Jens Klingmann
German racing driver

Jens Klingmann

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16 July 1990(Heidelberg, Karlsruhe Government Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
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Jens Klingmann (born 16 July 1990 in Heidelberg) is a German racing driver and BMW Motorsport works driver.

Career

Formula BMW

In 2006, Klingmann moved up to Formula BMW ADAC with Eifelland Racing. He finished his first FBMW campaign fourth in the Drivers' Championship with 121 points behind fellow German Marco Holzer. In 2007, Klingmann stayed with the same team, where he won the Drivers' Championship with 699 points and taking ten race wins, his nearest rival being Spain's Daniel Campos-Hull.

Formula Three

In 2008, Klingmann stepped up to the Formula 3 Euro Series with Italian team RC Motorsport. He finished 27th in the championship standings, without scoring a point.

Racing career

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2006 Formula BMW ADAC Eifelland Racing 18 0 1 0 4 121 4th
Formula BMW World Final 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th
2007 Formula BMW ADAC Eifelland Racing 18 10 7 8 15 699 1st
Formula BMW World Final 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
2008 Formula 3 Euro Series RC Motorsport 20 0 0 0 0 0 29th
2009 FIA GT3 European Championship Alpina 8 0 1 0 1 11 26th
ADAC GT Masters 6 1 2 2 2 23 14th
Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo - Pro Lamborghini München Team Holzer 3 3 1 3 3 38 8th
2010 ADAC GT Masters Abt Sportsline 14 2 0 0 4 45 5th
2011 ADAC GT Masters Abt Sportsline 16 0 0 0 4 91 8th
2012 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 BMW Team Vita4one 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th
2013 ADAC GT Masters PIXUM Team Schubert 2 1 1 0 2 40 16th
Blancpain Endurance Series Marc VDS Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 BMW Team Schubert 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
2014 ADAC GT Masters PIXUM Team Schubert 16 0 1 1 1 92 9th
Blancpain GT Sprint Series BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
Blancpain Endurance Series TDS Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2015 ADAC GT Masters BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert 14 4 0 1 4 156 3rd
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
United SportsCar Championship - GTLM BMW Team RLL 3 0 0 0 1 91 13th
24H Series - A6 Walkenhorst Motorsport
2016 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Rowe Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport 11 2 0 2 3 279 6th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Schubert Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Rowe Racing 2 0 0 1 0 0 NC
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport 12 1 0 0 3 294 4th
24H Series - SPX Schubert Motorsport
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 12th
2018 ADAC GT Masters MRS GT-Racing 14 0 0 0 0 17 27th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Rowe Racing 5 0 0 0 1 27 17th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 17 58th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Falken Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 15th
2019 ADAC GT Masters MRS GT-Racing 14 1 1 1 1 71 14th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 22 52nd
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Falken Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
2019–20 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Astro Veloce Motorsport 2 0 0 0 1 25 12th
2020 ADAC GT Masters MRS GT-Racing 10 1 0 0 2 54 19th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Boutsen Ginion Racing 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 25 45th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 BMW Team Schnitzer 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
2021 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Boutsen Ginion Racing
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Schubert Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 141 68th
Italian GT Championship - Sprint - GT3 BMW Italia Ceccato Motors 8 1 3 4 5 78 2nd
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Walkenhorst Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Schubert Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2022-23 Middle East Trophy - GT3 MS7 by Team WRT
2023 GT World Challenge Asia - GT3 FIST - Team AAI 2 0 0 0 0 4 40th
GH - Team AAI 2 0 0 0 0
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Team WRT 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Italian GT Championship - Sprint - GT3 BMW Italia Ceccato Racing 8 2 0 0 5 98 1st
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 161 64th
Michelin Pilot Challenge - GS 1 0 0 0 0 130 61st
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Walkenhorst Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup OQ by Oman Racing 5 1 0 0 1 25 11th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Bronze 1 0 0 2 64 4th
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 185 68th
Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT3 BMW Italia Ceccato Racing 8 4 3 3 6 116 1st
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP3T FK Performance Motorsport
24H Series - GT3 Poulsen Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 46 18th
2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 278 66th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup AlManar Racing by WRT 5 0 0 0 1 31 10th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Gold 2 0 0 4 108 2nd
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 10 0 0 0 0 3.5 24th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup – Gold 1 0 1 5 88 4th
Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup - GT3 BMW Italia Ceccato Racing 8 3 0 0 6 100 2nd
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP3T FK Performance Motorsport 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
International GT Open Poulsen Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 1 45th
2026 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Turner Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 270* 9th*
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Schubert Motorsport
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP-X
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP-X 1 1 1 1 1 N/A 1st
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup ROWE Racing
Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup - GT3 BMW Italia Ceccato Racing
  • Season still in progress.† As Klingmann was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula BMW ADAC results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos. Points
2006 Eifelland Racing HOC11
9
HOC12
10
LAU1
Ret
LAU2
5
NÜR11
3
NÜR12
2
OSC11
14
OSC12
3
OSC21
4
OSC22
3
NOR1
4
NOR2
4
NÜR21
5
NÜR22
6
ZAN1
Ret
ZAN2
6
HOC21
8
HOC22
6
4th 121
2007 Eifelland Racing OSC11
10
OSC12
1
LAU1
1
LAU2
1
NOR1
1
NOR2
1
NÜR11
2
NÜR12
2
ZAN1
1
ZAN2
Ret
OSC21
1
OSC22
2
NÜR21
1
NÜR22
4
CAT1
1
CAT2
4
HOC1
2
HOC2
3
1st 699

