Race
Career
I'm sitting alone in the car. But this car represents everyone who made this possible. My parents, who were already there when I first got into a go-kart at age five.
Friends who travel kilometers to every game just to be there. Partners and sponsors who believed in this story before there were any results to back it up.
Without them, there would be no podium, no pole position, no season. Every victory belongs to all of us.
Upcoming Races
- Prologue
Barcelona
April 6–7, 2026
- 4 Hours
Barcelona
April 12, 2026
P5
- 4 Hours
Le Castellet
May 3, 2026
P7
- 4 Hours
Imola
July 5, 2026
P4
- 4 Hours
Spa-Francorchamps
August 23, 2026
P6
- Goodyear 4 Hours
Silverstone
September 13, 2026
P3
- 4 Hours
Portimão
October 10, 2026
Our Journey
It all started with a boy and a go-kart. We could never have imagined what would grow out of that. A team, a family, a group of people united behind a single dream. This is our journey to the top.
Victories
- 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
August 2025 Spa, Belgium WINNER
One second. That was the margin at the finish line. After four hours of racing, two pit stops, and a thrilling final stretch, we finished ahead of the runner-up. The grandstands, the pit box, and the people watching at home: that first ELMS victory belongs to all of us.
- ELMS LMP3 Championship
2025 Championship 2nd place
Six races across Europe. Five countries. One season that proved what we were capable of. We finished second in the LMP3 class of the European Le Mans Series. That was enough to know that the next step was the only way forward.
- LMP3 Debut Podium in Barcelona
November 2023 Barcelona, Spain LMP3 debut
Race 1 was canceled because of the rain. I had been working toward it for months, together with everyone around me. In Race 2, we finished in third place. That’s how the endurance race began.
Career Timeline
- 2012–2018
Go-karting
When I was five, I stepped onto a go-kart track in Lelystad for the first time. When I was eight, I raced in my first competition, with my parents cheering me on from the sidelines. In 2016, we went to the RMC Grand Finals in Sarno, Italy: the world championship for the Mini Max class. Eight hundred kilometers from home, among the best young go-karters in the world. The people around me have never left my side since.
- 2019–2020
Ford Fiesta Sprint Cup
The transition from karting to car racing is bigger than most people think—and bigger than I expected. More weight, more grip, a completely different way of driving.
In the Ford Fiesta Sprint Cup, I learned what racing on four wheels really means. In 2020, we finished third in the championship, with a team that had grown significantly by then.
- 2021
Formula 4
At MP Motorsport, we raced in Formula 4 in Spain: open-wheel racing, full aerodynamics, a car that really feels different when pushed to the limit. One pole position, three podium finishes, and a sixth-place finish in the championship.
- 2021–2023
Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux
That was followed by two seasons in the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux: GT racing at circuits like Zandvoort, Spa, and Zolder. Each class brought in new people who believed in this story.
- 2024–2025
LMP3 Endurance
Endurance racing is a different kind of racing. For four hours, it’s all about tire management, pit stop timing, and the decisions you make when the going gets tough.
We made our debut in 2023 with a podium finish in Barcelona and competed in the full ELMS season in 2025 with Team Virage. We won at Spa. We finished second in the championship. The crowd cheering us on every weekend was bigger than ever.
- 2026
LMP2 PRO/AM Rossa Racing by Virage
The move to LMP2 is the biggest step we’ve taken together. An Oreca 07 with a Gibson V8—faster and more demanding than anything we’ve driven before. At the prologue in Barcelona, we set the fastest time in the LMP2 class. The season is underway. Le Mans is closer than ever. And we’ll be there together.
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