Klaus Niesen is a racing driver from Germany who last raced in Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for Schmickler Performance powered by Ravenol. Niesen has recorded 0 wins and 3 podiums from 31 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,298 ranks Niesen 14775th 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 Cup 3 | P12 | −57 |
| 2024-06-22 | Nürburgring Nordschleife Cup 3 | P11 | −36 |
| 2024-04-07 | Nürburgring Nordschleife Cup 3 | P8 | −4 |
| 2024-04-06 | Nürburgring Nordschleife Cup 3 | P9 | −20 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +102 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2018 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P3 |
| +76 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2017 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P3 |
| +75 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2017 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P4 |
| +68 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2011 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P7 |
| +60 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2017 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P3 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Schmickler Performance powered by Ravenol | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P31 | −117 | 2,298 |
| 2021 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Schmickler Performance powered by Ravenol Porsche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | −14 | 2,415 |
| 2019 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Ring Racing with Novel Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −20 | 2,429 |
| 2018 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Ring Racing with Novel Lexus | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P7 | −132 | 2,469 |
| 2017 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Ring Racing | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P3 | ↑331+126 | 2,533 |
| 2016 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #540 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −7 | 2,512 |
| 2011 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #652 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P33 | ↑399+56 | 2,131 |
| 2010 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Team Ring Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P31 | +326 | 1,676 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Stephan Köhler | 4,572 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 13% |
| 🇩🇪 Christian KohlhaasFIA Bronze | 3,265 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 13% |
| 🇩🇪 Mike JägerFIA Bronze | 4,357 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8% |
| 🇩🇪 Bernd Kleeschulte | 2,092 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 50% |
| 🇩🇪 Florian QuanteFIA Silver | 2,031 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 40% |
| 🇨🇭 Rüdiger SchichtFIA Bronze | 2,636 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 56% |
| 🇩🇪 Horst BaumannFIA Bronze | 3,459 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% |
| 🏳️ Bert Flossbach | 3,455 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% |
| 🏳️ Andreas Weiland | 3,266 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% |
| 🇩🇪 David Ackermann | 2,253 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Ross GunnFIA Platinum | 5,009 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇵🇱 Jakub GiermaziakFIA Gold, 2× champion | 4,818 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇩🇪 Kim-Luis SchrammFIA Silver | 4,720 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14,765 | 🏳️ Zach Ehrlich | SCCA Majors | 2,301 |
| 14,766 | 🇬🇧 Alex Waters | International GT | 2,300 |
| 14,767 | 🏳️ Amin Rassaei | Lucas Oil Formula Car Race Series | 2,300 |
| 14,768 | 🏳️ Kenny Bupp | SVRA | 2,300 |
| 14,769 | 🇫🇷 Romuald Bocquet | GB4 | 2,300 |
| 14,770 | 🏳️ Christian Bauer | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,299 |
| 14,771 | 🇺🇸 Farhan Siddiqi | IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge | 2,299 |
| 14,772 | 🇩🇪 Philipp Göschel | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 2,299 |
| 14,773 | 🇩🇪 Sebastian Kemper | 24H Series | 2,299 |
| 14,774 | 🏳️ Jason Pintar | SCCA Regionals | 2,298 |
| 14,775 | 🇩🇪 Klaus Niesen | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,298 |
| 14,776 | 🇺🇸 Larry Howard | SCCA Majors | 2,298 |
| 14,777 | 🏳️ Steven Sammut | SCCA Regionals | 2,298 |
| 14,778 | 🇺🇸 Jeffrey Stammer | 24H Series | 2,297 |
| 14,779 | 🇬🇧 Jessica Edgar | F1 Academy | 2,297 |
| 14,780 | 🇩🇪 Michael von Zabiensky | 24H Series | 2,297 |
| 14,781 | 🇺🇸 Bobby Christensen | Ferrari Challenge | 2,296 |
| 14,782 | 🏳️ Christian Schmitz | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,296 |
| 14,783 | 🏳️ Larry Fraser | NASA | 2,296 |
| 14,784 | 🇨🇦 Peter Klutt | American Endurance Racing | 2,296 |
| 14,785 | 🇩🇪 André Krumbach | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,295 |
Klaus Niesen is a competitive amateur racer competing in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, a national multiclass endurance championship run in Germany where up to 15 classes share the grid. He races for Schmickler Performance powered by Ravenol across multiple machinery: Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport cars in the Cup 3 class, Toyota GT86 cup cars in Cup 4, and GT4 machinery in SP 10. He holds an FIA Bronze grading, the amateur classification in endurance racing.[1]
Across eight seasons from 2010 to 2024, Niesen took 31 starts and scored three podium finishes. He remained in the 31st championship position in the series' 2024 season, which comprises four rounds to date.[2]
The field at Langstrecken-Serie runs from amateurs to graded professionals racing together. Niesen regularly faced Stephan Köhler, a professional who won the SP 8 championship three consecutive years from 2016 to 2018 across 38 series starts, and Christian Kohlhaas, an entry-level professional and fellow Bronze-graded driver who shares those same SP 8 titles and has also raced the Nürburgring 24 Hours. Niesen typically finished behind both. He has beaten established professional Jakub Giermaziak, a Gold-graded driver and two-time SP 9 Pro champion, once in their meetings, and took a finish ahead of Platinum-graded Jakub Giermaziak, a Platinum-graded established professional with extensive IMSA and formula racing experience, once.