Patric Niederhauser

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Patric Niederhauser
Niederhauser racing in the DTM in 2023
NationalitySwitzerland Swiss
Born (1991-10-08) 8 October 1991 (age 32)
Münsingen (Switzerland)
GP3 Series career
Debut season2012
Current teamJenzer Motorsport
Racing licence FIA Platinum
Car number11
Starts50
Wins5
Poles0
Fastest laps4
Best finish7th in 2012
Previous series
2012
2010-11
2010
Italian Formula Three
Formula Abarth
Formula Renault 2.0 MEC
Championship titles
2019
2011
ADAC GT Masters
Formula Abarth Italian Series

Patric Niederhauser (born 8 October 1991 in Münsingen) is a professional racing driver from Switzerland and a current Porsche factory driver.

He was the champion of the Formula Abarth Italian Series in 2011 and competed in the GP3 Series before switching into GT racing, where a 2019 title in the ADAC GT Masters earned him a spot in the Audi factory lineup. After four years in the programme, Niederhauser switched to Porsche ahead of 2024.

Early career[edit]

Karting[edit]

Niederhauser began karting in 2006 and raced primarily in his native Switzerland for the majority of his career, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the KF2 category by 2009, when he finished as runner-up in Swiss Karting Championship.[1]

Lower formulae[edit]

In 2010, Niederhauser graduated to single–seaters, racing in the newly launched Formula Abarth series in Italy for Jenzer Motorsport. Race victory at Varano and another five podiums at the end of the season saw him finish as runner-up in the Italian series,[1] Niederhauser remained in Formula Abarth for a second season in 2011, when the series split into the European and Italian series. He won the Italian Series title in clash with teammate (till Spa round) Sergey Sirotkin, taking six wins in fourteen races.[2] In the European Series the Swiss driver finished as runner-up with five race victories, 37 points behind Sirotkin.[3]

During 2010, Niederhauser also contested a single round of the Formula Renault 2.0 Middle European Championship at Dijon, finishing on the podium in both races.[4]

GP3 Series[edit]

In 2012, Niederhauser remained with Jenzer, moving into the GP3 Series.[5] In his debut season, two wins helped the Swiss driver towards seventh in the standings. The following year, he returned to GP3 with Jenzer.[6] The campaign proved to be less successful, as Niederhauser only scored two points finishes following a double podium at the opening round, thus ending up 13th in the standings.

In what would prove to be Niederhauser's final year in GP3, 2014 saw him switching over to Arden International. At the Hungaroring, Niederhauser broke his two-year long winless streak during the sprint race, and won again at Sochi to finish tenth overall.[7][8]

Niederhauser did not attain a seat in 2015, only competing in one round of the GP2 Series for Daiko Team Lazarus.[9]

Niederhauser competing at the Red Bull Ring during the 2022 ADAC GT Masters season.

Sportscar career[edit]

In 2016, Niederhauser made his sportscar debut, driving for Attempto Racing in the opening three rounds of the ADAC GT Masters.[10] He would also race for the team in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and GT Series Sprint Cup championships that year, collecting a best race finish of tenth in both series.[11]

For the following season, Niederhauser returned to GT Masters, this time partnering youngster Dennis Marschall at Aust Motorsport.[12] The pair scored regular points finishes in the second half of the season, though that would only be enough for 21st in the drivers' championship. Niederhauser split his attention between Europe and Asia in 2018, competing for GruppeM Racing Team in the Blancpain GT Series Asia, where his first three wins in GT3 competition helped him towards third place in the standings, and the Silver Cup class of the Blancpain Endurance Cup, where he scored a single class podium.[13][14][15]

Niederhauser came back to GT Masters for the 2019 season, racing for HCB-Rutronik Racing alongside Audi factory driver Kelvin van der Linde.[16] With three victories and four further podiums, the Swiss-South African duo managed to take the title in dominant fashion.[17][18] As a result of his performances, Niederhauser was introduced to Audi's factory driver lineup in 2020.[19] That year saw him and van der Linde drive for Rutronik once again in defence of his GT Masters title, though they lost out due to a retirement in the final race caused by a startline collision, finishing fourth overall with a single win.[20][21][22]

