Christopher Mies

Christopher Mies (born 24 May 1989) is a professional German racing driver for Ford Racing. He was previously an Audi Sport factory driver from 2009 to 2023. Mies has won the Nürburgring 24 Hours three times, the Bathurst 12 Hour and ADAC GT Masters twice, and the Blancpain Endurance Series and FIA GT3 European Championship once.

Career Mies began his career in 2006 in the Toyota Yaris Cup Germany, followed in 2007 by the Ford Fiesta Cup Germany. While racing a Ford Fiesta ST he won Division 2 of the ADAC Procar Series in 2008. In the same year he also moved into GT Racing for the first time, entering two races of the ADAC GT Masters in an Audi R8 LMS, thus beginning a long connection with the Audi brand. In 2009, he won his first major championship title, winning the FIA GT3 European Championship for Phoenix Racing with Christopher Haase, once again in an Audi R8 LMS. He moved to Abt Sportsline for the 2010 ADAC GT Masters season, finishing second in the championship. He repeated the achievement in 2012 with O'Young and Christer Jöns, this time for Phoenix Racing.

Mies went on to cement his rising reputation within GT3 ranks with a victory in the 2012 Blancpain Endurance Series. In 2013 and 2014, Mies raced in a diverse range of series and events, including largely unsuccessful returns to Bathurst and the Blancpain Endurance Series as well as appearances in the 24 Hours Nürburgring, Sepang 12 Hours and United SportsCar Championship. He also continued in the Blancpain GT Series with Team WRT, finishing second in the series. With Connor De Phillippi, Mies won the 2016 ADAC GT Masters.

In 2017, Mies won the 24 Hours Nürburgring for a second time with Kelvin van der Linde, Connor de Phillippi and Markus Winkelhock in a Land Motorsport Audi R8 LMS.

In 2021, Mies won his second ADAC GT Masters title with Ricardo Feller.

Mies returned to the GT World Challenge Europe in 2023, joining fellow factory drivers Simon Gachet and Patric Niederhauser in an Endurance Cup Pro class entry for Saintéloc Racing, as well as a Sprint Cup entry alongside Grégoire Demoustier.

In November 2023, Mies announced his departure from Audi, and joined Ford later. He made his Ford debut at 2024 24 Hours of Daytona, finished 6th in GTD Pro class.

