Nicki Thiim

Nicki Thiim (born 17 April 1989 in Sønderborg, Denmark) is a Danish professional racing driver, and Aston Martin Racing works driver in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and also drives for SSR Performance in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.

Nicki Thiim
Thiim in 2024
Nationality	Danish
Born	(1989-04-17) 17 April 1989 (age 36) Sønderborg, Denmark
Related to	Kurt Thiim (father)
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2013
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	98
Starts	55
Wins	12
Podiums	21
Poles	12
Best finish	1st in 2016, 2019-20
Previous series
2011-12, 14-15 2011-14 2009-15 2007-08	ADAC GT Masters Porsche Supercup Porsche Carrera Cup Germany SEAT León Supercopa Germany
Championship titles
2016, 2019-20 2013 2008 2006	World Cup for GT Drivers Porsche Supercup SEAT León Supercopa Germany Danish Formula Ford Championship

Biography

NickiThiim
Personal information
Occupation	racecar driver
YouTube information
Channel	Nicki Thiim
Also known as	Team Thiim
Years active	2011-present
Genre	sim racing
Subscribers	25.2 thousand[1] (3 May 2025)
Views	2,696,603[1] (3 May 2025)
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 1,000,000 subscribers 10,000,000 subscribers 50,000,000 subscribers

After competing in karting, Thiim won the 2006 Danish Formula Ford Championship. In 2007 he switched to touring car racing, where he finished 5th in the Seat León Supercopa Germany and raced a BMW 3 Series in the Danish Touring Car Championship.^[2] The driver won the 2008 Seat León Supercopa Germany with 8 wins in 16 races.

Thiim advanced to the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2009, finishing 5th. He also won the SP3T class at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring driving a works Volkswagen Scirocco.^[3]

Thiim racing in the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone.

Thiim finished 4th in the 2011 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, collecting a win and four podiums.

In 2012, Thiim raced in the Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, finishing 3rd in both. He also got three podiums in the ADAC GT Masters driving a Porsche 911. He continued in both the Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2013 and became Porsche Supercup champion.^[4] In the same year, he scored the overall victory at 24 Hours of Nurburgring

After the tragic crash at the 24 Heures du Mans that claimed the life of Aston Martin Racing Young Driver team driver Allan Simonsen, Thiim was the replacement driver for the #95 car for the next three races in the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season,^[5] and subsequently earned a full-time drive for Aston Martin Racing starting in the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship season. He took the GT Championship with Aston Martin in 2016.^[6]

Thiim is a popular driver in the Sim racing scene racing mainly on the iRacing service. He frequently uploads his races on his Twitch and YouTube channels.^[7] He often refers to his fanbase as "TeamThiim" and has over 20,000 YouTube followers. As well as frequently streaming his races on Twitch.tv.

Nicki Thiim is also well known for his charity 12 hour race where he raised money for Danish children with cancer by hosting a sim racing event attracting over 45 teams and 200+ drivers and raised over 100,000 DKK.

