Stephan Köhler is a racing driver from Germany who last raced in Nürburgring 24 Hours for Hella Pagid - racing one. Köhler is a three-time champion (2016, 2017, 2018), with 14 wins and 24 podiums from 40 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,572 ranks Köhler 1798th of 40,700 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.
| 2021-06-03 | Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 9 | P19 | +7 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +153 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2016 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| +131 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2012 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P3 |
| +129 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2015 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P2 |
| +126 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2016 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| +124 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2017 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Hella Pagid - racing one | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +7 | 4,572 |
| 2020 | ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | Hella Pagid - racing one | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | ↑954−10 | 4,572 |
| 2019 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | racing one GmbH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | −446 | 3,621 |
| 2018 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | racing one GmbH | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +644 | 3,621 |
| 2017 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | racing one GmbH | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +280 | 3,693 |
| 2016 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | racing one GmbH | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +388 | 3,088 |
| 2015 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | racing one GmbH | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P7 | +217 | 3,087 |
| 2014 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | GT Corse by Rinaldi | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P8 | ↑335+114 | 2,619 |
| 2013 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | MSC Rhön e.V. im ADAC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P30 | +54 | 2,090 |
| 2012 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #62 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P21 | ↑278+111 | 2,036 |
| 2011 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #212 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P16 | +297 | 1,647 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Klaus Völker | 2,052 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 72% |
| 🏳️ Helmut Baumann | 2,494 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 82% |
| 🇩🇪 Horst BaumannFIA Bronze | 3,493 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 56% |
| 🇩🇪 Uwe KleenFIA Bronze | 2,324 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 50% |
| 🏳️ Bert Flossbach | 3,456 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 50% |
| 🏳️ Andreas Weiland | 3,267 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 50% |
| 🇩🇪 Klaus NiesenFIA Bronze | 2,298 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 87% |
| 🏳️ Wolfgang Schuhbauer | 2,523 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 64% |
| 🇩🇪 Bernd Kleeschulte | 2,092 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 92% |
| 🇩🇪 Florian QuanteFIA Silver | 2,031 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇧🇪 Laurens VanthoorFIA Platinum, 3× champion | 6,404 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇦🇺 Matt CampbellFIA Platinum, 3× champion | 6,398 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇩🇪 Maro EngelFIA Platinum, 1× champion | 6,318 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,788 | 🇳🇿 Dean Fiore | Bathurst 12 Hour | 4,577 |
| 1,789 | 🇫🇷 Reshad De Gérus | European Le Mans Series | 4,577 |
| 1,790 | 🏳️ James Cottingham | WEC | 4,576 |
| 1,791 | 🇯🇵 Lucas Ordóñez | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,576 |
| 1,792 | 🇧🇬 Vlado Arabadjiev | GP2 Series | 4,575 |
| 1,793 | 🇧🇷 Felipe Guimarães | Stock Car Pro Series | 4,574 |
| 1,794 | 🇧🇷 Lucas Foresti | Stock Car Pro Series | 4,573 |
| 1,795 | 🇺🇸 Bob Wollek | FIA GT Championship | 4,572 |
| 1,796 | 🇺🇸 Conrad Grunewald | GT World Challenge America | 4,572 |
| 1,797 | 🇷🇺 Sergey Zlobin | WEC | 4,572 |
| 1,798 | 🇩🇪 Stephan Köhler | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 4,572 |
| 1,799 | 🇳🇱 Dennis van de Laar | FIA Formula 3 European | 4,571 |
| 1,800 | 🇺🇸 Spencer Gallagher | ARCA Menards Series | 4,571 |
| 1,801 | 🇬🇧 Aiden Moffat | BTCC | 4,570 |
| 1,802 | 🇯🇵 Hideki Noda | Super GT | 4,570 |
| 1,803 | 🇩🇪 Johannes Stengel | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 4,570 |
| 1,804 | 🇮🇹 Fabio Onidi | GP2 Series | 4,569 |
| 1,805 | 🇦🇺 Rick Kelly | Supercars Championship | 4,569 |
| 1,806 | 🇨🇷 Danny Formal | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,568 |
| 1,807 | 🇫🇷 Peter Sundberg | FIA GT Championship | 4,568 |
| 1,808 | 🇺🇸 Evagoras Papasavvas | Formula Regional Americas | 4,567 |
Stephan Köhler is a professional endurance racing driver competing in national German championships featuring multiclass grids that mix amateur and professional entrants. He races modified production-based cars in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, a domestic endurance series where cars are shared among multiple drivers per race. His primary team across his career is racing one GmbH, a mid-field operation that fielded established professionals including Frederic Vervisch.[1]
Köhler won three consecutive Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie titles with racing one in 2016, 2017 and 2018, taking 14 wins and 24 podiums across 38 starts in the series between 2011 and 2019. He finished consistently ahead of regular opponents including Klaus Völker, the 2014 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie SP 8 champion, and Helmut Baumann, a competitor with 61 starts in the series. Later in his career he moved into the Nürburgring 24 Hours in a Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo in the SP 9 class, taking two starts in 2020 and 2021 in that event. His race record also includes isolated results against established professionals including Hiroaki Ishiura, a Platinum-graded driver with experience in Super GT and Super Formula, and Patric Niederhauser, a Platinum-graded driver with 69 GT World Challenge Europe starts.[2]