Daniël de Jong | |
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Daniël de Jong at the 2011 Nürburgring World series by Renault round
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Nationality | Dutch |
Born |
Rotterdam, Netherlands |
9 July 1992
GP2 Series career | |
Debut season | 2012 |
Current team | MP Motorsport |
Car no. | 23 |
Former teams | Trident, Rapax |
Starts | 90 |
Wins | 0 |
Poles | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Best finish | 21st 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 professional racing driver from the Netherlands.
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, 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.
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, he finished in the points on a further eight occasions to finish 9th in the standings. 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.