Niklas Krütten (born 20 October 2002) is a

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racing driver who currently competes in the

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driving an

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LMP2 for Cool Racing as well as in the

ADAC GT Masters The ADAC GT Masters is a grand tourer-based auto racing series founded by the international Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) and supported by the German ADAC automotive club. Similar to an earlier ADAC GT Cup series in the 1990s, the new GT ...

driving a BMW M4 GT3 for

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. He is the

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LMP3 runner-up and the 2020 Euroformula Open rookies' champion. He won the silver medal in the Formula 4 Cup at the

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, and previously raced in the

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and

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Formula 4 championships. Krütten is an ADAC Stiftung Sport alumni.

Career

2023 saw Krütten compete in the

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for the first time in his career. He would line up for

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in both the Sprint Cup and Endurance Cup alongside

Calan Williams Calan Williams (born 30 June 2000) is an Australian racing driver who is competing in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with BMW M Team WRT. He previously competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Trident, having previously race ...

, with

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joining for the Endurance Cup.

Racing record

Racing career summary

^† As Krütten was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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

Complete FIA Motorsport Games results

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

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

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

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

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

^* Season still in progress.

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

^* Season still in progress.

References

External links

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