Jef Machiels
NationalityBelgium Belgian
Born (2005-07-25) 25 July 2005 (age 18)
Limburg, Belgium
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup career
Debut season2023
Current teamAF Corse
Car number52
Starts5 (5 entries)
Wins0
Podiums0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish11th (Bronze Cup) in 2023
Previous series
2022
2022
2022
Italian F4 Championship
F4 Spanish Championship
Formula 4 UAE Championship

Jef Machiels (born 25 July 2005) is a Belgian racing driver who is currently racing for AF Corse in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup.[1][2]

He is the son of Louis Machiels, the Blancpain Endurance Series Pro-Am Cup champion.[3]

Racing record edit

Racing career summary edit

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2022 Formula 4 UAE Championship Pinnacle Motorsport[4][5] 12 0 0 0 0 0 39th
F4 Spanish Championship Monlau Motorsport[6][7] 21 0 0 0 0 0 26th
Italian F4 Championship 5 0 0 0 0 0 52nd
2023 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup AF Corse[8] 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Bronze 0 0 0 1 34 11th
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2023-24 Middle East Trophy - GT3 Attempto Racing
Middle East Trophy - 992 Red Ant Racing
2024 Porsche Sprint Challenge Southern Europe Belgium Racing
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup AF Corse
GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup

As Machiels was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.* Season still in progress.

Complete F4 Spanish Championship results edit

(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 19 20 21 DC Points
2022 Monlau Motorsport ALG
1

24
ALG
2

Ret
ALG
3

19
JER
1

15
JER
2

24
JER
3

23
CRT
1

13
CRT
2

17
CRT
3

22
SPA
1

14
SPA
2

17
SPA
3

27†
ARA
1

12
ARA
2

18
ARA
3

23†
NAV
1

17
NAV
2

28†
NAV
3

12
CAT
1

Ret
CAT
2

24
CAT
3

13
26th 0

Complete GT World Challenge results edit

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup edit

(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
2023 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 Bronze MNZ
36
LEC
16
SPA
6H

57
SPA
12H

32
SPA
24H

26
NÜR
36
CAT
31
11th 34

*Season still in progress.

References edit

  1. ^ "About". Jef Machiels (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Les deux équipages AF Corse en Pro confirmés". Endurance Info (in French). Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Home". Jef Machiels (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Pinnacle Motorsport set for F4 UAE Championship debut". Mailchimp. Pinnacle Motorsport. 12 January 2022. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. ^ Manila, Time Attack (5 February 2022). "Jef Machiels, Robert De Daan join Pinnacle Motorsport for the remaining F4 UAE season". Time Attack Manila. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  6. ^ Blancafort, Raymond (14 April 2022). "La F4 española, con 24 coches, pero sólo cuatro pilotos de casa". SoyMotor (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Elenco Verificati - Verified (Monza)" (PDF). ACI Sport. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  8. ^ Euwema, Davey. "Shwartzman to Make GT3 Debut With AF Corse – Sportscar365". sportscar365.com. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

External links edit


Category:2005 births Category:Living people Category:Belgian racing drivers Category:Sportspeople from Limburg (Belgium) Category:Italian F4 Championship drivers Category:Spanish F4 Championship drivers Category:UAE F4 Championship drivers Category:Blancpain Endurance Series drivers Category:Pinnacle Motorsport drivers Category:Van Amersfoort Racing drivers Category:AF Corse drivers