Following a career in karts, Menzel made his single-seater debut in 2013, racing in the final edition of the Formula BMW Talent Cup.[4] Having taken one win in the test races,[5] Menzel won race two at the Grand Final held at Oschersleben and finished runner-up to Robin Hansson in the standings.[6][7]
In 2014, Menzel joined Schiller Motorsport to compete in the final season of the ADAC Formel Masters.[8] Menzel scored a best result of fifth at Zandvoort and concluded the season 12th in points.[9]
Leaving single-seaters after 2014, Menzel moved to Asia for 2015, joining Team StarChase in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia.[10] Having taken his maiden win at Sepang,[11] Menzel finished third in the standings in his maiden season in the series.[12]
Returning to Porsche Carrera Cup Asia for 2016, Menzel beat Maxime Jousse to the title despite not scoring any overall wins throughout the season.[13]
During 2016, Menzel joined the BMW Motorsport Junior programme alongside Ricky Collard.[14] Towards the end of the year, Menzel made his debut in GT3 machinery, taking part in the VLN Series, where he scored a best result of second at the final round of the season in just his second race in the category.[15]
Having been set to make his international GT3 debut at the 2017 Bathurst 12 Hour,[16] Menzel's car suffered a crash in qualifying, which damaged the chassis and thus was retired before the race started.[17] Menzel's main program for 2017 was in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, where he competed for Walkenhorst Motorsport alongside Christian Krognes and Mikkel Jensen.[18]
Despite a disappointing season in Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup, Menzel retained BMW junior status for 2018, joining RN Vision STS in GT4 European Series alongside Beitske Visser.[19] Taking his maiden GT4 win in race two at Hungaroring,[20] Menzel won race one at Nürburgring and ended the season with a second-place finish in the season finale to end the year ninth in the standings.[21][22]
Over the following two years, Menzel raced full-time in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, competing for Mühlner Motorsport in the Cayman Cup in 2019,[23] along with a one-off outing with KCMG at that year's 24 Hours of Nürburgring.[24] Whilst in 2020, Menzel primarily competed in the SP7 class of the series with Huber Motorsport,[25] and also competed in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring for the same team,[26] albeit in SP9 Pro-Am, where he won in class and finished 15th overall in the red-flagged race.[27]
During 2023, Menzel also competed for Huber Motorsport in ADAC GT Masters alongside Jannes Fittje.[32] Menzel won race two at Norisring from pole position and scored four more podiums across the season to finish third in the standings.[33]
Menzel was retained by Falken Motorsports and took two wins, with one of which being in the qualifying races for the 2024 24 Hours of Nürburgring.[34][35] In late February 2024, Menzel joined Car Collection Motorsport to compete in the International GT Open alongside Gustav Bergström.[36] Scoring a win at Barcelona from pole position, Menzel ended the season sixth in points.[37]
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