Jan Heylen
Jan Heylen (born May 1, 1980 in Geel ) is a Belgian racing driver .
Career
Like most motorsport enthusiasts, Heylen began his career in karting , where he was active from 1992 to 1999. In his further career, Heylen occasionally took part in other kart races. In 2000, the young racing driver made his formula racing debut in the British Formula Ford winter championship . He then worked in the British Formula Ford for two years. After finishing eleventh overall with one win in 2001, he was third in the drivers' championship in 2002 with three wins. In 2003 Heylen switched to the newly founded Formula 3 Euro Series with Colin Kolles' team and became a teammate of the Dutchman Charles Zwolsman junior. The Belgian could not score any points and was replaced by eventual champion Jamie Green three race weekends before the end . In the overall standings, he took 28th place.
In 2004 Heylen switched to the international Formula 3000 championship , which was held as part of the Formula 1 supporting program , to the Belgian team Astromega and became a team mate of his compatriot Nico Verdonck . Although he scored a point and achieved better results than Verdonck, after four races he was replaced by Olivier Tielemans . At the end of the season he finished 16th overall. He also started this year in the German Formula 3 Cup , in which he won six races and took third place in the championship. In 2005 Heylen found no cockpit in formula racing and he switched to the Renault Mégane Eurocup , which he won with six victories.
In 2006 Heylen moved to America in the Champ Car series . Starting for Dale Coyne Racing , he finished 14th overall at the end of the season. His best result was fifth. After 2007 had initially found no cockpit, he moved to the fourth round of the Champ Car series for Conquest Racing . With a second place as the best result, Heylen finished 16th in the championship at the end of the season. Heylen had to hand over his cockpit to Nelson Philippe for the last two races of the season because his team had financial difficulties.
After the Champ Car Series merged with the IndyCar Series in 2008 and Heylen had not received a cockpit, he only contested four races in various GT racing series. For 2009 he originally wanted to compete in the Indy Lights and had signed a contract with Team E , but neither the team nor Heylen took part in a championship race. In the 2010 season , however, this constellation came about for the opening race, which the Belgian finished in second place. There were no further missions. At the end of the season he finished 24th overall.
2011 returned Heylen to Europe and enters the FIA GT3 European Championship at.
Heylen was meanwhile supported by Mercedes .
statistics
Career stations
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Sebring results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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| 2012 |
 Conquest Endurance
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Morgan LMP2 |
 David Heinemeier Hansson
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 Martin Plowman
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Rank 41 | ||
| 2013 |
JDX Racing
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Porsche 997 GT3 Cup |
Jon Fogarty
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Mike Hedlund
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Rank 27 | ||
| 2014 |
Rum Bum Snow Racing
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Porsche 911 GT America |
Madison Snow
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Matt Plumb
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Hugh Plumb
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Rank 34 | |
| 2015 |
Wright Motorsports
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Porsche 911 GT America |
Madison Snow
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 Milo Valverde
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Rank 23 | ||
| 2017 |
Park Place Motorsports
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Porsche 911 GT3 R. |
Patrick Lindsey
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Matt McMurry
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 Jörg Bergmeister
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Rank 21 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Heylen" disappointed and frustrated "" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 4, 2007)
- ↑ “Team E Plans to Field Jan Heylen” ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (junioropenwheeltalent.com on March 26, 2009)
- ↑ "Mercedes supports young Belgian talent" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 27, 2002)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Heylen, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geel , Belgium |