Manuel "Manny" Metzger (born 9 February 1986) is a German racing driver currently racing for Black Falcon Team Fanatec in the AT2 class of the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie alongside the YouTube trio Jimmy Broadbent, Steve Alvarez Brown and Misha Charoudin.

A Nürburgring Nordschleife specialist, he won the 2016 24 Hours of Nürburgring overall for Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon. He is also the 2011 VLN Series champion.

Career Metzger began indoor karting at the age of ten, but had to wait until 2008 to make his car racing debut, doing so for Steibel Motorsport in Renault Clio Cup Belgium, in which he raced in for two years. Metzger then went back to indoor karting for 2010, winning the 24 Hours of Cologne for R&S Mobile Köln, before returning to car racing the following year, winning the 24 Hours of Nürburgring in the V5 class and the VLN Series overall title for Black Falcon.

Remaining with Black Falcon for 2012, Metzger finished second in the SP3 class in the Dubai 24 Hour, and also made his Blancpain Endurance Series debut at Le Castellet. Racing at Le Castellet and the 24 Hours of Spa in the Pro-Am class, Metzger scored a best result of 10th overall on debut and fifth in class, helping him to end the year 30th in the Pro-Am standings.

Following a V6 class podium in the 2014 24 Hours of Nürburgring, Metzger returned to Black Falcon to race in the following year's Dubai 24 Hour as part of the team's four-car line-up. Racing in the 997 class, Metzger finished third in class at his second appearance at the event. For the rest of the year, Metzger returned to Black Falcon to race in the VLN Series, in which he took four class wins in SP7, with one of those being an overall win at the NLS10, and also won the NLS9 overall while racing in the SP9 class. Also that year, Metzger raced in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring for the same team, winning in the SP7 class at his fourth appearance in the race.

Staying with Black Falcon for 2016, Metzger opened up the year by finishing third in the 991 class at the Dubai 24 Hour, before taking the overall win at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring alongside Maro Engel, Adam Christodoulou and Bernd Schneider. The following year, Metzger remained with Black Falcon as he once again raced in the Dubai 24 Hour and Nürburgring-based events with them, whilst also making a brief return in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup.

Continuing with Black Falcon through 2018, Metzger finished second overall in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, before scoring two overall wins in the VLN Series and making a cameo appearance at the 24 Hours of Spa. At the end of 2018, Metzger made a one-off appearance in the Blancpain GT Series Asia season-finale at Ningbo for Indigo Racing. In his first weekend in Asia, Metzger finished third overall in both races and ended the year 14th in the Silver Cup standings.

Metzger then continued with Black Falcon in 2019, taking two overall VLN Series wins and an SP7 class win as he ended the year third in the SP9 standings. During 2019, Metzger also returned to the Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia, in which he raced for Solite Indigo Racing alongside Roelof Bruins. Racing in all but four rounds, Metzger took his maiden series win at Buriram, before taking further wins at Fuji and Yeongam to end the year fifth as Bruins won the title. Across the following three years, Metzger mainly raced with Haupt Racing Team as they mainly competed in Nürburgring-based races and partook in the Dubai 24 Hours twice, most notably winning it overall in 2020 for Black Falcon.

Following a one-year hiatus from racing after departing the Mercedes stable, Metzger returned to the NLS in 2024, driving for Black Falcon alongside Jimmy Broadbent, Steve Alvarez Brown and Misha Charoudin in the SP8T class. After taking three class wins and finishing second in the SP8T class at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring in his first season driving a BMW M4 GT4 Evo, Metzger remained with them for 2025. In his second season in the SP8T class, Metzger won the NLS1 in class and was runner-up in both the season's standings and the 24 Hours of Nürburgring.

In 2026, Metzger continued with Black Falcon as he and the trio stepped up to the AT 2 class.

Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition201024 Hours of LeipzigDAX Bierbörse/Media Bomb/Scharmüller3rd24 Hours of CologneR&S Mobile1st 201124 Hours of CologneMr-T-Shirt.de2nd 201224 Hours of CologneWirtz & Hintzen Lackierer2ndSources:

Racing record Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2009 Renault Clio Cup Belgium Steibel Motorsport 10 0 0 0 0 40 9th2011 VLN Endurance 1st 24 Hours of Nürburgring – V5 Black Falcon Team TMD Friction 1 1 0 0 1 1st2012 Dubai 24 Hour – SP3 Black Falcon 1 0 0 0 1 2nd Blancpain Endurance Series – Pro-Am 2 0 0 0 0 10 30th 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 1 0 0 0 0 DNF 2013 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP7 0 0 0 0 0 DNS 2014 24 Hours of Nürburgring – V6 Black Falcon 1 0 0 0 1 2nd2015 Dubai 24 Hour – 997 Black Falcon 1 0 0 0 1 3rd 24H Series – 997 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC VLN Series – SP9 Pro 2 1 1 0 0 0 NC VLN Series – SP7 5 4 0 2 5 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP7 1 1 0 0 1 1st2016 Dubai 24 Hour – 991 Black Falcon Team TMD Friction 1 0 0 0 1 3rd 24H Series – 991 1 0 0 0 1 0 NC VLN Series – SP9 Pro AMG-Team Black Falcon 3 0 1 0 2 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 1 1 0 0 1 1st2017 Dubai 24 Hour – A6-Pro Black Falcon 1 0 0 0 0 DNF 24H Series – A6-Pro 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24H Series – SP2 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC VLN Series – SP9 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC VLN Series – SPX 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 1 0 0 0 0 5th Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Pro-Am 2 0 0 0 0 6 41st2018 Dubai 24 Hour – A6-Pro Black Falcon 1 0 0 0 0 DNF 24H GT Series – A6-Pro 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC VLN Series – SP9 Pro 3 2 0 0 3 18.673rd 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 1 0 0 0 1 2nd Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Silver 1 0 0 0 1 28 13th Blancpain GT Series Asia – GT3 Silver Indigo Racing 2 0 0 0 2 33 14th2019 Dubai 24 Hour – A6-Pro Abu Dhabi Racing Black Falcon 1 0 0 0 0 10th 24H GT Series – A6-Pro 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC VLN Series – SP9 Pro Black Falcon 4 2 0 0 4 34.473rd VLN Series – SP7 4 1 0 0 3 23.67 11th 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 1 0 0 0 0 DNF Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia – GT3 Silver Solite Indigo Racing 8 3 2 0 5 148 5th2020 Dubai 24 Hour – GT3 Pro Black Falcon 1 1 0 0 1 1st 24H GT Series – GT3-Pro 1 1 1 0 1 0 NC Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro Mercedes-AMG Team HRT 3 2 1 0 2 19.49 19th 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 1 0 0 0 0 DNF2021 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro Mercedes-AMG Team HRT 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC Mercedes-AMG Team HRT Bilstein 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro 1 0 0 0 0 DNF Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SPPRO Black Falcon Team IDENTICA 1 1 1 1 1 0 NC2022 Dubai 24 Hour – GT3 Pro Mercedes-AMG Team HRT Bilstein 1 0 0 0 0 4th 24H GT Series – GT3-Pro 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Mercedes-AMG Team Bilstein 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC2024 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP8T Team Bilstein by Black Falcon 7 3 0 0 4 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP8T 1 0 0 0 1 2nd2025 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP8T Team Bilstein by Black Falcon 7 1 0 0 7 843rd 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP8T 1 0 0 0 1 2nd 2025-2624H Series Middle East - GT3 AmHOFOR Racing 1 0 0 0 1 52 NC2026 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – AT 2 Black Falcon Team Fanatec 24 Hours of Nürburgring – AT 2 1 0 0 0 0 DNFPorsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring Cup – Cup2AV Racing by Black Falcon Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP10 Sources:

Complete GT World Challenge results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points 2012 Black Falcon Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Pro-Am MNZ SIL LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR NAV 30th 10 2017 Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 Pro-Am MON SIL LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H CAT 41st 6 2018 Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 Silver MON SIL LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H CAT13th28

Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

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 89101112 DC Points2018 Indigo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Silver SEP1 SEP2 CHA1 CHA2 SUZ1 SUZ2 FSW1 FSW2 SIC1 SIC2 NIC1 NIC2 14th 332019 Solite Indigo Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Silver SEP1 SEP2 CHA1 CHA2 SUZ1 SUZ2 FSW1 FSW2 KOR1 KOR2 SIC1 SIC2 5th 148 † As Metzger was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

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