| Ugo de Wilde | |
|---|---|
.jpg) De Wilde in 2021 | |
| Nationality |  Belgium |
| Born | (2002-11-20)20 November 2002 (age 22) Brussels, Belgium |
| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup career | |
| Debut season | 2024 |
| Current team | Team WRT |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver(until 2021) FIA Gold(2022–)[1] |
| Car number | 27 |
| Starts | 39 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 4 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | NC in2024 |
| Previous series | |
Ugo de Wilde (born 20 November 2002) is a Belgian racing driver. He currently competes in theGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup as part ofTeam WRT.[2]
Born and raised inBrussels, De Wilde started his karting career in 2011. He competed mainly in European Karting Series, such as the domestic Belgian Kart Cup, where he finished second at the age of nine, and in the CIK-FIA European Championship in his last year of karting in 2016, where he competed against drivers such asRed Bull Academy memberDennis Hauger and FrenchmanThéo Pourchaire, trumping the latter in the standings.
In 2017 De Wilde made his single-seater racing debut in theFrench F4 Championship at the age of 14, a record at the time.[3] He didn't score any points until the midpoint of the season, though he drastically improved in its second half, scoring three podiums, helping the Belgian to 12th in the standings.
In the winter of 2017–2018 the Belgian competed in two rounds of theFormula 4 SEA Championship, where he won five races, which helped him to finish third in the drivers' championship.[4]
The next year De Wilde continued racing in the nowFIA-backedseries.[5] He won four races and became vice-champion, 66.5 points behindCaio Collet.[6]
In 2019 De Wilde made his debut in theFormula Renault Eurocup forJD Motorsport.[7] He won the first race of the championship atMonza, however he was unable to score more podium finishes this year. The Belgian finished the season in seventh place.
In 2020 De Wilde would move toArden Motorsport for another season in theseries.[8] Despite three podium finishes De Wilde only managed to finish 9th in the standings.
De Wilde switched over to theEuropean Le Mans Series for the2021 season withInter Europol Competition in the LMP3 category.[9]
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Chrono Dutch RMC - Micro Max | 15th | |
| 2011-12 | Chrono Rotax Max Winter Cup Micromax | 11th | |
| 2012 | Belgian Kart Cup - Mini Parilla | 2nd | |
| BNL Karting Series - Rotax Micro | 5th | ||
| 2013 | BNL Karting Series - Minimax | 10th | |
| 2014 | BNL Karting Series - Minimax | 4th | |
| 2015 | FIA Karting European Championship -KF Junior | 35th | |
| X30 Challenge Europa - X30 Junior | 31st | ||
| FIA Karting Academy Trophy | 13th | ||
| IAME International Final - X30 Junior | 19th | ||
| 2016 | WSK Champions Cup -OK Junior | Ecurie Hesbaye Raph | |
| WSK Super Master Series -OK Junior | 26th | ||
| FIA Karting European Championship -OK Junior | 15th | ||
| FIA Karting World Championship -OK Junior | Ecurie Hesbaye | 22nd | |
| IAME International Final - X30 Junior | 5th |
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | NOG 1 13 | NOG 2 14 | NOG 3 15 | MNZ 1 13 | MNZ 2 13 | MNZ 3 12 | PAU 1 12 | PAU 2 12 | PAU 3 12 | SPA 1 12 | SPA 2 8 | SPA 3 12 | MAG 1 12 | MAG 2 10 | MAG 3 13 | CAT 1 7 | CAT 2 3 | CAT 3 5 | LEC 1 4 | LEC 2 7 | LEC 3 3 | 12th | 68 |
