Patric Niederhauser

Patric Niederhauser
Patric Niederhauser
	Niederhauser racing in the DTM in 2023
Nationality	Swiss
Born	8 October 1991 (age 32); Münsingen (Switzerland)
GP3 Series career
Debut season	2012
Current team	Jenzer Motorsport
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	11
Starts	50
Wins	5
Poles	0
Fastest laps	4
Best finish	7th 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 Audi Factory Driver. He was the champion of the Formula Abarth Italian Series.

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]

Formula Abarth[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 in 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 European Series the Swiss driver finished as runner-up with five race victories, 37 points behind Sirotkin.^[3]

Formula Renault[edit]

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

GP3 Series[edit]

In 2012 Niederhauser will continue his collaboration with Jenzer Motorsport into GP3 Series.^[5]

Audi factory driver[edit]

In line with his factory duties, Niederhauser joined customer team Saintéloc Racing for the 2023 GT World Challenge Europe season. He joined fellow factory drivers Simon Gachet and Christopher Mies for a Pro entry in the Endurance Cup, and added a Sprint Cup campaign alongside Erwan Bastard.^[6]

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.^[7]

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
2010	Formula Renault 2.0 MEC	Jenzer Motorsport	2	0	0	0	2	N/A	NC†
2011	Formula Abarth Italian Series	Jenzer Motorsport	14	6	2	6	8	149	1st
2011	Formula Abarth European Series	Jenzer Motorsport	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	BVM	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	Race Performance	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2014	GP3 Series	Arden International	18	2	0	2	2	62	10th
2014	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	Attempto Racing	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	GruppeM Racing Team	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	Reiter Young Stars	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	Solite Indigo Racing	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
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Audi Sport Team Car Collection	1	0	0	0	0	28	8th
	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	Audi Sport Team Saintéloc Racing	3	1	0	0	2	50	2nd
	24H GT Series - GT4	Lionspeed by Car Collection Motorsport
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Lionspeed by Car Collection Motorsport	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	Saintéloc Racing	5	1	0	0	1	33	13th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Audi Sport Team Saintéloc
	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	Saintéloc Junior Team	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
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Rutronik Racing
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Lionspeed GP

^† 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	Race Performance	Michel Frey 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 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

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

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

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "PATRIC NIEDERHAUSER". Formula Abarth. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
^ "NIEDERHAUSER WINS IN MONZA AND IS THE NEW ITALIAN CHAMPION". Formula Abarth. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
^ "SIROTKIN WINS RACE ONE IN BARCELONA AND GETS THE TITLE". Formula Abarth. 30 October 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
^ "LO Formula Renault 2.0 Suisse 2010". Driver Database. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
^ "Jenzer Motorsport confirm Niederhauser for 2012". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
^ Goodwin, Graham (3 March 2023). "Saintéloc Junior Team Confirm 2023 GT World Challenge Europe Plans". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
^ "Marylin Niederhauser – 2015 wird ein Lehrjahr - Formel 4 News". 27 September 2016. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

External links[edit]

Patric Niederhauser career summary at DriverDB.com
Official website

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 Michael Ammermüller Christian Engelhart

[Abarth-1] "PATRIC NIEDERHAUSER". Formula Abarth. Retrieved 31 October 2011.

[2] "NIEDERHAUSER WINS IN MONZA AND IS THE NEW ITALIAN CHAMPION". Formula Abarth. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.

[3] "SIROTKIN WINS RACE ONE IN BARCELONA AND GETS THE TITLE". Formula Abarth. 30 October 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.

[4] "LO Formula Renault 2.0 Suisse 2010". Driver Database. Retrieved 31 October 2011.

[Niederhauser-5] "Jenzer Motorsport confirm Niederhauser for 2012". GP3 Series. GP2 Motorsport Limited. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.

[6] Goodwin, Graham (3 March 2023). "Saintéloc Junior Team Confirm 2023 GT World Challenge Europe Plans". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

[7] "Marylin Niederhauser – 2015 wird ein Lehrjahr - Formel 4 News". 27 September 2016. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2022.

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