Nicki Thiim
Nicki Thiim (born 17 April 1989 in Sønderborg, Denmark) is a Danish professional racing driver, and Aston Martin Racing works driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
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Thiim in 2015 | |
Nationality | Danish |
Born | Sønderborg, Denmark | 17 April 1989
Related to | Kurt Thiim (father) |
FIA World Endurance Championship career | |
Debut season | 2013 |
Current team | Aston Martin Racing |
Car number | 95 |
Starts | 46 |
Wins | 11 |
Podiums | 19 |
Poles | 12 |
Best finish | 1st in 2016, 2019-20 |
Previous series | |
2011-12, 14-15 2011-14 2009-15 2007-08 | ADAC GT Masters Porsche Supercup Porsche Carrera Cup Germany SEAT León Supercopa Germany |
Championship titles | |
2016, 2019-20 2013 2008 2006 | World Cup for GT Drivers Porsche Supercup SEAT León Supercopa Germany Danish Formula Ford Championship |
Biography
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Personal information | |
Occupation | racecar driver |
YouTube information | |
Also known as | Team Thiim |
Years active | 2011- |
Genre | sim racing |
Subscribers | 24,265 (4 September 2019) |
Total views | 1,937,222 (4 September 2019) |
Catchphrase(s) | Go Hard or Go Home |
After competing in karting, Thiim won the 2006 Danish Formula Ford Championship. In 2007 he switched to touring car racing, where he finished 5th in the Seat León Supercopa Germany and raced a BMW 3 Series in the Danish Touring Car Championship.[1] The driver won the 2008 Seat León Supercopa Germany with 8 wins in 16 races.
Thiim advanced to the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2009, finishing 5th. He also won the SP3T class at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring driving a works Volkswagen Scirocco.[2]
Thiim finished 4th in the 2011 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, collecting a win and four podiums.
In 2012, Thiim raced in the Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, finishing 3rd in both. He also got three podiums in the ADAC GT Masters driving a Porsche 911. He continued in both the Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2013 and became Porsche Supercup champion.[3] In the same year, he scored the overall victory at 24 Hours of Nurburgring
After the tragic crash at the 24 Heures du Mans that claimed the life of Aston Martin Racing Young Driver team driver Allan Simonsen, Thiim was the replacement driver for the #95 car for the next three races in the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season,[4] and subsequently earned a full-time drive for Aston Martin Racing starting in the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship season. He took the GT Championship with Aston Martin in 2016.[5]
Thiim is a popular driver in the Sim racing scene racing mainly on the iRacing service. He frequently uploads his races on his Twitch and YouTube channels [6] He often refers to his fanbase as "TeamThiim" and has over 20,000 YouTube followers. As well as frequently streaming his races on Twitch.tv.
Nicki Thiim is also well known for his charity 12 hour race where he raised money for Danish children with cancer by hosting a sim racing event attracting over 45 teams and 200+ drivers and raised over 100,000 DKK.
Nicki is also a huge fan of the Ford Ka, which he believes is a compact yet substantial car to drive.
Racing record
Career summary
Complete Porsche Supercup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Points |
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2011 | Attempto Racing | TUR | ESP | MON | NNS Ret |
GBR | NÜR | HUN | NC | 0 | ||||
SANITEC Aquiles MRS Team | BEL 14 |
ITA 11 |
UAE | UAE | ||||||||||
2012 | Hermes Attempto Racing | BHR 7 |
BHR 6 |
MON Ret |
VAL 4 |
GBR 8 |
GER 5 |
HUN 4 |
HUN 2 |
BEL 1 |
ITA 3 |
3rd | 123 | |
2013 | Attempto Racing | ESP 2 |
MON 8 |
GBR 1 |
GER 2 |
HUN 8 |
BEL 8 |
ITA 1 |
UAE 1 |
UAE 1 |
1st | 140 | ||
2014 | Lechner Racing Team | ESP | MON | AUT | GBR 20 |
GER 1 |
HUN 2 |
BEL 2 |
ITA 6 |
USA 1 |
USA 11 |
8th | 91 |
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2014 | Aston Martin Racing | David Heinemeier Hansson Kristian Poulsen |
Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Am |
334 | 17th | 1st |
2015 | Aston Martin Racing | Christoffer Nygaard Marco Sørensen |
Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Pro |
330 | 27th | 4th |
2016 | Aston Martin Racing | Marco Sørensen Darren Turner |
Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Pro |
338 | 23rd | 5th |
2017 | Aston Martin Racing | Marco Sørensen Richie Stanaway |
Aston Martin Vantage GTE | GTE Pro |
334 | 25th | 9th |
2018 | Aston Martin Racing | Marco Sørensen Darren Turner |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | GTE Pro |
339 | 23rd | 8th |
2019 | Aston Martin Racing | Marco Sørensen Darren Turner |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | GTE Pro |
132 | DNF | DNF |
2020 | Aston Martin Racing | Marco Sørensen Richard Westbrook |