Racing record

Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2007 German Ford Fiesta ST Cup ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?2008 ADAC Procar Series - Division 2 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1st ADAC GT Masters JvO Autosport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC2009 FIA GT3 European Championship Phoenix Racing 11 3 1 0 5 54.5 1st ADAC GT Masters 4 0 0 1 3 33 13th Abt Sportsline 4 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Uwe Alzen Automotive 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd2010 ADAC GT Masters Abt Sportsline 14 3 4 1 6 70 2nd 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF2011 ADAC GT Masters Abt Sportsline 14 1 3 0 4 133 3rd 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th Blancpain Endurance Series Belgian Audi Club WRT 1 0 0 0 0 10 44th2012 ADAC GT Masters Prosperia uhc speed 15 0 1 1 1 39 20th Blancpain Endurance Series Belgian Audi Club WRT 6 1 0 0 3 114 1st 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Audi Sport Team Phoenix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th2013 ADAC GT Masters Prosperia C. Abt Racing 16 2 1 0 5 146 9th Blancpain Endurance Series Belgian Audi Club WRT 5 0 0 0 2 48 4th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF2014 United SportsCar Championship - GTD Fall-Line Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 26 64th Blancpain Endurance Series Belgian Audi Club WRT 5 1 0 0 2 67 3rd Blancpain Sprint Series Prosperia C. Abt Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 14th2015 Blancpain Endurance Series Belgian Audi Club WRT 1 0 0 0 0 23 14th Phoenix Racing 2 0 0 0 1 Saintéloc 1 0 0 0 0 Blancpain Sprint Series Belgian Audi Club WRT 14 0 1 0 4 62 8th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Audi Sport Team WRT 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st Australian GT Championship JAMEC Pem Racing 11 3 1 6 3 643 1st 2015-16 Asian Le Mans Series - GT Absolute Racing 1 1 1 0 1 26 11th2016 ADAC GT Masters Montaplast by Land-Motorsport 16 1 3 1 7 168 1st Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Audi Sport Team Phoenix 1 0 0 0 01820th Belgian Audi Club WRT 1 0 0 0 0 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup 8 3 0 1 5 79 2nd 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Audi Sport Team WRT 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 19th2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Montaplast by Land-Motorsport 3 1 0 0 2 96 28th ADAC GT Masters 14 1 0 0 4 120 3rd Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 2 0 0 0 0 20 18th Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup 8 0 0 0 0 2 28th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Audi Sport Team Land 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Montaplast by Land-Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 96 22nd ADAC GT Masters 14 0 0 0 1 34 18th Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 5 1 0 1 1 37 7th Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup 10 3 0 1 6 90.5 2nd 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Audi Sport Team Land 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Montaplast by Land-Motorsport 4 0 0 0 1 92 28th ADAC GT Masters 14 0 1 1 4 134 4th Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC GT World Challenge Europe Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 8 0 0 0 0 23 11th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Audi Sport Team Land 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF2020 ADAC GT Masters Montaplast by Land-Motorsport 14 0 0 0 0 29 26th GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 4 0 0 1 0 39 8th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Audi Sport Team Land 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th 2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 DragonSpeed USA 1 0 0 0 1 0 NC† ADAC GT Masters Montaplast by Land-Motorsport 14 3 3 3 6 199 1st GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Attempto Racing 5 0 0 0 0 7 58th GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 6 0 0 0 01.531st ROFGO Racing With Team WRT 2 0 0 0 0 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Audi Sport Team Land 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2022 ADAC GT Masters Montaplast by Land-Motorsport 14 1 1 2 1 104 12th GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Saintéloc Junior Team 5 1 0 0 0 33 13th GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Team WRT 10 0 0 0 0 22 9th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Audi Sport Team Lionspeed by Car Collection 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th 2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Saintéloc Junior Team 5 0 0 0 0 41 6th GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 10 0 0 0 0 1 22nd 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Audi Sport Team Land 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro Ford Multimatic Motorsports 3 0 0 0 0 786 21st GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Proton Competition 5 0 0 0 0 1 31st 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGT3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Scherer Sport PHX 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st992 Endurance CupBlack Falcon Team 48 LOSCH11001N/A1st 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro Ford Multimatic Motorsports 10 1 0 0 1 2174 8th 2026 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro Ford Racing 2 0 0 0 0 517* 7th*Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9HRT Ford Racing 24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th Season still in progress.

Complete FIA GT3 European Championship 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 Pos. Points 2009 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS SIL1 SIL2 ADR1 ADR2 OSC1 OSC2 ALG1 ALG2 LEC1 LEC2 ZOL1 ZOL2 1st 54.5

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 Pos. Points 2008 JvO Autosport Porsche 997 GT3 Cup OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 NOR1 NOR2 ASS1 ASS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LAU1 LAU2 SAC1 SAC2 NC 02009Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS OSC1 OSC2 ASS1 ASS2 HOC1 HOC2 LAU1 LAU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 13th 33 Abt Sportsline SAC1 SAC2 OSC1 OSC2 2010 Abt Sportsline Audi R8 LMS OSC1 OSC2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 ASS1 ASS2 LAU1 LAU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 OSC1 OSC2 2nd70 2011 Abt Sportsline Audi R8 LMS OSC1 OSC2 SAC1 SAC2 ZOL1 ZOL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 RBR1 RBR2 LAU1 LAU2 ASS1 ASS2 HOC1 HOC2 3rd 133 2012 Prosperia uhc speed Audi R8 LMS Ultra OSC1 OSC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SAC1 SAC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 RBR1 RBR2 LAU1 LAU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 20th 39 2013 Prosperia C. Abt Racing Audi R8 LMS Ultra OSC1 OSC2 SPA1 SPA2 SAC1 SAC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 RBR1 RBR2 LAU1 LAU2 SVK1 SVK2 HOC1 HOC2 9th 146 2016 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport Audi R8 LMS OSC1 OSC2 SAC1 SAC2 LAU1 LAU2 RBR1 RBR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC1 HOC2 1st 168 2017 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport Audi R8 LMS OSC1 OSC2 LAU1 LAU2 RBR1 RBR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 3rd 120 2018 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport Audi R8 LMS OSC1 OSC2 MST1 MST2 RBR1 RBR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 18th 34 2019 Montaplast by Land-Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo OSC1 OSC2 MST1 MST2 RBR1 RBR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 SAC1 SAC2 4th 1342020 Montaplast by Land-MotorsportAudi R8 LMS Evo LAU1 LAU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 SAC1 SAC2 RBR1 RBR2 LAU1 LAU2 OSC1 OSC2 26th 292021 Montaplast by Land-MotorsportAudi R8 LMS Evo OSC1 OSC2 RBR1 RBR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 LAU1 LAU2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 1st 199 2022 Montaplast by Land-MotorsportAudi R8 LMS Evo II OSC1 OSC2 RBR1 RBR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LAU1 LAU2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 12th 104

