Nicky Catsburg

Nicky Catsburg
NationalityNetherlands Dutch
Born (1992-02-15) 15 February 1992 (age 32)
Amersfoort, Netherlands
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2018–19
Current teamCorvette Racing
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Car number33
Former teamsBMW Team MTEK
Starts15
Wins3
Podiums6
Best finish1st (in LMGTE Am) in 2023
Previous series
2009–10
2009–10
2008
2007–08
2006
2005
2004–05		Eurocup Mégane Trophy
Dutch GT4
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Formula Ford Benelux
SEAT Cupra Cup Netherlands
Unipart Endurance Cup
Championship titles
2023

2023
2020
2010
2006		FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am
Asian Le Mans Series - GT
Intercontinental GT Challenge
Eurocup Mégane Trophy
Formula Ford Benelux Division 1

Nick Catsburg (born 15 February 1988 in Amersfoort) is a Dutch professional racing driver, currently competing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship with Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports. He was also a factory driver for BMW from 2011 to 2022.[1][2]

Having started off his career in single-seaters before moving to endurance racing, Catsburg is a two-time Nürburgring 24 Hours winner, with BMW in 2020 and with Ferrari in 2023.[2][3] He has also won the Spa 24 Hours once overall, as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 24 Hours of Daytona in class, both with Corvette.[4][5] He has also gathered success in touring car racing, winning two races in the WTCC and one in its successor, the WTCR.[6][7]

Career

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The Marc VDS Racing BMW Z4 gt3 that won the 2015 24 Hours of Spa
Nick Catsburg driving the new BMW M8 GTE during the 2018 6 Hours of Spa

2016
2nd Daytona 24 Hours
2nd WTCC Moscow Opening Race
1st WTCC Moscow Main Race

2015
Winner Spa 24 Hours with BMW Sports Trophy Team MarcVDS

2014
Winner VLN3 with BMW Sports Trophy Team MarcVDS
Winner Paul Ricard Blancpain Endurance Series Pro - Am with TDS Racing Team
Winner Nurburgring Blancpain Endurance Series Pro - Am with TDS Racing Team
Winner and p2 Nurburgring GT Open with Selleslagh Racing Team
Vice Champion Pro - Am team championship Blancpain Endurance Series with TDS Racing Team.
Participation 24h Nurburgring with BMW Sports Trophy Team MarcVDS
Participation VLN6 in Dorr Mclaren
Participation GT Tour - Magny Cours & Paul Ricard
Participation BRCC championship with Lamborghini Gallardo GT3
Development on Renault RS.0.1 for Renault Sport Technologies

2013
Winner Team Championship Blancpain Endurance Series with MarcVDS Racing Team. Sharing with Markus Palttala and Henri Moser in BMW Z4 GT3
Participation 24h Spa in BMW Z4 GT3
Winner VLN8 in Z4 GT3 sharing with Maxime Martin
Podium in ELMS at the Redbull Ring with Algarve Pro Racing Team in LMPC Class.
Participation ELMS Hungaroring LMPC Class
Test driver Algarve Pro Racing Team in an LMPC

2012
3rd place Dutch GT Championship for Ekris Motorsport, several race wins in the BMW M3 GT4
Participation 24h Zolder, Blancpain Endurance Series Navarra for MarcVDS Racing Team in a BMW Z4 GT3
Participation 24h Spa for Team RaceArt in an BMW Z4 GT3

2011
GT1 Abu Dhabi, Sachsenring, Zolder in Corvette GT1 for Exim Bank Team China (Selleslagh Racing team). Sharing car with Mike Hezemans.
GT1, rest of the season for Sumopower in Nissan GT1 sharing with Enrique Bernoldi.
FIA GT3 season in BMW Z4 GT3 for DB Motorsport, several podiums.
Test & development driver for Nissan GT-R GT3.

2010
European Megane Trophy Champion

2009
10th in Megane Trophy, several podiums in Dutch GT4

2008
8th in FR 2.0 NEC, podium in Spa. Podium 24H Barcelona

2007
6th in FR 2.0 NEC. Participation 24H Barcelona

2006
Dutch Formula Ford Champion/ Benelux Formula Ford Champion. Participation 24h Dubai and Barcelona

2005
Vice Champion Seat Cupra Cup

Racing record

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Complete GT1 World Championship results

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Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Pts
2011 Exim Bank Team China Chevrolet Corvette C6.R ABU
QR
7
 		ABU
CR
10
 		ZOL
QR
2
 		ZOL
CR
5
 		ALG
QR
9
 		ALG
CR
9
 		SAC
QR
Ret
 		SAC
CR
6
 		SIL
QR 		SIL
CR 		13th 58
Sumo Power GT Nissan GT-R GT1 NAV
QR
Ret
 		NAV
CR
12
 		PRI
QR
10
 		PRI
CR
7
 		ORD
QR
5
 		ORD
CR
Ret
 		BEI
QR
10
 		BEI
CR
6
 		SAN
QR
4
 		SAN
CR
4

