Vincent Radermecker

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Vincent Radermecker (born 5 July 1967) is a Belgian racing driver.

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Vincent Radermecker
Vincent Radermecker, Silverstone, British F3, 1994.jpg
Born (1967-07-05) 5 July 1967 (age 57)
Liège, Belgium

Racing career

Early years

Vincent Radermecker, Thruxton, British F3, 1994 Vincent Radermecker.jpg
Vincent Radermecker, Thruxton, British F3, 1994

After starting in racing through karting in his home land of Belgium in 1986, he drove in the Benelux Formula Ford Championship. He was champion in his second year in the series in 1991. In 1992 he raced in Great Britain, with a drive in the British Formula Ford Championship, finishing fourth on points. He finished as runner-up in the 1993 Formula Opel Euroseries, before returning to Britain with Formula 3. He finished as runner-up again, moving to race a part season in the 1995 German Formula 3 Championship a year later. In 1997 he switched to saloon cars, racing in the Belgian ProCar Championship. He finished third on points driving a Peugeot 406. In 1998 he changed his car to a Peugeot 306, ending the season in fifth place.

BTCC

In 1999 he got a drive in the British Touring Car Championship with the successful Volvo works team in a Volvo S40. He replaced Gianni Morbidelli in the team, who had a poor year in 1998, alongside defending champion Rickard Rydell. In a year of mixed fortunes including five podiums, he finished the championship in eighth place. With half the manufacturers leaving the BTCC in 2000, including Volvo, Radermecker found himself with a seat in the Vauxhall Team. It was not a good year for him, as the third driver in the team behind Yvan Muller and Jason Plato. He finished in tenth place, the lowest placed works driver.

He was set to return to the BTCC during the 2001 Season in a Lexus IS200 but this never happened. [1]

Return to Belgium

With the end of the Super Touring era in the BTCC, he returned to the 2001 ProCar Championship in Belgium. He won the series driving an Opel Astra. He finished second in the French Super Touring Championship in 2002. On return to Belgium in 2005, he won the Belgian Touring Car Championship.

Recent years

Radermecker driving the Maurer Motorsport Opel Astra TCR at the Red Bull Ring during the 2022 TCR Germany Touring Car Championship season. ADAC TCR Germany 2022 Spielberg Nr. 11.jpg
Radermecker driving the Maurer Motorsport Opel Astra TCR at the Red Bull Ring during the 2022 TCR Germany Touring Car Championship season.

Since 2004 he has driven in selected races in the FIA GT Championship, in various cars including a Nissan 350 Z, a Corvette C5R and a Mosler MT 900. In 2008 he drove a Ferrari 430 GT3 for Exagon Engineering, as well as a full season in the Belgian GT Championship. He has also done some Touring Car racing, winning the 2006 ADAC Procar Series in Germany, combined with selected rounds of the 2006 World Touring Car Championship with Maurer Motorsport. He returned to the WTCC at the Zolder round in 2010.

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded)

YearTeamCarClass1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526DCPts
1999 Volvo S40 Racing Volvo S40 DON
1

10
DON
2

5
SIL
1

11
SIL
2

Ret
THR
1

4
THR
2

3
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

Ret
OUL
1

5
OUL
2

4*
DON
1

9
DON
2

12
CRO
1

7
CRO
2

7
SNE
1

3
SNE
2

5
THR
1

3
THR
2

2
KNO
1

11
KNO
2

8
BRH
1

10
BRH
2

7
OUL
1

4
OUL
2

13
SIL
1

Ret
SIL
2

4
8th113
2000 Vauxhall Motorsport Vauxhall Vectra S BRH
1

ovr:8
cls:8
BRH
2

ovr:5
cls:5
DON
1

ovr:7
cls:7
DON
2

Ret
THR
1

ovr:5
cls:5
THR
2

Ret*
KNO
1

ovr:9
cls:9
KNO
2

ovr:6
cls:6
OUL
1

ovr:2
cls:2
OUL
2

ovr:7
cls:7
SIL
1

ovr:6
cls:6
SIL
2

Ret
CRO
1

ovr:9
cls:9
CRO
2

Ret‡
SNE
1

Ret
SNE
2

DNS
DON
1

ovr:9
cls:9
DON
2

ovr:8
cls:8
BRH
1

ovr:10
cls:10
BRH
2

ovr:7
cls:7
OUL
1

ovr:6
cls:6
OUL
2

Ret
SIL
1

ovr:4
cls:4
SIL
2

ovr:4
cls:4
10th81

‡ Retired before second start of race

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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

YearTeamCar12345678910111213141516171819202122DCPoints
2006 Maurer Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti ITA
1
ITA
2
FRA
1
FRA
2
GBR
1
GBR
2
GER
1
GER
2
BRA
1
BRA
2
MEX
1
MEX
2
CZE
1

19
CZE
2

13
TUR
1
TUR
2
ESP
1

18
ESP
2

14
MAC
1
MAC
2
NC0
2010 Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze BRA
1
BRA
2
MAR
1
MAR
2
ITA
1
ITA
2
BEL
1

17
BEL
2

14
POR
1
POR
2
GBR
1
GBR
2
CZE
1
CZE
2
GER
1
GER
2
ESP
1
ESP
2
JPN
1
JPN
2
MAC
1
MAC
2
NC0

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
1995 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Honda Team ZVM Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Damien van de Poele
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Hervé Maillien
Honda Civic Procar ?/Cardan jointDNFDNF
1996 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Renault Belga Team Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Bouillon
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eric Quadedpeerds
Renault Clio 16V Spa 1.6 ?/FixingDNFDNF
1998 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Peugeot Belgique Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry van Dalen
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Frédéric Bouvy
Peugeot 306 GTi SP ?/Non-regulatory entryDNFDNF
2000 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Peugeot Team Belgique Luxembourg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jeffrey van Hooydonk
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eric van de Poele
Peugeot 306 GTi SP ?/Gear selectorDNFDNF
2004 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg RJN Motorsport Flag of New Zealand.svg Neil Cunningham
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Buncombe
Flag of Sweden.svg Carl Rosenblad
Nissan 350Z N-GT49/BrakesDNFDNF
2006 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg PSI Experience Flag of Finland.svg Pertti Kuismanen
Flag of Finland.svg Markus Palttala
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Bernard Delhez
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R GT153011th7th
2007 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gravity Racing International Flag of Belgium (civil).svg David Dermont
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Olivier Muytjens
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Loris de Sordi
Mosler MT900R G244822nd2nd
2008 Flag of France.svg Exagon Engineering Flag of France.svg Eric Hélary
Flag of France.svg Daniel Desbruères
Flag of France.svg Catherine Desbruères
Ferrari F430 GT3 G331/DNFDNFDNF
2009 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gravity Racing International Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ho-Pin Tung
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Loris de Sordi
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve
Mosler MT900R G265/DNFDNFDNF
2010 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gravity Racing International Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean
Flag of Italy.svg Diego Alessi
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ron Marchal
Mosler MT900R GTN46616th3rd
2014 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Flag of France.svg Jean-Luc Blanchemain
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Christian Kelders
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Frédéric Bouvy
Audi R8 LMSPro-Am50620th9th

TCR Spa 500 results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
2019 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg AC Motorsport Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Mathieu Detry
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stewart Lines
Flag of France.svg Stéphane Perrin
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR PA4395th2nd

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by ADAC Procar Series Champion
2006
Succeeded by