16 Facts About Benjamin Goethe

Benjamin "Benji" Goethe was born on 2 April 2003 and is a British-born Danish-German racing driver.

Benjamin Goethe is the current champion of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup in the Silver Cup category.

Benjamin Goethe first raced in various regional and national competitions in France, before competing in a select few international events in 2017, his final year of kart racing.

Benjamin Goethe made his single-seater debut in 2018, where he competed in the F4 Spanish Championship for Drivex School.

In 2019, Benjamin Goethe switched to sportscar racing, driving with GPX Racing in four rounds of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup alongside Jordan Grogor and his driver coach in karting and F4, Stuart Hall.

Benjamin Goethe returned to the newly rebranded GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup the following year, this time driving for ROFGO Racing with Team WRT, having become a member of the Bullet Sports Management roster.

At the third round, the 24 Hours of Spa, which Benjamin Goethe contested as the youngest of 179 entrants, the Dane made an error in the closing stages, as he spun off in wet conditions, which forced his car to retire.

Benjamin Goethe would be paired up alongside James Pull and Stuart Hall for the former championship.

Benjamin Goethe summed up his season as having been "challenging", but described it as a positive learning experience.

Benjamin Goethe started his 2022 season by finishing second in the Dubai 24 Hour race, before announcing that he would stay on in both the Endurance and Sprint Cup with ROFGO Racing with Team WRT, driving with Thomas Neubauer in the Sprint series, with the pair being partnered by Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer in the former championship.

The penultimate round, held at Misano, brought significant successes to the pairing, which finished third overall in Race 1, with Benjamin Goethe holding off Audi factory driver Christopher Haase in the dying embers of the contest, after which they took another class podium on Sunday.

The Danish-German's season in the Endurance Cup would prove to bring even more success, starting out with a class win at Imola, where Benjamin Goethe took his first ever victory in car racing, which he called "the perfect way to start".

At the beginning of 2023, Benjamin Goethe returned to take part in the Dubai 24 Hours, this time partnering brother Oliver, father Roald, Stuart Hall and Jordan Grogor in the GT4 category, with the team ending up as the winners within said class.

Benjamin Goethe continued his relationship with Garage 59 for the remainder of the season, embarking on a full-season GT World Challenge Europe campaign in the Pro class.

Benjamin Goethe is part of a racing family, with his father Roald having been a competitor in the FIA World Endurance Championship, and his younger brother Oliver is currently racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship.

Benjamin Goethe was educated at the Millfield School, which is located in Somerset.