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Jens Klingmann

{{short description|German racing driver}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Jens Klingmann

| image =File:GT World Challenge Europe 2024 Nürburg Nr. 30 Al Harthy, de Haan, Klingmann (1).jpg

| imagesize =

| caption =

| nationality = {{flagicon|DEU}} German

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|07|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Heidelberg, West Germany

| racing licence = 12px FIA Gold

| current series = FIA GT3 European Championship

| first year = 2009

| current team = Alpina

| car number = 25

| starts = 8

| wins = 0

| poles = 1

| fastest laps = 0

| best finish = 18th

| year = 2009

| prev series = ADAC GT Masters
Formula 3 Euro Series
Formula BMW ADAC

| prev series years = 2009
2008
2006–07

| titles = Formula BMW ADAC

| title years = 2007

| awards =

| award years =

}}

Jens Klingmann (born 16 July 1990 in Heidelberg) is a German racing 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.f3euroseries.com/newsausgabe.php?id=1858 |title=German juniors: Götz and Klingmann with Volkswagen power |date=2008-01-18 |work=f3euroseries.com |publisher=Formula 3 Euro Series |access-date=2009-12-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321144536/http://www.f3euroseries.com/newsausgabe.php?id=1858 |archive-date=21 March 2008 }} He finished 27th in the championship standings, without scoring a point.

Racing career

=Career summary=

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

! Season

! Series

! Team

! Races

! Wins

! Poles

! F/Laps

! Podiums

! Points

! Position

rowspan=2| 2006

|align=left| Formula BMW ADAC

|align=left rowspan=2| Eifelland Racing

| 18

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 4

| 121

| 4th

align=left| Formula BMW World Final

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| N/A

| 7th

rowspan=2| 2007

|align=left| Formula BMW ADAC

|align=left rowspan=2| Eifelland Racing

| 18

| 10

| 7

| 8

| 15

| 699

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

align=left| Formula BMW World Final

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 1

| N/A

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd

2008

|align=left| Formula 3 Euro Series

|align=left| RC Motorsport

| 20

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 29th

rowspan=3| 2009

|align=left| FIA GT3 European Championship

|align=left rowspan=2| Alpina

| 8

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 11

| 18th

align=left| ADAC GT Masters

| 6

| 1

| 2

| 2

| 2

| 23

| 14th

align=left| Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo - Pro

|align=left| Lamborghini München Team Holzer

| 3

| 3

| 1

| 3

| 3

| 38

| 8th

2010

|align=left| ADAC GT Masters

|align=left| Abt Sportsline

|14

|2

|0

|0

|4

|45

|5th

2011

|align=left| ADAC GT Masters

|align=left| Abt Sportsline

|16

|0

|0

|0

|4

|91

|8th

2012

|align=left| 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9

|align=left| BMW Team Vita4one

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|N/A

|9th

rowspan="3" | 2013

|align=left| ADAC GT Masters

|align=left| PIXUM Team Schubert

|2

|1

|1

|0

|2

|40

|16th

align=left| Blancpain Endurance Series

|align=left| Marc VDS Racing Team

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC

align=left| 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9

|align=left| BMW Team Schubert

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|N/A

|6th

rowspan="4" | 2014

|align=left| ADAC GT Masters

|align=left| PIXUM Team Schubert

|16

|0

|1

|1

|1

|92

|9th

align=left| Blancpain GT Sprint Series

| rowspan="2" align="left" | BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC

