Bent Viscaal
Dutch racing driver
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2025 | Viscaal competes in the European Le Mans Series with Proton Competition, continuing his professional racing career. |
2024 | Raced in IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP with Proton Competition Mustang Sampling, finishing 11th in the overall standings. |
2024 | Participated in 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2, did not finish (DNF). |
2024 | Viscaal returns to the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) full-time, partnering with René Binder and Giorgio Roda at Proton Competition in the LMP2 Pro-Am class. |
2024 | Viscaal set to return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Proton Competition w/ Iron Lynx in the LMP2 class, participating in the World Endurance Championship as a one-off entry. |
May 2024 | Viscaal announced to make his GTP debut in the IMSA SportsCar Championship at Laguna Seca, driving a Proton-fielded Porsche 963 alongside Gianmaria Bruni. |
2023 | Raced in European Le Mans Series - LMP2 Pro-Am with Algarve Pro Racing and Proton Competition, finishing 14th in the overall standings. |
2023 | Participated in 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2, finishing 16th overall. |
2023 | Competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Prema Racing in the LMP2 category, driving the No.9 car alongside teammates Juan Manuel Correa, Andrea Caldarelli, and Filip Ugran. Achieved a best race result of fourth place and contributed to the team finishing ninth in the teams' standings. |
2022 | Participated in European Le Mans Series - LMP2 with Algarve Pro Racing, finishing 9th in the overall standings. |
2022 | Raced in 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2, finishing 21st overall. |
2022 | Competed in FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 with ARC Bratislava, finishing 26th in the overall standings. |
2022 | Achieved second position in his debut race of the European Le Mans Series season, despite having minimal endurance racing experience. |
2022 | Invited to participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with ARC Bratislava team, recording the fastest 50-lap average pace among all race debutants. |
2022 | Switched to endurance racing, departing from formula cars due to high running costs. |
2021 | Bent Viscaal switched to the Formula 2 Championship, joining Trident and partnering with Marino Sato. |
December 2021 | At the Jeddah Corniche Circuit during the penultimate round of the season, Viscaal finished ninth in the sprint race and second in race 2, describing the track as 'one of the best tracks [he'd] ever driven'. |
December 2021 | Viscaal left Trident and the Formula 2 Championship at the end of the season. |
September 2021 | At Monza, Viscaal achieved his first Formula 2 podium, finishing second in the sprint race after starting from 18th position, which was also Trident's first podium in the FIA Formula 2 era. |
June 2021 | At the Baku Street Circuit, Viscaal scored his first Formula 2 championship points by finishing fourth, which was also Trident's best race finish in the modern F2 era. |
2020 | Continued in FIA F3, now racing with MP Motorsport team. Earned first podium finish at the Hungaroring after a time penalty against Logan Sargeant. |
2020 | Scored first victory at Silverstone after a last-lap battle with Lirim Zendeli. Finished thirteenth in the championship with 40 points. |
2019 | Competed in FIA Formula 3 Championship with HWA Racelab, finishing 15th in the overall standings. |
2019 | Competed in the MRF Challenge at Bahrain International Circuit, winning two races and finishing on the podium in another. |
2018 | Won the Euroformula Open rookie championship with fourteen wins, one second place, and one retirement in sixteen races. |
2018 | Switched to Euroformula Open Championship, making his Formula 3 debut with Teo Martín Motorsport team. Won a race at Silverstone and finished second overall in the championship with 246 points. |
2017 | Competed in SMP F4 Championship with MP Motorsport, finishing 2nd in the overall standings with 3 wins. |
2017 | Viscaal becomes the runner-up in the F4 Spanish Championship, showcasing his early racing talent. |
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