Nikolaus "Niki" Mayr-Melnhof (born 9 November 1978 in Leoben) is an Austrian racing driver currently competing in the Blancpain Sprint Series for Phoenix Racing (Germany). He previously competed in the FIA GT1 World Championship for Vita4one Racing[1]
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Nationality | Austrian |
Born | Leoben | 9 November 1978
FIA GT1 World Championship career | |
Debut season | 2012 |
Current team | BMW Team Vita4One |
Car number | 17 |
Starts | 14 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 12th in 2012 |
Previous series | |
20112008, 2010–112010 | Blancpain Endurance Series FIA GT3 European Championship GT4 European Cup |
Career
In 2008 he contested the GT4 European Cup in an Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24 run by the Jetalliance Racing team, winning the first race of the season at Silverstone and again at Oschersleben.[2] In 2010 he contested the first half of the FIA GT3 European Championship season, driving a Team S-Berg BMW Alpina B6 GT3 alongside Martin Matzke, the pair claiming a fourth place finish in the second race at Brno. Later that year he made his FIA GT1 World Championship debut at the Algarve round, driving a Maserati MC12 for the Hegersport team alongside Alessandro Pier Guidi. In 2011 Mayr-Melnhof took part in the full FIA GT3 European Championship in a Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo as teammate to Albert von Thurn und Taxis. The pair finished eighth in the standings, with race wins at Navarra and Paul Ricard. He also did three rounds of the Blancpain Endurance Series.
Mayr-Melnhof is racing a BMW Z4 GT3 in the GT1 World Championship in 2012 for BMW Team Vita4One, with fellow Austrian Mathias Lauda as his teammate.
Racing record
FIA GT competition results
GT1 World Championship results
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
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2012 | BMW Team Vita4One | BMW | NOG QR 12 | NOG CR 11 | ZOL QR 5 | ZOL CR 14 | NAV QR 7 | NAV QR 6 | SVK QR 10 | SVK CR 7 | ALG QR 5 | ALG CR 8 | SVK QR 2 | SVK CR 3 | MOS QR 7 | MOS CR 10 | NUR QR 9 | NUR CR 5 | BUD QR 8 | BUD CR Ret | 12th | 56 |
Complete FIA GT Series results
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
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2013 | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Pro | NOGQR 2 | NOGCR 6 | ZOLQR 3 | ZOLCR 5 | ZANQR 3 | ZANCR Ret | SVKQR 5 | SVKCR 2 | NAVQR 18 | NAVCR 5 | BAKQR 1 | BAKCR 15 | 3rd | 92 |
Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points |
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2014 | Phoenix Racing | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Pro | NOGQR 2 | NOGCR Ret | BRHQR 5 | BRHCR Ret | ZANQR Ret | ZANCR 11 | SVKQR 15 | SVKCR Ret | ALGQR Ret | ALGCR 6 | ZOLQR 16 | ZOLCR 18 | BAKQR 6 | BAKCR 3 | 11th | 32 |
2015 | Phoenix Racing | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Pro | NOGQR Ret | NOGCR 8 | BRHQR 6 | BRHCR 8 | ZOLQR 4 | ZOLCR 5 | MOS QR WD | MOS CR WD | ALGQR 3 | ALGCR 2 | MISQR 12 | MISCR 12 | ZANQR 3 | ZANCR Ret | 9th | 48 |
2016 | Phoenix Racing | Audi R8 LMS | Pro | MISQR 15 | MISCR 27 | BRHQR 13 | BRHCR 11 | NÜRQR 21 | NÜRCR 22 | HUNQR WD | HUNCR WD | CATQR Ret | CATCR 16 | NC | 0 |
References
- ^ Mercier, Laurent (2 April 2012). "Nogaro : Les équipages affichent complets..." [Nogaro: Crews are complete]. endurance-info.com (in French). Endurance-Info. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
- ^ "Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof – Complete Archive – Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
External links
- Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof career summary at DriverDB.com