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Tim Zimmermann

Tim Zimmermann is a German racing driver set to compete in ADAC GT Masters for FK Performance Motorsport.

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Tim Zimmermann
Zimmermann in 2015
NationalityGermany German
Born (1996-09-06) 6 September 1996
Langenargen, Germany
Categorisation FIA Silver

Tim Zimmermann (born 6 September 1996) is a German racing driver set to compete in ADAC GT Masters for FK Performance Motorsport.

Career

Zimmermann began karting in 2007, competing until 2013.1 During his karting career, he most notably finished runner-up in the 2012 Euro Wintercup and ADAC Kart Masters' KF2 classes.23 In 2014, Zimmermann made his debut in single-seaters, racing in the final season of ADAC Formel Masters for Neuhauser Racing.4 In his maiden season with the team, Zimmermann won race three at the Slovakia Ring and took nine more podiums to end the year third in points.5 Remaining with Neuhauser Racing to race in the newly-rebranded ADAC Formula 4 Championship the following year,6 scoring three podiums with a best result of second (twice) en route to a sixth-place points finish.78 During 2015, Zimmermann also made a one-off appearance in the Italian F4 Championship for Prema Powerteam at Monza.9

Switching to Touring cars for 2016, Zimmermann joined Junior Team Engstler to compete in the inaugural season of the ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship.10 Starting off the season with a retirement and a DNS at Oschersleben, Zimmermann then finished second in race one at the Sachsenring,11 before ending the weekend by finishing third in race two.12 In the remaining five rounds, Zimmermann only took one other podium as he ended the year eighth in points despite missing one round.13 Joining Target Competition for his sophomore season in ADAC TCR Germany the following year,14 Zimmermann scored a lone podium at Oschersleben en route to a 16th-place points finish.15 Zimmermann then spent the following two years in Porsche Carrera Cup Germany for Black Falcon,16 scoring one podium at Sachsenring in 2018, as finished sixth and 12th in points in the two years, respectively.17

Zimmermann's Grasser Lamborghini in 2021. source ↗

Moving to GT3 competition for 2020, Zimmermann joined GRT Grasser Racing Team to race in ADAC GT Masters alongside Steijn Schothorst,18 as a new addition to the Lamborghini junior roster.19 In his first season in the series, Zimmermann qualified on pole three times and scored his maiden podium at the Hockenheimring by finishing third in race one en route to a 13th-place points finish as he also secured the Junior title.20 Remaining with GRT Grasser for 2021, Zimmermann raced with them in ADAC GT Masters and GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup,2122 as well as a part-time schedule in the GTD class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship.23 Finishing 35th in the former, Zimmermann found more success in the Silver Cup of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, in which he scored a class podium at Le Castellet and took pole at the Nürburgring to end the year 22nd in class.24 At the end of the year, Zimmermann made his LMP3 debut by joining Konrad Motorsport for the Estoril round of the Ultimate Cup Series.25

Zimmermann's Land Audi, which he and Chris Mies took to one victory in 2022. source ↗

In 2022, Zimmermann joined Montaplast by Land Motorsport for his third season in ADAC GT Masters alongside Christopher Mies.26 In their only season together, the pair won at the Lausitzring and ended the year 12th in points.27 Remaining in ADAC GT Masters for the following year and moving to Huber Racing,28 Zimmermann won the season-opening race at the Hockenheimring and was third in points after three rounds,29 when his season was cut short as Huber Racing reduced its motorsport activity due to Christoph Huber's health-related issues.30

The following year, Zimmermann returned to GRT Grasser Racing Team alongside Benjamín Hites for his fourth full-time season in ADAC GT Masters.31 Alongside the Hites, Zimmermann scored a lone podium at Zandvoort by finishing second in race one en route to a ninth-place points finish despite missing the Red Bull Ring round.32 In 2025, Zimmermann joined FK Performance Motorsport to continue in ADAC GT Masters alongside Leyton Fourie.33 In his first season for the BMW-affiliated team, Zimmermann scored his first win of the season in race two at Zandvoort,34 before repeating the same feat at the Salzburgring, as well as taking two more podiums to end the season runner-up in points.3536

Zimmermann continued with FK Performance Motorsport for his sophomore season in ADAC GT Masters in 2026.37

