Xavier Maassen (born 22 June 1980 in
Heerlen
Heerlen (; ) is a city and a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southeast of the Netherlands. It is the third largest settlement proper in the province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. Measured as municipality, it is the f ...
) is a Dutch racing driver who previously competed in the
FIA GT1 World Championship
The FIA GT1 World Championship was a world championship sports car racing series, developed by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation, SRO Group and regulated by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), that was held from 2010 to 2012. I ...
for Mad-Croc Racing. Recently, he has participated in the
Blancpain Endurance Series
The GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, formerly for sponsorship reasons the Blancpain Endurance Series from 2011 to 2015 and Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup from 2016 to 2019, is a sports car racing series developed by SRO Motorsports G ...
for
Prospeed Competition
Prospeed Competition is a sports car racing team based in Liège, Belgium. It was founded in 2006 by Rudi Penders and Luc Goris. It has been a factory-supported Porsche team since 2008.
The team debuted in the 2006 Belcar Endurance Championsh ...
. He lives in
Lanaken
Lanaken (; ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2007, the municipality of Lanaken had a total population of 24,724. Its area is 59.00 km2 which gives a population density of 415 inhabitants per km2.
...
in
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...
.
Career
Single-seaters
Formula Ford
Maassen began his racing career with success in
Formula Ford
Formula Ford, also known as F1600 and Formula F, is an entry-level class of single-seater, open-wheel formula racing. The various championships held across the world have historically been an important step for many prospective Formula One dri ...
, winning the Belgian championship in 2001 and 2002. He also finished fifth in the
Benelux
The Benelux Union (; ; ; ) or Benelux is a politico-economic union, alliance and formal international intergovernmental cooperation of three neighbouring states in Western Europe: Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. The name is a portma ...
series in 2001, and was runner-up to
Jaap van Lagen in 2002. He also finished fifth in the Dutch series in 2002.
[Xavier Maassen career statistics](_blank)
at Driver Database
Formula Renault

Maassen stepped up to
Formula Renault
Formula Renault are classes of formula racing popular in Europe and elsewhere. Regarded as an entry-level series to auto racing, motor racing, it was founded in 1971, and was a respected series where drivers can learn advanced racecraft before mov ...
in 2003, finishing seventh in
Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands, before finishing runner-up to
Junior Strous
Junior Strous (born 28 April 1986 in Vlaardingen) is a Dutch racing driver, racing team owner, and entrepreneur from Wassenaar. He has competed at various levels and classes of formula racing starting his professional career in Formula Ford at Ge ...
in 2004. Having competed in selected
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 in the previous two seasons, Maassen moved to the series full-time in 2005, finishing tenth overall. In 2006, he combined another season in the Eurocup, where he finished 13th, with a season in the North European Championship, a merger of the Dutch and German national series. He finished third in the overall standings behind
Filipe Albuquerque
Filipe Miguel Delgadinho Albuquerque (born 13 June 1985) is a Portuguese people, Portuguese professional racing driver, currently driving an Acura ARX-06 in the IMSA SportsCar Championship for Wayne Taylor Racing, and an Oreca 07 in the Europea ...
and
Chris van der Drift
Christopher Jason van der Drift (born 8 March 1986) is a New Zealand racing driver of Dutch descent who currently competes in the Asian Le Mans Series for Absolute Motorsport.
Career
Van der Drift started karting at the age of 7 and in 1994 h ...
.
Maassen stepped up to the
Formula Renault 3.5 Series in 2007, but failed to score any points in 17 starts for
Prema Powerteam
Prema Racing, previously known as Prema Powerteam, is an Italian motorsport team, owned and operated through the ''DC Racing Solutions'' parent company. Founded in 1983, the team is based in Grisignano di Zocco and currently operates out of Ita ...
.
GT racing
Maassen began racing in the
FIA GT Championship
The FIA GT Championship was a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) at the behest of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship was mostly concentrated in Europe, but throughout ...
in 2008 driving a
Corvette C6.R for the
Selleslagh Racing Team
Selleslagh Racing Team (SRT) is a Belgium, Belgian racing team, currently competing in the GT4 European Series.
In the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship season, 2010 season the team competed under the Mad-Croc Racing banner, the result of a collab ...
alongside
Christophe Bouchut
Christophe Bouchut (born 24 September 1966 in Voiron, Isère) is a French professional racing driver. He currently competes in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series, driving for Dexwet-df1 Racing and Alex Caffi Motorsport in a part-time effort. He won t ...
. He won just his second GT race at
Monza
Monza (, ; ; , locally ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the Lambro, River Lambro, a tributary of the Po (river), River Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capital of the province of Mo ...
, and the pair finished 13th in the driver's standings.
Maassen started the 2009 season driving a Corvette for
Luc Alphand
Luc Alphand (born 6 August 1965) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from France. He specialized in the speed events and later became a race car driver.
Ski racing
Born in Briançon (Hautes-Alpes), Alphand was world junior champion in 19 ...
Aventures, but the team missed the races at Spa and Algarve, and so raced for another Corvette team, Sangari Team Brazil at those races. Maassen also raced for Luc Alphand Aventures at the
2009 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans () was the 77th Grand Prix of Endurance, an endurance racing (motorsport), endurance auto racing, auto race run over 24 hours. It took place at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France, and was organised by the Aut ...
, finishing second in the GT1 category.
Maassen competed in the new
FIA GT1 World Championship
The FIA GT1 World Championship was a world championship sports car racing series, developed by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation, SRO Group and regulated by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), that was held from 2010 to 2012. I ...
in 2010, returning to the DKR Engineering team, now under the
Mad-Croc Racing banner.
Racing record
Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula Renault 2.0 NEC results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete GT1 World Championship results
24 Hours of Le Mans results
References
External links
Official website
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Living people
1980 births
Sportspeople from Heerlen
Dutch racing drivers
Formula Ford drivers
Formula Renault Eurocup drivers
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC drivers
FIA GT Championship drivers
24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
World Series Formula V8 3.5 drivers
FIA GT1 World Championship drivers
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup drivers
24 Hours of Spa drivers
ADAC GT Masters drivers
Prema Powerteam drivers
Dutch Formula Renault 2.0 drivers
JD Motorsport drivers
W Racing Team drivers
Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers
24H Series drivers
Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux drivers
Comtoyou Racing drivers