| Nationality | Danish German British via triple nationality |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 2 April 2003 (age 23) |
| Birth place | London, United Kingdom |
| Relatives | Roald Goethe (father) Oliver Goethe (brother) |
| Racing licence | FIA Silver (until 2022) FIA Gold (2023–)[1] |
| Current series | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup |
| First year | 2019 |
| Current team | ROFGO Racing with Team WRT |
| Former teams | GPX Racing |
| Car number | 30 |
| Starts | 17 (17 entries) |
| Wins | 3 |
| Podiums | 5 |
| Poles | 2 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 1st (Silver Cup) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Prev series | Le Mans Cup ADAC GT Masters F4 Spanish Championship |
| Prev series years | 2021 2020 2018 |
| Titles | GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Silver |
| Title years | 2022 |
Benjamin "Benji" Goethe[a] (born 2 April 2003) is a British-born Danish-German racing driver. He won the Silver Cup category in the 2022 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.
Early career
Karting
Having been introduced to motorsport at a young age, Goethe started his karting career in 2015.[2] He first raced in various regional and national competitions in France, before competing in a select few international events in 2017, his final year of kart racing.[3]
Formula 4
Goethe made his single-seater debut in 2018, where he competed in the F4 Spanish Championship for Drivex School.[4] The Dane experienced a challenging campaign, as he finished 13th in the standings with a highest race result of fifth at Jerez.
Sportscar career
2019 – GT debut
In 2019, Goethe switched to sportscar racing, driving with GPX Racing in four rounds of the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup alongside Jordan Grogor and his driver coach in karting and F4, Stuart Hall.[5][6] The team ended up 20th in the Silver Cup, scoring 16 points, with Goethe becoming that year's recipient of the SRO Merit Award.[7]
Goethe also took part in the 24 Hours of Barcelona as part of the 24H GT Series, where he took his first podium in car racing, finishing third.[8]
2020 – Move to WRT
Goethe returned to the newly rebranded GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup the following year, this time driving for ROFGO Racing with Team WRT, having become a member of the Bullet Sports Management roster.[9][10][11] The campaign started out in disappointing fashion, as an eighth place in class at Imola was followed up by a retirement at the Hockenheimring. At the third round, the 24 Hours of Spa, which he contested as the youngest of 179 entrants, Goethe made an error in the closing stages, as he spun off in wet conditions, which forced his car to retire.[12] The conclusion to his season proved to be more positive, as Goethe, along with teammates Stuart Hall and Rik Breukers, finished the race in fourth place in the Silver Cup, which elevated the squad to twelfth in the standings.
2021 – Double campaign
For the 2021 season, Goethe remained with the team, but this time competed in both the Endurance Cup and the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup.[13][14][15]
Goethe would be paired up alongside James Pull and Stuart Hall for the former championship. Their season started out strongly at the opening round in Monza, where Goethe and his teammates finished sixth in the overall results, whilst taking a podium for the Silver Cup.[16] Despite this ending up as the only podium of their campaign, the team took fifth in the Silver Cup, with an impressive charge up the field at the Barcelona season finale being a particular highlight of Goethe's season.[17]
In the latter series, Goethe experienced a mixed campaign, scoring only two points finishes but taking one podium in Race 2 at Misano, which put him 21st overall.[18] He summed up his season as having been "challenging", but also described it as a positive learning experience.[19]
2022 – Silver Cup title
Goethe started his 2022 season by finishing second in the Dubai 24 Hour race,[20] before announcing that he would stay on in both the Endurance and Sprint Cup with ROFGO Racing with Team WRT, driving with Thomas Neubauer in the Sprint series, with the pair being partnered by Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer in the former championship.[21][22]
The Sprint Cup series campaign began in torrid fashion, as a first-corner retirement caused by a rival car in the first race at Brands Hatch was followed by a meager 16th place in Race 2. A pair of points finishes in class at Magny-Cours came next, before Goethe and Neubauer scored a pair of podiums for the Silver Cup, as well as their first points for the main standings, during the next event in Circuit Zandvoort.[23] The penultimate round, held at Misano, brought significant successes to the pairing, which finished third overall in Race 1, with Goethe holding off Audi factory driver Christopher Haase in the dying embers of the contest, after which they took another class podium on Sunday.[24][25] Their campaign ended with a fourth place and class podium at Valencia, which meant that Goethe and Neubauer finished third in the Silver Cup and eleventh in the overall drivers' standings.[26]
