Daniel Keilwitz (born 3 August 1989) is a German racing driver. A veteran of the GT3 scene, Keilwitz's most notable accolades include the 2010 FIA GT3 European Championship and 2013 ADAC GT Masters, as well as being the lap record holder at the Nürburgring 24 Hours. He has also won the 2017 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup in the Pro-Am class.
Having followed a runner-up finish in the ADAC Procar series in 2006 up with three race-winning seasons in the Mini Challenge Germany, Keilwitz entered the ADAC GT Masters in 2009 with Leipert Motorsport. He went on to win the FIA GT3 European Championship in 2010 for Callaway Competition alongside Christian Hohenadel.Keilwitz and Hohenadel Take GT3 Drivers Title (Offizielle FIA-GT3-Seite am 19. September 2010) Keilwitz and Callaway migrated to GT Masters from 2011 onward, finishing runner-up in 2012 before triumphing overall in 2013 with Diego Alessi. Keilwitz competed in the series until 2021, finishing third thrice and helping Jules Gounon to the 2017 title despite injury.
From 2022 to 2024, Keilwitz drove for Rinaldi Racing in the LMP3 class of the Michelin Le Mans Cup.
During his career, Keilwitz has taken part in the Nürburgring 24 Hours on a number of occasions. Aside from his record lap in 2023, Keilwitz finished second in the SP8 class in 2011 and won the 2023 contest in the SP9 Pro-Am category in a Ferrari 296 GT3 fielded by WTM by Rinaldi Racing.
Racing record
Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2005 German Production Car Championship - Diesel N/A 4 0 0 0 0 15 10th 2006 ADAC Procar - Division III N/A 13 4 3 ? 8 80 2nd 2007 Mini Challenge Germany Schubert Motorsport 13 1 0 2 1 127 11th 2008 Mini Challenge Germany Schubert Motorsport 15 2 2 0 3 209 5th 2009 Mini Challenge Germany ORMS Racing 15 2 1 1 5 242 5th ADAC GT Masters Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 1 8 0 0 0 1 12 17th 2010 FIA GT3 European Championship Callaway Competition 12 4 2 0 8 183 1st VLN Series N/A ? ? ? ? ? 39.6 135th 2011 ADAC GT Masters Callaway Competition 16 0 1 4 2 64 17th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP8 Team Tobias Guttroff 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 2nd 2012 ADAC GT Masters Callaway Competition 16 3 1 1 6 153 2nd 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Haribo Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2013 ADAC GT Masters Callaway Competition 16 5 0 2 5 179 1st 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Black Falcon 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 15th FIA GT Series Dörr Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 1 21st Callaway Competition 0 0 0 0 0 2014 ADAC GT Masters Callaway Competition 16 6 3 1 7 184 3rd International GT Open - GT3 Pro-Am V8 Racing 4 0 0 1 1 6 24th Porsche Supercup Fach Auto Tech 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC† Blancpain GT Sprint Series Callaway – RWT 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2015 ADAC GT Masters Callaway Competition 16 0 0 1 4 104 7th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Walkenhorst Motorsport powered by Dunlop 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th Italian GT Championship - GT3 Solaris Motorsport 2 0 0 0 1 18 27th 2016 ADAC GT Masters Callaway Competition 14 3 0 0 4 152 3rd VLN Langstrecken Serie - SP9 Mann Filter Team Zakspeed 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Black Pearl Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC Porsche Carrera Cup Germany - Class A Wiesmann Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2017 ADAC GT Masters Callaway Competition 8 2 0 0 5 123 2nd Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Rinaldi Racing 10 0 0 0 0 0 NC Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup - Pro-Am 7 1 3 8 144 1st Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am 0 0 1 1 30 16th VLN Langstrecken Serie - SP9 Frikadelli Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Wochenspiegel Team Monschau 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 7th DMV Gran Turismo TCC - Class 1 N/A 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2018 ADAC GT Masters Callaway Competition 14 3 1 0 5 123 3rdBlancpain GT Series Endurance CupRinaldi Racing300000NCBlancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am1111604thInternational GT Open - Pro-Am40001616th24H GT Series - Continents' - A6Lambda Performance100000NCVLN Langstrecken Serie - SP9Wochenspiegel Team Monschau100000NC†Pirelli World ChallengeCallaway Competition USA300114826th2019ADAC GT MastersPROpeak Performance800006617thTeam Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing40001VLN Langstrecken Serie - SP9Team Zakspeed100000NC†24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9Wochenspiegel Team Monschau10000N/A10th24H GT Series - Europe - A6200001224thNASCAR Whelen Euro Series - Elite 1Mishumotors100005835th2020ADAC GT MastersTeam Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing800001731stGT World Challenge Europe Endurance CupRinaldi Racing500000NCGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Pro-Am00003611thIntercontinental GT Challenge100000NCLe Mans Cup - LMP320000230th2021ADAC GT MastersAust Motorsport1200001534thNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Pro-AmWTM Powered by Phoenix200000NC†24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro-Am10001N/A 3rd24H GT Series - GT3101000NC2022 Le Mans Cup - LMP3 Rinaldi Racing 7 0 0 1 0 12 19th 24H GT Series - GT3 WTM Racing 4 1 0 1 3 0 NC† Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro Lamborghini Stuttgart by Target 2 0 0 0 2 0 NC†2023 Le Mans Cup - LMP3 Rinaldi Racing 7 0 0 0 0 14 15th Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 WTM by Rinaldi Racing200000 NC† 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro-Am 1 1 0 1 1 N/A 1st2024 Prototype Winter Series - LMP3 Rinaldi Racing 7 0 1 1 3 25.935 4th Le Mans Cup - LMP350010724th Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Frikadelli Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 * * 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP910000N/A12th † As Keilwitz was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.* Season still in progress.
