Английская Википедия:Benjamin Goethe

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox racing driver Benjamin Goethe (alternatively spelt Gøthe or Göthe, born 2 April 2003) is a Danish-German racing driver. He is the current champion of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup in the Silver Cup category.

Early life

Goethe and his younger brother Oliver were educated at Millfield School.

Early career

Karting

Having been introduced to motorsport at a young age, Goethe started his karting career in 2015. He first raced in various regional and national competitions in France, before competing in a select few international events in 2017, his final year of kart racing.

Formula 4

Goethe made his single-seater debut in 2018, where he competed in the F4 Spanish Championship for Drivex School. The Dane experienced a challenging campaign, as he finished 13th in the standings with a highest race result of fifth at Jerez.

Sportscar career

2019 – GT debut

In 2019, Goethe switched to sportscar racing, driving with GPX Racing in four rounds of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup alongside Jordan Grogor and his driver coach in karting and F4, Stuart Hall. The team ended up 20th in the Silver Cup, scoring 16 points, with Goethe becoming that year's recipient of the SRO Merit Award.

The Dane also took part in the 24 Hours of Barcelona as part of the 24H GT Series, where he took his first podium in car racing, finishing third.

2020 – Move to WRT

He returned to the newly rebranded GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup the following year, this time driving for ROFGO Racing with Team WRT, having become a member of the Bullet Sports Management roster. The campaign started out in disappointing fashion, as an eighth place in class at Imola was followed up by a retirement at the Hockenheimring. At the third round, the 24 Hours of Spa, which Goethe contested as the youngest of 179 entrants, the Dane made an error in the closing stages, as he spun off in wet conditions, which forced his car to retire. The conclusion to his season proved to be more positive, as Goethe, along with teammates Stuart Hall and Rik Breukers, finished the race in fourth place in the Silver Cup, which elevated the squad to twelfth in the standings.

2021 – Double campaign

For the 2021 season, Goethe remained with the team, but this time competed in both the Endurance Cup and the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup.

He would be paired up alongside James Pull and Stuart Hall for the former championship. Their season started out strongly at the opening round in Monza, where Goethe and his teammates finished sixth in the overall results, whilst taking a podium for the Silver Cup. Despite this ending up as the only podium of their campaign, the team took fifth in the Silver Cup, with an impressive charge up the field at the Barcelona season finale being a particular highlight of Goethe's season.

In the latter series, Goethe experienced a mixed campaign, scoring only two points finishes but taking one podium in Race 2 at Misano, which put the Dane 21st overall. He summed up his season as having been "challenging", but also described it as a positive learning experience.

2022 – Silver Cup title

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The #30 Audi R8 LMS from Team WRT at the 2022 24 Hours of Spa

Goethe started his 2022 season by finishing second in the Dubai 24 Hour race, before announcing that he would stay on in both the Endurance and Sprint Cup with ROFGO Racing with Team WRT, driving with Thomas Neubauer in the Sprint series, with the pair being partnered by Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer in the former championship.

The Sprint Cup series campaign began in torrid fashion, as a first-corner retirement caused by a rival car in the first race at Brands Hatch was followed by a meager 16th place in Race 2. A pair of points finishes in class at Magny-Cours came next, before Goethe and Neubauer scored a pair of podiums for the Silver Cup, as well as their first points for the main standings, during the next event in Zandvoort. The penultimate round, held at Misano, brought significant successes to the pairing, which finished third overall in Race 1, with Goethe holding off Audi factory driver Christopher Haase in the dying embers of the contest, after which they took another class podium on Sunday. Their campaign ended with a fourth place and class podium at Valencia, which meant that Goethe and Neubauer finished third in the Silver Cup and eleventh in the overall drivers' standings.

The Danish-German's season in the Endurance Cup would prove to bring even more success, starting out with a class win at Imola, where Goethe took his first ever victory in car racing, which he called "the perfect way to start". This was followed by a pole position in the Silver category at Le Castellet, but a spin from Goethe put the win out of reach for his team, which eventually finished fourth in class. What came next were the 24 Hours of Spa, where, having avoided any mistakes, Goethe, Simmenauer and Neubauer won in the Silver Cup, putting the outfit into the lead of the championship. At the Hockenheimring, the Dane and his teammates finished third in their class, enough to clinch the Silver Cup title with one remaining round. The team finished the season in style by winning in their category at Barcelona, leaving them with 125 points, 49 ahead of second place.

