Beitske Visser
Beitske Visser | |
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Nationality | Dutch |
Born | Dronten, Netherlands | 10 March 1995
W Series career | |
Debut season | 2019 |
Current team | Sirin Racing |
Racing licence | FIA Silver |
Car number | 95 |
Starts | 20 |
Wins | 2 |
Podiums | 7 |
Poles | 1 |
Fastest laps | 2 |
Best finish | 2nd in 2019 |
Previous series | |
2021 2020 2019 2018 2014-16 2014-15 2012–13 | World Endurance Championship European Le Mans Series International GT Open GT4 European Series Formula V8 3.5 Series GP3 Series ADAC Formel Masters |
Beitske Visser (born 10 March 1995) is a Dutch racing driver. She has raced in kart, single-seater, GT and prototype series.
Career
[edit]Karting
[edit]Born in Dronten, Visser began karting in 2007 and raced in various European and International championships, working her way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the KZ1 category by 2011, when she finished in tenth position in the CIK-FIA European KZ1 Championship.[1][2]
First car race
[edit]On 6 August, 2011, Visser made her car racing debut in the Supercar Challenge at Assen Circuit, in the GT class, driving a Praga R4S. Despite a 25-second penalty, she passed Roger Grouwels towards the end of the race she claimed her first car racing win in her race debut.[3]
Open-wheel racing
[edit]- ADAC Formel Masters
2012 saw her début in the ADAC Formel Masters championship with Lotus, also known as Motopark Academy.[4] Visser finished eighth in the championship with wins at Zandvoort and EuroSpeedway Lausitz, and another ten point-scoring finishes.[5]
She joined the Red Bull Junior Team racing academy at the start of the 2013 season but was dropped from the program at the end of the season.[6]
She remained in the series with the team for the 2013 season; she won one race during the season, at the Sachsenring, and finished eighth again, in the final championship standings.[7]
- GP3 Series
In 2014, Visser competed in the opening round of the GP3 Series with Hilmer Motorsport.[8] She also competed in the Spa-Francorchamps round of the 2015 season with Trident.
- Formula Renault 3.5 Series
As well as the GP3 Series, Visser graduated to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2014, joining AVF.[9] She scored her first point during Race 1 at Spa-Francorchamps.[10] She completed two seasons with Adrian Valles' team, before switching to Teo Martín Motorsport in 2016. She scored a best result of 5th (Jerez 2016) and a best finish of 13th in the championship (2016).
- Hiatus
Visser left Formula V8 at the end of 2016, and took up a development role with a student team from Eindhoven University of Technology (Automotive Technology InMotion), who were developing an electric open-wheeler. In June 2017, the team broke the EV lap record at Zandvoort, going 16 seconds faster than the previous best.[11]
- Formula E
Visser became, alongside Bruno Spengler, one of the test and reserve drivers for Andretti Autosport ahead of the 2018–19 Formula E season.[12] Visser also competed in the 2024–25 Season pre-season Women's test in Jarama for DS Penske, and was classified 6th.[13]
- W Series
Visser was accepted into the qualifying stages of the 2019 W Series to be held at the Wachauring in January 2019, and subsequently qualified as one of the 18 regular drivers.[14][15] She finished second in the championship to Jamie Chadwick with four podiums including a win at Zolder.
The Dutchwoman was set to contest the 2020 championship before it was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16] A 10-event eSports series was held on iRacing in its place, with Visser taking the championship with a round remaining.[17]
She was 8th in the 2021 W Series,[18] and 2nd in the 2022 W Series.
Endurance racing
[edit]- GT4
In mid-2017, she was admitted into the BMW Junior Driver programme, where she was entered into the 2017 GT4 European Series Southern Cup alongside German driver Dennis Marschall.[19] The pairing won the penultimate round of the campaign in Barcelona. She and Marschall will continue in the class in 2018.
- LMP2
Visser made her prototype début in the 2020 European Le Mans Series for Signature Team, replacing regular driver Katherine Legge after she was injured testing the teams' Oreca 07 at Circuit Paul Ricard.[20] She finished 6th in the 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps alongside Tatiana Calderón and André Negrão, and 11th in the Le Castellet 240 partnering Sophia Flörsch.[21]
Racing record
[edit]Career summary
[edit]† As Visser was a guest driver, she was ineligible to score points.
