🇩🇪 Stefan Branner

Stefan Branner is a club-level driver who raced in national multiclass endurance championships at the Nürburgring between 2017 and 2021. He competed in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie across its Cup 5 BMW one-make class and V5 production car class, and later in the Nürburgring 24 Hours in its equivalent categories. He drove for ADAC Team Weser-Ems e.V. in the Langstrecken-Serie and ran the Nürburgring 24 Hours twice in shared-driver endurance format.[1]

Branner took seven starts across both series over five seasons. He was a regular entrant in the Langstrecken-Serie from 2017 to 2018, then contested the Nürburgring 24 Hours in 2019 and 2021. His racing placed him against semi-professional and entry-level professional drivers who dominated his home circuit; he typically finished behind Yannick Fübrich, a multiple champion of the Langstrecken-Serie Cup 5 and SP 10 classes, and Florian Weber, who had accumulated 49 starts in the series. Against stronger professional opposition, Branner's record held isolated results: he finished ahead of Jamie Green, an established professional and 2004 Formula 3 Euro Series champion, and ahead of Kris Richard, who had competed in the World Touring Car Championship and FIA World Touring Car Cup.[2]