Beitske Visser

Beitske Visser
Visser in 2019
NationalityNetherlands Dutch
Born (1995-03-10) 10 March 1995 (age 29)
Dronten, Netherlands
W Series career
Debut season2019
Current teamSirin Racing
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number95
Starts20
Wins2
Podiums7
Poles1
Fastest laps2
Best finish2nd 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

Visser competing in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2014
Visser testing an electric open-wheeler, June 2017
Visser in action at the 2019 W Series Brands Hatch round
Visser competing in W Series in Austin, Texas in October 2021

Karting

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

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

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]

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.[13][14] 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.[15] A 10-event eSports series was held on iRacing in its place, with Visser taking the championship with a round remaining.[16]

She was 8th in the 2021 W Series,[17] and 2nd in the 2022 W Series.

Endurance racing

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.[18] 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.[19] 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.[20]

Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2011 Dutch Supercar Challenge - GT Race 4 Slovakia 5 1 0 1 2 0 NC†
2012 ADAC Formel Masters Lotus 17 2 1 0 2 109 8th
2013 ADAC Formel Masters Lotus 24 1 0 0 2 117 8th
2014 Formula Renault 3.5 Series AVF 17 0 0 0 0 11 21st
GP3 Series Hilmer Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 27th
2015 Formula Renault 3.5 Series AVF 17 0 0 0 0 3 23rd
GP3 Series Trident 2 0 0 0 0 0 28th
2016 Formula V8 3.5 Series Teo Martín Motorsport 18 0 0 0 0 50 13th
2017 GT4 European Series Southern Cup - Pro-Am Schubert Motorsport 2 1 0 0 1 0 NC†
2018 GT4 European Series - Silver RN Vision STS 12 2 0 0 3 100 6th
French GT4 Cup - Pro Am 3Y Technology 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP8T Securtal Sorg Rennsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
2018-19 Formula E BMW i Andretti Motorsport Test driver
2019 W Series Hitech GP 6 1 0 2 4 100 2nd
International GT Open Senkyr Motorsport 6 0 0 0 1 33 11th
2020 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Richard Mille Racing Team 4 0 0 0 0 10 19th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th
Michelin Pilot Challenge - GS Fast Track Racing/Classic BMW 1 0 0 0 0 9 68th
24H GT Series - GT4 3Y Technology
2021 W Series M. Forbes Motorsport 8 0 0 0 0 38 8th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Richard Mille Racing Team 5 0 0 0 0 27 14th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2022 W Series Sirin Racing 7 1 1 0 3 93 2nd
2023 Prototype Cup Germany BHK Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 10 25th
Ultimate Cup Series - Proto P3 1 0 0 0 0 2 36th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP8T Giti Tire Motorsport By WS Racing 1 0 1 1 1 N/A 2nd
2024 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP8T Giti Tire Motorsport By WS Racing

† As Visser was a guest driver, she was ineligible to score points.

Complete Supercar Challenge results

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

(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

(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

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Ovr.
Pos. 		Class
Pos.
2018 Germany Sorg Rennsport Germany Dirk Adorf
Netherlands Tom Coronel
Germany Nico Menzel 		BMW M4 (F82) GT4 SP8T 92 102nd 6th
2023 Germany WS Racing United Kingdom Pippa Mann
France Célia Martin
Liechtenstein Fabienne Wohlwend 		BMW M4 GT4 (G82) SP8T 135 81st 2nd

Complete W Series results

(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

(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

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2020 France Richard Mille Racing Team Germany Sophia Flörsch
Colombia Tatiana Calderón 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 364 13th 9th
2021 France Richard Mille Racing Team Germany Sophia Flörsch
Colombia Tatiana Calderón 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 74 DNF DNF

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(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

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  3. ^ "16 YEAR-OLD BEITSKE VISSER MAKES A SENSATIONAL VICTORY DEBUT AT THE DUTCH SUPERCAR CHALLENGE". pragaglobal.com. 8 August 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
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External links

  • Beitske Visser career summary at DriverDB.com
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