Francois Wales is a racing driver from France who competes in Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for Auto Thomas by Jung Motorsport. Wales has recorded 0 wins and 2 podiums from 14 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,492 ranks Wales 21443th of 40,308 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.
| 2025-05-10 | Nürburgring Nordschleife VT2 Front 4WD | P10 | −56 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +111 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2019 | Nürburgring 24 Hours | P2 |
| +86 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2021 | Nürburgring 24 Hours | P3 |
| +81 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2023 | Nürburgring 24 Hours | P4 |
| +57 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2019 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P5 |
| +50 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2022 | Nürburgring 24 Hours | P5 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Auto Thomas by Jung Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P28 | −56 | 1,492 |
| 2023 | ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Car #57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +81 | 1,548 |
| ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #802 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +23 | ||
| 2022 | ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Car #89 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +50 | 1,445 |
| 2021 | ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Car #90 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +86 | 1,395 |
| 2020 | ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Car #90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | −69 | 1,395 |
| 2019 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #302 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P22 | −104 | 1,378 |
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Car #164 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +111 | ||
| 2018 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #501 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +126 | 1,476 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Christoph Schmitz | 2,496 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇩🇪 Marcel Unland | 2,438 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇩🇪 Volker Garrn | 2,123 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🇩🇪 Jens Wulf | 1,961 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇩🇪 Axel Jahn | 1,922 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| 🇦🇲 Artur GoroyanFIA Bronze | 4,628 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇩🇪 Janis WaldowFIA Silver | 3,070 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇨🇭 Frederic YerlyFIA Silver | 2,696 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🇩🇪 Gerrit Holthaus | 2,569 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇩🇪 Michael Bohrer | 2,440 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇩🇪 Luca EngstlerFIA Gold | 4,853 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇩🇪 Franz EngstlerFIA Bronze, 1× champion | 4,399 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇯🇵 Carlo van DamFIA Gold | 4,004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21,433 | 🇺🇸 Michael Dayton | NASA | 1,493 |
| 21,434 | 🏳️ Michael Meek | PCA Club Racing | 1,493 |
| 21,435 | 🇬🇧 Ronnie Price | American Endurance Racing | 1,493 |
| 21,436 | 🏳️ Charles Kline | American Endurance Racing | 1,492 |
| 21,437 | 🏳️ Chris Turrisi | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,492 |
| 21,438 | 🏳️ David Culberson | American Endurance Racing | 1,492 |
| 21,439 | 🏳️ Derek Holmes | SCCA Regionals | 1,492 |
| 21,440 | 🏳️ Doug Fambrough | SCCA Regionals | 1,492 |
| 21,441 | 🇦🇷 Esteban Luna | TC Pista Mouras | 1,492 |
| 21,442 | 🏳️ Florin Sabau | World Racing League | 1,492 |
| 21,443 | 🇫🇷 Francois Wales | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,492 |
| 21,444 | 🏳️ Jorge Giovannini | NASA | 1,492 |
| 21,445 | 🇰🇷 Kan Choi Jong | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,492 |
| 21,446 | 🏳️ Noah Maguire | American Endurance Racing | 1,492 |
| 21,447 | 🇬🇧 Peter Hanson | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,492 |
| 21,448 | 🇺🇸 Samuel LeComte | SVRA | 1,492 |
| 21,449 | 🏳️ Stephen Townsend | American Endurance Racing | 1,492 |
| 21,450 | 🏳️ Tucker Dorsey | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,492 |
| 21,451 | 🏳️ Watts / Battle | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,492 |
| 21,452 | 🏳️ Yakov Bielak | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,492 |
| 21,453 | 🏳️ Afrim Zeka | BMW CCA Club Racing | 1,491 |
Francois Wales is a club-level driver racing in national multiclass endurance championships at the Nürburgring. He competes in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie and the Nürburgring 24 Hours, driving turbocharged production-based race cars and touring cars in shared-driver format. His primary team is Car #501.[1]
Across seven seasons from 2018 to 2025, Wales has made 14 starts and taken two podiums, both in the Nürburgring 24 Hours. He typically finishes behind regular competitors in his field; in the Langstrecken-Serie he has consistently run behind Christoph Schmitz and Marcel Unland, both competitive amateurs with substantially more racing experience at the venue. His best results have come against stronger opposition: he finished ahead of Luca Engstler, a professional driver with 36 DTM starts and World Touring Car Cup experience, once; and ahead of Artur Goroyan, a professional who has raced the 24-hour format five times, twice.[2]