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos. Points
2008 RC Motorsport Dallara F308/032 Volkswagen HOC1
Ret
HOC2
Ret
MUG1
24
MUG2
24
PAU1
Ret
PAU2
20
NOR1
15
NOR2
10
ZAN1
21
ZAN2
18
NÜR1
16
NÜR2
10
BRH1
11
BRH2
11
CAT1
11
CAT2
8
LMS1
27
LMS2
15
HOC1
22
HOC2
16
27th 0

Complete FIA GT3 European Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points
2009 Alpina Alpina B6 GT3 SIL1 SIL2 ADR1 ADR2 OSC1
10
OSC2
22
ALG1
6
ALG2
5
LEC1
2
LEC2
18
ZOL1
19
ZOL2
14
26th 11

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos. Points
2009 Alpina Alpina B6 GT3 OSC1 OSC2 ASS1 ASS2 HOC1
16
HOC2
6
LAU1 LAU2 NÜR1
1
NÜR2
Ret
SAC1 SAC2 OSC1
2
OSC2
Ret
14th 23
2010 Abt Sportsline Audi R8 LMS OSC1
6
OSC2
2
SAC1
11
SAC2
9
HOC1
8
HOC2
8
ASS1
Ret
ASS2
1
LAU1
3
LAU2
8
NÜR1
6
NÜR2
7
OSC1
12
OSC2
1
5th 45
2011 Abt Sportsline Audi R8 LMS OSC1
3
OSC2
2
SAC1
2
SAC2
4
ZOL1
11
ZOL2
Ret
NÜR1
9
NÜR2
5
RBR1
21
RBR2
11
LAU1
10
LAU2
Ret
ASS1
3
ASS2
Ret
HOC1
28
HOC2
29
8th 91
2013 PIXUM Team Schubert BMW Z4 GT3 OSC1 OSC2 SPA1 SPA2 SAC1
3
SAC2
1
NÜR1 NÜR2 RBR1 RBR2 LAU1 LAU2 SVK1 SVK2 HOC1 HOC2 16th 40
2014 PIXUM Team Schubert BMW Z4 GT3 OSC1
20
OSC2
Ret
ZAN1
7
ZAN2
7
LAU1
Ret
LAU2
6
RBR1
5
RBR2
5
SVK1
2
SVK2
17†
NÜR1
12
NÜR2
5
SAC1
Ret
SAC2
5
HOC1
4
HOC2
17
9th 92
2015 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert BMW Z4 GT3 OSC1
5
OSC2
7
RBR1
Ret
RBR2
Ret
SPA1
1
SPA2
5
LAU1
1
LAU2
4
NÜR1
12
NÜR2
4
SAC1
1
SAC2
8
ZAN1
10
ZAN2
1
HOC1 HOC2 3rd 156
2018 MRS GT-Racing BMW M6 GT3 OSC1
31
OSC2
19
MST1
5
MST2
10
RBR1
Ret
RBR2
7
NÜR1
Ret
NÜR2
18
ZAN1
Ret
ZAN2
29
SAC1
12
SAC2
Ret
HOC1
Ret
HOC2
20
27th 17
2019 MRS GT-Racing BMW M6 GT3 OSC1
16
OSC2
6
MST1
Ret
MST2
22
RBR1
1
RBR2
4
ZAN1
6
ZAN2
Ret
NÜR1
10
NÜR2
Ret
HOC1
18
HOC2
26
SAC1
14
SAC2
12
14th 71
2020 MRS GT-Racing BMW M6 GT3 LAU1
Ret
LAU2
Ret
NÜR1
19
NÜR2
31
HOC1
24
HOC2
25
SAC1
10
SAC2
9
RBR1
3
RBR2
1
LAU1 LAU2 OSC1
WD
OSC2
WD
19th 54

