Lionspeed GP

Lionspeed GP's first venture into motor racing came at the 2019 VLN Series, competing with a Huber Motorsport-backed Porsche 911 GT3 Cup. Andreas Simonsen, Lorenzo di Torrepadula, and co-founder Patrick Kolb drove the car for the season, with Johannes Stengel and Christoph Rendlen stepping in at select rounds. In that year's 2019 24 Hours of Nürburgring, they competed in the SP7 class, finishing 5th in class and 25th overall. The team made a strong step forward in 2020, with Lionspeed, again backed by Huber Motorsport, taking the SP9 Pro-Am class title in the 2020 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie and a class victory in the 2020 24 Hours of Nürburgring. Car Collection Motorsport later supported Lionspeed's operations between 2021 and 2023, exclusively racing in Audi machinery.^[1][7]

After years of racing with operational support, the team transitioned into an independent team in 2024, having established their own team infrastructure.^[4] In their first Nürburgring 24 Hours as a standalone entry, Lionspeed won the SP9 Pro-Am class with co-founder Kolb, Antares Au, Indy Dontje, and Patric Niederhauser.^[6] The team also raced in the Spa 24 Hours for the first time that year, finishing the 2024 24 Hours of Spa 7th in the Bronze class.

In the 2025 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, Lionspeed supported a Cup 3 class entry with Chris Lulham and four-time Formula One world champion Max Verstappen, driving a power-restricted (mandatory for "rookies" of the circuit) Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport.^[8][9] The latter had competed to earn a DMSB Permit Nordschleife, a permit necessary for competitors to participate in Group GT3 sports cars at the Nürburgring Nordschleife.^[10]