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2009 Uwe Alzen Automotive Uwe Alzen Sascha Bert Lance David Arnold Porsche 997 GT3 Cup SP9 150 4th 3rd 2010 Abt Sportsline Christian Abt Emmanuel Collard Lucas Luhr Audi R8 LMS SP9 125 DNF DNF 2011 Luca Ludwig Christer Jöns Christian Abt Audi R8 LMS SP9 149 12th 8th 2012 René Rast Frank Stippler Marcel Fässler Audi R8 LMS SP9 151 5th 5th 2013 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Laurens Vanthoor Edward Sandström Christopher Haase Audi R8 LMS ultra SP9 44 DNF DNF 2014 Prosperia C. Abt Racing GmbH Christer Jöns Niclas Kentenich Dominik Schwager Audi R8 LMS ultra SP9 138 33rd 14th 2015 Audi Sport Team WRT Laurens Vanthoor Edward Sandström Nico Müller Audi R8 LMS ultra SP9 156 1st 1st 2016 Audi Sport Team WRT Laurens Vanthoor Nico Müller Pierre Kaffer Audi R8 LMS SP9 109 47th 19th 2017 Audi Sport Team Land Connor De Phillippi Kelvin van der Linde Markus Winkelhock Audi R8 LMS SP9 158 1st 1st 2018 Audi Sport Team Land René Rast Kelvin van der Linde Sheldon van der Linde Audi R8 LMS SP9 133 6th 5th 2019 Audi Sport Team Land René Rast Kelvin van der Linde Christopher Haase Audi R8 LMS Evo SP9 139 DNF DNF 2020 Audi Sport Team Land Mattia Drudi Kelvin van der Linde René Rast Audi R8 LMS Evo SP9 85 6th 6th 2021 Audi Sport Team Land Kelvin van der Linde René Rast Frédéric Vervisch Audi R8 LMS Evo SP9 47 DNF DNF 2022 Audi Sport Team Lionspeed by Car Collection Mattia Drudi Patrick Kolb Patric Niederhauser Audi R8 LMS Evo II SP9 159 6th 6th 2023 Audi Sport Team Land Christopher Haase Patric Niederhauser Audi R8 LMS Evo II SP9 161 6th 6th 2024 Scherer Sport PHX Ricardo Feller Dennis Marschall Frank Stippler Audi R8 LMS Evo II SP9 50 1st 1st 2026 HRT Ford Racing Dennis Olsen Frank Stippler Frédéric Vervisch Ford Mustang GT3 Evo SP9 155 7th 6th

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2011 Audi Race Experience Team Joest Darryl O'Young Marc Basseng Audi R8 LMS A 292 1st 1st 2012 Phoenix Racing Darryl O'Young Christer Jöns Audi R8 LMS A 270 1st 1st 2013 Hallmarc Racing Marc Cini Mark Eddy Dean Grant Audi R8 LMS ultra A 263 5th 5th 2014 Hallmarc Racing Marc Cini Mark Eddy Audi R8 LMS ultra A 278 10th 9th 2015 Hallmarc Racing Marc Cini Mark Eddy Audi R8 LMS ultra AA 267 10th 3rd 2016 Jamec Pem Racing Christopher Haase Marco Mapelli Audi R8 LMS AP 74 DNF DNF 2017 Jamec Pem Racing Christopher Haase Garth Tander Audi R8 LMS APP 282 13th 6th 2018 Melbourne Performance Centre Christopher Haase Markus Winkelhock Audi R8 LMS APP 238 DNF DNF 2019 Audi Sport Team Valvoline Christopher Haase Markus Winkelhock Audi R8 LMS APP 304 14th 9th 2020 Melbourne Performance Centre Mattia Drudi Kelvin van der Linde Audi R8 LMS Evo Pro 308 18th 11th 2023 Melbourne Performance Centre Ricardo Feller Yasser Shahin Audi R8 LMS Evo II Pro-Am 320 9th 2nd 2026 HRT Ford Racing Broc Feeney Dennis Olsen Ford Mustang GT3 Pro 3 DNF DNF

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2024 Proton Competition John Hartshorne Ben Tuck Ford Mustang GT3 LMGT3 280 31st 4th