Jens Klingmann

Jens Klingmann
Jens Klingmann
Nationality	German
Born	16 July 1990 (age 34); Heidelberg, West Germany
FIA GT3 European Championship career
Debut season	2009
Current team	Alpina
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	25
Starts	8
Wins	0
Poles	1
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	18th in 2009
Previous series
2009; 2008; 2006–07	ADAC GT Masters; Formula 3 Euro Series; Formula BMW ADAC
Championship titles
2007	Formula BMW ADAC

Jens Klingmann (born 16 July 1990 in Heidelberg) is a German racing driver.

Career

Formula BMW

In 2006, Klingmann moved up to Formula BMW ADAC with Eifelland Racing. He finished his first FBMW campaign fourth in the Drivers' Championship with 121 points behind fellow German Marco Holzer. In 2007, Klingmann stayed with the same team, where he won the Drivers' Championship with 699 points and taking ten race wins, his nearest rival being Spain's Daniel Campos-Hull.

Formula Three

In 2008, Klingmann stepped up to the Formula 3 Euro Series with Italian team RC Motorsport.^[1] He finished 27th in the championship standings, without scoring a point.

Racing career

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2006	Formula BMW ADAC	Eifelland Racing	18	0	1	0	4	121	4th
2006	Formula BMW World Final	Eifelland Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
2007	Formula BMW ADAC	Eifelland Racing	18	10	7	8	15	699	1st
2007	Formula BMW World Final	Eifelland Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
2008	Formula 3 Euro Series	RC Motorsport	20	0	0	0	0	0	29th
2009	FIA GT3 European Championship	Alpina	8	0	1	0	1	11	18th
	ADAC GT Masters	Alpina	6	1	2	2	2	23	14th
	Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo - Pro	Lamborghini München Team Holzer	3	3	1	3	3	38	8th
2010	ADAC GT Masters	Abt Sportsline	14	2	0	0	4	45	5th
2011	ADAC GT Masters	Abt Sportsline	16	0	0	0	4	91	8th
2012	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	BMW Team Vita4one	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2013	ADAC GT Masters	PIXUM Team Schubert	2	1	1	0	2	40	16th
	Blancpain Endurance Series	Marc VDS Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	BMW Team Schubert	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
2014	ADAC GT Masters	PIXUM Team Schubert	16	0	1	1	1	92	9th
	Blancpain GT Sprint Series	BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
	Blancpain Endurance Series	TDS Racing	1	0	0	0	0	13	20th
2015	ADAC GT Masters	BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert	14	4	0	1	4	156	3rd
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	United SportsCar Championship - GTLM	BMW Team RLL	3	0	0	0	1	91	13th
	24H Series - A6	Walkenhorst Motorsport
2016	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Rowe Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Turner Motorsport	11	2	0	2	3	279	6th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Schubert Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2017	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Rowe Racing	2	0	0	1	0	0	NC
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Turner Motorsport	12	1	0	0	3	294	4th
	24H Series - SPX	Schubert Motorsport
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Schubert Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
2018	ADAC GT Masters	MRS GT-Racing	14	0	0	0	0	17	27th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	Rowe Racing	5	0	0	0	1	27	17th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Turner Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	17	58th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Falken Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	15th
2019	ADAC GT Masters	MRS GT-Racing	14	1	1	1	1	71	14th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Turner Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	22	52nd
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Falken Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
2019–20	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Astro Veloce Motorsport	2	0	0	0	1	25	12th
2020	ADAC GT Masters	MRS GT-Racing	10	1	0	0	2	54	19th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Boutsen Ginion Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Boutsen Ginion Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Turner Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	25	45th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	BMW Team Schnitzer	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
2021	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Boutsen Ginion Racing
2021	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Schubert Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
2022	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Turner Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	141	68th
	Italian GT Championship - Sprint - GT3	BMW Italia Ceccato Motors	8	1	3	4	5	78	2nd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Walkenhorst Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Schubert Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2022-23	Middle East Trophy - GT3	MS7 by Team WRT
2023	GT World Challenge Asia - GT3	FIST - Team AAI	2	0	0	0	0	4	40th
	GT World Challenge Asia - GT3	GH - Team AAI	2	0	0	0	0	4	40th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Team WRT	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Italian GT Championship - Sprint - GT3	BMW Italia Ceccato Racing	8	2	0	0	5	98	1st
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Turner Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	161	64th
	Michelin Pilot Challenge - GS	Turner Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	130	61st
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Walkenhorst Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	OQ by Oman Racing	5	1	0	0	1	25	11th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Turner Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	185	68th
	Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT3	BMW Italia Ceccato Racing	8	4	3	3	6	116	1st
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP3T	FK Performance Motorsport
	24H Series - GT3	Poulsen Motorsport

