Ugo de Wilde

Ugo de Wilde
Ugo de Wilde
	De Wilde in 2021
Nationality	Belgium
Born	(2002-11-20) 20 November 2002 Brussels, Belgium
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup career
Debut season	2024
Current team	Team WRT
Racing licence	FIA Silver (until 2021)FIA Gold(2022–)
Car number	27
Starts	39
Wins	1
Podiums	4
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	NC in 2024
Previous series
2017-2018; 2017-18;	French F4 Championship; Formula 4 South East Asia Championship;

Ugo de Wilde (born 20 November 2002) is a Belgian racing driver. He last competed in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup as part of Team WRT as a factory driver for BMW.^[2]

Career

Karting

Born and raised in Brussels, de Wilde started his karting career in 2011. He competed mainly in European Karting Series, such as the domestic Belgian Kart Cup, where he finished second at the age of nine, and in the CIK-FIA European Championship in his last year of karting in 2016, where he competed against drivers such as Red Bull Academy member Dennis Hauger and Frenchman Théo Pourchaire, trumping the latter in the standings.

Lower formulae

In 2017 de Wilde made his single-seater racing debut in the French F4 Championship at the age of 14, a record at the time.^[3] He didn't score any points until the midpoint of the season, though he drastically improved in its second half, scoring three podiums, helping the Belgian to 12th in the standings.

In the winter of 2017–2018, de Wilde competed in two rounds of the Formula 4 SEA Championship, where he won five races, which helped him to finish third in the drivers' championship.^[4]

The next year, de Wilde continued racing in the now FIA-backed series.^[5] He won four races and became vice-champion, 66.5 points behind Caio Collet.^[6]

Formula Renault Eurocup

In 2019, de Wilde made his debut in the Formula Renault Eurocup for JD Motorsport.^[7] He won the first race of the championship at Monza, however he was unable to score more podium finishes this year. De Wilde finished the season in seventh place.

In 2020, de Wilde would move to Arden Motorsport for another season in the series.^[8] Despite three podium finishes, de Wilde only managed to finish ninth in the standings.

European Le Mans Series

De Wilde switched over to the European Le Mans Series for the 2021 season with Inter Europol Competition in the LMP3 category.^[9]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2011	Chrono Dutch RMC - Micro Max		15th
2011-12	Chrono Rotax Max Winter Cup Micromax		11th
2012	Belgian Kart Cup - Mini Parilla		2nd
2012	BNL Karting Series - Rotax Micro		5th
2013	BNL Karting Series - Minimax		10th
2014	BNL Karting Series - Minimax		4th
2015	FIA Karting European Championship - KF Junior		35th
	X30 Challenge Europa - X30 Junior		31st
	FIA Karting Academy Trophy		13th
	IAME International Final - X30 Junior		19th
2016	WSK Champions Cup - OK Junior	Ecurie Hesbaye Raph
	WSK Super Master Series - OK Junior		26th
	FIA Karting European Championship - OK Junior		15th
	FIA Karting World Championship - OK Junior	Ecurie Hesbaye	22nd
	IAME International Final - X30 Junior		5th

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2017	French F4 Championship	FFSA Academy	24	0	0	1	3	68	12th
2017–18	F4 SEA Championship	Meritus.GP	12	5	2	3	8	212	3rd
2018	French F4 Championship	FFSA Academy	21	4	4	1	8	237	2nd
2019	Formula Renault Eurocup	JD Motorsport	20	1	0	0	1	81	7th
2020	Formula Renault Eurocup	Arden Motorsport	20	0	0	0	3	85.5	9th
2021	Alpine Elf Europa Cup	Herrero Racing	12	4	6	4	9	169	2nd
	European Le Mans Series - LMP3	Inter Europol Competition	6	1	0	0	3	67	4th
	Michelin Le Mans Cup - LMP3	Mühlner Motorsport	4	1	1	0	1	21	16th
	IMSA Prototype Challenge - LMP3-1	Mühlner Motorsport America	2	1	2	0	1	560	19th
2022	European Le Mans Series - LMP2	Mühlner Motorsport	6	0	0	0	1	19	15th
2022	IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP3	Mühlner Motorsport America	3	0	0	0	0	481	27th
2023	Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe - Pro	Iron Lynx	12	1	0	2	4	47	5th
2023	24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	DKR Engineering	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	15th
2024	GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup	Imperiale Racing	8	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Italian GT Endurance Championship - GT3	Imperiale Racing	2	0	0	0	0	11	NC
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Saintéloc Racing	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2025	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Team WRT	5	1	1	1	1	63	3rd
	China GT Championship - GT3	FIST Team AAI	6	0	0	0	0	38	10th
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - BMW M240i	Adrenalin Motorsport Team Mainhattan Wheels
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP3T	FK Performance Motorsport
	24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP3T	FK Performance Motorsport	1	1	0	0	1	N/A	1st

* Season still in progress.

