Christian Krognes

Christian Krognes
Christian Krognes
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	11 May 1990 (age 36); Hamar, Norway
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup career
Debut season	2017
Current team	Walkenhorst Motorsport
Categorisation	FIA Silver (until 2018); FIA Gold (2019–)
Car number	34
Starts	6
Wins	1
Podiums	1
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Championship titles
2012	VLN Series – Overall

Christian Krognes (born 11 May 1990 in Hamar) is a Norwegian racing driver who currently competes for Walkenhorst Motorsport in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. He was part of the BMW squad which won the 2018 24 Hours of Spa for Walkenhorst, and also holds the lap record at the Nürburgring's short combined layout used in NLS. As of 2025 he is an Aston Martin factory driver.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2005	Swedish Championship - ICA Junior		14th
	Norwegian Championship ICA Junior		3rd
	Nordic Championship - ICA Junior		21st
2006	Tom Trana Trophy ICA		12th
	Norwegian Championship - ICA		6th
	Viking Trophy - ICA	Ward Racing	18th
	NEZ Championship ICA		27th
2007	CIK-FIA Viking Trophy KZ2	Ward Racing	2nd
	NEZ Championship KZ2		3rd
	Göteborgs Stora Pris - KZ2	Ward Racing	34th
	Norwegian Championship - KZ2		1st
2008	FIA Karting European Championship - KZ2	Energy Corse	13th
	Viking Trophy - KZ2	Energy Corse	5th
	Norwegian Championship - KZ2		1st
2009	Norwegian Championship - KZ2		3rd
2010	Norwegian Championship - KZ2		1st
Source:

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2011	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP3T	Møller Bil Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2012	VLN Series - SP3T	LMS Engineering	10	?	?	?	?	67.87	1st
2012	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP3T	LMS Engineering	1	0	1	1	0	N/A	DNF
2015	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Team Premio	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	10th
2016	VLN Langstrecken Serie - SP9	Walkenhorst Motorsport	6	0	2	1	3	?	?
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Walkenhorst Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
	International GT Open	Attempto Racing
2017	VLN Langstrecken Serie - SP9	Walkenhorst Motorsport	8	0	0	1	2	?	?
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance - Pro Cup		3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		0	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNS
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance - Pro/Am Cup		1	0	0	0	0	21	21st
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2018	VLN Langstrecken Serie - SP9 Pro	Walkenhorst Motorsport	2	0	1	0	0	7.73	49th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	BMW Team Schnitzer	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro	Walkenhorst Motorsport	1	1	0	0	1	43	6th
2019	VLN Langstrecken Serie - SP9 Pro	Walkenhorst Motorsport	6	0	2	2	2	22.02	13th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		5	0	0	0	1	24	21st
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro		1	0	0	0	0	7	28th
2020	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Pro	Walkenhorst Motorsport	3	0	0	0	3	26.26	6th
2020	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro	Walkenhorst Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
2021	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Pro/Am	Walkenhorst Motorsport	6	1	1	0	1	?	?
2021	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro	Walkenhorst Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	15th
2022	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Pro	Walkenhorst Motorsport	6	0	2	0	4	?	?
2022	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro	Walkenhorst Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2023	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Pro	Walkenhorst Motorsport	6	4	0	2	4	0	NC
2023	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro	Walkenhorst Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2024	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Pro	Walkenhorst Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	?	?
2024	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro	Walkenhorst Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2025	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Walkenhorst Motorsport	8	0	1	0	1	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Pro		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		4	0	0	0	0	5	24th
2026	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Walkenhorst Motorsport
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	natural elements by Walkenhorst Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	7	28th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	natural elements by Walkenhorst Motorsport	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
Sources:

^* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results


Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2011	Møller Bil Motorsport	Hakon Schjaerin Atle Gulbrandsen Kenneth Jensen Ostwold	Audi TT	SP3T	27	DNF	DNF
2012	LMS Engineering	Maik Rosenberg Lars Stugemo Dominik Brinkmann	Volkswagen Scirocco GT24	SP3T	88	NC	NC
2015	Team Premio	Kenneth Heyer Philipp Frommenwiler Robert Huff	Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3	SP9 GT3	151	10th	10th
2016	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Tom Blomqvist Victor Bouveng Michele Di Martino	BMW M6 GT3	SP9	129	12th	12th
2017	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Michele Di Martino Mathias Henkola Nico Menzel	BMW M6 GT3	SP9	0	DNS	DNS
2018	BMW Team Schnitzer	Augusto Farfus Markus Palttala Fabian Schiller	BMW M6 GT3	SP9	131	13th	12th
2019	Walkenhorst Motorsport	David Pittard Lucas Ordóñez Nick Yelloly	BMW M6 GT3	SP9 Pro	10	DNF	DNF
2020	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Mikkel Jensen Jordan Pepper David Pittard	BMW M6 GT3	SP9 Pro	83	12th	12th
2021	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Jörg Müller David Pittard Ben Tuck	BMW M6 GT3	SP9 Pro	57	15th	15th
2022	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Jörg Müller Andy Soucek Sami-Matti Trogen	BMW M4 GT3	SP9 Pro	64	DNF	DNF
2023	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Kuba Giermaziak Jesse Krohn Andy Soucek	BMW M4 GT3	SP9 Pro	39	DNF	DNF
2023	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Jake Dennis Jens Klingmann Thomas Neubauer	BMW M4 GT3	SP9 Pro	89	DNF	DNF
2024	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Kuba Giermaziak David Pittard Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	SP9 Pro	26	DNF	DNF
2025	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Mattia Drudi David Pittard Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	SP9 Pro	72	DNF	DNF
2026	natural elements by Walkenhorst Motorsport	Mattia Drudi Nicki Thiim	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	SP9 Pro	156	2nd	2nd

