🇩🇪 Anton Ruf

Anton Ruf is a competitive amateur racing in German national multiclass endurance championships, driving BMW M240i Racing and Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport cars for BLACK FALCON Team Zimmermann. He holds an FIA Silver grade, placing him below the full professional ranks in endurance racing. Across six indexed seasons from 2021 to 2026, he has made 24 starts in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie and the Nürburgring 24 Hours, with a rating of 2,347.[1]

In the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, Ruf has taken 11 podiums from 22 starts across its BMW M240i and Cup 3 classes since 2021. He began competing in the 24-hour race in 2025, when Porsche secured a double podium finish in the Cup 3 class at the Nürburgring 24 Hours. His most recent activity comes from the 2026 running of that race, where he is competing in the early rounds of the season.[2]

The regular field at these events includes entry-level professionals and semi-professionals alongside amateurs. Ruf typically finishes behind Sven Markert, a four-time BMW M240i champion in the Langstrecken-Serie, but has proved closely matched with Michael Sander, the 2022 BMW M240i champion. He has also finished ahead of established professionals including Gold-graded drivers such as Konsta Lappalainen and two-time World Touring Car Cup champion Yann Ehrlacher in individual meetings, though these remain rare occurrences in a field where he most regularly contests podium finishes with drivers at his own level.