Mike Hezemans

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Mike Hezemans
Hezemans in 2019
NationalityNetherlands Dutch
Born (1969-07-25) 25 July 1969 (age 56)
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Related toToine Hezemans (father)
Loris Hezemans (brother)
Liam Hezemans (brother)
Racing licence FIA Gold (until 2019)
FIA Silver (2023–)

Mike Hezemans (born 25 July 1969) is a Dutch racing driver who last competed for Marc VDS Racing Team in the Blancpain Endurance Series.

Hezemans is a two-time winner of the Spa 24 Hours, a three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Zolder and a race winner in the FIA GT Championship, in which he was runner-up in points four times.

Career

Hezemans began karting in 1981,[1] most notably finishing third in the Karting World Championship and runner-up in the Karting European Championship in 1989 before stepping up to car-racing the year after by racing in the Dutch Production Car Championship.[2]

After spending four years between Porsche Carrera Cup Germany and Porsche Supercup, which included a podium at the 1991 24 Hours of Spa, Hezemans joined Lotus Racing Team for the 1996 BPR Global GT Series.[3] Continuing with Lotus Racing for 1997, Hezemans competed in the FIA GT Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the GT1 class.[4]

In 1998, Hezemans returned to the GT1 class of the FIA GT Championship for a part-time schedule with Team Hezemans, before switching to the GT2 class and Roock Racing for the second half, during which he scored a podium in the season-ending race at Laguna Seca.[5]

Following his third season in the FIA GT Championship in 1999 where he only scored four points, Hezemans joined Carsport Holland for the following year.[6] After taking his maiden series win at Monza,[7] Hezemans won again at the A1-Ring and Brno to end the season runner-up in points.[8][9]

Hezemans remained with Carsport Holland for 2001, this time partnering Jeroen Bleekemolen. The pair won at the Hungaroring and Estoril on their way to runner-up honors in the GT standings.[10][11] Partnering up with Anthony Kumpen for 2002, the pair won the second-to-last race at Donington Park as they finished sixth in points.[12] During 2002, Hezemans took the first of three consecutive 24 Hours of Zolder wins.[13]

After podium-less stints with Force One Racing Festina and GPC Giesse Squadra Corse,[14][15] Hezemans returned to GLPK-Carsport for 2005 alongside Bert Longin and Anthony Kumpen.[16] The trio won at Imola and the third-to-last round at Zhuhai en route to a sixth place in points at season's end.[17][18] The trio was retained by GLPK-Carsport for 2006,[19] but were only able to muster a win at Le Castellet and four more podiums to finish the season seventh in the GT1 standings.[20]

Staying with Carsport Holland for 2007, Hezemans was partnered by Jean-Denis Délétraz while also being joined by Marcel Fässler and Fabrizio Gollin for the Spa 24 Hours,[21] which they won, helping them to finish third in the GT1 points.[22] Gollin then became Hezemans' full-time teammate for the 2008 season as Carsport Holland strengthened their partnership with Phoenix Racing.[23] The duo scored a lone win in Adria and ended the season runner-up in points.[24]

Hezemans initially signed with Racing Box to race in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for 2009,[25] but after said deal broke down, Hezemans returned to the FIA GT Championship, joining PekaRacing nv alongside Anthony Kumpen.[26] The duo took their first win of the season in Oschersleben,[27] before winning the 24 Hours of Spa on their way to runner-up in the GT1 points.[28]

Staying in the newly-rebranded FIA GT1 World Championship for 2010, Hezemans joined Phoenix Racing / Carsport.[29] Splitting the season with Mad-Croc Racing,[30] Hezemans scored only one podium during the season, a third at the 24 Hours of Spa.[31]

Hezemans remained in the FIA GT1 World Championship, joining Exim Bank Team China alongside Nicky Catsburg.[32] After taking his first podium at Zolder,[33] Hezemans took pole at Silverstone,[34] before finishing third in both races.[35][36] During 2011, Hezemans made a one-off appearance in the Blancpain Endurance Series for KRK Racing Team Holland.[37]

