Matthias Wasel is a racing driver from Germany who last raced in Nürburgring 24 Hours for Max Kruse Racing. Wasel has recorded 3 wins and 28 podiums from 71 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,481 ranks Wasel 13647th 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, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2024-10-19 | Nürburgring Nordschleife AT | P4 | +25 |
| 2024-05-30 | Nürburgring Nordschleife AT3 | DNF | −123 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +204 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2019 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| +154 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2016 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P2 |
| +146 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2016 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P2 |
| +145 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2021 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| +134 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2010 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Max Kruse Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | −123 | 2,522 |
| ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Max Kruse Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +25 | ||
| 2023 | ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Max Kruse Racing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +108 | 2,620 |
| 2022 | ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Max Kruse Racing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +48 | 2,512 |
| ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Max Kruse Racing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +36 | ||
| 2021 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Max Kruse Racing Volkswagen | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +219 | 2,428 |
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Max Kruse Racing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +73 | ||
| 2020 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | mathilda racing Seat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −12 | 2,354 |
| 2019 | ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | QA Racing by Kurt Ecke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −2 | 2,136 |
| ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | mathilda racing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +204 | ||
| 2018 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #808 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P17 | −195 | 2,148 |
| 2017 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | LMS Engineering | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P3 | ↑156+65 | 2,048 |
| 2016 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | mathilda racing | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P5 | +76 | 2,229 |
| 2015 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Scuderia Colonia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | −105 | 1,727 |
| 2014 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Scuderia Colonia e.V. | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | P13 | −265 | 1,843 |
| 2013 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Scuderia Colonia e.V. | 9 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | P3 | +94 | 2,213 |
| 2012 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Scuderia Colonia e.V. | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P4 | +225 | 2,119 |
| 2011 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Scuderia Colonia e.V. | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | P11 | −141 | 1,894 |
| 2010 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Scuderia Colonia e.V. | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P3 | +685 | 2,035 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Maximilian HackländerFIA Silver | 3,462 | 38 | 22 | 16 | 58% |
| 🏳️ Elmar Deegener | 2,144 | 36 | 8 | 28 | 22% |
| 🇳🇴 Christian KrognesFIA Gold | 5,095 | 33 | 6 | 27 | 18% |
| 🇩🇪 Christoph Breuer | 4,105 | 33 | 8 | 25 | 24% |
| 🏳️ Marcus Löhnert | 2,568 | 31 | 20 | 11 | 65% |
| 🇨🇭 Pierre Humbert | 2,475 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 57% |
| 🏳️ Roman Löhnert | 1,882 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 70% |
| 🇳🇴 Atle Gulbrandsen | 2,872 | 28 | 9 | 19 | 32% |
| 🏳️ Georg Niederberger | 2,067 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 37% |
| 🇫🇮 Hannu Luostarinen | 2,428 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 50% |
| 🇮🇹 Edoardo MortaraFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 6,550 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇪🇸 Miguel MolinaFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 5,315 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇩🇪 Bernd SchneiderFIA Gold, 1× champion | 5,122 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13,637 | 🏳️ Antonio Furlan | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,482 |
| 13,638 | 🏳️ Erick Hallick | SCCA Majors | 2,482 |
| 13,639 | 🇸🇪 Ingvar MATTSSON | Ferrari Challenge | 2,482 |
| 13,640 | 🇬🇧 Jared Bell | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,482 |
| 13,641 | 🇭🇰 Ka Hing Tse | Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe | 2,482 |
| 13,642 | 🏳️ Quinn Armstrong | USF2000 | 2,482 |
| 13,643 | 🏳️ Danny Kierle | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,481 |
| 13,644 | 🇫🇷 Franck Leone-Provost | 24H Series | 2,481 |
| 13,645 | 🇰🇼 Khaled BOODAI | Ferrari Challenge | 2,481 |
| 13,646 | 🏳️ Luke Shanahan | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,481 |
| 13,647 | 🇩🇪 Matthias Wasel | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 2,481 |
| 13,648 | 🇩🇪 Oliver Kunz | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,481 |
| 13,649 | 🏳️ Rob Dickey | Trans-Am | 2,481 |
| 13,650 | 🇺🇸 Ron Atapattu | Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA | 2,481 |
| 13,651 | 🏳️ Archer Eversman | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,480 |
| 13,652 | 🏳️ Eric Pennington | NASA | 2,480 |
| 13,653 | 🏳️ Ethan Booher | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,480 |
| 13,654 | 🇬🇧 Luke Shaw | British GT Championship | 2,480 |
| 13,655 | 🏳️ Santiago Fernandez | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,480 |
| 13,656 | 🇨🇭 Willy Hüppi | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,480 |
| 13,657 | 🇯🇵 Yutaka Seki | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 2,480 |
Matthias Wasel is a semi-professional endurance racing driver from Germany with 15 seasons of racing on record. He competes in multiclass endurance championships at the Nürburgring, primarily the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie and the Nürburgring 24 Hours, where he races turbocharged production-based cars and alternative-fuel machinery in shared-driving formats. He has driven for Max Kruse Racing and Scuderia Colonia e.V.[1]
Across 71 starts between 2010 and 2024, Wasel took three wins and 28 podium finishes. His wins came in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie and the Nürburgring 24 Hours; he finished on the podium more than a third of the time he started. The Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie has been his primary series, with 66 starts there across multiple machinery classes, while his five appearances in the 24-hour race produced a win and three further podiums, including one in his most recent outing in 2024.[2]
Wasel raced regularly alongside entry-level and competitive amateur drivers on grids that mix semi-professional and professional-graded competitors. He finished closely matched with FIA Silver-graded entry-level professional Maximilian Hackländer, a regular opponent with over 90 starts across multiple series, while typically finishing behind two-time Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie champion Elmar Deegener. He defeated established professional Bernd Schneider, a 1997 FIA GT champion and Formula 1 starter, twice in shared-car racing, and finished ahead of Christian Krognes, a 2012 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie champion and GT World Challenge Europe regular, at least once.