Ben Bünnagel is a racing driver from Germany who competes in Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for Mühlner Motorsport. Bünnagel has recorded 4 wins and 21 podiums from 68 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,351 ranks Bünnagel 2349th of 40,349 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
| 2026-09-12 | Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 9 Pro-Am | P7 | −130 |
| 2026-09-11 | Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 9 Pro-Am | P5 | −51 |
| 2026-08-01 | Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 9 Pro-Am | P3 | +35 |
| 2026-05-14 | Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 9 | P10 | +98 |
| 2026-04-19 | Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 9 | P10 | +76 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +162 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2022 | Nürburgring 24 Hours | P2 |
| +158 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2021 | Nürburgring 24 Hours | P1 |
| +155 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2023 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P2 |
| +150 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2020 | Nürburgring 24 Hours | P1 |
| +149 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2021 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Mühlner Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −69 | 4,351 |
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Mühlner Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +99 | ||
| 2025 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Mühlner Motorsport | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | ↑862−384 | 4,322 |
| ▸24H Series | Mühlner Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P29 | −118 | ||
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | BLACK FALCON Team EAE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +5 | ||
| 2024 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Mühlner Motorsport | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +127 | 3,957 |
| ▸24H Series | Mühlner Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P28 | −103 | ||
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Muehlner Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +25 | ||
| 2023 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | BLACK FALCON Team IDENTICA | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P3 | +743 | 3,907 |
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Muehlner Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −33 | ||
| 2022 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | FK Performance Motorsport | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +65 | 3,197 |
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | BLACK FALCON | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +162 | ||
| 2021 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | FK Performance Motorsport Porsche 718 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P3 | +333 | 2,969 |
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | G-Tech Competition | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +158 | ||
| 2020 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | FK Performance Motorsport BMW M240i | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P11 | −130 | 2,740 |
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | BLACK FALCON Team TEXTAR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +150 | ||
| 2019 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Pixum Team Adrenalin Motorsport BMW | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P7 | +413 | 2,420 |
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Car #144 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | −96 | ||
| 2018 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Pixum Team Adrenalin Motorsport BMW M235i | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P17 | −187 | 2,384 |
| 2017 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Team Mathol Racing e.V. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | ↑324+859 | 2,209 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Karsten KrämerFIA Bronze | 4,161 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 67% |
| 🇩🇪 Christopher BrückFIA Silver | 3,651 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 43% |
| 🇩🇪 Tim ScheerbarthFIA Silver | 3,881 | 29 | 9 | 20 | 31% |
| 🇩🇪 Marcel HoppeFIA Silver | 3,333 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 72% |
| 🇩🇪 Tobias MüllerFIA Silver | 5,038 | 28 | 7 | 21 | 25% |
| 🇩🇪 Alexey VeremenkoFIA Bronze | 3,761 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 64% |
| 🇩🇪 Arne HoffmeisterFIA Silver | 3,952 | 25 | 14 | 11 | 56% |
| 🇩🇪 Nick SalewskyFIA Silver | 3,226 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 78% |
| 🇩🇪 Daniel BlickleFIA Bronze | 4,032 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 32% |
| 🇩🇪 Michele di MartinoFIA Silver | 3,305 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 59% |
| 🇳🇱 Max VerstappenFIA Platinum, 4× champion | 8,754 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇺🇸 Matt CampbellFIA Platinum, 3× champion | 6,398 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇩🇪 Maro EngelFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 6,319 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,339 | 🇩🇪 Janne Stiak | Porsche Carrera Cup NA | 4,354 |
| 2,340 | 🇺🇸 Jeb Burton | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,354 |
| 2,341 | 🇵🇹 Pedro Lamy | WEC | 4,353 |
| 2,342 | 🇺🇸 Cooper MacNeil | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,352 |
| 2,343 | 🇮🇹 Frankie Provenzano | Formula V8 3.5 | 4,352 |
| 2,344 | 🇯🇵 Hideki Yamauchi | Super GT | 4,352 |
| 2,345 | 🇬🇧 Mike Newton | FIA GT Championship | 4,352 |
| 2,346 | 🇯🇵 Tsubasa Kondo | GT World Challenge Asia | 4,352 |
| 2,347 | 🇪🇸 Victor Garcia | Indy NXT | 4,352 |
| 2,348 | 🇲🇽 Andres Perez de Lara | NASCAR Truck | 4,351 |
| 2,349 | 🇩🇪 Ben Bünnagel | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,351 |
| 2,350 | 🇦🇹 Horst Felbermayr Jr. | Asian Le Mans Series | 4,350 |
| 2,351 | 🇫🇷 Olivier Lombard | WEC | 4,350 |
| 2,352 | 🏳️ Stephan Rösler | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,350 |
| 2,353 | 🇬🇧 Fionn Mclaughlin | Formula 3 | 4,349 |
| 2,354 | 🇬🇧 Greg Mansell | Formula V8 3.5 | 4,349 |
| 2,355 | 🇦🇪 Theo Palmer | British F4 | 4,349 |
| 2,356 | 🇺🇸 Dillon Machavern | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 4,348 |
| 2,357 | 🇦🇷 Franco Vivian | Stock Car Pro Series | 4,348 |
| 2,358 | 🇨🇦 Marty Roth | IndyCar | 4,347 |
| 2,359 | 🇬🇧 Tommy Erdos | FIA GT Championship | 4,347 |
Ben Bünnagel is a professional endurance racing driver competing in multiclass championships across Germany. Graded FIA Silver, he races for Mühlner Motorsport in Porsche machinery; a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup in the Cup 2 class of the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie and Nürburgring 24 Hours, and a Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport in the Cup 3 class of both events, as well as BMW machinery in the Langstrecken-Serie's Cup 5 class. He has raced ten seasons on record since 2017, accumulating 68 starts across three championships.[1]
His record centres on the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, where he has started 58 times over a decade with two wins and eighteen podiums; he has also won twice at the Nürburgring 24 Hours across eight starts, taking three podiums there. Two additional starts in the 24H Series, a multiclass endurance championship spanning thirteen countries, completed his indexed record through 2025. His 4,351 rating places him as a professional, sitting between the entry-level and established professional bands; the FIA Silver grade confirms his position as a developing competitor in graded endurance racing, below the full-professional Platinum and Gold ranks.[2]
In fields mixing amateur and semi-professional entrants with graded professionals, Bünnagel typically finishes ahead of FIA Bronze drivers such as Karsten Krämer, a regular opponent he usually beats. He runs closely matched against Christopher Brück, the 2023 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie Cup 2 champion and an FIA Silver driver at his own level. Most notably, he has finished ahead of established professional Lucas Auer, a 2024 GT World Challenge Europe champion with extensive DTM and Formula 3 credentials, on three occasions; he has also beaten Max Verstappen, a four-time Formula 1 world champion, twice in the Langstrecken-Serie. His 2026 season is still in progress, with one round of the Nürburgring 24 Hours completed so far.