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Valentin Kluss

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Valentin Kluss
Kluss in 2024
NationalityGermany German
Born (2007-05-25) 25 May 2007 (age 17)
Bad Mergentheim, Germany
Eurocup-3 career
Debut season2024
Current teamCampos Racing
Car number5
Starts20 (21 entries)
Wins0
Podiums3
Poles1
Fastest laps1
Best finish6th in 2024
Previous series
2023
2023
2023
2022

2022
2022–2023		FR European Championship
F4 Spanish Championship
Formula 4 UAE Championship
FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup
ADAC Formula 4
Italian F4 Championship

Valentin Kluss (alternatively spelt Kluß, born 25 May 2007) is a German racing driver who last competed in the Eurocup-3 series for Campos Racing. He previously competed in the 2023 Italian F4 Championship with PHM Racing.

Career

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Karting

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Having been bought a kart by his father after completing the challenge of beating the laptime record at his local track by over a second, Kluss started competing in regional competitions at the age of six.[1][2] After winning the Kart-Cup of his local federal state Baden-Württemberg in 2017,[3] alongside the ACV Kart Nationals during the same year, Kluss progressed into national competitions,[4] taking third in the Rotax Max Challenge Germany in 2018. He would spend the following three years in the junior category, where he won the Rotax Max Challenge in 2020,[5] securing the title with five races to go,[6] and the ADAC Kart Masters in 2021, both in the junior class.[7][8][9] Kluss also took part in European series from 2019 onwards, managing to finish third in the Rotax Euro Trophy, as well as competing in the 2021 Karting World Championship with RS Competition.

Formula 4

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2022

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Kluss driving at the Red Bull Ring in 2022.

Having completed tests in Formula 4 with Teo Martín Motorsport at Aragón and at the Hockenheimring with Mücke Motorsport,[2] Kluss progressed into single-seater racing in 2022 thanks to PHM Racing,[10] a newly-founded non-profit racing organization. Having been introduced into the newly formed Motorsport Team Germany,[11][12] Kluss competed with PHM in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship, whilst being loaned out to Jenzer Motorsport in the Italian F4 Championship.[13] Due to his age, he would only make his debut in the second round of the latter series, where he immediately scored his maiden point in the rookies' championship. In the German Championship, Kluss scored points on debut at Zandvoort, although two collisions would lead to a pair of retirements the following day. More points would follow at the Nürburgring, before Kluss took his first ever podium in single-seaters during a rain-affected Race 3 at the Lausitzring, beating Rasmus Joutsimies by three thousandths of a second across the finish line.[14]

Kluss was nominated by the German Motor Sport Federation as their Formula 4 representative for the FIA Motorsport Games held at the end of the year.[15][16] He went on to finish sixth in the FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup.[17]

2023

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In 2023 Kluss remained with PHM Racing to compete in the Formula 4 UAE Championship and the Italian F4 Championship.[18] He finished the season tenth in the UAE championship and fifteenth in the Italian championship.[17] In 2023 Kluss also joined MP Motorsport to compete in the Estoril round of the F4 Spanish Championship.[17]

Formula Regional

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In October 2023 Kluss also joined Monolite Racing to compete in the final round of the Formula Regional European Championship at the Hockenheimring.[17]

Eurocup-3

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Kluss racing at the Red Bull Ring during the 2024 Eurocup-3 season

In 2024 he joined Campos Racing for a full-time step up to the Formula Regional-level Eurocup-3 series.[19][20] He had a slow start to the season,[21] but managed to earn his first pole and podiums in Portimão with second and third.[22] Kluss also took another third place during the second race in Zandvoort.[23][24] After that, he scored in every race till the end of the season, meaning that Kluss finished sixth in the standings with 121 points, securing three podiums.

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2015 Baden-Württemberg Kart-Cup — Rotax Micro Nees Racing 6th
2016 Baden-Württemberg Kart-Cup — Rotax Micro Nees Racing 2nd
Rotax Max Challenge Germany — Rotax Micro 11th
2017 Baden-Württemberg Kart-Cup — Rotax Micro Nees Racing 1st
ACV Kart Nationals — Rotax Micro 1st
Rotax Max Challenge Germany — Rotax Micro 6th
2018 Rotax Max Challenge Germany — Rotax Mini Nees Racing 3rd
Rotax Max Challenge Clubsport — Mini 8th
2019 BNL Karting Series — Junior Max RS Competition 31st
Rotax Max Challenge Germany — Junior 10th
Rotax Max Challenge Euro Trophy — Junior 25th
Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy — Junior NC
Rotax Max Challenge Clubsport — Junior National 2nd
2020 BNL Karting Series - Kick-Off — Junior Max RS Competition 17th
Rotax Max Euro Winter Cup — Junior 25th
ADAC Kart Masters — OKJ NC
Rotax Max Challenge Germany — Junior 1st
Rotax Max Challenge Euro Trophy — Junior 3rd
Rotax Max Challenge International Trophy — Junior 13th
Rotax Max Challenge Clubsport — Junior National 2nd
Deutsche Kart Meisterschaft — OKJ NC†
2021 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ RS Competition NC
WSK Super Master Series — OKJ NC†
Deutsche Kart Meisterschaft — OKJ 8th
ADAC Kart Masters — OKJ KSM Official Racing Team 1st
CIK-FIA World Championship — OKJ RS Competition 58th
Sources:[25][26][27][28][29]

