Niels Langeveld (born 21 February 1988) is a

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racing driver currently competing in

Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux The Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux is the Belgian & Netherlands-based Porsche 911 GT3, Porsche 911 Carrera Cup series for Porsche 911 GT3 Carrera Cup races, launched in 2013. The series is supported by Porsche Motorsport, Porsche Belgium, and Porsc ...

for RedAnt Racing.

Career

Langeveld made his car racing debut in 2005, racing part-time in the ELF BRL V6 series. After spending a year out of racing, Langeveld competed in the Formido Swift Cup from 2007 to 2010, finishing no lower than fifth in the standings and winning the title in 2010. Langeveld then spent two full-time years in Renault Clio Cup Nederland, winning it in 2012 with Certainty Racing Team. Following a one-off return to the series in 2013, Langeveld moved over to Renault Clio Cup Benelux for the following two years, finishing runner-up in points in 2014 and taking the title the following year after taking five wins. After a one-off appearance at the end of 2015 for

Target Competition Target Competition is an Italian auto racing team based in Eppan an der Weinstraße, Italy. The team is currently competing in the World Touring Car Cup and TCR Europe Touring Car Series as well in others TCR series. The team has previously race ...

, Langeveld competed full-time in

SEAT León Eurocup The SEAT León Eurocup was a one-make touring car racing series which uses SEAT Leóns, run by SEAT Sport. Background The championship began in 2008, making its debut at Circuit de Valencia, as a support series for the World Touring Car Champi ...

for Baporo Motorsport, with whom he would win the title with by beating Mikel Azcona by 14 points. Stepping up to ADAC TCR Germany for 2017, Langeveld joined RacingOne alongside Kai Jordan and Maurits Sandberg. In his rookie season in the series, Langeveld won at

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and

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to finish fifth in points. Langeveld returned to RacingOne for a second season in ADAC TCR Germany alongside Maurits Sandberg. In his sophomore season in the championship, Langeveld won at the

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and

on his way to third in points, behind Luca Engstler and Harald Proczyk. Joining Audi Sport Team Comtoyou for 2019, Langeveld made his debut in the WTCC alongside

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. In his only season in the championship, Langeveld scored a lone podium, coming at the first race of the Suzuka round, where he finished second behind

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. Switching to GT racing for 2020, Langeveld joined T3 Motorsport to race alongside Maximilian Paul in

ADAC GT Masters The ADAC GT Masters is a grand tourer-based auto racing series founded by the international Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) and supported by the German ADAC automotive club. Similar to an earlier ADAC GT Cup series in the 1990s, the new GT ...

. Finishing 30th in the standings on 22 points, the pair scored a best finish of 11th twice, at both the

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and the second

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round. Returning to TCR competition in 2021, Langeveld joined

Sébastien Loeb Racing Sébastien Loeb Racing is a French racing team, founded by rally and racing driver Sébastien Loeb. It currently competes in the World Rallycross Championship, World Touring Car Cup, Porsche Carrera Cup France, and 208 Rally Cup. The team us ...

to compete in TCR Europe. In his only season in the series, Langeveld finished on the podium at

and

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, on his way to third in the overall points and taking the TCR Benelux title. During 2021, Langeveld also competed on a part-time basis in Mazda MX-5 Cup Netherlands, winning race one at

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and finishing sixth in points. In 2022, Langeveld joined

to race in TCR Italy alongside Cesare Brusa and Francesca Raffaele as the sole Hyundai Elantra N TCR in the team. After winning the season-opening race one at

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, Langeveld went winless in the following two rounds prior to winning race two of the fourth round of the season at Mugello. In the final two rounds of the season, Langeveld won both the opening races of the

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and

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rounds, and after finishing third in the final race of the season, Langeveld took the TCR Italy title by 34 points over Salvatore Tavano. Also doing 2022, Langeveld raced in the MX-5 Cup Netherlands and finished runner-up in the standings to Marcel Dekker. Remaining in TCR Italy for 2023, Langeveld switched to MM Motorsport as the sole driver in the three-car operation to use the then-new FL5 version of the

Honda Civic Type R TCR The Honda Civic Type R TCR is a racing car built on the basis of the TCR rules established in 2015, which is included in the World Touring Car Cup under the direction of the FIA. In 2019, 2020, and 2024, it won the TCR Model of the Year award ...

. Winning at Misano and

and finishing off the podium only three times, Langeveld ultimately finished runner-up in the points to Franco Girolami in his sophomore year in the series. Langeveld left Touring Car competition following 2023, as he joined Q1-trackracing to compete in

. At the second round of the season at

, Langeveld took his maiden podium in the series by finishing second, after having started on pole. Following this, Langeveld scored two more podiums in the final four rounds of the season, on his way to seventh in the standings and contributing to Q1-trackracing's team championship. Staying in

for 2025, Langeveld joined RedAnt Racing for his sophomore season.

Racing record

Racing career summary

References

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