With those results, Goethe, along with Neubauer, was crowned as the overall GT World Challenge Europe Silver Cup champion.

2023

At the beginning of 2023, Goethe returned to take part in the Dubai 24 Hours, this time partnering brother Oliver, father Roald, Stuart Hall and Jordan Grogor in the GT4 category, with the team ending up as the winners within said class. During the same winter, the Dane teamed up with Marvin Kirchhöfer and Alexander West at Garage 59 for the GT class of the Asian Le Mans Series. Goethe continued his relationship with Garage 59 for the remainder of the season, embarking on a full-season GT World Challenge Europe campaign in the Pro class. In the Sprint Cup, Goethe formed a pairing with Nicolai Kjærgaard, while Kirchhöfer completed the Endurance Cup trio.

Personal life

Goethe is part of a racing family, with his father Roald having been a competitor in the FIA World Endurance Championship, and his younger brother Oliver Goethe currently racing in the FIA Formula 3 Championship.

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2018	F4 Spanish Championship	Drivex School	17	0	0	0	0	39	13th
2019	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	GPX Racing	3	0	0	0	0	2	33rd
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Silver			0	0	0	0	16	20th
	Campeonato de España de Resistencia - GT		5	4	2	5	5	208	3rd
	24H GT Series – European Championship - A6		1	0	0	0	1	0	NC
	25 Hours VW Fun Cup	MAK Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	41st
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	ROFGO Racing with Team WRT	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver			0	0	0	0	31	12th
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	ADAC GT Masters	Team WRT	4	0	1	0	0	0	NC†
	Campeonato de España de Resistencia - GT	GPX Racing	2	0	0	0	1	36	15th
2021	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver	ROFGO Racing with Team WRT	5	0	0	0	1	61	5th
	GT World Challenge Sprint Cup		10	0	0	0	1	10.5	21st
	Le Mans Cup - GT3		2	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Team WRT	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24H GT Series - GT3 Pro		1	0	0	0	1	26	2nd
2022	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	ROFGO Racing with Team WRT	5	0	0	0	0	1	35th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver			3	2	0	4	125	1st
	GT World Challenge Sprint Cup		10	0	0	0	1	18.5	11th
	GT World Challenge Sprint Cup - Silver			1	0	3	5	82	3rd
	Intercontinental GT Challenge	Team WRT	1	0	0	0	0	2	18th
	24H GT Series Continents’ - GT3	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	1	0	0	0	1	29	5th
2022–23	24H GT Series Middle East Trophy - GT4	ROFGO with Dragon Racing	1	1	0	0	1	0	NC†
2023	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Garage 59	4	0	0	0	0	16	8th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		5	0	0	1	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		10	0	0	0	0	10	13th
2023–24	Middle East Trophy - GT3	ROFGO with Dragon Racing

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

Complete F4 Spanish Championship 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	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	DC	Points
2018	Drivex School	ARA 1 Шаблон:Small	ARA 2 Шаблон:Small	ARA 3 Шаблон:Small	CRT 1 Шаблон:Small	CRT 2 Шаблон:Small	CRT 3 Шаблон:Small	ALG 1 Шаблон:Small	ALG 2 Шаблон:Small	ALG 3 Шаблон:Small	CAT 1 Шаблон:Small	CAT 2 Шаблон:Small	JER 1 Шаблон:Small	JER 2 Шаблон:Small	JER 3 Шаблон:Small	NAV 1 Шаблон:Small	NAV 2 Шаблон:Small	NAV 3 Шаблон:Small	NAV 4 Шаблон:Small	13th	39

Complete GT World Challenge results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2019	GPX Racing	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Silver	MNZ Шаблон:Small	SIL Шаблон:Small	LEC Шаблон:Small	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	CAT Шаблон:Small	20th	16
2020	ROFGO Racing with Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Silver	IMO Шаблон:Small	NÜR Шаблон:Small	SPA 6H Шаблон:Small	SPA 12H Шаблон:Small	SPA 24H Шаблон:Small	LEC Шаблон:Small		12th	31
2021	ROFGO Racing with Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Silver	MNZ Шаблон:Small	LEC Шаблон:Small	SPA 6H Шаблон:Small	SPA 12H Шаблон:Small	SPA 24H Шаблон:Small	NÜR Шаблон:Small	CAT Шаблон:Small	5th	61
2022	ROFGO Racing with Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Silver	IMO Шаблон:Small	LEC Шаблон:Small	SPA 6H Шаблон:Small	SPA 12H Шаблон:Small	SPA 24H Шаблон:Small	HOC Шаблон:Small	CAT Шаблон:Small	1st	125
2023	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Pro	MNZ Шаблон:Small	LEC Шаблон:Small	SPA 6H Шаблон:Small	SPA 12H Шаблон:Small	SPA 24H Шаблон:Small	NÜR Шаблон:Small	CAT Шаблон:Small	24th	4

^*Season still in progress.

GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

(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	10	Pos.	Points
2021	ROFGO Racing with Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Pro	MAG 1 Шаблон:Small	MAG 2 Шаблон:Small	ZAN 1 Шаблон:Small	ZAN 2 Шаблон:Small	MIS 1 Шаблон:Small	MIS 2 Шаблон:Small	BRH 1 Шаблон:Small	BRH 2 Шаблон:Small	VAL 1 Шаблон:Small	VAL 2 Шаблон:Small	21st	10.5
2022	ROFGO Racing with Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Silver	BRH 1 Шаблон:Small	BRH 2 Шаблон:Small	MAG 1 Шаблон:Small	MAG 2 Шаблон:Small	ZAN 1 Шаблон:Small	ZAN 2 Шаблон:Small	MIS 1 Шаблон:Small	MIS 2 Шаблон:Small	VAL 1 Шаблон:Small	VAL 2 Шаблон:Small	3rd	82
2023	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Pro	BRH 1 Шаблон:Small	BRH 2 Шаблон:Small	MIS 1 Шаблон:Small	MIS 2 Шаблон:Small	HOC 1 Шаблон:Small	HOC 2 Шаблон:Small	VAL 1 Шаблон:Small	VAL 2 Шаблон:Small	ZAN 1 Шаблон:Small	ZAN 2 Шаблон:Small	13th	10

^* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
2020	Шаблон:Flagicon ROFGO Racing with Team WRT	Шаблон:Flagicon Rik Breukers Шаблон:Flagicon Stuart Hall	Audi R8 LMS GT3	Silver Cup	453	34th†	7th†
2021	Шаблон:Flagicon ROFGO Racing with Team WRT	Шаблон:Flagicon Franco Colapinto Шаблон:Flagicon James Pull	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Silver Cup	546	22nd	6th
2022	Шаблон:Flagicon ROFGO Racing with Team WRT	Шаблон:Flagicon Thomas Neubauer Шаблон:Flagicon Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Silver Cup	533	13th	1st

Complete Intercontinental GT Challenge results

Year	Manufacturer	Car	1	2	3	4	Pos.	Points
2020	Audi Sport	R8 LMS GT3	BAT	IND	SPA Шаблон:Small	KYA	NC	0
2021	Audi Sport	R8 LMS Evo	SPA Шаблон:Small	IND	KYA		NC	0
2022	Audi Sport	R8 LMS Evo II	BAT	SPA Шаблон:Small	IND	GUL	21st	2

Complete Dubai 24 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip
2021	Шаблон:Flagicon Team WRT	Шаблон:Flagicon Frank Bird Шаблон:Flagicon Louis Machiels Шаблон:Flagicon Kelvin van der Linde Шаблон:Flagicon Dries Vanthoor	Audi R8 LMS Evo	GT3-Pro	599	2nd	2nd
2022	Шаблон:Flagicon Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Шаблон:Flagicon Arnold Robin Шаблон:Flagicon Maxime Robin Шаблон:Flagicon Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer Шаблон:Flagicon Frédéric Vervisch	Audi R8 LMS Evo	GT3-Pro	595	2nd	2nd
2023	Шаблон:Flagicon ROFGO with Dragon Racing	Шаблон:Flagicon Oliver Goethe Шаблон:Flagicon Roald Goethe Шаблон:Flagicon Jordan Grogor Шаблон:Flagicon Stuart Hall	Mercedes-AMG GT4	GT4	566	23rd	1st

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results

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

Year	Team	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	Pos.	Points
2023	Garage 59	GT	McLaren 720S GT3	McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8	DUB 1 Шаблон:Small	DUB 2 Шаблон:Small	ABU 1 Шаблон:Small	ABU 2 Шаблон:Small	8th	16

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