Nico Menzel is a racing driver from Germany who competes in Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for Goroyan RT by Car Collection. Menzel is a one-time champion (2019), with 10 wins and 24 podiums from 74 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,646 ranks Menzel 1643th of 38,983 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.
| 2026-08-01 | Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 9 Pro-Am | P2 | +71 |
| 2026-06-20 | Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 9 Pro | P1 | +183 |
| 2026-05-14 | Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 9 | DNF | −38 |
| 2026-03-21 | Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 9 Pro | P7 | +66 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +183 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2026 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| +180 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2024 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| +157 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2025 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P2 |
| +156 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2021 | Nürburgring 24 Hours | P8 |
| +152 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2024 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Goroyan RT by Car Collection | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +321 | 4,646 |
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Dunlop Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | −38 | ||
| 2025 | ▸Asian Le Mans Series | Car Collection Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P16 | −421 | 4,364 |
| ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Falken Motorsports | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | +141 | ||
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Falken Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | −132 | ||
| 2024 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Falken Motorsports | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +246 | 4,619 |
| ▸Le Mans Cup | High Class Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P11 | −8 | ||
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Falken Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +35 | ||
| 2023 | ▸ADAC GT Masters | Huber Motorsport | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P3 | +256 | 4,504 |
| ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Falken Motorsports | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | +175 | ||
| ▸24H Series | Huber Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | +20 | ||
| ▸GT World Challenge Europe | Car Collection Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P39 | +23 | ||
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Falken Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +106 | ||
| 2022 | ▸GT World Challenge Europe | Herberth Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P43 | −101 | 3,924 |
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Huber Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +123 | ||
| ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Huber Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +103 | ||
| 2021 | ▸GT World Challenge Europe | Huber Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P42 | −96 | 3,800 |
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Huber Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +156 | ||
| 2020 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Huber Motorsport Porsche | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P5 | −429 | 3,800 |
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Huber Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +91 | ||
| 2019 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Mühlner Motorsport SPRL Porsche 718 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P1 | −271 | 3,865 |
| ▸24H Series | Wochenspiegel Team Monschau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P21 | −169 | ||
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | KCMG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | −45 | ||
| 2018 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Wochenspiegel Team Monschau | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P16 | ↑134−306 | 4,211 |
| ▸24H Series | Wochenspiegel Team Monschau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P21 | −181 | ||
| 2017 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Walkenhorst Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P40 | −174 | 4,998 |
| ▸24H Series | Wochenspiegel Team Monschau | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +50 | ||
| 2016 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | RBM NV (BMW TEAM RBM) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P10 | ↑2,629+3,516 | 4,866 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Sven MüllerFIA Gold | 5,352 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 44% |
| 🇪🇪 Ralf AronFIA Gold | 4,670 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 46% |
| 🇯🇵 Marco MapelliFIA Gold | 4,549 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 44% |
| 🇩🇪 Frank StipplerFIA Platinum | 4,806 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 46% |
| 🇩🇪 Maro EngelFIA Platinum | 6,385 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 36% |
| 🇩🇪 Luca StolzFIA Platinum | 5,443 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 18% |
| 🇩🇪 Fabian SchillerFIA Gold | 4,697 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 45% |
| 🇩🇪 Christopher MiesFIA Platinum | 5,019 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 15% |
| 🇩🇪 Patrick AssenheimerFIA Silver | 4,389 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 45% |
| 🇧🇪 Maxime MartinFIA Platinum | 4,931 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 26% |
| 🇳🇱 Max VerstappenFIA Platinum, 4× champion | 8,724 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| 🇯🇵 Sho TsuboiFIA Platinum, 5× champion | 6,576 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇮🇹 Edoardo MortaraFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 6,552 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,633 | 🇨🇿 Erik Janis | 24H Series | 4,654 |
| 1,634 | 🇬🇧 Dean Smith | GP3 Series | 4,652 |
| 1,635 | 🇵🇹 Paul Dalla Lana | WEC | 4,651 |
| 1,636 | 🇫🇷 Adrien CHILA | Le Mans Cup | 4,650 |
| 1,637 | 🇪🇸 Celso Miguez | Formula V8 3.5 | 4,650 |
| 1,638 | 🇺🇸 Buddy Rice | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,649 |
| 1,639 | 🇺🇸 Joey Hand | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,649 |
| 1,640 | 🇬🇧 Nigel Moore | Prototype Cup Europe | 4,649 |
| 1,641 | 🇦🇺 Gianmarco Pradel | GB3 | 4,648 |
| 1,642 | 🇺🇸 Myles Rowe | Indy NXT | 4,648 |
| 1,643 | 🇩🇪 Nico Menzel | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,646 |
| 1,644 | 🇺🇸 Timothy Peters | NASCAR Truck | 4,645 |
| 1,645 | 🇧🇷 Arthur Gama | Stock Car Pro Series | 4,644 |
| 1,646 | 🇫🇮 Atte Mustonen | Formula 3 Euro Series | 4,644 |
| 1,647 | 🇺🇸 Brennan Poole | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,644 |
| 1,648 | 🇺🇸 Alec Udell | European Le Mans Series | 4,643 |
| 1,649 | 🇬🇧 Hugo Cook | British GT Championship | 4,643 |
| 1,650 | 🇨🇦 Phil Fayer | Asian Le Mans Series | 4,643 |
| 1,651 | 🇺🇸 Bobby Labonte | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,642 |
| 1,652 | 🇺🇸 Brett Moffitt | NASCAR Truck | 4,642 |
| 1,653 | 🇺🇸 Jeff Purvis | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,642 |
Nico Menzel is a German sportscar and endurance racing driver rated 4,211, placing him in the professional band; this is a full-time participant in FIA Gold-graded GT and endurance competition, racing against other full-time professionals. His career spans eight seasons from 2019 to 2026 and comprises 29 starts across four series, all in GT and endurance formats. His single win came in the 2023 ADAC GT Masters, where he scored five podiums across twelve starts for Huber Motorsport, a team that has fielded drivers up to the 5,294-rated level. Beyond that season, his record is substantially winless; he has completed eight Nürburgring 24 Hours entries without a podium, six Asian Le Mans Series starts without a podium, and three GT World Challenge Europe races without points.[1]
Menzel's competitive standing emerges clearly from his record against professional-level rivals. Against Ralf Aron, a rated 4,755 full professional who won the 2015 Italian F4, Menzel finished ahead in eight of nineteen shared races but behind in eleven. Against Elias Seppänen, the 2023 ADAC GT Masters champion, Menzel was ahead four times in sixteen encounters but behind twelve. His head-to-head records against Sven Müller, Marco Mapelli, Benjamin Hites and Dennis Marschall all run negative. He has occasionally finished ahead of notably stronger drivers, most tellingly Maro Engel, the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe champion rated 6,735 as a Platinum professional, and Matt Campbell, a multiple-time WEC and 2025 IMSA WeatherTech GTP champion rated 6,393. These are isolated results rather than patterns and occur within his typical average finishing position of 14th place. Menzel remains active in endurance racing; he competed in the 2026 Nürburgring 24 Hours and is known as one of the team's lead drivers in the discipline.[2]