#PUSHPAPY JOURNEY
ABOUT ME

MERCEDES AMG PERFORMANCE DRIVER 2025
BMW FACTORY DRIVER 2023 - 2024
ASTON MARTIN FACTORY DRIVER 2018 - 2022
BMW FACTORY DRIVER 2013 - 2017
In 2005 I started my journey in the Mini Cooper Challenge Benelux. I finished 2nd of the Championship which gave me the opportunity to compete in the Mini Cooper Challenge World Cup Final in Misano. Winning it made me becoming the 1st and only MINI World Champion.
After a few years of racing in many different championships, race cars and race teams, I have been very lucky to meet Marc VDS. I have been able to race for 5 years in his team and had to win many races which gave me a lot of credit in the racing world.
In 2013 started my 1st chapter with BMW as a factory driver. I drove the ALMS (USA) with the brand new BMW Z4 GTLM with some great successes. In 2014, my dream came true: I was finally able to race in the DTM for BMW. I will never forget my 1st victory in Moscow in my 5th race ever: an amazing feeling to be able to be the 1st Belgian driver to win a DTM race. Drove for 2 years with BMW Team RMG and 2 years with BMW Team RBM.
Winning the Total 24H of Spa 2016 is my most beautiful victory, a family history that we can’t deny!
In 2018, I decided to give a new chapter to my racing career and went to Aston Martin Racing. Competing in the WEC for 3 years in the GTE Pro has been an amazing experience and winning the 24h of Le Mans GTE Pro in 2020 will always stay as one of my most important victories ever… hat a feeling to stand on the top step of the podium at Le Mans, even if it was maybe the worst year to win it, thanks to the COVID.
After 5 years with Aston Martin Racing and many different successes, it was again time for me to write a new page in my career. So, in 2023, I started my second chapter with BMW and it has been a very exciting journey, full of good moments like the third place in the Dubai 24 Hours, the victory in the first NLS of the 2023 season with Dries Vanthoor and the podiums in the Fanatec GT World Challenge with Valentino Rossi, as well as the victories in Misano and all the achievements of 2024. Our first WEC podium in Imola with Vale and Ahmad Al Arthy was amazing, as was the one in Japan.
This period has been full of thrills and now, in 2025, I am ready for another whirlwind: my path will join that of Mercedes AMG Motorsport for the first time ever. I can’t wait to see what this new season has in store for me, it will all be new but I’m sure that together with Mercedes we’ll be able to do good things. There will certainly be no shortage of high-speed adrenaline!
BIRTH DATE: 20 March 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH: Uccle, Belgium
HEIGHT: 181cm
WEIGHT: 75kg
OTHER INTERESTS: Golf, Tennis, Padel Tennis
AMBITIONS: Win 24h of Nürburgring / Win 24h Le Mans Overall
FAVOURITE TRACK: Nordschleife, Spa Francorchamps
#PUSHPAPY PALMARES
ACHIEVEMENTS

2005
Mini Challenge World Champion

2014
DTM Moscow winner
BMW Motorsport

2015
DTM Nürburgring winner
BMW Motorsport

2017
DTM Norisring winner
BMW Motorsport

2016
24h of SPA Winner
BMW Motorsport

2020
24h of Le Mans Winner - GTE
Aston Martin Racing

2020
FIA WEC Runner UP - GTE
Aston Martin Racing

2023
24h Le Mans 100th
2nd in LMP2 Pro/Am

2023
Nurburgring 24h
2nd with Rowe Racing

2023 + 2024
Misano GTWC Winner
With Valentino Rossi

2024
WEC Podium in Imola
2nd with Rossi & Al Harthy

2024
WEC Podium in Fuji
3rd with Rossi & Al Harthy





2005
Mini Challenge
World Champion

2014
DTM Moscow winner
BMW Motorsport

2015
DTM Nürburgring winner
BMW Motorsport

2017
DTM Norisring winner
BMW Motorsport

2016
24h of SPA Winner
BMW Motorsport

2020
24h Le Mans GTE Winner
Aston Martin Racing

2020
FIA WEC - GTE Runner Up
Aston Martin Racing

2023
Podium - 24h Le Mans 100th
in LMP2 Pro/Am

2023
Misano GTWC Winner
with Valentino Rossi

2024
P.2 ath Nurburgring 24h
With Rowe Racing

2024
Podium - Imola WEC
P.2 With Rossi & Al Harthy

2024
Misano GTWC Winner
with Valentino Rossi

2024
Podium - Fuji WEC
P.3 With Rossi & Al Harthy
#PUSHPAPY SCHEDULE
2025 SEASON - COMING SOON
ROAR BEFORE THE ROLEX24
IMSA - GTP CLASS
19/24 JAN. 2024

ROLEX 24H OF DAYTONA
IMSA - GTP CLASS
24/28 JAN. 2024

BATHURST 12H
INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE
16/18 FEB. 2024

QATAR PROLOGUE
FIA WEC - LMGT3 CLASS
24/25 FEB. 2024

QATAR 1812KM
FIA WEC - LMGT3 CLASS
29 FEB. / 2. MAR 2024

PROLOGUE PAUL RICARD
GTWC ENDURANCE
5/6 MAR. 2024

12H SEBRING
IMSA - GTP CLASS
13/16 MAR. 2024

PAUL RICARD
GTWC ENDURANCE
5/7 APR. 2024

6H IMOLA
FIA WEC - LMGT3 CLASS
18/21 APR. 2024

BRANDS HATCH
GTWC SPRINT
3/5 MAY 2024

6H SPA
FIA WEC - LMGT3 CLASS
8/11 MAY 2024

MISANO
GTWC SPRINT
17/19 MAY 2024

24H SPA PROLOGUE
GTWC ENDURANCE
21/22 MAY 2024

24h NÜRBURGRING
ADAC
30 MAY / 2 JUN. 2024

24H LE MANS
FIA WEC - LMGT3 CLASS
12/16 Jun. 2024

24H SPA
GTWC ENDURANCE
26/30 JUN. 2024

6H SÃO PAULO
FIA WEC - LMGT3 CLASS
11-14 JuL- 2024

NÜRBURGRING
GTWC ENDURANCE
26/28 JUL. 2024

6H C.O.T.A.
FIA WEC - LMGT3 CLASS
29 AUG. / 1 SEPT. 2024

6H FUJI
FIA WEC - LMGT3 CLASS
12/15 SEPT. 2024

MONZA
GTWC ENDURANCE
20/22 SEPT. 2024

PETIT LE MANS
IMSA
9/12 OCT. 2024

8h BAHRAIN
FIA WEC - LMGT3 CLASS
30 OCT. / 2 NOV. 2024

6H JEDDAH
FIA WEC - LMGT3 CLASS
21/23 NOV. 2024

2023 SEASON - THE CAR
#PUSHPAPY RACECAR
MERCEDES AMG GT3
The Mercedes-AMG GT3 is synonymous for competitiveness. Week after week, it is proving its qualities in the world’s hardest-fought customer sports series. Utmost reliability, impressive performance, excellent driveability and benchmark-setting safety have been among its characteristics ever since.
ENGINE: 6.3l V8 N/A
POWER: Up to 550hp
WEIGHT: 1285 Kg
WHEELS: Front 12.5″ x 18″ – Rear 13″ x 18″

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