Leyton Daniel Fourie (born 23 September 2005) is a South African racing driver who competes in the ADAC GT Masters for FK Performance Motorsport. A product of the BMW Motorsport ladder, he was ADAC GT Masters runner-up in 2025.
Career Fourie began karting in 2012, competing until 2019. Racing in his native South Africa, Fourie won the 2016 SA Vortex Mini ROK Cup title, before winning the African Open Championship and the Rotax Mini Max Gauteng Regional Championships in Mini Max the following year.
Moving up to car racing in 2020, Fourie made his debut in Volkswagen Polo Cup South Africa, scoring a lone win at Red Star Raceway. Remaining in the series for 2021, Fourie clinched the title with five wins to his name, in a year in which he also secured the Class B title of the Pozidrive VW Challenge. Switching to the Global Touring Car Championship in 2022, Fourie won six times and took five other podiums to clinch the GTC Supacup title. That year, Fourie also made his debut in the Project 1 Motorsport centrally-run BMW M2 Cup Germany finale at the Hockenheimring, taking a best result of third in race two.
Moving to Europe full-time for 2023, Fourie won the BMW M2 Cup Germany title with six wins and five other podiums to his name. He also won in all four of his starts in BMW M2 Cup Benelux for Bas Koeten Racing, as well as making his ADAC GT4 Germany debut for Project 1 and winning the Kyalami 9 Hours in a Nova NP02 for Rico Barlow Racing. Remaining with Project 1 for 2024, Fourie entered ADAC GT4 Germany full-time, sharing a BMW M4 GT4 with Max Rosam. In his only season in the series, Fourie took a best result of second at both the Lausitzring and Norisring en route to a fourth-place points finish.
In 2025, Fourie joined FK Performance Motorsport to step up to ADAC GT Masters, sharing a BMW M4 GT3 Evo with Tim Zimmermann. In his rookie season, Fourie won at Zandvoort and the Salzburgring, where he set pole position, and strung together two further podiums to end the season runner-up in points. In 2026, Fourie continued with FK Performance for his sophomore season in ADAC GT Masters alongside Zimmermann. That year, Fourie also finished second in the Bronze Cup on his 24 Hours of Spa debut for Paradine Competition.
Karting record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesTeamPosition 2017RMC Grand Finals – Mini MaxKMS Europe6th2019RMC Euro Trophy – Junior Max12thROK Cup Superfinal – Junior ROKNCSources:
Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 2020 Volkswagen Polo Cup South Africa 3 1 1 0 2 98 7th2021 Volkswagen Polo Cup South Africa 16 5 6 4 13 2781st Pozidrive VW Challenge – Class B 14 6 5 11 12 1201st2022 Global Touring Car Championship – GTC Supacup Express Hire Pty Ltd 14 6 4 5 11 2311st BMW M2 Cup Germany Project 1 2023 BMW M2 Cup Germany Project 1 12 6 4 0 11 2061st BMW M2 Cup Benelux Bas Koeten Racing 4 4 4 4 4 1893rd ADAC GT4 Germany Project 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC Kyalami 9 Hours Adjust4Sleep / Rico Barlow Racing 1 1 0 0 1 1st2024 ADAC GT4 Germany FK Performance Motorsport 12 0 0 1 2 117 4th Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – BMW M240i Adrenalin Motorsport Team Mainhatten Wheels 2 0 0 0 2 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP10 FK Performance Motorsport 1 0 0 0 1 2nd Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP10 1 1 0 0 1 0 NC 2025 ADAC GT Masters FK Performance Motorsport 12 2 1 3 4 1652nd2026 ADAC GT Masters FK Performance Motorsport 8 2 0 0 5 146*2nd* 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP10 1 0 0 0 0 DNF GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Paradine Competition1 0 0 0 0 9* 18th* GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup – Bronze 0 0 0 1 36* 7th* Intercontinental GT Challenge 1 0 0 0 0 0* NC* Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 FK Performance Motorsport * *Sources: Season still in progress. † As Fourie was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
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 2023 Project 1 BMW M4 GT4 OSC1 OSC2 ZAN1 ZAN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 LAU1 LAU2 SAC1 SAC2 HOC1 HOC2 NC 0 2024 FK Performance Motorsport BMW M4 GT4 OSC1 OSC2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC1 HOC2 4th 117
Complete 24 Hours of Nürburgring results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2024 FK Performance Motorsport Yannick Fübrich Christian Konnerth Joseph Warhurst BMW M4 GT4 Gen II SP10 45 35th2nd 2026 FK Performance Motorsport Luca Link Moritz Wiskirchen Nick Wüstenhagen BMW M4 GT4 (G82) SP10 56 DNF DNF
Complete ADAC GT Masters 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 2025FK Performance MotorsportBMW M4 GT3 EvoLAU1LAU2ZAN1ZAN2NÜR1NÜR2SAL1SAL2RBR1RBR2HOC1HOC2 2nd 165 2026FK Performance MotorsportBMW M4 GT3 EvoRBR1RBR2ZAN1ZAN2LAU1LAU2NÜR1NÜR2SAL1SAL2HOC1HOC2 2nd* 146*
Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points 2026 Paradine Competition BMW M4 GT3 Evo Bronze LEC MNZ SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR ALG 7th* 36*
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