For the 2021 GT Masters season, Niederhauser moved to Phoenix Racing to partner second-year GT3 driver Jusuf Owega.[23] The pair struggled to take results and failed to finish on the podium, which resulted in 18th place at year's end. Niederhauser returned to Rutronik in 2022, once again being joined by an inexperienced GT driver in Luca Engstler.[24] A 14th place in the standings was the result, with the pair scoring a lone podium from a Niederhauser pole at Oschersleben. During the same year, the Swiss driver drove for Saintéloc Racing in both the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance and Sprint Cups.[25] In the former, he would score a surprise victory at the Hockenheimring, meanwhile two podiums in the latter would signify sixth overall for him and Aurélien Panis.[26]

Niederhauser remained at Saintéloc for the 2023 GT World Challenge Europe season, joining fellow factory drivers Simon Gachet and Christopher Mies for a Pro entry in the Endurance Cup, and partnering GT3 rookie Erwan Bastard in the Sprint Cup.[27] Despite not scoring a single podium in the former, Niederhauser and his teammates ended up sixth in the standings owing to three fourth-place finishes. Meanwhile, a lone podium in the Sprint Cup resulted in tenth overall for the Swiss driver in the Sprint Cup. During the same year, Niederhauser also competed in the DTM with Tresor Orange1 fielded by Attempto Racing, though the team's struggles to settle into the series due to a low number of test days resulted in 23rd place in the championship.[28]

With the disbandment of Audi's works lineup, Niederhauser found a new home at Porsche for 2024.[29] He would compete with the marque in both the Sprint and Endurance Cups, partnering and Sven Müller in the former and being joined by Julien Andlauer in the latter on his second return to Rutronik.[30]

Personal life[edit]

Patric Niederhauser is in a relationship with racing driver Marylin Niederhauser who competed in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship. The fact that the two have identical surnames is a coincidence.[31]

Racing record[edit]

Career summary[edit]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2010 Formula Abarth Jenzer Motorsport 14 1 1 1 6 106 2nd
Formula Renault 2.0 MEC 2 0 0 0 2 N/A NC†
2011 Formula Abarth Italian Series Jenzer Motorsport 14 6 2 6 8 149 1st
Formula Abarth European Series 14 5 1 6 9 138 2nd
2012 GP3 Series Jenzer Motorsport 16 2 0 1 4 101 7th
Italian Formula 3 European Series BVM 9 1 0 1 2 48 11th
Italian Formula 3 Italian Series 3 0 0 0 0 10 13th
2013 GP3 Series Jenzer Motorsport 16 0 0 0 2 33 13th
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Race Performance 4 0 0 0 1 40 9th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th
2014 GP3 Series Arden International 18 2 0 2 2 62 10th
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Race Performance 1 0 0 0 0 12 20th
2015 GP2 Series Daiko Team Lazarus 2 0 0 0 0 0 34th
2016 ADAC GT Masters ADAC NSA / Attempto Racing 6 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Attempto Racing 7 0 0 0 0 1 31st
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 5 0 0 0 0 2 46th
2017 ADAC GT Masters Aust Motorsport 14 0 0 1 0 34 21st
2018 Blancpain GT Series Asia GruppeM Racing Team 12 3 2 1 4 123 3rd
Blancpain GT Series Asia - Silver Cup 12 3 2 1 6 142 4th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Reiter Young Stars 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Silver Cup 4 0 0 0 1 36 11th
GT4 Central European Cup - Pro-Am K Racing - Reiter 2 1 1 1 2 50 11th
2019 ADAC GT Masters HCB-Rutronik Racing 14 3 3 1 7 205 1st
GT4 European Series - Silver True Racing 12 1 0 2 4 121 5th
Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia Solite Indigo Racing 2 0 0 0 0 8 35th
Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia - Silver Cup 2 0 0 0 0 18 17th
FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup Team Switzerland 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 17th
2020 ADAC GT Masters Rutronik Racing 13 1 0 1 4 160 4th
International GT Open Reiter Engineering 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Audi Sport Team Attempto Racing 1 0 0 0 1 23 14th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Audi Sport Team Attempto Racing 1 0 0 0 1 28 8th
Audi Sport Team Car Collection 1 0 0 0 0
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Car Collection Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 15th
2021 ADAC GT Masters Phoenix Racing 13 0 0 0 0 54 18th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Racing 1 0 0 0 0 8 24th
Intercontinental GT Challenge 3 1 0 0 2 50 2nd
24H GT Series - GT4 Lionspeed by Car Collection Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 20th
24H GT Series - P4 Car Collection Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2022 ADAC GT Masters Rutronik Racing 14 0 1 0 1 104 14th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Saintéloc Racing 9 0 0 0 2 49.5 6th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 5 1 0 0 1 33 13th
Intercontinental GT Challenge Audi Sport Team Saintéloc 2 0 0 0 1 15 15th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Audi Sport Team Car Collection 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Tresor Orange1 16 0 0 0 0 23 23rd
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup Saintéloc Junior Team 10 0 0 0 1 13 10th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup 5 0 0 0 0 41 6th
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9 Audi Sport Team Land 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 6th
2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Rutronik Racing 1 0 0 0 0 10* 5th*
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 4 0 0 0 0 11 9th*
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Lionspeed GP 2 0 0 0 2 * *
Intercontinental GT Challenge