align=left| 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|N/A

|6th

align=left| Blancpain Endurance Series

|align=left| TDS Racing

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|13

|20th

rowspan="4" | 2015

|align=left| ADAC GT Masters

| rowspan="2" align="left" | BMW Sports Trophy Team Schubert

|14

|4

|0

|1

|4

|156

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd

align=left| 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|N/A

|DNF

align="left" | United SportsCar Championship - GTLM

| align="left" | BMW Team RLL

|3

|0

|0

|0

|1

|91

|13th

align=left| 24H Series - A6

|align=left| Walkenhorst Motorsport

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

rowspan="3" | 2016

|align=left| Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup

|align=left| Rowe Racing

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC

align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD

|align=left| Turner Motorsport

|11

|2

|0

|2

|3

|279

|6th

align=left| 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9

|align=left| Schubert Motorsport

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|N/A

|DNF

rowspan="4" | 2017

|align=left| Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup

|align=left| Rowe Racing

|2

|0

|0

|1

|0

|0

|NC

align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD

|align=left| Turner Motorsport

|12

|1

|0

|0

|3

|294

|4th

align=left| 24H Series - SPX

| rowspan="2" align=left| Schubert Motorsport

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

align="left" | 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|N/A

|12th

rowspan="4" | 2018

|align=left| ADAC GT Masters

|align=left| MRS GT-Racing

|14

|0

|0

|0

|0

|17

|27th

align=left| Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup

|align=left| Rowe Racing

|5

|0

|0

|0

|1

|27

|17th

align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD

|align=left| Turner Motorsport

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|17

|58th

align=left| 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9

|align=left| Falken Motorsports

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|N/A

|15th

rowspan="3" | 2019

|align=left| ADAC GT Masters

|align=left| MRS GT-Racing

|14

|1

|1

|1

|1

|71

|14th

align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD

|align=left| Turner Motorsport

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|22

|52nd

align=left| 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9

|align=left| Falken Motorsports

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|N/A

|5th

2019–20

|align=left| Asian Le Mans Series - GT

|align=left| Astro Veloce Motorsport

|2

|0

|0

|0

|1

|25

|12th

rowspan="5" | 2020

|align=left| ADAC GT Masters

|align=left| MRS GT-Racing

|10

|1

|0

|0

|2

|54

|19th

align=left| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

| rowspan="2" align=left| Boutsen Ginion Racing

|3

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC

align=left| Intercontinental GT Challenge

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC

align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD

|align=left| Turner Motorsport

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|25

|45th

align=left| 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9

|align=left| BMW Team Schnitzer

|1

|0

|0

|0

|1

|N/A

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd

rowspan="2" | 2021

|align=left| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

|align=left| Boutsen Ginion Racing

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

align=left| 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9

|align=left| Schubert Motorsport

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|N/A

|6th

rowspan="4" | 2022

|align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD

|align=left| Turner Motorsport

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|141

|68th

align=left| Italian GT Championship - Sprint - GT3

|align=left| BMW Italia Ceccato Motors

|8

|1

|3

|4

|5

|78

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

align=left| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

|align=left| Walkenhorst Motorsport

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC

align=left| 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9

|align=left| Schubert Motorsport

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|N/A

|DNF

2022-23

|align=left| Middle East Trophy - GT3

|align=left| MS7 by Team WRT

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

rowspan="7" | 2023

| rowspan="2" align="left" | GT World Challenge Asia - GT3

|align=left| FIST - Team AAI

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

| rowspan="2" |4

| rowspan="2" |40th

align=left| GH - Team AAI

|2

|0

|0

|0

|0

align=left| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

|align=left| Team WRT

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

|NC

align=left| Italian GT Championship - Sprint - GT3

|align=left| BMW Italia Ceccato Racing

| 8

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 5

| 98

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|1st

align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD

| rowspan="2" align="left" | Turner Motorsport

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|161

|64th

align=left| Michelin Pilot Challenge - GS

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|130

|61st

align=left| 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9

|align=left| Walkenhorst Motorsport

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

|N/A

|DNF

rowspan="5" |2024

|align=left| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

|align=left| OQ by Oman Racing

| 5

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 1

| 25

| 11th

align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD

|align=left| Turner Motorsport

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 185

| 68th

align=left| Italian GT Sprint Championship - GT3

|align=left| BMW Italia Ceccato Racing

| 8

| 4

| 3

| 3

| 6

| 116

| style="background:#FFFFBF" | 1st

align=left| Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP3T

|align=left| FK Performance Motorsport

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

align=left| 24H Series - GT3

|align=left| Poulsen Motorsport

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

rowspan="3" |2025

|align=left| IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD

|align=left| Turner Motorsport

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 278

| 24th*

align=left| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

| rowspan="2" align=left| AlManar Racing by WRT

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

align=left| GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

=Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results=

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

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

! Year

! Team

! Class

! Make

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Points

!Ref

2015

! BMW Team RLL

! GTLM

! BMW Z4 GTE

! BMW 4.4 L V8

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|DAY
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#dfffdf;"|SEB
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#;”|LBH

|style="background:#;"|LGA

|style="background:#;"|WGL

|style="background:#;"|MOS

|style="background:#;"|ELK

|style="background:#;"|VIR

|style="background:#;"|AUS

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

|

|

! 13th

! 91

|{{Cite web |title=Jens Klingmann – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/klingje01/2015/TU/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC}}

2016

! Turner Motorsport

! GTD

! BMW M6 GT3

! BMW 4.4 L V8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" |DAY
{{small|22}}

