David Jahn (racing driver)
David Jahn is a German racing driver who last competed in the Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring Cup for Mühlner Motorsport.
Career
Jahn made his car racing debut in 2009, racing in the ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup, in which he won at Barcelona and finished seventh in points. The following year, Jahn raced in the Porsche Super Sports Cup Germany, scoring a win at the Hockenheimring and ending the year fourth in points. Jahn then competed part-time in Porsche Carrera Cup Germany across the next two years, before joining Farnbacher Racing to compete in the last four rounds of the 2013 ADAC GT Masters season.In 2014, Jahn joined Callaway-affiliated RWT Racing for his maiden full season in ADAC GT Masters alongside Sven Barth. Racing in all but one rounds, the pair scored their first podium at Slovakia Ring by finishing third in race one, before then scoring their only win of the season at the Nürburgring in race one en route to a 17th-place points finish. During 2014, Jahn also drove for RWT in the final round of the GT Sprint Series in Baku.
After only racing at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring in 2015 for Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, Jahn joined Porsche-fielding KÜS Team75 Bernhard in 2016 for his sophomore season in ADAC GT Masters. Scoring his first win of the season at the Red Bull Ring, Jahn then won at the Nürburgring and Zandvoort, before ending the season with a win at Hockenheimring to secure runner-up honors in points. During 2016, Jahn also made a one-off appearance in the Le Castellet round of the European Le Mans Series in the GTE class for Proton Competition.
Having not raced in 2017 and only making a one-off appearance in the 2018 24H GT Series, Jahn returned to RWT Racing for the 2019 ADAC GT Masters season. In his second season with the team, Jahn scored podiums at Most and Red Bull Ring as he ended the year seventh in points. Returning to KÜS Team75 Bernhard for the 2020 season, Jahn scored a best result of fourth twice and finished the season 17th in the overall standings.
Switching to Team Joos Sportwagentechnik for 2021, Jahn scored a best result of sixth twice en route to a 15th-place points finish at season's end. Jahn then joined W&S Motorsport to race in the Cup2 class of the Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring Cup. Competing in the last six races of the season, Jahn took five class wins and helped the team secure the Cup2 title at season's end.
Remaining with W&S Motorsport for 2023, Jahn joined Jannes Fittje to compete in ADAC GT4 Germany. In his only season in the series, Jahn won at Zandvoort and Hockenheimring as well as taking three more podiums to end the year third in points. Continuing with W&S Motorsport for 2024, Jahn returned to Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring Cup's Cup2 class full-time, in which he scored two class wins and finished runner-up in points. Staying in the series for 2025 but switching to Mühlner Motorsport, Jahn won all but three races to secure the Cup2 Pro title at the end of the year.
Racing record
Racing career summary
† As Jahn was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.‡ Team standings
Complete GT World Challenge Europe results
Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points |
| 2014 | Callaway – RWT | Corvette Z06.R GT3 | Silver | NOG QR | NOG CR | BRH QR | BRH CR | ZAN QR | ZAN CR | SVK QR | SVK CR | ALG QR | ALG CR | ZOL QR | ZOL CR | BAK QR 14 | BAK CR 8 | NC† | 0† |
† As Jahn was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete European Le Mans Series results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
| 2016 | Proton Competition | LMGTE | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SIL | IMO | RBR | LEC Ret | SPA | EST | 20th | 0 |
Complete ADAC GT4 Germany results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
| 2023 | AVIA W&S Motorsport | Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport | OSC 1 5 | OSC 2 6 | ZAN 1 1 | ZAN 2 3 | NÜR 1 17 | NÜR 2 8 | LAU 1 13 | LAU 2 2 | SAC 1 2 | SAC 2 Ret | HOC 1 1 | HOC 2 6 | 3rd | 148 |