Introduction
Beitske Visser (born 10 March 1995) is a female racing driver from the Netherlands and a BMW Motorsport junior.
She has raced in kart, single-seater and GT series.
Career
Karting
Born in Dronten, Visser began karting in 2007 and raced in various European and International championships, working her way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the KZ1 category by 2011, when she finished in tenth position in the CIK-FIA European KZ1 Championship.
ADAC Formel Masters
2012 saw her début in the ADAC Formel Masters championship with Lotus, also known as Motopark Academy. Visser finished eighth in the championship with wins at Zandvoort and EuroSpeedway Lausitz, and another ten point-scoring finishes.
She joined the Red Bull Junior Team racing academy at the start of the 2013 season but was dropped from the program at the end of the season.
She remained in the series with the team for the 2013 season; she won one race during the season, at the Sachsenring, and finished eighth again, in the final championship standings.
GP3 Series
In 2014, Visser competed in the opening round of the GP3 Series with Hilmer Motorsport. She also competed in the Spa-Francorchamps round of the 2015 season with Trident.
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
As well as the GP3 Series, Visser graduated to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2014, joining AVF. She scored her first point during Race 1 at Spa-Francorchamps. She completed two seasons with Adrian Valles' team, before switching to Teo Martín Motorsport in 2016. She scored a best result of 5th (Jerez 2016) and a best finish of 13th in the championship (2016).
Visser left Formula V8 at the end of 2016, and took up a development role with a student team from Eindhoven University of Technology (Automotive Technology InMotion), who were developing an electric open-wheeler. In June 2017, the team broke the EV lap record at Zandvoort, going 16 seconds faster than the previous best.
GT4
In mid-2017, she was admitted into the BMW Junior Driver programme, where she was entered into the 2017 GT4 European Series Southern Cup alongside German driver Dennis Marschall. The pairing won the penultimate round of the campaign in Barcelona. She and Marschall will continue in the class in 2018.
Formula E
Visser became, alongside Bruno Spengler, one of the test and reserve drivers for Andretti Autosport ahead of the 2018–19 Formula E season.
W Series
Visser was accepted into the qualifying stages of the 2019 W Series to be held at the Wachauring in January 2019, and would ultimately successfully qualify as one of the 18 regular drivers.
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | ADAC Formel Masters | Lotus | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 109 | 8th |
| 2013 | ADAC Formel Masters | Lotus | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 8th |
| 2014 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | AVF | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 21st |
| GP3 Series | Hilmer Motorsport | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27th | |
| 2015 | Formula Renault 3.5 Series | AVF | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23rd |
| GP3 Series | Trident | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28th | |
| 2016 | Formula V8 3.5 Series | Teo Martín Motorsport | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 13th |
| 2017 | GT4 European Series Southern Cup | MOMO-Megatron Team Partrax | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC† |
| 2018 | GT4 European Series | RN Vision STS | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100 | 6th |
| French GT4 Cup | 3Y Technology | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| 2019 | W Series | N/A | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 100 | 2nd |
| International GT Open | Senkyr Motorsport | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 11th |
As Visser was a guest driver, she was ineligible to score points.
Complete Formula V8 3.5 Series 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 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | AVF | MNZ1 Ret |
MNZ2 17 |
ALC1 18 |
ALC2 16 |
MON1 17 |
SPA1 10 |
SPA2 14 |
MSC1 13 |
MSC2 13 |
NÜR1 19 |
NÜR2 Ret |
HUN1 17 |
HUN2 12 |
LEC1 15 |
LEC2 11 |
JER1 5 |
JER2 12 |
21st | 11 | |
| 2015 | AVF | ALC1 DNS |
ALC2 19 |
MON1 13 |
SPA1 DNS |
SPA2 Ret |
HUN1 9 |
HUN2 15 |
RBR1 12 |
RBR2 10 |
SIL1 Ret |
SIL2 13 |
NÜR1 16 |
NÜR2 15 |
BUG1 14 |
BUG2 13 |
JER1 12 |
JER2 Ret |
23rd | 3 | |
| 2016 | Teo Martín Motorsport | ALC1 10 |
ALC2 12 |
HUN1 7 |
HUN2 DNS |
SPA1 7 |
SPA2 9† |
LEC1 9 |
LEC2 10 |
SIL1 9 |
SIL2 10 |
RBR1 8 |
RBR2 9 |
MNZ1 14 |
MNZ2 9 |
JER1 7 |
JER2 5 |
CAT1 10 |
CAT2 8 |
13th | 50 |
Driver did not finish, but was classified as she completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete GP3 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Hilmer Motorsport | CATFEA 19 |
CATSPR 15 |
RBRFEA | RBRSPR | SILFEA | SILSPR | HOCFEA | HOCSPR | HUNFEA | HUNSPR | SPAFEA | SPASPR | MNZFEA | MNZSPR | SOCFEA | SOCSPR | YMCFEA | YMCSPR | 27th | 0 |
| 2015 | Trident | CATFEA | CATSPR | RBRFEA | RBRSPR | SILFEA | SILSPR | HUNFEA | HUNSPR | SPAFEA Ret |
SPASPR 15 |
MNZFEA | MNZSPR | SOCFEA | SOCSPR | BHRFEA | BHRSPR | YMCFEA | YMCSPR | 28th | 0 |
Complete W Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | HOC 4 |
ZOL 1 |
MIS 2 |
NRM 2 |
ASS 4 |
BRH 3 |
2nd | 100 |