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Bent Viscaal

Bent Max Calvin Viscaal (born 18 September 1999 in Almelo) is a Dutch racing driver who is competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Iron Lynx. He previously raced in the European Le Mans Series for Algarve Pro Racing, as well as the Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 championships.

Bent Viscaal
Viscaal at the Red Bull Ring in 2019
NationalityNetherlands Dutch
Born (1999-09-18) 18 September 1999 (age 25)
Almelo, Overijssel
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season2022
Current teamIron Lynx
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number9
Former teamsARC Bratislava
Prema Racing
Starts9 (9 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Previous series
2022
2021
2019-2020
2018
2017
2017		European Le Mans Series
FIA Formula 2 Championship
FIA Formula 3 Championship
Euroformula Open Championship
F4 Spanish Championship
SMP F4 Championship

He is the runner-up of the 2018 Euroformula Open Championship as well as the 2017 F4 Spanish Championship. Viscaal resides in a small Dutch town called Albergen.[1][2]

Early career

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Karting career

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Viscaal made his motor racing debut in karting in 2010 in the Dutch Mini Juniors Championship. In 2011, he became champion in the Mini Juniors class of the Euro Wintercup, and in 2012 he finished second in the Dutch KF3 Championship. From that season he also participated in foreign races, especially in Germany. In 2014 he made his debut in international karting in the European KF Junior Championship. In 2015 he became champion in the German Junior Championship. In 2016, he drove his last season in karts, in which he finished sixth in the OK class of the European Championship.[citation needed]

Lower formulae

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In 2017, Viscaal made the switch to formula racing and made his debut in Formula 4 in both the SMP and Spanish Formula 4 Championships for MP Motorsport.[3][4] In the SMP championship, he won four races at the Ahvenisto Race Circuit, the Auto24ring and the TT Circuit Assen (twice), finishing second in the final standings with 218 points behind Christian Lundgaard. In the Spanish championship, he won five races at the Circuito de Navarra, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the Circuit Paul Armagnac (twice) and the Autódromo do Estoril, yet again finishing second in this championship behind Lundgaard with a 266 points deficit.[5]

Euroformula Open Championship

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In 2018, Viscaal switched to the Euroformula Open Championship to make his Formula 3 debut for the Teo Martín Motorsport team.[6] In a season dominated by Felipe Drugovich, he won a race at Silverstone and finished on the podium in eleven other races, finishing second behind Drugovich with 246 points. He did win the rookie championship with fourteen wins, one second place and one retirement in sixteen races. The Euroformula Open also hosted the Spanish Formula 3 championship, in which Viscaal was also second behind Drugovich with five second places.[7]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

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Viscaal with HWA Racelab in 2019

In 2019, Viscaal switched to the new FIA Formula 3 Championship, where he raced for the HWA Racelab team.[8] He had a reasonable debut season, but only managed to score a fifth place at the Circuit Paul Ricard. With 10 points, he finished fifteenth in the championship. At the end of the year, he drove in a race weekend of the MRF Challenge at the Bahrain International Circuit, winning two of the four races and finishing on the podium in another.

In 2020, Viscaal remained in FIA F3, but this time with MP Motorsport. At the Hungaroring he earned his first podium finish after a time penalty from Logan Sargeant.[9] In the second race of this weekend, he originally took victory, but after two time penalties of five seconds each and a late safety car phase, he was classified seventeenth in the final results.[10] At Silverstone Viscaal scored his first victory after a last-lap battle with Lirim Zendeli.[11] With 40 points, the Dutchman finished thirteenth in the final standings.[12]

FIA Formula 2 Championship

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In 2021, Viscaal switched to the Formula 2 Championship with Trident, partnering Marino Sato.[13][14] He scored his first points in round three at the Baku Street Circuit where he finished fourth, giving Trident their best race finish in the modern F2 era.[15] Following a point-less round at Silverstone Viscaal finished seventh after having started from 18th in a chaotic first sprint race at Monza, thus propelling him to fourth on the starting grid for the second race. He managed to move up to second by the checkered flag and scored his first ever Formula 2 podium, which was also Trident's first in the FIA Formula 2 era.[16] The following round at the Sochi Autodrom Viscaal was forced to retire in both races after collisions in the opening laps. After a two-month break Viscaal returned to race in the final two rounds of the series. Having stated that the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, which hosted the penultimate round of the season, was "[...] one of the best tracks [he'd] ever driven",[17] Viscaal finished the sprint race in ninth place and ended race 2 in second place.[18] Viscaal left Trident and the series following the season.

Endurance racing career

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2022: First LMP2 podium

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Viscaal racing for ARC Bratislava in 2022

For 2022, Viscaal switched to endurance racing, citing the high costs of running in formula cars as his main reason. Viscaal starred in his debut race, the opening race of the 2022 European Le Mans Series season, by finishing in second position, despite having no more endurance experience than a handful of testing laps. Due to his outstanding performances, Viscaal was invited to participate in the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans with ARC Bratislava, recording the fastest 50-lap average pace of all 24 Hours race debutants.

2023: WEC campaign

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In 2023, Viscaal participated in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Prema Racing in the LMP2 category, teaming up with Juan Manuel Correa, Andrea Caldarelli and Filip Ugran in the No.9 car.[19] With a best race result of fourth, the Dutchman helped his team to ninth in the teams' standings.

2024: GTP debut & ELMS

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Viscaal returned to the ELMS on a full-time basis in 2024, partnering René Binder and Giorgio Roda at Proton Competition in the LMP2 Pro-Am class. He would also return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Proton Competition w/ Iron Lynx in the LMP2 class which would return to the World Endurance Championship for a one-off[20]

In May, it was announced that Viscaal would be making his GTP debut in the IMSA SportsCar Championship at Laguna Seca, driving a Proton-fielded Porsche 963 with Gianmaria Bruni.[21]

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2010 Dutch Championship — Mini Juniors 6th
2011 Euro Wintercup — Mini Junior 1st
2012 Euro Wintercup — KF3 20th
Dutch Championship — KF3 2nd
German Karting Championship — Junior 30th
2013 Trofeo delle Industrie — KF3 28th
German Karting Championship — Junior 19th
2014 WSK Champions Cup — KFJ CRG Holland 36th
German Karting Championship — Junior 19th
CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ Zanardi 48th
2015 South Garda Winter Cup — KFJ 6th
CIK-FIA European Championship — KFJ Viscaal, Jeroen 11th
German Karting Championship — Junior KSM Racing Team 1st
CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ 19th
WSK Final Cup — KF 10th
2016 WSK Champions Cup — OK KSM Schumacher Racing Team 9th
South Garda Winter Cup — OK 9th
German Karting Championship — DSKM 22nd
German Karting Championship — Senior 8th
WSK Super Master Series — OK 21st
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 6th
CIK-FIA International Super Cup — KZ2 CRG Holland 26th

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2017 SMP F4 Championship MP Motorsport 21 3 0 1 8 218 2nd
F4 Spanish Championship 19 5 3 8 13 266 2nd
2018 Euroformula Open Championship Teo Martín Motorsport 16 1 4 2 12 240 2nd
Spanish Formula 3 Championship 6 0 1 1 5 104 2nd
2019 FIA Formula 3 Championship HWA Racelab 16 0 0 0 0 10 15th
2019–20 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 MRF Racing 4 2 0 2 3 72 11th
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship MP Motorsport 18 1 0 1 2 40 13th
2021 FIA Formula 2 Championship Trident 23 0 0 0 2 34 14th
2022 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Algarve Pro Racing 6 0 0 0 1 37 9th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 ARC Bratislava 2 0 0 0 0 0 26th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 21st
2023 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Prema Racing 7 0 0 0 0 57 10th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 16th
European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am Algarve Pro Racing 2 0 0 0 0 27 14th
Proton Competition 2 0 0 0 0
2024 European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am Proton Competition 6 1 5 0 4 95 3rd
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP Proton Competition Mustang Sampling 6 0 0 1 0 1577 11th

Complete SMP F4 Championship results

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(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 19 20 21 Pos Points
2017 MP Motorsport SOC
1
2 		SOC
2
8 		SOC
3
2 		SMO
1
8 		SMO
2
5 		SMO
3
8 		AHV
1
1 		AHV
2
Ret 		AHV
3
8 		AUD
1
9 		AUD
2
14 		AUD
3
1 		MSC1
1
4 		MSC1
2
4 		MSC1
3
7 		MSC2
1
5 		MSC2
2
6 		MSC2
3
3 		ASS
1
1 		ASS
2
1 		ASS
3
2 		2nd 218

