Niels Langeveld

Niels Langeveld (born 21 February 1988) is a Dutch racing driver who competes in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany for Laptime Performance.

Career

Langeveld made his car racing debut in 2005, racing part-time in the ELF BRL V6 series. After spending a year out of racing, Langeveld competed in the Formido Swift Cup from 2007 to 2010, finishing no lower than fifth in the standings and winning the title in 2010.

Langeveld then spent two full-time years in Renault Clio Cup Nederland, winning it in 2012 with Certainty Racing Team. Following a one-off return to the series in 2013, Langeveld moved over to Renault Clio Cup Benelux for the following two years, finishing runner-up in points in 2014 and taking the title the following year after taking five wins.

After a one-off appearance at the end of 2015 for Target Competition, Langeveld competed full-time in SEAT León Eurocup for Baporo Motorsport, with whom he would win the title with by beating Mikel Azcona by 14 points.

Stepping up to ADAC TCR Germany for 2017, Langeveld joined RacingOne alongside Kai Jordan and Maurits Sandberg. In his rookie season in the series, Langeveld won at Oschersleben and Zandvoort to finish fifth in points.

Langeveld returned to RacingOne for a second season in ADAC TCR Germany alongside Maurits Sandberg. In his sophomore season in the championship, Langeveld won at the Red Bull Ring and Zandvoort on his way to third in points, behind Luca Engstler and Harald Proczyk.

Joining Audi Sport Team Comtoyou for 2019, Langeveld made his debut in the WTCC alongside Frédéric Vervisch. In his only season in the championship, Langeveld scored a lone podium, coming at the first race of the Suzuka round, where he finished second behind Esteban Guerrieri.

Switching to GT racing for 2020, Langeveld joined T3 Motorsport to race alongside Maximilian Paul in ADAC GT Masters. Finishing 30th in the standings on 22 points, the pair scored a best finish of 11th twice, at both the Sachsenring and the second Lausitzring round.

Returning to TCR competition in 2021, Langeveld joined Sébastien Loeb Racing to compete in TCR Europe. In his only season in the series, Langeveld finished on the podium at Zandvoort and Nürburgring, on his way to third in the overall points and taking the TCR Benelux title. During 2021, Langeveld also competed on a part-time basis in Mazda MX-5 Cup Netherlands, winning race one at Spa and finishing sixth in points.

In 2022, Langeveld joined Target Competition to race in TCR Italy alongside Cesare Brusa and Francesca Raffaele as the sole Hyundai Elantra N TCR in the team. After winning the season-opening race one at Monza, Langeveld went winless in the following two rounds prior to winning race two of the fourth round of the season at Mugello. In the final two rounds of the season, Langeveld won both the opening races of the Imola and Vallelunga rounds, and after finishing third in the final race of the season, Langeveld took the TCR Italy title by 34 points over Salvatore Tavano. Also doing 2022, Langeveld raced in the MX-5 Cup Netherlands and finished runner-up in the standings to Marcel Dekker.

Remaining in TCR Italy for 2023, Langeveld switched to MM Motorsport as the sole driver in the three-car operation to use the then-new FL5 version of the Honda Civic Type R TCR. Winning at Misano and Monza and finishing off the podium only three times, Langeveld ultimately finished runner-up in the points to Franco Girolami in his sophomore year in the series.

Langeveld left Touring Car competition following 2023, as he joined Q1-trackracing to compete in Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux. At the second round of the season at Zandvoort, Langeveld took his maiden podium in the series by finishing second, after having started on pole. Following this, Langeveld scored two more podiums in the final four rounds of the season, on his way to seventh in the standings and contributing to Q1-trackracing's team championship.

Staying in Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux for 2025, Langeveld joined RedAnt Racing for his sophomore season. In the six-round season, Langeveld scored a lone win in the first Zandvoort round and took four more podiums to end the year fourth in points. During 2025, Langeveld also made a one-off appearance in Porsche Supercup for Hadeca Racing at Zandvoort.

The following year, Langeveld joined Laptime Performance to switch to Porsche Carrera Cup Germany.