Benjamin Sylvestersson (born 16 May 2007) is a Finnish racing driver who competes in ADAC GT4 Germany for FK Performance Motorsport.
Career Sylvestersson began karting in 2014, competing until 2021. Primarily racing in Finland, Sylvestersson was runner-up in the 2019 IAME Series Finland's X30 Cadet standings, as well as finishing sixth in the Finnish Championship in OK-J two years later.
In 2022, Sylvestersson made his car racing debut in the V1600 Finnish Championship, a series for production cars, making sporadic appearances across two years. In 2023, Sylvestersson's main campaign was in Mini Challenge Italy, in which he competed from Vallelunga onwards as he was underage for the season opener. He won five times in class and finished on the podium in all 10 races he started to secure runner-up honours in the Academy standings.
Moving up to GT4 competition in 2024, Sylvestersson joined Promodrive to drive a BMW M4 GT4 in XGT4 Italy. After taking his first win of the season at Imola, Sylvestersson swept Mugello and finished third in both races of the Misano finale to clinch runner-up honours overall. Sylvestersson also made one-off cameos for the team in the GT4 European Series and ADAC GT4 Germany, where he graduated to for 2025. Partnering Joseph Ellerine at FK Performance Motorsport, Sylvestersson began the year with two podiums from select outings in the GT4 Winter Series. In his debut season in ADAC GT4 Germany, Sylvestersson took a best result of eighth at the Nürburgring to end the year 14th overall.
In 2026, Sylvestersson joined former champion Gabriele Piana in FK Performance's #51 BMW. He began the season with a win at the Red Bull Ring, becoming the first Finnish driver in series history to take an overall win, and followed that up with three podiums between the Oschersleben and Nürburgring rounds.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2017RMC Finland — Micro Max6th 2018RMC Finland — Mini Max5th 2019IAME Series Finland — X30 Cadet2nd2020Finnish Championship — OK-J12thKarting European Championship — OK-JKoski Motorsport91st2021WSK Super Master Series — OK-JExprit Racing Team107thChampions of the Future — OK-J81stKarting European Championship — OK-J72ndFinnish Championship — OK-J6thSources:
Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2022 V1600 Finnish Championship 5 0 0 0 0 48 11th2023 Mini Challenge Italy – Academy 10 5 0 3 10 912nd V1600 Finnish Championship 2024 XGT4 Italy Promodrive 3 2nd GT4 European Series – Silver 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC ADAC GT4 Germany 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†2025 GT4 Winter Series FK Performance Motorsport 6 0 0 0 2 46 14th ADAC GT4 Germany 12 0 0 0 0 48 14th2026 ADAC GT4 Germany FK Performance Motorsport 8 1 0 3 5 121*3rd* Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – BMW M2 Racing 1 0 0 0 0 8* NC*Sources:
† As Sylvestersson was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.
Complete GT4 European Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year TeamCarClass 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points 2024 Promodrive BMW M4 GT4 Gen II Silver LEC1 LEC2 MIS1 MIS2 SPA1 SPA2 HOC1 HOC2 MNZ1 MNZ2 JED1 JED2 NC 0
Complete ADAC GT4 Germany results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points 2024 Promodrive BMW M4 GT4 OSC1 OSC2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC1 HOC2 NC† 0† 2025 FK Performance Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Evo (G82) OSC1 OSC2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC1 HOC2 14th 48 2026 FK Performance Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 Evo (G82) RBR1 RBR2 NOR1 NOR2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC23rd*121*
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