Christian Menzel

Christian Menzel (born 22 June 1971 in Langenfeld, Rhineland) is a German racing driver.

Menzel's career started in 1981 in Karts. Since 1991, he competed in ADAC BMW Formula Junior, later Formula Renault and since 1994 Formula 3.

In 1998, Menzel won together with Hans-Joachim Stuck and Marc Duez the 24 Hours Nürburgring on a BMW 320 Diesel.

Since 2000, Menzel was active in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) for Opel.

The main activity of Menzel is racing in the Porsche Carrera Cup (winner 2005) and Porsche Supercup, since 2008 in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, in which he finished second.

Racing record

(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	15	16	DC	Pts
2000	Team HP-PZ Koblenz	Opel Astra V8 Coupé	HOC 1 14	HOC 2 11	OSC 1 14	OSC 2 Ret	NOR 1 16	NOR 2 Ret	SAC 1 9	SAC 2 13	NÜR 1 17	NÜR 2 9	OSC 1 Ret	OSC 2 Ret	NÜR 1 17	NÜR 2 10	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 DNS	17th	5

(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	DC	Points
2002	Tolimit Motorsport	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA	ESP	AUT	MON	GER 3	GBR	GER						NC‡	0‡
Kwikpower XS Racing								HUN 11	BEL	ITA	USA	USA
2003	Tolimit Motorsport	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA	ESP	AUT 5	MON	GER 21	FRA	GBR	GER Ret	HUN	ITA 6	USA	USA	NC‡	0‡
2004	Team HP-PZ Koblenz	Porsche 996 GT3	ITA 2	ESP 8	MON 12	GER 5	USA 4	USA 3	FRA 2	GBR 8	GER 6	HUN 21	BEL 4	ITA 2	2nd	162
2005	Tolimit Motorsport	Porsche 997 GT3	ITA 5	ESP 6	MON 8	GER 1	USA 4	USA 9	FRA 4	GBR 3	GER Ret	HUN 8	ITA 14	BEL 5	4th	139
2006	Tolimit Motorsport	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 7	ITA 2	GER 6	ESP Ret	MON 5	GBR 4	USA Ret	USA Ret	FRA 7	GER 6	HUN 2	ITA 6	6th	114
2007	Tolimit Motorsport	Porsche 997 GT3	BHR 7	BHR 7	ESP 3	MON Ret	FRA 20	GBR 3	GER 2	HUN 6	TUR 6	ITA 5	BEL 14		5th	104
2011	Haribo Racing Team	Porsche 997 GT3	TUR	ESP	MON	GER	GBR	GER 9	HUN	BEL	ITA	UAE 11	UAE 11		NC‡	0‡

‡ Not eligible for points

Sporting positions
Preceded byMike Rockenfeller	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany champion 2005	Succeeded byDirk Werner
Preceded byDarryl O'Young	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Champion 2009-2010	Succeeded byKeita Sawa