My Take
Michael Krumm is one of those quietly remarkable figures in motorsport who built an entire legend in a country not his own. Born in Reutlingen in southern Germany, he made Japan his second home and absolutely thrived there — winning the All-Japan GT Championship's GT500 class in 1997 with TOM'S and then again in 2003 with Nismo, which is honestly an impressive arc across two of the sport's top outfits. Plenty of European drivers dabbled in Japanese motorsport, but Krumm genuinely embedded himself in it for decades. The FIA GT1 World Championship title in 2011 added some international silverware to a resume that's richer than most casual fans realize. These days he's the team manager at TOM'S, so the passion clearly never faded — he just shifted from driving to shaping the next generation of Japanese GT racing.
Overview
Michael Krumm (born 19 March 1970) is a German motorsport executive and former racing driver wbo acts as the current team manager of TOM'S in Super GT. Krumm is best-known for his successes in the All-Japan GT Championship, where he triumphed in the GT500 class in 1997 and 2003 for TOM'S and Nismo, respectively. He also won the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2011.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Michael Krumm
- Name (Japanese)
- ミハエル・クルム
- Reading
- みはえる・くるむ
- Born
- March 19, 1970 (age 56)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Dog
- Origin
- Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- racing automobile driver
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.