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2010 South Garda Winter Cup – KF3 Maranello Kart NC
ADAC Kart Championship – KF3 5th
Karting European Championship – KF3 Rs-Motorsport NC
Deutsche Kart-Meisterschaft – KF3 24th
ADAC Kart Masters – KF3 5th
2011 Deutsche Kart-Meisterschaft – KF3 10th
Karting European Championship – KF3 NC
ADAC Kart Masters – KF3 7th
2012 Euro Wintercup – KF2 2nd
Karting European Championship – KF2 Rs-Motorsport 83rd
Deutsche Kart-Meisterschaft – KF1 17th
ADAC Kart Masters – KF2 2nd
2013 South Garda Winter Cup – KZ2 NC
Karting European Championship – KZ2 Rs-Motorsport 30th
Deutsche Kart-Meisterschaft – KZ2 NC
International Super Cup – KZ2 ART Grand Prix 30th
Sources:3839

Racing record

Racing career summary

Year Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2014 ADAC Formel Masters Neuhauser Racing 24 1 1 2 10 224 3rd
2015 ADAC Formula 4 Championship Neuhauser Racing 23 0 0 0 3 152 6th
Italian F4 Championship Prema Powerteam 3 0 0 0 0 2 26th
2016 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship Junior Team Engstler 11 0 0 1 3 73 8th
24 Hours of Nürburgring – TCR Racing One GmbH 1 0 0 0 1 N/a 2nd
2017 ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship Target Competition 14 0 0 0 1 141 15th
2018 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Black Falcon Team TMD Friction 14 0 0 0 1 95 6th
24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP7 0 0 0 0 0 N/a DNS
China Endurance Championship S&D Motorsports 7 0 0 0 3 ? ?
2019 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Black Falcon 15 0 0 0 0 62 12th
2020 ADAC GT Masters GRT Grasser Racing Team 13 0 0 0 1 67 13th
2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD GRT Grasser Racing Team 3 0 0 1 0 534 39th
ADAC GT Masters 11 0 0 0 0 14 35th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver 5 0 1 0 1 20 22nd
Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours of Nurburgring - SP9 Pro-Am Konrad Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/a 5th
Ultimate Cup Series Challenge Prototype – LMP3 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2022 ADAC GT Masters Montaplast by Land Motorsport 14 1 0 0 1 104 12th
2023 ADAC GT Masters Huber Racing 6 1 0 0 2 91 8th
Prototype Cup Germany Konrad Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 15 23rd
2023–24 Middle East Trophy – GT3 Pro Huber Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 14 NC
2024 ADAC GT Masters GRT Grasser Racing Team 10 0 1 1 1 114 9th
2025 ADAC GT Masters FK Performance Motorsport 12 2 1 3 4 165 2nd
Lamborghini Super Trofeo Asia – Pro-Am Z.SPEED 4 0 0 0 3 41 9th
2026 ADAC GT Masters FK Performance Motorsport
Sources:4038

Complete ADAC Formel Masters results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2014 Neuhauser Racing Team OSC
1
3 		OSC
2
7 		OSC
3
2 		ZAN
1
2 		ZAN
2
6 		ZAN
3
2 		LAU
1
9 		LAU
2
10 		LAU
3
6 		RBR
1
Ret 		RBR
2
5 		RBR
3
5 		SVK
1
2 		SVK
2
9 		SVK
3
1 		NÜR
1
4 		NÜR
2
5 		NÜR
3
2 		SAC
1
3 		SAC
2
3 		SAC
3
5 		HOC
1
5 		HOC
2
5 		HOC
3
2 		3rd 224

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2015 Neuhauser Racing OSC1
1
8 		OSC1
2
6 		OSC1
3
32 		RBR
1
5 		RBR
2
2 		RBR
3
Ret 		SPA
1
13 		SPA
2
Ret 		SPA
3
6 		LAU
1
12 		LAU
2
7 		LAU
3
4 		NÜR
1
10 		NÜR
2
27 		NÜR
3
9 		SAC
1
3 		SAC
2
6 		SAC
3
8 		OSC2
1
6 		OSC2
2
4 		OSC2
3
2 		HOC
1
4 		HOC
2
7 		HOC
3
Ret 		6th 152

