Daniel Keilwitz
Daniel Keilwitz | |
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Nationality | German |
Born | Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany | 3 August 1989
Racing licence | FIA Gold |
Championship titles | |
2013 2010 | ADAC GT Masters FIA GT3 European Championship |
Daniel Keilwitz (born 3 August 1989) is a German racing driver. A veteran of the GT3 scene, Keilwitz's most notable accolades include the 2010 FIA GT3 European Championship and 2013 ADAC GT Masters, as well as being the lap record holder at the Nürburgring 24 Hours.[1] He has also won the 2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup in the Pro-Am class.[2]
Having followed a runner-up finish in the ADAC Procar series in 2006 up with three race-winning seasons in the Mini Challenge Germany, Keilwitz entered the ADAC GT Masters in 2009 with Leipert Motorsport. He went on to triumph in the FIA GT3 European Championship the following year, winning four races at Callaway Competition alongside Christian Hohenadel.[3][4] Keilwitz and the team migrated to GT Masters from 2011 onward, finishing second in 2012 before triumphing overall in 2013.[5] He competed in the series until 2021, finishing third thrice and second in 2018.
Since 2022, Keilwitz has been driving for Rinaldi Racing in the LMP3 class of the Michelin Le Mans Cup.[6]
During his career, the German has taken part in the Nürburgring 24 Hours on a number of occasions. Aside from his record lap in 2023, Keilwitz finished second in the SP8 class in 2011 and won the 2023 contest whilst driving in the SP9 Pro-Am category in a Ferrari 296 GT3 fielded by WTM by Rinaldi Racing.[7]
Racing record
[edit]Career summary
[edit]Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2005 | German Production Car Championship - Diesel | N/A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10th |
2006 | ADAC Procar - Division III | N/A | 13 | 4 | 3 | ? | 8 | 80 | 2nd |
2007 | Mini Challenge Germany | Schubert Motorsport | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 127 | 11th |
2008 | Mini Challenge Germany | Schubert Motorsport | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 209 | 5th |
2009 | Mini Challenge Germany | ORMS Racing | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 242 | 5th |
ADAC GT Masters | Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 17th | |
2010 | FIA GT3 European Championship | Callaway Competition | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 183 | 1st |
VLN Series | N/A | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 39.6 | 135th | |
2011 | ADAC GT Masters | Callaway Competition | 16 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 64 | 17th |
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP8 | Team Tobias Guttroff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 2nd | |
2012 | ADAC GT Masters | Callaway Competition | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 153 | 2nd |
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | Haribo Racing Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | |
2013 | ADAC GT Masters | Callaway Competition | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 179 | 1st |
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | Black Falcon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 15th | |
FIA GT Series | Dörr Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21st | |
Callaway Competition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2014 | ADAC GT Masters | Callaway Competition | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 184 | 3rd |
International GT Open - GT3 Pro-Am | V8 Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 24th | |
Porsche Supercup | Fach Auto Tech | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
Blancpain GT Sprint Series | Callaway – RWT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
2015 | ADAC GT Masters | Callaway Competition | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 104 | 7th |
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | Walkenhorst Motorsport powered by Dunlop | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 6th | |
Italian GT Championship - GT3 | Solaris Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 27th | |
2016 | ADAC GT Masters | Callaway Competition | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 152 | 3rd |
VLN Langstrecken Serie - SP9 | Mann Filter Team Zakspeed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 6th | ||
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup | Black Pearl Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany - Class A | Wiesmann Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
2017 | ADAC GT Masters | Callaway Competition | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 123 | 2nd |
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup | Rinaldi Racing | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Pro-Am | 7 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 144 | 1st | |||
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 16th | |||
VLN Langstrecken Serie - SP9 | Frikadelli Racing Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | Wochenspiegel Team Monschau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th | |
DMV Gran Turismo TCC - Class 1 | N/A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
2018 | ADAC GT Masters | Callaway Competition | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 123 | 3rd |
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | Rinaldi Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 4th | |||
International GT Open - Pro-Am | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 16th | ||
24H GT Series - Continents' - A6 | Lambda Performance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
VLN Langstrecken Serie - SP9 | Wochenspiegel Team Monschau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
Pirelli World Challenge | Callaway Competition USA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 26th | |
2019 | ADAC GT Masters | PROpeak Performance | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 17th |
Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
VLN Langstrecken Serie - SP9 | Team Zakspeed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | Wochenspiegel Team Monschau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 10th | |
24H GT Series - Europe - A6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 24th | ||
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1 | Mishumotors | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 35th | |
2020 | ADAC GT Masters | Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 31st |
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Rinaldi Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 11th | |||
Intercontinental GT Challenge | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
Le Mans Cup - LMP3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30th | ||
2021 | ADAC GT Masters | Aust Motorsport | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 34th |
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Pro-Am | WTM Powered by Phoenix | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro-Am | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 3rd | ||
24H GT Series - GT3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | ||
2022 | Le Mans Cup - LMP3 | Rinaldi Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 19th |
24H GT Series - GT3 | WTM Racing | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | NC† | |
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro | Lamborghini Stuttgart by Target | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | NC† | |
2023 | Le Mans Cup - LMP3 | Rinaldi Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 15th |
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 | WTM by Rinaldi Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro-Am | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 1st | ||
2024 | Prototype Winter Series - LMP3 | Rinaldi Racing | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 25.935 | 4th |
Le Mans Cup - LMP3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 24th | ||
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 | Frikadelli Racing Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | * | |
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 12th |
† As Keilwitz was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.
* Season still in progress.
Complete ADAC GT Masters results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
References
[edit]- ^ "51. ADAC TotalEnergies 24h Nürburgring Lap by Lap Race" (PDF). 21 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Daniel Keilwitz | Rennfahrer aus Leidenschaft" (in German). Retrieved 2024-05-24.
- ^ Keilwitz and Hohenadel Take GT3 Drivers Title (Offizielle FIA-GT3-Seite am 19. September 2010)
- ^ "Hohenadel und Keilwitz sind GT3-Europameister / FIA GT3 - SPEEDWEEK.COM". www.speedweek.com (in German). 2010-09-19. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
- ^ "Alessi/Keilwitz sind ADAC GT Masters-Champions: Ford siegt im Finale | ADAC GT Masters". www.adac-motorsport.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-05-23.
- ^ Goodwin, Graham (15 March 2022). "2022 Michelin Le Mans Cup Attracts Record Entry". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "Frikadelli: Der Fahrerkader steht – ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring" (in German). 2024-04-21. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
External links
[edit]- Daniel Keilwitz career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1989 births
- Living people
- German racing drivers
- ADAC GT Masters drivers
- Le Mans Cup drivers
- Sportspeople from Villingen-Schwenningen
- Racing drivers from Baden-Württemberg
- Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers
- International GT Open drivers
- Porsche Supercup drivers
- 24H Series drivers
- Porsche Carrera Cup Germany drivers
- NASCAR drivers
- Lamborghini Super Trofeo drivers
- Phoenix Racing drivers
- Target Racing drivers
- Ferrari Competizioni GT drivers
- GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers