Weerts began his single-seater career in 2017, participating in the 2017 ADAC Formula 4 season with Team Motopark, alongside the final three races of the Formula 4 UAE Championship. He finished 22nd overall in the ADAC F4 season and second in the Rookie Championship, scoring three points towards the drivers’ title. The following season, Weerts was crowned Formula 4 UAE champion, winning all four races in the final round at Dubai Autodrome and finishing 50 points ahead of David Schumacher.
After switching to Van Amersfoort Racing for the 2018 ADAC Formula 4 season, Weerts finished fifth in points, securing one win and four podiums before leaving the team at the end of the season.
In 2019, Weerts transitioned to sports car racing, joining Belgian Audi Club Team WRT for the 2019 Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup campaign. After a difficult 2019 season, he was paired with Dries Vanthoor for full season campaigns in both series during 2020, resulting in the Sprint Cup title. Following this success, Weerts was promoted to Audi factory driver status for 2021. He started the title defense strongly, taking pole position for the opening race at Magny-Cours and winning Saturday’s event, adding a podium finish the following day. Weerts and Vanthoor then defended their Sprint Cup title after the fourth round at Brands Hatch.
At the end of 2022, Weerts moved to BMW M Motorsport, joining Team WRT alongside Dries Vanthoor. His first race as a BMW factory driver, the 2023 Kyalami-grand-prix-circuit) 9 Hours, resulted in an overall victory with Vanthoor and Sheldon van der Linde. In the 2023 GT World Challenge Europe season, Weerts aimed to continue his success in the Sprint Cup, but acknowledged the change in machinery would make a fourth consecutive title challenging. The team finished third in Sprint Cup points, with six podiums and one race win at Valencia. In the Endurance Cup, they achieved a best finish of sixth at Monza, ending 11th in the final points classification.
The 2024 season saw Weerts and Vanthoor continue to compete in the Sprint Cup, partnering with van der Linde in the Endurance events. Weerts experienced setbacks early in the year, crashing with a lapped car at the Bathurst 12 Hours and retiring from the opening Endurance Cup event due to a collision with Alessio Rovera. He redeemed himself with wins at Brands Hatch and Misano in the Sprint Cup. The team continued to achieve podiums at Monza, Spa, and Hockenheim, and won at Magny-Cours, but ultimately finished runner-up to Engel and Auer in both the Sprint and combined championships by a narrow margin of 2.5 points. Despite this, Weerts was crowned Intercontinental GT Challenge champion after a consistent run of podiums and race wins, following an initial retirement at Bathurst.
Heading into 2025, Weerts and WRT benefited from an upgrade package for their BMW M4 GT3. They started the year strongly, winning the 6H of Dubai and finishing 1-2 at the Bathurst 12H. This momentum carried into the opening round of the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe season, with Kelvin van der Linde joining as a full-time teammate and Ugo De Wilde added for endurance rounds. The new pairing won the 6-hour event at Circuit Paul Ricard, followed by a podium at Brands Hatch and a win at Zandvoort, currently leading all three championships.
Weerts is the heir to the Weerts Group, a real estate and logistics company, with his father, Yves Weerts, serving as its CEO since 1994 and as a member of the board of directors at W Racing Team.
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