Complete Italian Formula 4 Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2015 Prema Powerteam VAL
1 		VAL
2 		VAL
3 		MNZ
1
9 		MNZ
2
20 		MNZ
3
Ret 		IMO1
1 		IMO1
2 		IMO1
3 		MUG
1 		MUG
2 		MUG
3 		ADR
1 		ADR
2 		ADR
3 		IMO2
1 		IMO2
2 		IMO2
3 		MIS
1 		MIS
2 		MIS
3 		26th 2

Complete ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2016 Junior Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR OSC1
1
Ret3 		OSC1
2
DNS 		SAC
1
24 		SAC
2
3 		OSC2
1
Ret 		OSC2
2
3 		RBR
1
9 		RBR
2
DSQ 		NÜR
1
 NÜR
2
 ZAN
1
4 		ZAN
2
4 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
Ret 		8th 73
2017 Target Competition GER Audi RS3 LMS TCR OSC1
1
7 		OSC1
2
2 		RBR
1
Ret 		RBR
2
15 		OSC2
1
5 		OSC2
2
11 		ZAN
1
17 		ZAN
2
30 		NÜR
1
11 		NÜR
2
29 		SAC
1
6 		SAC
2
26 		HOC
1
30 		HOC
2
31 		16th 141

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2020 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo LAU1
1
15 		LAU1
2
19 		NÜR
1
15 		NÜR
2
9 		HOC
1
3 		HOC
2
5 		SAC
1
4 		SAC
2
Ret 		RBR
1
7 		RBR
2
9 		LAU2
1
21 		LAU2
2
14 		OSC
1
17 		OSC
2
Ret 		13th 67
2021 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo OSC
1
14 		OSC
2
21 		RBR
1
14 		RBR
2
Ret 		ZAN
1
Ret 		ZAN
2
19 		LAU
1
 LAU
2
 SAC
1
19 		SAC
2
14 		HOC
1
8 		HOC
2
16 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
Ret 		35th 14
2022 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo II OSC
1
12 		OSC
2
12 		RBR
1
13 		RBR
2
13 		ZAN
1
9 		ZAN
2
4 		NÜR
1
8 		NÜR
2
18 		LAU
1
8 		LAU
2
1 		SAC
1
8 		SAC
2
11 		HOC
1
9 		HOC
2
12 		12th 104
2023 Huber Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) HOC1
1
12 		HOC1
2
5 		NOR
1
7 		NOR
2
33 		NÜR
1
51 		NÜR
2
4 		SAC
1
 SAC
2
 RBR
1
 RBR
2
 HOC2
1
 HOC2
2
 8th 91
2024 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 OSC
1
112 		OSC
2
5 		ZAN
1
23 		ZAN
2
10 		NÜR
1
51 		NÜR
2
14 		SPA
1
83 		SPA
2
4 		RBR
1
 RBR
2
 HOC
1
9 		HOC
2
5 		9th 114
2025 FK Performance Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 Evo LAU
1
6 		LAU
2
8 		ZAN
1
2 		ZAN
2
1 		NÜR
1
7 		NÜR
2
4 		SAL
1
6 		SAL
2
11 		RBR
1
113 		RBR
2
8 		HOC
1
13 		HOC
2
22 		2nd 165
2026 FK Performance Motorsport BMW M4 GT3 Evo RBR
1
10 		RBR
2
4 		ZAN
1
 ZAN
2
 LAU
1
 LAU
2
 NÜR
1
 NÜR
2
 SAL
1
 SAL
2
 HOC
1
 HOC
2
 7th* 20*

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points
2021 GRT Grasser Racing Team GTD Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 DAY
19 		SEB
13 		MOH DET WGL
13 		WGL LIM ELK LGA LBH VIR PET 39th 534

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)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2021 GRT Grasser Racing Team Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Silver MNZ
27 		LEC
16 		SPA
6H
46 		SPA
12H
35 		SPA
24H
Ret 		NÜR
35 		CAT
38 		22nd 20

Complete Prototype Cup Germany results

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

Year Team Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2023 Konrad Motorsport Ginetta G61-LT-P3 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 HOC
1
 HOC
2
 OSC
1
 OSC
2
 ZAN
1
 ZAN
2
 NOR
1
 NOR
2
 ASS
1
 ASS
2
 NÜR
1
10 		NÜR
2
9 		23rd 15
References

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