Klaus Bachler

Klaus Bachler is an Austrian racing driver. As a Porsche-contracted driver, Bachler has won races in multiple high-level categories, including the Porsche Supercup, ADAC GT Masters, GTWC Europe Endurance Cup, IMSA SportsCar Championship, and FIA World Endurance Championship.
His accolades include the 2007 title in the Formula Lista Junior series, as well as winning the 2023–24 [Asian Le Mans Series] with Pure Rxcing, the team he currently drives for in the WEC.

Career

Bachler began his car racing career in the Lista Junior championship, where he took five wins as well as the 2007 title for Neuhauser Racing. He moved up to the ADAC Formel Masters, finishing third in 2008 and second in 2009. After making his German F3 debut at the end of 2010, Bachler went into the series full-time in 2011 [German Formula Three Championship|2011], where two victories helped him towards third place in the standings.
After winning the 2011 Porsche junior driver shootout, Bachler switched to sportscar racing in 2012, driving a full season in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany|Porsche Carrera Cup Germany], as well as making his debut in the Porsche Supercup. He would enter the Supercup for the next two years, winning a race at Spa in 2013. Following a race win with Proton Competition in the ELMS in 2013, Bachler entered the FIA WEC in 2014, where he helped the team to third in the standings, in addition to finishing second in class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
From 2015 on, Bachler drove in the ADAC GT Masters, where he took two wins over eight years in the series. He also began driving in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup starting in 2019, when he won the season-opening race with Dinamic Motorsport. He returned to the Italian team in 2021 [GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup|2021] after a season with Rowe Racing and repeated that feat, before scoring a podium at the final round to finish sixth overall. Two further podiums, including a win at Barcelona, came in 2022, which led to a record-high fourth in the standings for Bachler.
File:2024 [6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Manthey PureRxcing Porsche 911 GT3 R No.92 (DSC02798).jpg|thumb|Bachler driving his Manthey PureRxcing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) at Spa-Francorchamps in 2024.]
As a Porsche-contracted driver, Bachler entered the GTD Pro class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2023, partnering Patrick Pilet at Pfaff Motorsports. The pair won at the 12 Hours of Sebring and scored six further podiums on their way to fourth in the standings. During the same year, Bachler entered the Bronze Cup category of the GTWC Endurance Cup alongside Joel Sturm and bronze-ranked Alex Malykhin, where they won at the season-opener and finished second in class at the 24 Hours of Spa, leaving them fifth in the standings. The trio remained together for the Asian Le Mans Series and won the 2024 title thanks to two race victories.
For PureRxcing's main season, Bachler and his teammates would drive in the WEC's new LMGT3 class, as well as racing as a Pro-classed lineup in the GTWC Endurance Cup. At the first WEC race in Qatar 1812 km|Qatar], the PureRxcing trio took victory.

