Laurens Vanthoor

Laurens Vanthoor (; born 8 May 1991) is a Belgian professional racing driver who competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Porsche Penske Motorsport. Vanthoor won the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship title for Porsche in the Hypercar class alongside Kévin Estre and André Lotterer. He previously achieved multiple GT3 victories for Audi.

Laurens is the older brother of BMW factory driver Dries Vanthoor.

Early 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. His best result in the season was a runner-up position in the North European Championship.

2008–2011: 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. Vanthoor also became the youngest driver ever in the history of the Macau Grand Prix and he finished in sixth position.

With Frédéric Vervisch and Sebastián 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.

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

Sportscar career

2012: FIA GT1 In 2012, Vanthoor 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.

2013–2016: Audi Sport Factory Driver

In 2013, Vanthoor won the FIA GT Series together with Ortelli for Audi and WRT. In 2014 he competed in the Blancpain Sprint Series and Blancpain Endurance Series, winning the latter as well as the overall Blancpain GT Series. He also won the 2014 24 Hours of Spa for WRT together with fellow Audi Sport factory drivers René Rast and Markus Winkelhock.

In 2015, Vanthoor started his season in the Bathurst 12 Hour with Phoenix Racing. He took the pole with a new lap record and ended second. 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. On 3 October, during the event at Misano for the Blancpain Sprint Series, he was involved in a major crash which led to a serious injury. Therefore, he missed the last race of the season as well as the race at Macau, where he was replaced by René Rast. He made his comeback at the Sepang 12 Hours, which he won with Stéphane Ortelli and Stuart Leonard.

In 2016, Vanthoor started his season with a win in the Dubai 24 Hour with Belgian Audi Club Team WRT. On 21 November 2016 Vanthoor won the FIA GT World Cup, crowning himself as World Champion on the streets of Macau. On 3 December 2016, it was announced that Vanthoor would change from Audi to Porsche and the focus would be on the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship where he would drive a Porsche 911 RSR together with Kévin Estre. During his last race with Audi, he won the Sepang 12 Hours together with Robin Frijns, Christopher Haase and Phoenix Racing. With this, he crowned himself as the first winner of the Intercontinental GT Challenge.

2017–2021: Porsche Factory Driver in IMSA In 2017, Vanhoor started his season at the Daytona 24 Hours with his new employer Porsche, in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Together with Kévin Estre and Richard Lietz, he finished tenth overall and sixth in the GTLM-class with the new 2017-specification Porsche 911 RSR. After a relatively difficult first season, Vanthoor took his first win at the 2018 Mid-Ohio round.

During the 2018 season, Vanthoor also completed the Porsche Le Mans line-up for the No. 92 car together with Kévin Estre and Michael Christensen in the iconic “pink pig” livery. After taking the lead early on the team went on to win the GTE Pro class at the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours. The following season, Vanthoor won the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the GTLM class for Porsche together with Earl Bamber. The duo took a total of three wins and seven podiums in eleven races. Porsche eventually decided to end its factory involvement in the GTLM class at the end of the 2020 season, leaving Vanthoor out of a factory program for the following season. He also won the 24 Hours of Spa a second time in 2020 driving a Porsche 911 GT3 R entered by Rowe Racing.

However, Vanthoor was kept as a Porsche factory driver and loaned out to customer team Pfaff Motorsports for the 2021 IMSA season. He and his teammate Zacharie Robichon won the championship in the GTD class.

2022: Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters In 2022, Vanthoor participated in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for SSR Performance, driving a Porsche 911 GT3 R.

Hypercar career

For the 2023 season, Vanthoor moved into the Hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance Championship, partnering Kévin Estre and André Lotterer at the Porsche Penske Motorsport works team. The trio finished took their first podium at Portimão and finished third again in Fuji, where Vanthoor impressed by taking the lead at the start before holding it for the subsequent two hours against the Toyotas. Vanthoor and his teammates finished sixth in the standings, beating the sister car by ten points.

In 2024, Vanthoor, Estre, and Lotterer returned to the WEC in Porsche's No. 6. At the season-opening Qatar 1812 km race, the team took their first victory with the 963 in a podium lockout for the chassis. Throughout the season, the team scored four more podiums, including another race win at the 2024 6 Hours of Fuji, all contributing to winning the 2024 FIA WEC Hypercar World Endurance Drivers' Championship overall.

In 2025, Vanthoor won the 2025 24 Hours of Daytona with Felipe Nasr and Nick Tandy after starting the endurance race in third.

Racing record

Career summary † As Vanthoor was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. †† No. 16 Scherer Sport PHX is ineligible for points. Season still in progress.

Complete ATS F3 Cup results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2008 Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F306 Volkswagen HOC11 HOC12 OSC11 OSC12 NÜR11 NÜR12 HOC21 HOC22 ASS1 ASS2 NÜR21 NÜR22 LAU1 LAU2 SAC1 SAC2 OSC21 OSC22 4th 85 2009 Van Amersfoort Racing Dallara F306 Volkswagen OSC11 OSC12 NÜR11 NÜR12 HOC1 HOC2 OSC21 OSC22 LAU1 LAU2 ASS1 ASS2 NÜR21 NÜR22 SAC1 SAC2 OSC31 OSC32 1st 163

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 LEC1 LEC2 HOC1 HOC2 VAL1 VAL2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 BRH1 BRH2 OSC1 OSC2 HOC1 HOC2 6th 42 2011 Signature Dallara F309/023 Volkswagen LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 6th 189Source:

