Carsten Erpenbach is a racing driver from Germany who last raced in Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for Team Mertens Motorsport. Erpenbach has recorded 1 win and 9 podiums from 39 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,285 ranks Erpenbach 23940th 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, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2024-10-19 | Nürburgring Nordschleife VT2 Front | DNF | −84 |
| 2024-08-03 | Nürburgring Nordschleife VT2 Front | DNF | −81 |
| 2024-04-14 | Nürburgring Nordschleife VT2 Front | P3 | +91 |
| 2024-04-13 | Nürburgring Nordschleife VT2 Front | P6 | −12 |
| 2024-04-07 | Nürburgring Nordschleife VT2 Front | P10 | −66 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +138 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2018 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| +123 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2022 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P2 |
| +121 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2018 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P2 |
| +100 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2018 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P2 |
| +97 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2020 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P5 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Team Mertens Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P10 | −132 | 1,285 |
| 2022 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #493 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P11 | −462 | 1,417 |
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | MSC Sinzig e.V. im ADAC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +6 | ||
| 2021 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | profibu GmbH - mathilda racing Volkswagen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P28 | +21 | 1,874 |
| 2020 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #493 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +170 | 1,934 |
| 2019 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #496 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | −57 | 1,853 |
| 2018 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #495 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P3 | −74 | 1,799 |
| 2017 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #495 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | −169 | 1,774 |
| 2016 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #495 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +40 | 1,920 |
| 2011 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #669 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P39 | +593 | 1,943 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Axel Jahn | 1,922 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 50% |
| 🇩🇪 Tobias Jung | 2,544 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 32% |
| 🇩🇪 Daniel Mertens | 2,156 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 37% |
| 🇩🇪 Kurt StrubeFIA Bronze | 2,696 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 44% |
| 🇩🇪 Janis WaldowFIA Silver | 3,070 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 20% |
| 🇩🇪 Timo Beuth | 2,115 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 20% |
| 🏳️ Felix Schumann | 2,311 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 29% |
| 🇩🇪 Michael Eichhorn | 2,256 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 21% |
| 🇩🇪 Andrei Sidorenko | 1,929 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 43% |
| 🇩🇪 Timo Hochwind | 2,490 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 23% |
| 🇬🇧 Jack AitkenFIA Platinum, 2× champion | 6,062 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇩🇪 Luca EngstlerFIA Gold | 4,954 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇿🇦 Jonathan AberdeinFIA Gold | 4,948 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23,930 | 🏳️ Chris Bermudez | NASA | 1,286 |
| 23,931 | 🏳️ David Deerson | NASA | 1,286 |
| 23,932 | 🏳️ Doug Clark | NASA | 1,286 |
| 23,933 | 🏳️ Gregory Porter | NASA | 1,286 |
| 23,934 | 🇦🇷 Hernán Goya | TC Pista Mouras | 1,286 |
| 23,935 | 🏳️ Jerry Towne | American Endurance Racing | 1,286 |
| 23,936 | 🏳️ Paul H Weston | PCA Club Racing | 1,286 |
| 23,937 | 🏳️ Stevan Davis | SCCA Majors | 1,286 |
| 23,938 | 🏳️ Tom Wansor | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,286 |
| 23,939 | 🏳️ Aaron Feng | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,285 |
| 23,940 | 🇩🇪 Carsten Erpenbach | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,285 |
| 23,941 | 🏳️ Chris Buccola | SCCA Regionals | 1,285 |
| 23,942 | 🏳️ Irvng Stein | American Endurance Racing | 1,285 |
| 23,943 | 🏳️ Neil Verity | SVRA | 1,285 |
| 23,944 | 🇦🇷 Peter Olaz | TC Pista Mouras | 1,285 |
| 23,945 | 🏳️ Sophie Slowik | SCCA Regionals | 1,285 |
| 23,946 | 🇦🇷 Adrián Macerata | TC Pista Mouras | 1,284 |
| 23,947 | 🏳️ Carl Tallardy | PCA Club Racing | 1,284 |
| 23,948 | 🇺🇸 Colin Dougherty | Historic Sportscar Racing | 1,284 |
| 23,949 | 🏳️ David Fershtand | SCCA Majors | 1,284 |
| 23,950 | 🏳️ David Potter | PCA Club Racing | 1,284 |
Carsten Erpenbach is a developing amateur racing in national multiclass endurance series at the Nürburgring. He raced the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie from 2011 to 2024 for Team Mertens Motorsport, competing in its Cup 3 class Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport, VT2 turbocharged production, and VT2 Front front-wheel-drive classes. He took one start in the Nürburgring 24 Hours in 2022 for MSC Sinzig e.V. im ADAC, racing an SP 3 modified production-based car.[1]
Across thirteen seasons and thirty-nine starts, Erpenbach took one win and nine podiums. The win came in the Langstrecken-Serie. He was most active in the early years of his record; after 2022 he did not race again. He finished ahead of established professionals in single meetings; Jack Aitken, an FIA Platinum-graded driver and Formula Renault Eurocup champion, and Jonathan Aberdein, an FIA Gold-graded driver with national and international single-seater experience, each appear once in Erpenbach's top finishes.[2]
Erpenbach raced regularly against Axel Jahn, a club-level driver also competing in the Langstrecken-Serie and the 24 Hours, and was closely matched with him. He was a regular opponent of Tobias Jung, a semi-professional and 2025 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie VT2 Front champion, but typically finished behind him. The field he competed in mixed amateur and semi-professional entrants with graded professionals in the same multiclass races.