BENJAMIN
BENJAMIN R.
GOETHE
DOB
APRIL 2 2003
NATIONALITY
GERMAN / DANISH
HOME TOWN
MONACO / DUBAI
FAVOURITE TRACK
SPA, BARCELONA
BENJAMIN
GOETHE
Benjamin was bitten by the racing bug at a very young age, but only started competitive racing at the age of twelve. He began karting in the French National Championship and climbed the ladder all the way up to the IAME International Final in 2018.
In 2018, aged 15, Benjamin made his debut in single-seater racing, contesting his rookie season with DriveX School in the Spanish Formula 4 Championship.
For the 2019 season - following in his father's footsteps, Benji graduated to sports cars. Aged just 16-years-old he joined GPX Racing in the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup and was awarded with the SRO Merit Award by the series organisers at a prestigious event in Las Vegas.
He has also contested multiple GT and endurance races, taking four wins in the Spanish GT Championship and finishing on the podium at both the Barcelona 24 Hours and the Abu Dhabi 12 Hours.
In 2020 Benjamin entered his first full GT season, racing in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with Team WRT, followed by a fruitful 2021 which saw Benjamin running a full GTWCE campaign in Sprint and Endurance Cup, taking three podium finishes.
Benjamin started 2022 with a podium finish at the 24H of Dubai with Team WRT.
For the remainder of the season he entered his second full GTWCE campaign with the Belgian outfit and it turned out to be his most successful by far. He won the Endurance Cup after taking three wins, including a spectacular 24 Hours of Spa victory, and another podium, and he went on to win the Combined GT World Challenge Europe title in Silver cup after amassing another win and four more podiums in the Sprint Cup
Benjamin started the 2023 season winning the Dubai 24 Hours in GT4 class with Dragon Racing alongside his brother Oliver, father Roald Goethe, Stuart Hall and Jordan Grogor.
Benjamin rounded off his 2022 season with a podium finish at the Gulf 12H. He joined Garage 59 in Pro-AM class, making his race debut in a McLaren 720S. He finished second alongside Marvin Kirchhöfer and Alexander West.
Benjamin Goethe wrapped up a superlative GT World Challenge European Championship season, claiming three Silver Cup victories and a podium in the Endurance Cup, including a win at the 24 Hours of Spa and a win and four further podium finishes in the Sprint Cup.
Benjamin was crowned GT World Challenge Europe Silver Cup Champion and GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Silver Cup Champion and finished in third place in the Sprint Cup Silver Cup rankings.
Benjamin claimed a spectacular Silver Cup win at the 24 Hours of Spa with Team WRT alongside Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer and Thomas Neubauer.
Benji started the 2022 season at the Dubai 24 Hours, where he claimed second place overall with Team WRT
Benjamin Goethe entered the 2021 GT World Challenge Europe season for a full-season campaign in Sprint and Endurance Cup with Team WRT. He claimed his maiden podium finishes in both championships in Imola and Misano respectively.
Benji started the 2021 season at the Dubai 24 Hours, where he claimed second place overall with Team WRT
In 2020 Benjamin joined one of the most successful GT teams in the world, Team WRT. He raced in the newly formed GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup and completed a strong rookie season.
In 2019 Benjamin debuted in the Blancpain GT Series at only 16 years old with GPX Racing. He ran a partial campaign in the championship and won the SRO Merit Award.
In 2019 Benjamin made his Gulf 12 Hours race debut with GPX Racing in a Porsche 991 GT3 R, finishing in third place overall alongside Stuart Hall and Jordan Grogor.
Benjamin made his single-seater debut in 2018, racing with DriveX School in the Spanish F4 Championship.