Felix Hirsiger

Felix Hirsiger
Hirsiger in his Lamborghini in 2026
Nationality Swiss
British
Born (1998-05-20) 20 May 1998
Zug, Switzerland
Categorisation FIA Silver
Championship titles
2025
2024
Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli
Porsche Sprint Challenge Suisse – Cup 1

Felix Hirsiger (born 20 May 1998) is a Swiss and British racing driver and retired road racing cyclist. He competes in ADAC GT Masters for Liqui Moly Team Engstler and the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup for AF Corse.

Career

Hirsiger competed in karting from 2008 to 2012, most notably winning the Swiss Rotax Max Challenge Mini title in 2010, as well as the Swiss Karting Championship the following year, in KF3.[1] In 2013, Hirsiger stepped up to single-seaters, joining the FFSA Academy centrally-run French F4 Championship.[2] Starting the season with second-place finishes at Pau and Spa,[3][4] Hirsiger then took further podiums at Lédenon and Le Castellet en route to a sixth-place points finish.[5]

Remaining in the series for 2014,[6] Hirsiger began the season by taking five podiums in the first seven races, as well as his maiden pole position at Le Mans.[7] At Magny-Cours, Hirsiger took his only series wins, doing so in races one and three from pole,[8] before taking four podiums in the remaining three rounds of the season to secure third in the overall standings.[9] At the end of the year, Hirsiger tested Formula Renault 2.0 machinery for ART Junior Team,[10] and was slated to race for the team in the 2015 Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup,[11] but ultimately only made a one-off appearance in the V de V Challenge Monoplace for RC Formula that year.[12]

Facing budget constraints, Hirsiger switched to cycling in 2016, competing in select road racing events until 2019.[13][14] The following year, Hirsiger made his return to car racing, competing for Porsche-affiliated Allied Racing in DTM Trophy.[15] Racing in the first four rounds of the season, Hirsiger scored a best result of second in race one at the Lausitzring from pole to end the season 10th in the standings.[16][17] Despite joining Teichmann Racing to campaign a KTM X-Bow in the Cup X class of the 2021 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie,[18] Hirsiger ultimately sat on the sidelines until 2023, when he made one-off appearances in the GT4 European Series and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany for SRS Team Sorg Rennsport.[19]

Remaining in Porsche one-make series for 2024, Hirsiger joined Fach Auto Tech to race in Porsche Sprint Challenge Suisse, where he was crowned champion after winning 11 out of 12 races.[20][21] The following year, Hirsiger switched to Ineco - Reparto Corse RAM to compete in Ferrari Challenge Europe,[22] taking nine wins and two other podiums to secure the Trofeo Pirelli title over Jasin Ferati.[23] During 2025, Hirsiger also made his ADAC GT Masters debut for Lamborghini-affiliated Liqui Moly Team Engstler by GRT.[24]

After competing in select rounds of the following year's GT Winter Series for Liqui Moly Team Engstler between the Cup 1 and GT3 classes,[25][26] Hirsiger remained with them for the rest of 2026 to compete in ADAC GT Masters alongside Finn Zulauf.[27] In parallel, Hirsiger joined AF Corse to compete in the Silver Cup of the GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup, sharing a Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo with Carl Bennett.[28]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season Series Team Position
2008 Swiss Kart Championship — Super Mini
2009 Swiss Rotax Max Challenge — Mini Beo Karting 3rd
2010 Swiss Rotax Max Challenge — Mini Spirit Racing 1st
2011 Schweizer Kart Meisterschaft — KF3 1st
Andrea Margutti TrophyKF3 Spirit Racing 14th
Karting European ChampionshipKF3
2012 Andrea Margutti TrophyKF3 ART Grand Prix 63rd
Karting European ChampionshipKF3 74th
Karting Academy Trophy Peter Hirsiger 28th
Sources:[29][30]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2013 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 19 0 0 1 4 151 6th
2014 French F4 Championship FFSA Academy 20 2 3 2 11 226 3rd
2015 V de V Challenge Monoplace RC Formula 3 0 0 0 0 0 42nd
2020 DTM Trophy Allied Racing 8 0 1 0 1 52 10th
2023 GT4 European Series – Silver SRS Team Sorg Rennsport 2 0 0 0 0 12 30th
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2024 Porsche Sprint Challenge Suisse – Cup 1 Fach Auto Tech 12 11 ? ? 11 346 1st
Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2025 Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli Ineco - Reparto Corse RAM 16 9 8 10 11 193 1st
Ferrari Challenge Finali Mondiali – Trofeo Pirelli 1 0 0 0 0 N/a 28th
Italian GT Championship Endurance Cup – GT Cup Div.2 Am Reparto Corse RAM 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
ADAC GT Masters Liqui Moly Team Engstler by GRT 2 0 0 0 0 6 20th
2026 GT Winter Series – Cup 1 Liqui Moly Team Engstler
GT Winter Series – GT3
ADAC GT Masters 2 1 1 0 2 45* 1st*
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup AF Corse 2 0 0 0 0 0* NC*
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup – Silver 0 0 0 0 4.5* 8th*
Sources:[31][29]

As Hirsiger was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete French F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Rank Points
2013 LMS
1

5
LMS
2

7
LMS
3

4
PAU
1

7
PAU
2

2
PAU
3

16
SPA
1

2
SPA
2

DNS
SPA
3

DNS
VDV
1

Ret
VDV
2

12
VDV
3

5
MAG
1

13
MAG
2

7
MAG
3

6
LÉD
1

2
LÉD
2

7
LÉD
3

4
LEC
1

4
LEC
2

12†
LEC
3

3
6th 151
2014 LMS
1

6
LMS
2

2
LMS
3

3
PAU
1

3
PAU
2

7
PAU
3

3
VDV
1

2
VDV
2

Ret
VDV
3

19
MAG
1

1
MAG
2

6
MAG
3

1
NOG
1

3
NOG
2

2
NOG
3

3
JER
1

12
JER
2

9
JER
3

13
LEC
1

2
LEC
2

DNS
LEC
3

20
3rd 226

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2025 Liqui Moly Team Engstler by GRT Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 LAU
1

LAU
2

ZAN
1

ZAN
2

NÜR
1

NÜR
2

SAL
1

SAL
2

RBR
1

16
RBR
2

16
HOC
1

HOC
2

20th 6
2026 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 RBR
1

11
RBR
2

33
ZAN
1

ZAN
2

LAU
1

LAU
2

NÜR
1

NÜR
2

SAL
1

SAL
2

HOC
1

HOC
2

1st* 45*

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results

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
2026 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 Evo Silver BRH
1

26
BRH
2

22
MIS
1

MIS
2

MAG
1

MAG
2

ZAN
1

ZAN
2

CAT
1

CAT
2

8th* 4.5*

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