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 R8 LMS ultra NOGQR1 NOGCR1 ZOLQR12 ZOLCR6 NAVQR9 NAVQR10 SVKQR11 SVKCR6 ALGQR10 ALGCR6 SVKQR5 SVKCR5 MOSQR1 MOSCR4 NURQR2 NURCR6 DONQR2 DONCR4 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 NOGQR NOGCR ZOLQR ZOLCR ZANQR ZANCR SVKQR SVKCR NAVQR NAVCR BAKQR BAKCR 1st 132

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup 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 NOGQR NOGCR BRHQR BRHCR ZANQR ZANCR SVKQR SVKCR ALGQR ALGCR ZOLQR ZOLCR BAKQR BAKCR 4th 100 2015 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra Pro NOGQR NOGCR BRHQR BRHCR ZOLQR ZOLCR MOSQR MOSCR ALGQR ALGCR MISQR MISCR ZANQR ZANCR 3rd 109 2016 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Pro MISQR MISCR BRHQR BRHCR NÜRQR NÜRCR HUNQR HUNCR CATQR CATCR 5th 58

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2014 Phoenix Racing Rahel Frey René Rast Audi R8 LMS ultra A 296 5th 5th 2015 Phoenix Racing Marco Mapelli Markus Winkelhock Audi R8 LMS ultra Pro 269 2nd 1st 2016 Phoenix Racing Alex Davison Markus Winkelhock Audi R8 LMS Pro 297 4th 4th 2017 Walkinshaw Racing Earl Bamber Kévin Estre Porsche 911 GT3 R Pro 44 DNF DNF 2018 Craft-Bamboo Racing Earl Bamber Kévin Estre Porsche 911 GT3 R Pro 271 5th 3rd 2020 Earl Bamber Motorsport Earl Bamber Craig Lowndes Porsche 911 GT3 R Pro 312 9th 8th 2024 Manthey Racing / EMA Motorsport Matthew Campbell Ayhancan Güven Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Pro 275 1st 1st

Complete Intercontinental GT Challenge results Year Manufacturer Car 1 2 3 4 5 Pos. Points 2016 Audi Audi R8 LMS BAT SPA SEP 1st 58 2017 Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R BAT SPA LAG 10th 12 2018 Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R BAT SPA SUZ LAG 19th 12 2019 Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R BAT LAG SPA SUZ KYA 25th 10 2020 Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R BAT IND SPA KYA 3rd 37 2021 Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R SPAINDKYA 15th 12 2022 Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 RBAT SPAINDGUL 16th 10 2023 Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 RBATKYA SPAINDGUL 21st 15 2024 Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) BAT NUR SPAIND 2nd 50 2025 Porsche Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) NUR Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2015 OAK Racing Chris Cumming Kévin Estre Ligier JS P2-Honda LMP2 329 DNF DNF 2016 Michael Shank Racing Oswaldo Negri John Pew Ligier JS P2-Honda LMP2 345 14th 9th 2018 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 344 15th 1st 2019 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Porsche 911 RSR GTEPro 337 29th 9th 2020 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTEPro 331 35th 6th 2021 WeatherTech Racing Earl Bamber Cooper MacNeil Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTEPro 139 DNF DNF 2022 Porsche GT Team Michael Christensen Kévin Estre Porsche 911 RSR-19 GTEPro 348 31st 4th 2023 Porsche Penske Motorsport Kévin Estre André Lotterer Porsche 963 Hypercar 320 22nd 11th 2024 Porsche Penske Motorsport Kévin Estre André Lotterer Porsche 963 Hypercar 311 4th 4th 2025 Porsche Penske Motorsport Matt Campbell Kévin Estre Porsche 963 Hypercar 387 2nd 2ndSources:

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Complete European Le Mans Series results Season still in progress.

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 GOI1 RBP1 RBP2 VEL1 VEL2 CUR1 CUR2 SCZ1 SCZ2 NC† 0† Red Bull Racing CUR1 CUR2 GOI1 CAS1 CAS2 MOU1 MOU2 CUR1 CUR2 TAR1 TAR2 INT1 2016 Shell Racing Chevrolet Cruze CUR1 VEL1 VEL2 GOI1 GOI2 SCZ1 SCZ2 TAR1 TAR2 CAS1 CAS2 INT1 LON1 LON2 CUR1 CUR2 GOI1 GOI2 CDC1 CDC2 INT1 NC† 0† 2018 Shell V-Power Chevrolet Cruze INT1 CUR1 CUR2 VEL1 VEL2 LON1 LON2 SCZ1 SCZ2 GOI1 MOU1 MOU2 CAS1 CAS2 VCA1 VCA2 TAR1 TAR2 GOI1 GOI2 INT1 NC† 0† † As Vanthoor was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points 2022 SSR Performance Porsche 911 GT3 R ALG1 ALG2 LAU1 LAU2 IMO1 IMO2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC1 HOC2 18th 30

Complete 24 Hours of Zolder results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2012 Team WRT Marco Bonanomi Anthony Kumpen Edward Sandström Audi R8 LMS ultra GT 860 1st 1st 2013 Team WRT Enzo Ide Bert Longin Anthony Kumpen Audi R8 LMS ultra GT 765 4th 3rd 2024 RedAnt Racing Ayhancan Güven Dirk Van Rompuy Tom Van Rompuy Porsche 992 GT3 Cup GTA 778 5th 5th 2025 D'Ieteren Luxury Performance by NGT Bertrand Baguette Robin Knutsson Glenn Van Parijs Cédric Wauters Porsche 992 GT3 Cup GT Cup 818 2nd 2nd 2026 NGT Racing Bertrand Baguette Jonny Edgar Glenn Van Parijs Tom Van Rompuy Porsche 992 GT3 Cup GT Cup 778 1st 1st