Nicki is also a huge fan of the Ford Ka, which he believes is a compact yet substantial car to drive.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	FLaps	Podiums	Points	Position
2004	Danish Formula Ford Championship	HP Racing	11	3	1	3	6	190	4th
2005	Danish Formula Ford Championship	HP Racing	?	?	?	?	?	164	4th
	Formula Ford NEZ		4	0	0	0	0	10	34th
2006	Danish Formula Ford Championship	HP Racing	12	5	3	0	8	281	1st
	Formula Ford NEZ		4	1	0	0	2	32	13th
	Formula Ford Festival - Duratec	Ray Sport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
	ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup	N/A	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2007	SEAT León Supercopa Germany	GAG Racing Team	15	2	2	0	3	121	5th
	Danish Touring Car Championship	Poulsen Motorsport	6	0	0	0	2	60	17th
2008	SEAT León Supercopa Germany	GAG Racing Team	16	8	5	4	12	265	1st
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP6	RJN Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	?
2009	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Attempto Racing	9	0	0	1	1	99	5th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP3T	Volkswagen Motorsport	1	1	?	?	1	N/A	1st
2010	24 Hours of Nürburgring - A6	Volkswagen Motorsport	1	0	?	?	1	N/A	2nd
2011	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Hermes Attempto Racing	9	1	2	2	3	94	3rd
	Porsche Carrera World Cup		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	Porsche Supercup		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		SANITEC Aquiles MRS Team	2	0	0	0	0
	ADAC GT Masters	Lambda Performance	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP8	Volkswagen Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2012	Porsche Supercup	Hermes Attempto Racing	11	1	1	0	3	123	3rd
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany		17	3	2	0	7	202	3rd
	ADAC GT Masters	Frogreen CO2 neutral	4	0	0	0	1	21	26th
		Team GT3 Kasko	2	0	0	0	0
	American Le Mans Series - GTC	NGT Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	7	28th
2013	Porsche Supercup	Attempto Racing	9	4	3	1	6	140	1st
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany		17	2	4	4	9	217	3rd
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	4	1	3	1	2	45	7th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Black Falcon	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
2014	Porsche Supercup	Lechner Racing Team	7	2	2	0	4	91	8th
	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	QPOD Walter Lechner Racing	15	3	2	3	7	181	5th
	ADAC GT Masters	Prosperia C. Abt Racing	16	0	2	0	2	42	22nd
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	5	4	1	2	5	144	3rd
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
	United SportsCar Championship - GTD	NGT Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	24	70th
2015	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	KÜS Team 75 Bernhard	17	2	2	3	5	169	5th
	ADAC GT Masters	C. Abt Racing	16	1	0	0	2	87	12th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Racing	3	0	1	1	0	41	13th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	4th
	TCR International Series	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	2	1	1	2	1	30	13th
	Blancpain Endurance Series	Phoenix Racing	1	0	0	0	1	17	16th
	Blancpain Sprint Series	Belgian Audi Team WRT	2	0	0	0	2	21	19th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Audi Sport Team WRT	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
2016	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Racing	9	2	3	2	6	156	1st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	5th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	24H Series - A6-Pro	Massive Motorsport	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2017	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Racing	9	1	1	1	1	104	6th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	TF Sport	6	1	1	0	5	102	2nd
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP8	Aston Martin Lagonda	1	1	?	?	1	N/A	1st
2018	British GT Championship	TF Sport AMR	9	2	2	1	6	148	3rd
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	R-Motorsport	5	1	2	0	1	29	13th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9-LG		1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st
2018–19	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Racing	8	1	2	0	1	65.5	9th
2019	British GT Championship	TF Sport	9	0	1	4	1	72.5	8th
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup	R-Motorsport	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
		Oman Racing with TF Sport	1	0	0	0	0
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup - Pro-Am		1	1	0	0	1	49	8th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Racing	1	0	1	0	0	N/A	DNF
2019–20	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Racing	8	3	1	1	5	172	1st
2020	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Heart of Racing Team	1	0	0	0	0	13	59th
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Racing	1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
2021	Asian Le Mans Series - LMP2	Phoenix Racing	4	0	0	0	3	57	4th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Racing	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Garage 59 AMR	1	0	0	0	1	22	13th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	Phoenix Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	16th
2022	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Northwest AMR	6	1	0	0	3	118	2nd
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD		1	0	0	0	0	211	61st
	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am		1	0	0	0	1	N/A	3rd
	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	T3 Motorsport	4	0	0	0	0	0	30th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Beechdean AMR	3	0	0	0	0	6	30th
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	TF Sport AMR	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
2023	European Le Mans Series - LMGTE	GMB Motorsport	6	0	0	0	0	18	17th
	FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Northwest AMR	2	0	0	0	0	0	29th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Magnus Racing	1	0	0	0	1	340	46th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Scherer Sport PHX	1	0	0	0	1	24	12th
	British GT Championship - GT3	Beechdean AMR	1	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9	ABT Sportsline	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
2024	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	SSR Performance	16	1	1	2	1	93	13th
	GT Winter Series - GT3		2	0	?	?	2	15.72	11th
	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Magnus Racing	1	0	0	0	0	90	75th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Comtoyou Racing	5	1	0	0	1	55	4th
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Walkenhorst Motorsport
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP9
2025	IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD	Magnus Racing	1	0	0	0	0	109	58th*
	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Abt Sportsline	8	0	0	0	1	31	13th*
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Comtoyou Racing
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9	Walkenhorst Motorsport

