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Patrick Assenheimer (born 28 April 1992) is a German racing driver who competes in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for 48LOSCH Motorsport by Black Falcon.

NationalityGermany German
Born (1992-04-28) 28 April 1992 (age 34)
Heilbronn, Germany
Categorisation FIA Silver
2019VLN Series – SP9 Pro
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Patrick Assenheimer
Assenheimer in 2024
NationalityGermany German
Born (1992-04-28) 28 April 1992 (age 34)
Heilbronn, Germany
Categorisation FIA Silver
Championship titles
2019VLN Series – SP9 Pro
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Assenheimer competed primarily in the ADAC GT Masters and GT World Challenge Europe, first for Callaway from 2014 to 2016 and then for Mercedes-AMG from 2017 to 2024. He was VLN Series champion in 2019 and is a five-time Nürburgring 24 Hours class winner.

Career

Born in Heilbronn to a family that ran a local Mercedes-Benz dealership,[1] Assenheimer began racing in 2011, competing in the VLN Series for Team AutoArenA Motorsport.[2][3] After winning the V4 class at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring twice in three seasons, Assenheimer joined Corvette-fielding Callaway Competition to compete in ADAC GT Masters alongside Diego Alessi in 2014.[4] In his rookie season in the series, Assenheimer scored a best result of fourth at Slovakia Ring to end the year 27th in points.[5] Returning for 2015, Assenheimer matched his best result of fourth at the Red Bull Ring and Sachsenring en route to 23rd overall.[6][7] Partnering Dominik Schwager in 2016, Assenheimer scored a double podium at the Lausitzring in the new Corvette C7 GT3-R to improve to tenth in the standings.[8][9]

Assenheimer driving his HTP Motorsport Mercedes, nicknamed Mann-Filter Mamba, at Monza in 2017.

Assenheimer switched to Mercedes-AMG for 2017, joining HTP Motorsport for a dual campaign in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and the ADAC GT Masters, as well as an SP9 class debut at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring.[10][11] Driving the Mann-Filter Mamba in the Pro class with Indy Dontje and Kenneth Heyer, Assenheimer went pointless in Blancpain.[12] Meanwhile, Assenheimer and Maximilian Götz were 16th in GT Masters with a second place at the Sachsenring.[13] Continuing in ADAC GT Masters for 2018, Assenheimer drove a Mercedes-AMG GT3 for HTP–run AutoArena Motorsport alongside a rotating cast of drivers,[14] taking a lone podium at Zandvoort with Raffaele Marciello to end the season 25th in points.[15] Assenheimer also won once in VLN with Dominik Baumann to claim runner-up in SP9 Pro points.[16]

Moving to Black Falcon for 2019, Assenheimer won four times in the VLN Series, twice each with Manuel Metzger and Maro Engel, for a breakthrough SP9 Pro class title.[17][18] In parallel, Assenheimer entered the Silver Cup of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup,[19] where he scored a podium in all but one race to secure runner-up honours alongside Hubert Haupt,[20] a result he reprised at the IGTC's Kyalami 9 Hours.[21] Assenheimer then returned to Black Falcon for the following year's Bathurst 12 Hour,[22] before joining Madpanda Motorsport in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, where he and team owner Ezequiel Pérez Companc placed fifth in Silver Cup with a class podium at the Nürburgring.[23][24] During 2020, Assenheimer also finished eighth overall at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring for Mercedes-AMG Team HRT, alongside factory drivers Baumann, Engel and Dirk Müller.[25]

At the beginning of 2021, Assenheimer pulled double duty at the Dubai 24 Hour for Haupt Racing Team, taking third overall and a win in GT3 Am,[26] before going on to finish 25th in the Silver Cup of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.[27] In 2022, Assenheimer made his IMSA SportsCar Championship debut for Proton USA, taking fifth in GTD at the 24 Hours of Daytona,[28] before joining Landgraf for a campaign in the SP9 class of the NLS and the 24 Hours of Nürburgring.[29] That year, Assenheimer also made GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup cameos for GetSpeed and Madpanda,[30] as well as racing the Indianapolis 8 Hours with DXDT Racing.[31]

