The 2024 NXT Gen Cup drivers

  • Enzo Hallman

    Enzo Hallman, aged 16, made his karting debut in 2018 and claimed the Swedish Junior 125 karting title in 2021. The Swede made his racing debut in 2023 in the NXT Gen Cup and scored six podiums from 12 races.

    Age: 16
    Nationality: Swedish 🇸🇪
    Career bio:
    2023 - NXT Gen Cup - 4th
    2021 - Swedish Junior 125 karting - 1st
    2018 - Karting debut

  • Victor Nielsen

    Victor Nielsen started his racing career in karting and single seaters. 2023 saw him making his NXT Gen Cup debut, finishing seventh, while also racing in the Danish Formula 4 where he finished fifth.

    Age: 17
    Nationality: Danish 🇩🇰
    Career bio:
    2023 - NXT Gen Cup - 7th
    2023 - Danish Formula 4 - 5th
    2022 - Danish Formula 4 - 5th
    2021 - World Championship Ekart - 4th

  • Filip Bartoš

    Filip Bartoš has raced karts in Czechia previously, most recently in the ROK GP - finishing close to the top ten of 35 drivers. 2023 saw him making his racing debut in NXT Gen Cup, finishing 18th overall.

    Age: 16
    Nationality: Czech 🇨🇿
    Career bio:
    2023 - NXT Gen Cup - 18th
    2019-20 - Easy Kart 100
    2021-22 - ROK GP

  • Siri Hökfelt

    Siri Hökfelt has previously raced karts and single seaters in Sweden, including Renault Junior Cup Sweden and Aquila Formula 1000. She made her NXT Gen Cup debut in 2023, finishing 15th overall.

    Age
    : 17
    Nationality: Swedish 🇸🇪
    Career bio:
    2023 - NXT Gen Cup - 15th
    2019 - Sydsvenskan Kart Champion Cup - 2nd

  • Greaham Hofmans

    Greaham Hofmans made his karting debut in 2021 and joined NXT Gen Cup in 2023, finishing 12th in his debut season.

    Age: 15
    Nationality: Dutch 🇳🇱
    Career bio:
    2023 - NXT Gen Cup - 12th



  • Lukas Stiefelhagen

    Lukas Stiefelhagen made his electric racing debut in the 2023 NXT Gen Cup. The Dutch driver is a former 4-stroke karting champion and finished fifth overall in the 2023 Dutch PTC Racing Cup.

    Age: 16
    Nationality: Dutch 🇳🇱
    Career bio:
    2023 - PTC Racing Cup - 5th
    2022 - Dutch RK1 15hp - Champion
    2022 - Dutch Superlap Junior Cup - Champion
    2021 - NXT 9hp karting - Champion

  • Laurenz Rühl

    Laurenz Rühl's interest in motorsport started in the digital world and he made his racing debut in the Dutch Mazda MX-5 Cup in 2023, finishing sixth in the junior category.

    Age: 17
    Nationality: German 🇩🇪
    Career bio:
    2023 - Mazda MX-5 Cup NL - 6th junior class


  • Calvin De Groot

    Calvin De Groot made the switch from karting to racing just three years ago and finished third in the junior category of the Dutch Fiesta Sprint Cup last year.

    Age: 20
    Nationality: Dutch 🇳🇱
    Career bio:
    2023 - Fiesta Sprint Cup NL - 3rd junior class
    2022 - Portimao 24h - 1st in class

  • Benjamin Mazatis

    German racer Benjamin Mazatis has plenty of experience from GT racing, most recently finishing fifth in the 2023 24H Series in Dubai.

    Age: 26
    Nationality: German 🇩🇪
    Career bio:
    2023 - 24H Series Dubai - 5th
    2018 - GT4 Central European Cup Pro-Am - 3rd

  • Chantal Röhner

    Chantal Röhner took her international racing license recently and has previously raced two seasons in the German Wintercup series at Sachsenring.