In 2012, Hezemans returned to the Blancpain Endurance Series, joining Marc VDS Racing Team alongside Bert Longin and Henri Moser.[38] After scoring his season-best result of sixth at Le Castellet,[39] Hezemans left the team before the season-ending round in Navarra and was replaced by Nicky Catsburg.[40]

Personal life

Hezemans is the son of 1970 European Touring Car Championship champion Toine Hezemans,[41] and is the brother of NASCAR Whelen Euro Series drivers Loris and Liam Hezemans.[42]

Hezemans is the co-owner of Norwyn Development Group,[43] and lives in Miami, Florida.[44]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
1989 FIA European Championship - Formula A 2nd
CIK-FIA World Championship - Formula A 3rd
1990 FIA Karting World Championship - Formula C 32nd
2001 Wouter van Eeuwijk Trophy 10th
2002 Wouter van Eeuwijk Trophy 11th
Sources:[45]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
1990 Dutch Production Car Championship - 5000cc ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? 51 7th
1991 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? 6 ??
Spa 24 Hours Team Hezemans Rotax 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd
1992 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? 26 16th
Spa 24 Hours Team Hezemans Rotax 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
1993 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany Roock Racing ?? 1 0 0 4 104 5th
Porsche Supercup 9 0 1 0 1 73 6th
ADAC GT Cup – Class 1 1 0 1 0 1 12 12th
1994 Porsche Supercup Roock Racing ?? 0 0 0 0 67 9th
ADAC GT Cup – Class 1 1 0 0 1 1 12 11th
1996 BPR Global GT Series – GT1 Freisinger Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 23 62nd
Lotus Racing Team 10 0 0 0 0
1997 FIA GT Championship – GT1 GT1 Lotus Racing Franck Muller 11 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGT1 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
1998 FIA GT Championship – GT1 Team Hezemans 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
FIA GT Championship – GT2 Roock Racing 5 0 0 0 1 6 20th
1999 FIA GT Championship – GT1 Marcos Racing International 1 0 0 0 0 4 23rd
Konrad Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0
Lister Storm Racing 2 0 0 0 1
Paul Belmondo Racing 2 0 0 0 0
American Le Mans Series – GTS Konrad Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 0 NC
2000 FIA GT Championship – GT Carsport Holland 10 3 3 1 5 50.5 2nd
American Le Mans Series – GTS 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2001 FIA GT Championship – GT Carsport Holland 10 2 3 3 6 42 2nd
American Le Mans Series – GTS American Viperacing 1 0 0 0 1 24 17th
2002 FIA GT Championship – GT Carsport Holland 10 1 0 0 5 36 6th
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTS 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
American Le Mans Series – GTS 1 0 0 0 0 36 20th
American Viperacing 1 0 0 0 0
Belcar ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? 257 7th
2003 FIA GT Championship – GT Force One Racing Festina 10 0 1 0 0 0 NC
American Le Mans Series – GTS Carsport America 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTS 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2004 FIA GT Championship – GT GPC Giesse Squadra Corse 5 0 0 0 0 9 24th
Le Mans Endurance Series – GTS Barron Connor Racing 4 0 0 0 2 14 7th
American Le Mans Series – GTS 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours of Le Mans – LMGTS 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2005 FIA GT Championship – GT1 GLPK-Carsport 11 2 1 2 5 52 6th
2006 FIA GT Championship – GT1 GLPK-Carsport 10 1 1 0 5 48 7th
Mil Milhas Brasil – GTP1 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 5th
Le Mans Series – GT2 Spyker Squadron 4 0 0 0 1 10 10th
24 Hours of Le Mans – GT2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
American Le Mans Series – GT2 1 0 0 0 0 9 42nd
2007 FIA GT Championship – GT1 Carsport Holland 10 2 0 0 4 55 3rd
Le Mans Series – GT2 Spyker Squadron 2 0 0 0 1 11 17th
24 Hours of Le Mans – GT2 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2008 FIA GT Championship – GT1 Phoenix Carsport Racing 11 1 0 1 6 66 2nd
ADAC GT Masters Reiter Engineering 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
24 Hours of Le Mans – GT1 IPB Spartak Racing / Reiter Engineering 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF
2009 FIA GT Championship – GT1 PekaRacing nv 8 2 0 0 5 53 2nd
2010 Dutch Winter Endurance Series Team Master-Care 1 0 0 1 0 10 99th
FIA GT1 World Championship Phoenix Racing / Carsport 6 0 0 0 1 23 29th
Mad-Croc Racing 4 0 0 0 0
2011 FIA GT1 World Championship Exim Bank Team China 14 0 1 1 3 46 14th
ADAC GT Masters Callaway Competition 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
Belcar – GT3 Merc-Hezemans 1 0 0 0 0 3 20th
Belcar Endurance Championship 1 0 0 0 0 10 41st
Blancpain Endurance Series – Pro KRK Racing Team Holland 1 0 0 0 0 6 30th
2012 Blancpain Endurance Series – Pro Marc VDS Racing Team 5 0 0 0 0 30 14th
Sources:[45]

