Leon Köhler (born 7 August 1999) is a German racing driver who currently competes in the Nürburgring Endurance Series for Car Collection Motorsport.

Career

Karting

Köhler started karting in 2007. In 2017 he became champion in the KZ2-class of the ADAC Kart Masters and the

CIK-FIA Karting European Championship The CIK-FIA Karting European Championship is a kart racing competition organised by the CIK-FIA. Its inaugural season took place in 1972. Today, the series holds championships in four karting categories: KZ, KF2, OK and OKJ. Notable champions ...

Formula 4

In 2018 he made his single-seater debut in the Formula 4 UAE Championship where he won on debut. He won two of the three races he contested. Afterwards he joined

Mücke Motorsport Mücke Motorsport is an auto racing team based in Germany, which is also known as ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg. History Single-seaters Mücke Motorsport was formed by Peter Mücke in 1998 to run his son Stefan Mücke in the German Formula BMW ADAC ...

in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship. After scoring a single podium in the final race of the season at the Hockenheimring he classified 13th in the final standings.

GT Racing

In 2019 Köhler made a switch to Porsche GT3 Cup racing. In 2019 he started in the

Porsche Carrera Cup Germany The Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, also known as Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland, between 1986-1989 as Porsche 944 Turbo Cup; is a one-make racing series by Porsche based in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, ...

while also making his first appearances in the

Porsche Supercup The Porsche Supercup (officially known as Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, known as Porsche Michelin Supercup prior to 2007) is an international one-make sports car racing series supporting the FIA Formula One World Championship organized by Porsche ...

as a guest driver. He then went on the win the 2019-20 Porsche Sprint Challenge Middle East with 5 wins. In 2020 he scored his win in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany at the

Lausitzring The Lausitzring (formally known as the Dekra Lausitzring for ownership reasons) is a race track located near Klettwitz (a civil parish of Schipkau, Oberspreewald-Lausitz district) in the state of Brandenburg in northeast Germany, near the bo ...

and finished the championship in 3rd. He also contested his first full season in the

with Lechner Racing Middle East. In 2021 he once again finished 3rd in the

after scoring wins at the Red Bull Ring and the Hockenheimring. In the

he classified 5th. In that year Köhler also made his first appearance in the Porsche Carrera Cup North America together with MRS-GT Racing. In 2022 he made his debut in the ADAC GT Masters for ID Racing. He drove in a Porsche 911 GT3 R together with Jaxon Evans. A week later he contested the

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for Phoenix-IronForce Racing. Together with

Timo Scheider Timo Scheider (born 10 November 1978 in Lahnstein) is a German racing driver who competes in the FIA World Rallycross Championship for Münnich Motorsport. He won the DTM title in 2008 and 2009. Career Karting Like most other drivers, Scheider ...

, Luca Engstler and Jan-Erik Slooten he contested the Cup2-class in a Porsche 992 GT3 Cup. Köhler also joined Car Collection Motorsport in the Nürburgring Endurance Series and won in his second race.

Racing record

Career summary

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

Leon Köhler
at DriverDB
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Köhler, Leon Living people 1999 births German racing drivers Racing drivers from Bavaria ADAC Formula 4 drivers Porsche Supercup drivers ADAC GT Masters drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers US Racing drivers Mücke Motorsport drivers Walter Lechner Racing drivers Phoenix Racing drivers Karting World Championship drivers Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters drivers UAE F4 Championship drivers 24H Series drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Germany drivers