Goethe's season in the Endurance Cup would prove to bring even more success, starting out with a class win at Imola, where Goethe took his first ever victory in car racing, which he called "the perfect way to start".[27][28] This was followed by a pole position in the Silver category at Le Castellet, but a spin from Goethe put the win out of reach for his team, which eventually finished fourth in class.[29] What came next were the 24 Hours of Spa, where, having avoided any mistakes, Goethe, Simmenauer and Neubauer won in the Silver Cup, putting the outfit into the lead of the championship.[30][31] At the Hockenheimring, Goethe and his teammates finished third in their class, enough to clinch the Silver Cup title with one remaining round.[32][33] The team finished the season in style by winning in their category at Barcelona, leaving them with 125 points, 49 ahead of second place.[34][35]
With those results, Goethe, along with Neubauer, was crowned as the overall GT World Challenge Europe Silver Cup champion.[36][37]
2023 – McLaren move
At the beginning of 2023, Goethe returned to take part in the Dubai 24 Hours, this time partnering brother Oliver, father Roald, Stuart Hall and Jordan Grogor in the GT4 category, with the team ending up as the winners within said class.[38] During the same winter, he teamed up with Marvin Kirchhöfer and Alexander West at Garage 59 for the GT class of the Asian Le Mans Series.[39] Goethe continued his relationship with Garage 59 for the remainder of the season, embarking on a full-season GT World Challenge Europe campaign in the Pro class. In the Sprint Cup, Goethe formed a pairing with Nicolai Kjærgaard, while Kirchhöfer completed the Endurance Cup trio.[40] Both campaigns were discrete, as Goethe finished 13th in the Sprint Cup and 24th in the Endurance Cup standings.
2024
After retiring from the 2024 Dubai 24 Hours due to an electrical failure, Goethe returned to Garage 59 for full seasons in the Sprint and Endurance cups.[41][42] In tandem with Tom Gamble in the Sprint Cup, Goethe finished in the top-ten in each of the ten races, finishing sixth in the standings after capping off the campaign with third place in Barcelona.[43][44]
Personal life
Goethe is part of a racing family. His father, Roald Goethe, is a gentleman driver who competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship and owns a collection of Gulf Oil race cars called ROFGO.[45] His younger brother, Oliver, is currently racing in Formula 2.[46]
Goethe was educated at the Millfield School, which is located in Somerset.[47]
Racing record
Racing career summary
† As Goethe was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
* Season still in progress.
Complete F4 Spanish Championship 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 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Drivex School | ARA 1 Ret | ARA 2 8 | ARA 3 Ret | CRT 1 7 | CRT 2 10 | CRT 3 8 | ALG 1 11 | ALG 2 Ret | ALG 3 Ret | CAT 1 C | CAT 2 6 | JER 1 7 | JER 2 5 | JER 3 11 | NAV 1 9 | NAV 2 Ret | NAV 3 7 | NAV 4 9 | 13th | 39 |
Complete GT World Challenge results
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup
(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | GPX Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R | Silver | MNZ DNS | SIL 28 | LEC 21 | SPA 6H | SPA 12H | SPA 24H | CAT 9 | 20th | 16 |
| 2020 | ROFGO Racing with Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Silver | IMO 32 | NÜR Ret | SPA 6H 34 | SPA 12H 35 | SPA 24H 34† | LEC 19 | 12th | 31 | |
| 2021 | ROFGO Racing with Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Silver | MNZ 6 | LEC 19 | SPA 6H 47 | SPA 12H 25 | SPA 24H 22 | NÜR 13 | CAT 18 | 5th | 61 |
| 2022 | ROFGO Racing with Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | Silver | IMO 14 | LEC 15 | SPA 6H 15 | SPA 12H 19 | SPA 24H 13 | HOC 10 | CAT 11 | 1st | 125 |
| 2023 | Garage 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | Pro | MNZ 19 | LEC 12 | SPA 6H 10 | SPA 12H 59† | SPA 24H Ret | NÜR 13 | CAT 8 | 24th | 4 |
| 2024 | Garage 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | Pro | LEC Ret | SPA 6H 35 | SPA 12H 29 | SPA 24H 11 | NÜR 14 | MNZ 14 | JED 9 | 30th | 2 |
| 2025 | Garage 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | Pro | LEC Ret | MNZ 2 | SPA 6H 22 | SPA 12H 4 | SPA 24H 6 | NÜR 8 | BAR Ret | 7th | 39 |
| 2026 | Garage 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | Gold | LEC 3 | MNZ | SPA 6H | SPA 12H | SPA 24H | NÜR | ALG | 1st* | 34* |
*Season still in progress.
