Michael Krumm (born 19 March 1970) is a German motorsport executive and former racing driver who acts as the current team manager of TOM'S in Super GT. Krumm is best-known for his successes in the All-Japan GT Championship, where he triumphed in the GT500 class in 1997 and 2003 for TOM'S and Nismo, respectively. He also won the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2011.
Having begun his career in German lower formulae, Krumm went to Japan in 1994 after attaining numerous wins in German Formula Three. That year, he would win the Japanese Formula Three title and moved into Japanese F3000, where he remained intermittently for the next eight years. Krumm won races in JTCC but it was the All-Japan GT Championship, later known as Super GT, where the German would find his calling: after winning a race in his debut season, Krumm won the GT500 class title driving a Toyota Supra alongside Pedro de la Rosa in 1997. Following a year in the Super Tourenwagen Cup, the German became a Nissan factory driver, for whom he raced for ten successive seasons, winning the 2003 title together with Satoshi Motoyama.
At the start of the 2010s, Krumm spent two seasons in the FIA GT1 World Championship, where he and Lucas Luhr won the 2011 title driving for JR Motorsports. Krumm returned to Super GT in 2012, remaining until 2015, when he won his final race at Fuji for Kondo Racing before retiring from full-time competition.
Krumm has attained minor success at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, being part of the third-placed Audi R8 lineup in a podium lockout for the German brand at the 2002 race, before finishing on the LMP2 podium in 2013.
Biography Born in Reutlingen, Krumm married Japanese tennis player Kimiko Date on 1 December 2001 at St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo."Krumm sets the date" crash.net 24 August 2010 Kimiko Date announced their divorce on Twitter on September 26, 2016.
Career
1984 Karting 1988 German Formula Ford, one win 1989 German Formula Ford Champion, three wins 1990 German Formula Opel Lotus champion 1991 Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries 1992 German Formula Three, one win 1993 German Formula Three, four wins 1994 Japanese Formula Three champion, six wins 1995 Japanese Touring Car Championship, 1 win, Formula Nippon & All-Japan GT 1996 Japanese Touring Car Championship, 1 win, Formula Nippon & Japanese Touring Car Championship, 3rd 1997 All-Japan GT champion & Japanese Touring Car Championship 3rd, one win 1998 Super Tourenwagen Cup & 5th at Le Mans (Nissan R390 GT1) 1999 All-Japan GT; Formula Nippon & No Finish at Le Mans (Nissan R391) 2000 All-Japan GT & Formula Nippon 2nd 2001 CART (Dale Coyne Racing, 2 races); Formula Nippon & All-Japan GT, 1 win 2002 All-Japan GT & 3rd at Le Mans, (Audi R8) 2003 All-Japan GT champion 2004 All-Japan GT, one win 2005 Super GT; Le Mans (Dallara SP1, did not finish) 2006 Super GT 2007 Super GT & Formula Nippon 2008 Super GT 2009 Le Mans Series (Kolles, 1 race) & FIA GT Championship (NISMO/Gigawave, 4 races) 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship (Nissan GT-R) 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship (Nissan GT-R) Drivers Champion 2012 Super GT 2013 Super GT 2014 Super GT 2015 Super GT
Complete German Formula Three results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Engine Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 DC Pts 1992 G+M Escom Motorsport Opel AZOL1ZOL2NÜR1NÜR2WUN1WUN2AVU1AVU2NÜR1NÜR2HOC1HOC2NOR1NOR2BRN1BRN2DIE1DIE2NÜR1NÜR2ALE1ALE2NÜR1NÜR2HOC1HOC2 6th 158 1993 G+M Escom Motorsport Opel AZOL1ZOL2HOC1HOC2NÜR1NÜR2WUN1WUN2NOR1NOR2DIE1DIE2NÜR1NÜR2ALE1ALE2AVU1AVU2HOC1HOC2 4th 198
Complete Japanese Formula 3 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Pts 1994 TOM'S ToyotaSUZFUJTSUSUZSENTOKMINTAISUGSUZ 1st 60
