Michael Krumm
Michael Krumm is a German former professional racing driver and current team manager at 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. Kimiko Date announced their divorce on Twitter on September 26, 2016.file:Michael Krumm 2010 Motorsport Japan.jpg|thumb|220px|Krumm in 2010
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
- 1999 All-Japan GT; Formula Nippon & No Finish at Le Mans
- 2000 All-Japan GT & Formula Nippon 2nd
- 2001 CART ; Formula Nippon & All-Japan GT, 1 win
- 2002 All-Japan GT & 3rd at Le Mans,
- 2003 All-Japan GT champion
- 2004 All-Japan GT, one win
- 2005 Super GT; Le Mans
- 2006 Super GT
- 2007 Super GT & Formula Nippon
- 2008 Super GT
- 2009 Le Mans Series & FIA GT Championship
- 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship
- 2011 FIA GT1 World Championship Drivers Champion
- 2012 Super GT
- 2013 Super GT
- 2014 Super GT
- 2015 Super GT
Complete German Formula Three results
| 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 | A | ZOL 1 2 | ZOL 2 1 | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 6 | WUN 1 6 | WUN 2 2 | AVU 1 Ret | AVU 2 8 | NÜR 1 6 | NÜR 2 6 | HOC 1 4 | HOC 2 6 | NOR 1 20 | NOR 2 10 | BRN 1 8 | BRN 2 7 | DIE 1 6 | DIE 2 3 | NÜR 1 5 | NÜR 2 8 | ALE 1 4 | ALE 2 9 | NÜR 1 6 | NÜR 2 Ret | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 4 | 6th | 158 |
| 1993 | G+M Escom Motorsport | Opel | A | ZOL 1 1 | ZOL 2 1 | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 8 | NÜR 1 3 | NÜR 2 1 | WUN 1 8 | WUN 2 Ret | NOR 1 7 | NOR 2 3 | DIE 1 4 | DIE 2 Ret | NÜR 1 1 | NÜR 2 2 | ALE 1 6 | ALE 2 9 | AVU 1 3 | AVU 2 2 | HOC 1 3 | HOC 2 3 | 4th | 198 |
Complete Japanese Formula 3 results
| Year | Team | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Pts |
| 1994 | TOM'S | Toyota | SUZ 4 | FUJ 3 | TSU 1 | SUZ 1 | SEN 1 | TOK 2 | MIN 1 | TAI 1 | SUG 1 | SUZ 5 | 1st | 60 |
Complete Japanese Formula 3000/Formula Nippon results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
| 1994 | Dome | SUZ | FUJ | MIN | SUZ | SUG | FUJ | SUZ | FUJ 4 | FUJ 7 | SUZ 15 | 11th | 3 |
| 1995 | Stellar International | SUZ | FUJ | MIN Ret | SUZ Ret | SUG Ret | FUJ Ret | TOK 7 | FUJ Ret | SUZ 7 | NC | 0 | |
| 1996 | Stellar | SUZ 4 | MIN 6 | FUJ 11 | TOK 16 | SUZ 11 | SUG 9 | FUJ Ret | MIN Ret | SUZ Ret | FUJ Ret | 15th | 4 |
| 1997 | Stellar | SUZ Ret | MIN 13 | FUJ Ret | SUZ | SUG | FUJ | MIN | 17th | 1 | |||
| 1997 | Team LeMans | MOT 6 | FUJ | 17th | 1 | ||||||||
| 1997 | Team Cerumo | SUZ 10 | 17th | 1 | |||||||||
| 1999 | Team 5ZIGEN | SUZ | MOT 5 | MIN Ret | FUJ 3 | SUZ 11 | SUG 4 | FUJ 9 | MIN 4 | MOT Ret | SUZ 2 | 5th | 19 |
| 2000 | Team 5ZIGEN | SUZ 2 | MOT 2 | MIN 2 | FUJ Ret | SUZ 3 | SUG 5 | MOT 2 | FUJ 5 | MIN Ret | SUZ 4 | 2nd | 35 |
| 2001 | Team 5ZIGEN | SUZ Ret | MOT 4 | MIN 4 | FUJ 2 | SUZ Ret | SUG 6 | FUJ 3 | MIN Ret | MOT 7 | SUZ 4 | 7th | 20 |
| 2002 | Team Impul | SUZ 7 | FUJ 7 | MIN | SUZ | MOT | SUG | FUJ | MIN | MOT | SUZ | NC | 0 |
| 2007 | Team Impul | FUJ 6 | SUZ 7 | MOT 7 | OKA 8 | SUZ 5 | FUJ Ret | SUG Ret | MOT 15 | SUZ Ret | 10th | 12 |
Complete JTCC results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Pts |
| 1995 | TOM'S | Toyota Corona EXiV | FUJ 1 Ret | FUJ 2 DNS | SUG 1 2 | SUG 2 Ret | TOK 1 4 | TOK 2 1 | SUZ 1 14 | SUZ 2 6 | MIN 1 17 | MIN 2 13 | AID 1 4 | AID 2 7 | SEN 1 Ret | SEN 2 Ret | FUJ 1 Ret | FUJ 2 9 | 8th | 52 |
| 1996 | TOM'S | Toyota Corona EXiV | FUJ 1 4 | FUJ 2 7 | SUG 1 4 | SUG 2 1 | SUZ 1 3 | SUZ 2 3 | MIN 1 2 | MIN 2 6 | SEN 1 3 | SEN 2 9 | TOK 1 4 | TOK 2 4 | FUJ 1 7 | FUJ 2 10 | 3rd | 87 | ||
| 1997 | TOM'S | Toyota Corona EXiV | FUJ 1 C | FUJ 2 C | AID 1 7 | AID 2 9 | SUG 1 1 | SUG 2 Ret | SUZ 1 10 | SUZ 2 Ret | 10th | 39 | ||||||||
| 1997 | TOM'S | Toyota Chaser | MIN 1 6 | MIN 2 4 | SEN 1 Ret | SEN 2 DNS | TOK 1 Ret | TOK 2 10 | FUJ 1 12 | FUJ 2 Ret | 10th | 39 |