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− | '''Constantin Grimminger''' (born 14 July 1992) is a German sim racer, currently competing for [[MPG Competition]] in the [[Main Page|IVRC]] [[Touring Car Championship]]. |
+ | '''Constantin Grimminger''' (born 14 July 1992) is a German sim racer, currently competing for [[MPG Competition]] in the [[Main Page|IVRC]] [[Touring Car Championship]], [[World Endurance Championship]] and [[Super Touring Masters]]. |
== Sim racing career == |
== Sim racing career == |
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== Touring Car Championship == |
== Touring Car Championship == |
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− | With the beginning of IVRC, Grimminger will join the Touring Car Championship for it's debut season in 2018. At the halfway point of 2018, Grimminger held the lead in the driver's championship. |
+ | With the beginning of IVRC, Grimminger will join the Touring Car Championship for it's debut season in 2018. At the halfway point of 2018, Grimminger held the lead in the driver's championship. However, partly due to missing two rounds in the second half of the championship, he just ended the inaugural season on second, still with six wins and 18 podiums in 28 starts. |
+ | For 2019-1 he returns once again with MPG Competition, trying to push Marc Stwerka off the drivers' championship throne. |
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==Nürburgring Endurance== |
==Nürburgring Endurance== |
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For the first edition of the IVRC Nürburgring Endurance race Grimminger participated with MPG Competition. After initially going for a 24h race, the race directors shortened the race distance to 90 minutes and forbid shared entries. In the process, Grimminger started the race from 4th on the grid and finished 2nd behind team mate Carlos Frau. |
For the first edition of the IVRC Nürburgring Endurance race Grimminger participated with MPG Competition. After initially going for a 24h race, the race directors shortened the race distance to 90 minutes and forbid shared entries. In the process, Grimminger started the race from 4th on the grid and finished 2nd behind team mate Carlos Frau. |
Revision as of 23:31, 18 February 2019
Constantin Grimminger (born 14 July 1992) is a German sim racer, currently competing for MPG Competition in the IVRC Touring Car Championship, World Endurance Championship and Super Touring Masters.
Sim racing career
Grimminger started his sim career in mid-2005 in minor German leagues, using F1 Challenge 99-02. In the late first decade of the millenium he joined the league F1C-Fun, a league with career system, where he gained his first major success by finishing third in the rookie-level A1GP Championship and thus graduated to the league's GP2 series. However, he wasn't able to keep up his success and dropped off the season early.
This left Grimminger without a league drive until 2011, when he partnered up with long-time friend Martin Jatzek to start the Race4Speed precessor GP2League.com, a league which lasted for only three rounds. However, both drivers weren't willing to let go and finally founded Race4Speed. In the same time he participated in DLM Racing e.V.'s FormelDRL; also he took part in the 2017 NASCAR season at GPLatina and other leagues.
Unlike other drivers, he competed as keyboard driver in most of his early career before finally buying a used Logitech Driving Force GT in mid-2014 from his then-R4S GP3 team mate Benjamin Röske. Grimminger used this wheel until 2017, when he bought a Logitech G29.
Touring Car Championship
With the beginning of IVRC, Grimminger will join the Touring Car Championship for it's debut season in 2018. At the halfway point of 2018, Grimminger held the lead in the driver's championship. However, partly due to missing two rounds in the second half of the championship, he just ended the inaugural season on second, still with six wins and 18 podiums in 28 starts. For 2019-1 he returns once again with MPG Competition, trying to push Marc Stwerka off the drivers' championship throne.
Nürburgring Endurance
For the first edition of the IVRC Nürburgring Endurance race Grimminger participated with MPG Competition. After initially going for a 24h race, the race directors shortened the race distance to 90 minutes and forbid shared entries. In the process, Grimminger started the race from 4th on the grid and finished 2nd behind team mate Carlos Frau.
GT3 World Cup
For the first edition of the IVRC GT3 World Cup, Grimminger participated with MPG Competition Asia in a Nissan GT-R GT3. After scoring a surprising front row start for the Qualifying Race, he crashed out of in the last lap while easily being in 2nd. This forced him to start the Main Race in the mid pack, where he collided with team mate Jatzek and thus was robbed of any chance to get a good result.
