Daniël de Jong

In this Dutch name, the surname is de Jong, not Jong.
Daniël de Jong
NationalityNetherlands Dutch
Born (1992-07-09) 9 July 1992 (age 32)
Rotterdam, Netherlands
GP2 Series career
Debut season2012
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number23
Former teamsTrident, Rapax, MP Motorsport
Starts90
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish21st in 2016
Previous series
2011–13
2011
2009–10
2008–10
2008
2008
2008
2005–06,
2009–10		Auto GP
Formula Renault 3.5 Series
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Finnish Formula Renault 2.0
Formula Renault 2.0 NEZ
Formula Renault 2.0 WEC
Dutch Winter
Endurance Series

Daniël de Jong (born 9 July 1992) is a former racing driver from the Netherlands who most recently competed in 2022-23 Middle East Trophy in the GT3 Class for MP Motorsport

Career

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Formula Renault 2.0

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After a lengthy karting career in his native Holland and a brief stint in the Dutch Winter Endurance Series, de Jong made his single–seater debut in 2008 in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup (NEC), finishing the season 13th overall. He also contested two races in the Formula Renault 2.0 NEZ series, taking two pole positions and a race victory to finish the season in 8th place,[1] and a single round of the Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup at Spa–Francorchamps.

In 2009, de Jong took part in both the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 and Formula Renault 2.0 NEC championships with MP Motorsport. In the Eurocup, he took a single points–finish at the Hungaroring to be classified in 25th place, whilst in the NEC series he took podium places at the Nürburgring and Spa–Francorchamps to finish 9th, despite missing the third round of the season at Alastaro.[2]

2010 saw de Jong remain in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 series for a second season. After finishing second to Kevin Korjus in the first race of the season at Motorland Aragón,[3] he finished in the points on a further eight occasions to finish 9th in the standings.[4] He also took part in selected events of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC season, taking a race win at the final event of the season at the Nürburgring together with a second–place at Brno earlier in the season. He finished the year 11th in the standings, despite only taking part in six of the 18 races.[5]

Formula Renault 3.5 Series

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Daniël de Jong at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault round

In October 2010, de Jong drove a Formula Renault 3.5 Series car for the first time, testing for Draco Racing at the first post–season test in Barcelona.[6] A week later he tested for Comtec Racing at Motorland Aragón and it was announced in February 2011 that he had signed to race for the team in the 2011 season, partnering British Formula 3 graduate Daniel McKenzie.[7]

Auto GP

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Alongside his Formula Renault 3.5 commitments, de Jong also contested the Auto GP season in 2011, driving for his long–time Formula Renault 2.0 team MP Motorsport.[8] He remained with the team (now in a partnership with Manor Motorsport) for the 2012 season.

GP2 Series

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Daniël de Jong in GP2 (Hungary 2015)

In 2012, de Jong made his GP2 Series debut at the Valencia Street Circuit, driving for the Rapax team. He also drove for the team at Silverstone, and will also do so at the Hungaroring and at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.[9] He is the third Dutchman in the championship, alongside Giedo van der Garde and Nigel Melker. He missed the round at Hockenheim due to his Auto GP commitments,[10] but returned to action in the next round at the Hungaroring.[11] He was then replaced by Stefano Coletti for the round at Monza.[12]

Racing record

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2005–06 Dutch Winter Endurance Series ? ? 0 ? ? ? ? 227th
2008 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC MP Motorsport 16 0 0 0 0 119 13th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEZ 2 1 2 0 2 46 8th
Formula Renault 2.0 WEC 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
2009 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 MP Motorsport 14 0 0 0 0 3 25th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 14 0 0 0 2 164 9th
2009–10 Dutch Winter Endurance Series De Heus by Bas Koeten 1 0 0 0 0 10 100th
2010 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 MP Motorsport 16 0 0 0 1 48 9th
Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 6 1 2 3 2 105 11th
2011 Formula Renault 3.5 Series Comtec Racing 17 0 0 0 0 2 29th
Auto GP MP Motorsport 6 0 0 0 0 19 14th
2012 Auto GP World Series Manor MP Motorsport 16 0 0 3 3 104 5th
GP2 Series Rapax 8 0 0 0 0 0 26th
2013 Auto GP Manor MP Motorsport 13 0 0 0 2 77 7th
GP2 Series MP Motorsport 22 0 0 0 0 3 24th
2014 GP2 Series MP Motorsport 22 0 0 0 0 2 28th
MW-V6 Pickup Series Team Netherlands 6 1 1 1 2 70 4th
2015 GP2 Series MP Motorsport 13 0 0 0 0 1 23rd
Trident 3 0 0 0 0
2016 GP2 Series MP Motorsport 22 0 0 0 0 6 21st
24H Series - A6 GDL Racing
2017 24H Series - SPX Eurotrac by Bas Koeten
2018 24H GT Series - A6 MP Motorsport
2019 24H GT Series - A6 MP Motorsport
2020 24H GT Series - GT3 MP Motorsport
2021 24H GT Series - GT3 MP Motorsport
2022 24H GT Series - GT3 MP Motorsport
2022-23 Middle East Trophy - GT3 MP Motorsport

† As de Jong was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

Complete Formula Renault 3.5 Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Points
2011 Comtec Racing ALC
1
19 		ALC
2
15 		SPA
1
Ret 		SPA
2
Ret 		MNZ
1
14 		MNZ
2
14 		MON
1
19 		NÜR
1
16 		NÜR
2
19 		HUN
1
16 		HUN
2
18 		SIL
1
18 		SIL
2
Ret 		LEC
1
20 		LEC
2
12 		CAT
1
16 		CAT
2
9 		29th 2

