Yannick Mettler

Yannick Amberg-Mettler (born 26 October 1989) is a Swiss racing driver who competes in International GT Open, driving a Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo for CBRX by SPS.

Career Mettler made his single-seater debut towards the end of 2009, competing at the Dijon round of the Formel Lista Junior series. After racing in the series full-time in 2010 and finishing runner-up in points with Daltec Racing, Mettler joined Bordoli-Motorsport to step up to the German Formula Three Championship in 2011. Following a scoreless rookie year, Mettler switched to Performance Racing for 2012, winning race two at Zandvoort and taking two other podiums to finish eighth in points. Continuing with Performance Racing through 2013 as a member of the FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy, Mettler took a best result of fourth at Oschersleben before departing the team and the series three rounds into his campaign. Despite testing Formula Renault 2.0 machinery for RC Formula in early 2014, Mettler only raced once during the year, in a race-winning one-off appearance at the Slovakia Ring round of the Legend SuperCup season.

After obtaining his permit to race at the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 2015, Mettler joined FK Performance to compete in the VLN Series for the following two seasons in the BMW M235i class, during which he most notably won the 2017 24 Hours of Nürburgring in class. In 2018, Mettler joined Sorg Rennsport to move up to the SP10 class of the VLN Series, clinching the class title in his maiden season with the BMW M4 GT4. During 2018, Mettler also won the 24 Hours of Nürburgring in the KL Cup class and finished second at the Dubai 24 Hour in Cup 1 with the same team.

Stepping up to GT3 competition the following year, Mettler joined Mercedes-fielding SPS Automotive Performance to compete in the Le Mans Cup, scoring a pair of podiums at Le Castellet and Algarve to take fifth in points with Dexter Müller. During 2019, Mettler also won the 24H TCE Series Continents title in the TCR class for Autorama Motorsport, as well as winning the 24 Hours of Nürburgring for Mercedes-fielding Black Falcon in SP10. Continuing in GT3 machinery for 2020, Mettler joined Team Lazarus to share the team's Bentley Continental GT3 with Fabrizio Crestani in International GT Open. In his maiden season in the series, Mettler won at Monza from pole and took four other podiums en route to a fourth-place points finish. In parallel, Mettler also raced in the 24H TCE Series for Autorama Motorsport by Wolf-Power Racing, taking three TCR wins to end the season fifth in the Continents' standings and runner-up in Europe's.

Mettler's GetSpeed Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo at the Nürburgring round of the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe.

Moving to the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for 2021, Mettler joined SPS Automotive Performance to drive their Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo alongside Miklas Born and Jordan Love. After an 18th-place finish in the Silver Cup, Mettler moved back to International GT Open, as he reunited with Dexter Müller to compete in Pro-Am for SPS. In his return, Mettler scored overall pole and a class win at Monza, as well as four other podiums to take third in Pro-Am. During 2022, Mettler also represented Switzerland at the FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup and GT Sprint disciplines. At the beginning of 2023, Mettler won the Dubai 24 Hour for AC Motorsport in the TCR class, and won the Kyalami 9 Hours in Pro-Am for SunEnergy1 Racing. For the rest of the year, Mettler and Müller returned to SPS for their second season in the International GT Open, scoring a Pro-Am win at Algarve and two other podiums to end the year fifth in points. During 2023, Mettler also raced at the 24 Hours of Spa for fellow Mercedes-AMG customer team Theeba Motorsport in the Bronze Cup.

Mettler driving for SPS at the Red Bull Ring in International GT Open in 2024.

In 2024, Mettler joined AMG-affiliated GetSpeed to make his full-time return in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup alongside Anthony Bartone and James Kell. In his first season with the team, Mettler won the 24 Hours of Spa in the Silver class, helping him end the year fifth in the class standings. In parallel, Mettler continued in International GT Open with Dexter Müller, scoring a pair of Pro-Am podiums to end the season seventh in the standings. The SPS duo also represented Switzerland at the FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup and took Bronze medal in the main race. Towards the end of the year, Mettler raced for Porsche-fielding Car Collection Motorsport at the Indianapolis 8 Hours and the 2024–25 Asian Le Mans Series.

For 2025, Mettler linked up with Bartone and Karol Basz at GetSpeed in the GTWCE Endurance Cup Silver Cup, but found more success in the International GT Open for SPS Automotive Performance, taking a lone Pro-Am win at Barcelona and fourth in the class standings. In 2026, Mettler remained with SPS for a fifth season with Müller in International GT Open's Pro-Am class, as well as joining Team Motopark to compete at the 24 Hours of Spa in Silver Cup.

Karting record Karting career summary

Racing record Racing career summary † As Mettler was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. ‡ Team standings. Season still in progress.

Complete German Formula Three Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 DC Points 2011 Bordoli-Motorsport Dallara F305 OPC Challenge OSC1 OSC2 SPA1 SPA2 SAC1 SAC2 ASS1 ASS2 ZOL1 ZOL2 RBR1 RBR2 LAU1 LAU2 ASS1 ASS2 HOC1 HOC2 NC 0 2012 Performance Racing Dallara F308 VW Power Engine ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 OSC1 OSC2 OSC2 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 ASS1 ASS2 ASS3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 LAU1 LAU2 LAU3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 8th 131 2013 Performance Racing Dallara F308 VW Power Engine OSC11 OSC12 OSC12 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NÜR11 NÜR12 NÜR13 SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 LAU11 LAU12 LAU13 NÜR21 NÜR22 NÜR23 LAU21 LAU22 LAU23 OSC21 OSC22 OSC23 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 11th 46

Complete Le Mans Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete International GT Open results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)