Ralf Kelleners

Ralf Kelleners
Ralf Kelleners
	Kelleners (right) in 2008
Nationality	German
Born	18 May 1968 (age 58); Dinslaken, Germany
Categorisation	FIA Gold (until 2015); FIA Silver (2016–)

Ralf Kelleners (born 18 May 1968 in Dinslaken) is a racing driver from Germany. Kelleners won the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans in class alongside Guy Martinoelle and Bruno Eichmann.^[1]

His father Helmut Kelleners was also a racing driver, winning the Spa 24 Hours and the 24 Hours Nürburgring.

Racing career

24 Hours of Le Mans

Kelleners began racing at Le Mans in 1996 in a Porsche 911 GT2. He ended up winning that race.^[1]^[2]

ALMS and Grand-Am (1999-2008)

In 1999, Kelleners went to the U.S. to compete regularly in the U.S. sports car series. He competed in the American Le Mans Series with Champion Racing on a part time basis. In 2000, he began to race simultaneously in the Grand-Am Sports Car Series.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1996	Roock Racing Team	Guy Martinolle Bruno Eichmann	Porsche 911 GT2	GT2	317	12th	1st
1997	Porsche AG	Emmanuel Collard Yannick Dalmas	Porsche 911 GT1	GT1	327	DNF	DNF
1998	Toyota Motorsport Toyota Team Europe	Thierry Boutsen Geoff Lees	Toyota GT-One	GT1	330	DNF	DNF
1999	Toyota Motorsport Toyota Team Europe	Thierry Boutsen Allan McNish	Toyota GT-One	LMGTP	173	DNF	DNF
2000	Racing Organisation Course	David Terrien Jean-Denis Délétraz	Reynard 2KQ-LM-Volkswagen	LMP675	44	DNF	DNF
2001	Champion Racing	Johnny Herbert Didier Theys	Audi R8	LMP900	81	DNF	DNF
2003	Risi Competizione	Anthony Lazzaro Terry Borcheller	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	GT	269	26th	8th
2004	Freisinger Motorsport	Stéphane Ortelli Romain Dumas	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	GT	321	13th	3rd
2008	Snoras Spyker Squadron	Alexey Vasilyev Peter Dumbreck	Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2-R	GT2	43	DNF	DNF
Sources:^[3]^[4]

Complete Le Mans Cup results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Rank	Points
2023	Racing Spirit of Léman	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	CAT 19	LMS 1 Ret	LMS 2 16	LEC 14	ARA	SPA 12	ALG 19	33rd	0
2025	Racing Spirit of Léman	LMP3 Pro-Am	Ligier JS P325	CAT	LEC	LMS 1	LMS 2	SPA 5	SIL 9	ALG 11	19th	13

References

^ ^a ^b Spurring, Quentin (2014-10-01). Le Mans 1990-99: The Official History Of The World's Greatest Motor Race. ISBN 9780992820916.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
^ "World Sports Racing Prototypes - Non Championship Races 1996". www.wsrp.cz. Retrieved 2026-04-18.
^ "Ralf Kelleners Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^ "Ralf Kelleners". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

External links

Official website (Archived)

Sporting positions

Preceded by

Harald Grohs

Porsche Carrera Cup Germany champion
1996

Succeeded by

Wolfgang Land

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[:0-1] Spurring, Quentin (2014-10-01). Le Mans 1990-99: The Official History Of The World's Greatest Motor Race. ISBN 9780992820916.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)

[2] "World Sports Racing Prototypes - Non Championship Races 1996". www.wsrp.cz. Retrieved 2026-04-18.

[MSportStats-3] "Ralf Kelleners Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

[4] "Ralf Kelleners". Automobile Club de l'Ouest. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

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