F3 World Cup
For the first edition of the IVRC F3 World Cup, Grimminger participated with MPG Competition in a Volkswagen-powered Dallara F312. After a solid run to place himself into first third in Qualifying and finishing the Qualifying Race in 3rd, he fought for P2 in the Main Race against Dionysis Faraos, where he was forced to take avoiding action and crashed into the wall. After a lengthy repair stop he finished the race in 7th.
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | TCC | MPG Competition | 28 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 418 | 2nd |
Nürburgring Endurance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 2nd | ||
GT3 World Cup | MPG Competition Asia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 6th | |
F3 World Cup | MPG Competition | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 7th | |
2018-19 | Formula E | MPG Swinegel Racing | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 84 | 1st |
2019 | RoC | no team | 5 | 2 | N/A | N/A | 0 | N/A | 5th |
TCC-1 | MPG Competition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | TBA* | |
STM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | TBA* | ||
WEC | MPG Competition LMP2 Team – LMP2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | TBA* |
- D.C. = Drivers' Championship position
- F/L = Fastest Laps
* Season still in progress.
Touring Car Championship results
(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 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | MPG Competition | SPA R1 Ret |
SPA R2 2 |
ZOL R1 5 |
ZOL R2 1 |
ZAN R1 2 |
ZAN R2 5 |
BRA R1 2 |
BRA R2 1 |
DON R1 4 |
DON R2 4 |
KNU R1 1 |
KNU R2 3 |
NÜR R1 3 |
NÜR R2 2 |
HOC R1 2 |
HOC R2 2 |
HUN R1
|
HUN R2
|
RBR R1 2 |
RBR R2 11 |
IMO R1 3 |
IMO R2 1 |
BAR R1
|
BAR R2
|
ROA R1 11 |
ROA R2 1 |
LAS R1 2 |
LAS R2 3 |
BAT R1 4 |
BAT R2 1 |
MAC R1 Ret |
MAC R2 6 |
2nd | 418 |
2019-1 | MPG Competition | SPA R1
|
SPA R2
|
SPA R3
|
SIL R1
|
SIL R2
|
SIL R3
|
NÜR R1
|
NÜR R2
|
NÜR R3
|
NOR R1
|
NOR R2
|
NOR R3
|
KNU R1
|
KNU R2
|
KNU R3
|
HUN R1
|
HUN R2
|
HUN R3
|
RBR R1
|
RBR R2
|
RBR R3
|
SUZ R1
|
SUZ R2
|
SUZ R3
|
SIN R1
|
SIN R2
|
SIN R3
|
BAT R1
|
BAT R2
|
BAT R3
|
TBD* | TBD* |
Winter Series results
(Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018-19 | MPG Swinegel Racing | CHN
3 |
MON
4 |
ARG
2 |
FRA
3 |
FRA
2 |
1st | 81 |
Super Touring Masters results
(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 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | MPG Competition | HOC R1
|
HOC R2
|
ZOL R1
|
ZOL R2
|
NOR R1
|
NOR R2
|
MIS R1
|
MIS R2
|
ASS R1
|
ASS R2
|
BRA R1
|
BRA R2
|
LAU R1
|
LAU R2
|
RBR R1
|
RBR R2
|
NÜR R1
|
NÜR R2
|
HOC R1
|
HOC R2
|
TBD* | TBD* |
WEC results
(Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | MPG Competition LMP2 Team | GBR
|
BEL
|
FRA
|
AUT
|
GER
|
BHR
|
JPN
|
CHN
|
BRA
|
USA
|
TBD* | TBD* |
Nürburgring Endurance results
(Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | MPG Competition | Ferrari 488 GT3 | SP9 | 11 | 2nd | 2nd |
GT3 World Cup results
(Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Car | Laps | Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | MPG Competition Asia | Nissan GT-R GT3 | 10 | 6th |
F3 World Cup results
(Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Engine | Laps | Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | MPG Competition | Volkswagen | 15 | 7th |