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint 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 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | ROFGO Racing with Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Pro | MAG 1 11 | MAG 2 Ret | ZAN 1 16 | ZAN 2 18 | MIS 1 23 | MIS 2 3 | BRH 1 18 | BRH 2 9 | VAL 1 18 | VAL 2 13 | 21st | 10.5 |
| 2022 | ROFGO Racing with Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | Silver | BRH 1 Ret | BRH 2 16 | MAG 1 11 | MAG 2 13 | ZAN 1 10 | ZAN 2 10 | MIS 1 3 | MIS 2 10 | VAL 1 4 | VAL 2 15 | 3rd | 82 |
| 2023 | Garage 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | Pro | BRH 1 16 | BRH 2 4 | MIS 1 Ret | MIS 2 10 | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 34† | VAL 1 9 | VAL 2 15 | ZAN 1 18 | ZAN 2 9 | 13th | 10 |
| 2024 | Garage 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | Pro | BRH 1 5 | BRH 2 6 | MIS 1 8 | MIS 2 6 | HOC 1 9 | HOC 2 9 | MAG 1 9 | MAG 2 5 | CAT 1 8 | CAT 2 3 | 6th | 36.5 |
| 2025 | Garage 59 | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | Pro | BRH 1 2 | BRH 2 6 | ZAN 1 6 | ZAN 2 4 | MIS 1 5 | MIS 2 1 | MAG 1 9 | MAG 2 1 | VAL 1 Ret | VAL 2 3 | 3rd | 80 |
* Season still in progress.
Complete 24 Hours of Spa results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ROFGO Racing with Team WRT | Rik Breukers Stuart Hall | Audi R8 LMS GT3 | Silver Cup | 453 | 34th† | 7th† |
| 2021 | ROFGO Racing with Team WRT | Franco Colapinto James Pull | Audi R8 LMS Evo | Silver Cup | 546 | 22nd | 6th |
| 2022 | ROFGO Racing with Team WRT | Thomas Neubauer Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | Silver Cup | 533 | 13th | 1st |
| 2023 | Garage 59 | Marvin Kirchhöfer Nicolai Kjærgaard | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | Pro | 208 | DNF | DNF |
| 2024 | Garage 59 | Tom Gamble Dean MacDonald | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | Pro | 477 | 11th | 9th |
| 2025 | Garage 59 | Marvin Kirchhöfer Joseph Loake | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | Pro | 549 | 6th | 6th |
Complete Intercontinental GT Challenge results
| Year | Manufacturer | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Audi Sport | R8 LMS GT3 | BAT | IND | SPA 34† | KYA | NC | 0 |
| 2021 | Audi Sport | R8 LMS Evo | SPA 22 | IND | KYA | NC | 0 | |
| 2022 | Audi Sport | R8 LMS Evo II | BAT | SPA 13 | IND | GUL | 21st | 2 |
Complete Dubai 24 Hour results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Team WRT | Frank Bird Louis Machiels Kelvin van der Linde Dries Vanthoor | Audi R8 LMS Evo | GT3-Pro | 599 | 2nd | 2nd |
| 2022 | Belgian Audi Club Team WRT | Arnold Robin Maxime Robin Jean-Baptiste Simmenauer Frédéric Vervisch | Audi R8 LMS Evo | GT3-Pro | 595 | 2nd | 2nd |
| 2023 | ROFGO with Dragon Racing | Oliver Goethe Roald Goethe Jordan Grogor Stuart Hall | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | GT4 | 566 | 23rd | 1st |
| 2024 | ROFGO with Dragon Racing | Oliver Goethe Roald Goethe Jordan Grogor Stuart Hall | Ferrari 296 GT3 | GT3-Pro | 160 | DNF | DNF |
| 2025 | ROFGO with Dragon Racing | Tom Ikin Mikey Porter Morgan Tillbrook | McLaren 720S GT3 Evo | GT3-Pro | 292 | 11th | 6th |
Complete Asian Le Mans Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Car | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Garage 59 | GT | McLaren 720S GT3 | McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 | DUB 1 15 | DUB 2 4 | ABU 1 Ret | ABU 2 8 | 8th | 16 | ||
| 2024–25 | Garage 59 | GT | McLaren 720S GT3 | McLaren M840T 4.0 L Turbo V8 | SEP 1 14 | SEP 2 23 | DUB 1 13 | DUB 2 Ret | ABU 1 Ret | ABU 2 4 | 17th | 12 |
Notes
- ^ Sometimes spelt Gøthe or Göthe.
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