Patric Niederhauser

Patric Niederhauser
Nationality	Swiss
Born	8 October 1991 Münsingen (Switzerland)
GP3 Series career
Debut season	2012
Current team	Jenzer Motorsport
Car no.	11
Starts	50
Wins	5
Poles	0
Fastest laps	4
Best finish	7th in 2012
Previous series
2012 2010-11 2010	Italian Formula Three Formula Abarth Formula Renault 2.0 MEC
Championship titles
2011	Formula Abarth Italian Series

Patric Niederhauser (born 8 October 1991 in Münsingen) is a professional racing driver from Switzerland. He was the champion of the Formula Abarth Italian Series.

Career

Karting

Niederhauser began karting in 2006 and raced primarily in his native Switzerland for the majority of his career, working his way up from the junior ranks to progress through to the KF2 category by 2009, when he finished as runner-up in Swiss Karting Championship.^[1]

Formula Abarth

In 2010, Niederhauser graduated to single–seaters, racing in the newly launched Formula Abarth series in Italy for Jenzer Motorsport. Race victory at in Varano and another five podiums at the end of the season saw him finish as runner-up in the Italian series,^[1] Niederhauser remained in Formula Abarth for a second season in 2011, when the series split in European and Italian series. He won the Italian Series title in clash with teammate (till Spa round) Sergey Sirotkin, taking six wins in fourteen races.^[2] In European Series the Swiss driver finished as runner-up with five race victories, 37 points behind Sirotkin.^[3]

Formula Renault

During the 2010 Niederhauser also contested a single round of the Formula Renault 2.0 Middle European Championship at Dijon, finishing on podium in both races.^[4]

GP3 Series

In 2012 Niederhauser will continue his collaboration with Jenzer Motorsport into GP3 Series.^[5]

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F.L.	Podiums	Points	Position
2010	Formula Abarth	Jenzer Motorsport	14	1	1	1	6	106	2nd
	Formula Renault 2.0 Middle European Championship		2	0	0	0	2	N/A	NC†
2011	Formula Abarth Italian Series	Jenzer Motorsport	14	6	2	6	8	149	1st
	Formula Abarth European Series		14	5	1	6	9	138	2nd
2012	GP3 Series	Jenzer Motorsport	16	2	0	1	4	101	7th
	Italian Formula Three European Series	BVM	9	1	0	1	2	48	11th
	Italian Formula Three Italian Series		3	0	0	0	0	10	13th
2013	GP3 Series	Jenzer Motorsport	16	0	0	0	2	33	13th
	24 Hours of Le Mans	Race Performance	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	18th
2014	GP3 Series	Arden International	18	3	0	3	3	62	10th
2015	GP2 Series	Daiko Team Lazarus	2	0	0	0	0	0	34th
2016	ADAC GT Masters	ADAC NSA / Attempto Racing	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC*
	Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup	Attempto Racing	2	0	0	0	0	1	12th*
	Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup		1	0	0	0	0	0	NC*

^* Season still in progress. ^† As Niederhauser was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete GP3 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	D.C.	Points
2012	Jenzer Motorsport	ESP FEA 4	ESP SPR 5	MON FEA Ret	MON SPR 15	VAL FEA 8	VAL SPR 1	GBR FEA 10	GBR SPR 3	GER FEA 1	GER SPR 9	HUN FEA 16	HUN SPR 2	BEL FEA 11	BEL SPR 6	ITA FEA 5	ITA SPR Ret			7th	101
2013	Jenzer Motorsport	ESP FEA 2	ESP SPR 3	VAL FEA 13	VAL SPR Ret	GBR FEA 15	GBR SPR 11	GER FEA 12	GER SPR 8	HUN FEA 25	HUN SPR 15	BEL FEA Ret	BEL SPR 9	ITA FEA 8	ITA SPR Ret	ABU FEA Ret	ABU SPR 15			13th	33
2014	Arden International	ESP FEA 10	ESP SPR 9	AUT FEA 10	AUT SPR 6	GBR FEA 13	GBR SPR Ret	GER FEA 12	GER SPR 6	HUN FEA 6	HUN SPR 1	BEL FEA Ret	BEL SPR Ret	ITA FEA 13	ITA SPR 19	RUS FEA 8	RUS SPR 1	ABU FEA 7	ABU SPR DSQ	10th	62

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2013	Race Performance	Michel Frey Jeroen Bleekemolen	Oreca 03-Judd	LMP2	314	18th	9th

Complete GP2 Series results

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

Year	Entrant	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	Daiko Team Lazarus	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	ESP FEA	ESP SPR	MON FEA	MON SPR	AUT FEA	AUT SPR	GBR FEA	GBR SPR	HUN FEA	HUN SPR	BEL FEA	BEL SPR	ITA FEA 17	ITA SPR 17	RUS FEA	RUS SPR	BHR FEA	BHR SPR	ABU FEA	ABU SPR	34th	0

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos.	Points
2016	Attempto Racing	Lamborghini Huracán GT3	Pro	MIS QR 18	MIS CR 10	BRH QR	BRH CR	NÜR QR	NÜR CR	HUN QR	HUN CR	CAT QR	CAT CR	12th*	1*

^* Season still in progress.

References

1. "PATRIC NIEDERHAUSER". Formula Abarth. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
2. "NIEDERHAUSER WINS IN MONZA AND IS THE NEW ITALIAN CHAMPION". Formula Abarth. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
3. "SIROTKIN WINS RACE ONE IN BARCELONA AND GETS THE TITLE". Formula Abarth. 30 October 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
4. "LO Formula Renault 2.0 Suisse 2010". Driver Database. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
5. "Jenzer Motorsport confirm Niederhauser for 2012". GP3 Series (GP2 Motorsport Limited). 3 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.

External links

• Career details from Driver Database
• Patric Niederhauser on Twitter