Daniël de Jong

Daniël de Jong (2011)

Daniël de Jong (born July 9, 1992 in Rotterdam ) is a Dutch automobile racing driver . From 2011 to 2013 he competed in the Auto GP . From 2012 to 2016 de Jong started in the GP2 series .

Career

De Jong began his motorsport career in karting in 2000 and was active in this sport until 2007. In 2008 de Jong switched to formula racing and competed in several series for MP Motorsport , the racing team of his father Henk de Jong. He was 13th in the Northern European Formula Renault and eighth in the Formula Renault NEZ. In addition, he took part in a racing weekend for the Western European Formula Renault. In 2009 he improved himself to ninth place overall in the Northern European Formula Renault with two podium finishes. He also made his debut in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and finished the season in 25th place in the championship. In 2010, de Jong stayed with MP Motorsport in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup. At the season opener he achieved his only podium finish in the season with a second place, which he finished in ninth place. He also took part in six races of the northern European Formula Renault. He decided a race for himself and took eleventh place in the drivers' standings.

de Jong for Comtec in the Formula Renault 3.5 at the Nürburgring 2011

In 2011 de Jong started together with Daniel McKenzie for Comtec Racing in the Formula Renault 3.5 . At the season finale, he scored his only points in ninth place. He finished the season in 29th place in the drivers' championship. In 2011 , de Jong also took part in several Auto GP races for MP Motorsport . At the end of the season he was 14th overall. In 2012 , de Jong completed the entire Auto GP World Series season for MP Motorsport. With a second place as the best result, he finished fifth in the drivers' championship. He was thus defeated by his team mate Chris van der Drift , who was fourth. In addition, de Jong made his debut in the GP2 series this season . For Rapax he took part in four racing weekends. De Jong had already carried out GP2 test drives for Rapax in early 2012 with a view to 2013. He finished 26th overall.

In 2013 de Jong switched to the GP2 series together with MP Motorsport. With a seventh place as the best result, he finished the season in 24th place overall. His teammates Adrian Quaife-Hobbs and Dani Clos both achieved a podium finish. In addition, in 2013 he took part in all Auto GP races for MP Motorsport that did not overlap with the GP2 involvement. With a second place as the best result, he was seventh in the drivers' standings at the end of the season. In 2014 de Jong competed again for MP Motorsport in the GP2 series. While his teammate Marco Sørensen finished eleventh overall with one win and 47 points, de Jong finished 28th overall with two points at the end of the season. In addition, de Jong drove in the Acceleration MW-V6 Pickup Series in 2014 and was fourth overall. In 2015 , de Jong completed his fourth GP2 season for the family racing team MP Motorsport. At the main race in Spa-Francorchamps he collided with Pierre Gasly in the Blanchimont and hit the tire wall at high speed. De Jong broke a vertebra in the process. He was immediately taken to the hospital and operated on. For the next five races he was injured. He then went to the last two events for Trident Racing . He was 23rd in the drivers' championship.

GP2 series In 2016 de Jong competed again for MP Motorsport in the GP2 series. It was his last GP2 season. With an eighth place as the best result, he reached the 21st championship place, which is his best overall GP2 placement. Internally he was defeated by his teammate Oliver Rowland with 6 to 107 points.

statistics

Career stations

2000-2007: karting 2008: Northern European Formula Renault (13th place) 2008: Formula Renault NEZ (8th place) 2008: Western European Formula Renault 2009: Northern European Formula Renault (9th place) 2009: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (25th place)

2010: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (9th place) 2010: Northern European Formula Renault (11th place) 2011 : Formula Renault 3.5 (29th place) 2011 : Auto GP (14th place) 2012 : Auto GP (5th place) 2012 : GP2 series (26th place)

2013 : GP2 series (24th place) 2013 : Auto GP (7th place) 2014 : GP2 series (28th place) 2014: Acceleration MW-V6 Pickup Series (4th place) 2015 : GP2 series (23rd place) 2016 : GP2 series (21st place)

Individual results in the GP2 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	Points	rank
2012	Rapax	MAS		BRN		BRN		ESP		MON		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		0	26th
												16	9	DNF	13			15th	19th	13	11
2013	MP Motorsport	MAS		BRN		ESP		MON		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		UAE				3	24.
		DNF	14th	DNF	18th	16	18th	10	9	22nd	18th	15th	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	17th	11	19th	17th	7th	19 *	17th
2014	MP Motorsport	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		UAE				2	28.
		11	11	DNF	19th	11	DNF	19th	21st	19th	14th	DNF	16	14th	18th	10	13	DNF	9	14th	19th	10	DNF
2015	MP Motorsport	BRN		ESP		MON		AUT		GBR		HUN		BEL		ITA		RUS		BRN		UAE				1	23.
		18th	13	15th	9	12	12	21st	12	11	26 *	10	DNF	DNF	WD	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ
	Trident																			19th	14th	DNF	C.
2016	MP Motorsport	ESP		MON		AZE		AUT		GBR		HUN		GER		BEL		ITA		MAS		UAE				6th	21st
		14th	17th	9	11	8th	14th	14th	20th	19th	16	15th	11	DNF	16	17th	16	17th	19th	17th	DNF	14th	DNF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peter Allen: “De Jong continues with MP Motorsport in GP2”. paddockscout.com, January 30, 2014, accessed January 30, 2014 . 
2. ↑ “Comtec completes FR3.5 line-up” (autosport.com on February 21, 2011)
3. ↑ autogp - website: “Mp Motorsport and De Jong ready for debut”. (No longer available online.) At: www.autogp.org , formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 27, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  
4. ↑ “MP team and Daniel de Jong commit to full Auto GP campaign in 2012” (autosport.com on January 27, 2012)
5. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "Rapax: Teixeira fails for Valencia". Motorsport-Total.com, June 20, 2012, accessed July 16, 2012 . 
6. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: "New GP2 Team from the Netherlands". Motorsport-Total.com, November 26, 2012, accessed January 1, 2013 . 
7. ^ Glenn Freeman: "GP2 driver Daniel de Jong to race in selected Auto GP events". autosport.com, February 22, 2013, accessed March 20, 2013 . 
8. ↑ Norman Fischer: "Two plus x: MP wants even more podium places with de Jong". Motorsport-Total.com, January 30, 2014, accessed January 30, 2014 . 
9. ↑ Peter Allen: Drivers named for vacant GP2 seats for first 2015 test. paddockscout.com, March 8, 2015, accessed March 8, 2015 . 
10. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: GP2 pilot de Jong successfully operated on after a fractured vertebra. Motorsport-Total.com, August 23, 2015, accessed October 3, 2015 . 
11. ↑ Peter Allen: Daniel de Jong to stay in GP2 with MP “for one more year”. paddockscout.com, February 11, 2016, accessed on February 11, 2016 . 

Web links

Commons : Daniël de Jong  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Daniël de Jong (Dutch)
• Career statistics from Daniël de Jong (English)