Quick Facts
Biography
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.
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 Varano and another five podiums at the end of the season saw him finish as runner-up in the Italian series, 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. In European Series the Swiss driver finished as runner-up with five race victories, 37 points behind Sirotkin.
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.
GP3 Series
In 2012 Niederhauser will continue his collaboration with Jenzer Motorsport into GP3 Series.
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 |
| European Le Mans Series | Race Performance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 20th | |
| 2015 | GP2 Series | Daiko Team Lazarus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34th |
| 2016 | ADAC GT Masters | ADAC NSA / Attempto Racing | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup | Attempto Racing | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31st | |
| Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46th |
† 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 | CAT FEA 4 | CAT SPR 5 | MON FEA Ret | MON SPR 15 | VAL FEA 8 | VAL SPR 1 | SIL FEA 10 | SIL SPR 3 | HOC FEA 1 | HOC SPR 9 | HUN FEA 16 | HUN SPR 2 | SPA FEA 11 | SPA SPR 6 | MNZ FEA 5 | MNZ SPR Ret | 7th | 101 | ||
| 2013 | Jenzer Motorsport | CAT FEA 2 | CAT SPR 3 | VAL FEA 13 | VAL SPR Ret | SIL FEA 15 | SIL SPR 11 | NÜR FEA 12 | NÜR SPR 8 | HUN FEA 25 | HUN SPR 15 | SPA FEA Ret | SPA SPR 9 | MNZ FEA 8 | MNZ SPR Ret | YMC FEA Ret | YMC SPR 15 | 13th | 33 | ||
| 2014 | Arden International | CAT FEA 10 | CAT SPR 9 | RBR FEA 10 | RBR SPR 6 | SIL FEA 13 | SIL SPR Ret | HOC FEA 12 | HOC SPR 6 | HUN FEA 6 | HUN SPR 1 | SPA FEA Ret | SPA SPR Ret | MNZ FEA 13 | MNZ SPR 19 | SOC FEA 8 | SOC SPR 1 | YMC FEA 7 | YMC 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 | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | MON FEA | MON SPR | RBR FEA | RBR SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA 17 | MNZ SPR 17 | SOC FEA | SOC SPR | BHR FEA | BHR SPR | YMC FEA | YMC 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 25 | BRH CR Ret | NÜR QR 12 | NÜR CR 19 | HUN QR Ret | HUN CR DNS | CAT QR | CAT CR | 31st | 1 |