Nicki Thiim

Nicki Thiim is a Danish professional racing driver, and Aston Martin Racing works driver in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and also drives for SSR Performance in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.

Biography

After competing in karting, Thiim won the 2006 Danish Formula Ford Championship. In 2007, he switched to touring car racing, where he finished 5th in the Seat León Supercopa Germany and raced a BMW 3 Series in the Danish Touring Car Championship. He also won the 2008 Seat León Supercopa Germany with 8 wins in 16 races.
Thiim advanced to the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2009, finishing 5th. He also won the SP3T class at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring driving a works Volkswagen Scirocco.
Thiim finished 4th in the 2011 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, collecting a win and four podiums.
In 2012, Thiim raced in the Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, finishing 3rd in both. He also got three podiums in the ADAC GT Masters driving a Porsche 911. He continued in both the Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Germany in 2013 and became Porsche Supercup champion. In the same year, he scored the overall victory at 24 Hours of Nurburgring
After the tragic crash at the 24 Heures du Mans that claimed the life of Aston Martin Racing Young Driver team driver Allan Simonsen, Thiim was the replacement driver for the #95 car for the next three races in the 2013 [FIA World Endurance Championship season], and subsequently earned a full-time drive for Aston Martin Racing starting in the 2014 FIA [World Endurance Championship season]. He took the GT Championship with Aston Martin in 2016.
Thiim is a popular driver in the Sim racing scene racing mainly on the iRacing service. He frequently uploads his races on his Twitch and YouTube channels. He often refers to his fanbase as "TeamThiim" and has over 20,000 YouTube followers. As well as frequently streaming his races on Twitch.tv.
Thiim is also well known for his charity 12 hour race where he raised money for Danish children with cancer by hosting a sim racing event attracting over 45 teams and 200+ drivers and raised over 100,000 DKK.
Thiim is also a huge fan of the Ford Ka, which he believes is a compact yet substantial car to drive.