# Loek Hartog

Loek Hartog (born 5 October 2002) is a Dutch racing driver competing in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and the Porsche Carrera Cup North America.

## Career
### Porsche competition

After making a brief cameo in karting, in the BNL Golden Trophy, Hartog began his full time racing debut in the 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux, where he finished in third, picking up two wins, four pole positions and eight podiums, with Bas Koeten Racing. He also made an appearance in the 2019 Porsche Carrera Cup France with the team and then drove for MRS GT-Racing in the 2019 Porsche Supercup for the seventh round in Spa-Francorchamps, where he finished in 18th.
In 2020, he made cameos in the 2020 Porsche Supercup and the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany for Bas Koeten Racing Team. He came 10th in his appearance at Spa-Francorchamps in the 2020 Porsche Supercup, but as he was guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. He also won the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux that year as well.
His career perked up in 2021, where he got a full time drive in the 2021 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany for Black Falcon Team TEXTAR. Hartog was one of the standout rookies of the series, as he fought with Bastian Buus for the rookie title, with Hartog pipping him to the title. He also got his first podium in the series at his home race at Circuit Zandvoort.
He also drove in the 2021 Porsche Supercup for three races with Team Parker Racing, coming in points paying positions in Spa-Francorchamps and his home race of Circuit Zandvoort, he was ineligible for points due to being a guest driver. In 2022 Hartog drove in the Porsche Supercup full time with Ombra Racing, scoring points in all races bar the exception of Circuit Paul Ricard, where he retired from the race. He finished 8th in the overall classifications with 43 points and came runner-up to the rookies title.
Hartog also contested the 2022 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany full time, driving for Black Falcon, where he got his maiden pole position in the Red Bull Ring, followed by a second pole a round later in Imola Circuit. He finished the season in 5th with four podiums and 185 points.
In 2023, he drove for Dutch team Team GP Elite in the 2023 Porsche Supercup and the 2023 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany. At Zandvoort he would get his first podium in the Porsche Supercup, with a second place, and in the following race, also staged at Zandvoort, he got his maiden pole in the series, which was followed by a maiden win. He finished the championship in 6th place with 75 points.
Meanwhile in the 2023 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, he had a rather successful campaign where he fought for the championship title with teammate, two-time Porsche Supercup champion, Larry ten Voorde. He started his title bid in the first race of the first round at Spa-Francorchamps, where he got a podium and a maiden win in the second race. Hartog got two pole positions at the second round at the Hockenheimring, coming second and first in the races. Despite getting no podiums in the next rounds, he was consistent with points until he repeated a similar exploit to the one he did at the Hockenheimring, in the fifth round at the Lausitzring, where he claimed two poles and won the first race, but would retire from the second one.
In the final few rounds, he would claim two more poles and three more podiums, including a win. He finished the championship in the runner-up position, behind Larry ten Voorde.
In 2024, Hartog joined Kellymoss to make his debut in the Porsche Carrera Cup North America and dominated the championship, throughout the sixteen races, he won seven of them, getting eight pole positions and bagging a podium in all races but two, as he ended the championship with 339 points, which was more than 100 points ahead of his main rival, New Zealander Ryan Yardley.
He also made a cameo in the fifth round of the 2024 Porsche Supercup at the Hungaroring with Dinamic Motorsport, where he came 9th in the race, but as he was a guest driver he was ineligible to score points.
Hartog also competed in the inaugural edition of the 2024 992 Endurance Cup, a 12 hour endurance race at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps with German team BLACK FALCON Team 48 LOSCH and German drivers, Christopher Mies, Tobias Müller and Noah Nagelsdiek. The quartet would win the race in twelve hours, one minute and fifteen seconds after qualifying in fifth position.

### GT's

In early 2024, he made his GT3 debut with Dennis Marschall and Dustin Blattner for Car Collection Motorsport in the second round of the Middle East Trophy at the 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi, where they would win the race. The young Dutchman would continue with GT's and would drive for Rutronik Racing with Marschall and Blattner in the Bronze Cup of the 2024 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. After a rough start in the first race of the season, and retiring from all three stages of the 2024 24 Hours of Spa, they got a maiden a pole position and converted that to a win in the third round at Nürburgring.
Hartog wouldn't participate in the fourth round due to a clash with his Porsche Carrera Cup North America duties, but did the fifth and final round at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, where his team followed the same pattern they did at the Nürburgring. He came 5th in the Bronze category of the drivers championship with 33 points.
To round off his 2024 season, he partnered up with drivers Patric Niederhauser and Antares Au to compete in the final round of the 2024 GT World Challenge America at Indianapolis in the Pro-Am class with Herberth Motorsport. The trio got the events overall pole position despite competing in the Pro-Am class and finished the race in seventh place in their category with a fastest lap as well. They were ineligible for points as they'd entered the race as guest drivers.

