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Joel Sturm

Joel Sturm (born 29 November 2001) is a German racing driver currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Manthey Pure Rxcing.[1]

Joel Sturm
Sturm at the Nürburgring in 2024
NationalityGermany German
Born (2001-11-29) 29 November 2001 (age 22)
Brühl, Germany
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2024
Current teamManthey Pure Rxcing
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number92
Starts5 (5 entries)
Wins2
Podiums4
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finishTBD (LMGT3) in 2024
Championship titles
2023–24AsLMS - GT

Early career

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Having begun his career in karts at the age of eight, Sturm progressed into racing cars in 2020, driving for Allied-Racing in the ADAC GT4 Germany.[2] With Dennis Fetzer as his teammate, Sturm managed to score a podium at the season-finale and ended up seventh in the standings.[3][4] The following year saw Sturm enter the GT4 European Series.[5] He scored his first victory in sportscar racing at Spa-Francorchamps before winning in Barcelona, earning himself sixth place overall.[6][7] Additionally, three rounds in ADAC GT4 yielded a win in Hockenheim, and Sturm finished third in class at that year's 24 Hours of Nürburgring.[8]

GT3 career

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Sturm progressed into GT3 competition in 2022, partnering Sven Müller at Allied Racing in the ADAC GT Masters.[9] The pair finished tenth in the championship, helped there by two podiums at the Nürburgring.[10] In parallel, the German competed in the Silver Cup class of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, though he and his teammates would only score a best overall finish of 29th.[11]

After attaining one win each in the Middle East Trophy and Asian Le Mans Series over the winter, Sturm would join Pure Rxcing for a full campaign in the Bronze Cup class of the GTWC Endurance Cup, pairing up with Klaus Bachler and bronze-ranked Alex Malykhin.[12] Despite winning the first race in class at Le Castellet and finishing second at the 24 Hours of Spa, two retirements would jeopardise Pure Rxcing's campaign, as they finished fifth in the Bronze Cup standings.[13][14] During the 2023-24 winter however, Sturm and his teammates would make good on the promise they'd shown over their European campaign, as they won the Asian Le Mans Series with two race victories and a further podium.[15]

The 2024 season saw Sturm, Pure Rxcing, and his 2023 teammates stepping into the newly formed LMGT3 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship, as well as fielding a Pro-rated entry in the Endurance Cup.[16][17] Their season in the former started out in extraordinary fashion, as a strong opening run from Malykhin allowed Sturm and Bachler to maintain their advantage to win the Qatar 1812 km race.[18][19] Two further podiums followed, as Sturm and his teammates finished third to the WRT-duo at Imola before losing out on victory in Spa to their sister car on the final lap.[20]

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2017 ADAC Kart Bundesendlauf - X30 Senior 25th
2018 ADAC Kart Bundesendlauf - X30 Senior 13th
2019 Kerpen Winterpokal - X30 Senior 8th
Deutsche Elektro-Kart-Meisterschaft (DEKM)
ADAC Kart Masters - X30 Senioren Fuldaer AC 24th

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2020 ADAC GT4 Germany Team Allied-Racing 12 0 0 0 1 100 7th
2021 ADAC GT4 Germany Team Allied Racing 6 1 0 2 3 103 5th
GT4 European Series - Silver Allied Racing 12 2 2 1 3 87 6th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP10 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - V6 PROsport Racing 1 0 0 0 0 ? ?
2022 ADAC GT Masters Allied-Racing 14 0 0 0 2 106 10th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver 0 0 0 0 10 24th
2022-23 Middle East Trophy - GT3 Pure Rxcing 2 1 0 0 1 48 6th
2023 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Herberth Motorsport 4 0 0 0 1 31 4th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Pure Rxcing 5 0 0 0 0 1 27th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Bronze 1 1 0 2 69 5th
2023-24 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Pure Rxcing 5 2 0 1 3 76 1st
2024 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGT3 Manthey Pure Rxcing 6 1 0 0 5 136* 2nd*
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Pure Rxcing 2 0 0 0 0 8* 14th*
2024-25 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Manthey Racing

Complete ADAC GT4 Germany results

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(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 DC Points
2020 Team Allied-Racing Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport NÜR
1
4 		NÜR
2
10 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
Ret 		SAC
1
5 		SAC
2
14 		RBR
1
4 		RBR
2
9 		ZAN
1
17 		ZAN
2
4 		OSC
1
5 		OSC
2
2 		7th 100
2021 Team Allied-Racing Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport OSC
1
 OSC
2
 RBR
1
 RBR
2
 ZAN
1
 ZAN
2
 SAC
1
6 		SAC
2
6 		HOC
1
3 		HOC
2
1 		NÜR
1
6 		NÜR
2
3 		5th 103

Complete GT4 European Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points
2021 Allied-Racing Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport Silver MNZ
1
31 		MNZ
2
15 		LEC
1
6 		LEC
2
13 		ZAN
1
3 		ZAN
2
12 		SPA
1
Ret 		SPA
2
1 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
28† 		CAT
1
28 		CAT
2
1 		6th 87

