Vincent Radermecker (born 5 July 1967) is a Belgian racing driver.

Vincent Radermecker
Born (1967-07-05) 5 July 1967 (age 57)
Liège, Belgium

Racing career

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Early years

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Vincent Radermecker, Thruxton, British F3, 1994

After starting in racing through karting in his home land of Belgium in 1986, he drove in the Benelux Formula Ford Championship. He was champion in his second year in the series in 1991. In 1992 he raced in Great Britain, with a drive in the British Formula Ford Championship, finishing fourth on points. He finished as runner-up in the 1993 Formula Opel Euroseries, before returning to Britain with Formula 3. He finished as runner-up again, moving to race a part season in the 1995 German Formula 3 Championship a year later. In 1997 he switched to saloon cars, racing in the Belgian ProCar Championship. He finished third on points driving a Peugeot 406. In 1998 he changed his car to a Peugeot 306, ending the season in fifth place.

BTCC

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In 1999 he got a drive in the British Touring Car Championship with the successful Volvo works team in a Volvo S40. He replaced Gianni Morbidelli in the team, who had a poor year in 1998, alongside defending champion Rickard Rydell. In a year of mixed fortunes including five podiums, he finished the championship in eighth place. With half the manufacturers leaving the BTCC in 2000, including Volvo, Radermecker found himself with a seat in the Vauxhall Team. It was not a good year for him, as the third driver in the team behind Yvan Muller and Jason Plato. He finished in tenth place, the lowest placed works driver.

He was set to return to the BTCC during the 2001 Season in a Lexus IS200 but this never happened. (https://www.autosport.com/btcc/news/round-up-abg-targets-radermecker-5051311/5051311/)

Return to Belgium

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With the end of the Super Touring era in the BTCC, he returned to the 2001 ProCar Championship in Belgium. He won the series driving an Opel Astra. He finished second in the French Super Touring Championship in 2002. On return to Belgium in 2005, he won the Belgian Touring Car Championship.

Recent years

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Radermecker driving the Maurer Motorsport Opel Astra TCR at the Red Bull Ring during the 2022 TCR Germany Touring Car Championship season.

Since 2004 he has driven in selected races in the FIA GT Championship, in various cars including a Nissan 350 Z, a Corvette C5R and a Mosler MT 900. In 2008 he drove a Ferrari 430 GT3 for Exagon Engineering, as well as a full season in the Belgian GT Championship. He has also done some Touring Car racing, winning the 2006 ADAC Procar Series in Germany, combined with selected rounds of the 2006 World Touring Car Championship with Maurer Motorsport. He returned to the WTCC at the Zolder round in 2010.

Racing record

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Complete British Touring Car Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded)

Year Team Car Class 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 DC Pts
1999 Volvo S40 Racing Volvo S40 DON
1

10
DON
2

5
SIL
1

11
SIL
2

Ret
THR
1

4
THR
2

3
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

Ret
OUL
1

5
OUL
2

4*
DON
1

9
DON
2

12
CRO
1

7
CRO
2

7
SNE
1

3
SNE
2

5
THR
1

3
THR
2

2
KNO
1

11
KNO
2

8
BRH
1

10
BRH
2

7
OUL
1

4
OUL
2

13
SIL
1

Ret
SIL
2

4
8th 113
2000 Vauxhall Motorsport Vauxhall Vectra S BRH
1

8
BRH
2

5
DON
1

7
DON
2

Ret
THR
1

5
THR
2

Ret*
KNO
1

9
KNO
2

6
OUL
1

2
OUL
2

7
SIL
1

6
SIL
2

Ret
CRO
1

9
CRO
2

Ret‡
SNE
1

Ret
SNE
2

DNS
DON
1

9
DON
2

8
BRH
1

10
BRH
2

7
OUL
1

6
OUL
2

Ret
SIL
1

4
SIL
2

4
10th 81

‡ Retired before second start of race

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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(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 21 22 DC Points
2006 Maurer Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti ITA
1
ITA
2
FRA
1
FRA
2
GBR
1
GBR
2
GER
1
GER
2
BRA
1
BRA
2
MEX
1
MEX
2
CZE
1

19
CZE
2

13
TUR
1
TUR
2
ESP
1

18
ESP
2

14
MAC
1
MAC
2
NC 0
2010 Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze BRA
1
BRA
2
MAR
1
MAR
2
ITA
1
ITA
2
BEL
1

17
BEL
2

14
POR
1
POR
2
GBR
1
GBR
2
CZE
1
CZE
2
GER
1
GER
2
ESP
1
ESP
2
JPN
1
JPN
2
MAC
1
MAC
2
NC 0

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1995   Honda Team ZVM   Damien van de Poele
  Hervé Maillien
Honda Civic Procar ?/Cardan joint DNF DNF
1996   Renault Belga Team   Thierry Bouillon
  Eric Quadedpeerds
Renault Clio 16V Spa 1.6 ?/Fixing DNF DNF
1998   Peugeot Belgique   Thierry van Dalen
  Frédéric Bouvy
Peugeot 306 GTi SP ?/Non-regulatory entry DNF DNF
2000   Peugeot Team Belgique Luxembourg   Jeffrey van Hooydonk
  Eric van de Poele
Peugeot 306 GTi SP ?/Gear selector DNF DNF
2004   RJN Motorsport   Neil Cunningham
  Chris Buncombe
  Carl Rosenblad
Nissan 350Z N-GT 49/Brakes DNF DNF
2006   PSI Experience   Pertti Kuismanen
  Markus Palttala
  Bernard Delhez
Chevrolet Corvette C5-R GT1 530 11th 7th
2007   Gravity Racing International   David Dermont
  Olivier Muytjens
  Loris de Sordi
Mosler MT900R G2 448 22nd 2nd
2008   Exagon Engineering   Eric Hélary
  Daniel Desbruères
  Catherine Desbruères
Ferrari F430 GT3 G3 31/DNF DNF DNF
2009   Gravity Racing International   Ho-Pin Tung
  Loris de Sordi
  Jacques Villeneuve
Mosler MT900R G2 65/DNF DNF DNF
2010   Gravity Racing International   Romain Grosjean
  Diego Alessi
  Ron Marchal
Mosler MT900R GTN 466 16th 3rd
2014   Belgian Audi Club Team WRT   Jean-Luc Blanchemain
  Christian Kelders
  Frédéric Bouvy
Audi R8 LMS Pro-Am 506 20th 9th

TCR Spa 500 results

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Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2019   AC Motorsport   Mathieu Detry
  Stewart Lines
  Stéphane Perrin
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR PA 439 5th 2nd
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Sporting positions
Preceded by ADAC Procar Series Champion
2006
Succeeded by