## Karting record
### Karting career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Position |
| 2017 | BNL Golden Trophy — Senior Max | | 19th |

## Racing record
### Racing career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2019 | 24H TCE Continents Series - TCR | Bas Koeten Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NC |
| 2019 | Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux | Bas Koeten Racing | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 184 | 3rd |
| 2019 | Porsche Carrera Cup France | Bas Koeten Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2019 | Porsche Supercup | MRS GT-Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31st |
| 2020 | Porsche Supercup | Bas Koeten Racing Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2020 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | Bas Koeten Racing Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2020 | Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux | Bas Koeten Racing Team | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 1st |
| 2021 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | Black Falcon Team TEXTAR | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 10th |
| 2021 | Porsche Supercup | Team Parker Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2021 | Nürburgring Endurance Series - VT2 | Adrenalin Motorsport Team Alzner Automotive | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? |
| 2021 | Nürburgring Endurance Series - V5 | Adrenalin Motorsport Team Alzner Automotive | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ? | ? |
| 2022 | Porsche Supercup | Ombra Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 8th |
| 2022 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | Black Falcon | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 185 | 5th |
| 2023 | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany | Team GP Elite | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 251 | 2nd |
| 2023 | Porsche Supercup | Team GP Elite | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 75 | 6th |
| 2023-24 | Middle East Trophy - GT3 | Car Collection Motorsport | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40* | 2nd* |
| 2024 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Rutronik Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2024 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Bronze | Rutronik Racing | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 5th |
| 2024 | Porsche Carrera Cup North America | Kellymoss | 16 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 339 | 1st |
| 2024 | Porsche Supercup | Dinamic Motorsport SRL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2024 | 992 Endurance Cup | Black Falcon Team 48 LOSCH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | N/A | 1st |
| 2024 | GT World Challenge America - Pro-Am | Herberth Motorsport | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2025 | Middle East Trophy - GT3 | Dinamic GT | | | | | | | |
| 2025 | Middle East Trophy - GT3 | Herberth Motorsport | | | | | | | |
| 2025 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup | Rutronik Racing | | | | | | * | * |
| 2025 | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Bronze | Rutronik Racing | | | | | | * | * |
| 2025 | GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup | Rutronik Racing | | | | | | * | * |
| 2025 | GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup - Silver | Rutronik Racing | | | | | | * | * |
$^†$ As he was a guest driver, Hartog was ineligible to score points.
$^*$ Season still in progress.

### 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 | Pos. | Points |
| 2019 | MRS GT-Racing | CAT | MON | RBR | SIL | HOC | HUN | SPA 18 | MNZ | MEX | MEX | 31st | 0 |
| 2020 | Bas Koeten Racing Team | RBR | RBR | HUN | SIL | SIL | CAT | SPA 10 | MNZ | | | NC† | 0 |
| 2021 | Team Parker Racing | MON | RBR | RBR | HUN 23 | SPA 10 | ZND 11 | MNZ | MNZ | | | NC† | 0 |
| 2022 | Ombra Racing | IMO 9 | MON 15 | SIL 10 | RBR 13 | LEC Ret | SPA 9 | ZND 6 | MNZ 8 | | | 8th | 43 |
| 2023 | Team GP Elite | MON 4 | RBR Ret | SIL 10 | HUN 16 | SPA 10 | ZND 2 | ZND 1 | MNZ Ret | | | 6th | 75 |
| 2024 | Dinamic Motorsport SRL | IMO | MON | RBR | SIL | HUN 9 | SPA | ZAN | MNZ | | | NC† | 0 |
$^†$ As Hartog was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. $^*$ Season still in progress.

### Complete Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 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 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
| 2020 | Bas Koeten Racing Team | LMS 16 | SAC 1 | SAC 2 | SAC 3 | RBR 1 | RBR 2 | RBR 3 | LAU 1 | LAU 2 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | | | | | | NC† | 0 |
| 2021 | Black Falcon Team TEXTAR | SPA 1 7 | SPA 2 9 | OSC 1 18 | OSC 2 25 | RBR 1 15 | RBR 2 10 | MNZ1 1 5 | MNZ1 2 10 | ZAN 1 8 | ZAN 2 2 | MNZ2 1 6 | MNZ2 2 13 | SAC 1 11 | SAC 2 13 | HOC 1 9 | HOC 2 10 | 10th | 107 |
| 2022 | Black Falcon | SPA 1 4 | SPA 2 6 | RBR 1 3 | RBR 2 6 | IMO 1 4 | IMO 2 2 | ZAN 1 6 | ZAN 2 14 | NÜR 1 4 | NÜR 2 3 | LAU 1 3 | LAU 2 5 | SAC 1 4 | SAC 2 5 | HOC 1 5 | HOC 2 Ret | 5th | 185 |
| 2023 | Team GP Elite | SPA 1 3 | SPA 2 1 | HOC1 1 2 | HOC1 2 1 | ZAN 1 5 | ZAN 2 11 | NÜR 1 4 | NÜR 2 7 | LAU 1 1 | LAU 2 Ret | SAC 1 4 | SAC 2 4 | RBR 1 5 | RBR 2 2 | HOC2 1 1 | HOC2 2 2 | 2nd | 251 |
$^†$As Hartog was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

### Complete GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup results

| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos. | Points |
| 2024 | Rutronik Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) | Bronze | LEC 31 | SPA 6H Ret | SPA 12H Ret | SPA 24H Ret | NÜR 22 | MNZ | JED 17 | 5th | 33 |