About Marcel

Marcel Kiefer

German professional sim racer, F1 Esports Series Teams' Champion in 2020, now racing for real in the UAE and coaching the method that got him there. Everything on this site that carries his name is either his own testing or clearly marked as not yet reviewed.

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Marcel Kiefer studio portrait with red light trails — Studio, June 2023

Verified career facts

Year	Fact	Source
2020	F1 Esports Series Teams' Champion with Red Bull Racing Esports; one race win, six further podiums, third in the drivers' table	Red Bull Racing (2020); F1 Esports (2020)
2019	First Pro Series race win at Silverstone with Racing Point	GrandPrix247 (Jul 2019)
2023–24	Signed by Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports; loaned to Williams Esports for 2023/24	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team (2023); Williams Racing (Nov 2023, Apr 2024)
2025	Gulf Radical Cup debut at Dubai Autodrome: third in the first sprint race; AM/AM class win at the Super Prix two weeks later	Radical Motorsport race reports (Apr 2025)
2025	On the F1 Sim Racing World Championship broadcast desk	Broadcast, January 2025

Team names are used factually; no official team branding is reproduced. Photographs supplied by Marcel's management. Audience figures are not published on this site.

Twenty years, one method

From a Kettcar in Karlsruhe to a Radical at Dubai Autodrome, with an F1 Esports title in between.

Watch the MK story

Marcel as a small child playing a racing game on a family PC

Start

The first sim

A racing game on the family PC in Karlsruhe. Everything since has been a version of this.

Karlsruhe, the first sim · Family photo

2005

Hockenheim

DTM finale, in a replica suit, helmet in hand. First paddock.

DTM finale, Hockenheim, October 2005 · Family photo

A teenage Marcel Kiefer in glasses being interviewed in front of a Formula 1 backdrop

2017

First qualifiers

Bought a wheel four weeks before entry closed. Top 40 in the world, live semi-finals in London.

Live semi-finals, London, 2017 · Mercedes-AMG F1 · 2023

2018

Force India

Fifth in the Drivers' standings in his first full season.

Mercedes-AMG F1 · 2023

Marcel Kiefer laughing in a Racing Point F1 Esports Series team shirt, being filmed on a phone

2019

First win, Silverstone

With Racing Point. Moved to live next to the circuit.

Pro Series, 2019 · GrandPrix247 · Jul 2019

Marcel Kiefer holding the F1 Esports Series team trophy

2020

Teams' Champion

Red Bull Racing Esports. One win, six more podiums, third in the drivers' table.

The Teams' trophy · Red Bull Racing · 2020

Marcel Kiefer seated on a Formula 1 tyre in a studio portrait

2022

Red Bull Racing Esports

Team portrait at the start of the year.

Team portrait, January 2022 · Team photo · Jan 2022

2023

Mercedes, then Williams

Signed by Mercedes-AMG Petronas Esports; loaned to Williams for 2023/24.

Studio, June 2023 · Williams Racing · Nov 2023

2024

Out of the sim

Left competition to chase a real racing seat.

Williams Racing · Apr 2024

2025

Broadcast desk

On the F1 Sim Racing World Championship broadcast in January, the series he used to race in.

F1 Sim Racing World Championship broadcast, January 2025 · Photo: Luc Bouchon · Jan 2025

Radical SR3 number 8 cornering at Dubai Autodrome

2025

Racing for real

Gulf Radical Cup debut at Dubai Autodrome: third in the first sprint race. Two weeks later, the AM/AM class win at the Super Prix, sharing with Alex Novichkov.

Super Prix, Dubai Autodrome, 19 April 2025 · Radical Motorsport · Apr 2025

Marcel Kiefer leaning over to tap the helmet of a young driver in a number 6 Bambino kart at Dubai Kartdrome

2026

Ignite GP, UAE

Coaching young drivers at Dubai Kartdrome with Ignite GP: the method goes from sim to kart.

IgniteGP

Bambino coaching, Dubai Kartdrome · Ignite GP · 2026

Sources: Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team (2023), Williams Racing (Nov 2023, Apr 2024), Red Bull Racing (2020), GrandPrix247 (Jul 2019), F1 Esports (2020), Radical Motorsport race reports (Apr 2025). Team names are used factually; no official team branding is reproduced. Photographs supplied by Marcel's management. Current real-world programme to be confirmed with Marcel before publication.