🇹🇷 Emir Asari

Emir Asari is a semi-professional endurance racing driver who competed in multiclass championships at the Nürburgring between 2018 and 2024. He raced for Max Kruse Racing across 30 starts in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie and five starts in the Nürburgring 24 Hours, driving turbocharged production-based race cars, near-standard production cars, and BMW one-make cup machinery shared with co-drivers. His most recent racing was the 2024 Nürburgring 24 Hours.[1]

Asari took two wins and 16 podiums across 35 starts. He won once in the Langstrecken-Serie and once in the 24 Hours; his 13 podiums in the series championship came across 30 starts, and he added three more in five appearances at the 24-hour race. He raced regularly against Christopher Rink, the four-time V4 class champion, and finished behind him consistently; he was more closely matched with Philipp Stahlschmidt, another regular opponent across both series.[2]

Asari shared grids with established professionals including Matthias Kaiser, a driver with nine World Endurance Championship starts and 30 European Le Mans Series starts, whom Asari finished ahead of three times. He also outfinished Andrea Caldarelli once, an FIA Platinum-graded driver and champion of both the 2019 GT World Challenge Europe and 2024 European Le Mans Series LMGT3. In his primary team, Team AVIA Sorg Rennsport, he competed alongside established competition on a grid where entry-level and established professionals raced alongside semi-professional and amateur entrants.