Laurens Vanthoor

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Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 235: malformed pattern (missing ']'). Laurens Vanthoor (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlʌu̯rəns vɑnˈtoːr] (pronounced together as [ˈlʌu̯rənsfɑnˈtoːr]); born 8 May 1991) is a Belgian profesional racing driver. He currently resides in Zolder.

Career

Karting

Born in Hasselt, Vanthoor began his kart racing career at an early age. In 2005 he became French and Belgian Champion in the ICA-J class, and he also finished fourth in the European Championship.

In 2007 Vanthoor become an official factory driver for the CRG racing team in the KF2 category. He ended up being out of action for five months out due to an accident, resulting in six fractures.[1] His best result in the season was a runner-up position in the North European Championship.

Formula Three

Vanthoor began his formula racing career in the 2008 German Formula Three season, jumping from karting directly into Formula Three. He finished fourth overall in the championship, with two wins and three poles. Following his successes, the Belgian Automobile Club (RACB) made him a member of their "National Team" initiative and Volkswagen Motorsport made him an official driver.[2][3] Vanthoor also became the youngest driver ever in the history of the Macau Grand Prix, and he finished in sixth position.[4]

With Frédéric Vervisch and Sebastian Saavedra both moving Stateside and Johnny Cecotto Jr. moving up to the F3 Euroseries and GP2, Vanthoor became the main title contender for the 2009 season. Vanthoor followed Vervisch's lead of 2008, by dominating the field, wrapping up the title at the Nürburgring.[5]

He moved into the Formula Three Euroseries for the 2010 season, with Signature[6] and stayed with the team for the 2011 season. He scored several podium finishes, but never won a race.

FIA GT1

In 2012 he switched to the FIA GT1 World Championship with WRT. Together with Stéphane Ortelli, he won both the qualifying and championship races at the first round at Nogaro.

In 2014 he competed in the Blancpain Sprint Series and Blancpain Endurance Series, winning the latter.

2015

In 2015, he started his season in the Bathurst 12 Hour with Phoenix Racing. He took the pole with a new lap record and ended 2nd. He also drove in Brazil for the 1st round of the Stock Car Brasil together with Valdeno Brito for Shell Racing at Goiania. Together with Belgian Audi Club Team WRT he won the 24 Hours of Nürburgring in the new Audi R8 LMS 2015 specification.

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2008 German Formula Three Van Amersfoort Racing 18 2 3 2 9 85 4th
Macau Grand Prix RC Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
2009 German Formula Three Van Amersfoort Racing 18 11 11 10 15 163 1st
Masters of Formula 3 Carlin Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 15th
Macau Grand Prix Signature 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 13th
Belgian Touring Car Series SEAT Belgium 2 0 1 0 1 0 NC†
2010 Formula Three Euroseries Signature 18 0 0 0 4 42 6th
2011 Formula Three Euroseries Signature 27 0 0 0 5 189 6th
2012 FIA GT1 World Championship Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 18 3 1 0 3 122 4th
Blancpain Endurance Series 6 0 0 0 2 59 5th
2013 FIA GT Series Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 12 3 2 3 9 132 1st
Blancpain Endurance Series 5 0 1 0 1 24 14th
2014 Blancpain Sprint Series Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 14 4 3 0 6 100 4th
Blancpain Endurance Series 5 2 2 0 3 107 1st
2015 Blancpain Sprint Series Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 12 5 2 0 6 109 3rd
Blancpain Endurance Series 5 0 0 0 2 48 6th
24 Hours of Le Mans OAK Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
World Endurance Championship 1 0 0 0 0 0 19th
Stock Car Brasil Shell Racing 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Red Bull Racing

