🇩🇪 Torsten Kratz

Torsten Kratz is an entry-level professional German endurance racing driver, FIA Bronze graded, competing primarily in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for HOFOR Racing. He races in multiclass and single-class endurance championships where each car is shared by multiple drivers; his main machinery comprises GT3 and GT4 cars in the 24H Series, LMP3 prototypes in the European Le Mans Series and Le Mans Cup, and assorted classes in the Nürburgring's own 24-hour and long-distance series.[1]

Kratz has raced since 2010, compiling 177 starts across seven indexed series. His core body of work lies in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, where he has made 106 starts and taken 7 wins and 36 podiums over 17 seasons with HOFOR Racing. In prototype racing, he has competed in the European Le Mans Series and Le Mans Cup, taking 4 podiums across 27 starts, and in the 24H Series he has 11 starts with 3 wins and 6 podiums. His most recent activity came in the 2024 Road to Le Mans, where he won one of two rounds and took a podium in the other.[2]

In the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, Kratz typically finishes behind entry-level professionals Christopher Rink and Norbert Fischer, both of whom have won multiple championships in their classes. He has occasionally finished ahead of stronger drivers; he beat established professional and multiple-time WEC champion Matt Campbell twice, and finished ahead of four-time IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti once, these instances coming across his career in multiclass endurance fields where machinery and co-driver performance carry material weight in the result.