Claudius Karch is a racing driver from Germany who competes in Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for Schmickler Performance powered by Ravenol. Karch is a two-time champion (2015, 2016), with 25 wins and 37 podiums from 56 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,105 ranks Karch 7868th 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.
| 2026-06-20 | Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 3T | P1 | +62 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +153 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2019 | Nürburgring 24 Hours | P1 |
| +153 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2013 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| +140 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2014 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| +138 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2019 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| +135 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2013 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Schmickler Performance powered by Ravenol | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +62 | 3,105 |
| 2024 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Schmickler Performance powered by Ravenol | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P4 | +23 | 3,043 |
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Car #165 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | −129 | ||
| 2021 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Schmickler Performance powered by Ravenol Porsche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −84 | 3,150 |
| 2019 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Schmickler Performance powered by Ravenol Porsche 718 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +114 | 3,234 |
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Car #80 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +153 | ||
| 2018 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Schmickler Performance powered by Ravenol Porsche | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P7 | −48 | 2,881 |
| 2017 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Team Mathol Racing e.V. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +133 | 2,767 |
| 2016 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Team Mathol Racing e.V. | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +215 | 2,953 |
| 2015 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Team Mathol Racing e.V. | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +153 | 2,990 |
| 2014 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Team Mathol Racing e.V. | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P4 | +284 | 2,796 |
| 2013 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Team Mathol Racing e.V. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P9 | +371 | 2,230 |
| 2012 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Team Mathol Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P22 | +509 | 1,859 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇭 Rüdiger SchichtFIA Bronze | 2,636 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 75% |
| 🏳️ Eugen Sing | 1,887 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 76% |
| 🏳️ Bertin Sing | 1,884 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 76% |
| 🏳️ Thomas Herbst | 2,081 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 67% |
| 🏳️ Stein Tveten | 1,839 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 75% |
| 🇩🇪 Yannick FübrichFIA Silver | 3,753 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 75% |
| 🏳️ Bernd Hähner | 1,800 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 75% |
| 🇦🇷 Adolfo Vazquez Marcos | 3,045 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 67% |
| 🇩🇪 Moritz KranzFIA Silver | 4,156 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 47% |
| 🇨🇭 Sebastian Schäfer | 1,668 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 80% |
| 🇯🇵 Kamui KobayashiFIA Platinum, 2× champion | 5,277 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇯🇵 Seita NonakaFIA Gold | 5,056 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇯🇵 Wolfgang ReipFIA Silver | 4,865 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7,858 | 🇺🇸 Chase Mattioli | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,107 |
| 7,859 | 🇺🇸 Max Hewitt | GT4 America | 3,107 |
| 7,860 | 🇺🇸 Amy Ruman | Trans-Am | 3,106 |
| 7,861 | 🇫🇷 Anthony Gandon | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,106 |
| 7,862 | 🇺🇸 Bobby Boggero | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,106 |
| 7,863 | 🇺🇸 Freddie Hughes | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,106 |
| 7,864 | 🇨🇿 Istvàn Ràcz | FIA GT Championship | 3,106 |
| 7,865 | 🇲🇴 Kelvin Leong | World Touring Car Championship | 3,106 |
| 7,866 | 🇺🇸 Mike Skinner | International GT | 3,106 |
| 7,867 | 🇬🇧 Tim Lynn | Velocity Invitational | 3,106 |
| 7,868 | 🇩🇪 Claudius Karch | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,105 |
| 7,869 | 🇵🇱 Filip Kaminiarz | Euroformula Open | 3,105 |
| 7,870 | 🇺🇸 Ofir LEVY | Ferrari Challenge | 3,105 |
| 7,871 | 🇫🇷 Sebastién Crubile | 24H Series | 3,105 |
| 7,872 | 🇯🇵 Sumio Sakurai | FIA GT Championship | 3,105 |
| 7,873 | 🇺🇸 Carson Loftin | NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour | 3,104 |
| 7,874 | 🇺🇸 Cody Jolly | Star Mazda Championship | 3,104 |
| 7,875 | 🇫🇷 Didier Caradec | FIA GT Championship | 3,104 |
| 7,876 | 🇺🇸 John Plemmons | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,104 |
| 7,877 | 🇺🇸 Alexander Mayer | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 3,103 |
| 7,878 | 🇵🇹 António Coimbra | FIA GT Championship | 3,103 |
Claudius Karch is an entry-level professional competing in national German endurance racing. He races for Schmickler Performance in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, a multiclass championship where he pilots Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport and GT4 machinery in shared-car racing. He holds a Bronze FIA grading, the amateur classification in endurance racing.[1]
Karch has taken two consecutive Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie titles with Team Mathol Racing in 2015 and 2016, having won 24 of his 54 starts in that series across a fourteen-year span from 2012 onwards. He added a Nürburgring 24 Hours victory in 2019, one of two entries in that event. His 25 wins across 56 career starts place him among the series regulars at Nürburgring, where he took 36 podiums in the Langstrecken-Serie and one in the 24-hour race. He remains active, most recently competing at the Nürburgring 24 Hours in 2024.[2]
The Langstrecken-Serie field mixes amateur and professional entrants across its 15 classes. Among his regular opponents, Karch typically finishes ahead of semi-professional Bronze-graded driver Rüdiger Schicht, a 116-start regular in the series, and club-level driver Eugen Sing. His record includes two victories each over Kamui Kobayashi, an established professional and Platinum-graded driver with credits in Formula 1, the WEC Hypercar category and Formula Renault, and Seita Nonaka, an established professional with Super Formula and Super GT experience.