Complete French F4 Championship results

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

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Pos	Points
2017	NOG113	NOG214	NOG315	MNZ113	MNZ213	MNZ312	PAU112	PAU212	PAU312	SPA112	SPA28	SPA312	MAG112	MAG210	MAG313	CAT17	CAT23	CAT35	LEC14	LEC27	LEC33	12th	68
2018	NOG11	NOG25	NOG32	PAU13	PAU24	PAU32	SPA17	SPA2Ret	SPA36	DIJ11	DIJ28	DIJ35	MAG1Ret	MAG24	MAG34	JER16	JER23	JER36	LEC11	LEC25	LEC31	2nd	237

Complete Formula 4 South East Asia Championship results

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

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	Pos	Points
2017-18	SEP11	SEP12	SEP13	SEP14	SEP15	SEP16	CLA1	CLA2	CLA3	CLA4	CLA5	CLA6	CHA13	CHA21	CHA31	CHA41	CHA51	CHA66	SEP213	SEP228	SEP23Ret	SEP242	SEP251	SEP265	SEP31	SEP32	SEP33	SEP34	SEP35	SEP36	3rd	212

Complete Formula Renault Eurocup 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	17	18	19	20	Pos	Points
2019	JD Motorsport	MNZ11	MNZ2Ret	SIL14	SIL27	MON19	MON212	LEC17	LEC28	SPA113	SPA212	NÜR110	NÜR29	HUN1DNS	HUN211	CAT19	CAT26	HOC14	HOC211	YMC113	YMC211	7th	81
2020	Arden Motorsport	MNZ18	MNZ2Ret	IMO18	IMO28	NÜR112	NÜR212	MAG17	MAG27	ZAN112	ZAN213	CAT13	CAT2Ret	SPA13‡	SPA22	IMO19	IMO25	HOC1Ret	HOC28	LEC18	LEC211	9th	85.5

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete Alpine Elf Europa Cup 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	Pos	Points
2021	Herrero Racing	NOG12	NOG21	MAG1DNS	MAG2Ret	SPA12	SPA24	CAT13	CAT23	LEC11	LEC21	POR13	POR21	2nd	169

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
2021	Inter Europol Competition	LMP3	Ligier JS P320	Nissan VK56DE 5.6L V8	CAT3	RBR4	LECNC	MNZ3	SPANC	ALG1	4th	67
2022	Mühlner Motorsport	LMP2	Oreca 07	Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	LEC9	IMO11	MNZ3	CAT9	SPARet	ALGRet	15th	19

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2022	Mühlner Motorsports America	LMP3	Duqueine M30 - D08	Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8	DAY6	SEB9	MDO	WGL10	MOS	ELK	PET	27th	481

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	ClassPos.
2023	DKR Engineering	Maxime Martin Tom van Rompuy	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	311	32nd	15th
2023	DKR Engineering	Maxime Martin Tom van Rompuy	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2 Pro-Am	311	32nd	3rd

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2024	Saintéloc Racing	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Silver	LEC48†	SPA6H	SPA12H	SPA24H	NÜR	MNZ	JED	33rd	1
			Gold	LEC	SPA6H37	SPA12H21	SPA24H15	NÜR	MNZ	JED	9th	38
			Bronze	LEC	SPA6H	SPA12H	SPA24H	NÜR37	MNZ	JED	43rd	2
2025	Team WRT	BMW M4 GT3	Pro	LEC1	MNZ5	SPA6H7	SPA12H9	SPA24H7	NÜR10	BAR	3rd*	55*

^* Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	ClassPos.
2024	Saintéloc Racing	Paul EvrardGilles MagnusJim Pla	Audi R8 LMS Evo II	Gold	476	15th	2nd
2025	Team WRT	Kelvin van der LindeCharles Weerts	BMW M4 GT3 Evo	Pro Cup	548	7th	7th

Complete 24 Hours of Zolder results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	ClassPos.
2021	McDonald's Racing	François Bouillon Koen De Wit Adam Eteki Karlo Van Dosselaer	Norma M20-FC	Belcar 1	819	2nd	2nd

Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	ClassPos.
2025	FK Performance Motorsport	Michael BräutigamJens KlingmannCharles Weerts	BMW M2 Racing (G87)	SP 3T	120	35th	1st

References

^Goodwin, Graham (10 November 2021). "Updated 2022 Provisional FIA Driver Rankings Published". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
^"BMW Confirms Line-Ups For World Challenge Europe". Dailysportscar. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
^"THE BELGIAN UGO DE WILDE IS THE WORLD'S YOUNGEST RACING DRIVER". March 23, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
^"Ugo de Wilde takes four F4 South East Asia wins in Thailand". January 14, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
^"Why a revitalised French F4 will be a series to watch in 2018". March 29, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
^"Ugo de Wilde wins final French F4 race of 2018". October 14, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
^"French F4 runner-up Ugo de Wilde to make Formula Renault Eurocup move". December 26, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
^"Ugo de Wilde changes teams in Formula Renault Eurocup". March 9, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
^"Young Belgian talent Ugo de Wilde joins Martin Hippe in the #13 Ligier LMP3". 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

External links

Ugo de Wilde career summary at DriverDB.com

[1] Goodwin, Graham (10 November 2021). "Updated 2022 Provisional FIA Driver Rankings Published". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 21 February 2025.

[BMWLineups-2] "BMW Confirms Line-Ups For World Challenge Europe". Dailysportscar. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.

[3] "THE BELGIAN UGO DE WILDE IS THE WORLD'S YOUNGEST RACING DRIVER". March 23, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

[4] "Ugo de Wilde takes four F4 South East Asia wins in Thailand". January 14, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

[5] "Why a revitalised French F4 will be a series to watch in 2018". March 29, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

[6] "Ugo de Wilde wins final French F4 race of 2018". October 14, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

[7] "French F4 runner-up Ugo de Wilde to make Formula Renault Eurocup move". December 26, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

[8] "Ugo de Wilde changes teams in Formula Renault Eurocup". March 9, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

[de_Wilde_LMP3-9] "Young Belgian talent Ugo de Wilde joins Martin Hippe in the #13 Ligier LMP3". 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

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