Nicky Catsburg

Nick Catsburg
Born	(1988-02-15) February 15, 1988 Amersfoort, Netherlands
Occupation	Professional racing driver
Years active	2005–present
Known for	Competing in IMSA SportsCar Championship, factory driver for BMW (2011–2022), victories at Nürburgring 24 Hours, Spa 24 Hours, Le Mans class win, Daytona class win, WTCC and WTCR wins

Nick Catsburg (born 15 February 1988 in Amersfoort) is a Dutch professional race car driver, presently competing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship representing Corvette Racing under Pratt Miller Motorsports. From 2011 through 2022, he served as a factory driver for BMW.

Beginning his motorsport journey in single-seater categories before transitioning to endurance racing, Catsburg boasts two overall victories at the Nürburgring 24 Hours—first with BMW in 2020 and later with Ferrari in 2023. His achievements also include an overall triumph at the Spa 24 Hours, as well as class wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 24 Hours of Daytona while driving for Corvette. Moreover, he claimed two victories in the WTCC and one in its successor series, the WTCR.

2016

• Finished second at the Daytona 24 Hours
• Secured second place in the WTCC Moscow Opening Race
• Won the WTCC Moscow Main Race

2015

Captured victory at the Spa 24 Hours with BMW Sports Trophy Team MarcVDS

2014

• Claimed win at VLN3 with BMW Sports Trophy Team MarcVDS
• Triumphed in the Pro-Am category of the Blancpain Endurance Series at Paul Ricard with TDS Racing Team
• Took first place in Pro-Am at the Nurburgring Blancpain Endurance Series, also with TDS Racing Team
• Achieved a win and a runner-up finish in the Nurburgring GT Open driving for Selleslagh Racing Team
• Finished as Pro-Am team vice-champion in the Blancpain Endurance Series alongside TDS Racing Team
• Competed in the 24h Nurburgring event with BMW Sports Trophy Team MarcVDS
• Contributed to development work on the Renault RS.0.1 for Renault Sport Technologies

2013

• Won the Blancpain Endurance Series Team Championship with MarcVDS Racing Team, piloting a BMW Z4 GT3 alongside Markus Palttala and Henri Moser
• Participated in the 24h Spa event driving a BMW Z4 GT3
• Secured victory at VLN8 sharing a Z4 GT3 with Maxime Martin
• Achieved a podium finish in ELMS at Red Bull Ring competing for Algarve Pro Racing Team in LMPC Class

2012

• Finished third overall in the Dutch GT Championship for Ekris Motorsport, earning multiple wins driving a BMW M3 GT4
• Competed at the 24h Zolder and participated in Blancpain Endurance Series races at Navarra for MarcVDS Racing Team with a BMW Z4 GT3
• Entered the 24h Spa event representing Team RaceArt in a BMW Z4 GT3

2011

• Raced in GT1 events at Abu Dhabi, Sachsenring, and Zolder driving a Corvette GT1 for Exim Bank Team China (Selleslagh Racing), sharing duties with Mike Hezemans
• Contested FIA GT3 season piloting a BMW Z4 GT3 for DB Motorsport, achieving several podium placements
• Served as test and development driver for Nissan GT-R GT3

2010

Crowned European Megane Trophy Champion

2009

Placed tenth overall in Megane Trophy; earned multiple podium finishes in Dutch GT4

2008

Ranked eighth in FR 2.0 NEC; achieved podiums at Spa and during the 24H Barcelona event

2007

Finished sixth in FR 2.0 NEC; competed in 24H Barcelona

2006

Won Dutch and Benelux Formula Ford Championships; participated in 24h Dubai and Barcelona races

2005

Runner-up in Seat Cupra Cup

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2007	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	MP Motorsport	16	0	0	0	0	170	6th
2008	Formula Renault 2.0 NEC	MP Motorsport	16	0	0	0	1	163	8th
	Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup	MP Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	41st
2011	FIA GT1 World Championship	Exim Bank Team China	8	0	0	0	1	58	13th
	Sumo Power GT	10	0	0	0	0	-	-
	FIA GT3 European Championship	Faster Racing by DB Motorsport	10	0	0	0	2	55	14th
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro Cup	JR Motorsports	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2012	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro Cup	Marc VDS Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	1	70th
	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am Cup	Race Art	3	0	0	0	0	3	86th
2013	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro Cup	Marc VDS Racing Team	4	0	0	0	0	31	22nd
	FIA GT Series	Marc VDS Racing Team	2	0	0	0	0	0†	NC†
	European Le Mans Series - LMPC	Algarve Pro Racing	2	0	1	1	1	16	5th
2014	Blancpain Endurance Series - Pro-Am Cup	TDS Racing	5	2	0	0	2	72	7th

^† Catsburg competed as a guest driver and was therefore not eligible to score points.

Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results

(key) (Events in bold signify pole position) (Events in italics denote fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final Position	Points Scored
2007	MP Motorsport	ZAN 1 6	ZAN 2 7	OSC 1 11	OSC 2 6	ASS 1 10	ASS 2 6	ZOL 1 10	ZOL 2 21†	NUR 1 15	NUR 2 13	OSC 1 7	OSC 2 21	SPA 1 8	SPA 2 10	HOC 1 4	HOC 2 12	6th	170
2008	MP Motorsport	HOC < br >1 < br > Ret	HOC < br >2 < br > 5	ZAN < br >1 < br > 5	ZAN < br >2 < br > 18	ALA < br >1 < br > 5	ALA < br >2 < br > 11	OSC < br >1 < br > Ret	OSC < br >2 < br > 13	ASS < br >1 < br > 4	ASS < br >2 < br > 22†	ZOL < br >1 < br > 4	ZOL < br >2 < br > 10	NÜR < br >1 < br > 15	NÜR < br >2 < br > 15	SPA < br >1 < br > 4	SPA < br >2 < br > 3	8th	163

Full Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Results

(key) (Races shown in bold denote pole position; races in italics mark the fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final Standing	Points
2008	MP Motorsport	SPA 1 34	SPA 2 16	SIL 1	SIL 2	HUN 1	HUN 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	LMS 1	LMS 2	EST 1	EST 2	CAT 1	CAT 2	41st	0

Full GT1 World Championship Results

Year	Team	Vehicle	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Position	Points Earned
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
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Full FIA GT Series results

Year	Team	Vehicle	Category	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final Position	Points
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‡

‡ Catsburg participated as a guest driver and therefore was not eligible to earn championship points.

Full Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Year	Team	Vehicle	Category	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final Position	Points Earned
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	style="background:#CFCFFF;" :[[Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya :CAT :CR ]] :<ref></ref> {{small :15 }}					NC	0

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Entries in bold denote pole position) (Entries in italics signify fastest lap)

Year	Team	Vehicle	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Final Position	Points
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

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Full IMSA SportsCar Championship Performance

(legend) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole position; those in italics represent fastest lap)

Year	Team	Category	Vehicle	Powertrain	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final Position	Total Points
2016	Black Swan Racing	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche 4.0L Flat-6 engine	DAY 2nd	SEB 13th	LGA 17th	DET Withdrew	WGL 7th	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	AUS	PET	17th overall	92 points
2017	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M6 GTLM	BMW 4.4 L Turbocharged V8	DAY 11th	SEB 9th	LBH	COA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET 9th	Finished 17th	Accumulated 64 points
2018	BMW Team RLL	GTLM	BMW M8 GTE	BMW N63#BMW S63 4.0 L Twin-turbo V8	DAY 7th	SEB 7th	LBH	MOH	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	LGA	PET	Ranked 18th	Totaled 48 points

Year	Team	Category	Vehicle Model	Engine Type	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Round 8	Round 9	Round 10	Season Standing	Points Earned
2020	Corvette Racing	GTLM	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 powerplant	DAY 4th	DAY	SEB	ELK	VIR	ATL	MDO	CLT	PET 2nd	LGA	SEB 5th	Finished in 8th place	Scored 86 points
2021	Corvette Racing	GTLM	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	Chevrolet V8, displacement: 5.5 L	DAY 1st	SEB 4th	DET	WGL	WGL	LIM	ELK	LGA	LBH	VIR	PET 6th	Ended season in 8th place	Amassed a total of 977 points
2022	Corvette Racing	GTD Pro	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R#GTD version (IMSA) Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD]	Chevrolet V8 engine, capacity: 5.5 L]	=style="background:#DFFFDF;"= 2022 24 Hours of Daytona#Results and standings DAY Template:Small｜6th	=style="background:#FFFFBF;"= [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ [ ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ] ]
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Full FIA World Endurance Championship Results

(key) (Events shown in bold denote pole position; events in italics signify fastest lap)

Year	Team	Category	Car Model	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final Standing	Points
2018–19	BMW Team MTEK	LMGTE Pro	BMW M8 GTE	BMW S63 4.0 L Turbocharged 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

Comprehensive 24 Hours of Le Mans Results

Year	Team Name	Drivers	Vehicle	Category	Completed Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2018	BMW Team MTEK	Martin Tomczyk Template:Country data AUTTemplate:Namespace detect showall Philipp Eng	BMW M8 GTE	GTE Pro	332	33rd	11th
2019	BMW Team MTEK	Martin Tomczyk Template:Country data AUTTemplate:Namespace detect showall Philipp Eng	BMW M8 GTE	GTE Pro	309	47th	13th
2021	Corvette Racing	Template:Country data ESPTemplate:Namespace detect showall Antonio García Jordan Taylor	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	GTE Pro	345	21st	style= "background: #DFDFDF;" 2nd
2022	Pratt & Miller Corvette Racing	Antonio García Jordan Taylor	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	GTE Pro	214	DNF	DNF
2023	Pratt & Miller Corvette Racing	Template:Country data ARGTemplate:Namespace detect showall Nicolás Varrone Ben Keating	Chevrolet Corvette C8.R	GTE Am	313	26th	style= "background: #FFFFBF;" 1st
2024	Template:Country data PRTTemplate:Namespace detect showall CrowdStrike Racing by Algarve Pro Racing (APR)	Colin Braun George Kurtz	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	149	DNF	DNF
				LMP2 Pro-Am
2025	Template:Country data PRTTemplate:Namespace detect showall Algarve Pro Racing	Template:Flagicon USA George Kurtz Template:Flagicon GBR Alex Quinn	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	362	30th	13th
				LMP2 Pro-Am			8th

Full World Touring Car Cup results

(legend) (Bolded races denote pole positions) (Italicized races indicate fastest laps)

Season	Team	Vehicle	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	Final Position	Points Scored
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
													13th	166

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Complete Supercar Challenge standings

Year	Team	Vehicle	Category	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final Position	Total Points
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 place	150 points

Complete Asian Le Mans Series standings

(legend) (Entries in bold denote pole position) (Entries in italics denote fastest lap)

Season	Team Name	Category	Vehicle Model	Engine Type	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Overall Position	Points Accumulated
2024–25	Nielsen Racing	LMP2 Class	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEP 1 5th	SEP 2 5th	DUB 1 7th	DUB 2 7th	ABU 1 4th	ABU 2 2nd	6th overall	62 points total