Niclas Kentenich (born 16 July 1988) is a German businessman and former racing driver. He won the Dubai 24 Hour overall in 2009, as well as multiple ADAC GT Masters races from 2010 to 2012, having risen up through the PCCD ranks. He retired in 2015 after suffering serious injuries in a VLN crash.

Career Kentenich began his career in 2004, competing in the ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup. Racing in the series until 2006, Kentenich most notably finished third in the 2006 standings with four podiums to his name. In 2007, Kentenich joined Ahlden Motorsport to compete in Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, and returned the following year with Farnbacher RT, taking a best result of tenth at the Norisring to end the year 16th overall.

In 2009, Kentenich switched to tolimit/Seyffarth Motorsport for his third season in Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, scoring a best result of seventh at Zandvoort to end the season 15th in the overall standings. During 2009, Kentenich also won the Dubai 24 Hour for Land Motorsport, and made his debut in the VLN Series for Mühlner Motorsport. Moving to GT3 competition on a full-time basis in 2010, Kentenich joined Porsche-fielding a-workx/Wieth Racing to graduate to ADAC GT Masters. After winning on debut at Oschersleben alongside Sebastian Asch, Kentenich took three other podiums en route to a seventh-place points finish. During 2010, Kentenich also scored his first PCCD podium for Farnbacher Racing, as well as racing in VLN on a part-time basis for Frikadelli Racing.

The following year, Kentenich moved to Farnbacher ESET Racing to continue in ADAC GT Masters, driving a Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 alongside a revolving door of drivers. In his second season in the series, Kentenich took a lone win at Assen alongside Dominik Farnbacher and two other podiums to take tenth in points. During 2011, Kentenich also took his maiden VLN podium for MSC Adenau e. V. im ADAC, as well as making his 24 Hours of Nürburgring debut, finishing ninth overall. In 2012, Kentenich partnered Mario Farnbacher, younger brother of Dominik, in ADAC GT Masters, only finding success after a mid-season switch to the Porsche 911 GT3 R, taking a win at the Red Bull Ring en route to 14th in points. During 2012, Kentenich took his first VLN class win at the 6h ADAC Ruhr-Pokal-Rennen, in Cup 2 for PZ Aschaffenburg.

At the beginning of 2013, Kentenich raced the season-opening Nogaro round of the FIA GT Series, sharing a Dörr Motorsport McLaren MP4-12C GT3 with Daniel Keilwitz. For the rest of 2013, Kentenich took two overall VLN podiums with H&R Spezialfedern, as well as racing in ADAC GT Masters with Corvette-aligned Callaway Competition and BMW-fielding Vita4One Racing Team but failing to score points. Returning to Porsche Carrera Cup Germany with Aust Motorsport in 2014, Kentenich took a best result of seventh at the Nürburgring, as he ended the season 24th overall. Kentenich then began 2015 competing for MSC Adenau e.V. im ADAC in VLN, but a crash during qualifying for VLN1 left him with serious injuries and on the sidelines for much of the year. Later in the year, Kentenich competed with Aust for select rounds of Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, but after taking a best result of 11th at Oschersleben, he retired from motorsport at the age of 27 due to long-term consequences of his VLN1 crash.

Personal life Kentenich is the younger brother of Patrick Kentenich, who raced alongside him in the ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup.

Following his retirement from motorsport, Kentenich began working full-time at his family-run landscaping business, KE Kentenich GmbH, as its managing director.

Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2004 ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup 10 0 0 0 0 116 17th 2005 ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup 10 0 0 1 0 180 11th 2006 ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup 10 0 2 2 4 3263rd2007 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Ahlden Motorsport 7 0 0 0 0126th Farnbacher Racing 1 0 0 0 0 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Farnbacher RT 9 0 0 0 0 17 16th2009 Dubai 24 Hour – A6 Land Motorsport 1 1 0 0 1 1st Porsche Carrera Cup Germany tolimit/Seyffarth Motorsport 9 0 0 0 0 30 15th VLN Series – SP9 Mühlner Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 2010 VLN Series – SP9 Frikadelli Racing 2 0 0 0 0 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Farnbacher Racing 5 0 0 0 1 43 13th ADAC GT Masters a-workx/Wieth Racing 13 1 0 0 4 44 7th2011 ADAC GT Masters Farnbacher ESET Racing 16 1 1 0 3 87 10th VLN Series – SP9 MSC Adenau e. V. im ADAC 2 0 0 0 1 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 GT3 1 0 0 0 0 6th2012 ADAC GT Masters Farnbacher ESET Racing 14 1 1 0 2 54 14th Porsche Carrera Cup Germany – A 1 0 0 0 0 4 22nd VLN Series – Cup 2 PZ Aschaffenburg 1 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP7 Dörr Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 5th2013 FIA GT Series – Pro Dörr Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 1 21st ADAC GT Masters Callaway Competition 4 0 0 0 00NC Vita4One Racing Team 6 0 0 0 0 VLN Series – SP9 H&R Spezialfedern 6 0 0 0 2 0 NC2014 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany – A Aust Motorsport 15 0 0 0 0 15.5 24th VLN Series – SP9 Walkenhorst Motorsport 5 0 0 0 1 13.33 37th 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 GT3 Prosperia C. Abt Racing GmbH 1 0 0 0 0 14th2015 VLN Series – Cup 2 MSC Adenau e.V. im ADAC 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC Porsche Carrera Cup Germany – A Aust Motorsport 8 0 0 0 0 21 19thSources:

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 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 DC Points2007 Ahlden Motorsport HOC1 OSC LAU1 LAU2 NOR ZAN NÜR BAR26th1 Farnbacher Racing HOC2 2008 Farnbacher RT HOC1 OSC MUG NÜR LAU NOR ZAN BAR HOC2 16th 17 2009 tolimit/Seyffarth Motorsport HOC1 LAU NOR ZAN OSC NÜR BAR DIJ HOC2 15th 30 2010 Farnbacher Racing HOC1 VAL LAU NOR NÜR ZAN BRH OSC HOC2 13th 43 2012 Farnbacher ESET Racing HOC11 HOC12 LAU1 LAU2 NNS RBR1 RBR2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 OSC1 OSC2 HOC21 HOC22 22nd 4 2014 Aust Motorsport HOC11 HOC12 OSC1 OSC2 HUN1 HUN2 NOR1 NOR2 RBR1 RBR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LAU1 LAU2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC21 HOC22 24th 15.5 2015 Aust Motorsport HOC11 HOC12 NNS LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 RBR1 RBR2OSC1OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC21 HOC22 19th 21

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 15 16 DC Points 2010 a-workx/Wieth Racing Porsche 997 GT3-ROSC11OSC12SAC1SAC2HOC1HOC2ASS1ASS2LAU1LAU2NÜR1NÜR2OSC21OSC22 7th 44 2011 Farnbacher ESET Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3OSC1OSC2SAC1SAC2ZOL1ZOL2NÜR1NÜR2RBR1RBR2LAU1LAU2ASS1ASS2HOC1HOC2 10th 872012Farnbacher ESET Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3OSC1OSC2ZAN1ZAN2SAC1SAC214th54 Porsche 911 GT3 RNÜR1NÜR2RBR1RBR2LAU1LAU2NÜR1NÜR2HOC1HOC22013 Callaway Competition Corvette Z06.R GT3OSC1OSC2SPA1SPA2NC0 Vita4One Racing Team BMW Z4 GT3SAC1SAC2NÜR1NÜR2RBR1RBR2LAU1LAU2SVK1SVK2HOC1HOC2

Complete FIA GT 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 2013 Dörr Motorsport McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Pro NOGQR NOGCR ZOLQR ZOLCR ZANQR ZANQR SVKQR SVKCR NAVQR NAVCR BAKQR BAKCR 21st 1

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