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Beitske Visser

Beitske Visser

Dutch racing driver


Beitske Visser (born 10 March 1995) is a Dutch racing driver. She has raced in kart, single-seater, GT and prototype series.

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Career

Visser competing in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2014
Visser testing an electric open-wheeler, June 2017
Visser in action at the 2019 W Series Brands Hatch round
Visser competing in W Series in Austin, Texas in October 2021

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]

First car race

On 6 August, 2011, Visser made her car racing debut in the Supercar Challenge at Assen Circuit, in the GT class, driving a Praga R4S. Despite a 25-second penalty, she passed Roger Grouwels towards the end of the race she claimed her first car racing win in her race debut.[3]

Open-wheel racing

ADAC Formel Masters

2012 saw her début in the ADAC Formel Masters championship with Lotus, also known as Motopark Academy.[4] Visser finished eighth in the championship with wins at Zandvoort and EuroSpeedway Lausitz, and another ten point-scoring finishes.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

GP3 Series

In 2014, Visser competed in the opening round of the GP3 Series with Hilmer Motorsport.[8] 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.[9] She scored her first point during Race 1 at Spa-Francorchamps.[10] 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).

Hiatus

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.[11]

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

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] She finished second in the championship to Jamie Chadwick with four podiums including a win at Zolder.

The Dutchwoman was set to contest the 2020 championship before it was cancelled in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[15] A 10-event eSports series was held on iRacing in its place, with Visser taking the championship with a round remaining.[16]

She was 8th in the 2021 W Series,[17] and 2nd in the 2022 W Series.

Endurance racing

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.[18] The pairing won the penultimate round of the campaign in Barcelona. She and Marschall will continue in the class in 2018.

LMP2

Visser made her prototype début in the 2020 European Le Mans Series for Signature Team, replacing regular driver Katherine Legge after she was injured testing the teams' Oreca 07 at Circuit Paul Ricard.[19] She finished 6th in the 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps alongside Tatiana Calderón and André Negrão, and 11th in the Le Castellet 240 partnering Sophia Flörsch.[20]

Racing record

Career summary

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As Visser was a guest driver, she was ineligible to score points.

Complete Supercar Challenge results

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Complete Formula V8 3.5 Series results

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Driver did not finish, but was classified as she completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete GP3 Series results

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Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

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Complete W Series results

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Complete European Le Mans Series results

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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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References

  1. "Presentation". beitskevisser.com/. Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  2. "CIK-FIA European KZ1 Championship 2011". Driver Database. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  3. "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.
  4. "ADAC Formel Masters 2012". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  5. "Red Bull sign first-ever female driver Beitse Visser to junior team". BBC.co.uk/sport. BBC. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  6. "ADAC Formel Masters 2013". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  7. 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.
  8. "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.
  9. "Spa FR3.5: Red Bull protege Carlos Sainz Jr dominates race one". Autosport. Haymarket. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  10. Biesbrouck, Tim (4 June 2017). "Dutch student team betters lap record Circuit Zandvoort - ElectricAutosport.com". ElectricAutosport.com. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  11. "VISSER, SPENGLER NAMED BMW ANDRETTI 2018/19 FORMULA E RESERVE". FormulaRapida.net. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
  12. "W Series unveils initial 55-driver list". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  13. "Beitske Visser - W Series". W Series. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  14. "Beitske Visser: eSports Victor". W Series. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  15. "2021 Results and standings". Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  16. "Former Red Bull junior Visser joins BMW junior programme". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.


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