† As Kluss was a guest driver, he was ineligible to be classified in the standings.

Complete Karting World Championship results

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Year Team Car Quali Heats Main race
2021 Germany RS Competition OKJ 58th DNQ

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2022 Italian F4 Championship Jenzer Motorsport 17 0 0 0 0 4 21st
ADAC Formula 4 Championship PHM Racing 12 0 0 0 1 61 11th
FIA Motorsport Games Formula 4 Cup Team Germany 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
2023 Formula 4 UAE Championship PHM Racing 15 0 0 0 0 50 10th
Italian F4 Championship 15 0 0 0 0 34 15th
F4 Spanish Championship MP Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 8 16th
Formula Regional European Championship Monolite Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2024 Eurocup-3 Campos Racing 16 0 1 1 3 121 6th

* Season still in progress.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2022 Jenzer Motorsport IMO
1 		IMO
2 		IMO
3 		MIS
1
15 		MIS
2
20 		MIS
3
23 		SPA
1
20 		SPA
2
15 		SPA
3
19 		VLL
1
16 		VLL
2
14 		VLL
3
15 		RBR
1
14 		RBR
2 		RBR
3
11 		RBR
4
16 		MNZ
1
8 		MNZ
2
20 		MNZ
3
C 		MUG
1
16 		MUG
2
19 		MUG
3
12 		21st 4
2023 PHM Racing IMO
1 		IMO
2
6 		IMO
3
6 		IMO
4
6 		MIS
1
10 		MIS
2
18 		MIS
3
17 		SPA
1
11 		SPA
2
14 		SPA
3
10 		MNZ
1
27† 		MNZ
2
6 		MNZ
3
12 		LEC
1
16 		LEC
2
14 		LEC
3
Ret 		MUG
1 		MUG
2 		MUG
3 		VLL
1 		VLL
2 		VLL
3 		15th 34

* Season still in progress.

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2022 PHM Racing SPA
1 		SPA
2 		SPA
3 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		HOC
3 		ZAN
1
11 		ZAN
2
Ret 		ZAN
3
Ret 		NÜR1
1
8 		NÜR1
2
10 		NÜR1
3
Ret 		LAU
1
Ret 		LAU
2
4 		LAU
3
3 		NÜR2
1
8 		NÜR2
2
6 		NÜR2
3
7 		11th 61

Complete FIA Motorsport Games results

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Year Team Cup Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2022 Germany Team Germany Formula 4 3rd 20th 6th

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos Points
2023 PHM Racing DUB1
1
4 		DUB1
2
9 		DUB1
3
19 		KMT1
1
9 		KMT1
2
7 		KMT1
3
4 		KMT2
1
7 		KMT2
2
5 		KMT2
3
18 		DUB2
1
Ret 		DUB2
2
Ret 		DUB2
3
15 		YMC
1
35† 		YMC
2
14 		YMC
3
13 		10th 50

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2023 MP Motorsport SPA
1
 SPA
2
 SPA
3
 ARA
1
 ARA
2
 ARA
3
 NAV
1
 NAV
2
 NAV
3
 JER
1
 JER
2
 JER
3
 EST
1
Ret 		EST
2
8 		EST
3
7 		CRT
1
 CRT
2
 CRT
3
 CAT
1
 CAT
2
 CAT
3
 16th 8

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2023 Monolite Racing IMO
1
 IMO
2
 CAT
1
 CAT
2
 HUN
1
 HUN
2
 SPA
1 		SPA
2 		MUG
1
 MUG
2
 LEC
1
 LEC
2
 RBR
1 		RBR
2 		MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		HOC
1
Ret 		HOC
2
19 		NC† 0

† As Kluss was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score point.

Complete Eurocup-3 results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points
2024 Campos Racing SPA
1
7 		SPA
2
C 		RBR
1
19 		RBR
2
6 		POR
1
6 		POR
2
2 		POR
3
3 		LEC
1
7 		LEC
2
4 		ZAN
1
12 		ZAN
2
3 		ARA
1
7 		ARA
2
7 		JER
1
9 		JER
2
10 		CAT
1
9 		CAT
2
8 		6th 119

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