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Christian Menzel

{{short description|German racing driver (born 1971)}}

{{no footnotes|date=February 2013}}

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 together with Hans-Joachim Stuck and Marc Duez the 24 Hours Nürburgring on a BMW 320 Diesel.

Since 2000 Menzel was active in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) for Opel.

The main activity of Christian Menzel is racing in the Porsche Carrera Cup (winner 2005) and Porsche Supercup, since 2008 in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, in which he finished second.

Racing record

=Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results=

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

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Year

! Team

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! DC

! Pts

2000

! Team HP-PZ Koblenz

! Opel Astra V8 Coupé

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
1
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC
2
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| OSC
1
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OSC
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NOR
1
{{small|16}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NOR
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SAC
1
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SAC
2
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR
1
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
2
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OSC
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OSC
2
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR
1
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR
2
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC
1
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| HOC
2
{{small|DNS}}

! 17th

! 5

=Complete Porsche Supercup results=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Team

! Car

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! DC

! Points

rowspan=2| 2002

! Tolimit Motorsport

!rowspan=2| Porsche 996 GT3

| ITA

| ESP

| AUT

| MON

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER
{{small|3}}

| GBR

| GER

|

|

|

|

|

!rowspan=2| NC‡

!rowspan=2| 0‡

Kwikpower XS Racing

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HUN
{{small|11}}

| BEL

| ITA

| USA

| USA

2003

! Tolimit Motorsport

! Porsche 996 GT3

| ITA

| ESP

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT
{{small|5}}

| MON

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER
{{small|21}}

| FRA

| GBR

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER
{{small|Ret}}

| HUN

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA
{{small|6}}

| USA

| USA

! NC‡

! 0‡

2004

! Team HP-PZ Koblenz

! Porsche 996 GT3

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ITA
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| USA
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| USA
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FRA
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GER
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ITA
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 162

2005

! Tolimit Motorsport

! Porsche 997 GT3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GER
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA
{{small|9}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GBR
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL
{{small|5}}

! 4th

! 139

2006

! Tolimit Motorsport

! Porsche 997 GT3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BHR
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ITA
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GER
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| HUN
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA
{{small|6}}

! 6th

! 114

2007

! Tolimit Motorsport

! Porsche 997 GT3

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BHR
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BHR
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ESP
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GBR
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GER
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HUN
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TUR
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL
{{small|14}}

!

! 5th

! 104

2011

! Haribo Racing Team

! Porsche 997 GT3

| TUR

| ESP

| MON

| GER

| GBR

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER
{{small|9}}

| HUN

| BEL

| ITA

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| UAE
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| UAE
{{small|11}}

!

! NC‡

! 0‡

‡ Not eligible for points

External links

  • [http://www.christian-menzel.com Homepage]

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{{succession box|title=Porsche Carrera Cup Germany champion|before=Mike Rockenfeller|after=Dirk Werner|years=2005}}

{{succession box|title=Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
Champion|before=Darryl O'Young|after=Keita Sawa|years=2009-2010}}

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{{24 Hours of Nürburgring winners}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Menzel, Christian}}

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