Complete FIA GT Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos. Pts
1997 GT1 Lotus Racing Lotus Elise GT1 GT1 HOC
Ret
SIL
Ret
HEL NÜR
11
SPA
Ret
A1R
Ret
SUZ DON
17
MUG
11
SEB
11
LAG
9
NC 0
1998 Team Hezemans Bitter GT1 GT1 OSC
WD
SIL
Ret
HOC
DNS
DIJ HUN NC 0
Roock Racing Porsche 911 GT2 GT2 SUZ
7
DON
12
A1R
9
HOM
12
LAG
2
20th 6
1999 Marcos Racing International Marcos LM600 GT MNZ
13
OSC
DNS
23rd 4
Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 SIL
13
HOM
Ret
GLN
11
ZHU
Lister Storm Racing Lister Storm GT2 HOC
Ret
ZOL
3
Paul Belmondo Racing Chrysler Viper GTS-R HUN
9
DON
Ret
2000 Carsport Holland Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT VAL
4
EST
4
MNZ
1
SIL
2
HUN
6
ZOL
Ret
A1R
1
LAU
4
BRN
1
MAG
2
2nd 50.5
2001 Team Carsport Holland Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT MNZ
DNS
BRN
3
MAG
Ret
SIL
Ret
ZOL
2
HUN
1
SPA
6H

?
SPA
12H

?
SPA
24H

Ret
A1R
2
NÜR
2
JAR
Ret
EST
1
2nd 42
2002 Team Carsport Holland Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT MAG
2
SIL
Ret
BRN
9
JAR
2
AND
3
OSC
9
SPA
6H

?
SPA
12H

?
SPA
24H

Ret
PER
6
DON
1
EST
2
6th 36
2003 Force One Racing Festina Chrysler Viper GTS-R GT CAT
Ret
MAG
Ret
PER
Ret
BRN
Ret
DON
Ret
SPA
6H

?
SPA
12H

?
SPA
24H

Ret
AND
Ret
OSC
Ret
EST
Ret
MNZ
Ret
NC 0
2004 GPC Giesse Squadra Corse Ferrari 575 GTC GT MNZ
4
VAL
Ret
MAG
13
HOC
5
BRN
Ret
DON
SPA
6H

SPA
12H

SPA
24H

A1R
OSC
DUB
ZHU
24th 9
2005 GLPK-Carsport Chevrolet Corvette C5-R GT1 MNZ
10
MAG
4
SIL
Ret
IMO
1
BRN
4
SPA
6H

DSQ
SPA
12H

DSQ
SPA
24H

DSQ
OSC
3
IST
5
ZHU
1
DUB
3
BHR
3
6th 52
2006 GLPK-Carsport Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 SIL
8
BRN
8
OSC
Ret
SPA
6H

