Dennis van de Laar

Dennis van de Laar at Spa-Francorchamps in the European Formula 3 Championship 2014

Dennis Alphons Ronald van de Laar (born February 3, 1994 in Haarlem ) is a Dutch automobile racing driver . He started in the European Formula 3 championship in 2013 and 2014 .

He is a son of racing driver Ronald van de Laar .

Career

Unlike most motorsport enthusiasts , van de Laar has no experience in karting . In 2010 van de Laar competed in the touring car racing series Suzuki Swift Cup and was there third place straight away. After working in the Dutch winter long distance series, van de Laar made his first experiences in formula racing in 2011 . He started for Van Amersfoort Racing in the Northern European Formula Renault . He regularly scored points and was seventh in the drivers' championship with a sixth place as the best result. In addition, he took part in two races in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and also made two guest starts in this series. After the season he started in the winter series of the British Formula Renault . In addition, van de Laar was also active in touring car / GT racing . Together with his father Ronald van de Laar he started at an event of the FIA GT3 European Championship . In addition, together with his father, he won the diesel championship title of the Dutch Race Driver Organization .

In 2012 van der Laar competed for Van Amersfoort Racing in the German Formula 3 Cup . With a third place as the best result, he finished the season in ninth place. He also made three guest starts in the Formula 3 Euro Series . He also took part in two races of the Dutch Race Driver Organization in touring car racing . In 2013 , van der Laar stayed with Van Amersfoort Racing and started in the European Formula 3 championship . He was 20th in the drivers' championship. In addition, he and his father took part in the Daytona 24-hour race in the GT class. At the beginning of 2014 van de Laar started in the Florida Winter Series . A win was his best result. He then contested the 2014 European Formula 3 championship for the Prema Powerteam . While his teammate Esteban Ocon won the championship and his three teammates were all on the podium at least once, a fifth place was van de Laar's best result. He improved to 14th place in the overall ranking.

statistics

Career stations

2010: Suzuki Swift Cup (3rd place) 2011: Northern European Formula Renault (7th place) 2011: Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup (37th place) 2011 : FIA GT3 EM (54th place)

2011: Dutch Race Driver Organization, Diesel (Champion) 2011: British Formula Renault , winter series (16th place) 2012 : German Formula 3 (9th place) 2012: Dutch Race Driver Organization, Diesel (11th place)

2013 : European Formula 3 (20th place) 2013: Rolex Sports Car Series , GT (62nd place) 2014 : Florida Winter Series 2014 : European Formula 3 (14th place)

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	Points	rank
2013	Van Amersfoort Racing	Volkswagen	MON			SIL			HO1			BRH			SPI			NOR			ONLY			ZAN			VAL			HO2						22nd	20th
			9	10	DNF	18th	12	DNF	13	6th	14th	DNF	17th	DNF	23	25th	DNF	DNF	18th	13	23	19th	15th	11	15th	23	14th	16	9	8th	9	12
2014	Prema Powerteam	Mercedes	SIL			HO1			PAU			HUN			SPA			NOR			MOS			SPI			ONLY			IMO			HO2			38	14th
			11	9	12	19th	12	13	13	5	7th	8th	12	14th	17th	14th	20th	DNF	12	DNS	12	9	6th	8th	DNF	14th	11	12	DNF	12	11	13	17th	10	10

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} "Formula 3 Cup - Van de Laar joins Van Amersfoort" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on February 23, 2012)

Web links

Commons : Dennis van de Laar  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Career statistics from Dennis van de Laar (English)