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🇧🇪 Jef Machiels

Racing driver from Belgium. GT World Challenge Europe, AF Corse.
Driver facts
Full name
Jef Machiels
Born
17 January 1971(b. 1971)
Nationality
Belgium
Current team
AF Corse
Series
GT World Challenge Europe
Status
Active
Career wins
1
Career podiums
1
Career starts
49
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
3,974
Jef Machiels
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
3,974
Rank 3643 of 38,983 indexed, +75 this season
FIA Categorisation
Silver
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Jef Machiels is a racing driver from Belgium who competes in GT World Challenge Europe for AF Corse. Machiels has recorded 1 win and 1 podium from 49 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 3,974 ranks Machiels 3643th 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)
P1P5P10P20DNFITAFRA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-05-02Brands HatchGT World Challenge EuropeP24−13
2026-05-02Brands HatchGT World Challenge EuropeP16+59
2026-04-116 Hours of Paul RicardGT World Challenge EuropeP31+29
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+129Misano World Circuit 202524H SeriesP1
+98Crowdstrike 24 Hours of Spa 2024GT World Challenge EuropeP13
+93Brands Hatch 2025GT World Challenge EuropeP11
+91Magany-Cours 2025GT World Challenge EuropeP12
+81Zandvoort 2025GT World Challenge EuropeP16
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Misano4 starts+17
Monza4 starts+8
Brands Hatch6 starts+7
Struggles
Valencia4 starts-21
Magany-Cours4 starts-12
Barcelona4 starts-2
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026▸GT World Challenge EuropeAF Corse300000—+753,974
2025▸GT World Challenge EuropeAF Corse - Francorchamps Motors1500000P37+523,899
▸24H SeriesHAAS RT311000P14+81
2024▸GT World Challenge EuropeAF Corse1400000P40−173,766
▸24H SeriesRed Ant Racing300000P24−17
2023▸GT World Challenge EuropeAF Corse700000P39↑650−1723,800
2022▸Italian F4Monlau Motorsport400000P24+1,9723,322
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Machiels finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇨🇭 Patric NiederhauserFIA Platinum5,2573853313%
🇸🇪 Gilles MagnusFIA Gold4,08737132435%
🇧🇪 Charles WeertsFIA Platinum6,430361353%
🇫🇷 Aurelien PanisFIA Silver4,8363692725%
🇫🇷 Paul EvrardFIA Silver4,63335112431%
🇩🇪 Maro EngelFIA Platinum6,385341333%
🇫🇷 Simon GachetFIA Gold4,6573482624%
🇦🇹 Lucas AuerFIA Platinum5,443332316%
🇺🇸 César GazeauFIA Silver4,85433102330%
🇩🇪 Sven MüllerFIA Gold5,352323299%
🇬🇧 Jake DennisFIA Platinum, 1× champion6,24274357%
🇨🇦 Lance StrollFIA Platinum, 1× champion5,992110100%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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3,634🇨🇴 Tatiana CalderónIMSA WeatherTech3,976
3,635🇳🇱 Chris BuncombeBritish GT Championship3,975
3,636🇦🇷 Damián FineschiTCR World Tour3,975
3,637🇩🇪 Sven BarthPrototype Cup Germany3,975
3,638🇲🇾 Weng Sun MokWEC3,975
3,639🇭🇺 Csaba WalterNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,974
3,640🇮🇹 David Cleto FUMANELLILe Mans Cup3,974
3,641🇮🇹 Diego BertonelliPorsche Mobil 1 Supercup3,974
3,642🇮🇹 Fabio ManciniFIA GT Championship3,974
3,643🇧🇪 Jef MachielsGT World Challenge Europe3,974
3,644🇵🇱 Kacper SztukaFormula Regional European3,974
3,645🇪🇪 Karl-Oscar LiivFormula Renault Eurocup3,974
3,646🇫🇮 Luka SammalistoItalian F43,974
3,647🇩🇪 Max MoritzEuropean Le Mans Series3,974
3,648🇩🇪 Michael HeimrichNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie3,974
3,649🇺🇸 C.W. SmithNASCAR Xfinity3,973
3,650🇺🇸 John PotterIMSA WeatherTech3,973
3,651🇺🇸 Ken RaganNASCAR Xfinity3,973
3,652🏳️ Matt Neal24H Series3,973
3,653🇧🇷 Rodrigo BaptistaGT4 America3,973
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Jef Machiels is an amateur-level endurance racing driver competing in GT World Challenge Europe and the 24H Series. Graded FIA Silver, he drives for AF Corse in GT World Challenge Europe, where he has made 39 starts across four seasons, and races Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars and GT3 machinery in the 24H Series' multiclass format for HAAS RT. His record spans five seasons from 2022, beginning with four starts in Italian F4.[1]

Machiels has taken a single podium across his career, a win in the 24H Series in 2024 or 2025. In GT World Challenge Europe, where he has concentrated his racing, he typically finishes mid-field in a field mixing amateurs with graded professionals. His best results include isolated finishes ahead of established professionals; he has beaten Charles Weerts, a four-time GT World Challenge Europe champion and Platinum-graded driver, and Maro Engel, the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe champion, once each. Against his most regular opponents he occupies a split position: he closely matches Gilles Magnus, a Gold-graded professional with 53 GT World Challenge Europe starts, but usually finishes behind Patric Niederhauser, a Platinum-graded established professional.[2]

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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