It’s no exaggeration to state that Nicky Catsburg has had a year any sportscar driver would envy. He’s won his class in three major 24-hour races, including one outright, and achieved the virtually unprecedented feat of securing a world championship title in July. When you also factor in his GT class title in the Asian Le Mans Series aboard a Walkenhorst Motorsport BMW M4, the amiable Dutchman has claimed major successes aboard four different brands of car.
“It feels strange,” concedes Catsburg. “You have some years where you are begging for a win, you do a good job but you just never can get that result. When it started with winning Asian Le Mans this year, I was like, ‘We won now, the rest of the season will probably be difficult’. But it just keeps getting better and better. To win those three 24-hour races, three different cars, is just super cool.
“It just never