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2012 BMW Team Vita4One Richard Göransson
Pedro Lamy
Marco Wittmann
BMW Z4 GT3 SP9 150 9th 9th
2013 BMW Team Schubert Dirk Adorf
Claudia Hürtgen
Martin Tomczyk
BMW Z4 GT3 SP9 87 6th 6th
2014 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert Dominik Baumann
Claudia Hürtgen
Martin Tomczyk
BMW Z4 GT3 SP9 157 6th 6th
2015 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert Dominik Baumann
Claudia Hürtgen
Martin Tomczyk
BMW Z4 GT3 SP9 157 DNF DNF
2016 Schubert Motorsport John Edwards
Lucas Luhr
Martin Tomczyk
BMW M6 GT3 SP9 93 DNF DNF
2017 Schubert Motorsport John Edwards
Tom Onslow-Cole
BMW M6 GT3 SP9 156 12th 12th
2018 Falken Motorsports Peter Dumbreck
Stef Dusseldorp
Alexandre Imperatori
BMW M6 GT3 SP9 130 15th 15th
2019 Falken Motorsports Peter Dumbreck
Stef Dusseldorp
Alexandre Imperatori
BMW M6 GT3 SP9 155 5th 5th
2020 BMW Team Schnitzer Augusto Farfus
Sheldon van der Linde
Martin Tomczyk
BMW M6 GT3 SP9 85 3rd 3rd
2021 Schubert Motorsport Stef Dusseldorp
Jesse Krohn
Alexander Sims
BMW M6 GT3 SP9 59 6th 6th
2022 Schubert Motorsport Jesse Krohn
Niklas Krütten
Alexander Sims
BMW M4 GT3 SP9 153 DNF DNF
2023 Walkenhorst Motorsport Jake Dennis
Christian Krognes
Thomas Neubauer
BMW M4 GT3 SP9 89 DNF DNF
2025 FK Performance Motorsport Michael Bräutigam
Charles Weerts
Ugo de Wilde
BMW M2 Racing (G87) SP 3T 120 35th 1st
2026 Schubert Motorsport Connor De Phillippi
Neil Verhagen
Ugo de Wilde
BMW M3 Touring 24H SP-X 156 5th 1st

