Benjamin Goethe

Benjamin Goethe
Goethe in 2024
Nationality	Danish German via dual nationality
Born	(2003-04-02) 2 April 2003 (age 21) London, United Kingdom
Related to	Oliver Goethe (brother)
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup career
Debut season	2019
Current team	ROFGO Racing with Team WRT
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	30
Former teams	GPX Racing
Starts	17 (17 entries)
Wins	3
Podiums	5
Poles	2
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	1st (Silver Cup) in 2022
Previous series
2021 2020 2018	Le Mans Cup ADAC GT Masters F4 Spanish Championship
Championship titles
2022	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver

Benjamin Goethe ^[a] (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 career

Karting

Having been introduced to motorsport at a young age, Goethe started his karting career in 2015. ^[1] 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. ^[2]

Formula 4

Goethe made his single-seater debut in 2018, where he competed in the F4 Spanish Championship for Drivex School. ^[3] 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. ^{[4] [5]} The team ended up 20th in the Silver Cup, scoring 16 points, with Goethe becoming that year's recipient of the SRO Merit Award. ^[6]

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. ^[7]

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. ^{[8] [9] [10]} 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. ^[11] 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. ^{[12] [13] [14]}

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. ^[15] 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. ^[16]

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. ^[17] He summed up his season as having been "challenging", but also described it as a positive learning experience. ^[18]

2022 – Silver Cup title

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, ^[19] 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. ^{[20] [21]}

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 Circuit Zandvoort. ^[22] 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. ^{[23] [24]} 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. ^[25]

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". ^{[26] [27]} 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. ^[28] 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. ^{[29] [30]} At the Hockenheimring, the Dane and his teammates finished third in their class, enough to clinch the Silver Cup title with one remaining round. ^{[31] [32]} The team finished the season in style by winning in their category at Barcelona, leaving them with 125 points, 49 ahead of second place. ^{[33] [34]}

With those results, Goethe, along with Neubauer, was crowned as the overall GT World Challenge Europe Silver Cup champion. ^{[35] [36]}

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. ^[37] 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. ^[38] 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. ^[39]

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 is currently racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship. ^[40]

He was educated at the Millfield School, which is located in Somerset. ^[41]

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	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC†
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Garage 59	1	0	0	0	0	0*	NC*
	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup		10	0	0	0	1	38.5	7th
	British GT Championship - GT3	Orange Racing powered by JMH
2024–25	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Optimum Motorsport

^† 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 Ret	ARA 2 8	ARA 3 Ret	CRT 1 7	CRT 2 10	CRT 3 8	ALG 1 11	ALG 2 Ret	ALG 3 Ret	CAT 1 C	CAT 2 6	JER 1 7	JER 2 5	JER 3 11	NAV 1 9	NAV 2 Ret	NAV 3 7	NAV 4 9	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 DNS	SIL 28	LEC 21	SPA 6H	SPA 12H	SPA 24H	CAT 9	20th	16
2020	ROFGO Racing with Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Silver	IMO 32	NÜR Ret	SPA 6H 34	SPA 12H 35	SPA 24H 34†	LEC 19		12th	31
2021	ROFGO Racing with Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Silver	MNZ 6	LEC 19	SPA 6H 47	SPA 12H 25	SPA 24H 22	NÜR 13	CAT 18	5th	61
2022	ROFGO Racing with Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Silver	IMO 14	LEC 15	SPA 6H 15	SPA 12H 19	SPA 24H 13	HOC 10	CAT 11	1st	125
2023	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Pro	MNZ 19	LEC 12	SPA 6H 10	SPA 12H 59†	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR 13	CAT 8	24th	4
2024	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Pro	LEC Ret	SPA 6H 35	SPA 12H 29	SPA 24H 11	NÜR 14	MNZ 14	JED	NC*	0*

^*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 11	MAG 2 Ret	ZAN 1 16	ZAN 2 18	MIS 1 23	MIS 2 3	BRH 1 18	BRH 2 9	VAL 1 18	VAL 2 13	21st	10.5
2022	ROFGO Racing with Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Silver	BRH 1 Ret	BRH 2 16	MAG 1 11	MAG 2 13	ZAN 1 10	ZAN 2 10	MIS 1 3	MIS 2 10	VAL 1 4	VAL 2 15	3rd	82
2023	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Pro	BRH 1 16	BRH 2 4	MIS 1 Ret	MIS 2 10	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 34†	VAL 1 9	VAL 2 15	ZAN 1 18	ZAN 2 9	13th	10
2024	Garage 59	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Pro	BRH 1 5	BRH 2 6	MIS 1 8	MIS 2 6	HOC 1 9	HOC 2 9	MAG 1 9	MAG 2 5	CAT 1	CAT 2	7th*	26*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2020	ROFGO Racing with Team WRT	Rik Breukers Stuart Hall	Audi R8 LMS GT3	Silver Cup	453	34th†	7th†
2021	ROFGO Racing with Team WRT	Franco Colapinto James Pull	Audi R8 LMS Evo	Silver Cup	546	22nd	6th
2022	ROFGO Racing with Team WRT	Thomas Neubauer 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 34†	KYA	NC	0
2021	Audi Sport	R8 LMS Evo	SPA 22	IND	KYA		NC	0
2022	Audi Sport	R8 LMS Evo II	BAT	SPA 13	IND	GUL	21st	2

Complete Dubai 24 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2021	Team WRT	Frank Bird Louis Machiels Kelvin van der Linde Dries Vanthoor	Audi R8 LMS Evo	GT3-Pro	599	2nd	2nd
2022	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Arnold Robin Maxime Robin Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer Frédéric Vervisch	Audi R8 LMS Evo	GT3-Pro	595	2nd	2nd
2023	ROFGO with Dragon Racing	Oliver Goethe Roald Goethe Jordan Grogor 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 15	DUB 2 4	ABU 1 Ret	ABU 2 8	8th	16

Notes

1. Sometimes spelt Gøthe or Göthe.

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External links

• Benjamin Goethe career summary at DriverDB.com