Constantin Grimminger (born 14 July 1992) is a German simracer who started his career in 2005. Born into a family with motorsports background, Grimminger was early interested in various racing series.
He co-founded Race4Speed together with Martin Jatzek and Carlos Frau in 2013.
Sim racing career
Grimminger started his career in mid-2005, using CTDP's F1 2005 modification for F1 Challenge 99-02. After appearing with the Jordan EJ15 in San Marino (he retired from the race) the league shut itself down in order to prepare for 2006, a plan that never worked out.
He later joined another F1 league, based on the 4racers.de forum, where he scored his first podium in a race of five in Barcelona, driving Fisichella's Renault R26. After missing the next round, the series shut down aswell.
In the late first decade of the millenium he joined the league F1C-Fun, a league with career system, where he gained his first major success by finishing third in the rookie-level A1GP Championship and thus graduated to the league's GP2 series. However, he wasn't able to keep up his success and dropped off the season early.
This left Grimminger without a league drive until 2011, when he partnered up with long-time friend Martin Jatzek to start the Race4Speed precessor GP2League.com, a league which lasted for only three rounds. However, both drivers weren't willing to let go and finally founded Race4Speed. Grimminger was close to become the first champion of Race4Speed, but ultimately lost out to Carlos Frau in the 2013 GP3 league.
Over the years he raced in nearly all Race4Speed series and gained major success there, but also he had some appearances in other leagues. Unlike other drivers, he competed as keyboard driver in most of his early career before finally buying a used Logitech Driving Force GT in mid-2014 from his then-GP3 team mate Benjamin Röske. Grimminger does use this wheel up today.
After the 2016 season finished at Race4Speed, he stepped away from circuit racing to join GP Latina's NASCAR series for the final races, racing with his team Unnameds Racing Development.
However, being motivated after his P4 finish in the 2016 R4S F3 driver's championship, he set himself for another attack on finally winning a driver's championship and thus rejoined the R4S series' of GP1 and F3, aswell as GP Latina's NASCAR series. He also wants to prove himself as a driver who can gain success in multiple classes of motor racing again and thus joins the Rally series hosted by Race4Speed, giving his off-road debut in sim racing.
In his career he earned himself a reputation as a reliable and extremely consistent driver with a defensive attitude. He is well-known for being persistent in difficult situations, for example when he stayed with Team Alfa Romeo in the 2015 DLM WTCC championship for a second season despite offers from Ford, Chevrolet and Citroën.
Personal life
Besides sim racing, Grimminger used to be a successful rower, a hobby which often limited him on his sim racing career.
He is a huge fan of ex-F1 driver Giancarlo Fisichella, which led to his modding nick name fisicoF1. Under this name he's well-known in the F1 Challenge 99-02 and rFactor communities for working on several mods, for example the 2010-15 GP3 mods by World Sim Team, the 2014 GP2 mod by German Painting Group and various Formula 3 mods. Currently, he's the leader of modding group World Sim Team.
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | - | Jordan Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2006 | - | Mild Seven Renault F1 Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | - |
| 2011 | GP2League.com | Arden International | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2011-12 | Indy Racing League | Andretti Green Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 210 | 3rd |
| Luczo Dragon Racing | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Team Penske | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2012-13 | Indy Racing League | Team Penske | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | 7th |
| Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2013 | CFmodding GP2 League | Petrol Ofisi FMS International | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 109.5 | 2nd |
| R4S GP3 League Europe | Atech CRS GP | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 2nd | |
| FormelGP DLM | Team R4S-PT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44th | |
| 2013-14 | R4S GP3 Winter League | ART Grand Prix | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5th |
| 2014 | FormelDRL DLM | Snow Schatten Racing Team | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 27th |
| Prototype Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kemba Snow Schatten | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| R4S GP3 League | Carlin | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 121 | 5th | |
| R4S European F3 Cup | Team GM | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 3rd | |
| R4S F3 Race of Macau | Team GM/Ruhrpott Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 3rd | |
| R4S F3 Brasil | Kemba Racing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7th | |
| 2014-15 | R4S GP2 Winter League | Venezuela GP Lazarus | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 4th |
| 2015 | DLM Racing e.V. 6h of Le Mans | Team Race4Sim – SRT Viper GTS-R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF |
| FormelDRL DLM | Ecodrom Prototype Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30th | |
| WTCC DLM 2015/1 | Team Alfa Romeo | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 9th | |
| WTCC DLM 2015/2 | Team Alfa Romeo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20th | |
| R4S GP3 League | ART Grand Prix | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 110 | 2nd | |
| R4S F3 World Series | Peru Racing by Team GM | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 94 | 10th | |
| Team GM | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Formel SBS DLM | Caterham Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 9th | |
| 2016 | R4S GP1 Series | Peru Racing by Team GM | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 130 | 7th |
| R4S F3 World Series | Team GM | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 252 | 4th | |
| Unnameds Racing Development | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 2016-17 | GP Latina NASCAR | Unnameds Racing Development | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 34th |
| 2017 | R4S GP1 Series | Ecodrom Prototype Racing | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 357 | 2nd |
| R4S European F3 Championship | TR Bluvos Motorsports | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 3rd¹ | |
| R4S Rally Championship | Team GM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD¹ | |
| GP Latina NASCAR | Unnamed's Motorsport | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 175 | 11th¹ | |
| 1st Race4Speed Indianapolis 250 | Team GM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 5th | |
| MVRE Formula 3 Masters | TR Bluvos Motorsports II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD¹ |
¹ — season in progress.
