Nigel Melker
| Nigel Melker | |
|---|---|
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| Nationality |
 Dutch |
| Born |
25 January 1991 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Formula Renault 3.5 Series career | |
| Debut season | 2012 |
| Current team | Tech 1 Racing |
| Car no. | 2 |
| Former teams | Lotus |
| Starts | 19 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 6th in 2013 |
| Previous series | |
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2012 2011 2010–11 2009 2008–09 2008 |
GP2 Series Formula 3 Euro Series GP3 Series Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Formula Renault 2.0 Italy |
Nigel Melker (born 25 January 1991 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch racing driver.
Melker began his motorsport career in karting in 2001, winning in the Dutch Mini Junior Cup. In 2005, he won the German Junior championship and finishing as runner-up in the European ICA Junior championship.
After sitting out the 2007 season, Melker moved up to single-seaters in 2008. He participated in the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup with Van Amersfoort Racing. He finished in twelfth place in the standings with eleven point-scoring positions that gave him 120 points. He also took part in ten races of the Italian Formula Renault Championship. He finished eighteenth with 37 points.
The following season, Melker competed in both the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup and Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championships with MP Motorsport. He finished eighteenth in the NEC standings, taking points in all six races he contested. In the Eurocup, he took part in the first five rounds, finishing 23rd with five points for sixth place at Spa.
In 2010, Melker became the first driver to join RSC Mücke Motorsport for the 2010 GP3 Series season. His team-mates were compatriot Renger van der Zande and German Tobias Hegewald. He started the season by taking the first pole position of his open-wheel racing career in the opening round at Barcelona, but in the race he was involved in an accident on the opening lap and retired. In the sprint race he started from the back and rose to fourteenth place. He took another pole in Turkey, but did not finish in the points until the final race of the season at Monza, restricting him to 23rd place in the championships.
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