Riaan van der westhuizen

Riaan van der Westhuizen is a South African sim-racer who participated for Deltec Racing Team in the 2014 World Sport Series season. He also participates in various South African Leagues with Assetto Corsa, Race07, Project Cars and Race Room Experience.

Early Years

Riaan started his career by racing go karts at a early age, very much like Mr. Michael Schumacher. From then onwards, he was hooked onto racing in general! Riaan went on to race Real Life Experience in the MAN Race Trucks Series on Kyalami, amongst other racing commitments.

In 2005 Riaan joined the Formula SimRacing League, where he did 8 (offline) races in the WS Pro75 division. 2006 saw Riaan relocating to another location, thus only able to finish 3 (online) races in the Pro75 Series. 2007: Riaan - 'I am extremely excited about 2007! I am motivated and commited to give my best for the Deltec team.' Indeed, 2007 was a bumper year for Riaan, and the 2 Deltec Teams! Together with his driver skills, Deltec Racing finished with a 4th and 8th place in the FSR Series. Riaan also competed in the local SARL league, where he drove the Ford V8 Falcon, F1 1979 as well as Zonda Enduro Series for Le Mans.

2014

In 2014 he continues in the GPVWC WSS Series, driving the Flat6 Porsches, alongside fellow South African Marius van Wyk.

Marius started simracing in 2005 after buying a Logitech Wingman wheel. "It was the best money ever spent!" He went on to compete in 2006 in the FSR Pro75 (offline) World Series, where he finished second in the Series. "I learned a lot to finish so high after only started 1 year with racing online with a steering wheel' i hope to improve more!' Marius continued in FSR until 2008. During this time he founded Deltec Racing Team, named after his own PC computer business. Deltec Computers was the main sponsors at the time.

During 2006, Marius was approached by Armaroli Simulators in Brazil, to afford the opportunity to be the seat holder for Team South Africa in the online Armaroli ASRWC Series. Marius agreed immediately. Together with drivers Zaahir Essa and Craig Hattingh, Team South Africa finished 2nd in the ASRWC Series. 2007 saw the best result for the Deltec racing Teams in FSR with a 4th and 8th place season finish. Hendrich van Rensburg & Riaan vd Westhuizen were amongst the drivers. 2008 was the last year Deltec participated in FSR.

2014

2014 we fired up the engines and joined the prestigious GPVWC League, competing in the 2014 World Sport Series. We entered as Deltec Racing Team. Marius as driver and team manager. It was a tough 2014 year to say the least. 8 years away from competitive racing, we know it will be a daunting task! During the 24hr Le Mans Season, Deltec proved they have the focus and mindset to accomplish any task. Although Deltec finished in last position, they completed the magical 300 laps benchmark. Regular drivers for the year included Riaan van der Westhuizen & veteran racer Ken Hunter.

2015

In 2015 Deltec Racing Team entered into the 2015 Formula Challenge series. This is an exciting year as we have grown from 2014. We also secured the driver services of Denis Mitchell and Adam Ozgur. Both are experienced drivers. Klaidas Vareika was chosen as early reserve driver. Stefan McCready succeeded him as reserve driver to date.

2016 Season

We will be back on the GPVWC grid. Lots of drivers talk has been going on behind the scenes to secure drivers for the 2016 season in various portfolios. Stay tuned.