Nicki Thiim

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Nicki Thiim
Nicki Thiim (cropped).JPG
Thiim in 2015
NationalityDenmark Danish
Born (1989-04-17) 17 April 1989 (age 32)
Sønderborg, Denmark
Related toKurt Thiim (father)
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2013
Current teamNorthWest AMR
Car number98
Starts47
Wins11
Podiums19
Poles12
Best finish1st 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

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.

Biography[]

NickiThiim
Personal information
Occupationracecar driver
YouTube information
Also known asTeam Thiim
Channel
Years active2011-
Genresim racing
Subscribers27.8 thousand[1]
(19 June 2021)
Total views2,559,576[1]
(19 June 2021)
Catchphrase(s)Go Hard or Go Home
Creator Awards
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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.[2] 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.[3]

Thiim racing in the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone.

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.[4] 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,[5] 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.[6]

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 [7] 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 Series Team Races Wins Poles FLaps Podiums Points Position
2004 Danish Formula Ford Championship HP Racing 11 3 1 3 6 190 4th
2005 Danish Formula Ford Championship HP Racing ? ? ? ? ? 164 4th
Formula Ford NEZ 4 0 0 0 0 10 34th
2006 Danish Formula Ford Championship HP Racing 12 5 3 0 8 281 1st
Formula Ford NEZ 4 1 0 0 2 32 13th
Formula Ford Festival – Duratec Ray Sport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup N/A 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2007 SEAT León Supercopa Germany GAG Racing Team 15 2 2 0 3 121 5th
Danish Touring Car Championship Poulsen Motorsport 6 0 0 0 2 60 17th
2008 SEAT León Supercopa Germany GAG Racing Team 16 8 5 4 12 265 1st
2009 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Attempto Racing Team 9 0 0 1 1 99 5th
2011 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Hermes Attempto Racing 9 1 2 2 3 94 3rd
Porsche Supercup 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
SANITEC Aquiles MRS Team 2 0 0 0 0
ADAC GT Masters Lambda Performance 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2012 Porsche Supercup Hermes Attempto Racing 11 1 1 0 3 123 3rd
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 17 3 2 0 7 202 3rd
ADAC GT Masters Frogreen CO2 neutral 4 0 0 0 1 21 26th
Team GT3 Kasko 2 0 0 0 0
American Le Mans Series – GTC NGT Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 7 28th
2013 Porsche Supercup Attempto Racing 9 4 3 1 6 140 1st
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 17 2 4 4 9 217 3rd
FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Am Aston Martin Racing 4 1 3 1 2 45 7th
2014 Porsche Supercup Lechner Racing Team 7 2 2 0 4 91 8th
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany QPOD Walter Lechner Racing 15 3 2 3 7 181 5th
ADAC GT Masters Prosperia C. Abt Racing 16 0 2 0 2 42 22nd
FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Am Aston Martin Racing 5 4 1 2 5 144 3rd
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Am 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st
United SportsCar Championship – GTD NGT Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 24 70th
2015 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany KÜS Team 75 Bernhard 17 2 2 3 5 169 5th
ADAC GT Masters C. Abt Racing 16 1 0 0 2 87 12th
FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Racing 3 0 1 1 0 41 13th
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Pro 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 4th
TCR International Series Liqui Moly Team Engstler 2 1 1 2 1 30 13th
Blancpain Endurance Series Phoenix Racing 1 0 0 0 1 17 16th
Blancpain Sprint Series Belgian Audi Team WRT 2 0 0 0 2 21 19th
2016 FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Racing 9 2 3 2 6 156 1st
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Pro 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
24H Series Massive Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2017 FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Racing 9 1 1 1 1 104 6th
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Pro 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th
European Le Mans Series – LMGTE TF Sport 6 1 1 0 5 102 2nd
2018 British GT Championship TF Sport AMR 9 2 2 1 6 148 3rd
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup R-Motorsport 5 1 2 0 1 29 13th
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 8th
2018–19 FIA World Endurance Championship – LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Racing 8 1 2 0 1 65.5 9th
2019 British GT Championship TF Sport 9 0 1 4 1 72.5 8th
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup R-Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Oman Racing with TF Sport 1 0 0 0 0
Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am 1 1 0 0 1 49 8th
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Racing 1 0 1 0 0 N/A DNF
2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Racing 8 3 1 1 5 172 1st
2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship - GTD Heart of Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 13 59th
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTE Pro Aston Martin Racing 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
2021 Asian Le Mans Series Phoenix Racing 4 0 0 0 3 57 4th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am NorthWest AMR 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Garage 59 AMR 1 0 0 0 1 22 13th

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
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.
2014 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark David Heinemeier Hansson
Denmark Kristian Poulsen
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Am
334 17th 1st
2015 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Christoffer Nygaard
Denmark Marco Sørensen
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Pro
330 27th 4th
2016 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Marco Sørensen
United Kingdom Darren Turner
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Pro
338 23rd 5th
2017 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Marco Sørensen
New Zealand Richie Stanaway
Aston Martin Vantage GTE GTE
Pro
334 25th 9th
2018 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Marco Sørensen
United Kingdom Darren Turner
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTE
Pro
339 23rd 8th
2019 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Marco Sørensen
United Kingdom Darren Turner
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTE
Pro
132 DNF DNF
2020 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Denmark Marco Sørensen
United Kingdom Richard Westbrook
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTE
Pro
343 22nd 3rd
2021 United Kingdom Aston Martin Racing Brazil Marcos Gomes
Canada Paul Dalla Lana
Aston Martin Vantage AMR GTE
Am
45 DNF DNF

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results[]

Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
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
2021 NorthWest AMR LMGTE Am Aston Martin Vantage AMR Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8 SPA ALG MNZ LMS
Ret
BHR BHR NC 0

Complete European Le Mans Series results[]

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
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 Asian Le Mans Series results[]

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

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Engine Class No. 1 2 3 4 Pos. Points
2021 Germany Phoenix Racing Liechtenstein Matthias Kaiser
Switzerland Simon Trummer
South Africa Kelvin van der Linde
Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 P2 5 DUB
1
3
DUB
2
3
ABU
1
4
ABU
2
3
4th 57


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
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
2015 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Audi R8 LMS ultra Pro NOG
QR
NOG
CR
BRH
QR
BRH
CR
ZOL
QR
ZOL
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
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
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[]

  1. ^ a b "About NickiThiim". YouTube.
  2. ^ Kurt Thiim replaced by Nicki Thiim Archived 1 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine – Touring Car Times, 13 August 2007
  3. ^ Volkswagen Scirocco shows class at Nürburgring Archived 13 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine – Ausringers, 25 May 2009
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Nygaard, Af Peter (14 August 2013). "Nicki Thiim erstatter afdøde Allan Simonsen i 'danskerbilen'". www.b.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Nicki Thiim's youtube channel". YouTube. Retrieved 29 July 2018.

External links[]

Sporting positions
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 Porsche Supercup
Champion

2013
Succeeded by
Preceded by 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 World Endurance GT Drivers' Championship
Champion

2019-20
With: Marco Sørensen
Succeeded by
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