Michael Krumm
Michael Krumm is one of NISMO’s greatest ambassadors and has competed in Nissan cars throughout his racing career.
In recent years he has focused on the Super GT Championship but two seasons in the FIA GT1 World Championship led to Michael winning the driver’s title in 2011.
He also drove the Nissan GT-R NISMO ‘Time Attack’ car that took the Nurburgring Nordschleife lap record for a volume production car in September 2013, with a time of just 7 minutes 8.679 seconds.
Michael’s career has taken him all over the world but the focus of his racing has been in Japan where he is a NISMO-contracted driver. He is married to professional tennis player, Kimiko Date-Krumm.
Date of birth: 19 March 2025
Place of birth: Reutlingen, Germany
Nationality: German
Lives: Monaco
Languages: German, English, Japanese and some French.
Twitter: @MichaelKrumm
2014
- Racing for Kondo Racing in Super GT Championship (GT500 class) – 10th in driver rankings
2013
- NISMO Global Driver Exchange – Testing Nissan Altima V8 Supercar
- Racing for NISMO in Super GT Championship (GT500 class) – 13th in driver rankings
- Competing at the Le Mans 24 Hours in the Greaves Zytek-Nissan alongside Lucas Ordonez and Jann Mardenborough. Podium finish (third place) in LM P2 class.
2012
- Racing for NISMO in Super GT Championship (GT500 class) – 8th in driver rankings
- Nissan ‘Garage 56’ race driver
2011
- 1st place (driver’s championship) FIA GT1 World Championship (GT1 GT-R)
2010
- 9th place (driver’s championship) FIA GT1 World Championship (GT1 GT-R)
2009
- Development programme for Nissan GT-R GT1
2008
- Super GT (Nissan GT-R)
2007
- 2nd place (team championship) Super GT (350Z)
2006
- 2nd place (team championship) Super GT (350Z)
2005
- 1st place (team championship) Super GT (350Z)
2004
- 1st place (team championship) JGTC (350Z)
2003
- 1st places (driver and team titles) JGTC (Skyline GT-R)
2002
- JGTC (Skyline GT-R)
- 3rd place Le Mans 24 Hours (Audi)
2001
- 1st place (team championship) JGTC (Skyline GT-R)
2000
- 2nd place (team championship) JGTC (Skyline GT-R)
- 2nd place Formula Nippon Championship
1999
- 2nd place (team championship) JGTC (Skyline GT-R)
- Le Mans 24 Hours (Nissan R391)
1998
- 5th place Le Mans 24 Hours (Nissan R390 GT1)
- German Touring Car Championship: Nissan Primera
1997
- 3rd place JTCC (Toyota)
- 1st place JGTC (Toyota)
1996
- 3rd place JTCC (Japan Touring Car Championship)
1995
- JGTC (Japan GT Championship) (Toyota)
1994
- 1st place Japan F3 Championship
1990
- 1st place German Formula Opel-Lotus Championship
1989
- 1st place German Formula Ford Championship