2012: FIA GT1 In 2012, Vanthoor switched to the
FIA GT1 World Championship with
WRT. Together with
Stéphane Ortelli, he won both the qualifying and championship races at the first round at
Nogaro.
2013-2016: Audi Sport Factory Driver In
2013, Vanthoor won the FIA GT Series together with Ortelli for Audi and WRT. In 2014 he competed in the
Blancpain Sprint Series and
Blancpain Endurance Series, winning the latter as well as the overall
Blancpain GT Series. He also won the
2014 24 Hours of Spa for WRT together with fellow Audi Sport factory drivers
René Rast and
Markus Winkelhock. In 2015, Vanthoor started his season in the
Bathurst 12 Hour with
Phoenix Racing. He took the pole with a new lap record and ended second. He also drove in Brazil for the 1st round of the
Stock Car Brasil together with
Valdeno Brito for Shell Racing at
Goiania. Together with
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT he won the
24 Hours of Nürburgring in the new
Audi R8 LMS 2015 specification. On 3 October, during the event at
Misano for the
Blancpain Sprint Series, he was involved in a major crash which led to a serious injury. Therefore, he missed the last race of the season as well as the race at
Macau, where he was replaced by
René Rast. He made his comeback at the
Sepang 12 Hours, which he won with
Stéphane Ortelli and
Stuart Leonard. In 2016, Vanthoor started his season with a win in the
Dubai 24 Hour with
Belgian Audi Club Team WRT. On 21 November 2016 Vanthoor won the
FIA GT World Cup, crowning himself as World Champion on the streets of
Macau. On 3 December 2016, it was announced that Vanthoor would change from
Audi to
Porsche and the focus would be on the
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship where he would drive a
Porsche 911 RSR together with
Kévin Estre. During his last race with Audi, he won the
Sepang 12 Hours together with
Robin Frijns,
Christopher Haase and
Phoenix Racing. With this, he crowned himself as the first winner of the
Intercontinental GT Challenge.
2017-2021: Porsche Factory Driver in IMSA In 2017, Vanhoor started his season at the
Daytona 24 Hours with his new employer Porsche, in the
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Together with
Kevin Estre and
Richard Lietz, he finished tenth overall and sixth in the GTLM-class with the new 2017-specification
Porsche 911 RSR. After a relatively difficult first season, Vanthoor took his first win at the 2018
Mid-Ohio round. |right During the 2018 season, Vanthoor also completed the Porsche Le Mans line-up for the No. 92 car together with
Kévin Estre and
Michael Christensen in the iconic “pink pig” livery. After taking the lead early on the team went on to win the GTE Pro class at the
2018 Le Mans 24 Hours. The following season, Vanthoor won the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the GTLM class for Porsche together with
Earl Bamber. The duo took a total of three wins and seven podiums in eleven races. Porsche eventually decided to end its factory involvement in the GTLM class at the end of the
2020 season, leaving Vanthoor out of a factory program for the following season. However, Vanthoor was kept as a Porsche factory driver and loaned out to customer team
Pfaff Motorsports for the 2021 IMSA season. He and his teammate
Zacharie Robichon won the championship in the GTD class. Vanthoor also won the
24 Hours of Spa a second time in
2020 driving a
Porsche 911 GT3 R entered by
Rowe Racing.
2022: Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters In 2022, Vanthoor participated in the
Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for SSR Performance, driving a
Porsche 911 GT3 R. ==Hypercar career==