Patrick Assenheimer (born 28 April 1992) is a German racing driver who competes in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for 48LOSCH Motorsport by Black Falcon.
Assenheimer competed primarily in the ADAC GT Masters and GT World Challenge Europe, first for Callaway from 2014 to 2016 and then for Mercedes-AMG from 2017 to 2024. He was VLN Series champion in 2019 and is a five-time Nürburgring 24 Hours class winner.
Career Born in Heilbronn to a family that ran a local Mercedes-Benz dealership, Assenheimer began racing in 2011, competing in the VLN Series for Team AutoArenA Motorsport. After winning the V4 class at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring twice in three seasons, Assenheimer joined Corvette-fielding Callaway Competition to compete in ADAC GT Masters alongside Diego Alessi in 2014. In his rookie season in the series, Assenheimer scored a best result of fourth at Slovakia Ring to end the year 27th in points. Returning for 2015, Assenheimer matched his best result of fourth at the Red Bull Ring and Sachsenring en route to 23rd overall. Partnering Dominik Schwager in 2016, Assenheimer scored a double podium at the Lausitzring in the new Corvette C7 GT3-R to improve to tenth in the standings.
Assenheimer switched to Mercedes-AMG for 2017, joining HTP Motorsport for a dual campaign in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and the ADAC GT Masters, as well as an SP9 class debut at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. Driving the Mann-Filter Mamba in the Pro class with Indy Dontje and Kenneth Heyer, Assenheimer went pointless in Blancpain. Meanwhile, Assenheimer and Maximilian Götz were 16th in GT Masters with a second place at the Sachsenring. Continuing in ADAC GT Masters for 2018, Assenheimer drove a Mercedes-AMG GT3 for HTP–run AutoArena Motorsport alongside a rotating cast of drivers, taking a lone podium at Zandvoort with Raffaele Marciello to end the season 25th in points. Assenheimer also won once in VLN with Dominik Baumann to claim runner-up in SP9 Pro points.
Moving to Black Falcon for 2019, Assenheimer won four times in the VLN Series, twice each with Manuel Metzger and Maro Engel, for a breakthrough SP9 Pro class title. In parallel, Assenheimer entered the Silver Cup of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, where he scored a podium in all but one race to secure runner-up honours alongside Hubert Haupt, a result he reprised at the IGTC's Kyalami 9 Hours. Assenheimer then returned to Black Falcon for the following year's Bathurst 12 Hour, before joining Madpanda Motorsport in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, where he and team owner Ezequiel Pérez Companc placed fifth in Silver Cup with a class podium at the Nürburgring. During 2020, Assenheimer also finished eighth overall at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring for Mercedes-AMG Team HRT, alongside factory drivers Baumann, Engel and Dirk Müller.
At the beginning of 2021, Assenheimer pulled double duty at the Dubai 24 Hour for Haupt Racing Team, taking third overall and a win in GT3 Am, before going on to finish 25th in the Silver Cup of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. In 2022, Assenheimer made his IMSA SportsCar Championship debut for Proton USA, taking fifth in GTD Pro at the 24 Hours of Daytona, before joining Landgraf for a campaign in the SP9 class of the NLS and the 24 Hours of Nürburgring. That year, Assenheimer also made GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup cameos for GetSpeed and Madpanda, as well as racing the Indianapolis 8 Hours with DXDT Racing.
After a quiet year in the GTWCE Endurance Cup's Bronze Cup with GetSpeed in 2023, Assenheimer reverted back to Madpanda and the Silver Cup for 2024. A podium at the season opener at Le Castellet helped Assenheimer to tenth in the standings, despite the team departing the series mid-season. Assenheimer ventured away from Mercedes for the first time in eight years when he drove for Aston Martin–affiliated Walkenhorst Motorsport at that year's N24. After a brief spell at HRT Ford Performance in 2025, which yielded an SP9 Pro-Am win in NLS, Assenheimer joined 48LOSCH Motorsport by Black Falcon for the 2026 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie. Sharing a Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) with Daan Arrow, Tobias Müller and Dylan Pereira, Assenheimer won the 24 Hours of Nürburgring in the SP9 Pro-Am class.
Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position2011 VLN Series – V4 Team AutoArenA Motorsport 24 Hours of Nürburgring – V4 1 1 0 0 1 1st2012 VLN Series – V4 Team AutoArenA Motorsport 24 Hours of Nürburgring – V4 1 1 0 0 1 1st2013 VLN Series – V4 Team AutoArenA Motorsport 24 Hours of Nürburgring – V4 1 0 0 0 1 2nd2014 ADAC GT Masters Callaway Competition 16 0 0 0 0 32 27th VLN Series – V4 Team AutoArenA Motorsport 24 Hours of Nürburgring – V4 1 1 0 0 1 1st2015 24H Series – A6 SPS automotive-performance 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC ADAC GT Masters Callaway Competition 15 0 0 0 0 32 23rd 24H Series – SP2 RWT Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC VLN Series – V4 Team AutoArenA Motorsport 24 Hours of Nürburgring – V4 1 1 0 0 1 1st2016 24H Series – 991 RWT Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC ADAC GT Masters Callaway Competition 14 0 1 0 2 54 10th VLN Series – V4 Team AutoArenA Motorsport 24 Hours of Nürburgring – V4 1 0 0 0 1 2nd2017 24H Series – A6-Pro Black Falcon 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup MANN-FILTER Team HTP Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC ADAC GT Masters Mercedes-AMG Team HTP Motorsport 14 0 0 0 1 60 16th VLN Series – SP9 Mann-Filter Team HTP Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 1 0 0 0 0 14th British GT Championship – GT3 Kornely Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 10 16th2018 ADAC GT Masters AutoArena Motorsport 14 0 0 0 1 19 25th VLN Series – SP9 Pro 6 1 0 0 2 37.902nd 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 1 0 0 0 0 DNF2019 VLN Series – SP9 Pro Black Falcon 6 4 0 0 5 51.411st 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro 1 0 0 0 0 DNF Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup5 0 0 0 0 16 16th Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Silver 0 0 0 4 872nd Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC2020 24H GT Series – GT3 Pro Toksport WRT 1 0 0 0 0 12 NC Bathurst 12 Hour – Silver Black Falcon 1 0 0 0 1 3rd Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro Mercedes-AMG Team HRT 5 0 1 0 0 23.11 13th 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT AutoArena 1 0 0 0 0 8th GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Madpanda Motorsport5 0 0 0 0 0 NC GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver 0 1 0 1 50 5th2021 24H GT Series – GT3 Pro Mercedes-AMG Team HRT Bilstein 1 0 0 0 1 24 NC 24H GT Series – GT3 Am Mercedes-AMG Team HRT Abu Dhabi Racing 1 1 0 0 1 0 NC Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro Mercedes-AMG Team HRT 3 0 0 0 0 HWA Team 1 0 0 0 0 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro Mercedes-AMG Team HRT 1 0 0 0 0 DNF GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Haupt Racing Team5 0 0 0 0 0 NC GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver 0 0 0 0 16 25th2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship – GTD Pro Proton USA 1 0 0 0 0 290 27th Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro Mercedes-AMG Landgraf Young Talents 2 0 0 0 0 Landgraf Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am Mercedes-AMG Mann-Filter Team Landgraf 1 0 0 0 0 DNF GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup GetSpeed Performance 1 0 0 0 00NC Madpanda Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Gold GetSpeed Performance 1 0 0 0 0 11 22nd GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver Madpanda Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC GT World Challenge America – Pro USALCO / DXDT Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†2023 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro Schnitzelalm Racing 4 0 0 0 1 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 0 DNF GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup GetSpeed5 0 0 0 0 0 NC GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Bronze 0 0 0 0 2 34th2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Madpanda Motorsport3 0 0 0 0 0 NC GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver 0 0 0 1 49 10th Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro-Am Walkenhorst Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 0 6th2025 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro HRT Ford Performance 2 0 0 0 1 4 NC Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro-Am 2 1 1 0 2 12 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 0 DNF2026 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro-Am 48LOSCH Motorsport by Black Falcon 3 2 0 0 2 23* 4th* 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am 1 1 0 0 1 1st Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 6* 20th*Sources: Season still in progress.
