Loek Hartog

Loek Hartog (born 5 October 2002) is a Dutch racing driver competing in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup for Rutronik Racing. He is the 2025 Porsche Cup award winner.

Career

Porsche competition

After making a brief cameo in karting, in the BNL Golden Trophy, Hartog began his full time racing debut in the 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux, where he finished in third, picking up two wins, four pole positions and eight podiums, with Bas Koeten Racing. He also made an appearance in the 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup France with the team and then drove for MRS GT-Racing in the 2019 Porsche Supercup for the seventh round in Spa-Francorchamps, where he finished in 18th.

In 2020, Hartog made cameos in the 2020 Porsche Supercup and the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany for Bas Koeten Racing Team. He came tenth in his appearance at Spa-Francorchamps in the 2020 Porsche Supercup, but as he was guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. He also won the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux that year as well.

Hartog's career perked up in 2021, where he got a full time drive in the 2021 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany for Black Falcon Team TEXTAR. Hartog was one of the standout rookies of the series, as he fought with Bastian Buus for the rookie title, with Hartog pipping him to the title. He also got his first podium in the series at his home race at Circuit Zandvoort.

Hartog also drove in the 2021 Porsche Supercup for three races with Team Parker Racing, coming in points paying positions in Spa-Francorchamps and his home race of Circuit Zandvoort, he was ineligible for points due to being a guest driver. In 2022, Hartog drove in the Porsche Supercup full time with Ombra Racing, scoring points in all races bar the exception of Circuit Paul Ricard, where he retired from the race. He finished eighth in the overall classifications with 43 points and came runner-up to the rookies title.

Hartog also contested the 2022 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany full time, driving for Black Falcon, where he got his maiden pole position in the Red Bull Ring, followed by a second pole a round later in Imola Circuit. He finished the season in fifth with four podiums and 185 points.

In 2023, Hartog drove for Dutch team Team GP Elite in the 2023 Porsche Supercup and the 2023 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany. At Zandvoort he would get his first podium in the Porsche Supercup, with a second place, and in the following race, also staged at Zandvoort, he got his maiden pole in the series, which was followed by a maiden win. He finished the championship in sixth place with 75 points.

Meanwhile in the 2023 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, Hartog had a rather successful campaign where he fought for the championship title with teammate, two-time Porsche Supercup champion, Larry ten Voorde. He started his title bid in the first race of the first round at Spa-Francorchamps, where he got a podium and a maiden win in the second race. Hartog got two pole positions at the second round at the Hockenheimring, coming second and first in the races. Despite getting no podiums in the next rounds, he was consistent with points until he repeated a similar exploit to the one he did at the Hockenheimring, in the fifth round at the Lausitzring, where he claimed two poles and won the first race, but would retire from the second one.

In the final few rounds, Hartog would claim two more poles and three more podiums, including a win. He finished the championship in the runner-up position, behind Larry ten Voorde.

In 2024, Hartog joined Kellymoss to make his debut in the Porsche Carrera Cup North America and dominated the championship, throughout the sixteen races, he won seven of them, getting eight pole positions and bagging a podium in all races but two, as he ended the championship with 339 points, which was more than 100 points ahead of his main rival, New Zealander Ryan Yardley.

Hartog also made a cameo in the fifth round of the 2024 Porsche Supercup at the Hungaroring with Dinamic Motorsport, where he came ninth in the race, but as he was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Hartog also competed in the inaugural edition of the 2024 992 Endurance Cup, a 12 hour endurance race at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps with German team BLACK FALCON Team 48 LOSCH and German drivers, Christopher Mies, Tobias Müller and Noah Nagelsdiek. The quartet would win the race in twelve hours, one minute and fifteen seconds after qualifying in fifth position.

GTs Hartog's No. 97 car during the Nürburgring round of the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. They converted their maiden pole position into a victory. In early 2024, Hartog made his GT3 debut with Dennis Marschall and Dustin Blattner for Car Collection Motorsport in the second round of the Middle East Trophy at the 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi, where they would win the race. The young Dutchman would continue with GT's and would drive a Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) for Rutronik Racing with Marschall and Blattner in the Bronze Cup of the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. After a rough start in the first race of the season, and retiring from all three stages of the 2024 24 Hours of Spa, they got a maiden a pole position and converted that to a win in the third round at Nürburgring. Hartog wouldn't participate in the fourth round due to a clash with his Porsche Carrera Cup North America duties, but did the fifth and final round at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, where his team followed the same pattern they did at the Nürburgring. He came fifth in the Bronze category of the drivers championship with 33 points.

To round off his 2024 season, Hartog partnered up with drivers Patric Niederhauser and Antares Au to compete in the final round of the 2024 GT World Challenge America at Indianapolis in the Pro-Am class with Herberth Motorsport. The trio got the events overall pole position despite competing in the Pro-Am class and finished the race in seventh place in their category with a fastest lap as well. They were ineligible for points as they entered the race as guest drivers.

In 2025, Hartog continued in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with Rutronik Racing, partnering Morris Schuring and Au. He won the Bronze Cup class at Monza and Barcelona to finish runner-up. Hartog's season included entry into all three major 24-hour races which took place consecutively in June: the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Manthey Racing, the 24 Hours of Nürburgring for Dinamic GT (where he finished 3rd overall) and the 24 Hours of Spa for Rutronik.

In late 2025, Hartog won the Porsche Cup, an annual award presented by Porsche AG to recognise the world's most successful privateer racing driver competing with Porsche machinery in a customer racing team.

Personal life Hartog is one of the tallest drivers in racing, at .

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Racing career summary As he was a guest driver, Hartog was ineligible to score points. Season still in progress.

Complete Porsche Supercup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 2019 MRS GT-Racing CAT MON RBR SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ MEX MEX 31st 0 2020 Bas Koeten Racing TeamRBR RBR HUN SIL SIL CAT SPA MNZNC†0 2021 Team Parker Racing MON RBR RBR HUN SPA ZND MNZ MNZNC†0 2022 Ombra Racing IMO MON SIL RBR LEC SPA ZND MNZ 8th43 2023 Team GP Elite MON RBR SIL HUN SPA ZNDZND MNZ 6th 75 2024 Dinamic Motorsport SRL IMO MON RBR SIL HUN SPA ZAN MNZ NC† 0 As Hartog was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. Season still in progress.

Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Germany results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Points 2020 Bas Koeten Racing Team LMS SAC1 SAC2 SAC3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 LAU1 LAU2 OSC1 OSC2 NC† 0 2021 Black Falcon Team TEXTAR SPA1 SPA2 OSC1 OSC2 RBR1 RBR2 MNZ11 MNZ12 ZAN1 ZAN2 MNZ21 MNZ22 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 10th 107 2022 Black Falcon SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 IMO1 IMO2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LAU1 LAU2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 5th 185 2023 Team GP Elite SPA1 SPA2 HOC1 HOC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LAU1 LAU2 SAC1 SAC2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC1 HOC2 2nd 251 †As Hartog was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2025 Rutronik Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Silver BRH1 BRH2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MIS1 MIS2 MAG1 MAG2 VAL1 VAL2 9th 42

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2025 Manthey Antares Au Klaus Bachler Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) LMGT3 340 38th 6th

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 2026 Manthey Racing GTD Pro Porsche 911 GT3 R (992.2) Porsche 4.2 L Flat-6 DAY SEB LGA DET WGL MOS ELK VIR IMS PET 38th* 210*