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points	Ref
2015	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW Z4 GTE	BMW 4.4 L V8	DAY 4	SEB 4	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	AUS	PET 2			13th	91	^[2]
2016	Turner Motorsport	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	BMW 4.4 L V8	DAY 22	SEB 2	LGA 5	BEL 9	WGL 13	MOS 1	LIM 6	ELK 7	VIR 11	AUS 1	PET 9		6th	279	^[3]
2017	Turner Motorsport	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	BMW 4.4 L V8	DAY 8	SEB 20	LBH 9	AUS 5	BEL 4	WGL 3	MOS 4	LIM 14	ELK 1	VIR 2	LGA 5	PET 15	4th	294	^[4]
2018	Turner Motorsport	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	BMW 4.4 L V8	DAY 14	SEB	MOH	BEL	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET		58th	17	^[5]
2019	Turner Motorsport	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	BMW 4.4 L V8	DAY 9	SEB	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET		52nd	22	^[6]
2020	Turner Motorsport	GTD	BMW M6 GT3	BMW 4.4 L V8	DAY 6	DAY	SEB	ELK	VIR	ATL	MDO	CLT	PET	LGA	SEB		45th	25	^[7]
2022	Turner Motorsport	GTD	BMW M4 GT3	BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6	DAY 18	SEB	LBH	LGA	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET	68th	141	^[8]
2023	Turner Motorsport	GTD	BMW M4 GT3	BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6	DAY 17	SEB	LBH	MON	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET		64th	161	^[9]
2024	Turner Motorsport	GTD	BMW M4 GT3	BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6	DAY 14	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET			58th	185	^[10]
Source:^[11]

References

^ "German juniors: Götz and Klingmann with Volkswagen power". f3euroseries.com. Formula 3 Euro Series. 18 January 2008. Archived from the original on 21 March 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
^ "Jens Klingmann – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
^ "Jens Klingmann – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
^ "Jens Klingmann – 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
^ "Jens Klingmann – 2018 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
^ "Jens Klingmann – 2019 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
^ "Jens Klingmann – 2020 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
^ "Jens Klingmann – 2022 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
^ "Jens Klingmann – 2023 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
^ "Jens Klingmann – 2024 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
^ "Jens Klingmann Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

External links

Official website (in German)
Jens Klingmann career summary at DriverDB.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Christian Vietoris	Formula BMW ADAC Champion 2007	Succeeded by Series merged into Formula BMW Europe

[1] "German juniors: Götz and Klingmann with Volkswagen power". f3euroseries.com. Formula 3 Euro Series. 18 January 2008. Archived from the original on 21 March 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2009.

[2] "Jens Klingmann – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

[3] "Jens Klingmann – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

[4] "Jens Klingmann – 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

[5] "Jens Klingmann – 2018 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

[6] "Jens Klingmann – 2019 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

[7] "Jens Klingmann – 2020 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

[8] "Jens Klingmann – 2022 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

[9] "Jens Klingmann – 2023 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

[10] "Jens Klingmann – 2024 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

[11] "Jens Klingmann Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

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