Alex Aka

Alex Arkin Aka
Nationality	German
Born	(2000-08-07) 7 August 2000 (age 23) Germany
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup career
Debut season	2020
Current team	Tresor Attempto Racing
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Starts	14 (14 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	4
Poles	1
Fastest laps	1
Best finish	2nd (Silver Cup) in 2022
Previous series
2022 2021–22	Asian Le Mans Series 24H GT Series

Alex Arkin Aka (born 7 August 2000) is a German racing driver currently competing in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. He is the son of Attempto Racing team boss Arkin Aka. ^[1]

Early career

Aka made his car racing debut for his father's team in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux in 2018. The following year, he would make a sole appearance in the DMV Dunlop 60 series.

GT3 career

2020

For the 2020 season, Aka switched to GT3 racing to compete in the Silver Cup class of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. ^[2] Partnering Nicolas Schöll for the whole campaign and Finlay Hutchison for its majority, Aka finished the year 18th in class with a best individual race finish of 24th at the Nürburgring. ^[3]

2021

Aka competed in the Dubai 24 Hours at the start of 2021, before embarking on a double-campaign in the Silver Cup categories of the GTWC Endurance and GTWC Sprint cups. ^{[4] [5] [6]} The former proved to be a vast improvement to the previous year, as he, Dennis Marschall, and Max Hofer finished on the class podium in Germany, helping them to third place in the Silver Cup standings. ^{[7] [8]} In the latter, Aka and Marschall scored a lone win at Valencia, which was the German's first victory in a subclass. ^[9]

2022

Beginning 2021, Aka once again took part in the Dubai 24 Hours, where he and his teammates finished seventh, as well as racing in a full campaign of the Asian Le Mans Series. ^{[10] [11]} This was preparation for Aka's third season in GT3, which he would once again contest in the silver class of the Endurance and Sprint cups. ^{[12] [13]} The German showed progress, helping take a pole position alongside Nicolas Schöll and Marius Zug and setting a fastest lap in-class at Imola on his way to second in the Endurance Cup opener. ^[14] Further class podiums came at the 24 Hours of Spa as well as the Hockenheimring round, which contributed to the trio taking second in the championship. ^{[15] [16]}

In the Sprint Cup, Aka and Schöll combined to claim fourth in the class standings, scoring one win at Zandvoort where Aka was able to fend off eventual champion Ulysse de Pauw in the closing laps and taking four further category podiums. ^[17]

2023

Going into his fourth year of the Silver Cup, Aka would be joined by Lorenzo Patrese in the Sprint Cup, with Pietro Delli Guanti joining the pair in Endurance. ^[18] The trio fared well despite a retirement at the season-opening Imola round, coming back with a class win in Le Castellet. ^{[19] [20]} They scored another podium at the Nürburgring and finished third in points. Aka and Patrese were embroiled in a title battle in Sprint, where they took a season-high five class victories with a best overall result of fourth in Valencia. ^[21] However, they would miss out on the championship coutresy of a Patrese-caused collision at the final race in Zandvoort, though their efforts still saw the pair pocket the overall GTWC Europe Silver Cup title. ^[22]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2018	Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Benelux - Cup	Attempto Racing	2	0	0	0	0	2	21st
2019	DMV Dunlop 60 - Class 1	Attempto Racing	1	0	0	0	0	3	26th
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Attempto Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver		4	0	0	0	0	21	18th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2021	24H GT Series - GT3	Attempto Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		5	0	0	0	0	2	30th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver		5	0	0	0	1	73	3rd
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		10	0	0	0	0	7.5	24th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver		8	1	0	0	1	37.5	11th
2022	24H GT Series - GT3	Attempto Racing	1	0	0	0	0	16	NC†
	Asian Le Mans Series - GT		4	0	0	0	0	2	18th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		5	0	0	0	0	4	32nd
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver		5	0	1	1	3	76	2nd
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		10	0	0	0	0	5.5	19th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver		10	1	0	1	5	80.5	4th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Tresor Attempto Racing	1	0	0	0	0	6	19th
2022-23	Middle East Trophy - GT3	Tresor by Attempto Racing
2023	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Tresor Attempto Racing	5	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver			1	1	0	2	87	3rd
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		10	0	0	0	0	8.5	16th
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver			5	2	3	7	118	2nd
2023-24	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Attempto Racing	5	0	0	0	1	20	14th
	Middle East Trophy - GT3
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Tresor Attempto Racing
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup
	Le Mans Cup - GT3	Steller Motorsport

^† As Aka was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.* Season still in progress.

Complete GT World Challenge results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2020	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Silver	IMO 28	NÜR 24	SPA 6H 56	SPA 12H 56	SPA 24H Ret	LEC Ret		18th	21
2021	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Silver	MON 15	LEC 18	SPA 6H 28	SPA 12H 23	SPA 24H 15	NÜR 9	CAT 15	3rd	73
2022	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Silver	IMO 16	LEC 39	SPA 6H 30	SPA 12H 13	SPA 24H 15	HOC 8	CAT 17	2nd	76
2023	Tresor Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Silver	MNZ Ret	LEC 15	SPA 6H 21	SPA 12H 23	SPA 24H 47†	NÜR 18	CAT 28	3rd	87
2024	Tresor Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Pro	LEC 6	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	NÜR	MNZ	JED	6th*	8*

^*Season still in progress.

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2021	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Pro	MAG 1 19	MAG 2 18									24th	7.5
			Silver			ZAN 1 17	ZAN 2 12	MIS 1 13	MIS 2 Ret	BRH 1 13	BRH 2 13	VAL 1 4	VAL 2 24†	11th	37.5
2022	Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Silver	BRH 1 10	BRH 2 9	MAG 1 14	MAG 2 9	ZAN 1 12	ZAN 2 8	MIS 1 Ret	MIS 2 9	VAL 1 19	VAL 2 20	4th	80.5
2023	Tresor Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Silver	BRH 1 10	BRH 2 21	MIS 1 18	MIS 2 12	HOC 1 33†	HOC 2 13	VAL 1 10	VAL 2 4	ZAN 1 13	ZAN 2 25†	2nd	118
2024	Tresor Attempto Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Pro	BRH 1	BRH 2	MIS 1	MIS 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	MAG 1	MAG 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	*	*

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21. "| dailysportscar.com Vanthoor & Weerts Win Valencia Race 2". www.dailysportscar.com. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
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External links

• Alex Aka career summary at DriverDB.com