As Niederhauser was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. * Season still in progress.

Complete GP3 Series results[edit]

(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 D.C. Points
2012 Jenzer Motorsport CAT
FEA

4
CAT
SPR

5
MON
FEA

Ret
MON
SPR

15
VAL
FEA

8
VAL
SPR

1
SIL
FEA

10
SIL
SPR

3
HOC
FEA

1
HOC
SPR

9
HUN
FEA

16
HUN
SPR

2
SPA
FEA

11
SPA
SPR

6
MNZ
FEA

5
MNZ
SPR

Ret
7th 101
2013 Jenzer Motorsport CAT
FEA

2
CAT
SPR

3
VAL
FEA

13
VAL
SPR

Ret
SIL
FEA

15
SIL
SPR

11
NÜR
FEA

12
NÜR
SPR

8
HUN
FEA

25
HUN
SPR

15
SPA
FEA

Ret
SPA
SPR

9
MNZ
FEA

8
MNZ
SPR

Ret
YMC
FEA

Ret
YMC
SPR

15
13th 33
2014 Arden International CAT
FEA

10
CAT
SPR

9
RBR
FEA

10
RBR
SPR

6
SIL
FEA

13
SIL
SPR

Ret
HOC
FEA

12
HOC
SPR

6
HUN
FEA

6
HUN
SPR

1
SPA
FEA

Ret
SPA
SPR

Ret
MNZ
FEA

13
MNZ
SPR

19
SOC
FEA

8
SOC
SPR

1
YMC
FEA

7
YMC
SPR

DSQ
10th 62

Complete European Le Mans Series results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 Rank Points
2013 Race Performance LMP2 Oreca 03 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 SIL
2
IMO
4
RBR
5
HUN
Ret
LEC 9th 40
2014 Race Performance LMP2 Oreca 03 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 SIL IMO RBR LEC EST
4
20th 12

24 Hours of Le Mans results[edit]

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2013 Switzerland Race Performance Switzerland Michel Frey
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
Oreca 03-Judd LMP2 314 18th 9th

Complete GP2 Series results[edit]

(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 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2015 Daiko Team Lazarus BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
MON
FEA
MON
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA

17
MNZ
SPR

17
SOC
FEA
SOC
SPR
BHR
FEA
BHR
SPR
YMC
FEA
YMC
SPR
34th 0

Complete ADAC GT Masters results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2016 ADAC NSA / Attempto Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 OSC
1

