Klaus Bachler

Klaus Bachler (born 27 July 1991, in Unzmarkt) is an Austrian racing driver. As a Porsche-contracted driver, Bachler has won races in multiple high-level categories, including the Porsche Supercup, ADAC GT Masters, GTWC Europe Endurance Cup, IMSA SportsCar Championship, and FIA World Endurance Championship.

His accolades include the 2007 title in the Formula Lista Junior series, as well as winning the 2023–24 Asian Le Mans Series with Pure Rxcing, the team he currently drives for in the WEC.

Bachler began his car racing career in the Lista Junior championship, where he took five wins as well as the 2007 title for Neuhauser Racing. He moved up to the ADAC Formel Masters, finishing third in 2008 and second in 2009. After making his German F3 debut at the end of 2010, Bachler went into the series full-time in 2011, where two victories helped him towards third place in the standings.

After winning the 2011 Porsche junior driver shootout, the Austrian switched to sportscar racing in 2012, driving a full season in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, as well as making his debut in the Porsche Supercup. He would enter the Supercup for the next two years, winning a race at Spa in 2013. Following a race win with Proton Competition in the ELMS in 2013, Bachler entered the FIA WEC in 2014, where he helped the team to third in the standings, in addition to finishing second in class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

From 2015 on, Bachler drove in the ADAC GT Masters, where he took two wins over eight years in the series. He also began driving in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup starting in 2019, when he won the season-opening race with Dinamic Motorsport. He returned to the Italian team in 2021 after a season with Rowe Racing and repeated that feat, before scoring a podium at the final round to finish sixth overall. Two further podiums, including a win at Barcelona, came in 2022, which led to a record-high fourth in the standings for Bachler.

As a Porsche-contracted driver, Bachler entered the GTD Pro class of the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2023, partnering Patrick Pilet at Pfaff Motorsports. The pair won at the 12 Hours of Sebring and scored six further podiums on their way to fourth in the standings. During the same year, the Austrian driver entered the Bronze Cup category of the GTWC Endurance Cup alongside Joel Sturm and bronze-ranked Alex Malykhin, where they won at the season-opener and finished second in class at the 24 Hours of Spa, leaving them fifth in the standings. The trio remained together for the Asian Le Mans Series and won the 2024 title thanks to two race victories.

For PureRxcing's main season, Bachler and his teammates would drive in the WEC's new LMGT3 class, as well as racing as a Pro-classed lineup in the GTWC Endurance Cup. At the first WEC race in Qatar, the PureRxcing trio took victory. Provided by Wikipedia