR1BUR2SUZ1SUZ2FUJ1FUJ2SHA1SHA2ZHE1ZHE2 NC 0 2025 GTO Racing Team Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Pro-Am SEP1 SEP2 MAN1 MAN2 BUR1 BUR2 FUJ1 FUJ2 OKA1 OKA2 BEI1 BEI2 11th 67
Complete GT4 European Series 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 9 10 11 12 Pos Points 2018 RN Vision STS BMW M4 GT4 Silver ZOL1 ZOL2 BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 9th 92
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) HOC11 HOC12 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC21 HOC22 3rd 165
Complete International GT Open 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 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points 2024 Car Collection Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Pro ALG1 ALG2 HOC1 HOC2 SPA HUN1 HUN2 LEC1 LEC2 RBR1 RBR2 CAT1 CAT2 MNZ 6th 86
Complete Asian Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) + Year Team Class Car Engine123456Pos.Points 2024–25 Car Collection Motorsport GT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 SEP1 SEP2 DUB1 DUB2 ABU1 ABU2 22nd 6
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