Niklas Krütten
Niklas Krütten is a German racing driver who currently competes in the European Le Mans Series driving an Oreca 07 LMP2 for Cool Racing as well as in the ADAC GT Masters driving a BMW M4 GT3 for Schubert Motorsport. He is the 2021 European Le Mans Series LMP3 runner-up and the 2020 Euroformula Open rookies' champion. He won the silver medal in the Formula 4 Cup at the 2019 FIA Motorsport Games, and previously raced in the Italian, ADAC and [Formula 4 Formula 4 UAE Championship|UAE Championship|UAE] Formula 4 championships. Krütten is an ADAC Stiftung Sport alumni.
Career
2023 saw Krütten compete in the GT World Challenge Europe for the first time in his career. He would line up for Team WRT in both the Sprint Cup and Endurance Cup alongside Calan Williams, with Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer joining for the Endurance Cup.Racing record
Racing career summary
† As Krütten was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
| 2018 | ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg | OSC 1 9 | OSC 2 9 | OSC 3 5 | HOC1 1 Ret | HOC1 2 8 | HOC1 3 2 | LAU 1 Ret | LAU 2 12 | LAU 3 8 | RBR 1 12 | RBR 2 7 | RBR 3 3 | HOC2 1 Ret | HOC2 2 9 | NÜR 1 9 | NÜR 2 7 | NÜR 3 1 | HOC3 1 12 | HOC3 2 8 | HOC3 3 7 | 8th | 108 |
| 2019 | Van Amersfoort Racing | OSC 1 4 | OSC 2 1 | OSC 3 8 | RBR 1 8 | RBR 2 8 | RBR 3 2 | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 7 | ZAN 1 8 | ZAN 2 9 | ZAN 3 4 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NÜR 3 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | HOC 3 | SAC 1 | SAC 2 | SAC 3 | 10th | 93 |
Complete Italian F4 Championship results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | Pos | Points |
| 2018 | BWT Mücke Motorsport | ADR 1 22 | ADR 2 Ret | ADR 3 11 | LEC 1 8 | LEC 2 29 | LEC 3 16 | MNZ 1 10 | MNZ 2 Ret | MNZ 3 7 | MIS 1 Ret | MIS 2 9 | MIS 3 21 | IMO 1 7 | IMO 2 8 | IMO 3 7 | VLL 1 6 | VLL 2 15 | VLL 3 12 | MUG 1 7 | MUG 2 Ret | MUG 3 11 | 13th | 43 | |
| [2019 Italian F4 Championship|Italian F4 Championship|2019] | Van Amersfoort Racing | VLL 1 27 | VLL 2 8 | VLL 3 30 | MIS 1 3 | MIS 2 2 | MIS 3 C | HUN 1 Ret | HUN 2 8 | HUN 3 10 | RBR 1 2 | RBR 2 2 | RBR 3 27 | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | IMO 3 | IMO 4 | MUG 1 | MUG 2 | MUG 3 | MNZ 1 | MNZ 2 | MNZ 3 | 11th | 78 |
Complete Euroformula Open Championship results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
| 2019 | Team Motopark | LEC 1 | LEC 2 | PAU 1 | PAU 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | HUN 1 | HUN 2 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | SIL 1 8 | SIL 2 8 | CAT 1 12 | CAT 2 11 | MNZ 1 8 | MNZ 2 11 | 20th | 14 |
| 2020 | Team Motopark | HUN 1 8 | HUN 2 | LEC 1 5 | LEC 2 6 | RBR 1 8 | RBR 2 3 | MNZ 1 3 | MNZ 2 3 | MNZ 3 3 | MUG 1 4 | MUG 2 4 | SPA 1 12 | SPA 2 6 | SPA 3 5 | CAT 1 3 | CAT 2 7 | CAT 3 8 | CAT 4 | 5th |
Complete European Le Mans Series results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
| 2021 | Cool Racing | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8 | CAT 1 | RBR 1 | LEC 2 | MNZ 4 | SPA 2 | ALG 8 | 2nd | 104 |
| 2022 | Cool Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 5 | IMO 3 | MNZ 8 | CAT 3 | SPA 5 | ALG 3 | 5th | 70 |
Complete ADAC GT Masters results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
| 2022 | Schubert Motorsport | BMW M4 GT3 | OSC 1 10 | OSC 2 16 | RBR 1 13 | RBR 2 11 | ZAN 1 18† | ZAN 2 11 | NÜR 1 10 | NÜR 2 112 | LAU 1 11 | LAU 2 9 | SAC 1 | SAC 2 | HOC 1 7 | HOC 2 9 | 9th | 107 |
Complete GT World Challenge Europe results
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
* Season still in progress.GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
* Season still in progress.Complete Super GT results
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
| 2024 | BMW M Team Studie × CRS | BMW M4 GT3 | GT300 | OKA 3 | FUJ 11 | SUZ 7 | FUJ 7 | SUG 4 | AUT 4 | MOT 52 | SUZ 13 | 5th | 43 |
* Season still in progress.