Complete Auto GP Results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos Points
2011 MP Motorsport MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		BRN
1 		BRN
2 		DON
1
6 		DON
2
8 		OSC
1
6 		OSC
2
7 		VAL
1
13 		VAL
2
11 		MUG
1 		MUG
2 		14th 19
2012 Manor MP Motorsport MNZ
1
3 		MNZ
2
Ret 		VAL
1
4 		VAL
2
4 		MAR
1
7 		MAR
2
Ret 		HUN
1
11 		HUN
2
12 		ALG
1
7 		ALG
2
7 		CUR
1
4 		CUR
2
3 		SON
1
2 		SON
2
6 		5th 104
2013 Manor MP Motorsport MNZ
1 		MNZ
2 		MAR
1
2 		MAR
2
Ret 		HUN
1
7 		HUN
2
7 		SIL
1
4 		SIL
2
6 		MUG
1
DNS 		MUG
2
7 		NÜR
1
Ret 		NÜR
2
3 		DON
1
6 		DON
2
13 		BRN
2
9 		BRN
2
8 		7th 77

Complete GP2 Series results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2012 Rapax Team SEP
FEA 		SEP
SPR 		BHR1
FEA 		BHR1
SPR 		BHR2
FEA 		BHR2
SPR 		CAT
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		MON
FEA 		MON
SPR 		VAL
FEA
16 		VAL
SPR
9 		SIL
FEA
Ret 		SIL
SPR
13 		HOC
FEA 		HOC
SPR 		HUN
FEA
15 		HUN
SPR
19 		SPA
FEA
13 		SPA
SPR
11 		MNZ
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		MRN
FEA 		MRN
SPR 		26th 0
2013 MP Motorsport SEP
FEA
Ret 		SEP
SPR
14 		BHR
FEA
Ret 		BHR
SPR
19 		CAT
FEA
16 		CAT
SPR
18 		MON
FEA
10 		MON
SPR
9 		SIL
FEA
22 		SIL
SPR
18 		NÜR
FEA
15 		NÜR
SPR
Ret 		HUN
FEA
12 		HUN
SPR
Ret 		SPA
FEA
Ret 		SPA
SPR
17 		MNZ
FEA
11 		MNZ
SPR
19 		MRN
FEA
17 		MRN
SPR
7 		YMC
FEA
19† 		YMC
SPR
17 		24th 3
2014 MP Motorsport BHR
FEA
11 		BHR
SPR
11 		CAT
FEA
Ret 		CAT
SPR
19 		MON
FEA
11 		MON
SPR
Ret 		RBR
FEA
19 		RBR
SPR
21 		SIL
FEA
19 		SIL
SPR
14 		HOC
FEA
Ret 		HOC
SPR
16 		HUN
FEA
14 		HUN
SPR
18 		SPA
FEA
10 		SPA
SPR
13 		MNZ
FEA
Ret 		MNZ
SPR
9 		SOC
FEA
14 		SOC
SPR
19 		YMC
FEA
10 		YMC
SPR
Ret 		28th 2
2015 MP Motorsport BHR
FEA
18 		BHR
SPR
13 		CAT
FEA
15 		CAT
SPR
9 		MON
FEA
12 		MON
SPR
12 		RBR
FEA
21 		RBR
SPR
12 		SIL
FEA
11 		SIL
SPR
26† 		HUN
FEA
10 		HUN
SPR
Ret 		SPA
FEA
Ret 		SPA
SPR
DNS 		MNZ
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		SOC
FEA 		SOC
SPR 		23rd 1
Trident BHR
FEA
19 		BHR
SPR
14 		YMC
FEA
Ret 		YMC
SPR
C
2016 MP Motorsport CAT
FEA
14 		CAT
SPR
17 		MON
FEA
9 		MON
SPR
11 		BAK
FEA
8 		BAK
SPR
14 		RBR
FEA
14 		RBR
SPR
20 		SIL
FEA
19 		SIL
SPR
16 		HUN
FEA
15 		HUN
SPR
11 		HOC
FEA
Ret 		HOC
SPR
16 		SPA
FEA
17 		SPA
SPR
17 		MNZ
FEA
17 		MNZ
SPR
19 		SEP
FEA
17 		SEP
SPR
Ret 		YMC
FEA
14 		YMC
SPR
Ret 		21st 6

† Driver did not finish, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

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  1. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 NEZ 2008". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2009". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Kevin Korjus takes first win". renault-sport.com. Renault Sport. 17 April 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2011.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2010". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2010". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  6. ^ "Negrao and De Jong today with Draco in the collective test in Barcelona". dracoracing.com. Draco Racing. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  7. ^ Wilkinson, Andy (22 February 2011). "Comtec sign McKenzie and de Jong for FR 3.5 Series". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  8. ^ "MP Motorsport and De Jong join Auto GP". AutoGP.org. Auto GP. 23 February 2011. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  9. ^ "Daniel de Jong makes GP2 debut with Rapax". daniel-dejong.nl. Daniël de Jong. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  10. ^ "Dillmann returns; debut for Sergio Canamasas". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
  11. ^ "Tom Dillmann absent à Budapest". news.sportauto.fr (in French). Sportauto. 2012-07-26. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
  12. ^ Freeman, Glenn (2012-09-06). "Jake Rosenzweig replaces Josef Kral at Addax for Monza". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
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