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results

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(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 19 20 Pos Points
2017 MP Motorsport ALC
1
Ret 		ALC
2
3 		ALC
3
8 		NAV1
1
6 		NAV1
2
2 		NAV1
3
1 		CAT
1
1 		CAT
2
2 		JER
1
7 		JER
2
7 		JER
3
4 		NAV2
1
2 		NAV2
2
3 		NAV2
3
2 		NOG
1
1 		NOG
2
1 		NOG
3
2 		EST
1
1 		EST
2
2 		EST
3
DNS 		2nd 266

Complete Euroformula Open Championship results

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(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 DC Points
2018 Teo Martín Motorsport EST
1
5 		EST
2
3 		LEC
1
2 		LEC
2
7 		SPA
1
5 		SPA
2
3 		HUN
1
2 		HUN
2
2 		SIL
1
2 		SIL
2
1 		MNZ
1
Ret 		MNZ
2
2 		JER
1
2 		JER
2
2 		CAT
1
3 		CAT
2
2 		2nd 246

Complete MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship results

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(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 DC Points
2019–20 MRF Racing DUB
1
 DUB
2
 DUB
3
 DUB
4
 DUB
5
 BHR
1
1 		BHR
2
2 		BHR
3
1 		BHR
4
Ret 		CHE
1
 CHE
2
 CHE
3
 CHE
4
 CHE
5
 CHE
6
 11th 72

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points
2019 HWA Racelab CAT
FEA
13 		CAT
SPR
13 		LEC
FEA
5 		LEC
SPR
20 		RBR
FEA
13 		RBR
SPR
Ret 		SIL
FEA
22 		SIL
SPR
20 		HUN
FEA
19 		HUN
SPR
10 		SPA
FEA
20 		SPA
SPR
14 		MNZ
FEA
17 		MNZ
SPR
27† 		SOC
FEA
Ret 		SOC
SPR
17 		15th 10
2020 MP Motorsport RBR
FEA
11 		RBR
SPR
11 		RBR
FEA
20 		RBR
SPR
16 		HUN
FEA
3 		HUN
SPR
17 		SIL
FEA
Ret 		SIL
SPR
16 		SIL
FEA
8 		SIL
SPR
1 		CAT
FEA
Ret 		CAT
SPR
20 		SPA
FEA
23 		SPA
SPR
16 		MNZ
FEA
8 		MNZ
SPR
DSQ 		MUG
FEA
Ret 		MUG
SPR
20 		13th 40

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2021 Trident BHR
SP1
13 		BHR
SP2
12 		BHR
FEA
17 		MCO
SP1
14 		MCO
SP2
11 		MCO
FEA
11 		BAK
SP1
10 		BAK
SP2
4 		BAK
FEA
17 		SIL
SP1
16 		SIL
SP2
Ret 		SIL
FEA
13 		MNZ
SP1
7 		MNZ
SP2
2 		MNZ
FEA
15† 		SOC
SP1
Ret 		SOC
SP2
C 		SOC
FEA
Ret 		JED
SP1
9 		JED
SP2
2 		JED
FEA
12 		YMC
SP1
13 		YMC
SP2
10 		YMC
FEA
12 		14th 34

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

Complete European Le Mans Series results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2022 Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC
2 		IMO
8 		MNZ
10 		CAT
12 		SPA
8 		ALG
5 		9th 37
2023 Algarve Pro Racing LMP2 Pro-Am Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT LEC ARA
4 		SPA
6 		14th 27
Proton Competition ALG
Ret 		ALG
7
2024 Proton Competition LMP2 Pro-Am Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
5 		LEC
2 		IMO
8 		SPA
2 		MUG
3 		ALG
1 		3rd 95

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

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

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points
2022 ARC Bratislava LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB SPA
Ret 		LMS
12 		MNZ FUJ BHR 26th 0
2023 Prema Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB
7 		ALG
5 		SPA
4 		LMS
10 		MNZ
9 		FUJ
8 		BHR
4 		10th 57

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2022   ARC Bratislava   Miroslav Konôpka
  Tristan Vautier 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 360 26th 21st
2023   Prema Racing   Juan Manuel Correa
  Filip Ugran 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 310 34th 16th
2024   Proton Competition   Macéo Capietto
  Jonas Ried 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 86 DNF DNF

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rank Points
2024 Proton Competition Mustang Sampling GTP Porsche 963 Porsche 9RD 4.6 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA
10 		DET
9 		WGL
7 		ELK
5 		IMS
5 		PET
6 		11th 1577

References

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