Bas Leinders

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The Ford GT with Bas Leinders at the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans was the start

Bas Leinders (born July 16, 1975 in Bree ) is a Belgian racing driver .

Career

Leinders began his career in karting in 1983 , which he practiced until 1993. At the age of 14 he became European kart champion, leaving Jarno Trulli and Ralph Firman behind , among others . In 1994 he switched to formula racing and drove in various Formula Ford racing series for two years . In his first season he secured the championship titles of the Belgian and Benelux Formula Fords. A year later he won the British and European Formula Fords. In 1996 Leinders competed in the Formula Opel Euroseries and won the championship again. The Belgian then switched to the German Formula 3 championship for two years in 1997 . After finishing seventh in his first season, he also won the championship title of this racing series in 1998.

Leinders, who had now won a total of six championship titles in formula racing series, also made his Formula 3000 debut in 1998 . As a team-mate of the later runner-up Nick Heidfeld , he was signed by West Competition for the final race. However, he could not start in the race. He contested his first race in Formula 3000 in 1999 for the Belgian team Witmeur KTR , for which he competed with his compatriot Jeffrey Van Hooydonk . Leinders, who qualified for seven races and scored one point, finished 23rd overall at the end of the season. In 2000 , Leinders switched to Kid Jensen Racing . The season was disappointing for Leinders, who finished 26th overall without having scored any points. In 2001 the Belgian returned to KTR and contested his most successful season in Formula 3000. With two second places as the best result, he finished seventh overall at the end of the season.

In 2002, Leinders, who had left Formula 3000 for the World Series by Nissan , stayed with KTR. With two wins he finished third in the overall standings behind Ricardo Zonta and Franck Montagny . In 2003 the Belgian stayed in the World Series by Nissan and competed for the Spanish racing team Racing Engineering . Leinders was again third in the overall standings, this time behind Montagny and Heikki Kovalainen .

In 2004 Leinders became the third driver in the Formula 1 team Minardi . After he received the super license, he was allowed to drive in the Friday training sessions from the second race of the season. However, he did not contest a race.

In 2005, Leinders turned his back on formula racing and switched to the FIA GT championship . As a driver in the G2 class, he was champion in this category four times from 2005 to 2008. In 2009 the Belgian competed in the GT1 class of the FIA ​​GT Championship for the first time.

statistics

Career stations

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
2010 BelgiumBelgium Marc VDS Racing Team Ford GT1 BelgiumBelgium Eric de Doncker FinlandFinland Markus Palttala failure malfunction
2011 BelgiumBelgium Kronos Racing Lola B09 / 60 BelgiumBelgium Vanina Ickx BelgiumBelgium Maxime Martin Rank 7
2012 FranceFrance OAK Racing Morgan LMP2 DenmarkDenmark David Heinemeier Hansson BelgiumBelgium Maxime Martin Rank 14

Web links

Commons : Bas Leinders  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Leinders fulfills the conditions for the super license" (Motorsport-Total.com on March 11, 2004)
personal data
SURNAME Leinders, Bas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Bree , Belgium