17 Facts About Laurens Vanthoor

Laurens Vanthoor is a Belgian professional racing driver currently racing for Porsche Motorsport as a factory driver in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

In 2007 Laurens Vanthoor become an official factory driver for the CRG racing team in the KF2 category.

Laurens Vanthoor ended up being out of action for five months out due to an accident, resulting in six fractures.

Laurens Vanthoor's best result in the season was a runner-up position in the North European Championship.

Laurens Vanthoor began his formula racing career in the 2008 German Formula Three season, jumping from karting directly into Formula Three.

Laurens Vanthoor finished fourth overall in the championship, with two wins and three poles.

Laurens Vanthoor became the youngest driver ever in the history of the Macau Grand Prix and he finished in sixth position.

Laurens Vanthoor followed Vervisch's lead of 2008 by dominating the field, wrapping up the title at the Nurburgring.

Laurens Vanthoor moved into the Formula Three Euroseries for the 2010 season with Signature and stayed with the team for the 2011 season.

Laurens Vanthoor scored several podium finishes but never won a race.

Laurens Vanthoor won the 2014 24 Hours of Spa for WRT together with fellow Audi Sport factory drivers Rene Rast and Markus Winkelhock.

Laurens Vanthoor took the pole with a new lap record and ended 2nd.

Laurens Vanthoor drove in Brazil for the 1st round of the Stock Car Brasil together with Valdeno Brito for Shell Racing at Goiania.

Laurens Vanthoor made his comeback at the Sepang 12 Hours, which he won with Stephane Ortelli and Stuart Leonard.

On 21 November 2016 Laurens Vanthoor won the FIA GT World Cup, crowning himself as World Champion on the streets of Macau.

However, Laurens Vanthoor was kept as a Porsche factory driver and loaned out to customer team Pfaff Motorsports for the 2021 IMSA season.

Laurens Vanthoor won the 24 Hours of Spa a second time in 2020 driving a Porsche 911 GT3 R entered by Rowe Racing.