A2 / The Story
A different road to the grid
Leon Erger, from Wiehl in Germany, never climbed the classic karting ladder. His racecraft was built lap by lap in iRacing, where he worked his way into the top 1% of the world. What most people treat as a game, he treated as training — structured, data-driven, and relentless.
After test days on real circuits confirmed the sim pace carried over, the door opened: a race seat with PROsport Racing in the ADAC GT4 Germany, sharing the #19 Aston Martin Vantage GT4. Nearly everything about that first weekend at the Nürburgring was new — the procedures, the traffic, the pit stops, the rain. The lap times weren't. He qualified inside the top three, ran with the leading group, and brought the car home seventh in his first ever professional race.
Sector 1
The Sim Years
Thousands of laps in iRacing. Top 1% worldwide — earned with telemetry, discipline, and deliberate practice instead of a karting budget.
Sector 2
First Real Laps
Test days on real circuits. The verdict was clear: the technique built in the simulator transferred straight to the car.
Sector 3
The Debut · 2023
ADAC GT4 Germany, Nürburgring, PROsport Racing. Started P3 on a wet track, finished P7 — a top-10 on debut, with both races brought to the flag.
Sector 4
Today · LE Academy
Coaching sim racers 1:1 — in English or German — with the exact method that carried him from the rig to the ADAC GT4 Germany grid.
On Track
Pit Stop · Driver Change