Complete Japanese Formula 3000/Formula Nippon 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 DC Points 1994 Dome SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ SUG FUJ SUZ FUJ FUJ SUZ11th3 1995 Stellar International SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ SUG FUJ TOK FUJ SUZNC0 1996 Stellar SUZ MIN FUJ TOK SUZ SUG FUJ MIN SUZ FUJ15th4 1997 Stellar SUZ MIN FUJ SUZ SUG FUJ MIN17th1 Team LeMans MOT FUJ Team CerumoSUZ 1999 Team 5ZIGEN SUZ MOT MIN FUJ SUZ SUG FUJ MIN MOT SUZ5th19 2000 Team 5ZIGEN SUZ MOT MIN FUJ SUZ SUG MOT FUJ MIN SUZ 2nd 35 2001 Team 5ZIGEN SUZ MOT MIN FUJ SUZ SUG FUJ MIN MOT SUZ7th20 2002 Team Impul SUZ FUJ MIN SUZ MOT SUG FUJ MIN MOT SUZNC0 2007 Team Impul FUJ SUZ MOT OKA SUZ FUJ SUG MOT SUZ10th12
Complete JTCC 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 Pts 1995TOM'SToyota Corona EXiVFUJ1FUJ2SUG1SUG2TOK1TOK2SUZ1SUZ2MIN1MIN2AID1AID2SEN1SEN2FUJ1FUJ28th52 1996TOM'SToyota Corona EXiVFUJ1FUJ2SUG1SUG2SUZ1SUZ2MIN1MIN2SEN1SEN2TOK1TOK2FUJ1FUJ23rd87 1997TOM'SToyota Corona EXiVFUJ1FUJ2AID1 AID2SUG1SUG2SUZ1SUZ210th39Toyota Chaser MIN1MIN2SEN1SEN2TOK1TOK2FUJ1FUJ2
Complete JGTC/Super GT 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 DC Pts 1995Toyota Castrol TeamToyota SupraGT1SUZFUJSENFUJSUGMIN5th46 1996Taku MotorsportPorsche 911GT500SUZFUJSENFUJSUGMINNC0 1997Toyota Castrol TeamToyota SupraGT500SUZFUJSENFUJMINSUG1st67 1998ImpulNissan Skyline GT-RGT500SUZFUJSENFUJMOTMINSUGNC0 1999NISMONissan Skyline GT-RGT500SUZFUJSUGMINFUJTAIMOT6th40 2000NISMONissan Skyline GT-RGT500MOTFUJSUGFUJTAIMINSUZ8th37 2001NISMONissan Skyline GT-RGT500TAIFUJSUGFUJMOTSUZMIN5th52 2002NISMONissan Skyline GT-RGT500TAIFUJSUGSEPFUJMOTMINSUZ8th51 2003NISMONissan Skyline GT-RGT500TAIFUJSUGFUJFUJMOTAUTSUZ1st86 2004NISMONissan Fairlady ZGT500TAISUGSEPTOKMOTAUTSUZ9th39 2005NISMONissan Fairlady ZGT500OKAFUJSEPSUGMOTFUJAUTSUZ5th57 2006NISMONissan Fairlady ZGT500SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZMOTAUTFUJ4th75 2007NISMONissan Fairlady ZGT500SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZMOTAUTFUJ5th63 2008NISMONissan GT-RGT500SUZOKAFUJSEPSUGSUZMOTAUTFUJ7th57 2009NISMONissan GT-RGT500OKASUZFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOT18th5 2012NISMONissan GT-RGT500OKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOT8th40 2013Kondo RacingNissan GT-RGT500OKAFUJSEPSUGSUZFUJAUTMOT13th14 2014Kondo RacingNissan GT-RGT500OKAFUJAUTSUGFUJSUZBURMOT10th35 2015Kondo RacingNissan GT-RGT500OKAFUJCHAFUJSUZSUGAUTMOT10th31
Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup 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 17 18 19 20 DC Points 1998 Nissan Primera Racing Nissan Primera HOC1 HOC1 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 NOR1 NOR2 REG1 REG2 WUN1 WUN2 ZWE1 ZWE2 SAL1 SAL2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 9th 312
24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1998 Nissan Motorsports TWR John Nielsen Franck Lagorce Nissan R390 GT1 GT1 342 5th 5th 1999 Nissan Motorsports Satoshi Motoyama Érik Comas Nissan R391 LMP 110 DNF DNF 2002 Audi Sport Team Joest Marco Werner Philipp Peter Audi R8 LMP900 372 3rd 3rd 2005 Rollcentre Racing Bobby Verdon-Roe Harold Primat Dallara SP1-Nissan LMP1 133 DNF DNF 2012 Highcroft Racing Marino Franchitti Satoshi Motoyama DeltaWing-Nissan UNC 75 DNF DNF 2013 Greaves Motorsport Jann Mardenborough Lucas Ordóñez Zytek Z11SN - Nissan LMP2 327 9th 3rd 2015 Nissan Motorsports Harry Tincknell Alex Buncombe Nissan GT-R LM Nismo LMP1 242 NC NC
American open-wheel racing results (key)
CART Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Rank Points Ref 2001 Dale Coyne RacingMTYLBHTXSNZRMOTMILDETPORCLETORMISCHIMDOROAVANLAUROCHOULSSRFFON31st0
Complete GT1 World Championship results Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points 2010 Sumo Power GT Nissan ABUQR11 ABUCR16 SILQR8 SILCRRet BRNQR3 BRNCR3 PRIQR9 PRICR2 SPAQR8 SPACRRet NÜRQRRet NÜRCR15 ALGQR1 ALGCR4 NAVQR16 NAVCRRet INTQR2 INTCR6 SANQR6 SANCRRet 9th 71 2011 JR Motorsports Nissan ABUQR3 ABUCR14 ZOLQR7 ZOLCR9 ALGQR2 ALGCR1 SACQR11 SACCR9 SILQR2 SILCR1 NAVQR9 NAVCR6 PRIQR1 PRICR1 ORDQR11 ORDCR9 BEIQR4 BEICR3 SANQR2 SANCRRet 1st 137
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