Vincent Radermecker

Vincent Radermecker (born 5 July 1967) is a Belgian racing driver.

Racing career

Early years

After starting in racing through karting in his home land of Belgium in 1986, Radermecker drove in the Benelux Formula Ford Championship. He was champion in his second year in the series in 1991. In 1992, he raced in Great Britain, with a drive in the British Formula Ford Championship, finishing fourth on points. He finished as runner-up in the 1993 Formula Opel Euroseries, before returning to Britain with Formula 3. He finished as runner-up again, moving to race a part season in the 1995 German Formula 3 Championship a year later. In 1997, he switched to saloon cars, racing in the Belgian ProCar Championship. He finished third on points driving a Peugeot 406. In 1998, he changed his car to a Peugeot 306, ending the season in fifth place.

BTCC In 1999, Radermecker got a drive in the British Touring Car Championship with the successful Volvo works team in a Volvo S40. He replaced Gianni Morbidelli in the team, who had a poor year in 1998, alongside defending champion Rickard Rydell. In a year of mixed fortunes including five podiums, he finished the championship in eighth place. With half the manufacturers leaving the BTCC in 2000, including Volvo, Radermecker found himself with a seat in the Vauxhall Team. It was not a good year for him, as the third driver in the team behind Yvan Muller and Jason Plato. He finished in tenth place, the lowest placed works driver.

Radermecker was set to return to the BTCC during the 2001 Season in a Lexus IS200 but this never happened.

Return to Belgium With the end of the Super Touring era in the BTCC, Radermecker returned to the 2001 ProCar Championship in Belgium. He won the series driving an Opel Astra. He finished second in the French Super Touring Championship in 2002. On return to Belgium in 2005, he won the Belgian Touring Car Championship.

Recent years Radermecker driving the Maurer Motorsport Opel Astra TCR at the Red Bull Ring during the 2022 TCR Germany Touring Car Championship season. Since 2004, Radermecker has driven in selected races in the FIA GT Championship, in various cars including a Nissan 350 Z, a Corvette C5R and a Mosler MT 900. In 2008 he drove a Ferrari 430 GT3 for Exagon Engineering, as well as a full season in the Belgian GT Championship. He has also done some Touring Car racing, winning the 2006 ADAC Procar Series in Germany, combined with selected rounds of the 2006 World Touring Car Championship with Maurer Motorsport. He returned to the WTCC at the Zolder round in 2010.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded)

‡ Retired before second start of race

Complete World Touring Car Championship 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 22 DC Points 2006 Maurer Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti ITA1 ITA2 FRA1 FRA2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 CZE119 CZE213 TUR1 TUR2 ESP118 ESP214 MAC1 MAC2 NC 0 2010 Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze BRA1 BRA2 MAR1 MAR2 ITA1 ITA2 BEL117 BEL214 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 CZE1 CZE2 GER1 GER2 ESP1 ESP2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 NC 0

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

TCR Spa 500 results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2019 AC Motorsport Mathieu Detry Stewart Lines Stéphane Perrin Audi RS 3 LMS TCR PA 439 5th 2nd