† As Assenheimer was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2011 Team AutoArenA Motorsport Marc Marbach Hannes Pfledderer Mercedes-Benz C230 V4 126 66th1st 2012 Team AutoArenA Motorsport Marc Marbach Hannes Pfledderer Mercedes-Benz C230 V4 128 50th1st 2013 Team AutoArenA Motorsport Marc Marbach Hannes Pfledderer Mercedes-Benz C230 V4 74 53rd2nd 2014 Team AutoArenA Motorsport Marc Marbach Hannes Pfledderer Mercedes-Benz C230 V4 130 63rd1st 2015 Team AutoArenA Motorsport Marc Marbach Werner Gusenbauer Mercedes-Benz C230 V4 128 45th1st 2016 Team AutoArenA Motorsport Marc Marbach Moritz Gusenbauer Mercedes-Benz C230 V4 110 44th2nd 2017 Mann-Filter Team HTP Motorsport Kenneth Heyer Bernd Schneider Indy Dontje Mercedes-AMG GT3 SP9 155 14th 14th 2018 AutoArena Motorsport Jeroen Bleekemolen Raffaele Marciello Clemens Schmid Mercedes-AMG GT3 SP9 61 DNF DNF 2019 Mercedes-AMG Team Black Falcon Nico Bastian Yelmer Buurman Gabriele Piana Mercedes-AMG GT3 SP9 Pro 138 DNF DNF 2020 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT AutoArena Dominik Baumann Maro Engel Dirk Müller Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo SP9 85 8th 8th 2021 Mercedes-AMG Team HRT Nico Bastian Maro Engel Hubert Haupt Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo SP9 46 DNF DNF 2022 Mercedes-AMG Mann-Filter Team Landgraf Julien Apothéloz Dominik Baumann Luca-Sandro Trefz Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo SP9Pro-Am 143 DNF DNF 2023 Schnitzelalm Racing Marcel Marchewicz Marek Böckmann Colin Caresani Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo SP9Pro-Am 75 DNF DNF 2024 Walkenhorst Motorsport Chandler Hull Benjamin Mazatis Mike David Ortmann Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo SP9Pro-Am 48 19th 6th 2025 HRT Ford Performance Hubert Haupt Vincent Kolb Dirk Müller Ford Mustang GT3 SP9Pro-Am 52 DNF DNF 2026 48LOSCH Motorsport by Black Falcon Daan Arrow Tobias Müller Dylan Pereira Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) SP9Pro-Am 154 9th1st
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 Points 2014 Callaway Competition Corvette Z06.R GT3OSC1OSC2ZAN1ZAN2LAU1LAU2RBR1RBR2SLO1SLO2NÜR1NÜR2SAC1SAC2HOC1HOC2 27th 32 2015 Callaway Competition Corvette Z06.R GT3OSC1OSC2RBR1RBR2SPA1SPA2LAU1LAU2NÜR1NÜR2SAC1SAC2ZAN1ZAN2HOC1HOC2 23rd 32 2016 Callaway Competition Corvette C7 GT3-R OSC1 OSC2 SAC1 SAC2 LAU1 LAU2 RBR1 RBR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC1 HOC2 10th 54 2017 Mercedes-AMG Team HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3OSC1OSC2LAU1LAU2RBR1RBR2ZAN1ZAN2NÜR1NÜR2SAC1SAC2HOC1HOC2 16th 60 2018 AutoArenA Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 OSC1 OSC2 MST1 MST2 RBR1 RBR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 25th 19
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)