Dutch Porsche driver Wouter Boerekamps (30) stole the show in Monza last year. His first full season in the Porsche one-make series had its ups and downs, but at the end of the year, it resulted in two fantastic victories and a double program for 2026.
Boerekamps’ path to professional racing was far from straightforward. The Dutchman relied on his work as a driver coach and occasional guest entries, such as in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup in Zandvoort in 2024 and during the Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux at Assen in 2023.
After many years of giving it his all, his hard work paid off: a full season in the Porsche Supercup in 2025 with Dutch outfit GP Elite, where he completed the line-up alongside Kas Haverkort, Sam Shahin, Ariel Levi and Huub van Eijndhoven. Boerekamps faced a huge challenge, which he tackled head-on and with determination.
P4 in Zandvoort as a sign of something promising
Luck wasn’t always on his side, but it was in Monza. It was a weekend focused on the title fight between Alessandro Ghiretti and Robert de Haan, yet it was Boerekamps who stood in the spotlight. With two brilliant moves, he took the lead and left everyone behind.
“It was relatively unexpected that we would be so strong there,” says Boerekamps, looking back on that weekend at GT REPORT’s request. “I wasn’t able to test at all during the season, so for me it was always about going into the weekend and seeing how it would feel. In Monza, we secretly managed to get in about half a test day.”
“My teammate, Sam Shahin, was testing everywhere. I made a deal with him last year that I would coach him during the tests. Occasionally I was allowed to drive his car too. That felt good right away. So it wasn’t necessarily a surprise that we were so fast there, but it was nice that everything clicked immediately.”
Boerekamps had aimed for a podium all season. In Zandvoort, he came closest with a P4. “That was a bit painful, I have to admit,” he laughs. “Then in Monza, where we qualified third, it was already quite exciting. I immediately told my engineer: we can win this.”
And he delivered. Coming out of Prima Variante, the Dutchman was in the lead. However, due to an incident in the opening lap, a red flag neutralised the race, and race control decided the drivers would restart in their original order.
“After turn one, I actually thought: we’ve already won this—but then we had to restart. My confidence was so high. I overtook Ghiretti again at the restart and didn’t look in my mirrors for the rest of the race. That’s very unusual,” he laughs.
“I only asked my engineer every lap how big the gap was. Towards the end… That’s when it started to sink in that this could become something really special. And it did.”
Hectic start to the 2025 season
Due to a lack of testing days and competing against drivers doing double programs, Boerekamps’ 2025 season was mainly a learning process. Ending the season with a win in Monza — celebrating by standing on top of his car — was, of course, fantastic.
“Yeah, amazing! The year was in a way quite strange. I only really started with the Supercup in 2024, which also came quite last minute. I thought: I’ll do one race, Zandvoort, I want to tick that off. It was always a dream, but never really realistic for me to build a racing career,” he explains.
“I don’t have my own budget, so I have to rely entirely on sponsorship. That’s what I worked on during the winter of 2024 to 2025, but it never really seemed realistic.” His sponsor, XXL Nutrition, came with a late offer in March 2025 to still make it happen. Initially, he would only race in Austria, Belgium, Hungary, and Zandvoort, where most Dutch fans would be.
He had to secure the rest of the budget himself. “We worked very hard on that. It was really hectic, and I simply couldn’t test,” Boerekamps continues. “Then, learning all those circuits is quite difficult.” The Supercup remains a sprint championship, where drivers must be on pace within one practice session.
There were circuits he had never raced before, including Imola. “If you make a mistake in qualifying, you end up seventeenth or eighteenth, get caught in a start crash, and don’t make progress,” he explains. “The same happened in Monaco. First time in Monaco is just tough—I wanted to gain experience, but again a start crash happened.”
As a result, he found himself under pressure early in the season. There was a plan to skip Barcelona to ease the budget. However, he had tested at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya and sponsors suggested he should go. “I was very happy that I managed to secure some extra sponsorship at the last minute. I finished sixth there, which was a big boost.”
The Dutchman struggled a bit again at the Red Bull Ring, while Budapest went surprisingly well, followed by another tough weekend at Spa. Given his experience at Zandvoort, Boerekamps couldn’t wait to return there—but narrowly missed out on a podium.
Still, his momentum was clear. A week after Zandvoort, he won in Monza. Another week later, he debuted in the Porsche Sixt Carrera Cup Germany and returned to the Red Bull Ring. In qualifying, he secured a one-two with teammate Van Eijndhoven.
“The team had the car dialed in immediately, which was great. That one-two with Huub was fantastic—it also gave us strategic flexibility starting from the front row. It’s been a rollercoaster season, but it’s better to finish it like this than the other way around!”
24H Dubai winners
That weekend, Boerekamps shared the podium with Van Eijndhoven and De Haan, the same drivers he would join four months later to take victory in the 24 Hours of Dubai. He notes it was only his second-ever 24-hour race.
“I had already done Dubai twice as a coach for GP Elite. This was my first time as a driver, and with such a line-up!” Boerekamps, De Haan, and Van Eijndhoven were brought together by Ralph Poppelaars, with whom Van Eijndhoven participated in that race before.
With four Dutch powerhouses, success seemed inevitable. “Ralph approached us one by one,” says Boerekamps. “He started with Huub, since they go way back. I’ve also coached Ralph, so I know him well. During the Red Bull Ring weekend, it became official.”
“That made it even more special when the three of us stood on the podium in Austria. Ralph messaged us: I don’t think we could have a better line-up than this.”
“The way we crossed the finish line—and how special it was to do it together—it was clear to me: sprint racing is great, and I want to push for at least two more years, but endurance racing is the dream and the next step.”
Speaking to GT REPORT in January, Van Eijndhoven also looked back on the win in Dubai.
Focus on a double program in Porsche sprint championships
Boerekamps is interested in the European Le Mans Series and possibly the World Endurance Championship, but for now wants to continue the upward trajectory he showed at the end of 2025 in both the Supercup and the German Cup.
He will have new teammates: 2021 British GT Champion Gus Burton joins GP Elite, with Matheus Ferreira moves over from single-seaters. Jonas Greif stays at the team for a double programme as well. The regular Pro-Ams will stay too, with Soren Spreng and Sam Shahin forming the core.
Boerekamps will take on a team leader role this year: “I’ve been quite involved in selecting the drivers. The dynamic with the new guys is fun. Gus has experience in the Cup car and has raced in the US with ABS. That brings a lot of potential.”
Protegé Nick Ho joins the line-up in Porsche Carrera Cup Germany. The two know each other well, and a coach-versus-student battle is set to unfold. “I like that he’s my protégé. I’ve worked with him from the beginning. Now we’re teammates for the first time—that’s special,” Boerekamps smiles.
He will have to keep the young guns behind him. “They all want to beat me now. I’m totally fine with that! It was already great in [Porsche Sprint Challenge] Southern Europe that all those guys wanted to finish ahead of me. If they do, it means I’ve done my job well in another way, but of course, I’d rather they don’t!”
The Porsche Carrera Cup Germany season kicks off this weekend in Imola, as part of the WEC support program. The first showdown is imminent. “We know it’s not my strongest circuit, but what we really want is to build the season steadily,” Boerekamps says with determination.
“We’ll gain mileage and aim for top-five finishes. A week later, we return to the Red Bull Ring, which should suit us well. If we can build momentum like that, we’ll be in a good place.”
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