Mike Hezemans

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Mike Hezemans (born July 25, 1969 in Eindhoven ) is a Dutch racing driver .

family

Mike Hezemans represents the third generation of the Hezemans racing family. His grandfather Mathieu was active in the 1950s and the first driver in the family to compete in the Le Mans 24-hour race . In 1956 he and his compatriot Carel Godin de Beaufort drove a Porsche 550/4 Spyder registered by Wolfgang Seidel . His father Antoine, known as Toine , was twice European Touring Car Champion and won the Targa Florio in 1971 . His younger brother Loris also took up the profession of professional racing driver.

Racing career

Mike Hezemans began his career in karting and switched to the GT scene in the early 1990s . He celebrated his first successes in the Porsche Supercup , which he finished sixth overall in 1993 . In the same year he was fifth in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany .

Two years before that, he made his first appearance in a classic sports car race on the podium. He finished third in the 1991 Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race ; Team partners in the Porsche 911 Carrera 2 were Jeroen Hin and Wolfgang Land . In 1997 he received a contract with GT1 Lotus Racing for assignments in the FIA GT Championship . However, the Lotus Elise GT1 was not very competitive. In 1998 he therefore tried his own report. The Elise GT1 he acquired was revised by Bitter in Ennepetal , Germany, and used by Hezemans as the Bitter GT1 . No successes could be achieved with the car. Hezemans therefore switched to Roock Racing halfway through the season and drove a Porsche 911 G2 there .

Success came in 2000 with the Chrysler Viper GTS-R from Carsport Holland. Behind the overall winners Julian Bailey and Jamie Campbell-Walter in the Lister Storm GTS , he finished the championship in third overall. Also in 2001 he reached this position in the final ranking. In 2008 and 2009 he was runner-up in this championship. His last full racing season so far was the 2012 Blancpain Endurance Series .

His best place in the Le Mans 24 Hours was finishing 13th in 2000 . In 1999 he was sixteenth overall in Sebring .

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1997 United KingdomUnited Kingdom GT1 Lotus Racing Lotus Elise GT1 NetherlandsNetherlands Jan Lammers GermanyGermany Alexander Gray failure Oil pump
2000 NetherlandsNetherlands Carsport Holland Chrysler Viper GTS-R NetherlandsNetherlands David Hart NetherlandsNetherlands Hans Hugenholtz Rank 13
2002 NetherlandsNetherlands Carsport Holland Chrysler Viper GTS-R ItalyItaly Gabriele Matteuzzi BelgiumBelgium Anthony Kumpen failure accident
2003 NetherlandsNetherlands Carsport Holland Pagani Zonda GR NetherlandsNetherlands David Hart BelgiumBelgium Anthony Kumpen failure Gearbox damage
2004 NetherlandsNetherlands Barron Connor Racing Ferrari 575 GTC SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jean-Denis Delétraz FranceFrance Ange Barde failure Electrics
2006 NetherlandsNetherlands Spyker Squadron BV Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R NetherlandsNetherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jonny Kane failure Engine failure
2007 NetherlandsNetherlands Spyker Squadron BV Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jaroslav Janiš United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jonny Kane failure Engine failure
2008 RussiaRussia IPB Spartak Racing Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT NetherlandsNetherlands Peter Kox RussiaRussia Roman Russinov not classified

Sebring results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1999 GermanyGermany Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 United StatesUnited States Charles Slater United StatesUnited States Peter Kitchak Rank 16
2002 NetherlandsNetherlands Team Carsport Holland Chrysler Viper GTS-R BelgiumBelgium Anthony Kumpen ItalyItaly Luca Cappellari failure Gearbox damage
2003 United StatesUnited States Carsport America Pagani Zonda GR BelgiumBelgium Anthony Kumpen failure Engine failure
2004 United StatesUnited States Barron Connor Racing Ferrari 575 Maranello GTC SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jean-Denis Delétraz FranceFrance Ange Barde failure suspension
2006 NetherlandsNetherlands Spyker Squadron Spyker C8 Spyder NetherlandsNetherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen Rank 17

Web links

Commons : Mike Hezemans  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Porsche Supercup 1993
  2. ^ Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 1993
  3. 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps 1991
  4. Information about the Bitter GT1
  5. FIA GT Championship 2000
  6. FIA GT Championship 2001