Markus Schmickler is a racing driver from Germany who competes in Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for Schmickler Performance powered by Ravenol. Schmickler is a two-time champion (2010, 2011), with 22 wins and 48 podiums from 91 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,619 ranks Schmickler 5342th 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.
| 2025-10-11 | Nürburgring Nordschleife Cup 3 | P13 | −166 |
| 2025-09-27 | Nürburgring Nordschleife Cup 3 | P4 | −12 |
| 2025-09-14 | Nürburgring Nordschleife Cup 3 | P2 | +49 |
| 2025-09-13 | Nürburgring Nordschleife Cup 3 | P5 | +12 |
| 2025-08-16 | Nürburgring Nordschleife Cup 3 | P3 | +31 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +162 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2010 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| +157 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2015 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| +148 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2010 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| +142 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2016 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| +129 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2010 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Schmickler Performance powered by Ravenol | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | −60 | 3,619 |
| 2024 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Schmickler Performance powered by Ravenol | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +36 | 3,680 |
| 2023 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Schmickler Performance powered by Ravenol | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | −171 | 3,643 |
| 2021 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Schmickler Performance powered by Ravenol Porsche | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −258 | 3,815 |
| 2018 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | PROOM Racing Porsche | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −360 | 4,073 |
| 2017 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Landgraf Motorsport Mercedes-AMG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P40 | ↑1,830−142 | 4,248 |
| 2016 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Landgraf Motorsport Porsche | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P6 | −30 | 4,492 |
| 2015 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Landgraf Motorsport Porsche | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | P13 | +8 | 2,665 |
| 2014 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #192 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P6 | +408 | 2,874 |
| 2013 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Scuderia Augustusburg Brühl e.V. | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | P3 | −187 | 2,358 |
| 2012 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Scuderia Augustusburg Brühl e.V. | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +183 | 2,546 |
| 2011 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #433 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +118 | 2,363 |
| 2010 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Scuderia Augustusburg Brühl | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +895 | 2,245 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇭 Rüdiger SchichtFIA Bronze | 2,636 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 74% |
| 🏳️ Bertin Sing | 1,884 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 68% |
| 🏳️ Eugen Sing | 1,887 | 27 | 18 | 9 | 67% |
| 🏳️ Günther Hartwig | 1,750 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 81% |
| 🇨🇭 Ivan JacomaFIA Bronze | 3,234 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 52% |
| 🇸🇪 Tommy GrabergFIA Bronze | 2,542 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 79% |
| 🇩🇪 Carsten Knechtges | 2,521 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 32% |
| 🇩🇪 David Ackermann | 2,253 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 63% |
| 🏳️ Hans-Robert Holzer | 1,736 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 79% |
| 🇪🇨 Andres Serrano | 1,365 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 79% |
| 🇳🇱 Max VerstappenFIA Platinum, 4× champion | 8,679 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇧🇪 Laurens VanthoorFIA Platinum, 3× champion | 6,302 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇩🇪 André LottererFIA Platinum, 5× champion | 5,727 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,332 | 🇯🇵 Kenta Kumagai | Super Formula Lights | 3,621 |
| 5,333 | 🇦🇷 Leonel Pernía | TCR World Tour | 3,621 |
| 5,334 | 🇩🇪 Nico Göhler | Prototype Cup Germany | 3,621 |
| 5,335 | 🇫🇷 Nicolas SCHATZ | Le Mans Cup | 3,621 |
| 5,336 | 🇯🇵 Tim Verbergt | FIA GT Championship | 3,621 |
| 5,337 | 🇦🇹 Andrew Thompson | PCA Club Racing | 3,620 |
| 5,338 | 🇧🇪 Ayrton Redant | 24H Series | 3,620 |
| 5,339 | 🇺🇸 Chad Chaffin | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,619 |
| 5,340 | 🏳️ Grégory De Sybourg | European Le Mans Series | 3,619 |
| 5,341 | 🇩🇪 Jacob Schell | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,619 |
| 5,342 | 🇩🇪 Markus Schmickler | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,619 |
| 5,343 | 🇺🇸 Ryan Phinny | IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge | 3,619 |
| 5,344 | 🇺🇸 Steve Grissom | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,619 |
| 5,345 | 🇺🇸 Wayne Edwards | NASCAR Truck | 3,619 |
| 5,346 | 🇺🇸 Ziad Ghandour | GT World Challenge America | 3,619 |
| 5,347 | 🇺🇸 Butch Leitzinger | International GT | 3,618 |
| 5,348 | 🇺🇸 J.R. Heffner | NASCAR Truck | 3,618 |
| 5,349 | 🇳🇴 Kenneth Gulbrandsen | ADAC Formula 4 | 3,618 |
| 5,350 | 🇮🇹 Pietro Perolini | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 3,618 |
| 5,351 | 🇩🇪 Thomas Zinnow | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,618 |
| 5,352 | 🏳️ Bryan Willman | Star Mazda Championship | 3,617 |
Markus Schmickler is an entry-level professional competing in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, a national multiclass endurance championship where he drives Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport cars for Schmickler Performance powered by Ravenol. Graded FIA Bronze, he races in a field mixing amateurs and semi-professionals with graded professionals in the same races. He has been active in the series since 2010.[1]
Across 91 starts in the Langstrecken-Serie, Schmickler has taken 22 wins and 48 podiums. He won the series championship twice, in 2010 and 2011, both early in his indexed career. In the 2025 season, he has gathered four podiums from eight rounds and holds sixth place in the championship standings.[2]
Schmickler's record places him comfortably ahead of regular opponents at his own level; he typically finishes ahead of semi-professional Bronze-graded drivers with comparable endurance experience and club-level entrants. In one-off meetings, he has finished ahead of Laurens Vanthoor, an established professional and Platinum-graded driver who has won IMSA and WEC championships, and Max Verstappen, the four-time Formula 1 world champion, each on a single occasion across their limited Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie meetings.