Patric Niederhauser
Patric Niederhauser (born October 8, 1991 in Münsingen ) is a Swiss automobile racing driver . He won the Italian Abarth Formula in 2011 . From 2012 to 2014 he started in the GP3 series . He has been driving the ADAC GT Masters since 2016 and became champion in 2019 .
Career
Niederhauser began his motorsport career in karting in 2006 , in which he was active until 2009. Among other things, he was third in the Swiss KF2 Bridgestone Cup in 2007 and 2008 and second in the Swiss Super Rok Cup in 2009 . In 2010 Niederhauser switched to formula racing and started for Jenzer Motorsport in Formula Abarth . With one win and five third places he was runner-up behind Brandon Maïsano . On points, it was 106 to 128 between the two pilots. He also made two guest starts in the Swiss Formula Renault , in which he was on the podium both times. In 2011 Niederhauser stayed with Jenzer Motorsport in Formula Abarth. He won eight races. In the Italian standings, he won the championship title with eight podium finishes and 149 points ahead of Sergei Sirotkin , who had scored 136 points. In the European ranking, the duel ended the other way around: Sirotkin was champion with 175 to 138 points ahead of Niederhauser. Niederhauser was on the podium nine times in this category.
After Niederhauser had participated in GP3 test drives for Jenzer Motorsport in winter 2011/2012 , he received a cockpit for the 2012 GP3 series from the racing team . He won two races and finished the season as the best driver in his team in seventh place in the drivers' standings. In addition, Niederhauser started three of eight events in the Italian Formula 3 championship for BVM . He decided a race for himself. Niederhauser kept his cockpit with Jenzer for the 2013 GP3 series . At the start of the season he finished second and third. It remained his only podium finishes. As the best Jenzer driver, he was 13th overall at the end of the season. Niederhauser also received a contract with Race Performance in the European Le Mans Series , in which he made his debut in endurance races in 2013. He started there in the LMP2 class in four of five races. He reached ninth place in the LMP2 driver standings. He also made his debut for Race Performance at the Le Mans 24-hour race in 2013 . In 2014 Niederhauser switched to Arden International within the GP3 series . He won two races and finished the season in tenth place overall. He also drove for Race Performance in an ELMS race.
In 2015 Niederhauser switched to GT racing and competed for Raton Racing in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo . In addition, Niederhauser made his debut in formula racing in 2015 with the Daiko Team Lazarus in the GP2 series .
Patric Niederhauser has been competing in the ADAC GT Masters since 2016 . He achieved his greatest success in the 2019 season when he won three races of the season and the overall championship of the series in the HCB Rutronik Racing team alongside Kelvin van der Linde .
Personal
Patric Niederhauser is in a relationship with racing driver Marylin Niederhauser . The identity of the two surnames is coincidental.
statistics
Career stations
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Individual results in the GP3 series
| year | team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | Points | rank |
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| 2012 | Jenzer Motorsport |
 ESP
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 MON
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ESP
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 GBR
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 GER
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 HUN
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 BEL
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 ITA
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101 | 7th | ||||||||||
| 4th | 5 | DNF | 15th | 8th | 1 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 6th | 5 | DNF | ||||||
| 2013 | Jenzer Motorsport |
ESP
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ESP
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GBR
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GER
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HUN
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BEL
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ITA
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 UAE
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33 | 13. | ||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 13 | DNF | 15th | 11 | 12 | 8th | 25th | 15th | DNF | 9 | 8th | DNF | DNF | 15th | ||||||
| 2014 | Arden International |
ESP
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 AUT
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GBR
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GER
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HUN
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BEL
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ITA
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 RUS
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UAE
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62 | 10. | |||||||||
| 10 | 9 | 10 | 6th | 13 | DNF | 12 | 6th | 6th | 1 | DNF | DNF | 13 | 19th | 8th | 1 | 7th | DSQ | ||||
Individual results in the GP2 series
| year | team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | Points | rank |
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| 2015 | Daiko team Lazarus |
 BRN
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ESP
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MON
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AUT
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GBR
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HUN
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BEL
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ITA
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RUS
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BRN
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UAE
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0 | 34. | |||||||||||
| 17th | 17th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Le Mans results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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| 2013 |
 Race performance
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Oreca 03 |
Michel Frey
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 Jeroen Bleekemolen
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Rank 19 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Patric Niederhauser" (profile on speedweek.ch; accessed on February 16, 2012)
- ^ A b Christian Eichenberger: In the cockpit you are distracted in Motorsport-aktuell from July 2, 2013, p. 15.
- ↑ "Abt also the fastest in the GP3 tests in Jerez" (Motorsport-Aktuell.com on December 2nd, 2011)
- ↑ “Jenzer Motorsport confirm Niederhauser for 2012” (gp3series.com on March 3, 2012)
- ↑ “Entry List” (acisportitalia.it; accessed on April 6, 2012; PDF; 64 kB)
- ↑ “Patric Niederhauser retains Jenzer GP3 seat”. autosport.com, January 27, 2013, accessed January 28, 2013 .
- ^ Team TCF: “2013 European Le Mans Series Entry List”. thecheckeredflag.co.uk, February 8, 2013, accessed February 16, 2013 .
- ↑ Philipp Schajer: "GP3 - Arden confirms Niederhauser and Visoiu". New chapter. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 15, 2014, accessed January 15, 2014 .
- ↑ Norman Fischer: Swiss Patric Niederhauser makes GP2 debut in Monza. Motorsport-Total.com, September 1, 2015, accessed September 1, 2015 .
- ^ Marylin Niederhauser - 2015 will be an apprenticeship year. (No longer available online.) F4news.de, March 11, 2015, archived from the original on September 27, 2016 ; Retrieved October 4, 2015 .
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| SURNAME | Niederhauser, Patric |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1991 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Münsingen BE , Switzerland |