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

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Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
pos.
2021   Allied-Racing   Dennis Fetzer
  Nicolaj Møller Madsen
  Luca-Sandro Trefz 		Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport SP10 54 28 3rd

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

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(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 DC Points
2022 Allied-Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R OSC
1
DSQ3 		OSC
2
14 		RBR
1
4 		RBR
2
4 		ZAN
1
11 		ZAN
2
5 		NÜR
1
2 		NÜR
2
3 		LAU
1
15 		LAU
2
112 		SAC
1
16 		SAC
2
9 		HOC
1
12 		HOC
2
10 		10th 106

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup results

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(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
2021 Allied-Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Silver MON LEC SPA
6H 		SPA
12H 		SPA
24H 		NÜR
39 		CAT
43 		NC 0
2022 Allied-Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Silver IMO
36 		LEC
29 		SPA
6H
41 		SPA
12H
33 		SPA
24H
29 		HOC
34 		CAT 24th 10
2023 Pure Rxcing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Bronze MNZ
15 		LEC
Ret 		SPA
6H
25 		SPA
12H
21 		SPA
24H
15 		NÜR
26 		CAT
Ret 		5th 69
2024 Pure Rxcing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Pro LEC
8 		SPA
6H
11 		SPA
12H
6 		SPA
24H
Ret 		NÜR
20 		MNZ
 JED
 17th* 8*

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Pos. Points
2023 Herberth Motorsport GT Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 DUB
1
4 		DUB
2
10 		ABU
1
2 		ABU
2
15 		4th 31
2023-24 Pure Racing GT Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 SEP
1
6 		SEP
2
1 		DUB
1 		ABU
1
Ret 		ABU
2
2 		1st 76

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Pts
2024 Manthey Pure Rxcing LMGT3 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 QAT
1 		IMO
3 		SPA
2 		LMS
10 		SÃO
1 		COA
2 		FUJ
2 		BHR 1st* 136*

* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2024   Manthey Racing /
  Pure Rxing 		  Klaus Bachler
  Alex Malykhin 		Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) LMGT3 273 41st 14th

References

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  1. ^ "Manthey EMA and Manthey PureRxcing enter the 2024 FIA WEC Endurance Championship with strong driver line-ups". Endurance-Info. 24 January 2024. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Joel Sturm Rennfahrer, Allied-Racing, Rennfahren, Sponsor". joelsturm.de (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Starke Debütsaison für Joel Sturm und Dennis Fetzer – Dennis Fetzer" (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  4. ^ Motorsport-Magazin.com. "GT4 Germany Oschersleben 2020 - Rennen 2 - Ergebnis". Motorsport-Magazin.com (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  5. ^ Plümer, Jonas (6 April 2021). "GT4 European Series: Allied-Racing bestätigt Aufgebot". gt-place.com. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  6. ^ "JOEL STURM DOMINIERT IN BARCELONA IN DER GT4". motorsport-xl.de. 13 October 2021.
  7. ^ Plümer, Jonas (9 October 2021). "GT4 European Series: Allied-Racing siegt in Barcelona". gt-place.com (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  8. ^ "JOEL STURM SIEGT AUF DEM HOCKENHEIMRING". motorsport-xl.de. 27 October 2021.
  9. ^ Goodwin, Graham (13 December 2021). "ADAC GT Masters & ADAC GT4 Germany Notebook". dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  10. ^ "ADAC GT Masters auf dem Nürburgring: Joel Sturm Zweiter und Dritter beim Heimrennen auf dem Nürburgring". NRingInfo - Motorsportnews (in German). 10 August 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  11. ^ Plümer, Jonas (12 January 2022). "GT World Challenge Europe: Patrik Matthiesen für Allied-Racing" [GT World Challenge Europe: Patrik Matthiesen for Allied-Racing]. gt-place.com (in German). Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  12. ^ Lloyd, Daniel (28 March 2023). "Bachler to Lead Pure Rxcing Porsche Lineup – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  13. ^ Plümer, Jonas (23 April 2023). "GT World Challenge Europe: Pure Rxcing siegt im Bronze Cup". gt-place.com (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  14. ^ Plümer, Jonas (2 July 2023). "24h Spa: Huber Motorsport gewinnt Bronze Cup". gt-place.com (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Deutscher und Österreicher holen Titel in Asien und Le-Mans-Einladung". Motorsport-Total.com (in German). Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Manthey EMA and Manthey PureRxcing enter the 2024 FIA WEC Endurance Championship with strong driver line-ups". Endurance-Info. 24 January 2024. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Stacked 55-car field confirmed for Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS opener at Circuit Paul Ricard". gt-world-challenge-europe.com. SRO Motorsports Group. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Pure Rxcing Porsche Wins LMGT3 On WEC Debut". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  19. ^ Euwema, Davey (2 March 2024). "Sturm, Bachler Credit Malykhin for Historic LMGT3 Win – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  20. ^ "#12 JOTA Porsche Claims Historic Victory At Spa". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Asian Le Mans Series
GT Champion
2023–24
With: Klaus Bachler & Alex Malykhin 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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