Complete Supercar Challenge results
[edit]Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Pos | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | Race 4 Slovakia | Praga R4S | GT | HOC 1 |
HOC 2 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
ASS 1 |
ASS 2 |
SPA 1 |
SPA 2 |
ZOL 1 |
ZOL 2 |
ASS 1 1 |
ASS 2 Ret |
ZOL | SPA 1 Ret |
SPA 2 3 |
ASS 1 Ret |
ASS 2 DNS |
NC† | 0† |
Complete Formula V8 3.5 Series results
[edit](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 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | AVF | MNZ 1 Ret |
MNZ 2 17 |
ALC 1 18 |
ALC 2 16 |
MON 1 17 |
SPA 1 10 |
SPA 2 14 |
MSC 1 13 |
MSC 2 13 |
NÜR 1 19 |
NÜR 2 Ret |
HUN 1 17 |
HUN 2 12 |
LEC 1 15 |
LEC 2 11 |
JER 1 5 |
JER 2 12 |
21st | 11 | |
2015 | AVF | ALC 1 DNS |
ALC 2 19 |
MON 1 13 |
SPA 1 DNS |
SPA 2 Ret |
HUN 1 9 |
HUN 2 15 |
RBR 1 12 |
RBR 2 10 |
SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 13 |
NÜR 1 16 |
NÜR 2 15 |
BUG 1 14 |
BUG 2 13 |
JER 1 12 |
JER 2 Ret |
23rd | 3 | |
2016 | Teo Martín Motorsport | ALC 1 10 |
ALC 2 12 |
HUN 1 7 |
HUN 2 DNS |
SPA 1 7 |
SPA 2 9† |
LEC 1 9 |
LEC 2 10 |
SIL 1 9 |
SIL 2 10 |
RBR 1 8 |
RBR 2 9 |
MNZ 1 14 |
MNZ 2 9 |
JER 1 7 |
JER 2 5 |
CAT 1 10 |
CAT 2 8 |
13th | 50 |
† Driver did not finish, but was classified as she completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete GP3 Series results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | Hilmer Motorsport | CAT FEA 19 |
CAT SPR 15 |
RBR FEA |
RBR SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HOC FEA |
HOC SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SPA FEA |
SPA SPR |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
SOC FEA |
SOC SPR |
YMC FEA |
YMC SPR |
27th | 0 |
2015 | Trident | CAT FEA |
CAT SPR |
RBR FEA |
RBR SPR |
SIL FEA |
SIL SPR |
HUN FEA |
HUN SPR |
SPA FEA Ret |
SPA SPR 15 |
MNZ FEA |
MNZ SPR |
SOC FEA |
SOC SPR |
BHR FEA |
BHR SPR |
YMC FEA |
YMC SPR |
28th | 0 |
Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results
[edit]Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Ovr. Pos. |
Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | Sorg Rennsport | Dirk Adorf Tom Coronel Nico Menzel |
BMW M4 (F82) GT4 | SP8T | 92 | 102nd | 6th |
2023 | WS Racing | Pippa Mann Célia Martin Fabienne Wohlwend |
BMW M4 GT4 (G82) | SP8T | 135 | 81st | 2nd |
2024 | WS Racing | Pippa Mann Carrie Schreiner Fabienne Wohlwend |
BMW M4 (G82) GT4 | SP8T | 44 | 47th | 3rd |
Complete W Series results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | Hitech GP | HOC 4 |
ZOL 1 |
MIS 2 |
NOR 2 |
ASS 4 |
BRH 3 |
2nd | 100 | ||
2021 | M. Forbes Motorsport | RBR 12 |
RBR 11 |
SIL 6 |
HUN 5 |
SPA DNS |
ZAN 12 |
COA 5 |
COA 5 |
8th | 38 |
2022 | Sirin Racing | MIA1 3 |
MIA2 7 |
CAT 5 |
SIL 5 |
LEC 4 |
HUN 3 |
SIN 1 |
2nd | 93 |
Complete European Le Mans Series results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Richard Mille Racing Team | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC | SPA 6 |
LEC 11 |
MNZ 10 |
ALG 11 |
19th | 10 |
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
[edit]Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Richard Mille Racing Team | Sophia Flörsch Tatiana Calderón |
Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 364 | 13th | 9th |
2021 | Richard Mille Racing Team | Sophia Flörsch Tatiana Calderón |
Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 74 | DNF | DNF |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
[edit](key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Richard Mille Racing Team | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SPA 8 |
ALG 6 |
MNZ | LMS Ret |
BHR 6 |
BHR 9 |
14th | 27 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Presentation". beitskevisser.com/. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ "CIK-FIA European KZ1 Championship 2011". Driver Database. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ "16 YEAR-OLD BEITSKE VISSER MAKES A SENSATIONAL VICTORY DEBUT AT THE DUTCH SUPERCAR CHALLENGE". pragaglobal.com. 8 August 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "La Visser con Motopark" [Visser for Motopark]. ItaliaRacing.net (in Italian). Inpagina. 16 February 2012. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ "ADAC Formel Masters 2012". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ "Red Bull sign first-ever female driver Beitse Visser to junior team". BBC.co.uk/sport. BBC. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "ADAC Formel Masters 2013". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ Allen, Peter (8 May 2014). "Mason and Visser secure Hilmer seats for GP3 opener". Paddock Scout. Archived from the original on 2 March 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ "Visser announces FR3.5 season with AVF". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. 26 March 2014. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ "Spa FR3.5: Red Bull protege Carlos Sainz Jr dominates race one". Autosport. Haymarket. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ^ Biesbrouck, Tim (4 June 2017). "Dutch student team betters lap record Circuit Zandvoort - ElectricAutosport.com". ElectricAutosport.com. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ "VISSER, SPENGLER NAMED BMW ANDRETTI 2018/19 FORMULA E RESERVE". FormulaRapida.net. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ^ "Pulling Fastest In Formula E's First Women's Test". Formula E. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "W Series unveils initial 55-driver list". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Beitske Visser - W Series". W Series. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "W Series cancels 2020 season but reveals plans for F1 support races in 2021 | Formula 1®".
- ^ "Beitske Visser: eSports Victor". W Series. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "2021 Results and standings". Retrieved 18 January 2022.
- ^ "Former Red Bull junior Visser joins BMW junior programme". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ "W Series star Beitske Visser gets LMP2 call-up". Formula Scout. 7 August 2020.
- ^ "Floersch makes remarkable ELMS debut, as Iron Dames take P3 in GTE". RACERS. BEHIND THE HELMET. 31 August 2020.
External links
[edit]- Beitske Visser career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Dutch racing drivers
- Dutch female racing drivers
- Karting World Championship drivers
- ADAC Formel Masters drivers
- World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers
- Dutch GP3 Series drivers
- Sportspeople from Dronten
- W Series drivers
- 24H Series drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- European Le Mans Series drivers
- FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
- International GT Open drivers
- Hilmer Motorsport drivers
- Teo Martín Motorsport drivers
- Motopark Academy drivers
- AV Formula drivers
- Signature Team drivers
- Trident Racing drivers
- Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers
- Michelin Pilot Challenge drivers
- GT4 European Series drivers
- 21st-century Dutch sportswomen