Alex Arkin Aka (born 7 August 2000) is a German racing driver currently competing in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup. He is the son of Attempto Racing team boss Arkin Aka.

Early career Aka made his car racing debut for his father's team in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux in 2018. The following year, Aka contested a full season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, though he only finished 26th in the points standings with a best race result of 14th.

GT3 career

GTWC Europe

2020 For the 2020 season, Aka switched to GT3 racing to compete in the Silver Cup class of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. Partnering Nicolas Schöll for the whole campaign and Finlay Hutchison for its majority, Aka finished the year 18th in class with a best individual race finish of 24th at the Nürburgring.

2021 Aka competed in the Dubai 24 Hours at the start of 2021, before embarking on a double-campaign in the Silver Cup categories of the GTWC Endurance and GTWC Sprint cups. The former proved to be a vast improvement to the previous year, as he, Dennis Marschall, and Max Hofer finished on the class podium in Germany, helping them to third place in the Silver Cup standings. In the latter, Aka and Marschall scored a lone win at Valencia, which was the German's first victory in a subclass.

2022 Beginning 2021, Aka once again took part in the Dubai 24 Hours, where he and his teammates finished seventh, as well as racing in a full campaign of the Asian Le Mans Series. This was preparation for Aka's third season in GT3, which he would once again contest in the silver class of the Endurance and Sprint cups. The German showed progress, helping take a pole position alongside Nicolas Schöll and Marius Zug and setting a fastest lap in-class at Imola on his way to second in the Endurance Cup opener. Further class podiums came at the 24 Hours of Spa as well as the Hockenheimring round, which contributed to the trio taking second in the championship.

In the Sprint Cup, Aka and Schöll combined to claim fourth in the class standings, scoring one win at Zandvoort where Aka was able to fend off eventual champion Ulysse de Pauw in the closing laps and taking four further category podiums.

2023 Going into his fourth year of the Silver Cup, Aka would be joined by Lorenzo Patrese in the Sprint Cup, with Pietro Delli Guanti joining the pair in Endurance. The trio fared well despite a retirement at the season-opening Imola round, coming back with a class win in Le Castellet. They scored another podium at the Nürburgring and finished third in points. Aka and Patrese were embroiled in a title battle in Sprint, where they took a season-high five class victories with a best overall result of fourth in Valencia. However, they would miss out on the championship courtesy of a Patrese-caused collision at the final race in Zandvoort, though their efforts still saw the pair pocket the overall GTWC Europe Silver Cup title.

2024 In 2024, Aka contested his first full season in the Pro class, partnering Ricardo Feller and Christopher Haase in the Endurance Cup and only the former in the Sprint Cup. In the latter, Aka and Feller only scored four points finishes and a best result of fourth at Brands Hatch, leading to a ninth place overall. The Endurance Cup campaign proved more fruitful; after a sixth place in Le Castellet, Aka and his teammates ran well during the 24 Hours of Spa, leading at the halfway mark. They then finished the Nürburgring and Monza rounds in fourth place respectively, putting themselves into a close title battle with the Comtoyou Racing No. 7 and AF Corse No. 51 crews. Having sat just three points behind the leaders going into the finale at Jeddah, the Attempto lineup finished the race sixth, thus ending up third in the Endurance Cup championship.

2025 Aka returned to the Silver Cup class ahead of 2025. He finished third in class in the Endurance Cup, having won the category at Barcelona alongside Leonardo Moncini and Sebastian Øgaard by placing fifth overall. Thanks to two class wins at Zandvoort and Misano meanwhile, Aka found himself competing for the class title in the Sprint Cup. After a weaker final round, Aka also finished third in the Sprint Cup's class standings.

Racing record

Racing career summary SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition2018Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux - CupAttempto Racing20000221st2019Porsche Carrera Cup GermanyMSG/HRT Motorsport150000226thDMV Dunlop 60 - Class 1Attempto Racing10000326th2020GT World Challenge Europe Endurance CupAttempto Racing400000NCGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver400002118thIntercontinental GT Challenge100000NC202124H GT Series - GT3Attempto Racing100000NCGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup50000230thGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver5000173 3rdGT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup1000007.524thGT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver8100137.511th202224H GT Series - GT3Attempto Racing1000016NC†Asian Le Mans Series - GT40000218thGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup50000432ndGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver5011376 2ndGT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup1000005.519thGT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver10101580.54thIntercontinental GT ChallengeTresor Attempto Racing10000619th2022–23 Middle East Trophy - GT3 Tresor by Attempto Racing100000NC†2023GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Tresor Attempto Racing500000NCGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver1102873rdGT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup1000008.516thGT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver52371182nd2023–24 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Attempto Racing 5 0 0 0 1 20 14th Middle East Trophy - GT320000346th2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Tresor Attempto Racing 5 0 0 0 0 60 3rd GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 10 0 0 1 0 21.5 9th International GT Open 6 0 0 0 0 0 45th Le Mans Cup - GT3 Steller Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 21 7th* Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3 Tresor Audi Sport Italia 4 0 0 1 1 43 4th2025 Middle East Trophy - GT3 Tresor Attempto Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC† GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup500001016th GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup1000009.516th24H Series - GT3Continental Racing by Simpson Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2025–2624H Series Middle East - GT3Continental Racing with Simpson Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 40 11th24H Series Middle East - GT3 Am 2 1 ? ? 2 94 1st202624H Series - GT3Continental Racing by Simpson Motorsport400006816thGT World Challenge Europe Endurance CupTresor Attempto RacingGT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup1010012512thItalian GT Championship Endurance Cup - GT3Italian GT Championship Sprint Cup - GT3 † As Aka was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.* Season still in progress.

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 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 DC Points 2019 MSG/HRT Motorsport HOC11 HOC12 MST1 MST2 RBR1 RBR2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC21 HOC22 SAC1 SAC2 26th 2

Complete GT World Challenge results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (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 2020 Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo Silver IMO NÜR SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H LEC 18th 21 2021 Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo Silver MON LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR CAT 3rd 73 2022 Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Silver IMO LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H HOC CAT 2nd 76 2023 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Silver MNZ LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR CAT 3rd 87 2024 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Pro LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR MNZ JED 3rd 60 2025 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Silver LEC MNZ SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR CAT 3rd 67 2026 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Gold LEC MNZ SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR ALG 10th* 29* *Season still in progress.

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points2021Attempto RacingAudi R8 LMS Evo Pro MAG1 MAG2 24th 7.5 Silver ZAN1 ZAN2 MIS1 MIS2 BRH1 BRH2 VAL1 VAL2 11th 37.5 2022 Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Silver BRH1 BRH2 MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MIS1 MIS2 VAL1 VAL2 4th 80.5 2023 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Silver BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 HOC1 HOC2 VAL1 VAL2 ZAN1 ZAN2 2nd 118 2024 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Pro BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 HOC1 HOC2 MAG1 MAG2 CAT1 CAT2 9th 21.5 2025 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Silver BRH1 BRH2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MIS1 MIS2 MAG1 MAG2 VAL1 VAL2 3rd 77 2026 Tresor Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Gold BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 CAT1 CAT2 2nd 90.5

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