24 Hours of Nürburgring results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2008 MSC Rhön e.V. im AvD Benedikt Frei Wolfgang Kudrass Christian Leitheuser BMW M3 V5 76 DNF DNF 2010 MSC Rhön e.V. im AvD Wolfgang Kudrass Christian Leitheuser Alexander Schula BMW M3 SP5 16 DNF DNF 2011 (private entrant) Yannick Fübrich Tobias Guttroff Joachim Kiesch Chevrolet Corvette C6 GT4 SP8 140 23rd 2nd 2012 Haribo Racing Team Jan Magnussen Tommy Milner Richard Westbrook Corvette Z06.R GT3 SP9 114 DNF DNF 2013 Black Falcon Khaled Al Qubaisi Christian Bracke Vimal Mehta Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 SP9 82 19th 15th 2015 Walkenhorst Motorsport Michela Cerruti John Edwards Felipe Fernández Laser BMW Z4 GT3 SP9 153 6th 6th 2016 Mann-Filter Team Zakspeed Sebastian Asch Kenneth Heyer Luca Ludwig Mercedes-AMG GT3 SP9 131 6th 6th 2017 Wochenspiegel Team Monschau Oliver Kainz Jochen Krumbach Georg Weiss Ferrari 488 GT3 SP9 157 7th 7th 2019 Wochenspiegel Team Monschau Oliver Kainz Jochen Krumbach Alexander Mattschull Ferrari 488 GT3 SP9 153 10th 10th 2021 WTM powered by Phoenix Indy Dontje Jochen Krumbach Georg Weiss Ferrari 488 GT3 SP9 58 13th 13th 2023 WTM by Rinaldi Racing Indy Dontje Jochen Krumbach Georg Weiss Ferrari 296 GT3 SP9Pro-Am 161 7th 1st 2024 Frikadelli Racing Felipe Fernández Laser Luca Ludwig Nicolás Varrone Ferrari 296 GT3 SP9Pro 50 12th 11th
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 15 16 DC Points2009Rhino's Leipert Motorsport 1Ascari KZ1R GT3 OSC11 OSC12 ASS1 ASS2 HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 OSC21 OSC22 17th 122011Callaway CompetitionCorvette Z06.R GT3 OSC1 OSC2 SAC1 SAC2 ZOL1 ZOL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 RBR1 RBR2 LAU1 LAU2 ASS1 ASS2 HOC1 HOC2 17th 642012Callaway CompetitionCorvette Z06.R GT3 OSC1 OSC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SAC1 SAC2 NÜR11 NÜR12 RBR1 RBR2 LAU1 LAU2 NÜR21 NÜR22 HOC1 HOC2 2nd 1532013Callaway CompetitionCorvette Z06.R GT3 OSC1 OSC2 SPA1 SPA2 SAC1 SAC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 RBR1 RBR2 LAU1 LAU2 SVK1 SVK2 HOC1 HOC2 1st 179 2014 Callaway Competition Corvette Z06.R GT3 OSC1 OSC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 LAU1 LAU2 RBR1 RBR2 SLO1 SLO2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 3rd 184 2015 Callaway Competition Corvette Z06.R GT3 OSC1 OSC2 RBR1 RBR2 SPA1 SPA2 LAU1 LAU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC1 HOC2 7th 104 2016 Callaway Competition Corvette C7 GT3-R OSC1 OSC2 SAC1 SAC2 LAU1 LAU2 RBR1 RBR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC1 HOC2 3rd 152 2017 Callaway Competition Corvette C7 GT3-R OSC1 OSC2 LAU1 LAU2 RBR1 RBR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 2nd 123 2018 Callaway Competition Corvette C7 GT3-R OSC1 OSC2 MST1 MST2 RBR1 RBR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 3rd 123 2019 PROpeak Performance Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 OSC1 OSC2 MST1 MST2 RBR1 RBR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 17th 66Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil RacingMercedes-AMG GT3 HOC1 HOC2 SAC1 SAC2 2020 Team Zakspeed BKK Mobil Oil Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo LAU11 LAU12 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 SAC1 SAC2 RBR1 RBR2 LAU21 LAU22 OSC1 OSC2 31st 160 2021 Aust Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo OSC1 OSC2 RBR1 RBR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 LAU1 LAU2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 34th 15
Complete Le Mans Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points 2020 Rinaldi Racing LMP3 Duqueine M30 - D08 RIC SPA LEC LMS1 LMS2 MNZ POR 30th 2 2022 Rinaldi Racing LMP3 Duqueine M30 - D08 LEC IMO LMS1 LMS2 MNZ SPA POR 19th 12 2023 Rinaldi Racing LMP3 Ligier JS P320 CAT LMS1 LMS2 LEC ARA SPA POR 15th 14 2023 Rinaldi Racing LMP3 Ligier JS P320 CAT LEC LMS1 LMS2 SPA MUG POR 24th 7
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