Laurens Vanthoor

Laurens Vanthoor 2009

Laurens Vanthoor (born May 8, 1991 in Hasselt ) is a Belgian racing driver . He was the overall winner of the German Formula 3 in 2009 . In 2010 and 2011 he competed in the Formula 3 Euro Series .

Career

Vanthoor began his motorsport career in karting in 2002 , where he was active until 2007. Among other things, he won the French and Belgian junior championship titles in 2005. In 2008 the young racing driver switched to the German Formula 3 Cup for the Dutch team Van Amersfoort Racing . With two wins and a further seven podium finishes, he finished fourth overall at the end of the season. He also finished sixth in the prestigious Macau Grand Prix , which also made him the youngest participant in the history of the race. In 2009 Vanthoor stayed with Van Amersfoort Racing and contested his second season in the German Formula 3 Cup. With eleven wins he dominated the championship ahead of his teammate Stef Dusseldorp . Vanthoor was the first driver in 18 years to win the German Formula 3 title with a Volkswagen engine. This was the last time the Dane Tom Kristensen succeeded.

In 2010 Vanthoor started for the French racing team Signature in the Formula 3 Euro Series . At the end of the season he finished sixth overall with three second places as the best results. In 2011 Vanthoor stayed with Signature and contested his second season in the Formula 3 Euro Series. With two second places as the best placements, Vanthoor was the second-best Volkswagen driver and sixth in the drivers' standings. He was also entitled to points in the 2011 FIA Formula 3 Trophy . With a third place as the best result, he reached fifth place there. After the season, Vanthoor took part in DTM test drives for Audi .

In 2015 Laurens Vanthoor won the 43rd ADAC Zurich 24h race from the Nürburgring in an Audi R8 LMS as the overall winner together with Christopher Mies , Heiligenhaus, Edward Sandström, Switzerland and Nico Müller , Switzerland .

With the number 1, he also takes part in the 44th ADAC Zurich 24h race from the Nürburgring together with Christopher Mies, Nico Müller and Pierre Kaffer , again on an Audi R8 LMS (2016).

Vanthoor has been a works driver at Porsche since 2017 . In 2018 he reached pole position in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring for the Manthey-Racing team . In the race, his car broke down due to an accident. He was also able to win the GTE-PRO class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans .

statistics

Career stations

2002-2007: karting 2008: German Formula 3 (4th place)

2009: German Formula 3 (champions) 2010 : Formula 3 Euro Series (6th place)

2011 : Formula 3 Euro Series (6th place) 2011 : FIA Formula 3 trophy (5th place)

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2015	OAK Racing	Ligier JS P2	Chris Cumming	Kévin Estre	failure	malfunction
2016	Michael Shank Racing	Ligier JS P2	John Pew	Oswaldo Negri	Rank 14
2018	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 991 RSR GTE	Michael Christensen	Kévin Estre	15th place and class win
2019	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 991 RSR GTE	Michael Christensen	Kévin Estre	Rank 29

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2017	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	Richard Lietz	Kévin Estre	Rank 14
2018	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	Gianmaria Bruni	Earl Bamber	Rank 12
2019	Porsche GT Team	Porsche 911 RSR	Mathieu Jaminet	Earl Bamber	Rank 14

Web links

Commons : Laurens Vanthoor  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Laurens Vanthoor

Individual evidence

1. ^ "VW congratulates Vanthoor: champions after two years" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 23, 2009)
2. ^ "ART with Bottas, Pla and Sims" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 16, 2010)
3. ↑ "DTM: Daniel Abt and Laurens Vanthoor test the Audi A4-DTM in Monteblanco" ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsport-Server.de on December 24, 2011)