    Age: 24
    Nationality: German 🇩🇪
    Career bio:
    2022-23 - German Wintercup Series


  • Linus Stjernelund

    The Swede has raced in Rotax Max Junior Sweden for the past two years, as well as selected endurance races, and is an avid sim racer.

    Age: 15
    Nationality: Swedish 🇸🇪
    Career bio:
    2023 - Rotax Max Challenge Sweden - 8th


  • Patricija Keita-Stalidzane

    Patricija Keita-Stalidzane went from karting to Clio Cup Central Europe in 2018, then racing for two years in ADAC GT4 Germany.

    Age: 22
    Nationality: Latvian 🇱🇻
    Career bio:
    2020 - ADAC GT4 Germany - 25th
    2019 - ADAC GT4 Germany - 21st

  • Misha Charoudin

    Misha Charoudin is a Nürburgring specialist and YouTube star who has competed in various endurance and sprint races around the world.

    Age: 34
    Nationality: Dutch 🇳🇱
    Career bio:
    2024 - Nürburgring 24H SP8T - 2nd
    2021 - Nürburgring 24H SP3 - 4th
    2019 - VLN Series Cup 5

  • Alex Gustafsson

    Alex Gustafsson claimed the RallyX CrossCar Junior title in 2020 and finished as vice champion in the CrossCar Junior category of the 2022 FIA Motorsport Games.

    Age: 17
    Nationality: Swedish 🇸🇪
    Career bio:
    2022 - FIA Motorsport Games CrossCar - 2nd
    2020 - RallyX CrossCar Junior Class - Champion

  • Sophie Hofmann

    Sophie Hofmann comes from an extensive background of GT racing, most recently racing for two seasons in the DTM Trophy.

    Age: 26
    Nationality: German 🇩🇪
    Career bio:
    2022 - DTM Trophy - 18th
    2021 - DTM Trophy - 17th
    2019 - Audi Sport R8 LMS Cup - 14th

  • Jacqueline Kreutzpointner

    Jacqueline Kreutzpointner started her racing career in ADAC GT4 Germany and has raced in BMW M2 Cup Germany for the past two seasons.

    Age: 25
    Nationality: German 🇩🇪
    Career bio:
    2022 - BMW M2 Cup Germany - 10th
    2021 - BMW M2 Cup Germany - 8th

  • Alesia Kreutzpointner

    Alesia Kreutzpointner started her racing career in ADAC GT4 Germany and has raced in BMW M2 Cup Germany for the past two seasons.

    Age: 25
    Nationality: German 🇩🇪
    Career bio:
    2022 - BMW M2 Cup Germany - 9th
    2021 - BMW M2 Cup Germany - 10th

  • Storm Julius Gjerdrum

    Storm Julius Gjerdrum will make his NXT Gen Cup debut at the Nürburgring in 2024 at the age of just 15, having previously raced a MINI in the Norwegian Championship,

    Age: 15
    Nationality: Norwegian 🇳🇴
    Career bio:
    2023 - Norwegian Championship Mini - 19th

  • Ben Bendler

    The 18-year-old Ben Bendler made his racing debut in the ADAC Tourenwagen Junior Cup where he is placed eighth overall so far and has previously raced in karting.

    Age: 18
    Nationality: German 🇩🇪
    Career bio:
    2023 - Dacia Logan Cup Germany - 2nd

  • Jodie Sloss

    Jodie Sloss makes her NXT Gen Cup debut at the Sachsenring and won the 2022 Formula Woman competition despite having no previous racing experience.

    Age: 23
    Nationality: Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
    Career bio:
    2022 - Formula Woman - 1st

  • Bennet Ehrl

    GT4 driver Bennet Ehrl made his NXT Gen Cup debut at the Sachsenring, having previously raced GT4 in the VLN series at the Nürburgring.

    Age: 23
    Nationality: German 🇩🇪
    Career bio:
    2023 - Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie - Class podium finish