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

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

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

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|WGL
{{small|13}}

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

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

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

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|VIR
{{small|11}}

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

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|PET
{{small|9}}

|

! 6th

! 279

|{{Cite web |title=Jens Klingmann – 2016 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/klingje01/2016/TU/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC}}

2017

! Turner Motorsport

! GTD

! BMW M6 GT3

! BMW 4.4 L V8

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

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|SEB
{{small|20}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|LBH
{{small|9}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|PET
{{small|15}}

! 4th

! 294

|{{Cite web |title=Jens Klingmann – 2017 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/klingje01/2017/TU/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC}}

2018

! Turner Motorsport

! GTD

! BMW M6 GT3

! BMW 4.4 L V8

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

|style="background:#;"|SEB

|style="background:#;"|MOH

|style="background:#;"|BEL

|style="background:#;"|WGL

|style="background:#;"|MOS

|style="background:#;"|LIM

|style="background:#;"|ELK

|style="background:#;"|VIR

|style="background:#;"|LGA

|style="background:#;"|PET

|

! 58th

! 17

|{{Cite web |title=Jens Klingmann – 2018 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/klingje01/2018/TU/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC}}

2019

! Turner Motorsport

! GTD

! BMW M6 GT3

! BMW 4.4 L V8

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

|style="background:#;"|SEB

|style="background:#;"|MDO

|style="background:#;"|DET

|style="background:#;"|WGL

|style="background:#;"|MOS

|style="background:#;"|LIM

|style="background:#;"|ELK

|style="background:#;"|VIR

|style="background:#;"|LGA

|style="background:#;"|PET

|

! 52nd

! 22

|{{Cite web |title=Jens Klingmann – 2019 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/klingje01/2019/TU/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC}}

2020

! Turner Motorsport

! GTD

! BMW M6 GT3

! BMW 4.4 L V8

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

|style="background:#;"|DAY

|style="background:#;"|SEB

|style="background:#;"|ELK

|style="background:#;"|VIR

|style="background:#;"|ATL

|style="background:#;"|MDO

|style="background:#;"|CLT

|style="background:#;"|PET

|style="background:#;"|LGA

|style="background:#;"|SEB

|

! 45th

! 25

|{{Cite web |title=Jens Klingmann – 2020 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/klingje01/2020/TU/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC}}

2022

! Turner Motorsport

! GTD

! BMW M4 GT3

! BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#;”|SEB

|style="background:#;”|LBH

|style="background:#;”|LGA

|style="background:#;”|MDO

|style="background:#;”|DET

|style="background:#;”|WGL

|style="background:#;”|MOS

|style="background:#;”|LIM

|style="background:#;”|ELK

|style="background:#;”|VIR

|style="background:#;”|PET

! 68th

! 141

|{{Cite web |title=Jens Klingmann – 2022 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/klingje01/2022/TU/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC}}

2023

! Turner Motorsport

! GTD

! BMW M4 GT3

! BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin Turbo I6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#;”|SEB

|style="background:#;”| LBH

|style="background:#;”| MON

|style="background:#;”| WGL

|style="background:#;”| MOS

|style="background:#;”| LIM

|style="background:#;”| ELK

|style="background:#;”| VIR

|style="background:#;”| IMS

|style="background:#;”| PET

|

! 64th

! 161

|{{Cite web |title=Jens Klingmann – 2023 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/klingje01/2023/TU/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC}}

2024

!Turner Motorsport

!GTD

!BMW M4 GT3

!BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6

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

|SEB

|LBH

|LGA

|WGL

|MOS

|ELK

|VIR

|IMS

|PET

|

|

! 58th

! 185

|{{Cite web |title=Jens Klingmann – 2024 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/klingje01/2024/TU/ |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC}}

2025

!Turner Motorsport

!GTD

!BMW M4 GT3 Evo

!BMW S58B30T0 3.0 L Twin-Turbo I6

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

|SEB

|LBH

|LGA

|WGL

|MOS

|ELK

|VIR

|IMS

|PET

|

|

! 24th*

! 278

|{{Cite web |title=Jens Klingmann – 2025 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/klingje01/2025/TU/ |access-date=30 March 2025 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC}}

colspan="20" |Source:{{Cite web |title=Jens Klingmann Results |url=https://www.motorsportstats.com/driver/jens-klingmann/results |access-date=26 April 2024 |publisher=Motorsport Stats}}

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090817173829/http://www.jens-klingmann.de/ Official website] {{in lang|de}}
  • {{DriverDB driver|jens-klingmann}}

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