Nikolaus Mayr-Melnhof

Nikolaus "Niki" Mayr-Melnhof (born 9 November 1978) 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

Early life and ancestry Born in Leoben into the family that once belonged to an important Austrian nobility, Mayr-Melnhof is the youngest son of Count Franz Karl von Goëss, Freiherr Mayr von Melnhof-Saurau (b. 1949) and his wife, Countess Erzsébet Andrássy (b. 1947). His parents divorced in 1983.

Career In 2008, Mayr-Melnhof 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. 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 2012 BMW Team Vita4One BMW NOGQR12 NOGCR11 ZOLQR5 ZOLCR14 NAVQR7 NAVQR6 SVKQR10 SVKCR7 ALGQR5 ALGCR8 SVKQR2 SVKCR3 MOSQR7 MOSCR10 NURQR9 NURCR5 BUDQR8 BUDCRRet 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 2013 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra Pro NOGQR NOGCR ZOLQR ZOLCR ZANQR ZANCR SVKQR SVKCR NAVQR NAVCR BAKQR BAKCR 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 2014 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra Pro NOGQR NOGCR BRHQR BRHCR ZANQR ZANCR SVKQR SVKCR ALGQR ALGCR ZOLQR ZOLCR BAKQR BAKCR 11th 32 2015 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS ultra Pro NOGQR NOGCR BRHQR BRHCR ZOLQR ZOLCR MOSQR MOSCR ALGQR ALGCR MISQR MISCR ZANQR ZANCR 9th 48 2016 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS Pro MISQR MISCR BRHQR BRHCR NÜRQR NÜRCR HUNQR HUNCR CATQR CATCR NC 0