After a quiet year in the GTWCE Endurance Cup's Bronze Cup with GetSpeed in 2023,[32] Assenheimer reverted back to Madpanda and the Silver Cup for 2024.[33] A podium at the season opener at Le Castellet helped Assenheimer to tenth in the standings, despite the team departing the series mid-season.[34][35] Assenheimer ventured away from Mercedes for the first time in eight years when he drove for Aston Martin–affiliated Walkenhorst Motorsport at that year's N24.[36] After a brief spell at HRT Ford Performance in 2025, which yielded an SP9 Pro-Am win in NLS,[37][38] Assenheimer joined 48LOSCH Motorsport by Black Falcon for the 2026 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie.[39] Sharing a Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) with Daan Arrow, Tobias Müller and Dylan Pereira, Assenheimer won the 24 Hours of Nürburgring in the SP9 Pro-Am class.[40]

Racing record

Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2011 VLN Series – V4 Team AutoArenA Motorsport
24 Hours of Nürburgring – V4 1 1 0 0 1 N/a 1st
2012 VLN Series – V4 Team AutoArenA Motorsport
24 Hours of Nürburgring – V4 1 1 0 0 1 N/a 1st
2013 VLN Series – V4 Team AutoArenA Motorsport
24 Hours of Nürburgring – V4 1 0 0 0 1 N/a 2nd
2014 ADAC GT Masters Callaway Competition 16 0 0 0 0 32 27th
VLN Series – V4 Team AutoArenA Motorsport
24 Hours of Nürburgring – V4 1 1 0 0 1 N/a 1st
2015 24H Series – A6 SPS automotive-performance 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
ADAC GT Masters Callaway Competition 15 0 0 0 0 32 23rd
24H Series – SP2 RWT Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
VLN Series – V4 Team AutoArenA Motorsport
24 Hours of Nürburgring – V4 1 1 0 0 1 N/a 1st
2016 24H Series – 991 RWT Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
ADAC GT Masters Callaway Competition 14 0 1 0 2 54 10th
VLN Series – V4 Team AutoArenA Motorsport
24 Hours of Nürburgring – V4 1 0 0 0 1 N/a 2nd
2017 24H Series – A6-Pro Black Falcon 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup MANN-FILTER Team HTP Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
ADAC GT Masters Mercedes-AMG Team HTP Motorsport 14 0 0 0 1 60 16th
VLN Series – SP9 Mann-Filter Team HTP Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0
24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/a 14th
British GT Championship – GT3 Kornely Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 10 16th
2018 ADAC GT Masters AutoArena Motorsport 14 0 0 0 1 19 25th
VLN Series – SP9 Pro 6 1 0 0 2 37.90 2nd
24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/a DNF
2019 VLN Series – SP9 Pro Black Falcon 6 4 0 0 5 51.41 1st
24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro 1 0 0 0 0 N/a DNF
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 5 0 0 0 0 16 16th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Silver 0 0 0 4 87 2nd
Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2020 24H GT Series – GT3 Pro Toksport WRT 1 0 0 0 0 12 NC
Bathurst 12 Hour – Silver Black Falcon 1 0 0 0 1 N/a 3rd
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro Mercedes-AMG Team HRT 5 0 1 0 0 23.11 13th
24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT AutoArena 1 0 0 0 0 N/a 8th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Madpanda Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver 0 1 0 1 50 5th
2021 24H GT Series – GT3 Pro Mercedes-AMG Team HRT Bilstein 1 0 0 0 1 24 NC
24H GT Series – GT3 Am Mercedes-AMG Team HRT Abu Dhabi Racing 1 1 0 0 1 0 NC
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro Mercedes-AMG Team HRT 3 0 0 0 0
HWA Team 1 0 0 0 0
24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro Mercedes-AMG Team HRT 1 0 0 0 0 N/a DNF
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Haupt Racing Team 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver 0 0 0 0 16 25th
2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD Proton USA 1 0 0 0 0 290 27th
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro Mercedes-AMG Landgraf Young Talents 2 0 0 0 0
Landgraf Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0
24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am Mercedes-AMG Mann-Filter Team Landgraf 1 0 0 0 0 N/a DNF
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup GetSpeed Performance 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Madpanda Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Gold GetSpeed Performance 1 0 0 0 0 11 22nd
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver Madpanda Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge America – Pro USALCO / DXDT Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2023 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro Schnitzelalm Racing 4 0 0 0 1 0 NC
24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 0 N/a DNF
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup GetSpeed 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Bronze 0 0 0 0 2 34th
2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Madpanda Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver 0 0 0 1 49 10th
Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro-Am Walkenhorst Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 0 N/a 6th
2025 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro HRT Ford Performance 2 0 0 0 1 4 NC
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro-Am 2 1 1 0 2 12 NC
24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 0 N/a DNF
2026 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro-Am 48LOSCH Motorsport by Black Falcon 3 2 0 0 2 23* 4th*
24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am 1 1 0 0 1 N/a 1st
Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 6* 20th*
Sources:[41][42]
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* Season still in progress.

