Xavier Maassen | |||||||||||
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Nationality | Dutch | ||||||||||
Born | Heerlen, Netherlands | 22 June 1980||||||||||
Blancpain Endurance Series career | |||||||||||
Debut season | 2011 | ||||||||||
Current team | Prospeed Competition | ||||||||||
Racing licence | FIA Silver | ||||||||||
Car number | 75 | ||||||||||
Former teams | Faster Racing by DB Motorspor | ||||||||||
Starts | 5 | ||||||||||
Wins | 0 | ||||||||||
Poles | 0 | ||||||||||
Fastest laps | 0 | ||||||||||
Previous series | |||||||||||
2011 2010 2009 2008–09 2007 2006 2003–06 2003–05 2002 2001–02 2001–02 | Belcar FIA GT1 World Championship Dutch Supercar Challenge FIA GT Championship Formula Renault 3.5 Series Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault Netherlands Formula Ford Netherlands Formula Ford Benelux Formula Ford Belgium | ||||||||||
Championship titles | |||||||||||
2001–02 | Formula Ford Belgium | ||||||||||
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Xavier Maassen (born 22 June 1980 in Heerlen) is a Dutch racing driver who previously competed in the FIA GT1 World Championship for Mad-Croc Racing. Recently, he has participated in the Blancpain Endurance Series for Prospeed Competition. He lives in Lanaken in Belgium.
Maassen began his racing career with success in Formula Ford, winning the Belgian championship in 2001 and 2002. He also finished fifth in the Benelux series in 2001, and was runner-up to Jaap van Lagen in 2002. He also finished fifth in the Dutch series in 2002. [1]
Maassen stepped up to Formula Renault in 2003, finishing seventh in Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands, before finishing runner-up to Junior Strous in 2004. Having competed in selected Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 in the previous two seasons, Maassen moved to the series full-time in 2005, finishing tenth overall. In 2006, he combined another season in the Eurocup, where he finished 13th, with a season in the North European Championship, a merger of the Dutch and German national series. He finished third in the overall standings behind Filipe Albuquerque and Chris van der Drift.
Maassen stepped up to the Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2007, but failed to score any points in 17 starts for Prema Powerteam. [1]
Maassen began racing in the FIA GT Championship in 2008 driving a Corvette C6.R for the Selleslagh Racing Team alongside Christophe Bouchut. He won just his second GT race at Monza, and the pair finished 13th in the driver's standings.
Maassen started the 2009 season driving a Corvette for Luc Alphand Aventures, but the team missed the races at Spa and Algarve, and so raced for another Corvette team, Sangari Team Brazil at those races. Maassen also raced for Luc Alphand Aventures at the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing second in the GT1 category. [1]
Maassen competed in the new FIA GT1 World Championship in 2010, returning to the DKR Engineering team, now under the Mad-Croc Racing banner.
(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 | Pos | Points |
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2007 | Prema Powerteam | MNZ 1 Ret | MNZ 2 17 | NÜR 1 22 | NÜR 2 17 | MON 1 17 | HUN 1 14 | HUN 2 13 | SPA 1 14 | SPA 2 Ret | DON 1 Ret | DON 2 14 | MAG 1 Ret | MAG 2 Ret | EST 1 22 | EST 2 Ret | CAT 1 23 | CAT 2 17 | 32nd | 0 |
Source: [2] |
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
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2010 | Mad-Croc Racing | Corvette C6.R | ABU QR 14 | ABU CR 10 | SIL QR 12 | SIL CR 11 | BRN QR 5 | BRN CR 15 | PRI QR 4 | PRI CR 6 | SPA QR 1 | SPA CR Ret | NÜR QR 18 | NÜR CR 18 | ALG QR 7 | ALG CR 14 | NAV QR | NAV CR | INT QR | INT CR | SAN QR | SAN CR | 31st | 17 |
Source: [3] |
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2009 | Luc Alphand Aventures | Julien Jousse Yann Clairay | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | GT1 | 336 | 16th | 2nd |
2010 | Luc Alphand Aventures | Julien Jousse Patrice Goueslard | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | GT1 | 238 | DNF | DNF |
2011 | JMW Motorsport | Rob Bell Tim Sugden | Ferrari 458 Italia GTC | GTE Pro | 290 | 24th | 9th |
2015 | Team AAI | Jun-San Chen Alex Kapadia | Porsche 911 GT3-RSR | GTE Am | 316 | 37th | 8th |
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