| Michael Krumm | |
|---|---|
 Krumm in 2010 | |
| Nationality |  German |
| Born | 19 March 1970 Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| Current team | Nismo |
| Racing licence |  FIA Platinum |
| Former teams | Kondo Racing, TOM'S |
| Previous series | |
| 1988–1989 1990 1993 1994 1994–1997 1995–2004 1998 1999–2001 2001 2005 2007 2009-2011 2012–2015 | German Formula Ford German Formula Opel Lotus German Formula Three Championship All-Japan Formula Three Japanese F3000 / Formula Nippon JGTC (excluding 1998) DTM Formula Nippon Champ Car European Le Mans Series FIA GT Championship Super GT |
| Championship titles | |
| 1989 1990 1994 1997, 2003 2011 | German Formula Ford German Formula Opel Lotus All-Japan Formula Three JGTC (GT500) FIA GT1 World Championship |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
|---|---|
| Years | 1998 - 1999, 2002, 2005, 2012 - 2013, 2015 |
| Teams | Nismo/TWR, Audi Sport Team Joest, Rollcentre Racing |
| Best finish | 3rd (2002) |
| Class wins | 0 |
Michael Krumm (born 19 March 1970) is a German former professional racing driver and current team manager at TOM'S in Super GT.[1] Krumm is best-known for his successes in the All-Japan GT Championship, where he triumphed in the GT500 class in 1997 and 2003 for TOM'S and Nismo, respectively. He also won the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2011.
Having begun his career in German lower formulae, Krumm went to Japan in 1994 after attaining numerous wins in German Formula Three. That year, he would win the Japanese Formula Three title and moved into Japanese F3000, where he remained intermittently for the next eight years. Krumm won races in JTCC but it was the All-Japan GT Championship, later known as Super GT, where the German would find his calling: after winning a race in his debut season, Krumm won the GT500 class title driving a Toyota Supra alongside Pedro de la Rosa in 1997.[2] Following a year in the Super Tourenwagen Cup, the German became a Nissan factory driver, for whom he raced for ten successive seasons, winning the 2003 title together with Satoshi Motoyama.
At the start of the 2010s, Krumm spent two seasons in the FIA GT1 World Championship, where he and Lucas Luhr won the 2011 title driving for JR Motorsports.[3] Krumm returned to Super GT in 2012, remaining until 2015, when he won his final race at Fuji for Kondo Racing before retiring from full-time competition.[4]
Krumm has attained minor success at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, being part of the third-placed Audi R8 lineup in a podium lockout for the German brand at the 2002 race, before finishing on the LMP2 podium in 2013.[5][6]
- ^ "Michael Krumm Becomes TGR Team Deloitte TOM'S Director". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ "The Legend Of The Castrol TOM's Supra". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ Richards, Giles (2011-11-07). "JRM's Lucas Luhr and Michael Krumm grab FIA GT1 drivers' title". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ "Super GT: GT500 Season Review". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ "Audi dominates at Le Mans". GrandPrix.com. 16 June 2002. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ Dagys, John (2013-09-17). "G-Drive's LM24 Exclusion Upheld – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 2024-05-29.