FormelDRL DLM
(Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Snow Schatten Racing Team | AUS
|
CAN
6 |
BEL
Ret |
ITA
|
JAP
Ret |
RUS
|
USA
|
17th | 21 | |||||||
| Prototype Racing | AUT
10 |
GBR
Ret |
GER
|
HUN
|
BRA
7 |
UAE
??? | |||||||||||
| Kemba Snow Schatten | SIN
8 |
- D.C. = Drivers' Championship position
Race4Speed F3 Series
(Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 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 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Team GM | GER 1 Ret |
GER 2 Ret |
POR 1 Ret |
POR 2 3 |
ITA 1 3 |
ITA 2 C |
FIN 1 3 |
FIN 2 3 |
3rd | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 BrF3 | Kemba Racing | SCS 1 DNS |
SCS 2 Ret |
SCS 3 5 |
LON 1 DNS |
LON 2 5 |
LON 3 5 |
CUR 1 7 |
CUR 2 6 |
CUR 3 4 |
7th | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Peru Racing by Team GM | CRO 1 6 |
CRO 2 Ret |
CRO 3 Ret |
KNO 1
|
KNO 2
|
KNO 3
|
BRH 1
|
BRH 2
|
BRH 3
|
GER 1
|
GER 2
|
GER 3
|
LOB 1 4 |
LOB 2 2 |
LOB 3 4 |
HDV 1
|
HDV 2
|
HDV 3
|
SYD 1
|
SYD 2
|
SYD 3
|
ORP 1
|
ORP 2
|
ORP 3
|
SUP 1 Ret |
SUP 2 5 |
SUP 3 Ret |
MPB 1 4 |
MPB 2 3 |
MPB 3 Ret |
MAC Ret |
10th | 94 | |||||||||
| Team GM | ESP 1 4 |
ESP 2 8 |
ESP 3 8 |
ROA 1
|
ROA 2
|
ROA 3
|
LAS 1 8 |
LAS 2 Ret |
LAS 3 4 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Team GM | RSA 1 7 |
RSA 2 Ret |
RSA 3 7 |
ITA 1 13 |
ITA 2 3 |
ITA 3 6 |
FRA 1 5 |
FRA 2 7 |
FRA 3 Ret |
BEL 1 6 |
BEL 2 8 |
BEL 3 6 |
GER 1 8 |
GER 2 7 |
GER 3 10 |
4th | 176 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Unnameds Racing Development | GBR 1
|
GBR 2
|
GBR 3
|
CAN 1 6 |
CAN 2 Ret |
CAN 3 Ret |
BRA 1 Ret |
BRA 2 4 |
BRA 3 4 |
NZL 1 2 |
NZL 2 3 |
NZL 3 1 |
IRL 1
|
IRL 2
|
IRL 3
|
MAC 3 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | TR Bluvos Motorsports | GBR 1 7† |
GBR 2 4 |
GBR 3 4 |
ITA 1 5 |
ITA 2 Ret |
ITA 3 7† |
FRA 1 5 |
FRA 2 2 |
FRA 3 Ret |
MAC
|
3rd | 74 |
- D.C. = Drivers' Championship position
WTCC DLM
(Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/1 | Team Alfa Romeo | BRA 1 9 |
BRA 2 11 |
FRA 1 8 |
FRA 2 8 |
FRA 1 8 |
FRA 2 7 |
FRA 1 8 |
FRA 2 9 |
ESP 1 8 |
ESP 2 6 |
SVK 1
|
SVK 2
|
HUN 1 6 |
HUN 2 6 |
CZE 1 7 |
CZE 2 DNS |
AUT 1
|
AUT 2
|
9th | 64 |
| 2015/2 | Team Alfa Romeo | GBR 1
|
GBR 2
|
BEL 1 11 |
BEL 2 8 |
GER 1
|
GER 2
|
GER 1 10 |
GER 2 10 |
SMR 1
|
SMR 2
|
BEL 1
|
BEL 2
|
ARG 1
|
ARG 2
|
20th | 6 |
- D.C. = Drivers' Championship position
Race4Speed GP1 Series
(Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 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 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Peru Racing by Team GM | VIC
Ret |
CUR
5 |
ARG
2 |
CAL
|
FLO
3 |
MEX
6 |
POR
Ret |
CAT
6 |
AUT
3 |
MON
Ret |
GBR
6 |
GER
3 |
HUN
|
BEL
|
ITA
|
VAL
|
UAE
5 |
JAP
3 |
NSW
Ret |
SAO
4 |
7th | 130 | ||||||||||
| 2017-I | Ecodrom Prototype Racing | AUS 1 8 |
AUS 2 7 |
AUS 3 8 |
ARG 1 Ret |
ARG 2 3 |
ARG 3 3 |
USA 1 2 |
USA 1 2 |
USA 3 3 |
ESP 1 3 |
ESP 2 3 |
ESP 3 2 |
MON 1 Ret |
MON 2 7† |
MON 3 5 |
AUT 1 Ret |
AUT 2 2 |
AUT 3 2 |
FRA 1 9† |
FRA 2 5 |
FRA 3 8 |
GER 1 3 |
GER 2 2 |
GER 3 1 |
JAP 1 6 |
JAP 4 6 |
JAP 3 6 |
UAE 1 3 |
UAE 2 2 |
UAE 3 1 |
2nd | 357 |
- D.C. = Drivers' Championship position
MVRE Formula 3 Masters
(Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | TR Bluvos Motorsports II | RBR 1 17 |
RBR 2 17 |
RBR 3 15 |
VLP 1
|
VLP 2
|
VLP 3
|
JAC 1
|
JAC 2
|
JAC 3
|
MEN 1
|
MEN 2
|
MEN 3
|
LON 1
|
LON 2
|
LON 3
|
SPA 1
|
SPA 2
|
SPA 3
|
20th¹ | 0 |
¹ — season in progress.