Bent Viscaal

Bent Viscaal
Viscaal at the Red Bull Ring in 2019
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1999-09-18) 18 September 1999 (age 24) Almelo, Overijssel
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2022
Current team	Iron Lynx
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	9
Former teams	ARC Bratislava Prema Racing
Starts	9 (9 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
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

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.

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

Karting career

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

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

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

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

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

2022: First LMP2 podium

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

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

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

Karting career summary

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

Racing career summary

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	2	0	2	0	1	30	3rd*
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP	Proton Competition Mustang Sampling	3	0	0	0	0	736	13th*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete SMP F4 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	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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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	SPA	MUG	ALG	3rd*	30*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(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

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

(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	IMS	PET	13th*	736*

^* Season still in progress.

References

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External links

• Official website
• Bent Viscaal career summary at DriverDB.com