Nicki Thiim


Nicki Thiim is a Danish professional racing driver, and Aston Martin Racing works driver in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Biography

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. 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.
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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. 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, 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.
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 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

* Season still in progress.

Complete Porsche Supercup results

YearTeam1234567891011DCPoints
2011Attempto RacingTURESPMONNNS
Ret		GBRNÜRHUNNC0
2011SANITEC Aquiles MRS TeamBEL
14		ITA
11		UAEUAENC0
2012Hermes Attempto RacingBHR
7		BHR
6		MON
Ret		VAL
4		GBR
8		GER
5		HUN
4		HUN
2		BEL
1		ITA
3		3rd123
2013Attempto RacingESP
2		MON
8		GBR
1		GER
2		HUN
8		BEL
8		ITA
1		UAE
1		UAE
1		1st140
2014Lechner Racing TeamESPMONAUTGBR
20		GER
1		HUN
2		BEL
2		ITA
6		USA
1		USA
11		8th91

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

* Season still in progress.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Complete TCR International Series results

YearTeamCar12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
2015Liqui Moly Team EngstlerAudi TT CupSEP
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		13th30

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

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results

Complete British GT Championship results

YearTeamCarClass123456789DCPoints
2018TF Sport AMRAston Martin V12 Vantage GT3GT3OUL
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		3rd148
2019TF SportAston Martin Vantage AMR GT3GT3OUL
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		8th72.5

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

YearEntrantClassMakeEngine1234567891011RankPoints
2020Heart of Racing TeamGTDAston Martin Vantage AMR GT3Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8DAY
18		DAYSEBELKVIRWGLLIMMDOPETLGASEB32nd*13*

* Season still in progress.