Lars Kern
Lap times and race results, that’s how you’ll be familiar with the name Lars Kern, but there’s a lot more to Kern than the headline-grabbing, rival-baiting stopwatch work at the Nürburgring. Kern’s a factory driver: he’s paid by Porsche, he races for Porsche, but he’s got an office in Weissach and studied engineering at university. He’s not a typical racer. Instead of the familiar route of karting, formula this, formula that and the untold expense to do so, Kern spent his childhood gaming. He was good enough and as a teenager he won the opportunity to drive a real car, and then his parents and some sponsors realised his talent might be worth investing in.
“My parents saw, okay, there’s a little talent, and they helped me a little bit here and there, or found sponsors, but at some point there was just nowhere to go for me. This is where me and my family decided, okay, there’s no other option. If I want to be involved in the automotive industry, I have to go to