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2017	Walkenhorst Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	Pro	MNZ	SIL 18	LEC 26				CAT Ret	NC	0
2017	Walkenhorst Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	Pro-Am				SPA 6H 21	SPA 12H 23	SPA 24H 21		21st	21
2018	Walkenhorst Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	Pro	MNZ	SIL	LEC	SPA 6H 4	SPA 12H 1	SPA 24H 1	CAT	6th	43
2019	Walkenhorst Motorsport	BMW M6 GT3	Pro	MNZ	SIL	LEC	SPA 6H 8	SPA 12H 5	SPA 24H 11	CAT	28th	7
2025	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Pro	LEC 8	MNZ 12	SPA 6H WD	SPA 12H WD	SPA 24H WD	NÜR 14	CAT 10	24th	5
2026	natural elements by Walkenhorst Motorsport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Pro	LEC WD	MNZ 28	SPA 6H 32	SPA 12H 9	SPA 24H 7	NÜR 16	ALG 12	28th	7

Complete Intercontinental GT Challenge results


Year	Manufacturer	Car	1	2	3	4	5	Pos.	Points
2017	BMW	BMW M6 GT3	BAT	SPA 20	LAG			NC	0
2019	BMW	BMW M6 GT3	BAT Ret	LAG 8	SPA 9	SUZ Ret	KYA 2	21st	24

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2017	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Markus Palttala Nico Menzel Matias Henkola	BMW M6 GT3	Pro-Am Cup	536	20th	5th
2018	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Tom Blomqvist Philipp Eng	BMW M6 GT3	Pro Cup	511	1st	1st
2019	Walkenhorst Motorsport	Mikkel Jensen Nick Catsburg	BMW M6 GT3	Pro Cup	362	11th	11th

References

↑ Dagys, John (16 November 2018). "2019 Preliminary Driver Ratings Released". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
↑ "Christian Krognes • Career & Character Info | Motorsport Database". Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
↑ Watkins, Gary (29 July 2018). "Walkenhorst BMW wins 2018 Spa 24 Hours after tight late battle". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
↑ "In his own words: How Christian Krognes won the Spa 24 Hours". GT REPORT. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
↑ Leppert, Bianca (5 November 2022). "Neuer Rekord und Phoenix-Sieg". Auto Motor und Sport (in German). Retrieved 7 April 2025.
↑ Euwema, Davey (10 March 2025). "Krognes Joins Aston Martin Factory Driver Roster". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
1 2 "Driver: Christian Krognes | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
↑ "Christian Krognes (N) - Racing Sports Cars". www.racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
↑ "Christian Krognes, 2019". GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2025.

External links

Chrisitan Krognes career summary at DriverDB.com

[1] Dagys, John (16 November 2018). "2019 Preliminary Driver Ratings Released". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 31 December 2025.

[2] "Christian Krognes • Career & Character Info | Motorsport Database". Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 27 March 2025.

[3] Watkins, Gary (29 July 2018). "Walkenhorst BMW wins 2018 Spa 24 Hours after tight late battle". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved 7 April 2025.

[4] "In his own words: How Christian Krognes won the Spa 24 Hours". GT REPORT. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2025.

[5] Leppert, Bianca (5 November 2022). "Neuer Rekord und Phoenix-Sieg". Auto Motor und Sport (in German). Retrieved 7 April 2025.

[6] Euwema, Davey (10 March 2025). "Krognes Joins Aston Martin Factory Driver Roster". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 27 March 2025.

[KrognesDB-7] 1 2 "Driver: Christian Krognes | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 28 March 2025.

[8] "Christian Krognes (N) - Racing Sports Cars". www.racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 28 March 2025.

[9] "Christian Krognes, 2019". GT World Challenge Europe Powered by AWS. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2025.