* Season still in progress.
† As Vanthoor was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 DC Points
2010 Signature Dallara F308/033 Volkswagen LEC
1
Ret		 LEC
2
5		 HOC
1
Ret		 HOC
2
Ret		 VAL
1
5		 VAL
2
3		 NOR
1
9		 NOR
2
5		 NÜR
1
2		 NÜR
2
11		 ZAN
1
7		 ZAN
2
2		 BRH
1
2		 BRH
2
7		 OSC
1
13		 OSC
2
4		 HOC
1
6		 HOC
2
DSQ		 6th 42
2011 Signature Dallara F309/023 Volkswagen LEC
1
8		 LEC
2
7		 LEC
3
5		 HOC
1
3		 HOC
2
6		 HOC
3
15		 ZAN
1
4		 ZAN
2
5		 ZAN
3
6		 RBR
1
7		 RBR
2
2		 RBR
3
7		 NOR
1
2		 NOR
2
8		 NOR
3
4		 NÜR
1
5		 NÜR
2
3		 NÜR
3
5		 SIL
1
6		 SIL
2
6		 SIL
3
4		 VAL
1
11		 VAL
2
11		 VAL
3
6		 HOC
1
3		 HOC
2
9		 HOC
3
12		 6th 189

FIA GT competition results

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2012 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi NOG
QR
1
 NOG
CR
1
 ZOL
QR
12
 ZOL
CR
6
 NAV
QR
9
 NAV
QR
10
 SVK
QR
11
 SVK
CR
6
 ALG
QR
10
 ALG
CR
6
 SVK
QR
5
 SVK
CR
5
 MOS
QR
1
 MOS
CR
4
 NUR
QR
2
 NUR
CR
6
 DON
QR
2
 DON
CR
4
 4th 122

Complete FIA GT Series results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Points
2013 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra Pro NOG
QR
16		 NOG
CR
2		 ZOL
QR
1		 ZOL
CR
2		 ZAN
QR
1		 ZAN
CR
2		 SVK
QR
2		 SVK
CR
3		 NAV
QR
7		 NAV
CR
15		 BAK
QR
2		 BAK
CR
1		 1st 132

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points
2014 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra Pro NOG
QR
1		 NOG
CR
Ret		 BRH
QR
6		 BRH
CR
4		 ZAN
QR
3		 ZAN
CR
10		 SVK
QR
1		 SVK
CR
11		 ALG
QR
4		 ALG
CR
8		 ZOL
QR
1		 ZOL
CR
3		 BAK
QR
1		 BAK
CR
1		 4th 100
2015 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra Pro NOG
QR
DNS		 NOG
CR
DNS		 BRH
QR
1		 BRH
CR
1		 ZOL
QR
1		 ZOL
CR
1		 MOS
QR
Ret		 MOS
CR
5		 ALG
QR
2		 ALG
CR
1		 MIS
QR
Ret		 MIS
CR
DNS		 ZAN
QR		 ZAN
CR		 3rd 109

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2015 France OAK Racing Canada Chris Cumming
France Kévin Estre		 Ligier JS P2-Honda LMP2 329 DNF DNF

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2015 OAK Racing LMP2 Ligier JS P2 Honda HR28TT 2.8 L Turbo V6 SIL SPA LMS
Ret		 NÜR COA FUJ SHA BHR 19th 0

Complete Stock Car Brasil results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Rank Points
2015 Shell Racing Chevrolet Sonic GOI
1
8		 RBP
1
 RBP
2
 VEL
1
 VEL
2
 CUR
1
 CUR
2
 SCZ
1
 SCZ
2
 NC† 0†
Red Bull Racing CUR
1
19		 CUR
2
Ret		 GOI
1
 CAS
1
 CAS
2
 MOU
1
 MOU
2
 CUR
1
 CUR
2
 TAR
1
 TAR
2
 INT
1

† As Vanthoor was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

References

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Sporting positions
Preceded by German Formula Three
Champion
2009		 Succeeded by
Tom Dillmann
Preceded by
None
 FIA GT Series Champion
2013 with:
Stéphane Ortelli		 Succeeded by
Maximilian Götz
Blancpain Sprint Series
Preceded by Blancpain Endurance Series
Champion
2014		 Succeeded by
Alex Buncombe
Katsumasa Chiyo
Wolfgang Reip
Preceded by
None
 Blancpain GT Series
Champion
2014		 Succeeded by
Robin Frijns
Awards
Preceded by RACB
Rookie Driver of the Year
2008		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Records
Preceded by


(Macau Grand Prix)
 Youngest driver to compete
in the Macau Grand Prix
17 years, 192 days
(2008)		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Carlo van Dam
21 years, 202 days
 Youngest driver to win
German Formula Three title
18 years, 108 days
(2009)		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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