{"id":11355,"date":"2026-06-10T11:05:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandmeeting.de\/news\/king-ludwig-klaus-ludwig-is-coming-to-the-grand-meeting-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:07:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:07:48","slug":"king-ludwig-klaus-ludwig-is-coming-to-the-grand-meeting-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandmeeting.de\/en\/driver\/king-ludwig-klaus-ludwig-is-coming-to-the-grand-meeting-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"King Ludwig \u2013 Klaus Ludwig is coming to the Grand Meeting 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_custom_heading uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;173085&#8243;]Three DTM titles, three Le Mans victories, FIA GT World Champion \u2026[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;4&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; content_parallax=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;199548&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;165864&#8243;]\u2026 and all this without ever having competed in a single Formula 1 race. Klaus Ludwig forged his own path \u2013 and that path took him to the very top of German and international motorsport. No wonder fans still call him \u2018King Ludwig\u2019 to this day.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;113376&#8243;]Klaus Ludwig began his motorsport career in the early 1970s with slalom and touring car racing. He had known the N\u00fcrburgring since he was a child \u2013 he had visited the legendary \u2018Green Hell\u2019 with his parents and watched the races on the Nordschleife with great excitement \u2013 and later this circuit was to become his very own stage.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;103290&#8243;]Three-time winner of the 24 Hours of N\u00fcrburgring, three-time Le Mans winner \u2013 no wonder he\u2019s also known as the \u2018King of the Nordschleife\u2019.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;434256&#8243;]In 1979, he became German racing champion in the Kremer Porsche 935 \u2013 and in the same year won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in pouring rain, beating the faster, pure-bred sports prototypes. It marked the start of a Le Mans winning streak: two further overall victories followed in 1984 and 1985 in the Joest Porsche.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;214492&#8243;]His DTM chapter began in 1985 \u2013 the most significant part of what was already an impressive career. 219 races, 37 wins, and more championship points than any other DTM driver before him. Three-time champion: in 1988 with Ford, and in 1992 and 1994 with Mercedes. At the age of 50, he won two races at the Sachsenring on his comeback and remains the oldest DTM race winner of all time.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;161970&#8243;]1998 saw the final major chapter of his active racing career: winning the FIA GT Championship in a Mercedes CLK-GTR, alongside Ricardo Zonta. This was followed by his retirement, bringing to an end a motorsport career spanning almost 30 years at the very highest level \u2013 but the memories remain to this day.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;797581&#8243;]Today, Klaus Ludwig is a brand ambassador for Mercedes-Benz Classic \u2013 and remains one of Germany\u2019s most popular motorsport personalities. 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