Nicki Thiim

Nicki Thiim
Nationality	Danish
Born	17 April 1989 Sønderborg (Denmark)
Related to	Kurt Thiim (father)
Porsche Supercup career
Debut season	2011
Current team	Attempto Racing
Car no.	2
Former teams	MRS Team
Starts	20
Wins	3
Poles	3
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	1st in 2013
Previous series
2009	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany

Nicki Thiim (born 17 April 1989 in Sønderborg, Denmark) is a professional Danish racecar driver.

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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. The driver continued in both the Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2013.

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.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Car No.	Races	Poles	Wins	FLaps	Points	Position
2009	Porsche Carrera Cup Germany	Attempto Racing Team	66	9	0	0	1	158	6th
2011	Porsche Supercup	Attempto Racing	11	1	0	0	0	0	NC
		SANITEC Aquiles MRS Team	8	2	0	0	0	0
2012	Porsche Supercup	Hermes Attempto Racing	22	11	1	1	0	123	3rd
2013	Porsche Supercup	Attempto Racing	2	9	3	4	1	140	1st
2014	Porsche Supercup	Lechner Racing Team	6	7	2	2	0	91	8th

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

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

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	LMS	NÜR	MEX	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	3rd*	15*

^* Season still in progress.

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	MYS 1	MYS 2	CHN 1	CHN 2	ESP 1	ESP 2	POR 1 1	POR 2 13†	ITA 1	ITA 2	AUT 1	AUT 2	RUS 1	RUS 2	RBR 1	RBR 2	SIN 1	SIN 2	THA 1	THA 2	MAC 1	MAC 2	13th	30

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

References

1. Kurt Thiim replaced by Nicki Thiim - Touring Car Times, 13 August 2007
2. Volkswagen Scirocco shows class at Nürburgring - Ausringers, 25 May 2009

External links

• Official website
• Nicki Thiim career summary at DriverDB.com
• 2012 Interview (in Danish)
• Nicki Thiim at Racing Sports Cars
• Nicki Thiim at Speedsport Magazine