🇩🇪 Christian Kraus

The Wikipedia entry supplied does not match the racing record. The data shows Christian Kraus as a German semi-professional driver, FIA Bronze graded, racing BMW M240i and Porsche Cayman GT4 machinery in German national endurance championships since 2022. The biographical background names an American stock car driver of the same name with a different career entirely. The record used here is the authoritative one for this driver.[1]

Christian Kraus is a semi-professional endurance racing driver competing in German national multiclass championships. He races for Smyrlis Racing in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie and Nürburgring 24 Hours, sharing BMW M240i Racing cars and Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport machinery across four seasons from 2022 to 2026. His FIA Bronze grade places him among the amateur and gentleman drivers in a field that includes graded professionals. He has taken three podiums from 21 starts, including one at the Nürburgring 24 Hours.[2]

The bulk of his racing sits in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, where he has started 18 times and finished on the podium twice. He has contested the 24-hour race three times since 2023, taking a podium in one of those attempts. His record against regular opponents shows him consistently ahead of Markus Nölken, a fellow Bronze-graded amateur, but usually finishing behind Aaron Wenisch, an entry-level professional with Silver credentials and significantly greater experience in both championships. Kraus has on occasion beaten established professionals; he finished ahead of Konsta Lappalainen and Thierry Vermeulen, both Gold-graded drivers with extensive GT World Challenge Europe records, once each. His most recent activity is the 2026 Nürburgring 24 Hours, which is still in progress.