Pieter Schothorst

Pieter Schothorst (born 21 January 1992) is a Dutch racing driver. He is the 2016 Renault Sport Trophy champion, and competed in GT World Challenge Europe for Team WRT and Attempto Racing between 2015 and 2022.

Personal life Schothorst is the son of Dutch businessman and former racing driver Jeroen Schothorst. His brothers Steijn and Freek are also racing drivers, as is his cousin Bas.

Schothorst dated YouTuber and presenter from 2012 to 2024, before breaking up with her while she was pregnant with his son Maup.

Career Schothorst began karting at the age of 8, before stepping up to cars in 2008 under the tutelage of Tom Coronel in the Dutch Winter Endurance Series. For the rest of 2008, Schothorst raced in the Formido Swift Cup, in which he took one win and four other podiums to end the year eighth overall. Staying in the series for 2009, Schothorst won six times en route to the series title. That year, Schothorst also made a guest appearance in the Eurocup Mégane Trophy for Equipe Verschuur.

Moving to single-seaters in 2010, Schothorst joined Geva Racing to compete in Formula Ford Benelux. He took four wins and seven other podiums to secure runner-up honours in the overall Duratec standings behind Rogier Jongejans. Moving up to Formula Renault 2.0 for 2011, Schothorst joined R-ace GP for the full Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season and select rounds of the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup. He placed 24th in the former with a single point, but managed a podium at Zandvoort in the latter. Moving to Josef Kaufmann Racing for 2012, Schothorst improved to 28th in Eurocup with two points, whilst scoring a best result of fourth in NEC at Assen.

After a one-off appearance in the Toyota Racing Series for M2 Competition at the start of 2013, Schothorst switched to sportscars by joining Team Bleekemolen to compete in Porsche Carrera Cup Germany. Spending two seasons in the series, Schothorst took a best result of fifth at Nürburgring in his rookie year, before scoring a surprise pole position at Oschersleben in 2024 for Attempto Racing. That year, Schothorst also drove for Attempto in Porsche Supercup, in which he placed 18th with multiple best results of 12th.

Moving up to GT3 competition for 2015, Schothorst was a late addition to Team WRT's #4 Audi R8 LMS ultra alongside Max Koebolt and Sacha Bottemanne in the Blancpain Endurance Series' Pro-Am Cup. He was 20th, but also made select starts in the Renault Sport Trophy for Equipe Verschuur and won overall at Silverstone. Continuing in Renault Sport Trophy for 2016, Schothorst took four wins to clinch the Pro title, as well as two Endurance podiums with father Jeroen to finish sixth in points. In parallel, Schothorst contested the final four rounds of International GT Open for BMW Team Teo Martín alongside Miguel Ramos, taking Pro-Am wins at the Red Bull Ring and Barcelona.

Returning to Team WRT for 2017, Schothorst entered the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup with Jake Dennis in an Audi R8 LMS. In his Pro Cup debut, Schothorst scored a double podium at the Hungaroring to end the year ninth overall. Schothorst also raced in select rounds of the Endurance Cup between WRT and McLaren-fielding Strakka Racing. After a dual campaign for Audi-affiliated Attempto Racing yielded best finishes of 6th at Monza in Endurance (with brother Steijn and Kelvin van der Linde) and Brands Hatch in Sprint (with Pierre Kaffer) in 2018, Schothorst stepped down to the Silver Cup for 2019. Partnering Steijn and Mattia Drudi, Schothorst scored a triplet of poles and a class podium at Silverstone to end the season sixth in points.

Three years later, in 2022, Schothorst reunited with Attempto to compete in the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup with Audi factory driver Dennis Marschall. Back in the Pro Cup, Schothorst took a podium at Zandvoort and five other points finishes to place eighth overall.

Racing record Racing career summary

† As Schothorst was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Toyota Racing Series results (key) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points 2013 M2 Competition TER1 TER2 TER3 TIM1 TIM2 TIM3 TAU1 TAU2 TAU3 HMP1 HMP2 HMP3 MAN1 MAN2 MAN3 21st 67

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 Pts 2014 McGregor powered by Attempto Racing CAT MON RBR SIL HOC HUN SPA MNZ COA COA 18th 20

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

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2017 Team WRT Audi R8 LMS Pro MISQR MISCR BRHQR BRHCR ZOLQR ZOLCR HUNQR HUNCR NÜRQR NÜRCR 9th 27 2018 Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Pro ZOL1 ZOL2 BRH1 BRH2 MIS1 MIS2 HUN1 HUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 21st 6.5 2022 Attempto Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Pro BRH1 BRH2 MAG1 MAG2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MIS1 MIS2 VAL1 VAL2 8th 30

Complete International GT Open results Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Points 2016 BMW Team Teo Martín BMW M6 GT3 Pro-Am EST1 EST2 SPA1 SPA2 LEC1 LEC2 SIL1 SIL2 RBR1 RBR2 MNZ1 MNZ2 CAT1 CAT2 10th 26