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Porsche Supercup results

(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	DC	Points
2011	Attempto Racing	TUR	ESP	MON	NNS Ret	GBR	NÜR	HUN					NC	0
	SANITEC Aquiles MRS Team								BEL 14	ITA 11	UAE	UAE
2012	Hermes Attempto Racing	BHR 7	BHR 6	MON Ret	VAL 4	GBR 8	GER 5	HUN 4	HUN 2	BEL 1	ITA 3		3rd	123
2013	Attempto Racing	ESP 2	MON 8	GBR 1	GER 2	HUN 8	BEL 8	ITA 1	UAE 1	UAE 1			1st	140
2014	Lechner Racing Team	ESP	MON	AUT	GBR 20	GER 1	HUN 2	BEL 2	ITA 6	USA 1	USA 11		8th	91

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2014	Aston Martin Racing	David Heinemeier Hansson Kristian Poulsen	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Am	334	17th	1st
2015	Aston Martin Racing	Christoffer Nygaard Marco Sørensen	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Pro	330	27th	4th
2016	Aston Martin Racing	Marco Sørensen Darren Turner	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Pro	338	23rd	5th
2017	Aston Martin Racing	Marco Sørensen Richie Stanaway	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	GTE Pro	334	25th	9th
2018	Aston Martin Racing	Marco Sørensen Darren Turner	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Pro	339	23rd	8th
2019	Aston Martin Racing	Marco Sørensen Darren Turner	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Pro	132	DNF	DNF
2020	Aston Martin Racing	Marco Sørensen Richard Westbrook	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Pro	343	22nd	3rd
2021	Aston Martin Racing	Marcos Gomes Paul Dalla Lana	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Am	45	DNF	DNF
2022	Northwest AMR	Paul Dalla Lana David Pittard	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	GTE Am	342	36th	3rd
Source:[8]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

Year	Entrant	Class	Car	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Rank	Points
2013	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS	SÃO Ret	COA 2	FUJ	SHA Ret	BHR 1		7th	45
2014	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SIL 1	SPA	LMS 1	COA	FUJ 1	SHA	BHR 1	SÃO 2		3rd	144
2015	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SIL 4	SPA	LMS 6	NÜR	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR 4		13th	41
2016	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SIL 3	SPA Ret	LMS 2	NÜR 3	MEX 3	COA 1	FUJ 5	SHA 4	BHR 1	1st	156
2017	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SIL 6	SPA 8	LMS 5	NÜR 4	MEX 1	COA 4	FUJ 7	SHA 5	BHR 7	6th	104
2018–19	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	SPA 7	LMS 5	SIL 17	FUJ 6	SHA 1	SEB 9	SPA 7	LMS Ret		9th	65.5
2019–20	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Pro	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	SIL 5	FUJ 1	SHA 5	BHR 1	COA 1	SPA 2	LMS 3	BHR 5		1st	172
2021	Aston Martin Racing	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	SPA	ALG	MNZ	LMS Ret	BHR	BHR				NC	0
2022	Northwest AMR	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	SEB 1	SPA 3	LMS 2	MNZ 8	FUJ 5	BHR 5				2nd	118
2023	Northwest AMR	LMGTE Am	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	SEB 11	ALG 13	SPA	LMS	MNZ	FUJ	BHR			29th	0
Source:[8]

