Beitske Visser
Beitske Visser (born 10 March 1995) is a racing driver from the Netherlands and a BMW Motorsport junior.
Beitske Visser | |
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Visser in 2012 | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Dronten, Netherlands | 10 March 1995
W Series career | |
Debut season | 2019 |
Current team | Hitech Grand Prix |
Car number | 95 |
Starts | 6 |
Wins | 1 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 2 |
Best finish | 2nd in 2019 |
Previous series | |
2014-16 2014-15 2012–13 | Formula V8 3.5 Series GP3 Series ADAC Formel Masters |
She has raced in kart, single-seater and GT series.
Career


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]
ADAC Formel Masters
2012 saw her début in the ADAC Formel Masters championship with Lotus, also known as Motopark Academy.[3] Visser finished eighth in the championship with wins at Zandvoort and EuroSpeedway Lausitz, and another ten point-scoring finishes.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6]
GP3 Series
In 2014, Visser competed in the opening round of the GP3 Series with Hilmer Motorsport.[7] 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.[8] She scored her first point during Race 1 at Spa-Francorchamps.[9] 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).
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.[10]
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.[11] The pairing won the penultimate round of the campaign in Barcelona. She and Marschall will continue in the class in 2018.
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
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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] The 2020 season was officially canceled due to the covid-19 pandemic [15] , but as with many other racing series, the organization set up an eSports season in the iRacing platform, where Visser is the current leader after six rounds, followed by Ira Sidorkova (2nd) and Martha Garcia (3rd). [16]
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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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 | MOMO-Megatron Team Partrax | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC† |
2018 | GT4 European Series | RN Vision STS | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100 | 6th |
French GT4 Cup | 3Y Technology | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
2019 | W Series | Hitech Grand Prix | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 100 | 2nd |
International GT Open | Senkyr Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 11th | |
2020 | European Le Mans Series | Richard Mille Racing Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11th* |
† As Visser was a guest driver, she was ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress.
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 W Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 | HOC 4 |
ZOL 1 |
MIS 2 |
NRM 2 |
ASS 4 |
BRH 3 |
2nd | 100 |
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 | Alpine A470 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC | SPA 6 |
LEC |
MNZ |
ALG |
11th* | 8* |
* Season still in progress.
References
- "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.
- "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.
- "Former Red Bull junior Visser joins BMW junior programme". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- "VISSER, SPENGLER NAMED BMW ANDRETTI 2018/19 FORMULA E RESERVE". FormulaRapida.net. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- "W Series unveils initial 55-driver list". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- "Beitske Visser - W Series". W Series. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- "W Series cancels 2020 season but reveals plans for F1 support races in 2021 | Formula 1®".
- "ESports Podium". W Series. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
External links
- Beitske Visser career summary at DriverDB.com
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