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2006	Formel A - Lista Junior Meisterschaft	Neuhauser Racing	2	0	0	0	0	16	14th
2007	LO Formel Lista Junior	Neuhauser Racing	12	5	10	6	9	190	1st
2008	ADAC Formel Masters	Neuhauser Racing	16	2	1	3	6	141	3rd
2009	ADAC Formel Masters	URD Rennsport	16	3	2	4	10	188	2nd
2010	German Formula 3 Championship	URD Rennsport	2	0	0	0	0	8	15th
2011	German Formula 3 Championship	URD Rennsport	18	2	0	1	7	79	3rd
2012	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Team Deutsche Post by tolimit	17	0	0	0	1	122	8th
2012	Porsche Supercup	Team Deutsche Post by tolimit	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2013	Porsche Supercup	FÖRCH Racing by Lukas MS	9	1	0	0	1	73	7th
2013	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Proton Competition	3	1	0	0	2	48	7th
2013	Grand Am Series - GT	Snow Racing/Wright Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	20	58th
2013	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Pinta Team Manthey	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2013	French GT Championship	Autorlano	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2014	Porsche Supercup	Konrad Motorsport	10	0	0	2	3	112	5th
2014	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Proton Competition	7	0	0	0	2	111	5th
2014	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Proton Competition	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
2014	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Team 75 Bernhard	4	0	0	0	0	21	22nd
2014	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Dempsey Racing	1	0	0	0	0	13	106th
2015	ADAC GT Masters	GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport	16	1	3	1	5	150	4th
2015	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing	5	0	0	0	1	46	11th
2015	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2015	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Proton Competition	1	0	0	0	0	10	15th
2015	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany - Class A	Konrad Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	2	27th
2015	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Konrad Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	1	61st
2015	24H Dubai - 997	Lechner Racing Middle East	1	0	0	1	1	N/A	3rd
2015	24H Series - 997	MSG Motorsport 1	1	1	0	0	1	0	NC†
2016	GT3 Le Mans Cup	Mentos Racing	5	0	0	1	4	68	4th
2016	ADAC GT Masters	KÜS Team75 Bernhard	4	0	0	0	0	8	42nd
2016	Porsche Supercup	race:pro motorsport	3	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
2016	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Proton Competition	1	0	0	0	0	12	17th
2016	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Abu Dhabi-Proton Racing	1	0	1	1	0	11	16th
2016	24H Series - 991	Black Falcon Team TMD Friction	1	0	1	0	0	0	NC†
2017	ADAC GT Masters	Schütz Motorsport	13	0	0	0	1	28	22nd
2017	VLN Series - SP9	Falken Motorsports	6	0	1	0	3	0	NC†
2017	GT Series Sprint Cup	Attempto Racing	2	0	0	0	0	1	31st
2017	24H Nürburgring - Qualifying Race - SP9	Frikadelli Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2017	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Frikadelli Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
2017	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Proton Competition	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2017	24H Series - Porsche 991 Cup	race:pro motorsport	1	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
2018	ADAC GT Masters	KÜS Team75 Bernhard	14	0	1	1	1	23	23rd
2018	VLN Series - SP9	Falken Motorsports	5	2	1	1	4	17.56	5th
2018	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Falken Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
2018	V de V Endurance Series - LMP3	Wimmer Werk Motorsport	5	1	0	1	3	114	11th
2018	24H Series - Continents - Porsche 991 Cup	Race:pro Motorsport	1	0	1	1	0	0	NC†
2018	Gulf 12 Hours - GT3	Attempto Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2019	ADAC GT Masters	KÜS Team75 Bernhard	14	1	0	0	3	103	9th
2019	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Dinamic Motorsport	4	1	0	0	1	31	8th
2019	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Dinamic Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2019	VLN Series - SP9	Falken Motorsports	4	0	0	0	0	23.72	11th
2019	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Falken Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	15th
2019	24H Series - Continents	Attempto Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2019	24H Series - Continents	Herberth Motorsport	2	0	1	1	0	0	NC†
2019	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	NGT Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	10	68th
2020	ADAC GT Masters	KÜS Team75 Bernhard	11	0	0	0	0	77	11th
2020	ADAC GT Masters	Precote Herberth Motorsport	2	0	0	0	2	77	11th
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Rowe Racing	2	0	0	0	0	8	18th
2020	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Rowe Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2020	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Falken Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2020	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Falken Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
2020	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Wright Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	28	43rd
2020	24H GT Series - Europe	Herberth Motorsport	2	1	0	2	2	0	NC†
2021	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Precote Herberth Motorsport	4	0	0	1	0	4.5	14th
2021	ADAC GT Masters	Precote Herberth Motorsport	13	0	1	0	0	34	23rd
2021	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Dinamic Motorsport	5	1	0	0	2	53	6th
2021	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Dinamic Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2021	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Allied-Racing	6	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2021	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Pro-Am	Falken Motorsports	1	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
2021	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Falken Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
2021	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Wright Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	303	46th
2021	24H Series - GT3	Herberth Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2022	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Herberth Motorsport	4	0	1	1	1	20	8th
2022	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Dinamic Motorsport	5	1	0	0	2	54	4th
2022	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Dinamic Motorsport	10	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2022	Intercontinental GT Challenge	GMG Racing	1	0	0	0	0	6	19th
2022	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Herberth Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	6	19th
2022	ADAC GT Masters	ID-Racing with Herberth	2	0	0	0	0	13	32nd
2022	ADAC GT Masters	Dinamic Motorsport	2	0	0	1	0	13	32nd
2022	International GT Open	Dinamic Motorsport	4	1	1	2	3	46	5th
2022	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	GMG Racing	2	0	0	0	0	106	71st
2022	24H Series - GT3	Dinamic Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2022	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Falken Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2023	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Herberth Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	4	16th
2023	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	Pfaff Motorsports	11	1	2	0	7	3578	4th
2023	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Bronze	Pure Rxcing	5	1	1	0	2	69	5th
2023	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Falken Motorsports	2	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
2023	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Falken Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2023	GT World Challenge Asia - Pro-Am	Absolute Racing	4	1	0	0	1	35	18th
2023	GT World Challenge America - Pro	RennSport1 - CBW Racing	1	0	0	0	1	0	NC†
2023–24	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Pure Rxcing	5	2	0	0	3	76	1st
2024	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3	Manthey PureRxcing	8	2	2	0	6	139	1st
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Pure Rxcing	5	0	0	0	0	12	19th
2024	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	MDK Motorsports	4	0	0	0	0	842	42th
2024	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	AO Racing	1	0	0	0	0	263	38th
2024	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Falken Motorsports	3	1	1	0	1	0	NC†
2024	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Falken Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
2024–25	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Manthey Racing	6	1	0	0	3	86	1st
2025	Middle East Trophy - GT3	Dinamic GT
2025	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro	AO Racing	10	2	0	1	3	2963	5th
2025	24H Series - GT3	Proton Huber Competition	5	1	1	0	2	142	1st
2025	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Schumacher CLRT	3	0	0	0	1	31	11th
2025	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Razoon - more than racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2025	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Falken Motorsports
2025–26	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Manthey Racing