Aston Martin Vantage AMR | GTE Pro |
343 | 22nd | 3rd |
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results
Year | Entrant | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
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2013 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Am | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL | SPA | LMS | SÃO Ret |
COA 2 |
FUJ | SHA Ret |
BHR 1 |
7th | 45 | |
2014 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Am | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 1 |
SPA | LMS 1 |
COA | FUJ 1 |
SHA | BHR 1 |
SÃO 2 |
3rd | 144 | |
2015 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 4 |
SPA | LMS 6 |
NÜR | COA | FUJ | SHA | BHR 4 |
13th | 41 | |
2016 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 3 |
SPA Ret |
LMS 2 |
NÜR 3 |
MEX 3 |
COA 1 |
FUJ 5 |
SHA 4 |
BHR 1 |
1st | 156 |
2017 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 6 |
SPA 8 |
LMS 5 |
NÜR 4 |
MEX 1 |
COA 4 |
FUJ 7 |
SHA 5 |
BHR 7 |
6th | 104 |
2018–19 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | SPA 7 |
LMS 5 |
SIL 17 |
FUJ 6 |
SHA 1 |
SEB 9 |
SPA 7 |
LMS Ret |
9th | 65.5 | |
2019–20 | Aston Martin Racing | LMGTE Pro | Aston Martin Vantage AMR | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | SIL 5 |
FUJ 1 |
SHA 5 |
BHR 1 |
COA 1 |
SPA 2 |
LMS 3 |
BHR 5 |
1st | 172 |
Complete European Le Mans Series results
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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2017 | TF Sport | GTE | Aston Martin Vantage GTE | Aston Martin 4.5 L V8 | SIL 1 |
MNZ 2 |
RBR 3 |
LEC 2 |
SPA 5 |
ALG 3 |
2nd | 102 |
Complete TCR International Series results
(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 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
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2015 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Audi TT Cup | SEP 1 |
SEP 2 |
SHA 1 |
SHA 2 |
VAL 1 |
VAL 2 |
ALG 1 1 |
ALG 2 13† |
MNZ 1 |
MNZ 2 |
SAL 1 |
SAL 2 |
SOC 1 |
SOC 2 |
RBR 1 |
RBR 2 |
MRN 1 |
MRN 2 |
CHA 1 |
CHA 2 |
MAC 1 |
MAC 2 |
13th | 30 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Points |
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2015 | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS ultra | Pro | NOG QR |
NOG CR |
BRH QR |
BRH CR |
ZOL QR |
ZOL CR |
MOS QR |
MOS CR |
ALG QR |
ALG CR |
MIS QR |
MIS CR |
ZAN QR 2 |
ZAN CR 3 |
19th | 21 |
Complete British GT Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
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2018 | TF Sport AMR | Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 | GT3 | OUL 1 11 |
OUL 2 3 |
ROC 1 8 |
SNE 1 1 |
SNE 2 3 |
SIL 1 1 |
SPA 1 Ret |
BRH 1 3 |
DON 1 2 |
3rd | 148 |
2019 | TF Sport | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | GT3 | OUL 1 10 |
OUL 2 Ret |
SNE 1 8 |
SNE 2 4 |
SIL 1 2 |
DON 1 9 |
SPA 1 5 |
BRH 1 7 |
DON 1 10 |
8th | 72.5 |
Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
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2020 | Heart of Racing Team | GTD | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 | DAY 18 |
DAY | SEB | ELK | VIR | ATL | MDO | CLT | PET | LGA | SEB | 59th | 13 |
References
- Kurt Thiim replaced by Nicki Thiim Archived 1 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine – Touring Car Times, 13 August 2007
- Volkswagen Scirocco shows class at Nürburgring Archived 13 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine – Ausringers, 25 May 2009
- "Nicki Thiim vinder Porsche Super Cup". Bil magasinet (in Danish). 4 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- Nygaard, Af Peter (14 August 2013). "Nicki Thiim erstatter afdøde Allan Simonsen i 'danskerbilen'". www.b.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- "Nicki Thiim står foran en udfordring". jv.dk (in Danish). 17 June 2016. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- "Nicki Thiim's youtube channel". Retrieved 29 July 2018.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nicki Thiim. |
- Official website
- Nicki Thiim career summary at DriverDB.com
- 2012 Interview (in Danish)
- Nicki Thiim at Racing Sports Cars
- Nicki Thiim at Speedsport Magazine
- Nicki Thiim's channel on YouTube
- Nicki Thiim on Twitch
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Mark Kamstrup |
Danish Formula Ford Championship Champion 2006 |
Succeeded by Christian Markussen |
Preceded by Thomas Marschall |
SEAT León Supercopa Germany Champion 2008 |
Succeeded by Thomas Marschall |
Preceded by René Rast |
Porsche Supercup Champion 2013 |
Succeeded by Earl Bamber |
Preceded by Richard Lietz |
FIA World Endurance Cup for GT Drivers 2016 With: Marco Sørensen |
Succeeded by James Calado Alessandro Pier Guidi (World Endurance GT Drivers' Championship) |
Preceded by Michael Christensen Kévin Estre |
World Endurance GT Drivers' Championship Champion 2019-20 With: Marco Sørensen |
Succeeded by Incumbent |