In 2023, Laurens Vanthoor joins Porsche Penske Motorsport for its debut season in the World Endurance Championship. Vanthoor will drive the No. 6 Porsche 963 LMDh entry, racing alongside drivers Kevin Estre and Andre Lotterer.
For the 2017 season, two dreams came true for Laurens Vanthoor – he became a Porsche works driver and he drove the 911 RSR in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in North America.
The Belgian already turned heads in the 2016 season: He scored a spectacular win in the FIA GT World Cup in Macau. In the Intercontinental GT Challenge, too, he secured overall victory and also won the Dubai 24 Hours and the Sepang 12-hour race. In 2014, he demonstrated that he not only shines at individual races. That year he won the Spa 24 Hours and clinched overall victory in the Blancpain Endurance Championship and the Blancpain GT Series.
In 2018, Vanthoor added another impressive achievement to his CV: victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Belgian notched up his greatest triumph in 2019: with Earl Bamber, he secured the IMSA WeatherTech SportCar Championship title.
In 2020, the pair claimed the first class victory for the Porsche 911 RSR at the Laguna Seca racetrack in the USA. Vanthoor was also part of the winning trio at the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race.
In 2021, the Belgian clinched the GTD-class title in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Biography
In 2023, Laurens Vanthoor joins Porsche Penske Motorsport for its debut season in the World Endurance Championship. Vanthoor will drive the No. 6 Porsche 963 LMDh entry, racing alongside drivers Kevin Estre and Andre Lotterer.
For the 2017 season, two dreams came true for Laurens Vanthoor – he became a Porsche works driver and he drove the 911 RSR in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in North America.
The Belgian already turned heads in the 2016 season: He scored a spectacular win in the FIA GT World Cup in Macau. In the Intercontinental GT Challenge, too, he secured overall victory and also won the Dubai 24 Hours and the Sepang 12-hour race. In 2014, he demonstrated that he not only shines at individual races. That year he won the Spa 24 Hours and clinched overall victory in the Blancpain Endurance Championship and the Blancpain GT Series.
In 2018, Vanthoor added another impressive achievement to his CV: victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Belgian notched up his greatest triumph in 2019: with Earl Bamber, he secured the IMSA WeatherTech SportCar Championship title.
In 2020, the pair claimed the first class victory for the Porsche 911 RSR at the Laguna Seca racetrack in the USA. Vanthoor was also part of the winning trio at the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race.
In 2021, the Belgian clinched the GTD-class title in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
2022 - Porsche Works Driver
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship
3rd 24h Daytona (GTD Pro)
VLN/Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstrecke Nürburgring (1 win)
2021 - Porsche Works Driver
1st IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship (GTD, 1st 12h Sebring, 1st Road America, 1st Long Beach, 1st Virginia, 2 podium)
24h Spa (Pro)
2020 - Porsche Works Driver
IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship (GTLM, 4 podiums, 1 win, 2nd 12h Sebring, 2nd Rolex 24h at Daytona)
1st Total 24h of Spa (Pro)
3rd Intercontinental GT Challenge (1 podium, 1 win)
24 Heures Du Mans (GTE Pro)
2019 - Porsche Works Driver
IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship (GTLM, 7 podiums, 3 wins, Driver Champion)
24 Heures Du Mans (GTE Pro)
ADAC Zurich 24h-Race Nürburgring (GT3)
Total 24h of Spa (Pro)
2nd FIA GT Macau World Cup
IGTC 9h Kyalami (Pro)
Career Highlights
2022 - Porsche Works Driver
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Championship
3rd 24h Daytona (GTD Pro)
VLN/Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstrecke Nürburgring (1 win)
2021 - Porsche Works Driver
1st IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship (GTD, 1st 12h Sebring, 1st Road America, 1st Long Beach, 1st Virginia, 2 podium)
24h Spa (Pro)
2020 - Porsche Works Driver
IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship (GTLM, 4 podiums, 1 win, 2nd 12h Sebring, 2nd Rolex 24h at Daytona)
1st Total 24h of Spa (Pro)
3rd Intercontinental GT Challenge (1 podium, 1 win)
24 Heures Du Mans (GTE Pro)
2019 - Porsche Works Driver
IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship (GTLM, 7 podiums, 3 wins, Driver Champion)
24 Heures Du Mans (GTE Pro)
ADAC Zurich 24h-Race Nürburgring (GT3)
Total 24h of Spa (Pro)
2nd FIA GT Macau World Cup
IGTC 9h Kyalami (Pro)
2018 - Porsche Works Driver
IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship (GTLM, 4 podiums)
1st 24 Heures Du Mans (GTE Pro)
3rd Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 (ProPro)
2017 - Porsche Works Driver
IMSA United SportsCar Championship (GTLM, 1 win, 2 podiums)
ADAC Zurich 24h-Race Nürburgring (GT3)
Total 24h of Spa (Pro)
2016 - Audi Works Driver
1st Intercontinental GT Challenge Championship (GT3, 4th Bathurst, 3rd 24h Spa, 1st Sepang)
3rd Blancpain GT Series Championship (Pro)
1st Hankook 24h Dubai
1st FIA GT Macau World Cup Champion
2015 - Audi Works Driver
3rd Blancpain GT Series Championship (Pro)
2nd Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12h (AP)
1st ADAC Zurich 24h-Race Nürburgring
1st 12h Sepang (GT3)
2014 - Audi Works Driver
1st Blancpain Endurance Series Championship (Pro) 1st Blancpain GT Series Championship (Pro)
1st Total 24h of Spa (Pro)
2013 - Audi Works Driver
1st FIA GT Series Championship (Pro-Cup, 3 wins)
2012 - Audi Works Driver
1st 24h of Zolder
2011 - Formula 3 Euro Series Championship (2 podiums)
2010 - Formula 3 Euro Series Championship (3 podiums)
2nd Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix
2009 - 1st German Formula 3 Championship
2008 - German Formula 3 Championship
2002-2007 - Various French and Belgium kart junior championships
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship Season Statistics
Date
Event
Start
Finish
Points (Behind)
Rank (+/-)
3/17/23
1000 Miles of Sebring
6
6
12 (-26)
6 (--)
4/16/23
6 Hours of Portimao
5
3
27 (-26)
5 (+1)
4/29/23
6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
6
35
27 (-44)
7 (-2)
6/10/23
24 Hours of Le Mans
8
22
35 (-72)
7 (--)
7/9/23
6 Hours of Monza
10
7
41 (-74)
8 (-1)
9/10/23
6 Hours of Fuji
3
11
0 (--)
7 (+1)
Season Totals
Current Point Standings:
7
Starts:
6
Poles:
0
Victories:
0
Top 5s:
1
Top 10s:
3
Avg. Start:
6.3
Avg. Finish:
14.0
2023 Autograph Card
Check out Laurens's autograph cards for the 2023 season! Select the individual autograph card PDF designs below for a larger image to download and share and we hope to see you at the track this season!