Complete FIA GT Series results

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Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts
2013 Marc VDS Racing Team BMW Z4 GT3 Pro NOG
QR 		NOG
CR 		ZOL
QR 		ZOL
CR 		ZAN
QR 		ZAN
CR 		SVK
QR 		SVK
CR 		NAV
QR 		NAV
CR 		BAK
QR
5 		BAK
CR
Ret 		NC‡ 0‡

‡ As Catsburg was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

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Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Pts
2014 NSC Motorsports Lamborghini Gallardo FL2 Pro NOG
QR 		NOG
CR 		BRH
QR 		BRH
CR 		ZAN
QR 		ZAN
CR 		SVK
QR 		SVK
CR 		ALG
QR 		ALG
CR 		ZOL
QR
2 		ZOL
CR
Ret 		BAK
QR 		BAK
CR 		32nd 6
2015 Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 R-EX Pro NOG
QR
Ret 		NOG
CR
17 		BRH
QR
7 		BRH
CR
5 		ZOL
QR 		ZOL
CR 		MOS
QR
1 		MOS
CR
Ret 		ALG
QR
5 		ALG
CR
6 		MIS
QR
10 		MIS
CR
9 		ZAN
QR
12 		ZAN
CR
8 		13th 35
2016 Rowe Racing BMW M6 GT3 Pro MIS
QR
10 		MIS
CR
29 		BRH
QR 		BRH
CR 		NÜR
QR 		NÜR
CR 		HUN
QR
18 		HUN
CR
15 		CAT
QR
18 		CAT
CR
15 		NC 0

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Pts
2015 Lada Sport Rosneft Lada Vesta WTCC ARG
1 		ARG
2 		MAR
1 		MAR
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		GER
1 		GER
2 		RUS
1
11 		RUS
2
4 		SVK
1
Ret 		SVK
2
Ret 		FRA
1
Ret 		FRA
2
12 		POR
1
9 		POR
2
6 		JPN
1
Ret 		JPN
2
Ret 		CHN
1
4 		CHN
2
Ret 		THA
1
Ret 		THA
2
DNS 		QAT
1
9 		QAT
2
Ret 		12th 41
2016 Lada Sport Rosneft Lada Vesta WTCC FRA
1
8 		FRA
2
5 		SVK
1
11 		SVK
2
3 		HUN
1
3 		HUN
2
13 		MAR
1
Ret 		MAR
2
7 		GER
1
9 		GER
2
6 		RUS
1
2 		RUS
2
1 		POR
1
3 		POR
2
7 		ARG
1
13 		ARG
2
12 		JPN
1
7 		JPN
2
11 		CHN
1
5 		CHN
2
4 		QAT
1
8 		QAT
2
14 		7th 175
2017 Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 MAR
1
4 		MAR
2
4 		ITA
1
8 		ITA
2
4 		HUN
1
5 		HUN
2
2 		GER
1
6 		GER
2
1 		POR
1
5 		POR
2
4 		ARG
1
15 		ARG
2
16 		CHN
1
3 		CHN
2
5‡ 		JPN
1
9 		JPN
2
2 		MAC
1
9 		MAC
2
13 		QAT
1
8 		QAT
2
3 		5th 238.5

‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points
2016 Black Swan Racing GTD Porsche 911 GT3 R Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 DAY
2 		SEB
13 		LGA
17 		DET
WD 		WGL
7 		MOS LIM ELK VIR AUS PET 17th 92
2017 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M6 GTLM BMW 4.4 L Turbo V8 DAY
11 		SEB
9 		LBH COA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET
9 		17th 64
2018 BMW Team RLL GTLM BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8 DAY
7 		SEB
7 		LBH MOH WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 18th 48
2020 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 DAY
4 		DAY SEB ELK VIR ATL MDO CLT PET
2 		LGA SEB
5 		8th 86
2021 Corvette Racing GTLM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 DAY
1 		SEB
4 		DET WGL WGL LIM ELK LGA LBH VIR PET
6 		8th 977
2022 Corvette Racing GTD Pro Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 DAY
6 		SEB
1 		LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR PET
5 		11th 941
2024 Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports GTD Pro Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R Chevrolet LT6 5.5 L V8 DAY
8 		SEB
11 		LGA
3 		DET
9 		WGL
7 		MOS
2 		ELK
6 		VIR
8 		IMS
11 		PET
12 		8th 2674
Source:[8]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rank Points
2018–19 BMW Team MTEK LMGTE Pro BMW M8 GTE BMW S63 4.0 L Turbo V8 SPA
8 		LMS
9 		SIL
5 		FUJ
7 		SHA
8 		SEB
2 		SPA
9 		LMS
15 		14th 53
2023 Corvette Racing LMGTE Am Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 SEB
1 		ALG
1 		SPA
2 		LMS
1 		MNZ
4 		FUJ
2 		BHR
7 		1st 173
Source:[8]

