Career
Longin began racing in 1996 in the Zolder Touring Cup, following a test drive offered by a friend, [3] a year in which he also won the Zolder 10 Hours. [4] The following year, Longin began racing in Belcar Endurance Championship with AD Sport, racing with them until 2000, [5] as well as debuting at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1998 and making a one-off appearance in the 2000 FIA GT Championship at Zolder. [6]
Joining GLPK Racing for 2001, [7] Longin continued racing mainly in the Belcar Endurance Championship, which he won overall in 2002, [8] as well as the 24 Hours of Zolder the same year. [9] Longin also continued racing part-time in the FIA GT Championship in the N-GT class, in which he most notably scored a class podium at the 2002 Spa 24 Hours for Freisinger Motorsport. [10] Longin then won the following two editions of the 24 Hours of Zolder for GLPK Racing, [11] [12] whilst also racing full-time in the FIA GT Championship for Freisinger Motorsport in the N-GT class in 2003, [13] before switching to the GT class in 2004 with JMB Racing. [14]
Remaining with GLPK Racing as they stepped up to the FIA GT Championship in 2005, [15] Longin won at Imola and Zhuhai as well as taking four more podiums to end the year sixth in points. [16] [17] Longin's second season with the team in FIA GT Championship proved to be less successful, only winning at Le Castellet and taking four more podiums to secure seventh in points, [18] whilst also securing his fourth overall Belcar title with the same team. [19] Two more years with PK Carsport then ensued, yielding a GT3 class title in Belcar in 2007, [20] as well as six podiums and a win at San Luis in 2008 in the FIA GT Championship. [21]
Longin switched to Selleslagh Racing Team for the 2009 FIA GT Championship season alongside James Ruffier, [22] taking a lone win at Algarve and a third-place finish at Le Castellet to secure third in points. [23] As FIA GT rebranded to the FIA GT1 World Championship the following year, Longin joined Team Hegersport for his only season in the series, enduring a tough year as he scored points only four times with a best result of fourth at Silverstone. [24] That year, Longin also raced in the Belcar Endurance Championship, in which he scored his fourth 24 Hours of Zolder win in August. [25]
Switching to Blancpain Endurance Series for 2011 and joining WRT, [26] Longin finished second three times to secure third in points, [27] as well as finishing runner-up in the GT3 standings of the Belcar Endurance Championship and winning the Zolder 24 Hours overall for the fifth time. [28] The following year Longin returned to the series, as he switched to Marc VDS Racing Team, joining Mike Hezemans and Henri Moser. [29] In his sophomore season in the series, Longin scored a best result of sixth at Le Castellet, as he ended the year 13th in the Pro standings. [30]
Following a year in International GT Open in which he scored a lone class win at Le Castellet and winning his fifth Belcar Endurance Championship title, [31] [32] Longin returned to PK Carsport to race in the Elite 1 class of the 2014 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series. [33] In his first season in the series, Longin qualified on pole on debut at Valencia, a round in which he scored his best results of the season by finishing second and third in the two races, en route to a sixth-place points finish. [34] [35] The same year, Longin finished second overall and first in the Prototype 1 class of the Zolder 24 Hours. [36]
Two more seasons in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series for PK Carsport then ensued, [37] in which he finished 12th in 2015, taking a best result of fourth at Magione, and fifth in 2016 with a best result of third in race one in Adria, in what was his last full-time season in Elite 1. [38] In 2016, Longin also competed in the LMP3 class of the European Le Mans Series for Race Performance, [39] taking a best result of sixth twice to finish 13th in the class standings. [40]
After racing locally in 2017 and running a limited schedule in the 2018 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series and Belcar Endurance Championships, [41] Longin returned to full-time competition the following year, racing in both Ford Fiesta Sprint Cup and Belcar Endurance Championship. [42] In both series, Longin was runner-up in points, [43] [44] and also took his sixth win at the 24 Hours of Zolder in the latter. [45]
Longin then raced part-time in Belcar the following year, before returning to PK Carsport to race in the Pro-Am class of the 2021 GT2 European Series. [46] In his first season in the series, Longin scored his maiden win at Monza, [47] before scoring further wins at Misano and Spa to secure runner-up honors in points. [48] [49] Returning to the series and team the following year, [50] scoring a best result of second in class at the Red Bull Ring en route to a third-place points finish. [51] During 2022, Longin also scored his seventh 24 Hours of Zolder win as well as his sixth Belcar Endurance Championship title. [52] [53]
In 2023, Longin returned to full-time competition in the Belcar Endurance Championship, scoring his seventh and final title with PK Carsport. [54] Longin then competed part-time in Belcar the following year, winning the season-finale at Zolder and announcing his retirement from full-time motorsport, [55] before making a one-off appearance in the 2025 Middle East Trophy for HAAS RT at the Dubai 24 Hour. [56]
Belgian
FIA Bronze