3
SPA
12H

3
SPA
24H

3
LEC
1
DIJ
Ret
MUG
7
HUN
2
ADR
3
DUB
2
7th 48
2007 Carsport Holland Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 ZHU
5
SIL
2
BUC
Ret
MNZ
3
OSC
Ret
SPA
6H

3
SPA
12H

1
SPA
24H

1
ADR
5
BRN
9
NOG
1
ZOL
4
3rd 55
2008 Carsport Holland Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 SIL
5
MNZ
4
ADR
1
OSC
6
SPA
6H

4
SPA
12H

5
SPA
24H

Ret
BUC
1

2
BUC
2

Ret
BRN
2
NOG
2
ZOL
2
SAN
2
2nd 66
2009 PekaRacing nv Corvette C6.R GT1 SIL
4
ADR
2
OSC
1
SPA
6H

?
SPA
12H

?
SPA
1
BUD
5
ALG
2
LEC
Ret
ZOL
2
2nd 53

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1997 United Kingdom GT1 Lotus Racing Netherlands Jan Lammers
Germany Alexander Grau
Lotus Elise GT1 GT1 121 DNF DNF
2002 Netherlands Team Carsport Holland
Italy Racing Box
Belgium Anthony Kumpen
Italy Gabriele Matteuzzi
Chrysler Viper GTS-R GTS 93 DNF DNF
2003 United States Carsport America Belgium Anthony Kumpen
Netherlands David Hart
Pagani Zonda GR GTS 10 DNF DNF
2004 Netherlands Barron Connor Racing Switzerland Jean-Denis Delétraz
France Ange Barde
Ferrari 575-GTC GTS 200 DNF DNF
2006 Netherlands Spyker Squadron b.v. Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen
United Kingdom Jonny Kane
Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R GT2 202 DNF DNF
2007 Netherlands Spyker Squadron Czech Republic Jaroslav Janiš
United Kingdom Jonny Kane
Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R GT2 70 DNF DNF
2008 Russia IPB Spartak Racing
Germany Reiter Engineering
Netherlands Peter Kox
Russia Roman Rusinov
Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT GT1 266 NC NC

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points
2004 Barron Connor Racing GTS Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello Ferrari 6.0L V12 MNZ
Ret
NUR
5
SIL
2
SPA
3
7th 14
2006 Spyker Squadron GT2 Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R Audi 3.8L V8 IST
5
SPA
10
NUR
3
DON
JAR
Ret
10th 10
2007 Spyker Squadron GT2 Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R Audi 3.8L V8 MNZ
VAL
NUR
SPA
SIL
3
MIL
4
11th 11

Complete GT1 World Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2010 Triple H Team Hegersport Chevrolet Corvette C6.R ABU
QR

16
ABU
CR

3
SIL
QR

7
SIL
CR

Ret
SPA
QR

DSQ
SPA
CR

13
NÜR
QR
NÜR
CR
ALG
QR
ALG
CR
NAV
QR
NAV
CR
INT
QR
INT
CR
SAN
QR
SAN
CR
29th 23
Mad-Croc Racing BRN
QR

5
BRN
CR

15
LEC
QR

4
LEC
CR

6
2011 Exim Bank Team China Chevrolet Corvette C6.R ABU
QR

7
ABU
CR

10
ZOL
QR

2
ZOL
CR

5
ALG
QR

9
ALG
CR

9
SAC
QR

Ret
SAC
CR

6
SIL
QR

3
SIL
CR

3
NAV
QR

Ret
NAV
CR

Ret
LEC
QR

Ret
LEC
CR

Ret
ORD
QR
ORD
CR
BEI
QR
BEI
CR
SAN
QR
SAN
CR
14th 46

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points
2011 KRK Racing Team Holland Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 GT3 Pro MNZ
NAV
SPA
6H

??
SPA
12H

??
SPA
24H

Ret
MAG
SIL
30th 6
2012 Marc VDS Racing Team BMW Z4 GT3 Pro MNZ
11
SIL
Ret
LEC
6
SPA
6H

??
SPA
12H

??
SPA
24H

15
NÜR
8
NAV
14th 30

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