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2018 Germany BMW Team MTEK Germany Martin Tomczyk
Austria Philipp Eng 		BMW M8 GTE GTE
Pro 		332 33rd 11th
2019 Germany BMW Team MTEK Germany Martin Tomczyk
Austria Philipp Eng 		BMW M8 GTE GTE
Pro 		309 47th 13th
2021 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
United States Jordan Taylor 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTE
Pro 		345 21st 2nd
2022 United States Corvette Racing Spain Antonio García
United States Jordan Taylor 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTE
Pro 		214 DNF DNF
2023 United States Corvette Racing Argentina Nicolás Varrone
United States Ben Keating 		Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTE
Am 		313 26th 1st
2024 Portugal CrowdStrike Racing by APR United States Colin Braun
United States George Kurtz 		Oreca 07 LMP2 149 DNF DNF
LMP2 Pro-Am
Source:[8]

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Points
2019 BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Racing Team Hyundai i30 N TCR MAR
1
10 		MAR
2
Ret 		MAR
3
DNS 		HUN
1
23 		HUN
2
10 		HUN
3
9 		SVK
1
7 		SVK
2
4 		SVK
3
12 		NED
1
10 		NED
2
4 		NED
3
11 		GER
1
9 		GER
2
DSQ 		GER
3
8 		POR
1
5 		POR
2
5 		POR
3
Ret 		CHN
1
5 		CHN
2
15 		CHN
3
Ret 		JPN
1
23 		JPN
2
18 		JPN
3
14 		MAC
1
10 		MAC
2
12 		MAC
3
5 		MAL
1
9 		MAL
2
Ret 		MAL
3
DSQ 		13th 166
2020 Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team Hyundai i30 N TCR BEL
1
14 		BEL
2
9 		GER
1
DNP 		GER
2
DNP 		SVK
1
17 		SVK
2
5 		SVK
3
1 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		HUN
3 		ESP
1 		ESP
2 		ESP
3 		ARA
1 		ARA
2 		ARA
3 		17th 53
2022 BRC Hyundai N Racing team Hyundai Elantra N TCR FRA
1 		FRA
2 		GER
1 		GER
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		ESP
1 		ESP
2 		POR
1 		POR
2 		ITA
1 		ITA
2 		ALS
1 		ALS
2 		BHR
1
5 		BHR
2
3 		SAU
1
7 		SAU
2
Ret 		NC‡ 0‡

‡ As Catsburg was a Wildcard entry, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete Supercar Challenge results

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Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Pts
2021 Koopman Racing BMW M6 GT3 GT ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		SPA
1 		SPA
2 		ZOL
1 		ZOL
2 		ASS
1
5 		ASS
2
Ret 		ASS
1
3 		ASS
2
2 		SPA
1
3 		SPA
2
4 		ASS
1
3 		ASS
2
4 		3rd 150

References

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  1. ^ "Catsburg Looking "Long Term" With Corvette". Dailysportscar.com. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b Euwema, Davey (21 December 2022). "Catsburg Maintains 'Good Relationship' with BMW After Exit". Sportscar365. John Dagys Media. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  3. ^ McLuskie, Toby (22 May 2023). "Catsburg the Verstappen of endurance racing: 'A bizarre season'". GPblog.com. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  4. ^ Lickorish, Stephen (11 June 2023). "Catsburg: "Insane" for Corvette to win at Le Mans despite losing two laps". Autosport. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  5. ^ Kilbey, Stephen (11 June 2023). "'We joked about going home' - A look inside Corvette's remarkable Le Mans comeback". Racer.com. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  6. ^ Abbott, Andrew (9 November 2016). "Nick Catsburg looking to the WTCC 'and beyond' for 2017". TouringCars.net. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Nicky Catsburg joins BRC for final two WTCR events". TouringCarTimes. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  8. ^ a b c "Nick Catsburg Results". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Eurocup Mégane Trophy
Champion
2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Intercontinental GT Challenge
Champion
2020
With: Augusto Farfus 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Asian Le Mans Series
GT Champion
2023
With: Chandler Hull & Thomas Merrill 		Succeeded by
Preceded by FIA Endurance Trophy for LMGTE Am Drivers
2023
With: Ben Keating & Nicolás Varrone 		Succeeded by
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