Complete European Le Mans Series results

Year	Entrant	Class	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	Rank	Points
2017	TF Sport	LMGTE	Aston Martin Vantage GTE	Aston Martin 4.5 L V8	SIL 1	MNZ 2	RBR 3	LEC 2	SPA 5	ALG 3	2nd	102
2023	GMB Motorsport	LMGTE	Aston Martin Vantage AMR	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	CAT Ret	LEC 12	ARA 8	SPA Ret	ALG 8	ALG 5	17th	18
Source:[8]

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
2021	Phoenix Racing	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	DUB 1 3	DUB 2 3	ABU 1 4	ABU 2 3	4th	57
Source:[8]

Complete TCR International Series results

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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2015	Liqui Moly Team Engstler	Audi TT Cup	SEP 1	SEP 2	SHA 1	SHA 2	VAL 1	VAL 2	ALG 1 1	ALG 2 13†	MNZ 1	MNZ 2	SAL 1	SAL 2	SOC 1	SOC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	MRN 1	MRN 2	CHA 1	CHA 2	MAC 1	MAC 2	13th	30
Source:[9]

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Blancpain Sprint Series results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Points
2015	Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	Audi R8 LMS ultra	Pro	NOG QR	NOG CR	BRH QR	BRH CR	ZOL QR	ZOL CR	MOS QR	MOS CR	ALG QR	ALG CR	MIS QR	MIS CR	ZAN QR 2	ZAN CR 3	19th	21

Complete British GT Championship results

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2018	TF Sport AMR	Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3	GT3	OUL 1 11	OUL 2 3	ROC 1 8	SNE 1 1	SNE 2 3	SIL 1 1	SPA 1 Ret	BRH 1 3	DON 1 2	3rd	148
2019	TF Sport	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	GT3	OUL 1 10	OUL 2 Ret	SNE 1 8	SNE 2 4	SIL 1 2	DON 1 9	SPA 1 5	BRH 1 7	DON 1 10	8th	72.5
2023	Beechdean AMR	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	GT3	OUL 1	OUL 2	SIL 1	DON 1	SNE 1	SNE 2	ALG 1 Ret	BRH 1	DON 1	NC	0
Source:[8]

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Entrant	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points	Ref
2020	Heart of Racing Team	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 18	DAY	SEB	ELK	VIR	ATL	MDO	CLT	PET	LGA	SEB		59th	13	[10]
2022	Northwest AMR	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 12	SEB	LBH	LGA	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET	61st	211	[11]
2023	Magnus Racing	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 2	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET		46th	340	[12]
2024	Magnus Racing	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 23	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET			75th	90	[13]
2025	Magnus Racing	GTD	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 Evo	Aston Martin M177 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 21	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET			58th*	119*
Source:[8]

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2022	T3 Motorsport	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo	ALG 1 12	ALG 2 Ret	LAU 1 13	LAU 2 Ret	IMO 1	IMO 2	NOR 1	NOR 2	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	SPA 1	SPA 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	30th	0
2024	SSR Performance	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	OSC 1 Ret	OSC 2 Ret	LAU 1 8	LAU 2 Ret	ZAN 1 12	ZAN 2 14	NOR 1 4	NOR 2 11	NÜR 1 8	NÜR 2 Ret	SAC 1 14	SAC 2 10	RBR 1 13	RBR 2 16	HOC 1 10	HOC 2 52	13th	93
2025	Abt Sportsline	Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2	OSC 1 14	OSC 2 Ret	LAU 1 14	LAU 2 13	ZAN 1 2	ZAN 2 14	NOR 1 20	NOR 2 Ret	NÜR 1	NÜR 2	SAC 1	SAC 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	HOC 1	HOC 2	13th*	31*
Sources:[8][14]

^* Season still in progress.