† As Assenheimer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2011 Germany Team AutoArenA Motorsport Germany Marc Marbach
Germany Hannes Pfledderer		 Mercedes-Benz C230 V4 126 66th 1st
2012 Germany Team AutoArenA Motorsport Germany Marc Marbach
Germany Hannes Pfledderer		 Mercedes-Benz C230 V4 128 50th 1st
2013 Germany Team AutoArenA Motorsport Germany Marc Marbach
Germany Hannes Pfledderer		 Mercedes-Benz C230 V4 74 53rd 2nd
2014 Germany Team AutoArenA Motorsport Germany Marc Marbach
Germany Hannes Pfledderer		 Mercedes-Benz C230 V4 130 63rd 1st
2015 Germany Team AutoArenA Motorsport Germany Marc Marbach
Germany Werner Gusenbauer		 Mercedes-Benz C230 V4 128 45th 1st
2016 Germany Team AutoArenA Motorsport Germany Marc Marbach
Germany Moritz Gusenbauer		 Mercedes-Benz C230 V4 110 44th 2nd
2017 Germany Mann-Filter Team HTP Motorsport Germany Kenneth Heyer
Germany Bernd Schneider
Netherlands Indy Dontje		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 SP9 155 14th 14th
2018 Germany AutoArena Motorsport Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Italy Raffaele Marciello
Austria Clemens Schmid		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 SP9 61 DNF DNF
2019 Germany Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon Germany Nico Bastian
Netherlands Yelmer Buurman
Italy Gabriele Piana		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 SP9 Pro 138 DNF DNF
2020 Germany Mercedes-AMG Team HRT AutoArena Austria Dominik Baumann
Germany Maro Engel
Germany Dirk Müller		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo SP9 85 8th 8th
2021 Germany Mercedes-AMG Team HRT Germany Nico Bastian
Germany Maro Engel
Germany Hubert Haupt		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo SP9 46 DNF DNF
2022 Germany Mercedes-AMG Mann-Filter Team Landgraf Switzerland Julien Apothéloz
Austria Dominik Baumann
Germany Luca-Sandro Trefz		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo SP9
Pro-Am		 143 DNF DNF
2023 Germany Schnitzelalm Racing Germany Marcel Marchewicz
Germany Marek Böckmann
Netherlands Colin Caresani		 Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo SP9
Pro-Am		 75 DNF DNF
2024 Germany Walkenhorst Motorsport United States Chandler Hull
Germany Benjamin Mazatis
Germany Mike David Ortmann		 Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo SP9
Pro-Am		 48 19th 6th
2025 Germany HRT Ford Performance Germany Hubert Haupt
Germany Vincent Kolb
Germany Dirk Müller		 Ford Mustang GT3 SP9
Pro-Am		 52 DNF DNF
2026 Germany 48LOSCH Motorsport by Black Falcon Netherlands Daan Arrow
Germany Tobias Müller
Luxembourg Dylan Pereira		 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) SP9
Pro-Am		 154 9th 1st
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Complete ADAC GT 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 Points
2014 Callaway Competition Corvette Z06.R GT3 OSC
1
14		 OSC
2
6		 ZAN
1
22		 ZAN
2
Ret		 LAU
1
Ret		 LAU
2
11		 RBR
1
14		 RBR
2
8		 SLO
1
10		 SLO
2
4		 NÜR
1
11		 NÜR
2
10		 SAC
1
Ret		 SAC
2
15		 HOC
1
13		 HOC
2
7		 27th 32
2015 Callaway Competition Corvette Z06.R GT3 OSC
1
Ret		 OSC
2
13		 RBR
1
4		 RBR
2
15		 SPA
1
9		 SPA
2
14		 LAU
1
Ret		 LAU
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
7		 NÜR
2
12		 SAC
1
4		 SAC
2
15		 ZAN
1
Ret		 ZAN
2
DNS		 HOC
1
12		 HOC
2
Ret		 23rd 32
2016 Callaway Competition Corvette C7 GT3-R OSC
1
11		 OSC
2
9		 SAC
1
19		 SAC
2
13		 LAU
1
3		 LAU
2
2		 RBR
1
4		 RBR
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
10		 NÜR
2
27		 ZAN
1
Ret		 ZAN
2
12		 HOC
1
11		 HOC
2
7		 10th 54
2017 Mercedes-AMG Team HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 OSC
1
16		 OSC
2
20		 LAU
1
19		 LAU
2
6		 RBR
1
6		 RBR
2
4		 ZAN
1
9		 ZAN
2
Ret		 NÜR
1
7		 NÜR
2
Ret		 SAC
1
7		 SAC
2
2		 HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
Ret		 16th 60
2018 AutoArenA Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 OSC
1
17		 OSC
2
13		 MST
1
Ret		 MST
2
21		 RBR
1
23		 RBR
2
20		 NÜR
1
Ret		 NÜR
2
21		 ZAN
1
13		 ZAN
2
2		 SAC
1
15		 SAC
2
13		 HOC
1
10		 HOC
2
25		 25th 19
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Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