^* Season still in progress.^† As Bachler was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete ADAC Formel Masters results

Year

Team

Pos

Points

2008

Neuhauser Racing

OSC1
1
4

OSC1
2
2

NÜR1
1
3

NÜR1
2
Ret

ASS
1
1

ASS
2
5

NÜR2
1
6

NÜR2
2
11

LAU
1
Ret

LAU
2
5

SAC
1
6

SAC
2
3

OSC2
1
8

OSC2
2
6

HOC
1
3

HOC
2
1

3rd

141

2009

URD Rennsport

OSC1
1
4

OSC1
2
1

ASS
1
2

ASS
2
3

NÜR1
1
Ret

NÜR1
2
6

HOC
1
1

HOC
2
2

LAU
1
1

LAU
2
14

NÜR2
1
3

NÜR2
2
3

SAC
1
4

SAC
2
2

OSC2
1
11

OSC2
2
2

2nd

188

Complete German Formula Three Championship results

Year

Entrant

Points

URD Rennsport

OSC2
1
5

OSC2
2
5

15th

2011

URD Rennsport

OSC
1
Ret

OSC
2
13

SPA
1
4

SPA
2
3

SAC
1
3

SAC
2
1

ASS1
1
3

ASS1
2
3

ZOL
1
2

ZOL
2
7

RBR
1
6

RBR
2
13

LAU
1
4

LAU
2
4

ASS2
1
1

ASS2
2
4

HOC
1
9

HOC
2
Ret

3rd

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Germany results

Year

Team

Pts

2012

Team Deutsche Post by Tolimit

HOC1
1
17

HOC1
2
13

LAU
1
18

LAU
2
Ret

NNS
14

RBR
1
3

RBR
2
7

NOR
1
Ret

NOR
2
8

NÜR
1
9

NÜR
2
7

ZAN
1
8‡

ZAN
2
11

OSC
1
8

OSC
2
4

HOC2
1
4

HOC2
2
4

8th

122

LAU
1
22

LAU
2
Ret

SAC
1

SAC
2

HOC2
1
5

HOC2
2
7

22nd

NNS
14

27th

Complete Porsche Supercup results

Year

Team

Pts

2012

Team Deutsche Post by Tolimit

HOC
12

SPA
10

0‡

FÖRCH Racing by Lukas MS

CAT
7

MON
10

SIL
21

NÜR
9

HUN
5

SPA
1

MNZ
7

YMC
7

YMC
21†

7th

2014

Konrad Motorsport

CAT
12

MON
10

RBR
9

SIL
7

HOC
4

HUN
6

SPA
3

MNZ
2

COA
3

COA
5

4th

112

2016

race:pro motorsport

CAT

MON
2

RBR
8

SPA
7

0‡

^‡ Bachler was a guest driver, therefore he was ineligible for points.

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.