Frederik Schandorff

Frederik Schandorff
Schandorff at the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans
Nationality	Danish
Born	(1996-12-26) 26 December 1996 (age 28) Djursland, Denmark
Racing licence	FIA Silver (until 2022) FIA Gold (2023–)
Championship titles
2022 2021 2020 2019 2019 2014	GTWCE Endurance Cup - Bronze International GT Open GTWCE Endurance Cup - Silver International GT Open - Pro-Am Super Trofeo Middle East Formula Ford Denmark

Frederik Schandorff (born 26 December 1996 in Djursland) is a Danish racing driver, who is currently competing in the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship with Inception Racing. He is a two-time GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup class champion, having also won the Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final in 2019 and International GT Open in 2021. ^{[1] [2]}

Karting record

Schandorff's GT Open title-winning Lamborghini in 2021

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2005	Racehall of Champions - 55 kg		5th
2011	CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy		14th
	Rotax Max Challenge Denmark - Junior		4th
	Rotax Max Challenge Denmark - Senior		21st
	Karting World Championship	Schandorff Peter	14th
2012	CIK-FIA U18 World Championship		13th
	German Kart Championship - KF1		26th
	IAME International Final - X30 Senior		9th
	Danish Super Kart DASU/DINO Talent Cup	Djursland Motor Klub Autosport
	Karting World Championship	DANISH NATIONAL U18 TEAM	13th
Sources: [3] [4]

Racing record

Schandorff's Car Guy-liveried Ferrari at the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2013	Formula Ford Denmark		23	3	0	2	16	321	3rd
	Formula Ford International North Sea Series		4	2	0	1	4	?	?
	Formula Ford NEZ North European Championship	CF-Racing	3	0	0	1	2	38	4th
2014	Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup	—	5	0	0	0	0	35	21st
	Formula Ford Denmark	CF Racing	19	12	2	8	19	408	1st
2015	Danish Thundersport Championship	CF Racing	18	0	0	0	2	169	10th
	Formula Ford Denmark		5	3	0	3	3	75	9th
2016	Danish Thundersport Championship	AD Racing / Flexlease.nu	21	1	0	1	6	252	5th
2017	24H Series - TCR	Insightracing Denmark	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Danish Thundersport Championship	LM Racing	21	0	0	1	6	257	5th
2018	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe	Leipert Motorsport	12	1	0	0	4	55	7th
	Danish Thundersport Championship	LM Racing	21	0	0	1	7	245	3rd
2019	24H GT Series - SPX	Leipert Motorsport	1	1	0	0	1	85‡	1st‡
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe	Target Racing [1]	2	1	1	0	1	17	11th
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Middle East		6	6	2	3	6	?	1st
	Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing [5]	12	0	0	1	0	60	12th
	International GT Open		14	0	0	0	0	28	12th
	International GT Open - Pro-Am			4	0	0	8	78	1st
	Danish Thundersport Championship	Schandorff Racing	2	1	1	0	2	271	8th
2020	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Barwell Motorsport [6]	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Silver			2	1	0	3	108	1st
	Intercontinental GT Challenge		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Italian GT Championship Endurance Championship	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	4	0	0	0	0	33	6th
2021	International GT Open	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing [7] [8]	14	4	1	2	11	146	1st
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	209	63rd
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - VT2	Team AVIA Sorg Rennsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2022	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	Car Guy Racing by Kessel Racing [9] [10]	6	1	1	2	3	78	2nd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	Kessel Racing [11]	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	12th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport [12] [13]	5	0	0	0	0	2	34th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold			2	1	1	2	90	1st
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD		3	0	0	3	0	483	41st
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Dinamic Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - VT2 R+4	Team Sorg Rennsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2023	Asian Le Mans Series - GT	Car Guy Racing	4	0	0	0	0	1	19th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Inception Racing [14] [15]	11	0	0	2	3	2853	6th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Bronze			0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe	Target Racing
2024	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Inception Racing [16] [17]	10	0	0	0	2	2308	9th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGT3		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	13th
	24H Series - GT3	Optimum Motorsport [18]	1	0	0	0	0	38	21st
	Gulf 12 Hours		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	2nd
	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe	Target Racing
2025	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Inception Racing
Source: [19] [20]

‡ Team standings.

Complete Blancpain GT World Challenge Asia 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	Pos	Points	Ref
2019	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	SEP 1 13	SEP 2 7	CHA 1 6	CHA 2 4	SUZ 1 5	SUZ 2 25	FUJ 1 9	FUJ 2 6	KOR 1 9	KOR 2 Ret	SHA 1 15	SHA 2 4	12th	60	[21]

Complete International GT Open results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points
2019	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	Pro-Am	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	LEC 1 5	LEC 2 6	HOC 1 5	HOC 2 2	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 4	RBR 1 1	RBR 2 5	SIL 1 3	SIL 2 1	CAT 1 1	CAT 2 9	MNZ 1 1	MNZ 2 3	1st	78
2021	Vincenzo Sospiri Racing	Pro	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	LEC 1 3	LEC 2 1	SPA 1 4	SPA 2 4	HUN 1 1	HUN 2 1	IMO 1 2	IMO 2 2	RBR 1 1	RBR 2 3	MNZ 1 2	MNZ 2 3	CAT 1 5	CAT 2 2	1st	146

Complete GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2020	Barwell Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	Silver	IMO 12	NÜR 13	SPA 6H 18	SPA 12H 23	SPA 24H 36	LEC 14		1st	108
2022	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	McLaren 720S GT3	Gold	IMO 38	LEC 9	SPA 6H 38	SPA 12H 38	SPA 24H 27	HOC 15	CAT 35	1st	90
2023	Inception Racing	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	Bronze	MNZ	LEC	SPA 6H Ret	SPA 12H Ret	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR	CAT	NC	0

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points	Ref
2021	Inception Racing with Optimum Motorsport	GTD	McLaren 720S GT3	McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8	DAY	SEB	MDO	DET	WGL	WGL	LIM	ELK	LGA	LBH	VIR	PET 12	63rd	209	[22]
2022	Inception Racing	GTD	McLaren 720S GT3	McLaren M840T 4.0L Turbo V8	DAY 5	SEB	LBH 9	LGA 13	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET	41st	483	[23]
2023	Inception Racing	GTD	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 3	SEB 4	LBH 6	MON 5	WGL 15	MOS 2	LIM 13	ELK 2	VIR 7	IMS 16	PET 19		6th	2853	[24]
2024	Inception Racing	GTD	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 13	SEB 7	LBH 17	LGA 14	WGL 21	MOS 3	ELK 2	VIR 13	IMS 9	PET 7			9th	2308	[25]
2025	Inception Racing	GTD	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 19	SEB	LBH	LGA	DET	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET		19th*	143*
Source: [19]

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	Car Guy Racing by Kessel Racing	LMGTE	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	LEC 5	IMO DSQ	MNZ 3	CAT 4	SPA 1	ALG 3	2nd	78

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2022	Kessel Racing	Mikkel Jensen Takeshi Kimura	Ferrari 488 GTE Evo	GTE Am	336	45th	12th
2024	Inception Racing	Brendan Iribe Ollie Millroy	McLaren 720S GT3 Evo	LMGT3	275	40th	13th
Sources: [19] [26]

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	Car Guy Racing	GT	Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020	Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8	DUB 1 14	DUB 2 Ret	ABU 1 10	ABU 2 14	19th	1
Source: [19]

References

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External links

• Frederik Schandorff career summary at DriverDB.com