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Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2017 HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Pro MNZ
14		 SIL
Ret		 LEC
18		 SPA
6H
47		 SPA
12H
51		 SPA
24H
Ret		 CAT
40		 NC 0
2019 Black Falcon Mercedes-AMG GT3 Silver MNZ
5		 SIL
20		 LEC
14		 SPA
6H
21		 SPA
12H
40		 SPA
24H
24		 CAT
7		 2nd 87
2020 Madpanda Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Silver IMO
22		 NÜR
17		 SPA
6H
41		 SPA
12H
34		 SPA
24H
26		 LEC
25		 5th 50
2021 Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Silver MNZ
22		 LEC
23		 SPA
6H
Ret		 SPA
12H
Ret		 SPA
24H
Ret		 NÜR
14		 CAT
42		 25th 16
2022 GetSpeed Performance Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Gold IMO
 LEC
 SPA
6H
48		 SPA
12H
41		 SPA
24H
31		 22nd 11
Madpanda Motorsport Silver HOC
Ret		 CAT
 NC 0
2023 GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Bronze MNZ
Ret		 LEC
Ret		 SPA
6H
54		 SPA
12H
40		 SPA
24H
32		 NÜR
50†		 CAT
45†		 34th 2
2024 Madpanda Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Silver LEC
22		 SPA
6H
19		 SPA
12H
43		 SPA
24H
31		 NÜR
32		 MNZ
 JED
 10th 49
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Complete British GT Championship results

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

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Year Entrant Chassis Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 DC Pts
2017 Kornely Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 GT3 OUL
1		 OUL
2		 ROC SNE
1		 SNE
2		 SIL SPA
1
12		 SPA
2
5		 BRH DON 16th 10
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Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

More information Year, Team ...
Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rank Points
2022 Proton USA GTD Pro Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 DAY
5		 SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR PET 27th 290
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