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

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

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2013 Marc VDS Racing Team BMW Z4 GT3 Pro MNZ SIL LEC SPA6H
Ret
SPA12H
Ret
SPA24H
Ret
NÜR NC 0
2014 TDS Racing BMW Z4 GT3 Pro MNZ SIL LEC SPA6H
12
SPA12H
9
SPA24H
Ret
NÜR NC 0
2016 Rowe Racing BMW M6 GT3 Pro MNZ SIL
12
LEC
Ret
SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR NC 0
2018 Rowe Racing BMW M6 GT3 Pro MNZ
Ret
SIL
13
LEC
11
SPA6H
7
SPA12H
6
SPA24H
2
CAT
9
17th 27
2020 Boutsen Ginion Racing BMW M6 GT3 Pro-Am IMO NÜR
Ret
SPA6H
33
SPA12H
25
SPA24H
25
LEC
Ret
17th 21
2021 Boutsen Ginion Racing BMW M6 GT3 Pro-Am MNZ
Ret
LEC
31
SPA6H
48
SPA12H
33
SPA24H
35
NÜR
42
CAT
37
31st 8
2022 Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 Gold IMO LEC SPA6H
25
SPA12H
27
SPA24H
42†
HOC CAT 19th 18
2023 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Bronze MNZ LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR
28
CAT 27th 8
2024 OQ by Oman Racing BMW M4 GT3 Bronze LEC
27
SPA6H
43
SPA12H
34
SPA24H
Ret
NÜR
35
MNZ
1
JED
19
4th 64
2025 AlManar Racing by WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo Gold LEC
10
MNZ
4
SPA6H
17
SPA12H
21
SPA24H
20
NÜR
12
CAT
2
2nd 108
2026 Rowe Racing BMW M4 GT3 Evo Gold LEC
10
MNZ
SPA6H
SPA12H
SPA24H
NÜR
ALG
3rd* 19*

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points
2014 BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert BMW Z4 GT3 Pro NOGQR NOGCR BRHQR BRHCR ZANQR ZANCR SVKQR SVKCR ALGQR ALGCR ZOLQR ZOLCR BAKQR
Ret
BAKCR
Ret
NC 0
2017 Rowe Racing BMW M6 GT3 Pro MISQR MISCR BRHQR BRHCR ZOLQR ZOLCR HUNQR HUNCR NÜRQR
7
NÜRCR
11
NC 0
2025 AlManar Racing by WRT BMW M4 GT3 Gold BRH1
19
BRH2
8
ZAN1
12
ZAN2
18
MIS1
Ret
MIS2
20
MAG1
13
MAG2
17
VAL1
9
VAL2
10
4th 88

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points Ref
2015 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW Z4 GTE BMW P65 4.4 L V8 DAY
4
SEB
4
LBH
LGA
WGL
MOS
ELK
VIR
AUS
PET
2
13th 91
2016 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW M6 GT3 BMW S63 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8 DAY
22
SEB
2
LGA
5
BEL
9
WGL
13
MOS
1
LIM
6
ELK
7
VIR
11
AUS
1
PET
9
6th 279
2017 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW M6 GT3 BMW S63 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8 DAY
8
SEB
20
LBH
9
AUS
5
BEL
4
WGL
3
MOS
4
LIM
14
ELK
1
VIR
2
LGA
5
PET
15
4th 294
2018 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW M6 GT3 BMW S63 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8 DAY
14
SEB
MOH
BEL
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
LGA
PET
58th 17
2019 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW M6 GT3 BMW S63 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8 DAY
9
SEB
MDO
DET
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
LGA
PET
52nd 22
2020 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW M6 GT3 BMW S63 4.4 L Twin Turbo V8 DAY
6
DAY
SEB
ELK
VIR
ATL
MDO
CLT
PET
LGA
SEB
45th 25
2022 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW M4 GT3 BMW P58 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 DAY
18
SEB
LBH
LGA
MDO
DET
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
PET
68th 141
2023 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW M4 GT3 BMW P58 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 DAY
17
SEB
LBH
MON
WGL
MOS
LIM
ELK
VIR
IMS
PET
64th 161
2024 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW M4 GT3 BMW P58 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 DAY
14
SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS ELK VIR IMS PET 58th 185
2025 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 DAY
5
SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS ELK VIR IMS PET 66th 278
2026 Turner Motorsport GTD BMW M4 GT3 Evo BMW P58 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6 DAY
10
SEB
LBH
LGA
WGL
MOS
ELK
VIR
IMS
PET
9th* 270*
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