| 2018 | NOG 1 1 | NOG 2 5 | NOG 3 2 | PAU 1 3 | PAU 2 4 | PAU 3 2 | SPA 1 7 | SPA 2 Ret | SPA 3 6 | DIJ 1 1 | DIJ 2 8 | DIJ 3 5 | MAG 1 Ret | MAG 2 4 | MAG 3 4 | JER 1 6 | JER 2 3 | JER 3 6 | LEC 1 1 | LEC 2 5 | LEC 3 1 | 2nd | 237 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 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 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 | SEP1 1 | SEP1 2 | SEP1 3 | SEP1 4 | SEP1 5 | SEP1 6 | CLA 1 | CLA 2 | CLA 3 | CLA 4 | CLA 5 | CLA 6 | CHA 1 3 | CHA 2 1 | CHA 3 1 | CHA 4 1 | CHA 5 1 | CHA 6 6 | SEP2 1 3 | SEP2 2 8 | SEP2 3 Ret | SEP2 4 2 | SEP2 5 1 | SEP2 6 5 | SEP3 1 | SEP3 2 | SEP3 3 | SEP3 4 | SEP3 5 | SEP3 6 | 3rd | 212 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | JD Motorsport | MNZ 1 1 | MNZ 2 Ret | SIL 1 4 | SIL 2 7 | MON 1 9 | MON 2 12 | LEC 1 7 | LEC 2 8 | SPA 1 13 | SPA 2 12 | NÜR 1 10 | NÜR 2 9 | HUN 1 DNS | HUN 2 11 | CAT 1 9 | CAT 2 6 | HOC 1 4 | HOC 2 11 | YMC 1 13 | YMC 2 11 | 7th | 81 |
| 2020 | Arden Motorsport | MNZ 1 8 | MNZ 2 Ret | IMO 1 8 | IMO 2 8 | NÜR 1 12 | NÜR 2 12 | MAG 1 7 | MAG 2 7 | ZAN 1 12 | ZAN 2 13 | CAT 1 3 | CAT 2 Ret | SPA 1 3‡ | SPA 2 2 | IMO 1 9 | IMO 2 5 | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 8 | LEC 1 8 | LEC 2 11 | 9th | 85.5 |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Herrero Racing | NOG 1 2 | NOG 2 1 | MAG 1 DNS | MAG 2 Ret | SPA 1 2 | SPA 2 4 | CAT 1 3 | CAT 2 3 | LEC 1 1 | LEC 2 1 | POR 1 3 | POR 2 1 | 2nd | 169 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Inter Europol Competition | LMP3 | Ligier JS P320 | NissanVK56DE 5.6L V8 | CAT 3 | RBR 4 | LEC NC | MNZ 3 | SPA NC | ALG 1 | 4th | 67 |
| 2022 | Mühlner Motorsport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 9 | IMO 11 | MNZ 3 | CAT 9 | SPA Ret | ALG Ret | 15th | 19 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Mühlner Motorsports America | LMP3 | Duqueine M30 - D08 | Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 | DAY 6 | SEB 9 | MDO | WGL 10 | MOS | ELK | PET | 27th | 481 |
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 |  DKR Engineering | Maxime Martin Tom van Rompuy | Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 311 | 32nd | 15th |
| LMP2 Pro-Am | 3rd |
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Saintéloc Racing | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | Silver | LEC 48† | SPA 6H | SPA 12H | SPA 24H | NÜR | MNZ | JED | 33rd | 1 |
| Gold | LEC | SPA 6H 37 | SPA 12H 21 | SPA 24H 15 | NÜR | MNZ | JED | 9th | 38 | |||
| Bronze | LEC | SPA 6H | SPA 12H | SPA 24H | NÜR 37 | MNZ | JED | 43rd | 2 | |||
| 2025 | Team WRT | BMW M4 GT3 | Pro | LEC 1 | MNZ 5 | SPA 6H 7 | SPA 12H 9 | SPA 24H 7 | NÜR 10 | BAR | 3rd* | 55* |
* Season still in progress.
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |  Saintéloc Racing | Paul EvrardGilles MagnusJim Pla | Audi R8 LMS Evo II | Gold | 476 | 15th | 2nd |
| 2025 | Team WRT |  Kelvin van der LindeCharles Weerts | BMW M4 GT3 Evo | Pro Cup | 548 | 7th | 7th |
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | McDonald's Racing | François Bouillon Koen De Wit Adam Eteki Karlo Van Dosselaer | Norma M20-FC | Belcar 1 | 819 | 2nd | 2nd |
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 |  FK Performance Motorsport | Michael BräutigamJens KlingmannCharles Weerts | BMW M2 Racing (G87) | SP 3T | 120 | 35th | 1st |