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🇧🇪 Dries Vanthoor

Racing driver from Belgium. IMSA WeatherTech, BMW M Team WRT. Three-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Dries Vanthoor
Born
20 April 1998(b. 1998)
Nationality
Belgium
Current team
BMW M Team WRT
Series
IMSA WeatherTech
Status
Active
Championships
32020, 2021, 2022
Career wins
29
Career podiums
66
Career starts
163
Career DNFs
10
Racer Rating
5,732
Dries Vanthoor
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,732
Rank 427 of 38,983 indexed, +212 this season
FIA Categorisation
Platinum
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Dries Vanthoor is a racing driver from Belgium who competes in IMSA WeatherTech for BMW M Team WRT. Vanthoor is a three-time champion (2020, 2021, 2022), with 29 wins and 66 podiums from 163 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,732 ranks Vanthoor 427th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSADEUUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-07-12SAO PAULO HYPERCARWECP1+154
2026-06-28Watkins Glen International GTPIMSA WeatherTechP4+57
2026-06-13LE MANS HYPERCARWECDNF−117
2026-05-30Detroit Street Course GTPIMSA WeatherTechP9−107
2026-05-14Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 9Nürburgring 24 HoursP3+73
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+165LE MANS 2017WECP1
+154SAO PAULO 2026WECP1
+138SPA FRANCORCHAMPS 2026WECP2
+135FUJI SPEEDWAY 2024WECP2
+128Road America 2025IMSA WeatherTechP1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Misano12 starts+41
Brands Hatch9 starts+23
Magny-Cours6 starts+21
Dubai Autodrome6 starts+18
Struggles
LE MANS7 starts-63
Nürburgring4 starts-22
Daytona International Speedway4 starts-17
Red Bull Ring4 starts-14
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸IMSA WeatherTechBMW M Team WRT601000P9+55,732
▸WECBMW M Team WRT312100—+174
▸GT World Challenge EuropeParadine Competition100000—−40
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursROWE RACING101000—+72
2025▸IMSA WeatherTechBMW M Team RLL913000P5−65,520
▸WECBMW M Team WRT700200P18−591
▸GT World Challenge EuropeTeam WRT100000P34+22
2024▸GT World Challenge EuropeTeam WRT1439010P2+4766,095
▸WECBMW M Team WRT801200P10−166
▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieROWE RACING200000—+22
▸Bathurst 12 HourTeam WRT100100—−207
▸British GT ChampionshipCentury Motorsport100000P20−139
▸GT World Challenge AmericaTeam WRT111000—+116
▸IMSA WeatherTechBMW M Team RLL100000P26−121
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursROWE RACING100100—−212
2023▸GT World Challenge EuropeTeam WRT1316010P3+2646,325
▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieROWE RACING211000P8+104
▸24H SeriesTeam WRT111000P12+43
▸DTMSchubert Motorsport100000P25−10
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursROWE RACING101000—+57
▸WECRacing Team Turkey100100P25−201
2022▸GT World Challenge EuropeTeam WRT13610040P1+4466,068
▸ADAC GT MastersMontaplast by Land-Motorsport300000P23−178
▸WECWRT211000P11+80
▸24H SeriesMS7 by WRT111010P6+74
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursAudi Sport Team Phoenix111000—+83
2021▸GT World Challenge EuropeTeam WRT13410020P1+5695,562
▸ADAC GT MastersTeam WRT1011010P12−503
▸24H SeriesWRT101000—+33
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursAudi Sport Team Phoenix100100—−203
▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieAUDI SPORT TEAM PHOENIX Audi100000P28+12
▸WECHub Auto Racing100100P13−127
2020▸GT World Challenge EuropeTeam WRT1325000P1+5486,000
▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieAudi Sport Team Audi200000P33−226
▸24H SeriesMS7 by WRT101000—+49
▸IMSA WeatherTechWRT Speedstar Audi Sport101000P25+80
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursAudi Sport Team100000—+60
2019▸GT World Challenge EuropeBelgian Audi Club Team WRT1113000P8−365,636
▸24H SeriesMS7 by WRT101000P13+78
▸IMSA WeatherTechMontaplast by Land Motorsport100000P38−177
▸Nürburgring 24 HoursAudi Sport Team Phoenix111000—+123
▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieAudi Sport Team Land100000P32−19
2018▸24H SeriesMS7 by WRT100000P16−275,524
▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieAUDI SPORT TEAM WRT100000P34↑121+53
2017▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieMontaplast by Land-Motorsport111000P22↑650+1105,303
▸WECJMW Motorsport111000P7+165
2016▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-SerieBonk Motorsport KG BMW100000P31−764,396
2015▸Formula Renault EurocupJosef Kaufmann Racing200000P21+2,8814,231
Recent coverage
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Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Vanthoor finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇬🇧 Christopher HaaseFIA Platinum5,05097653267%
🇨🇭 Raffaele MarcielloFIA Platinum5,56292464650%
🇯🇵 Jules GounonFIA Platinum5,14788543461%
🇩🇪 Maro EngelFIA Platinum6,38580394149%
🇮🇹 Mattia DrudiFIA Platinum5,12780562470%
🇩🇪 Luca StolzFIA Platinum5,44370363451%
🇩🇪 Christopher MiesFIA Platinum5,01966412562%
🇨🇭 Ricardo FellerFIA Platinum4,86764372758%
🇨🇭 Patric NiederhauserFIA Platinum5,25763451871%
🇧🇪 Frédéric VervischFIA Gold5,22663521183%
🇳🇱 Max VerstappenFIA Platinum, 4× champion8,724110100%
🇯🇵 Alex PalouFIA Platinum, 4× champion7,65975271%
🇩🇪 Pascal WehrleinFIA Platinum, 2× champion6,96721150%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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418🇧🇪 André PiletteFormula 15,741
419🇺🇸 Danny OngaisIndyCar5,741
420🇦🇺 Jack DoohanEuropean Le Mans Series5,740
421🇩🇪 Marco WittmannIMSA WeatherTech5,739
422🇮🇹 Max AngelelliIMSA WeatherTech5,739
423🇫🇷 Raymond SommerFormula 15,737
424🇯🇵 Takuma SatoIndyCar5,737
425🇬🇧 Alan StaceyFormula 15,736
426🇺🇾 Gonzalo RodríguezInternational Formula 30005,733
427🇧🇪 Dries VanthoorIMSA WeatherTech5,732
428🇬🇧 Freddie SlaterFormula 35,727
429🇺🇸 Graham RahalIndyCar5,727
430🇬🇧 Piers CourageFormula 15,727
431🇬🇧 Duncan HamiltonFormula 15,726
432🇮🇹 Fabrizio GollinFIA GT Championship5,726
433🇮🇹 Renzo ZorziFormula 15,725
434🇬🇧 Justin WilsonIndyCar5,723
435🇮🇹 Franco RolFormula 15,721
436🇺🇸 Troy RuttmanFormula 15,719
437🇯🇵 Yuhi SekiguchiSuper GT5,715
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Dries Vanthoor is an established professional sportscar driver with a Racer Rating of 5,879, placing him among the top tier of full-time competitors in GT and endurance racing. His FIA Platinum grading confirms his standing as a full professional in this discipline. Over a ten-season career from 2015 to 2026, Vanthoor has recorded 145 starts across multiple championships, with 24 wins and 58 podiums distributed primarily through GT World Challenge Europe, where he has contested 79 races for Paradine Competition and secured 17 victories. He has also competed regularly in the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA WeatherTech series for BMW M Team WRT, winning three consecutive GT World Challenge Europe Sprint titles between 2020 and 2022. His three championship medals represent the substance of his record.[1]

