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🇩🇪 Michael Küke

Racing driver from Germany. Nürburgring 24 Hours, Car #718.
Driver facts
Full name
Michael Küke
Nationality
Germany
Current team
Car #718
Series
Nürburgring 24 Hours
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
4
Career starts
10
Career DNFs
1
Racer Rating
2,146
Driver photo 3:4
Racer Rating
2,146
Rank 15517 of 39,268 indexed, -201 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Michael Küke is a racing driver from Germany who last raced in Nürburgring 24 Hours for Car #718. Küke has recorded 0 wins and 4 podiums from 10 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 2,146 ranks Küke 15517th of 39,268 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.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2021 form
Last 10 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFGERGERGERGERGERGERGERGERGERDEU
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2021-06-03Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 4TNürburgring 24 HoursP2−15
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+151Nürburgring Nordschleife 2011Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieP2
+145Nürburgring Nordschleife 2011Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieP3
+108Nürburgring Nordschleife 2012Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieP4
+101Nürburgring Nordschleife 2012Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieP3
+92Nürburgring Nordschleife 2011Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieP6
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2021▸Nürburgring 24 HoursCar #718101000—−162,347
2012▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieKremer Racing401000P13+2382,363
2011▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieKremer Racing Porsche502100P15+7752,125
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Küke finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇩🇪 Michael HeimrichFIA Bronze3,97385363%
🇩🇪 Andreas ZieglerFIA Bronze3,42085363%
🇩🇪 Marc BuschFIA Bronze4,71564267%
🇩🇪 Georg WeissFIA Bronze4,24962433%
🇩🇪 Oliver Kainz3,79662433%
🇩🇪 Gustav Edelhoff3,49565183%
🇺🇸 Michael Jacobs3,35462433%
🇫🇷 Wolfgang Kaufmann3,10363350%
🇩🇪 Wolfgang Kemper2,27965183%
🇨🇭 Ronnie SaurenmannFIA Bronze4,54753260%
🇸🇪 Johan KristofferssonHigher-rated5,515110100%
🇬🇷 Uwe AlzenFIA Silver5,031110100%
🇩🇪 Klaus GrafHigher-rated4,781110100%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 39,268 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
15,507🏳️ Sascha KöhlerNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie2,149
15,508🇫🇮 Jukka NieminenNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie2,148
15,509🇮🇹 Rocco di Torrepadula LorenzoNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie2,148
15,510🇩🇪 Albert EgbertNürburgring 24 Hours2,147
15,511🇬🇧 Carl YoungSCCA Majors2,147
15,512🇦🇷 Federico AlonsoTurismo Carretera2,147
15,513🇺🇸 James McCannPorsche Carrera Cup NA2,147
15,514🏳️ Ross ShullNASA2,147
15,515🏳️ Dave ThomanBMW CCA Club Racing2,146
15,516🏳️ Gustav BaridNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie2,146
15,517🇩🇪 Michael KükeNürburgring 24 Hours2,146
15,518🇬🇧 Sam WellerNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie2,146
15,519🇦🇷 Bruno Josephson AndresNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie2,145
15,520🇩🇪 Dale LomasNürburgring 24 Hours2,145
15,521🇦🇷 Facundo ChahwanNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie2,145
15,522🏳️ Ken MantovaniSCCA Regionals2,145
15,523🏳️ Elmar DeegenerNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie2,144
15,524🇳🇱 Jordy Van RossenbergNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie2,144
15,525🇦🇷 Mario FerrandoTC Pick Up2,144
15,526🇨🇭 Pascal EberleNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie2,144
15,527🏳️ Stephan PiepenbrinkNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie2,144
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Michael Küke is a competitive amateur endurance racing driver with a rating of 2,146. He raced in national multiclass endurance championships at the Nürburgring, competing in shared-driver cars in modified and turbocharged production-based machinery across the SP 5, SP 7 and SP 4T classes. His primary team was Kremer Racing.[1]

Küke's indexed career spans a decade of occasional racing. He made nine starts in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie between 2011 and 2012, taking three podiums with Kremer Racing across the SP 5 and SP 7 classes. A single start in the Nürburgring 24 Hours in 2021 yielded another podium in the SP 4T class. His four podiums came across ten starts in multiclass fields that mixed amateur and semi-professional entrants with graded professionals.[2]

Racing regularly against entry-level professionals such as Michael Heimrich and Andreas Ziegler, Küke was closely matched with both. His record included podium finishes ahead of established professionals including Johan Kristoffersson, a former World Touring Car Cup competitor, and Andreas Weishaupt. Kremer Racing, the operation that fielded most of his starts, has won races in this index and included professional drivers among its roster.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] No Wikipedia page found
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