Tijmen van der Helm
Van Der Helm during the2021 Spielberg Formula 3 round.
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(2004-01-26)26 January 2004 (age 21) Delft, Netherlands
FIA World Endurance Championship career
Debut season	2022
Current team	ARC Bratislava
Racing licence	FIA Silver(until 2022) FIA Gold(2023–)
Car number	44
Starts	3
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2021 2020 2020 2019 2019	FIA Formula 3 Championship Formula Renault Eurocup Toyota Racing Series F4 Spanish Championship Formula 4 UAE Championship

Tijmen van der Helm (born 26 January 2004) is aDutchracing driver currently competing in theIMSA SportsCar Championship withJDC-Miller MotorSports in aPorsche 963.

Van Der Helm was born on 26 January 2004 inDelft, and grew up in nearbyDen Hoorn, South Holland.^[1][2] His career was influenced by his father Gerard, who raced in the Dutch Volkswagen Endurance Cup.^[3]

Having started karting in 2013, Van Der Helm's notable karting successes include third place in the 2013 Chrono Karting Winter Series - Micromax, second in the 2017 CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy and a victory in the 2017 Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals in the junior category.

Van Der Helm made his single seater debut in the2019 Formula 4 UAE Championship with Xcel Motorsport. He finished the series 10th in the standings with a win and 3 podiums to his name. Later that year he would race in the2019 Spanish F4 Championship withMP Motorsport.^[4] The Dutchman took 8 podiums on his way to 4th in the points. In 2020 Tijmen raced in the2020 Toyota Racing Series. Participating in the championship with Kiwi Motorsport.^[5] He finished 14th in the Drivers Championship with a race victory.^[6]

In 2020 Van Der Helm would race in theFormula Renault Eurocup withFA Racing.^[7] He ended the season 12th in the points tally, with one podium finish and 45 points. Van Der Helm also beat his experienced teammateAmaury Cordeel by two positions in the championship, and was the sixth-best rookie in the rookie standings.

On February 12, Van Der Helm was announced as anMP Motorsport driver for the2021 season, partneringAlpine juniors and Formula Renault rivalsCaio Collet andVictor Martins.^[8] During most of the season the Dutchman was considerably behind his teammates in the races, scoring no points and only rarely managing to beat Collet and Martins in races.

After the Dutchman had made hisendurance racing debut in the24 Hours of Daytona at the start of 2022, it was announced thatARC Bratislava team had signed Van der Helm for theFIA World Endurance Championship campaign, where he would partnerMathias Beche andMiro Konôpka.^[9] He competed for the team in three of the first four rounds, having finished fourth as part of theTDS Racing lineup at the24 Hours of Le Mans,^[10] before ARC Bratislava withdrew from the series, citing logistical reasons.^[11][12]

During the same year, Van der Helm also took part in theEuropean Le Mans Series, driving forTDS Racing xVaillante alongside Beche andPhilippe Cimadomo.^[13] Having competed in the Pro-Am category given Cimadomo's status as a bronze driver, the team ended up fourth in the class standings, whilst two best race finishes of tenth in the opening pair of races took Van der Helm to 22nd in the overall drivers' championship.^[14]

Van der Helm started 2023 by stepping down to theLMP3 class, where he finished fifth in the24 Hours of Daytona forJDC-Miller Motorsports, having experienced a number of technical issues.^[15][16] Shortly afterwards, it was announced that he would partnerJob van Uitert andManuel Maldonado in theEuropean Le Mans Series, returning to the LMP2 class withPanis Racing.^[17] The trio finished third in the Pro class standings.

Later in 2023, van der Helm was confirmed for JDC-Miller'sGTP program, alongsideMike Rockenfeller.^[18] The team entered the championship in round 4; with a best race result of fourth van der Helm and Rockenfeller finished ninth in the standings.

For the2024 season, the Dutchman remained at JDC in IMSA, this time partneringRichard Westbrook for the full season and being joined byPhil Hanson in the endurance rounds.^[19]

Year	Team	Car	Quali Heats	Main race
2018	TB Racing Team	OK	5th	10th

^† As van der Helm was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

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^† Points only counted towards the Michelin Endurance Cup, and not the overall LMP2 Championship.

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^† Non World Endurance Championship entries are ineligible to score points.^* Season still in progress.

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Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2022	TDS Racing xVaillante	Mathias Beche Nyck de Vries	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	368	8th	4th
2023	Panis Racing	Manuel Maldonado Job van Uitert	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	316	25th	14th

• Tijmen van der Helm career summary at DriverDB.com

• 2004 births
• Living people
• Dutch racing drivers
• Spanish F4 Championship drivers
• Formula Renault Eurocup drivers
• FIA Formula 3 Championship drivers
• MP Motorsport drivers
• FA Racing drivers
• 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
• G-Drive Racing drivers
• TDS Racing drivers
• WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
• European Le Mans Series drivers
• Karting World Championship drivers
• Drivex drivers
• UAE F4 Championship drivers
• Le Mans Cup drivers
• JDC Motorsports drivers
• Sportspeople from Delft
• Racing drivers from South Holland
• International GT Open drivers
• Algarve Pro Racing drivers
• 21st-century Dutch sportsmen

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