Vanthoor's competitive standing emerges from his head-to-head results against the professionals who share his calendar. Against Christopher Haase and Mattia Drudi, both Platinum-graded rivals of similar strength, Vanthoor has finished ahead consistently; he leads Haase 61 to 22 across 83 shared races and Drudi 52 to 22 across 74. His record against Raffaele Marciello, a three-time champion of higher rating, is more closely matched at 38 ahead and 40 behind. More notably, Vanthoor has occasionally bested drivers of substantially higher pedigree; he has finished ahead of Alex Palou four times and Franco Colapinto once, both elite professionals from outside GT racing, though these remain isolated results rather than patterns of dominance. Across all classified finishes his average grid position sits at P6.9, reflecting consistent mid-grid and front-of-field placement rather than outright command.[2]

Currently active in 2026 WEC with BMW M Team WRT, Vanthoor has secured one win and two additional podiums through three rounds. His recent record includes pole position at Le Mans and a second consecutive season win for his team in São Paulo, marking continued engagement at the top of the endurance calendar.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
IMSA Road America: Strong performance by the BMW M Hybrid V8 goes unrewarded.[1]
BMW Group
2 Aug 2026
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FIA WEC: Second win of the season for BMW M Team WRT – #15 BMW M Hybrid V8 triumphs in São Paulo.[2]
BMW Group
12 Jul 2026
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IMSA: BMW M Team WRT narrowly misses another podium – second place for Paul Miller Racing.[3]
BMW Group
29 Jun 2026
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