16
OSC
2

Ret
SAC
1

Ret
SAC
2

16
LAU
1

14
LAU
2

Ret
RBR
1
RBR
2
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
ZAN
1
ZAN
2
HOC
1
HOC
2
NC 0
2017 Aust Motorsport Audi R8 LMS OSC
1

24
OSC
2

Ret
LAU
1

Ret
LAU
2

8
RBR
1

15
RBR
2

11
ZAN
1

11
ZAN
2

7
NÜR
1

4
NÜR
2

5
SAC
1

21
SAC
2

10
HOC
1

13
HOC
2

10
21st 34
2019 Rutronik Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo OSC
1

2
OSC
2

4
MST
1

1
MST
2

4
RBR
1

4
RBR
2

3
ZAN
1

17
ZAN
2

9
NÜR
1

3
NÜR
2

2
HOC
1

9
HOC
2

1
SAC
1

19
SAC
2

1
1st 205
2020 Rutronik Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo LAU1
1

6
LAU1
2

5
NÜR
1

3
NÜR
2

10
HOC
1

2
HOC
2

1
SAC
1

7
SAC
2

3
RBR
1

8
RBR
2

8
LAU2
1

5
LAU2
2

6
OSC
1

6
OSC
2

Ret
4th 160
2021 Aust Motorsport Audi R8 LMS Evo OSC
1

10
OSC
2

18
RBR
1

15
RBR
2

12
ZAN
1

22
ZAN
2

9
LAU
1

Ret
LAU
2

16
SAC
1

22
SAC
2

6
HOC
1

5
HOC
2

Ret
NÜR
1

12
NÜR
2

5
18th 54
2022 Rutronik Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II OSC
1

9
OSC
2

21
RBR
1

9
RBR
2

10
ZAN
1

10
ZAN
2

18†
NÜR
1

4
NÜR
2

12
LAU
1

42
LAU
2

7
SAC
1

6
SAC
2

Ret
HOC
1

13
HOC
2

Ret
14th 104

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup results[edit]

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2016 Attempto Racing Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Pro MIS
QR

18
MIS
CR

10
BRH
QR

25
BRH
CR

Ret
NÜR
QR

12
NÜR
CR

19
HUN
QR

Ret
HUN
CR

DNS
CAT
QR
CAT
CR
31st 1
2022 Saintéloc Racing Audi R8 LMS Evo II Pro BRH
1

5
BRH
2

6
MAG
1

4
MAG
2

3
ZAN
1

5
ZAN
2

7
MIS
1

Ret
MIS
2

DNS
VAL
1

9
VAL
2

2
6th 49.5
2023 Saintéloc Junior Team Audi R8 LMS Evo II Pro BRH
1

28
BRH
2

10
MIS
1

17
MIS
2

7
HOC
1

31†
HOC
2

3
VAL
1

12
VAL
2

17
ZAN
1

Ret
ZAN
2

Ret
10th 13
2024 Rutronik Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) Pro BRH
1

14
BRH
2

8
MIS
1

7
MIS
2

5
HOC
1

HOC
2

MAG
1

MAG
2

CAT
1

CAT
2

9th* 11*

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance. * Season still in progress.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results[edit]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
2023 Tresor Orange1 Audi R8 LMS Evo II OSC
1

Ret
OSC
2

19
ZAN
1

20
ZAN
2

8
NOR
1

15
NOR
2

Ret
NÜR
1

9
NÜR
2

Ret
LAU
1

Ret
LAU
2

Ret
SAC
1

Ret
SAC
2

9
RBR
1

23
RBR
2

17
HOC
1

19
HOC
2

19
23rd 23

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External links[edit]

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Brandon Maïsano
Formula Abarth
Formula Abarth Italian Series
Champion

2011
Succeeded by
Nicolas Costa
Preceded by
Mathieu Jaminet
Robert Renauer
ADAC GT Masters
Champion

2019
With: Kelvin van der Linde
Succeeded by