Vincent A. Kolb (born 27 April 1995) is a German racing driver who competes in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for HRT Ford Racing. In 2021, Kolb was crowned SP9 Pro champion for Phoenix Racing, sharing an Audi R8 LMS Evo with Frank Stippler.

Kolb is an ambassador for Recaro since 2021.

Personal life

Kolb is the son of German entrepreneur and former racing driver , who was a regular competitor in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie. Kolb's brothers Julius-Ferdinand and Carl-Friedrich are also racing drivers who have competed in the NLS.

Alongside his racing career, Kolb studied Business Administration in Munich and London between 2014 and 2019.

Career Kolb started attending his father's races in the early 2000s, entered the Nürburgring Driving Academy at age 14, and began appearing in track days at 16, before eventually making his VLN Series debut in late 2013. Continuing in the lower classes of the VLN for the next four seasons, Kolb most notably took an SP7 class win in the second qualifying race for the 2014 24 Hours of Nürburgring.

In 2018, Kolb graduated to GT3 competition, driving an Audi R8 LMS Evo for Phoenix Racing in the top class of the VLN Series, as a member of the new Phoenix junior programme. In his rookie season, Kolb finished second outright at VLN3 alongside Audi factory driver Frank Stippler, before scoring an SP9 Pro podium and finishing fourth overall the following race. Continuing with Phoenix for 2019, Kolb scored two overall podiums with Stippler, an SP9 Pro-Am win with Steve Jans, and seventh place at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring with Jeroen Bleekemolen, Kim-Luis Schramm and Stippler. That year, Kolb also made a one-off appearance for Porsche-fielding Herberth Motorsport in the 24H GT Series, in which he won the 24 Hours of Barcelona in A6 Am.

Following a quiet season with Phoenix in 2020 in the newly-renamed Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, Kolb bounced back by taking five overall podiums and winning NLS9 alongside Stippler to clinch the SP9 Pro title in 2021. In his title-defending season with Phoenix in 2022, Kolb took six podiums to finish runner-up in SP9 Pro, before slipping to fifth in 2023 with two podiums to his name. Returning to Herberth to drive a Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) in 2024, Kolb primarily raced at the Nürburgring, but most notably won the 24 Hours of Portimão overall and in GT3 Pro-Am.

After racing with Herberth at the Dubai 24 Hour in early 2025, Kolb switched to HRT Ford Performance on his return to NLS. Racing for the majority of the season in SP9 Pro, Kolb took four podiums and won NLS8 alongside Stippler to give the Ford Mustang GT3 its first overall win in the series. At the beginning of 2026, Kolb competed in the UAE leg of the 24H Series Middle East for Herberth Motorsport, in which he won the 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi in GT3 Pro-Am en route to runner-up honours in class. For the rest of the year, Kolb returned to HRT Ford Racing to compete in the NLS.

Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position2013 VLN Series – Cup 4 VLN Series – V5 Black Falcon Team TMD Friction 2014 VLN Series – SP7 24 Hours of Nürburgring – V6 Black Falcon Team TMD Friction 1 0 0 0 0 4th2015 VLN Series – SP7 3 0 0 0 0 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP7 1 0 0 0 0 10th 2016 VLN Series – V5 Black Falcon 2017 VLN Series – Cup 2 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP7 Goder 1 0 0 0 0 5th2018 VLN Series – SP9 Pro Phoenix Racing 5 0 0 0 2 13.69 17th Spa Six Hours Classic – GTS12 1 0 0 0 0 12th2019 VLN Series – SP9 Pro Phoenix Racing 6 0 0 0 2 32.21 4th VLN Series – SP9 Pro-Am 2 1 0 0 2 16 11th 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 1 0 0 0 0 7th 24H GT Series – A6 Pro 1 0 0 0 0 17 12th 24H GT Series Continents – A6 Am Herberth Motorsport 1 1 0 0 1 20 170th DMV Dunlop 60 – Class 1 2 0 0 0 2 15.09 15th2020 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro Phoenix Racing 4 0 0 0 0 11.24 46th 24H GT Series Continents – GT3 Pro Herberth Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 7 NC Sixties Endurance Series 1 0 0 0 0 34 44th2021 24H GT Series Continents – GT3 Pro Herberth Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro Phoenix Racing 8 1 1 0 5 51.961st 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Phoenix-IronForce Racing 1 0 0 0 0 11th Spa Six Hours Classic – GTS12 1 0 0 0 0 6th2022 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro Scherer Sport Team Phoenix 8 0 3 0 6 642nd 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro 1 0 0 0 0 DNF2023 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro Scherer Sport PHX 7 0 0 0 2 10 5th 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro 1 0 0 0 0 DNF2024 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro Herberth Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro 1 0 0 0 0 13th Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24H Series – GT3 Pro-Am 1 1 0 0 1 60 6th2025 Middle East Trophy – GT3 Am Herberth Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 24 NC Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro HRT Ford Performance 6 1 0 0 4 13 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 0 DNF ADAC 1000 Km Rennen Nürburgring 1 0 0 0 1 3rd 2025–26 24H Series Middle East – GT3 Pro-Am Herberth Motorsport 2 1 0 0 2 942nd2026 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro HRT Ford Racing 1 0 0 0 1 6 NC* 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 0 DNF Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC* 24H Series – GT3 Pro-Am Herberth Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 8 39thSources:

† As Kolb was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2014 Black Falcon Team TMD Friction Alexander Kolb Julius-Ferdinand Kolb Helmut Weber Porsche 991 Cup V6 135 45th 4th 2015 Didier Denat Thomas König Lorenzo Rocco Porsche 997 Cup SP7 132 32nd 10th 2017 Goder Tim Scheerbarth Georg Goder Martin Schluter Porsche 991 GT3 Cup SP7 130 61st 5th 2019 Phoenix Racing Jeroen Bleekemolen Kim-Luis Schramm Frank Stippler Audi R8 LMS Evo SP9 154 7th 7th 2021 Phoenix-IronForce Racing Max Hofer Dennis Marschall Jan-Erik Slooten Audi R8 LMS Evo SP9 58 11th 11th 2022 Scherer Sport Team Phoenix Ricardo Feller Kelvin van der Linde Renger van der Zande Audi R8 LMS Evo II SP9Pro 57 DNF DNF 2023 Scherer Sport PHX Alexander Sims Frank Stippler Renger van der Zande Audi R8 LMS Evo II SP9Pro 80 DNF DNF 2024 Herberth Motorsport Matt Campbell Dennis Olsen Robert Renauer Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) SP9Pro 49 16th 13th 2025 HRT Ford Performance Hubert Haupt Patrick Assenheimer Dirk Müller Ford Mustang GT3 SP9Pro-Am 52 DNF DNF 2026 HRT Ford Racing Colin Caresani Hubert Haupt David Schumacher Ford Mustang GT3 Evo SP9 Pro-Am 60 DNF DNF

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