Nico Menzel (born 11 December 1997 in

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) is a

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racing driver who last raced for Car Collection Motorsport in

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. He is a Porsche contracted driver and has won the 2016

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and has also taken two class wins at the

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in both

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and

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Early career

Following a career in karts, Menzel made his single-seater debut in 2013, racing in the final edition of the Formula BMW Talent Cup. Having taken one win in the test races, Menzel won race two at the Grand Final held at

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and finished runner-up to Robin Hansson in the standings. In 2014, Menzel joined Schiller Motorsport to compete in the final season of the

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. Menzel scored a best result of fifth at

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and concluded the season 12th in points. Leaving single-seaters after 2014, Menzel moved to Asia for 2015, joining Team StarChase in

. Having taken his maiden win at

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, Menzel finished third in the standings in his maiden season in the series. Returning to

for 2016, Menzel beat Maxime Jousse to the title despite not scoring any overall wins throughout the season.

GT Career

During 2016, Menzel joined the BMW Motorsport Junior programme alongside

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. Towards the end of the year, Menzel made his debut in GT3 machinery, taking part in the VLN Series, where he scored a best result of second at the final round of the season in just his second race in the category. Having been set to make his international GT3 debut at the 2017 Bathurst 12 Hour, Menzel's car suffered a crash in qualifying, which damaged the chassis and thus was retired before the race started. Menzel's main program for 2017 was in the

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, where he competed for Walkenhorst Motorsport alongside Christian Krognes and Mikkel Jensen. Despite a disappointing season in Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, Menzel retained BMW junior status for 2018, joining RN Vision STS in

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alongside

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. Taking his maiden GT4 win in race two at

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, Menzel won race one at

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and ended the season with a second-place finish in the season finale to end the year ninth in the standings. Over the following two years, Menzel raced full-time in the

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, competing for

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at that year's

. Whilst in 2020, Menzel primarily competed in the SP7 class of the series with Huber Motorsport, and also competed in the

for the same team, albeit in SP9 Pro-Am, where he won in class and finished 15th overall in the red-flagged race. In 2021, Menzel stayed with Huber Motorsport to contest the

in SP9 Pro-Am class. Menzel also made his debut in the

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and scored another class win at the

. Following a class podium at the

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, Menzel joined

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for the

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and that year's edition of the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. During 2023, Menzel also competed for Huber Motorsport in

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alongside

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. Menzel won race two at

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from pole position and scored four more podiums across the season to finish third in the standings. Menzel was retained by

and took two wins, with one of which being in the qualifying races for the

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. In late February 2024, Menzel joined Car Collection Motorsport to compete in the

alongside Gustav Bergström. Scoring a win at

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from pole position, Menzel ended the season sixth in points. In early March 2025, it was announced that Menzel would remain with

for another NLS season along with another participation at the

Personal life

Menzel is the son of

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and

champion

Christian Menzel Christian Menzel (born 22 June 1971 in Langenfeld (Rheinland)) is a German racing driver. His career started in 1981 in Karts. Since 1991 he competed in ADAC BMW Formula Junior, later Formula Renault and since 1994 Formula 3. In 1998 he won tog ...

Racing record

Racing career summary

Complete ADAC Formel Masters results

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

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

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

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Menzel, Nico 1997 births Living people German racing drivers International GT Open drivers ADAC GT Masters drivers People from Adenau Formula BMW drivers ADAC Formel Masters drivers Porsche Supercup drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Asia drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Germany drivers GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers 24H Series drivers GT4 European Series drivers Le Mans Cup drivers Asian Le Mans Series drivers Racing Bart Mampaey drivers KCMG drivers